The last monarch of the Eldian Empire and the First King of the Walls, Karl Fritz, was a righteous man who used to believe in his chosen blood and the goodness of his people and thought that they were just led astray by bad leaders with violence and war. A sharp turn after his coronation led him to become his own god after seeing the truth about Ymir, the so-called mother god they had once worshiped. Disgusted with his own blood, he dedicated his utopia to his true mother, Krista. Who raised him? How did a soft idealist turn so ruthless? What happened in the Great Titan War? Karl is the heart of this story; he started along with all these mysteries.

This is Ben O'Malley's backstory about growing up as an immigrant in NYC in the 1930s, and his struggle to find friends throughout his life. Ben is one of the MCs of my work-in-progress WW2 novel, Scars of Freedom.

-when you judge others, you lose the opportunity to make a new friend. This is Lawrence "Lawrie" Belitz's backstory about his childhood growing up in New York City. Before Lawrie became a soldier, a sergeant, a war hero and the sensation of America at war, people simply knew him for being an illegitimate child. He was taught never to judge others, yet others judged him for something he had absolutely no control over. This is a story about resilience, family, friendship, and also how harmful it can be to others when they are judged.