Ren Karibata is only nineteen when his life crumbles in an instant. Once a young trade administrator in the flourishing village of Riverbrick, Ren watches everything he loves burn to ash when the Kingdom of Suragato launches a brutal surprise attack. His parents are killed. His home reduced to rubbl

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