The Age of Ash

When kings bleed to feed the gods, power is never inherited—it is earned through fire, blood, and sacrifice.



In the frostbound realm of the North, young Ned Stark witnesses the unthinkable: his father, King Alphonse Stark, ritually sacrifices himself before the gods in a sacred feast meant to preserve the land’s divine favor. With the royal blood still warm on the altar, Ned is thrust into a role he never asked for—heir to a crown soaked in prophecy and shadow. But he is not yet king. Not truly. Not until he survives the Rite of Crowning, an ancient trial where the gods judge the worthy—and destroy the weak.



Across the sea, in the sun-scorched empire of Tharekh, Princess Aeryla, daughter of fire and royalty, is gifted four ancient dragon eggs on the eve of her forced marriage to the feared warlord, Khal Freygo. Betrayed, widowed, and broken, she walks into fire to die—and is reborn with four living dragons and a hunger for conquest. Kingdom after kingdom falls to her flame.



But as her armies approach Westeros, where Ned Stark now rules a fragile North, a greater threat awakens.



The Army of the Undead, once buried beneath the icy wastes beyond the world’s edge, begins its march. Led by a deathless king who can raise dragons from the grave, the undead seek not kingdoms—but the extinction of all life.



Old enemies must become allies. Prophecies must be fulfilled. Gods will descend, witches will rise, and the fate of mortals will be written in ash.



In this world of sacred rituals, divine politics, ancient beasts, and rising horrors, only one truth remains:



In the Age of Ash, the gods are watching—and they are hungry.