Flesh and Blood

Far beyond the borders of Solana lie the Northern Realms, a large expanse of land divided amongst ancient families, who rule under the watchful, detached gaze of the City of Light. Boltyn was born to nobility, raised with the knowledge that he would inherit his father’s lands. Despite his exalted status, the young Boltyn was more interested in his grandmother’s tales of Solana, with their noble knights, shining streets, and great library of knowledge.

In a golden city devoted to the pursuit of knowledge, a small group of scholars worked within the grand library, toiling over ancient records and illuminated tomes. However, as the months passed and they continued to read through the notes of their earliest predecessors, the more they began to notice that there were inconsistencies in the tomes of old. When the scholars dared to question these missing details and contradictions, they were cast out. Their own people turned against them, declaring them heretics and driving them from the city.

Levia was born into poverty, her impoverished family one of many who worked for the nobility of the Northern Realms. Her father had been a stablehand for Lord Barthimont, but he disappeared suddenly when Levia was very young, leaving his family destitute. Without the means to support herself and her daughter, Levia’s mother sold them both into the service of the Barthimont estate, an act borne of desperation.er shoulders, claiming her blood in one final act of defiance.

With this newfound power, Levia could finally take charge of her own fate, determined to never again let anyone else take control of her.