ENTER THE SEASON OF ENDINGS: THE FIRST OF EIGHT COLLECTION OF SHORT TALES FROM THE 'OF WAR & IRON' SERIES BY NEW FANTASY WRITER, S.B. YOUNG

Famine persisted as war was no stranger during the Season of Endings, a season of uncertainty. Peace was a luxury the Gods seldom blessed, and though times of serenity were far too few, the hearty Men of Myrtureim persevered.

It had been two decades since Guildhammer's victory over Ashen-Mire brought peace between the First City of Stone and the Land of Ash, but the battle between Kast-Kestrem and Malusvoyd was a different kind of monster. It was not over meager things; there were no disagreements over lands and crops, prices of import or structural decrees—King Emuhk Elmarson of Malusvoyd, known to all in whispers as the Cruel, was a nothing more than a barbarian with a crown.

His chief goal was to bring all of Myrtureim to its knees, pledging fealty solely to the King of the Marshlands. Gaining the upper-hand for most of the battle, Emuhk proved to be more brutal than anticipated, but after months of slaughter, Emukh was forced to yield to the broadsword Throttigr, the weapon of King Auror Ulfracson of Kast-Kestrem. Shortly thereafter, King Emuhk Elmerson the Cruel was executed along the soiled the streets of his own Keep.

After his death, by right of blood and rank, his son Emeric Emuhkson, was crowned as new King of the Marshlands. Victorious, King Auror and his First-Legion Infantry left Malusvoyd in the hands of King Emeric and rode back towards the Central City. Victorious over their most formidable foe yet, their banners showed proof to all of Myrtureim that their hope had yet to die...

But to the East, in the cursed glade of the Precipice Woods, an anicent evil awakens and stirs. Its cruelty and malice soon to plague the men, women, and children of the continent of Myrtureim, leaving the hearty folk with one choice: Band together to fight an evil that awaits them, or become one with the Bleak Light...

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