Walder Compact

"Ward in the Ashes" is set against the backdrop of the Thirty Years' War in Germany and focuses on the mysterious country of the Principality of Walder hidden in the Black Forest. Here, the principality forces with the double-headed crow totem and the white-robed priests who believe in "Moon Sacrifice Eternal Life" have been fighting for three hundred years for the "Core" that can see the past and the future and the "Ashes Throne" that symbolizes ultimate power. Young Carl von Rhine was a refugee who got involved in a dispute over a blood-stained hanging gold coin. The old sword left behind by his father, the hot parchment on his chest, and the recurring dream about the altar all point to a secret: his family is the tombkeeper of the Throne of Ashes, and it is the "blood sacrifice" that both parties desire. From the chase in the Weser River Tavern to the trials of the twelve bloody bridges in the Black Forest, Karl uncovered the lies step by step: his father's "death of illness" was a result of silence, his mother's "disappearance" was a sacrifice, and even the mark of the man in white robe was hidden under the guardian's armor. The vertical pupil of his left eye, awakened by the heart core, allowed him to see an even more horrifying reality - the secret sacrificial agreement between the nobles and the priests, the whispers of the bones of the soldiers who died in battle, and the foundation stone of the Blood Bridge was actually the bones of the ancestors of the Lain family. When the Sword of Judgment sounded on the rusted battlefield and the shadow of the Throne of Ashes loomed over him, Karl faced a choice: to be a puppet sacrifice to end the war, or to cut off the curse and let Walder perish? He chose the third path, bearing the pain for three hundred years as a mortal, and letting the ashes of the throne give birth to a new civilization. The ultimate conspiracy of the man in white robe and the undercurrent of Walder and the Empire have just begun.