The Astral Empyrean
- Companion Sagas
- 1. Skyguard and Chaosguard
- 2. Aboard Hyperium
- 3. Etherstorm and Dragonhame
- 4. Doomwood
- 5. Ravenloss
- 6. Safiria’s Return
- 7. The Silent Sentinels and Jus Divinum
- 8. Throne of Darkness
- 9. The Seraphic War
- 10. The Seven Deadly Dragons
- 11. Children of the Bright One
- 12. Darkon's Elegy
- 13. The Astral Empyrean
- 14. Atlas and the Legion Tournament
- 15. A Goldfish Named Elodea
- 16. The Unsung Necropolis
- 17. Hollowborn
Miko plans an observatory, but the stars have demands of their own. The Four Symbols want the Hero to grant them cosmic recognition.
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The Empyrean Dragon
Miko's proposed observatory becomes the landing site for twenty-eight stars joined as the Empyrean Dragon. The stars of the Four Symbols, Genbu, Seiryu, Suzaku, and Byakko, had witnessed Kathool's elevation and want recognition as the Dragon of Space. With Miko preparing protection for the challenge, you defeat them, though their enthusiasm for further duels outlasts their defeat and leaves her observatory plans in doubt.
Byakko and Suzaku
During Aria's Great Dragon research, a star named Amefuri asks you to reunite the scattered members of Byakko, sending you, Aria, Kylokos, and Valencia after their traces through the overlapping constellations. At White Tiger Point, Kylokos's suspicion proves justified: the stars had arranged the search to claim your attention, and rather than return to the sky, they carry you into a cave.
The cave's pictures also pose a question about an unborn counterpart: an egg-shaped void surrounded by words about a Dragon of Space. When Aria asks whether such a being exists, you cannot answer. When the cave's pictures reveal Byakko's demand to become the Tiger of Space, you refuse and repeatedly expel Subaru's attempts to enter your body. Outside, the united Empyrean mocks Byakko's failed scheme. When the Tiger breaks away and attacks Aria, you defend her and win the duel. The resulting star map could join her research exhibition, though another intrusion by Subaru prompts your threat of a cosmic restraining order.
A stargazing trip with Tara, Aria, and Valencia brings you into Suzaku's own bid for recognition: its stars had turned the Vermillion Cliffs into a tourist attraction without understanding or respecting mortal limits. Stars disguised as sweets explode inside visitors, and the cleanup draws still more dangerous creatures. Amefuri describes the plan with an envy that makes its supposed assistance difficult to trust.
With the stars' improvised hot spring boiling its guests, you rescue Aria while the others help the bathers, then confront Suzaku's assembled form and defeat its bid to become the Phoenix of Space. Questioning exposes Amefuri's role in encouraging the disasters, hoping anger would make you easier to beat. Once the injured are treated, your group finally has time to enjoy the night sky without the constellations' interference.