Masked Knight

Famine had taken a toll on the humans; this had set everyone to find what to sleep on for survival, Elrond a young orphan went on a hunt into the heart of the woods from the Charevibe where they stayed in search of a deer for venison, he heard whispers of strange folks that lured him into something he believed his eyes were tricking him.  This transgression into a foreboding land had wrecked the looming darkness upon them and now the trolloc invades in search of the faeries white wolf that protected the light and magick of the Elderwood. A black hood and a masked man bear at their door as the great sweeps of the north continue. Elrond is saved by a fate so cruel or eerie that awaits him as he either perishes or takes the hand of the pointed-ear stranger, who is also an enemy of their kind and a protector of the last Elderwood– the high elves.

A powerless orphan mocked by nobles, mages, and knights awakens the forbidden bloodline of the ancient Dragon God after surviving a deadly magical massacre. Gifted with dominion over dragons and unimaginable divine power, Henry rises from a humiliated apprentice to become the first Dragon Knight in a thousand years. But the world is fractured. Corrupt kingdoms rot from within. Dark wizards secretly resurrect the dead. Ancient dragons prepare for war. The Abyss opens beneath the world. And an immortal Demon Emperor waits beyond the darkness.

Commander Aric Vale was the kingdom's finest knight until a plague-ridden quest killed the prince and killed his soul. Banished and broken, he's called back when a faceless creature with his sigil terrorizes the kingdom and kidnaps the princess. Hoping to make amends, Aric seeks out the creature and discovers that he himself is the creature. His curse split him in two, and the princess he's stalking masterminded the whole ordeal. He's now faced with a choice: eradicate his darkness or damn himself.

Nick Cross awake in a stranger's house, wounded and bruised, and finds himself in a blank state his memory destroyed. However, there is a strange chip placed on his skin, and masked men are pursuing him, Nick must avoid an evil conspiracy that seeks to control both his body and mind with the aid of Leah, a determined woman tormented by her brother's mysterious murder. Nick sets out on an anxious quest to learn the truth about the chip and the secret project that made him a weapon, tormented by broken pieces of a life he cannot recall. Along the way, he faces ghosts from his past, including a dangerous enemy in clear view, friends who may have deserted him, and a lady who once loved him but betrayed him.

David Knight, a humble factory worker, discovers the betrayal of his wife, who, backed by her influential family, discards him for a wealthy businessman. Unknown to his in-laws and former spouse, David is heir to a dormant empire awaiting him. After an accident erased his memory, he lived simply, unaware of his true identity. Now, with memories resurfacing and powerful allies, David plans to reclaim his family’s fortune, prove his strength, and ensure his unborn child is secure—no matter the opposition he faces.

“With tranquility, I walk the silent path in a world noisy with ambition. With tranquility, I hold my sword—not to kill, but to protect. With tranquility, I face the rulers of power without harboring hatred and resentment. With tranquility, I walk through trials, wounds, and loss, without losing my way. With tranquility, I write my tale in the martial world—a tale of a young swordsman who finds strength on the silent path—The Silent Path of the Swordsman.” #### Cultivation Realms: Basic Realm → Advanced Realm → High Realm → Knight Realm → Legendary Realm.

In the Dragon's Veil Empire, the ultimate power is to become a Sovereign, a mortal who fully bonds with a dragon's essence and becomes a half-dragon overlord. Xavier Knight was once a prodigy, a noble's son destined for greatness. But after a catastrophic failure, he is stripped of his name, his title, and his betrothed, and cast out to scrape by as a lowly, despised dragon-tamer. His life is a waking nightmare of humiliation and abuse, a cruel joke whispered about in the capital's courts. He is nothing. He is less than nothing. And the world has made certain he knows it.

Richard Williams was the man who had everything, brilliance, wealth, and a family that should have been his pride. Until the night of his daughter’s third birthday, when his wife’s family branded him a fraud, stripped him of dignity, and sent him to prison for crimes he did not commit. But Richard was no ordinary billionaire. Behind the walls of betrayal, he had hidden empires, untraceable fortunes, and a mind sharper than any blade. Now free, masked by a new identity, Richard returns. Not as the man they destroyed, but as the shadow they never saw coming. His wife has taken another man’s arm, his daughter has been taught to despise him, and the vultures of society have moved on. He has returned for vengeance, redemption, and the one thing money can’t buy his daughter.

Kaelen Vance was the crippled dishonor of the elite Vance Sword Clan—born with a shattered spirit core and reduced to a low-level servant. On the eve of his eighteenth birthday, his own stepbrother stabs him in the chest, framing him for treason and throwing his body into the abyss of the Abyssal Rift. Instead of death, Kaelen awakens the Abyssal Sovereign’s Grimoire—a primordial weapon system that feeds on dark spirit energy and converts every fatal blow into sword mastery. He returns under a shadow mask, armed with an ancient style long thought extinct. To his former family, he is dead trash. To the underworld, he is the masked executioner known as the Shadow Blade. He will scale the ranks from lowest outcast to invincible Sword Saint, cutting down corrupt patriarchs and corporate overlords until everyone who trampled him kneels.

If prophecies are destined to come to pass, how is it that even a queen can interfere with one? And what does it mean for the future of the kingdom? The silent battle between land and sea intensifies when Nadia is sent to reside with the Royal Family of Noelle, and Queen Ariana decides she has a much better idea. With the help of her retired White Knight, Sir Rallian, Nadia is enslaved and Ariana initiates her plan to make Noelle an empire again. However, the mutually beneficial relationship between the queen and former knight is under pressure when Sir Rallian discovers Nadia's value and Queen Ariana begins to question if the she made the right decision letting Nadia live. Will this powerful friendship withstand the test of greed? Meanwhile, the Royal Advisor, Polaris, looks a fool as what he announced to be a prophecy no longer appears as such. Furthermore, correcting the intended course of events is more complicated with the queen involved, not to mention Nadia is seafolk AND cursed. Poor Rein Bow also finds herself overwhelmed and powerless in helping Nadia, and she hopes that joining forces with Polaris and his resources against this cruel villain will be enough to deliver the princess-turned-slave. Will Polaris manage to save his reputation without committing treason? Will Nadia have the better life she was promised outside the ocean? The story of the descendants of King Jorge and Emperor Gerardo continues in this tension-packed Book Three of "The Rose Tree Chronicles." New unique characters are introduced and clash in this fight for a prophecy to be fulfilled. Powerful alliances are strained and personal feelings are mingled in politics. Read "Silver Skeletons" and immerse yourself in a world of war and prophecy.