We Ride the Storm

Born into war and bathed in blood, the Cassian Empire, time and again, defends its right to exist. Torn apart by internal contradictions, soaked in the blood of fratricidal war—its embers still smoldering in the hearts of veterans—it has sunk into the intrigues of the nobility. A warrior emperor, an usurping emperor who, by force of marriage bonds, is tied to the legitimate imperial House—every second he expects a blow in the back. The legitimate wife and adopted children endlessly weave conspiracies, wanting to seize the Scarlet Throne. Bribery, murders, and even betrayal of the Empire’s interests—anything is fair in this struggle. But will the spiders get tangled in their own webs? Who will hold back the Iron Deluge of neighboring barbarians? Too high the wall, too strong the blows—such impacts could kill not only the Usurper, but topple the Empire itself! Will the last of the great bloodline have to give her life to rid the country of the mistakes of her relatives?

A mad, bloody captive—forced to share her body with the enemy. Her lot is to kill rulers and destroy cities for the dream of deliverance. For the desire that one day she wakes up whole. But is that exchange equal? Is the calm of one “whore” worth all those seas of blood?

One who has tasted the bitterness of exile, the horror of slavery, the poison of betrayal. Obsessed with the only dream—to return home. To return to the lost customs and the years lived. Forced to serve to survive. Forced to win to survive. Killing for a calling! Killing because he knows no other way—and doesn’t want to. Because he is one of the best fighters in this world, and there are no equals for him across its lands.

Three fates, three threads—on which the tapestry of this World is woven. Changing reality and determining the destinies of thousands and thousands, they don’t even realize it themselves.