Star-Embracing Swordmaster

The opulent trading hub of Schoarra, known as the “Lighthouse of the North,” casts a long shadow over its brutal underworld—a realm carved up and ruled by five merciless crime bosses. When a disgraced knight reduces the brothel where Vlad, a streetwise orphan, works to ruin, Vlad rejects his former life. Fueled by loss and a hunger for dominance, he pledges himself to the sword. His unique gift is a sentient blade, a guide to power and wisdom that is as perilous as it is profound. Embracing the way of the swordsman, Vlad enters the service of the powerful House Vayezid, beginning a dangerous ascent into the city’s treacherous elite.