More than two thousand years after the war known as the "Final Judgment Day," Arnott VI, the last emperor of the Ironblood Rose Dynasty, suddenly died. His death sparked a struggle for power within the royal family of the Andriel Empire, and large numbers of troops were pulled from the Western Continent to fight in the succession war. The Andriel Empire rapidly declined after the civil war, losing all control over the Western Continent. Seizing the opportunity, the necromancer Mendeta returned to the continent and rebuilt Blackfire Castle. Over the following centuries, evil spirits spread and multiplied, threatening to return in force. Meanwhile, Irina, a hunter's daughter, left her impoverished, crumbling fishing village and made her way to the Northern Kingdom's Bailaoer Autonomous Territory. An extraordinary marriage bound her to Faserond Bachholz, the "Chosen Son," and changed both their destinies forever.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
