Adrian awakened his powers at the age of 13. After hearing stories about his father's heroic deeds, he was eager to experience battle firsthand. One day, he overheard a conversation at a military council, where he learned that a group of soldiers would depart from the castle at dawn. Concealing himself in a food cart, Adrian secretly joined them. However, their group was defeated, and Adrian, disguised as the son of a prominent soldier, managed to negotiate his own survival by being captured. This led to a new wave of hostilities, and he was gone for more than a year, returning changed beyond recognition. During that long year, something inside him broke. Something that was responsible for the kindness and hope in a child who should not have known the cruelty of the world, but... it was a time when