Leopold Solomon, the sole remaining heir of a declining duchy, while running for his life while facing a multitude of assassins, fell into a desperate situation.
He knew that his state was hopeless, so he decided to bring his assailants down with him in a last act of sacrifice.
But as if a miracle shone from above, that act gave him the power that could allow him to topple regimes and manipulate the strongest of beings in the empire and beyond.