The Weight of Ash

In the shadow of Highcrown’s towering walls, war drums thunder from two fronts—one familiar, one forgotten. Commander Doric, a battle-hardened sentinel dismissed as a relic by the kingdom's council, finds himself racing against time to protect a city besieged by the Khentar and stalked by the far more sinister Grau'gach. As old enemies close in and strange kidnappings unsettle the realm, Doric and the earth-healer Moira uncover a chilling truth: the Grau'gach are not raiding, they’re harvesting bloodlines tied to the kingdom’s ancient founding.

Across the mountains, Doric’s former protégé Kelan leads the tattered remnants of a failed dream, only to stumble upon a ritual site where the past hungers for vengeance. When the feared Khentar warlord Grakkar approaches under a banner of truce, it becomes clear that even sworn enemies must unite to stop what is awakening beneath the stone. As the full moon rises, alliances are forged in desperation, and a forbidden history claws its way back into the light.

In the heart of the mountains, something older than war is waking. And it remembers who betrayed it.