GRACEBORN

01 DEC 2026

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2nd DRAFT

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THE PLOT

MUCH HAS BEEN LOST, BUT BLOOD DOES NOT FORGET. AND WHILE THE OLD BLOOD REMEMBERS, WHAT ONCE WAS MAY YET BE AGAIN…

The Hallowed Land, they called it. A bastion of light that stood throughout the Age of Discord, where none went hungry and peace was a promise to all. But when the Hallowed Land fell, that promise was shattered. The earth itself became tainted. No one has set foot within its borders in over a thousand years. Until now.

Healerโ€™s apprentice Asa Oโ€™Dair would follow his adopted brother Kael anywhere. Even on a reckless jaunt into the Tainted Land. There, Asa spills blood on its once-hallowed soil, unleashing a cataclysmic force that corrupts the sun and awakens a terrifying power inside him. One others would kill to control. Or die to defend.

Whisked away from their quiet life by the Graceborn, who can wield the worldโ€™s latent energy, the brothers find themselves tangled in a plot to destabilise the Ten Dominions. Graceborn are going missing. Civil war brews in the north. And in the shadows, an enemy thought vanquished watches, because Asaโ€™s powerโ€”and Kaelโ€™s mysterious lineageโ€”is the sign their time has come.

THE CHARACTERS

ASA O'DAIR

healer by trade

kind-hearted

painfully shy

big brother

honourable

idealistic

KAEL O'DAIR

full-time troublemaker

foundling

hot-tempered

fiercely loyal

hiding a secret

loves pointy objects

TORA KOLMARDEN

wielder of death

sharp-tongued

excellent fighter

irritable

cold and distant

ruthless

ENDRID ERAZEM

Weaver of Grace

patient

sleep-deprived

dedicated to duty

depressed

sensitive and thoughtful

MYRRINE VASILIAS IATROS

former princess

has an agenda

calculating

confident and poised

imperious

a lone wolf

Artwork by @sophielouisedraws

THE WORLD

Maps by Rachael Ward @cartographybird

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