Blackguard: The Kingslayer - Part I

Long before the Blackguard, before the wars that would reshape the stars, there was Alden.

A slave with no name worth remembering.

When the city of Crasmire is destroyed by order of a King obsessed with secrets buried beneath the earth, Alden is dragged from the ruins and thrown into a world of chains, war, and ancient horrors. What begins as a fight to survive soon becomes something far greater when Queen Mara turns against her own husband and ignites a civil war that will tear the realm apart.

But something older than kings is awakening.

Beneath ruined cities and forgotten fortresses, the dead whisper of Home. Ancient symbols appear where they should not exist. Creatures long sealed away walk again. And somewhere below the kingdom lies a history that mankind was never meant to remember.

Alden wants no crown. No glory. No destiny.

Yet the deeper he descends, the more the past seems to recognize him.

And when an ancient sword chooses his hand, it gives the former slave a name that will one day terrify kings.

Kingslayer.

Before the legend could be remembered, it had to be born.