Birth of Chaos

On the first day of summer, a butcher hunts a street urchin through the sun-scorched streets of Ashcroft. By nightfall, one of them is dead and the Empire of Yolak begins to crack.Across a continent on the edge of collapse, lives once kept apart are drawn into the same gathering storm.Callahan, a boy marked by a past he can't fully remember, is hurled into flight after defending himself from a man who believed him a murderer. His survival becomes the first stitch in a tapestry far larger than he understands.Benedict, the Empire's most cunning mind, sees danger where others see coincidence. Whispers of vanished royals, strange omens, and an old enemy stirring force him to confront the truth no one else dares name.Trell, bound by duty to an Empress slipping from the world, walks a fragile line between faith, power, and the ghosts of the vows he broke. His past with the Church is a wound that never truly closed—and one that may yet shape the Empire's future.Chymera, Queen of Amorak, faces a kingdom fraying from within. Rumours swell around her missing husband and absent son, and every courtier carries a question she cannot answer.As timelines overlap and perspectives collide, the continent shifts beneath them. Old loyalties fracture. Ancient myths press against the edges of waking life. And in the shadows, a long-dormant terror stirs, ready to take advantage of a divided Empire.From bustling city streets to sacred gardens, from royal courts to forgotten tunnels beneath the earth, Birth of Chaos weaves a story of power, legacy, and the terrible cost of survival. It is an epic fantasy of gods and mortals, trauma and resilience, and the quiet choices that tip nations toward war.The Empire has stood for a thousand years.It only takes one summer to break it.