The Shattered Throne

When the God-King of Ashenmoor is assassinated during the Eclipse Rite, the throne shatters — literally. Seven fragments scatter across the cursed kingdoms, each embedding itself in a different soul. Kael, a disgraced executioner branded a traitor, wakes with a shard of divine power burning in his chest and an empire's worth of enemies hunting him. But the throne doesn't just grant power — it whispers. It remembers every king who sat upon it, every war fought in its name, and every betrayal that stained its stone. As Kael reluctantly gathers allies — a blind seer who speaks in riddles, a former knight drowning in guilt, and a thief who may be the dead king's bastard daughter — he discovers that reuniting the throne may be the only way to stop the Hollowing: a creeping void that devours everything the shards touch. The question isn't whether Kael can claim the throne. It's whether the throne will let him survive long enough to try.