The war in the East didn't just end with the death of the Vampire Monarch. It echoed. It rippled. It tore down names that had once been carved into the bedrock of power like commandments from gods. Everyone remembered the moment Magnus Draykar became legend—Ascended beyond Immortal into the realm only one man before him had ever touched. A demigod. A title that meant something in a world where strength was currency more valuable than gold, truth, or even peace.
But while statues would be raised and songs would be sung about Draykar, other names were quietly buried in the ashes of what they once represented.
The Kagu family fell.
