The once united kingdom of Odregary was torn into two by the acts of a civil war. A war which came about upon the death of their king. Not just any death, a murder. His two sons, grief stricken and lost for answers, turn to each other. One for comfort, the other to blame. The people of this kingdom chose their sides, tearing the peaceful kingdom down the middle. A new kingdom was built, the Traterra kingdom, which was ruled by the younger brother, Leonard. Adrian continued to rule his kingdom, constantly looking over his shoulder for fear of his life. After a few years of this, he brings in an assassin, Aldreda Boudoir, whom ends up being the love of his life. As their wedding days dawn on the pair, Adrian doesn't ask much of his bride, only one simple act. Her final mission as an assassin before laying down her weapons forever, to rule a kingdom at the side of her soulmate. He simply askes of her to kill his brother. But perhaps the stories you told, the people you know or think you know aren't who they seem, for better or for worse...
Ray is low on time, luck, and hope; his only chance is an artifact that may not even exist. But upon meeting Landon, Ray is beginning to believe he might find all four.
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Cambions are doomed to tragedy. They are weak, sickly creatures that rarely live to see their twentieth year. Ray refuses to resign himself to that fate. Upon learning of the Crimson Sheath-an artifact capable of preserving his life-Ray is prepared to fight, steal, and kill to get his hands on it. He is not prepared for Landon. Landon is an orphan with no memories of his parents, the only inheritance left to him a dagger, sleeping in a crimson sheath. Though he has no love of bloodshed and no use for a dagger, Landon isn't about to let Ray take his only link to his forgotten history, even if that means following the cambion past the edge of the world and into the shadow beyond.
Content Warnings: Violence, semi-graphic gore, character deaths, profanity, mild drug and alcohol usage, abuse discussed but not shown, and morally-questionable people doing morally-questionable things.