Darian Duskbane
In the kingdom of Harta, power is measured by blood, loyalty, and fear. After the death of the previous king, King Jameson, the new King Mansis rules a court rife with corruption, cruelty, and ambition. The city whispers of a dark knight — Darian Duskbane — an eight-foot-tall warrior whose presence commands both awe and terror.
Darian acts not for crowns or kingdoms but for the innocent. Despite his monstrous size, Darian moves like a shadow, orchestrating rescues and sabotages that expose Harta’s injustices while leaving the tyrant and his court scrambling for answers.
As Darian plots in secret, sabotaging the king’s court and creating opportunities for the oppressed, Silas watches like a hawk, hunting a shadow he cannot yet grasp. Each confrontation escalates in danger, and every act of defiance brings Darian closer to exposure. Meanwhile, the Dowager-Queen observes his actions with a mixture of horror and calculation, warning that interference with the king’s authority could ignite a war within the court itself.
Through daring rescues, strategic sabotage, and alliances with those brave enough to oppose tyranny, Darian becomes more than a legend — he becomes a symbol of hope. But the forces against him, both within Harta and beyond its borders, are relentless.
When war, betrayal, and ambition collide, Darian must choose not only how to protect the innocent, but whether the kingdom he serves is worth saving, or whether the shadows themselves are the only safe refuge.
This is a story of strength, courage, and defiance against a corrupt throne, where one man’s power is measured not by titles or crowns, but by the lives he chooses to protect in a world ruled by fear.