The Knight

A boy watches his family burn. A blade steals his voice. A cliff steals everything else.
Pulled half-dead from a river by a retired knight named Kael, the mute boy is raised among the Hawtherian Order, an ancient sisterhood of healers and sorceresses who follow in the wake of wars. They need a protector. He needs a reason to live. Neither gets what they expected.
Now, cursed armor grafted to his flesh and a vendetta carved into his silence, the Boy must become the Knight of Hawtheria. A mantle that has only ever been given to angry men, and has never ended well.
This is a story about the distance between vengeance and mercy, the fathers we lose and the ones we choose, and what happens when the armor won't come off.
The Knight is a completed dark fantasy told in twelve chapters. Updates weekly.
Mute protagonist. Found family. Mentor and student. Cursed armor. Revenge arc turned redemption.
If you like Berserk, Vinland Saga, or stories where the monster learns he doesn't have to be one, this is for you.