In the eighty-second year of the Deps Dynasty, the Kingdom of Visland appears prosperous, but currents of unrest have long been stirring between the royal palace and the nobility. In the year 1128 of the Yuan Era, King Alie III, who had ruled the kingdom for decades, lost the ability to govern normally after suffering a stroke. The aging king still wields absolute royal authority, but can maintain his rule only through brief speech and written instructions. An immense crown begins to hang, unseen, over everyone's head.
The eldest son, Adrian, controls the central army and the treasury, gradually taking on the affairs of state. The eldest daughter, Isabella, navigates the worlds of the nobility and diplomacy, building a complex web of political ties. The youngest son, Leonard, displays exceptional military talent and steadily advances toward the heart of the kingdom's power.
Meanwhile, the eastern nobles refuse to pay taxes, tensions rise at the border, and neighboring countries watch hungrily. Plague, war, financial crisis, and court intrigue arrive one after another, and the ancient feudal order begins to show cracks. On this land with a history stretching back hundreds of years, kings, heirs, princesses, generals, nobles, and the Church all have their own agendas. Loyalty and ambition intertwine; family ties collide with power. Every political choice could alter the fate of the entire kingdom.
There is no eternal monarch, and no dynasty that never falls. When royal authority is no longer secure, who can truly keep the crown upon their head? This is an epic of alternate history about power, family, institutions, and fate, as well as the rise and fall of a dynasty across generations.
