In a world forged from the corpse of a fallen god, nothing lives without curse. Rivers run with divine blood, mountains rise from shattered bone, and magic festers in the minds of the defected — outcasts marked by black eyes and fated to suffer for their power. Humanity clings to survival, hunted by cursed beasts, plagued by rotting weapons, and haunted by the whispers of the Severed Hands — godlike demons born from betrayal who feed upon the souls of the damned.
In the frozen North, power belongs not to kings, but to clans. The Midnight Eye, led by the withered and brilliant Carrion Sage, wages war against the Frostwolfs — one of five clans descended from the legendary Sun Wolves. Amidst the carnage rises Mordran Valcairn, a young general already hardened by cruelty and blood. Nearly unmatched in battle, ruthless in strategy, Mordran does not fight for glory or conquest, but for survival in a land that devours the weak.
At his side stands his wife, a defect who wields the Black Flame at the cost of her own body, and a strange swordsman whose unnatural strength hides an unsettling mystery. Together with allies cursed and comical alike, Mordran carves his path through snow, blood, and rot — only to discover that survival itself may be the cruelest illusion.
For in a world where gods rot and demons whisper, every victory demands a price.