The Throne of Frost and Shadow

Anvyria, prosperous for a thousand years, hides a bloodstained royal sin.

Decades ago, the former king usurped the throne, and the lie that the legitimate crown prince, Valerius, had perished in a sea of flames fooled the entire kingdom.

He wore a false face, concealed his name, and endured exile and humiliation.

To reclaim the rightful throne, Valerius forged a bloody pact with the fanatical Holy See, let foreign enemies into the kingdom, allied with domestic rebels, and betrayed the kingdom's main force in a decisive battle on the plains.

The prosperous kingdom collapsed overnight. The king was captured, the capital was drenched in blood, and nobles rushed to change sides.

The sixteen-year-old Prince Selen fell from the royal family crowned in gold to a lone fugitive.

On the road to exile through a world in chaos, he gathered sixteen people of extraordinary skill, each bearing their own wounds and obsessions, with his sincere heart and unshakable principles. Later generations would honor them as the Sixteen Sacred Attendants.

These people of vastly different backgrounds and clashing beliefs, caught between suspicion and support, formed the only banner of justice in a chaotic age.

The road ahead was filled with noblemen's betrayals, false pacts, political marriage schemes, palace assassinations, and endless shades of political intrigue.

To break the deadlock, the group ventured deep into an ancient forbidden land untouched for a thousand years and found the Sacred Sword, the only relic on the continent capable of holding the ancient darkness at bay...