The Steppeborn: The Art of War and the Broken Path

The Steppeborn: The Art of War and the Broken Path



In the age of flame and wind, Altan was born with neither. Among the Orontai—riders of the endless steppe, children of silence and storm—he was a child without voice, cursed with no elemental gift.



When the Empire scorched the grasslands and shattered the clans beneath its iron phalanx, Altan did not die. He ran.



Wounded, hunted, and alone, he fled to the edge of the world. To the Kharan Chasm. A place no map dares mark. There, in the forbidden depths where no flame burns and no sect dares tread, he finds not death but something far older. A path not built on elemental mastery, but on breath, blood, and pain.



A path broken for a reason.



As the Empire marches and ancient myths stir, a silent warrior begins to rise. Not born of the elements, but shaped by the will to endure.



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