Bren leads his expedition into the Fog of Souls, a barrier considered impenetrable. The shadow king sends Bren, a general who has no more enemies left to fight but still wants to earn immortality. In Pawn, set 50 years later, we learn that Lisanne disappeared and now is searched by the shadow king. To kill Lisanne, Helion has to ally with Modranel, who is known to be the most vicious human magician and student of the lore of the shadow lords, but claims now to have changed sides and willing to fight the shadow lords. Her beauty is so immense that it demands immediate submission from almost everybody who lays an eye on her. His counterpart is Lisanne, a shadow duchess (which is the power level of a demi goddess) and the most beautiful woman ever walking the world.
The first novel, Foe, follows Helion, a paladin, who joins the fight against the shadow lords to prevent them from taking the last big silver mine. In the empire, life energy is collected from the population in temples and cathedrals, where emotions like hate and greed are preached and the shadow lords are worshipped. A magician can use his own life energy (limited and unhealthy), or the life energy of others. The cruel ruling of the shadow lords in part is due to the fact that life energy is required to cast magic, including the magic that keeps them alive. They defy the rules of nature and become immortal, but for a single vulnerability: silver. These are extremely powerful magicians, which rebelled against the gods – successfully.
The largest empire of the world, Ondrien, the north shadow land, is ruled by the shadow lords.
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