In the fractured world of Earth: 2250, where shattered civilizations cling to ruins and mutated beasts prowl a corrupted wilderness, a silent figure moves through the sky like a ghost on a warpath — his name whispered in awe and dread: Tarnok, The Airborne Phantom.

Once a brilliant mind from the remnants of a technologically advanced enclave known as Aerakai Citadel — an elevated fortress-city drifting high above the desolate lands of Vanta’s Shard — Tarnok was an engineer of unmatched brilliance. Obsessed with salvaging the past to build the future, he merged arcane Druidic traditions with salvaged aerial war technology, creating weapons of wind and fire that could bend the skies to his will.

But his brilliance became a double-edged blade.

His desire to protect what remained of humanity turned into an obsession with control. He believed that with the right calculations, designs, and deterrents, he could prevent any tragedy. It was this mindset that led him to unleash a weaponized storm upon a raiding fleet from the corrupted marshes of Zhurik Vale — destroying his enemies, but also leveling an entire allied sanctuary beneath the blast. Thousands died. Tarnok survived. Barely.
He vanished.

Years passed. Rumors spread of a masked phantom in the clouds, wielding blades of wind and deploying airstrikes from enchanted aerial drones, taking out warlords, corrupt Mages, and cosmic horrors alike. Some say he is an avenger. Others call him a madman. But those who encounter him know this: he is guided by intellect, haunted by guilt, and determined to leave a legacy not of ruin, but redemption.

Tarnok is a paradox — both assassin and protector, warrior and scholar. His mind is a fortress of strategy, but it is also a prison of past sins. He works alone not out of pride, but out of fear that those near him will suffer the same fate as those lost before. His emotional armor is forged as tightly as his literal one — a suit of flight-enhanced exo-runes and anti-gravity weaponry built from salvaged Celestial Archon debris.

Yet beneath that armor lies a spark — a desire not just to fix the world, but to inspire it. He fights for a future he may never live to see, hoping that others might walk a path he helped clear.

And now, as the Reckoning looms and ancient cosmic forces stir once more, Tarnok, The Airborne Phantom must decide:
Will he continue to soar alone through a storm of guilt?
Or will he descend from the skies, to unite with others and shape a legend worthy of eternity?