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e opulent bed to the polished oak wheelchair. Though the routines of bathing, dressing, and transitioning his useless limbs had

vidly recall the pride and strength that once coursed through every sinew of his being. The invigorating thrill of adrenaline that accompanied his da

hair, chiseled features, and cunning tactical genius on the field. His bravery and adherence to the warrior's code was unmatche

Tyrus and Oren, were regarded as intelligent yet somewhat uninspired souls, Rydren had been anointed as the shining heir apparent

terim until Rydren reached maturity to assume the full mantle of leadership. A living legacy sculpted from the finest martial

xt great sovereign had seemed preordained... until the pivota

ook place in the remote forest terrain of the Black Woods. Rydren led his most elite battalion

d by Rydren's leadership, hundreds of fierce Charthyn warriors fell before the prince's cavalrymen with minimal casualties sustained on his side. Just as victory

ing onslaught of heavily-armed Charthyn brutes. Time became impossible to gauge as his m

diately pulverizing his lumbar vertebrae into dust with the force of a thousand white hot hammers. The excruciating pain was so

ashed down to a simple cot, his lower body entirely useless and devoid of any feeling below the waist. The physicians grimly conf

his bedside. Every bitter emotion one could fathom - dread, rage, confusion - came crashi

not his men. They were commanded by none other than Rydren's own treacherous brothers, Tyrus and Oren - the rut

he two jealous siblings had brokered a deal with the fearsome Charthyn chieftain to coordinate the ambush on Rydren's regiment. His own blood had orc

nspeakable treachery to ensure Rydren was neutralized as a threat to their lust for power. Their cowardly pact had financed the barbari

melee's time, he had gone from the honored, unstoppable military hero and heir apparent to just another crippled, disgraced ca

ted back to the royal capital city of Rivensgate under heavy guard. But it quickly became evident that his malicious brothers ha

luxuries and status, the only companions Rydren had were the enslaved servants employed by his detached lodging. Every

hile unable to even perform his most basic human functions - every single ritualized experience taunted Rydren's broken spirit. Just two short years ago he had been the kingdom's mos