Chapter 1: Killjoy

Between the nations of the North and South, a young boy is trapped under the rule of his mercenary father turned outlaw. Locked beneath a cycle of abuse, two hired guns, a dead soldier and a peppy strategist, offer a way out. But Heartrik had never thought that escaping his father would see him witness a coup against the monarchy, spiraling the nations and world into war, and unearth the secrets of reality all the while reigniting the one thing he had wanted since he had lost everything; To take his freedom.