varenth rising

The Bastard Son



Synopsis:



He was born of frost, raised in silence, and bound to a family that would never call him son.



Kaelen Vaylen is the bastard child of Lord Ceyric of Frosthall—trained in sword and shadow, but never meant to inherit. While his noble siblings prepare for marriage, politics, and legacy, Kaelen walks the cold edges of the North with only his bond-beast, a silent black Shadowmane, for company.



But when the High King of Vaerenth rides north to seal an alliance through marriage, old oaths stir beneath the ice—and Kaelen finds himself at the center of a storm centuries in the making.



Whispers rise from beyond the Wraithspine Mountains.

The dead are walking.

And at the heart of it all is a frozen crown no man dares wear.



A bastard has no claim to power. But power may yet claim him.



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