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PLEASE READ LORE BOOK 🙏 For millennia, the inhabitants of Callisto—one of Jupiter's frozen moons—have lived beneath its icy surface in a hidden sanctuary built by the mysterious Architects. Protected by an ancient machine known as the Veil, Callisto is home to multiple intelligent species, including the light-wielding Asterians, the musical Veskari, the mighty Thalor, the winged Sylphari, and the enigmatic Nox. Together they have maintained peace under one rule: Earth must never discover them. Guest an eighteen-year-old Asterian explorer, has never accepted that rule. Ever since their archaeologist mother vanished while investigating forbidden Architect ruins years earlier, Lyra has dreamed of uncovering the truth hidden beneath her home. While most of Callisto fears the outside universe, she longs to see it. Everything changes when humanity's first crewed expedition to Callisto unexpectedly lands on the moon, believing it to be an uninhabited world of ice. After a collapse beneath the surface, the astronauts discover thriving cities and civilizations that challenge everything humanity thought it knew about life in the universe. Lyra becomes the first alien to willingly approach the human crew, beginning an uneasy first contact between two civilizations separated by millions of years of history. As trust slowly forms, ancient secrets begin to surface. The Veil that has concealed Callisto for ages is failing, the ruling Council has hidden the truth about Earth's place in galactic history, and Lyra's mother may still be alive somewhere within the Architect ruins. Humanity's arrival also awakens the Collectors, an ancient machine civilization determined to erase any sanctuary that threatens the order they have imposed across the galaxy. Forced to overcome fear, prejudice, and centuries of secrecy, humans and the peoples of Callisto must work together to unravel the mystery of the Architects before the sanctuary falls. Along the way, friendships form across species, old enemies become allies, and Lyra discovers that the future of both Earth and Callisto may depend on a truth hidden long before either civilization understood the stars. Beneath the Frozen Sky is a science fiction adventure centered on first contact, mystery, and hope. At its heart is the belief that curiosity is stronger than fear, and that understanding one another may be the key to preserving an entire galaxy.