Embers of the Silent Crown

Long ago, Celian Darras—once lauded as the merciful Sovereign-King of Aereth—fell to a conspiracy that struck like a dying star, bringing his reign to a violent end. With his final breath, Celian's mind fractured between memory and regret, leaving his legacy to crumble without heirs. Yet destiny has threads of its own design. Centuries later, Celian awakens in the body of Julian Arthel, a humble blacksmith’s son in the isolated village of Edran’s Hollow—a place untouched by the grand politics that once shaped his kingdom. Here, far from royal courts and whispered rebellions, Julian struggles under the weight of poverty, honing simple smithing skills and dreaming of a life far from the anvil.