In the final years of Northern Wei, the flames of war swept across the northern lands as the Six Garrisons rose in revolt.
Zhao Yan, courtesy name Hanbo, was the son of a marquis, a tiger cub born to a military family. His eldest brother was Zhao Zhu, and his second brother was Zhao Hua. The children of their household had studied both martial and literary arts from a young age, once believing their family's glory would endure for generations.
But turmoil erupted without warning, the realm shattered, and the marquis's household fell in a single day. The three sons of a once-prosperous military family were swept into a raging sea of war.
There was no predestined hegemony, only the helpless struggle to survive in a chaotic age. Brothers were scattered and their homeland shattered. The sons of a once-great house sank into the mud, struggling to survive amid warfare, famine, and political schemes.
Splendor is a dream, and the warmth of human life is fleeting. In the end, it all grows cold.
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