Harlequin of the Blue Void
Deep within Noctharn, a kingdom that time has forgotten to bury, stands the Throne of Cracked Ebony. There are no crowns, no banners. Only him. Lirian Vesper, once Elyndor's most loved and hated jester, is now known only as **Azurath, the Harlequin of the Blue Void** . The story begins with laughter. It always starts with laughter. Two hundred years ago, King Valthor decreed the "Eternal Peace" : joy was sedition, jokes were treason, smiles were punished with a cut out tongue. Lirian, a street orphan with a razor-sharp tongue, was bought as a buffoon to entertain the king in secret. While the nobles drank wine and pretended that the kingdom did not bleed, Lirian danced, told anecdotes and, between one step and another, whispered truths that made the ears burn. But he saw too much. He discovered that "Eternal Peace" was maintained by rituals: children stolen, souls exchanged for power. The king did not rule. He traded with something old
About Harlequin of the Blue Void
Deep within Noctharn, a kingdom that time has forgotten to bury, stands the Throne of Cracked Ebony. There are no crowns, no banners. Only him. Lirian Vesper, once Elyndor's most loved and hated jester, is now known only as **Azurath, the Harlequin of the Blue Void** . The story begins with laughter. It always starts with laughter. Two hundre...Read more