Chapter 79 - House of Dragons

The Darkan family's territory sprawled across the northern expanse of the Solaris Empire, a rugged landscape dominated by the Last Front—a fortified line against the wild unknown—and flanked by the Lindell family to the east, their only neighbors in this desolate region. Beyond their borders lay the Forest of Beasts, a verdant labyrinth teeming with monstrous creatures that served as a natural barrier, leading toward the Outliers' untamed lands. To the west stretched a vast valley, a treacherous descent that connected to the Vodal Kingdom, a realm unlike any other in the empire. The Vodal Kingdom was a patchwork of rival families, each serving distinct gods, their rulership determined every fifty years through a brutal, blood-soaked contest. The losing families were bound to obey the victors, even at the cost of their own ruin, earning the kingdom its moniker: the "Land of Apostles."