Viewed by the imperial city as a useless vagrant drowning in grief, Valen spends his days slumped against tavern walls after failing to save his murdered bride years ago. The arrogant ruling nobility mocks his filth, unaware that beneath the stained rags slumbers the legendary dark sorcerer known across the continent as the Shadow. Valen tolerates their daily humiliations only to maintain a fragile vow of nonviolence.
The deception shatters when Valen uncovers irrefutable proof that his own aristocratic brother arranged his wife's assassination to seize their noble title. Casting aside his bottle, Valen unleashes forbidden shadowy arts that engulf the capital in midnight terror. As monstrous hordes breach the city walls and terrified nobles scramble for safety, the awakened mage steps forward to execute vengeance upon every traitor who wronged him.
