The Sealing March

Severe, strategic, exhausted, and fiercely protective beneath an intimidating command.

Vael commands the Demon Army from the northern front and is feared across the human realms as the architect of their suffering. He is secretly responsible for maintaining the failing defenses around the Great Rift, while trying to preserve the other living anchors long enough to prevent catastrophe.

Disciplined, proud, and grimly merciful, with the bearing of a commander who has already accepted personal sacrifice.

Kharos is one of the Demon Generals guarding the northern territories and an anchor tied to one of the Seven Great Wards. To human kingdoms he is a monstrous enemy responsible for raids and devastation; in truth, his campaigns are part of the desperate struggle to contain the Rift.

Earnest, compassionate, courageous, and dangerously willing to trust a righteous cause.

Aren is a young warrior from a frontier kingdom, chosen by an ancient prophecy and entrusted with a legendary shining sword. At the story’s beginning, he is eager to become the hero the world expects, unaware that his victories may carry a terrible cost.

Brilliant, idealistic, politically cautious, and fascinated by patterns she does not yet understand.

Seraphine serves the royal court as an expert on ancient scripture and is among the first to identify Aren as the prophesied Champion. She helps assemble the quest and interpret its signs, believing she is restoring hope to a world threatened by the Dark Army.

Aren’s Sealing March

Aren accepted the shining sword and left his village for the capital, beginning the quest to defeat the Seven Demon Generals and reach the Great Rift.

The Demon Army’s Hidden Strategy

Vael ordered Kharos to reposition the armies and ensure that the Champion survives, suggesting the Demon Army’s actions serve a purpose beyond simple conquest.

The First Demon General

The first target on the prophecy’s path awaits Aren, but its identity and the reason for sparing the Champion remain unknown.