The Iron North & The Golden West

France is dying, and honor dies with it. In an age of iron crowns and starving streets, the sky itself bears a wound—an unspoken omen that bleeds a cold, unnatural power upon the world. Some call it a miracle. Most simply learn to endure. Mikael Steorra, the last son of a ruined noble house, holds fast to a wooden sword and a creed that no longer protects the weak. Zhorazo Zhobina, a gutter-born gambler with silver fingers and quicker wits, survives by cheating fate before it can claim him. Beyond the Atlantic waits the Golden West—a land whispered to reward only the ruthless, where power answers neither crown nor prayer. To reach it, they must board the Bretagne, a floating fortress of wood and cannon, and sail through a world rotting with corruption, violence, and forgotten gods. In the North, iron decides your worth. In the West, gold decides your fate. And for those without either, survival is the only law that remains. “Honor is the only thing you take to the grave.”