Rise of the Dread King
They cast me into shadow… yet I became the flame."
Born as the discarded son of a tyrant king and his secret concubine, Kael Veylor was never meant to live. Sold to a mad sorcerer, cursed with godlike power, and broken beyond repair, the boy who should’ve died in chains instead carved a throne from the ashes of his pain.
Now crowned as the feared Dread King, Kael rules not with cruelty—but with compassion wrapped in steel. His kingdom, once ravaged by war and darkness, now thrives beneath his black banner. Children laugh in the streets. Orphans find warmth. And twelve powerful warriors—the Thorns, each scarred and saved by Kael—stand at his side as both his generals and his family.
But peace is a lie the world refuses him.
The Holy Kingdom of Solarae—his father's realm—has declared him a blight upon creation. Arrogant sword saints, summoned heroes, and god-blessed empires rise to erase him from history. They do not see the man. They only see the monster.
And monsters, once awakened… never kneel.
As war threatens to consume the world, Kael must confront the past that forged him, the pain that haunts him, and the blood he’ll spill to protect the only home he’s ever known.
To protect his people, he will become the villain the world fears…
And in his wake, even gods shall fall
