Synopsis

In the world of Aethyros, power is measured by the core you awaken. Fire, storm, shadow, and beast—every clan, academy, and royal house worships bloodlines tied to destruction and battle. The strong rise. The weak are forgotten.

But in the border village of Makok, a strange boy named Jofyn Vale awakens nothing. To the world, he is useless—a failed cultivator who talks to chairs, lamps, and tools as if they were alive. Laughed at, shunned by peers, and tossed into the lowest academy class with only three outcasts, Jofyn hides his silence behind weary smiles.

Until the day of the expedition.

Deep within a dungeon, he discovers two things: a strange egg that hatches into a hawk named Haley, and a single drop of ancient blood that burns like the sun. When the blood forces its way into him, a voice whispers:

“Creation has acknowledged you.”

From that moment, the long-slumbering Forgeblood System awakens inside him. Unlike mages, knights, or beast tamers, Jofyn’s path is one no one has ever walked. His core is not destruction—it is Creation itself. Every hammer strike, every rune, every enchantment shapes reality. His tools are alive, his artifacts carry will, and even stones and plants whisper guidance to him.

But Jofyn’s secret is dangerous.
No one must know that he carries the extinct Forger God Bloodline—a bloodline said to rival royals and emperors, long thought erased from history.

While the continent bows before elemental clans and royal houses, while the five great academies prepare their champions for the Crown Convergence Tournament, Jofyn and his small, mocked class at the forgotten Ironveil Institute begin their rise.

Mocked as useless.
Dismissed as insane.
But step by step, forging core by core, Jofyn Vale will climb the BlackLine Rankings—from Forge Apprentice to Eternal Creator—until the day the world realizes:

He is not just another student.
He is the last ember of Creation.

(First Volume of the "BlackLine Chronicles")


Before swords sang or spells scorched the skies…


The ancients whispered of a forge that burned without flame, where the first gods hammered existence itself. From that forge came the great bloodlines, the guardians, and the eight realms of man. But when greed clawed at its fire, the forge shattered—its embers scattered into mortals, birthing cores of fire, storm, shadow, and stone.


Until one day… in a forgotten border village called Makok, where a boy with weary hands spoke to chairs and staffs to ease his loneliness, a single drop of blood pulsed.


🕊️ Introduction to Jofyn's Core System – The Forge Path


Unlike all others who awaken elemental or beast cores, Jofyn's system is unique.


The Eight Forge Layers (BlackLine Path)


1. Red – Forge Core (Apprentice) → The beginning. Awakens [Forge Sense].


2. Orange – Elemental Core (Crafter) → Fuses elements into creations.


3. Yellow – Rune Core (Smith) → Engraves runes and glyphs.


4. Green – Beast Core (Bloodforger) → Merges beast essence into weapons.


5. Blue – Spirit Core (Artisan) → Imbues souls and wills into artifacts.


6. Indigo – Astral Core (Crafter of Stars) → Connects forgeries to constellations.


7. Violet – Mythic Core (Legend-Smith) → Forges concepts themselves.


8. Prismatic – Eternal Core (Godsmith) → Creation of existence.


Humans are ranked by Core Strength (Initiate → Emperor → Ascendant).


Currencies are ranked (Bronze → Silver → Gold → Obsidian → Celestial → Mythril → Auric → Eternal).


Transportation is ranked (Carriage → Beast Mount → Spirit Animal → Teleport Gate → Guardian Carriage → Celestial Ark → Divine Gate).


Academies are ranked (Ironveil at the lowest tier; five royal academies at the highest).


Even Jewelry and Crystals are ranked, carved from hidden metals found only in dungeons.


In this world, everything has a rank. Those who sit at the top of the BlackLine Rankings rule.


But… Jofyn's system doesn't belong to their order. His Forgeblood System has its own laws, and its path will take him beyond even royals and emperors.


Prologue – The Last Spark