Deeds of Valor

For centuries, the Vaelari elves lived unseen. Their cities hidden. Their magic forbidden. Their existence erased from every map and memory. Rayen, heir to the last elven kingdom, grew up believing secrecy was their greatest shield.  Until the night it failed.  Assassins breach the impossible wards. The royal palace burns. His family is butchered. By dawn, Rayen is the only survivor of a bloodline older than empires.  The world should not even know they exist. So who sent the killers? Driven by grief and rage, Rayen abandons the old ways and hunts for answers beyond the Veil. But outside world is crueler than the legends ever warned, and mercy proves useless against those who fear elven power.  If humanity wants monsters, Rayen will become one. Each "deed of valor" pulls him further from the prince he once was and closer to the tyrant history will curse. This is not the story of a hero. This is a story of how one is broken.