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Ian Night’s life was a joke—until it wasn’t.

Betrayed, discarded, and left with nothing, he welcomed death when it came. But fate had other plans.

Reborn in chains, Ian awakens as a slave in a world where power is dictated by bloodlines and magic. 

While others wield fire and lightning, he is given dominion over something far more absolute: Death.

With every slain foe, every stolen soul, and every corpse bound to his will, Ian will carve his way from servitude to supremacy.

He will rise from the dirt. He will shatter his chains. And those who once cast him aside will learn what it means to fear the dead.

[Ability Unlocked: Soulbind – Bind the fallen to your will.]
[Absorb strength of fallen soul?]
[New Trait Acquired: Gravewalker – The dead whisper, and you listen.]

Kingdoms will tremble.
The weak will kneel.
And Ian Night will never be a failure again.

Or, like most in this cursed world, he’ll die trying.

Rebirth: Necromancer's Ascenscion

From the perspective of Renner Voss.

But it was no trial of worth, no noble contest of skill.

Renner stood with his arms folded, leaning against one of the cold, blood-slicked stone walls deep in the underbelly of Esgard, where the Crucible's roots still pulsed like a buried heart.

The iron stench of sweat and copper filled the cavernous pit chamber. Chain-lamps dangled from the ceiling, swaying slightly, casting uneven shadows that made the fighters below look more like beasts than men.

He watched as the taller man lunged with a broken spear—missing, barely—and was met with a jagged hook to the ribs.

Beneath The Ashes, Blood.