Before she entered the Qin Palace, (Y/N) belonged to the underworld. Raised in Helheim, she was known as a healer - one who mended wounds, treated poison, and eased the suffering of the dead. She grew up beside Hades, her closest friend in youth, and learned early that life and death were equally cruel. But when her father, a physician of Helheim, died because of the gods carelessness...because of Zeus, (Y/N) lost what little faith she had in Helheim. So she left the underworld behind. Above, the Warring States tore China apart. Kingdoms drowned in war, and in the blood-soaked heart of it stood Qin Shi Huang was the most feared of them all. Its king was whispered to be many things. A tyrant. A king. A man blessed by heavens. Qin Shi Huang. Drawn by rumor and necessity, (Y/N) entered Qin under a false name as a foreign physician. She expected another ruler drunk on power. Instead, she found a man hidden beneath gold, silence, and a crown too heavy for any one soul to bear. And Qin Shi Huang, who had spent his life surrounded by masks, found himself watched by the only woman who did not fear him....(Y/N).