The Golden Dawn

For fifty years, the kingdoms of men have lived in uneasy peace. Once fractured by endless wars, the realms now gather each summer to celebrate the Concord that ended centuries of bloodshed. Under banners of silk and tables of feast, the rulers smile, toast, and proclaim unity. But beneath the laughter, steel glimmers. Alaric, a kind-hearted baker’s apprentice, believes in the dream of harmony. Yet as he delivers loaves to the Festival of Peace, he begins to see what others ignore—the cold stares between kings, the whispered warnings in shadowed alleys, and the cloaked stranger who tells him a storm is coming. Across the square, another man watches with different eyes. Once a prince, now the sole survivor of a kingdom burned to ash, he has lost everything—family, throne, and name. In the ruin of peace, he finds only purpose: conquest. As alliances fracture and the first sparks of war catch flame, Alaric must choose between holding to his faith in human goodness or becoming hardened by betrayal. For the truth of human nature is not written in treaties, but in blood. In a world of cultivation and kingdoms, where strength is power and mercy is weakness, two souls will walk opposite paths: one seeking redemption, the other revenge. Their choices will shape an age—and decide whether peace was ever real at all.

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