Risk of Winter Part 1 (The Works of Monsters)
1 part Complete MatureAfter a long life of regrets and sadness, an old, old man sought to lay down his burdens, accepting his death as his due for his failures and tragedies.
Until the one sent to ensure his death told him that all he'd sought to protect, his wife, his son, his legacy, had been taken away intentionally.
After that, the only thing that old man sought was revenge, even over the wreckage of his former comrades and the students he'd trained in the arts of war.
They would all learn to fear the Guide to the Dead before joining the thousands sent down the river.