Born in the Kingdom of Euphorian, Xane was the unwanted son of an emperor and a lowly concubine, branded an illegal child from birth. Among twenty concubines and their offspring, he and his mother were treated with cruelty and contempt. Though his mother promised to protect him, her life was cut short by a mysterious poison, a crime quietly committed within the palace walls.
When young Xane begged the emperor for justice, he was met not with mercy, but punishment. Locked away in a freezing chamber with no food for months, mocked and forgotten, his childhood was stripped from him piece by piece. By the time he was released years later, Xane was weak in body but hardened in soul.
Surrounded by siblings who thrived while he suffered, the hatred he endured finally consumed him. One by one, the concubines and their children vanished beneath his merciless hand. His final target was the emperor himself the father who ignored his suffering and his mother’s death.
When the emperor fell, killed in secret, Xane exposed his corpse to the kingdom, forcing Euphorian to witness the truth of its ruler’s sins. As the last remaining heir, Xane ascended the throne alone.
The people call him brutal.
Xane calls it survival.
For he learned only one truth in life
never rely on others...only yourself