The Ballad of the Palegun

The Kingdom of Aethelgard is rotting. A "Spectral Blight" is turning citizens into wandering husks. With the King dying and the priesthood corrupt, Prince Kaelen Thorne discovers an ancient truth: the realm of the dead has no ruler, and the door is left ajar. Refusing to let his people fade, Kaelen descends into the ancient crypts and sacrifices his mortal life to seize the Crown of Iron and Ash. He returns not as a Prince, but as the Ghost King—a being of absolute cold and terrifying authority over spirits. Now, Kaelen must rule two kingdoms: the terrified city of Oakhaven and the chaotic Citadel of Tears in the Underworld. But a new threat rises from the shadows—the Void—an anti-force that seeks not to kill, but to erase existence entirely.

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