In a world ruled by blood, power is not earned. It is inherited.
The continent of Aetherra is governed by 12 Great Houses, each descended from ancient progenitors whose bloodlines carry terrifying abilities. These gifts, tied to marrow-deep sigils called Veinmarks, shape the world with fire, shadow, steel, and time itself.
Those born without a bloodline live as the Unblooded powerless, voiceless, disposable.
Rael was one of them. Or so he believed.
When his village is slaughtered by soldiers of House Vire and he miraculously survives, something within him awakens. Strange visions, glowing glyphs, and a mark that pulses with forgotten power. Rael’s blood sings with a language older than the Great Houses, a legacy buried in history and sealed in flesh.
Now hunted by nobles, haunted by memories not his own, and driven by whispers of a bloodline erased from record, Rael must unravel the truth of his origin before the world remembers why it was hidden.
The Vein is rising.
And with it, the age of monsters may return.