In our world, only two things matter: strength and a measured lifespan up to old age. And both can be earned—but try to obtain the seed of life or a bean of Troerost when you’re a minor, powerless, rootless outcast whom everyone is happy to kick.
Only the Path doesn’t divide people into the rich and the poor, into orphans and those who were born with everything—the sons of noble parents. Everyone has the right to step onto the road to the Summit and, overcoming all the world’s belts, reach true power and immortality. Everyone has the right, but not everyone is able. And certainly not everyone wants to.
“I want to! I simply have no choice. Only the Path of Troerost will help me claw my way out from the very bottom. Only by rising will I get a chance to save my sister and avenge the murder of our parents. I’m stubborn. I’ll manage! My life is a hunt.”