The world had always been cruel to Kalek Veyr. Born in the Black Mire, a festering cesspool of poverty and decay, he had grown up on the streets, fighting for scraps and stealing to survive. His parents were taken by the plague when he was just a boy, leaving him alone in a world that had no use for the weak.
At sixteen, Kalek thought he had found salvation when a wealthy noble named Lord Sairan took him in as a servant. For a time, he believed in the man's promises of a better life. But that illusion shattered when Kalek discovered he was nothing more than a pawn in Sairan's schemes. Framed for a crime he didn't commit, Kalek was thrown into the depths of the Abyssal Pit—a prison where hope went to die.
The Pit was a place of nightmares. It wasn't just a prison; it was a death sentence. The strong preyed on the weak, and the guards turned a blind eye to the horrors within. For three years, Kalek endured, his heart growing colder with each passing day. He learned to fight, to kill, to manipulate. And most importantly, he learned the truth about the world:
"Mercy is a lie, and justice is a myth. Strength is the only truth."
When Kalek finally escaped the Pit, he was no longer the boy who had entered it. He was something else—something darker. He vowed to take revenge on those who had wronged him and to seize the power that had been denied to him.