The Aspect Cycle 1 - The Ghosts of the Conquered

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Some heroes live by the sword.

Some heroes die by the sword.

Some have no idea they are heroes, they are just fighting to stay alive...

Kane used to be a hero. He was one of the Del Carpio, an honor-bound wanderer committed to keeping the peace in troubled times, a protector of the weak and the vulnerable. Now he doesn't know what he is. His world has been shattered; his sword brothers are dead, butchered in an unsuspecting moment and he hates himself for surviving when they did not. He suspects there must have been a traitor in their midst, but who? And why?

Jenn is the Beggar King's puppet. She used to be a warrior, a Del Carpio like Kane, until with one stupid mistake she damned herself. Now she doesn't even recognize who she is or the things she is capable of. She used to be a good person. So why is she breaking into a child's bedroom intent on committing murder?

Swann, the White Feather, is a legend. He's also a marked man. The underworld kingpin known as the Steel Man wants him dead and has initiated the Game of Dominion to see that it happens. The Game is a cull to weed out the weak, the old, and the unwanted. Swann, though, has a gift for staying alive. Which might be a problem for the Steel Man.

This is the story of two soldiers beaten down by the madness of war, trying to make their way home. This is the story of two sorcerers, one driven mad by the demands of raising the dead, the other absolutely rational in his hatred for mankind and his quest for a lost magic.

This is the story of mad gods and beggar kings.

This is the story of the Ghosts of the Conquered...