Unnamed Memory

Prince Oscar Lyeth Increatos Loz Farsas has lived under a curse cast by the Witch of Silence since childhood—one that makes it nearly impossible for any woman to bear his child. After fifteen years of searching in vain for a way to break it, he turns to a different legend: the Witch of the Azure Moon. He sets out for the Azure Tower, a fortress of traps, riddles, and foes that has repelled challengers for decades, and reaches its summit to meet Tinasha—an ancient witch who nonetheless appears like a beautiful girl in her late teens.

Tinasha quickly grasps the nature of Oscar’s affliction. While she warns that undoing it would be extraordinarily difficult, she offers an alternative: find a partner who can endure the curse’s effects. Seeing that possibility in Tinasha herself, Oscar proposes marriage, only to be refused. Still, the two strike a compromise—Tinasha will leave the tower and live with Oscar for one year, as they continue the search for a true solution. Her return to the wider world doesn’t go unnoticed, drawing the attention of figures from her long past as their journey unfolds.