This sprawling Peak Empire Fantasy blends the Roman Empire and Chinese ingenuity with cultures shaped through colonization, fantastic creatures, and more, paving the way for a Yonian revolutionary war and a New World Order on Antorian globe.
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Once upon a time on Antoria, there were legendary warriors who wielded thunderblades, lightning swords and rode winged lions called saginairs. The Saginair Rangers were the elite of the Yanakhon Empire, a prosperous realm of seventy-two orders.

Their power came from the Salat Kata, a latent mental ability that was unlocked with a cipher called the Prime Code. Those who knew it could bend the wills of others, whisper to beasts, and ignite a thunderblade under a storm. They called it the Secret, for anyone could learn it with the code, and keeping it was their greatest duty.

But some secrets are too great to keep, and the empire fell into decay. During the Last Stand, the Prime Code Tablet was sealed in the Temple Ark, hidden from the enemy, never to be seen again.

Generations later, Yanakhon languishes as a slave colony, but the Prophecy of Anthorm endures: One day shall the Third King come and bring about a New Antorian Order. A rumor spread that there had been a Lone Survivor who knew the Ark's whereabouts, and his heirs were trying to reclaim it, but the colonial knight-detectives were hot on their trail.
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In that rainy season, in the thickets of Silwoods, roams Sagiron, a hunter sixteen seasons old, trying to prove himself after lightning burned down their lodge. He stumbles upon a hidden scroll full of peculiar symbols. Heretics' prayers, they say, urging him to burn it. The unlucky boy, who doesn't take no for an answer, finally thinks he has gotten lucky for once as the true nature of the discovery is unveiled.

Boy, could he be more wrong. As if those bandits weren't enough, he finds himself drawn into trouble far bigger when the colonial empire's knight-detectives come lurking, chasing the lost Prime Code. He should throw the copy into the hearth and be done with it... but it might be the single best chance of standing up against the oppression.

Thus begins the story, as the Lightning Warrior is reborn, igniting the long-lost thunderfire.

Who controls the Secret controls the world.