Velthoria: Where Darkness Tests the Soul

Harry never meant to cross the threshold. One hidden cellar door, one glowing frame, and he is torn from his world into Velthoria-a city where the only currency is fear. Here, every heartbeat of dread is counted, every nightmare has a price. With nothing to his name, Harry is marked as prey. To survive, he must face trials that twist the soul: the Stone Vortex, where illusions wear the faces of those he loves; the House of Frightful Dreams, where fear buys strength but steals sanity; the cursed Shadow Field, where shadows themselves rise to feed on terror.
Beside him stands Ava, a survivor who knows the city's cruelty, and Cooper, a cunning trader whose loyalty is never free. Above them looms Atlas, the masked ruler who bends Velthoria to his will and drains life from those who falter. Step by step, gate by gate, Harry learns the truth: Velthoria is not only a prison, but a mirror. Every fear he flees only grows stronger. Every shadow he denies takes shape to hunt him.
To escape, he must stop running-not from the city, but from himself. In Velthoria, fear is lifeblood, courage is currency, and only those who embrace the darkness can hope to see the dawn.