Torik is a young thief, a shadow, and on his better days a survivor. In the underways of Valebast, where debts cut deeper than knives and loyalty is bought with chains(coin), he’s built a reputation for slipping where others can't. It helps that he is one of the rare few able to twist the senses, blur perception, and vanish in plain sight.
So, when Varlon the Fat offers him a job too good to refuse, steal the Titan’s Crown in exchange for cleared debts and more chains than he’s ever dreamed of, Torik doesn’t ask questions. He just gets to work.
But the Crown isn't just a symbol of power. It’s a key to something ancient, something bound centuries ago beneath the bones of the world. A relic from the age of Tharoghul, the Last Titan who once ruled in shadow and flame, before the First King, Edramon, broke the world to bind him.
Now, the chains are loosening. The Bound, the kingdom’s sacred religion, whispers of omens and broken seals. And Torik, once just a petty thief, finds himself entangled in a war between truth, illusion, men and monsters, and the lies we tell ourselves to survive.