December 19, 2025
Kael Renn isn’t chasing destiny—he’s chasing rent, bruising his way through illegal pit fights with a chipped blade and a talent for staying alive. Then a wager goes wrong: a Starforged sword from Helvar’s sealed Star Hall lands in his hands, and the weapon answers back. Its spirit, Arien, is sharp-tongued, half-haunted, and missing memories that Starforged are never supposed to lose. When the blade erupts with a public vision of sacred oaths, the Holy Office comes hunting—and Kael is hauled to Helvar, a capital built around a screaming crater and polished lies
