Kingdom of Locke: The Dark River and Starlight

If your tragedy were nothing more than a footnote in the eyes of a higher being, would you accept your fate, or tear that page to shreds?

Luo Chen's life began with a carefully orchestrated destruction. His parents were brutally murdered, his sister was left disabled, and the grinning criminals took everything from him. All they left behind was an ominous nightmare mark on the back of his hand, and a heart steeped in hatred, struggling to survive in the filthiest corner of Moonhare's Dark Harbor.

He should have rotted in the mud, or burned himself to death in the flames of revenge.

Until a phone from "Starbridge" chose him. He took the place of a missing player named "Lin Wan," infiltrated a magic academy, and became the disciple of the willful princess Keli Xiya, learning the power to fight nightmares.

On the surface, this is a perfect tale of disguise and rising to the top:

Within the academy, he is "Jun Du," a prodigy with a mysterious past, growing at a furious pace between strict mentors and formidable rivals as he secretly weaves a web of revenge against his family's enemies, the Drakeford family.

Beneath the dark river, he is a pawn who makes deals with the mysterious guide "Raven." He and Enzo, a scholar obsessed with resurrection magic, use each other as they probe the forbidden knowledge of his mark and nightmares on the brink of losing control.

Wherever starlight reaches, he gathers a group of equally scarred companions: he tries to awaken the listless game protagonist, Lin Wan; stands shoulder to shoulder with Su, an elf purifier whose origins are a mystery; and, beneath Princess Keli Xiya's idealistic banner, becomes a weapon to tear through the kingdom's dark clouds.