In the heart of the crimson Aurashan Desert, where dunes stretch endlessly under the open sky, there lay a village called Karesh. Karesh was unlike any place visitors had ever seen. Built around an ancient oasis, the village thrived on deep traditions, bound to the desert stars that shone above it every night. The stars were not just symbols of beauty but guides—trusted companions for the villagers who believed that the stars watched over them. Amir, a young wanderer, arrived in Karesh one winter, carrying a battered notebook and a small knapsack. He was a storyteller by trade, traveling from village to village to capture the tales of the world and sharing them in distant lands. But the journey was also personal—he had been searching for a story that his late father had told him as a child, one about a hidden oasis where “wishes come true.” His father had called it a place “found by starlight,” and Amir, driven by nostalgia and curiosity, had been seeking it ever since. The people of K...