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Crowned Emperor at six, Adrian grew up under the shadow of Lord Varian, the Regent who claimed to protect him but slowly turned protection into control.By fifteen, Adrian broke free, mastering the empire and rising as one of its greatest rulers. Yet mercy spared Varian, exile followed, and betrayal soon took root in the Regent's old faction.At nineteen, Adrian stood at the height of power-ready to reconcile with the man who had once been his prison. But on the road home, assassins struck.The Eagle fell at twenty.And Varian, left with grief, realized too late that the boy he had tried to shield had finally become a man-only for him to know that man for a single day.