Bloodline Judgment

[Sword and Sorcery + Cthulhu + Sequence Progression + Ensemble Cast + Political Intrigue]

The sun rose in the west, and the Iron Throne dissolved in holy light. Then God said, “The birds in the cage need no longer be confined to their lofty perches, for they were born with wings of freedom.”

The old walls had long since fallen, and the rusted body the former king had filled with lead had stopped moving. Yet even God could lie, even if the lie was born of good intentions. The embers of disaster had not yet gone out, the new order established by the Church was on the verge of collapse, and the blood moon still hung placidly in the sky.

The arrogant Empress of the Empire held the Church and the other nations in contempt. She conspired with Jefferson Ramsheed, a nobleman of the Empire, and ascended the throne amid a rising tide of opposition.

At the Church’s instigation, the nations launched a massive eastern crusade. Years later, the old duke was blessed with a son, Kaizer Ramsheed. No one could have predicted that before long, he would raise the banner of rebellion against the gods...