The Lost Soul of Frosthold

A world where those who return are shunned, Burns the fire of greed underneath graves. what hides in the shadows....what was silenced in history, something awakens once more, strings of history are being pulled— salvation...war? surely the spinning of wheels will lead to the fated destination, but what happens when even fate was derailed? — In the winter-locked Empire of Asteron, where airships float above steam-choked streets and the Crown Prince rules with cold precision, ancient myths still whisper of “lost souls”—beings once human, now cursed with forbidden power said to tear the boundary between life and death. Count Azel, the Empire’s greatest inquisitor, is summoned to Frosthold Prison to interrogate a condemned man who claims to be one of these legendary lost souls. The encounter shakes Azel to his core. Behind the prisoner’s calm words lies a truth too perilous for any sane man to speak. When the warden and the Crown’s agents begin to probe, Azel realizes that the return of a lost soul could unravel the Empire itself. Haunted by sins of his past and the memory of a tragedy he and his butler Joseph barely survived, Azel sets out to uncover the secret buried beneath Frosthold’s snow. As omens of chaos gather, old covenants stir and forgotten powers awaken. The Empire’s delicate peace trembles, for the resurfacing of one lost soul may herald the return of the Covenant—and with it, the end of the known world. Caught between duty and damnation, Count Azel must decide whether to protect the realm that made him… or destroy it to save what remains of his soul.