Steel, Ash, and Oath
In a war-torn medieval kingdom, where titles are bought with blood and betrayal, a lowborn bastard named Garran finds himself swept into a conflict not of his choosing. Pressed into levy service, he survives a slaughter meant to settle a petty border feud and discovers that in this world, loyalty is worth less than grain, and honor dies with the poor.
Steel, Ash, and Oath is a slow-burning medieval kingdom-building saga of mercenary captains, broken oaths, and the high cost of power. As Garran claws his way from a spear-wielding levy to the lord of bloodied lands, he must navigate the brutal truths of war: no victory comes without a body count, no alliance without a price, and no kingdom without bones beneath its foundation.
This is a story of attrition, siege lines, shifting loyalties, and hard men shaped by a harder world where oaths matter, but survival matters more.