War of the Petty Kings

Name: War of the Petty Kings
Author: markusvikanderfantasy

by markusvikanderfantasy

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The peace is shattered, and the Fifth War of the Petty Kings has begun. In the fractured lands of the Westlands, honor is a luxury no one can afford. When a brutal betrayal throws the kingdoms into absolute chaos, three strangers are caught in the wake of the marching armies: a cynical mercenary who fights only for coin, a young huntress fleeing the ashes of her home, and a banker's son running for his life after a royal slaughter. They are not heroes out to save the world. They are survivors trying to outrun it. In a war where the only rule is survival, their paths will collide in a desperate struggle to find refuge before the fires of the petty kings consume them all. Meet the Survivors: Ulrik Kahl – A forty-year-old wandering knight and cynical sellsword who has spent two decades bleeding for coin. With no illusions of glory, he views killing for the high-born lords of the Westlands as nothing more than a day’s work. In the coming slaughter, he knows he can only rely on his blade, his rusted mail, and sheer luck. Saskia – A young huntress from an obscure forest village in the Kingdom of Wolfsfurt, where she lived a simple, honest life alongside her brother. Too young to remember the horrors of the last war, she is forced to flee toward the city when an Adlerwald host of a thousand men advances, running from the ruin and violence she knows the army leaves in its wake. Vilém Kantor – The sheltered son of the leader of Wolfsfurt's Banking Guild. When the heavily indebted King brutally betrays the guild—slaughtering its men and seizing its gold—Vilém narrowly escapes the massacre. Stripped of his status, he must flee to a neighboring kingdom to survive, learning the bitter lesson that in war, there are no rules.