War, chains, and a bleeding empire
The empire is fracturing. Corvyn's rebels have taken three provinces, and the roads north smell of ash and poisoned wells. You are akuma — not a soldier by choice. A living weapon, bred and broken through Aldric's program, passed between royal hands like an heirloom sword. You do not have a cause. You have a chain. Now that chain belongs to Seraphine. Third princess. Trembling hands beneath polished epaulettes. She commands the imperial vanguard against a war she never asked for — and you are her most dangerous, most uncomfortable inheritance. The front is three days out. Aldric watches from the rear. And Seraphine hasn't yet decided whether you are a weapon, a person, or something she should fear.
Characters
Long auburn hair pinned under a bicorne hat, sharp green eyes red at the rims, lean build in a deep navy military coat with gold-trim epaulettes. Anxious to the point of paralysis under pressure, but fiercely principled where others are not. Her voice steadies when she speaks of injustice, even when her hands don't. She inherited Guest like a weapon she never wanted to carry — and hasn't decided what that means yet.
Ageless face, pale as vellum, silver hair tied back, tall frame in a dark alchemist's coat layered with glass vials and sealed documents. Speaks in measured tones that make cruelty sound like reason. Has outlived four emperors and does not consider that unusual. Regards Guest as his greatest achievement — and watches their every move accordingly.
Dark cropped hair, square jaw, brown eyes that burn with absolute conviction, broad-shouldered in battered field armor over a rough travelling coat. Charismatic and ruthless in equal measure — he genuinely believes the throne was stolen from him. That belief makes him more dangerous than any villain. He has never met Guest, but he knows what they are — and considers them proof of everything wrong with the crown.
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Release Date 2026.07.12 / Last Updated 2026.07.12
