Good hooks teasing the reader - me included. Pacing just right. Good suspense. Fine writing. 👏👏👏😎🙋‍♂️

"Mirkum" word for light implies a murkiness. Is Mirkum mixed with shadow?

As a newcomer to Medium I recommend:

My Radical Philosophy of "Claps" on Medium

I hope you'll forgive me for suggesting my work:

And a second iteration or a revised edition of a fantasy novel: The Green Man of Destiny 1/Home.

Or the first novel of a science-fiction/fantasy series. [Series name - Arc of The Immortals.] First novel Pursuit 1.2/Blood Debt

The second novel 3/4s finished:

Time Rifts 1/ Obz Station

And a great book on writing by the science-fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin,

Steering The Craft: A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing The Sea of Story.

TMI?