The Sword Chose the Orphan
Stormveil Castle was built to intimidate kings. Its throne hall stretched so high above the marble floor that voices echoed several seconds after speaking, swallowed by towering…
The King Who Pretended to Die
Blackmere Castle always sounded different during storms. The ancient fortress stood above the northern cliffs like a monument carved from darkness itself, its towering black walls absorbing…
The Dragon Bowed to the Orphan
The fires began before dawn. By nightfall, half of Ironvale Castle had already collapsed into smoke and ruin beneath the storm. Black clouds rolled violently above the…
The Monster Knew the Orphan’s Name
By the seventh night of siege, even the sky above Eldrath looked diseased. Smoke rolled across the storm clouds in black ribbons while fire consumed the outer…
The Last Heir Beneath Velmora
Velmora burned like a kingdom already condemned by heaven. Black smoke swallowed the fortress towers while fire rolled across the upper battlements beneath a blood-red sky. Catapults…
The Boy On The Wall Never Missed. The Kingdom Never Realized Who He Was Aiming At.
Rain fell so hard over Iron-Hold that the torches along the battlements looked like dying stars. The fortress stood at the mouth of Blackstone Valley where the…
The Horse Remembered. The Kingdom Finally Learned Why.
The rain began before dawn and never stopped. It hammered against the towers of Ashkar like the fury of the gods themselves, turning the royal fortress into…
The Boy Who Broke the King’s Blade
Blackthorn Keep had survived three wars, two plagues, and the collapse of entire dynasties. But the old castle feared prophecy more than armies. The storm arrived just…
The Dragon Beneath Velmora
The sky above Velmora looked wounded. Black storm clouds churned violently over the frozen kingdom while lightning split across the mountains in jagged white fractures, illuminating the…
The Monster Called Him King
Nobody willingly entered the forests beyond Velmora after sunset. The old roads had vanished years earlier beneath black roots and collapsing earth, swallowed slowly by the wilderness…