An exiled noble returns from a deadly void wielding a forbidden codex, unaware his slightest defense can crush knights and giants alike.
Aiden Blackthorn's uncle cast him from a cliff seven years past, certain the fall would end the bloodline. Instead, the abyss delivered him to the Void, where the Dawn Codex rewrote his limits. He carries that power home still convinced of his own inadequacy, a blind spot that makes his return terrifying. Knights who once served his family now face a single parry that drives them to their knees. Giants crumble to mud beneath his unmeasured strikes. The usurper who ordered the murder watches his forgotten nephew approach, not knowing the child he failed to kill has become the nightmare he cannot name.
Motifs
Survival through forbidden knowledge
Power unrecognized by its wielder
Usurper haunted by past crime
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