Clay, the youngest and coldest genius physician ; i^n the Ve*-perian =):Empire, is*] known as th*;:%e “R$,=-igh=\t Hand of`= God.” Ob
sessed);/ with pois-ons and f@/or@/ bidd-(en fo$rm*ulas, he despi
?ses* d]e*sire and emotional weakness. .`Tasked wi th creating a potion to suppre \s\s@
) the? not orious S\@er!?pent? Ki/ng( Silas’s @[d]()ev,ast=ating heat cycle=`@, Clay accident`-`a[`lly (tastes his^, own c\rea-t.i on—only_@ to di_.s/cove#r that it# is not a cure at all, but a +==d- [angerou-;@s elixir[. that un )]@le/ashes the deepest desires hi+dden with[in ? t:[he soul.