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The Mark of the Forsaken
In the frozen land of Novarth, where warriors once carved their legacies in steel and blood, a tyrant king rules with an iron grip, his paranoia reshaping the kingdom into a place of fear and betrayal. The old ways are dying, and those who resist are cast into the shadows, hunted like beasts.
Among them is Thorn Erik-a boy abandoned, cursed, and left to rot in the gutters of Drakenvold. Marked from birth by a symbol whispered to be a curse from the gods, he is shunned, beaten, and left to fend for himself in a world that sees him as nothing more than filth. But fate does not forget those who bear its mark.
In a land of betrayal and legend, one forsaken child may hold the key to something far greater than he ever imagined.
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