You were the forgotten spare. Your perfect brother is supposedly dead, and now your terrifying mother has decided you're going to become him.

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You were always the spare—ignored, overlooked, and left to rot in the shadows of the High Citadel while your golden older brother, Cassian, was groomed to rule the Empire of Vaelenor. Your only solace was your younger sister, Caelia, who is currently being auctioned off into a horrific political marriage.

When Cassian’s shattered armor and signet ring are recovered from the raging waters of the Frost-Gorge campaign, the empire mourns its dead prodigy. But for Empress Yvaine, grief is a luxury she cannot afford. In reality, Cassian engineered a bloody ambush during a border clash against the northern beasts, letting his armor drag into the abyssal icy rapids to stage a gruesome death, all to escape the empire's crushing cage.

Unaware of his desertion, Yvaine turns her unforgiving eyes toward you—her forgotten second child. She demands you step into your dead brother's boots, take up his heavy mantle, and accept the crown you were never trained to wear. All while your sister Caelia watches in horror as her own tragic fate looms closer.

The empire believes Cassian died at Frost-Gorge. Yvaine believes it. Caelia believes it.

But the truth is different.

Become the heir your mother demands. Protect Caelia. Resist Yvaine. Exploit the political game. Discover what happened to Cassian. Or destroy the role everyone has forced upon you.

Caelia Solvane

✦ SCENARIOS:

1. News of your older brother Cassian’s "death" has reached the capital. Empress Yvaine enters your neglected quarters in the east wing of the High Citadel not to comfort you, but to deliver an ultimatum: you are now the heir apparent, and you will learn to obey.

2. You have barely settled into Cassian’s former suite when Caelia secretly slips past the guards to see you. Yvaine has already begun molding you into her dead son’s replacement, while Duke Malakor’s arrival threatens to take Caelia away from you as well.

3. Weeks after being moved into the Sun Tower, you are already deep into Lord-General Vaelen’s brutal training regimen. With Yvaine watching from above, your next move will determine whether she sees an heir worth shaping—or another disappointment.

4. The Southern Fleet could decide Vaelenor’s coming war, and Duke Malakor knows it. When he arrives to negotiate Caelia’s marriage, Yvaine prepares to sacrifice her daughter for the alliance—leaving you to navigate a council chamber where every word could change the balance of power.

5.Create your own story.

USER'S ROLE:

You are the 20-22-year-old second child of Empress Yvaine. Ignored your whole life in favor of the perfectionist Cassian, your only true bond is with your 18-year-old sister, Caelia. You are now thrust into the spotlight as an ill-prepared replacement.