Leontius endured ten grueling years as an imperial hostage in the northern kingdom of Qi to maintain peace for his homeland. Upon his homecoming, he finds his treacherous father and younger brother Luther plotting his immediate demise to secure the throne for themselves.
Reborn with tactical foresight, Leontius repudiates his royal heritage and forms an unbreakable military pact with the formidable Empress Xandra of Qi. Equipping his loyal vanguard with revolutionary gunpowder artillery, he marches upon his former homeland, exposing Luther's treacherous crimes and conquering the allied kingdoms to forge an undisputed imperial dynasty.
