The Sundered God: A Chronicle of the Awakened

Synopsis

For centuries, Kaelen has been the Divine God's chosen champion, a warrior resurrected from enchanted slumber every 250 years to vanquish encroaching darkness. He has answered the call, defeated demon lords, and dutifully returned to his rest, only to awaken to a world increasingly shaped by the very Church that guided him. But on his third awakening, the corruption he once dismissed as whispers has festered into a rot that taints the kingdom's soul and the Church's gilded halls. Now, after a lifetime of forced sacrifice and a betrayal that cost him his family, Kaelen refuses the Church's summons. When they threaten his wife and daughter, he submits, only to be plunged into a restless sleep that shatters his world. He awakens in the ruins of the grand cathedral, the sky choked with unnatural storms, to find himself the accidental savior of two orphaned children, Elara and Finn. Their survival, and the echoes of his lost family within them, ignite a dormant fire within Kaelen. His faith in the Divine God is shattered, replaced by a burning need for truth and retribution. He must now navigate a treacherous landscape of fractured kingdoms, manipulative power brokers, and the lingering specter of the darkness he once fought, all while wrestling with his own demons and the unexpected burden of a found family. This is no longer a crusade of divine mandate, but a desperate quest for redemption and vengeance against a corrupted world and the fallen idol he once served, with the fate of Aethelgard hanging in the balance.