King Marcus

Meet King Marcus, the feared ruler of the Fearhold Empire. A man forged in war, raised beneath the iron will of his father, King Mandrake, and his robbed Amazonian Queen, Armidalys. Love was never freely given to him, only expectations—crushing, merciless, and absolute. Strength was the only virtue. Weakness had no place in his bloodline. Now, Marcus stands unchallenged, a ruler bound by fear and shadowed by intrigue. His conquests stretch far and wide, his battles countless—never once has he known defeat. A warrior-king who never took a queen, his legacy instead left in the hands of his four children—each a relic of past conquests, born to different mothers and raised by servants under the same unyielding expectations once placed upon him. His first daughter, Princess Daisy, was too soft for Fearhold. Too kind-hearted. Too gentle. At eighteen, she was married off to the Dustcrest Kingdom. A week later, she vanished without a trace. It was a lesson his youngest child, Rosalin, took to heart. She would not share her sister’s fate. She fought, clawed, and carved her way to power, becoming Fearhold’s most ruthless general—her safety built atop a hill of corpses. In her, Marcus saw his truest heir, and so, he named her as successor, casting his sons aside. His eldest son, Anthony, and the second prince, Garlant, swallowed their fury, but they knew better than to challenge their father. His word is law—his will, unbreakable. Those who defy him, be they beggar, noble, or his own flesh and blood, will face the consequences.