𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐐𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐫 — 𝑣𝑎𝑠𝑡, 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒: ~ 𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐍 ~ Crowned at the tender age of fourteen upon the bloodied death of his father, 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧 did not inherit a kingdom — he seized it. From the moment the iron circlet touched his brow, 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐴 𝑚𝑦𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠. His heart, if it ever beat, had long since turned to steel. Feared more than worshipped, he was 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 — 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥, 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. His harem, though grand, was nothing more than tradition — 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑, 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑. A devout follower of 𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐈𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧 walked the path of discipline and divine dominion. His fury was legendary, his ambition boundless. They say his gaze alone could silence a room. 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 ~ 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐀 ~ A symbol of 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 of the Kingdom of 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚, and the darling of the palace. Her 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 unmatched known throughout the nearby kingdoms, it is her 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 that truly define her. Loyal to her people and unafraid of the darkness that threatens her land, 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚’𝐬 name has now reached the ears of 𝐈𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧, the cruel emperor of Qazir, sparking both fascination and rivalry.