The gods are gone, but their blood still courses through royal veins, shaping empires long after their abandonment. Darrow Ghaldre, the feared Kingslayer King, seeks to annihilate every other monarch and their kin to break the divine grip on mankind.
Now, twenty cycles later, peace decays as crops rot, beasts prowl, and whispers stir of god-blood that survived. Johanus Dhulos, once Ghaldre’s blade, now tends his fields in peace with his son Quintin. Until a shadow from the past comes hunting.
The end of kings was only the beginning.
The kingdoms of Eldoria have known centuries of stillness since Ulrich the Mad—an Elven tyrant twisted by dark magic—was sealed beneath the roots of the world. But when Iyonmana, conduit of the Sun Tree and matriarch of Andradia, receives a vision of his return, the other conduits dismiss it as a fading flame of an old war.
Refusing to stand idle, she sends her two great granddaughters—Idia, a blazing knight with a warrior’s temper, and Uwa, a quiet archer whose water magic runs deeper than it seems—to investigate the growing signs of unrest. Joined by the Moonflower prince Illythand the enigmatic mage Aelar, they must navigate hostile lands, divine politics, and elemental trials to uncover what may be a rising threat… or a fire that never truly died.
But something ancient is stirring.And if they fail, Ulrich will rise again.
In a realm of ancient trees, political courts, and buried gods, two heirs of the Sun Tree must uncover a truth older than their blood.
Fifty years after the cataclysmic Second Jewel War, the Land of Spade has flourished under the legacy of Kaipo Kasumi, its once-fractured realms now united in an era of peace. But peace is a double-edged sword, for in the shadows of tranquility, a new and insidious evil stirs—one that threatens to unravel everything the heroes of old fought for. As dark forces emerge from the cracks of a fragile peace, the next generation of mages must rise to confront an adversary unlike any before. Will they uphold the legacy of their predecessors, or will the weight of history crush them? The fate of five universes rests in their hands, and their journey will test not only their power but the very essence of who they are.PS: If you haven't read previous series of The Land of Spade, it's totally fine! You don't have to be caught up and can read this as a totally new story, because that's what it is!Edit (01.30.2025) - Here are the current STORY ARCS!!!Chapters 1-24 -The Gathering Shadows ArcChapters 33-47 -The Shattered Council ArcChapters 55-72 -The War of Fort Vigilance ArcChapters 73-Current -The Sentient Arc
Masashi Kishimoto's manga series "Naruto" follows Naruto Uzumaki's journey to become a respected ninja. The manga was adapted into an anime series (2002-2007) and dubbed in English (2005-2009). This book analyzes each episode of the anime series, from Season 1 to Season 5, going beyond a simple summary.
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