Working Title: "All that Whispers"

In the divided empire of Mansu, Renette Del-Valenith, known only as Ren, is a weapon forged in silence. A rare half-elf bred from forbidden royal blood, she was stolen during a sacred festival and trained among the Nahaja, elite assassins who serve a fragile throne balanced on betrayal. When ordered to kill the true emperor and his newborn heir, Ren completes the unthinkable, yet spares the child. That single act of defiance brands her a traitor and sets her fleeing with the empire’s future in her arms.

Far across the northern seas in the frost-bound kingdom of Norhaven, Orri Frontborn walks proudly behind his sister Lyra during the ancient Rite of the Dawn. Marked by four divine signs, an omen unseen in living memory, Lyra is destined for greatness. But prophecy carries a cruel cost. When Lyra dies under a mysterious calling during her Awakening, Orri’s faith fractures, and his rage toward the gods begins to grow. As war brews across kingdoms and old loyalties rot from within,

Ren and Orri move toward a fate neither understands, drawn by grief, by blood, and by whispers older than the world itself.