by EdLovato
For decades, the Continent of Orion has suffered through an endless civil war between two rival kingdoms. Driven by the nobles' greed for power and wealth, the conflict has sacrificed the lives of countless innocents. Starvation, plague, and death have become the only certainties for the common people. While the lowborn bleed, the highborn dance beneath the bright candles of their ballrooms. They drink wine until sunrise, playing at war as if it were a game of chess. They place bets on the battlefields simply to stroke their egos. The commoners are left to survive in pools of blood. They seek salvation in the hollow promises of the church, waiting for a light that never comes. Driven to desperation, some sell their bodies for a few gold coins, while others dirty their hands with blood contracts—all just to survive another day. But a few have chosen to raise their heads. They lift their weapons to fight against the tyranny. And from those few, one shines the brightest. A battle mage.
