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Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king

Chained by slavery and yet craving freedom, such is the fate of Alpheo , a modern historian forced to live under the grip of slavery in a land where chaos would soon erupt.
As the empire of Rolmia plunges into civil war following the death of the emperor , his three ambitious sons vie for the throne. In the midst of this turmoil, Alpheo finds the chance to break his chain and escape, leading his companions into the ashes of war, trying to thrive in it, selling their swords to the highest bidder .
But beyond the borders of Rolmia, hungry eyes watch as the empire's grip loosens. The Sultanate of Azania, ever the opportunist, sees a chance to expand its domain and influence , while to the south, neighboring principalities breathe a sigh of relief as the once-dominant giant stumbles and falters.
In the north, the confederation of the Free Isle finds their chance to restore their old tradition of pillaging and piratery, denied to them by an empire that is now crumbling beneath itself.
In this crucible of conflict, where dynasties crumble and empires fall, Alpheo find his call and the chance to forge his own destiny amidst the ashes of empires.
- Chapter 1: Small men have great shadows(1)
- Chapter 101: The day is won!
- Chapter 103 Getting the hell out(1)
- Chapter 105 Getting the hell in(3)
- Chapter 107 Rising the ladder
- Chapter 11: Escape (2)
- Chapter 112: Throwing a egg to a rock
- Chapter 115: Negotiating a surrender
- Chapter 118: Life in the palace(3)
- Chapter 120: An ambush for a crown(1)
- Chapter 123: End of a ill-born rebellion
- Chapter 126: Reunion(1)
- Chapter 129: Money problem(1)
- Chapter 131: Life of a prisoner
- Chapter 134: King of Snow(1)
- Chapter 137: The head of the pack (2)
- Chapter 14: Escape(4)
- Chapter 142: Unsavory welcome(2)
- Chapter 145: Starting the siege(1)
- Chapter 148: Public show
- Chapter 150: Organizing the battle plan
- Chapter 153: Turning point(1)
- Chapter 156: A door closed another one opening
- Chapter 159: Raising the soul of man
- Chapter 161: Call from sea(2)
- Chapter 164: Friends and family
- Chapter 167: Hunger and Starvation
- Chapter 17: The ears of the emperor
- Chapter 172: New solutions to old problems
- Chapter 175: Shaking hand with enemy
- Chapter 178: Bad new over bad new
- Chapter 180: Showing off new stuff(2)
- Chapter 183: End of a chapter start of another
- Chapter 186: New masters(2)
- Chapter 189: The claw of an eagle(2)
- Chapter 191: Running against time(1)
- Chapter 194: Getting into work
- Chapter 197: Outsider(1)
- Chapter 2: Small men have great shadows(2)
- Chapter 201: Cross road
- Chapter 204: Steel and blood(1)
- Chapter 207: Private Dinner
- Chapter 21: Sultan’s will
- Chapter 212: Preparations
- Chapter 215: Family's issue
- Chapter 218: Closing circle
- Chapter 220: Raid
- Chapter 223: Hate and Love
- Chapter 226: Arriving to Bracum
- Chapter 229: Crossing that damn border
- Chapter 231: Explaining the way
- Chapter 234: Face to face
- Chapter 237: Battle of the bleeding plains(3)
- Chapter 24: Matter’s of succession(1)
- Chapter 242: Parlay
- Chapter 245: Siege of Arudonaven(1)
- Chapter 248: Taking the city
- Chapter 250: Fall of the soul
- Chapter 253: Call of loyalty
- Chapter 256: Words before swords
- Chapter 259: Failures
- Chapter 261: Face to face
- Chapter 264: From the English war book(2)
- Chapter 267: Chivalry vs Pragmatism
- Chapter 27: Debts are to be repayed
- Chapter 272: The matter of ruling
- Chapter 275: There is no two without three(1)
- Chapter 278: New turns
- Chapter 280: Reporting
- Chapter 283: The matter of ruling(1)
- Chapter 286: Dealing with rats(1)
- Chapter 289: Dealing with rats(4)
- Chapter 291: New encounters
- Chapter 294: Raise the hoes(2)
- Chapter 297: Friend's marriage
- Chapter 3: Small men have great shadow(3)
- Chapter 301: Brutal but cunnning
- Chapter 304: Another job
- Chapter 307: Hell on hearth(1)
- Chapter 31: Coronation
- Chapter 312: Rise and fall
- Chapter 315: Uniting forces together
- Chapter 318: Great raid(2)
- Chapter 320: Great raid(4)
- Chapter 323: Peasant assault
- Chapter 326: Heir of a failing country(1)
- Chapter 329: Matters of diplomacy
- Chapter 331: Smoked meat
- Chapter 334: Day of reckoning
- Chapter 337: Other side of the coin
- Chapter 34: Looking for employment(3)
- Chapter 342: Storming the trenches(5)
- Chapter 345: Change of path(2)
- Chapter 348: Organizing the expedition
- Chapter 350: Future problem
- Chapter 353: Behold my stuff(2)
- Chapter 356: Wake before the voting
- Chapter 359: Request for help
- Chapter 361: Deal(2)
- Chapter 364: Ending a liability(1)
- Chapter 367: Path forward
- Chapter 37: First session(1)
- Chapter 372: Calling the shots(1)
- Chapter 375: Dividing power(2)
- Chapter 378: Playing the game(1)
- Chapter 380: Welcomed a winner(1)
- Chapter 383: The taste of mud
- Chapter 386: Birth of an heir
- Chapter 389: Confederation's Strategy
- Chapter 391: Incompetency
- Chapter 394: Change of Strategy
- Chapter 397: A gift from your friend across the sea(3)
- Chapter 4: Small men have great shadows(4)
- Chapter 401: A man hard to refuse(2)
- Chapter 404: Sea People(1)
- Chapter 406 Confusing news.
- Chapter 407: Romelian preparations
- Chapter 409: Among the tribes(2)
- Chapter 410: Among the tribes(3)
- Chapter 413: Sea lions(1)
- Chapter 416: Sea Lions(4)
- Chapter 419: Receiving news across the sea(1)
- Chapter 421: Pioneer
- Chapter 424: Ants on an hive(1)
- Chapter 427: Ants in a hive(4)
- Chapter 43: Call for independence
- Chapter 432: Among the ants(2)
- Chapter 435: Tribal meeting(2)
- Chapter 438: Last Goodbyes
- Chapter 46: Marriage
- Chapter 49: Entering the city(3)
- Chapter 51: Northern ambition(1)
- Chapter 54: A message(1)
- Chapter 57: Feast(3)
- Chapter 6: Small men have great shadows(end)
- Chapter 62: In the city(4)
- Chapter 65: End of a bet
- Chapter 68: First mission(2)
- Chapter 70: Northern’s feast(2)
- Chapter 73: Preparations (1)
- Chapter 76: arrival of the enemy(1)
- Chapter 79: Good news
- Chapter 81: Assault(1)
- Chapter 84: Rat(2)
- Chapter 87: Night cloak(3)
- Chapter 9: Escape (1)
- Chapter 92: Secret weapon
- Chapter 95: Secret weapon
- Chapter 98: First battle(5)
- Chapter 10: Blood feud(3)
- Chapter 102: Confrontation (1)
- Chapter 104 Getting the hell in(1)
- Chapter 106 Making a deal
- Chapter 108 Forgotten son(1)
- Chapter 110 Dawn of a new day
- Chapter 113: Fight for survival
- Chapter 116: Life in the palace(1)
- Chapter 119: Departing for war
- Chapter 121: An ambush for a crown(2)
- Chapter 124: Aftermath
- Chapter 127: Reunion (2)
- Chapter 13: Escape (3)
- Chapter 132: A prince's ransom(1)
- Chapter 135: King of Snow(2)
- Chapter 138: A key to the city
- Chapter 140: Coronation (2)
- Chapter 143: Looming war
- Chapter 146: Starting the siege(2)
- Chapter 149: Surrender or die
- Chapter 151: A city falling on itself(1)
- Chapter 154: Turning point(2)
- Chapter 157: A city standing and another falling..
- Chapter 16: Captain of the slaves(2)
- Chapter 162: Twice victorious
- Chapter 165: Dealing with the aftermath(1)
- Chapter 168: Getting to work
- Chapter 170: Rose's thorns
- Chapter 173: Problem on the horizon
- Chapter 176: Changes comes and goes(1)
- Chapter 179: Showing off new stuff (1)
- Chapter 181: Sealing the deal
- Chapter 184: The day after
- Chapter 187: Broken family
- Chapter 19: Getting supplies(2)
- Chapter 192: Running against time (2)
- Chapter 195: The bad one of the litter(1)
- Chapter 198: Outsider(2)
- Chapter 20: Getting supplies (3)
- Chapter 202: Kin's blood(1)
- Chapter 205: Steel and blood(3)
- Chapter 208: The man behind the machine
- Chapter 210: Capital passion
- Chapter 213: Emperor's day
- Chapter 216: A new-come plague
- Chapter 219: Kill or be killed
- Chapter 221: Welcoming the heroes
- Chapter 224: At war again
- Chapter 227: Rebellious lords
- Chapter 23: Son’s wail(2)
- Chapter 232: Enemy to enemy
- Chapter 235: Battle of the bleeding plains(1)
- Chapter 238: Battle of the bleeding plains(4)
- Chapter 240: Tales of bravery
- Chapter 243: Message to those insides
- Chapter 246: Siege of Arduronaven(2)
- Chapter 249: Bonds
- Chapter 251: Crimson stump
- Chapter 254: From the sands (1)
- Chapter 257: Talks before swords
- Chapter 26: Getting information
- Chapter 262: Being a Father
- Chapter 265: Searching for fire
- Chapter 268: Night attack(1)
- Chapter 270: Aftermath
- Chapter 273: Finally at home
- Chapter 276: There is no two without three(2)
- Chapter 279: Studying the land
- Chapter 281: Divided tribe(1)
- Chapter 284: The matter of ruling(2)
- Chapter 287: Dealing with rats(2)
- Chapter 29: Among the snow(1)
- Chapter 292: Planning to deal with loose ends
- Chapter 295: Improving the defence
- Chapter 298: Failed plots
- Chapter 30: Among the snow(2)
- Chapter 302: Long lost powers(1)
- Chapter 305: Favors
- Chapter 308: An unkown sponsor
- Chapter 310: Hearing an old story
- Chapter 313: Swapping head
- Chapter 316: An honest day work
- Chapter 319: Great Raid(3)
- Chapter 321: Great Raid(5)
- Chapter 324: Treachery
- Chapter 327: Heir of a falling country(2)
- Chapter 33: Looking for employment(2)
- Chapter 332: Diving into the unknown
- Chapter 335: Night attack(1)
- Chapter 338: Storming the trenches(1)
- Chapter 340: Storming the trenches(3)
- Chapter 343: End of battle
- Chapter 346: Rise of an horde
- Chapter 349: Five-point star
- Chapter 351: Dealing with the issue
- Chapter 354: Behold my stuff(3)
- Chapter 357: Final speeches
- Chapter 36: The second prince
- Chapter 362: Rescue(1)
- Chapter 365: Ending a liability(2)
- Chapter 368: The money of the land(1)
- Chapter 370: Money of the land (3)
- Chapter 373: Calling the shot(2)
- Chapter 376: Joining hands?(1)
- Chapter 379: Playing the game(2)
- Chapter 381: Welcoming the shadows
- Chapter 384: Choosing the right man
- Chapter 387: Start of an invasion(1)
- Chapter 39: Insecurities
- Chapter 392: What can a month bring(1)
- Chapter 395: A gift from the friends across the sea(1)
- Chapter 398: Start of a mission
- Chapter 40: Bread and ale(1)
- Chapter 402: Pioneers of the futures(1)
- Chapter 405: Outsiders(4)
- Chapter 406: Fruits of one work
- Chapter 408: Among the tribes(1)
- Chapter 409 Outsiders(3)
- Chapter 411: Among the tribes(4)
- Chapter 414: Sea Lions(2)
- Chapter 417: Sea Lions(5)
- Chapter 42: Bread and ale(3)
- Chapter 422: King of the seas
- Chapter 425: Ants in a hive(2)
- Chapter 428: Dining (1)
- Chapter 430: Departing guests
- Chapter 433: Among the ants(3)
- Chapter 436: Settling for a price(1)
- Chapter 44: Small council(1)
- Chapter 47: Entering the city(1)
- Chapter 5: Small men have great shadows(5)
- Chapter 52: Northern ambition(2)
- Chapter 55: Feast(1)
- Chapter 58: Feast(4)
- Chapter 60: In the city(2)
- Chapter 63: In the city(5)
- Chapter 66: Variables
- Chapter 69: Northern feast(1)
- Chapter 71: Reaching the city(1)
- Chapter 74: Preparations(2)
- Chapter 77: Arrival of the enemy(2)
- Chapter 8: Blood feud(2)
- Chapter 82: Assault(2)
- Chapter 85: Night’s cloak(1)
- Chapter 88: Northern’s war
- Chapter 90: Mercenary interest(1)
- Chapter 93: First battle(1)
- Chapter 96: First battle(3)
- Chapter 99: First Battle(6)
- Chapter 100: First battle(7)
- Chapter 103: Confrontation (2)
- Chapter 104 Getting the hell in(2)
- Chapter 106 Settling for the battle(2)
- Chapter 109 Forgotten son(2)
- Chapter 111 Settling for the battle(1)
- Chapter 114: Dead field
- Chapter 117: Life in the palace(2)
- Chapter 12: Blood feud (4)
- Chapter 122: An ambush for a crown(3)
- Chapter 125: Delivering the bodies
- Chapter 128: Sloppy job
- Chapter 130: Money problem(2)
- Chapter 133: A prince ransom(2)
- Chapter 136: The head of the pack(1)
- Chapter 139: Coronation(1)
- Chapter 141: Unsavory welcome(1)
- Chapter 144: Aiding the effort
- Chapter 147: Close call
- Chapter 15: Captain of the slave(1)
- Chapter 152: A city falling on itself(2)
- Chapter 155: Fall of a city
- Chapter 158: King of the sea
- Chapter 160: Call from the sea(1)
- Chapter 163: Hot topics
- Chapter 166: Dealing with the aftermath(2)
- Chapter 169: A woman's cross
- Chapter 171: Madness and Weakness
- Chapter 174: Improving the equipment
- Chapter 177: Changes comes and goes(2)
- Chapter 18: Getting supplies(1)
- Chapter 182: Feast for a groom
- Chapter 185: New masters
- Chapter 188: The claw of an eagle(1)
- Chapter 190: The claw of an eagle(3)
- Chapter 193: Unwanted evening
- Chapter 196: The bad one of the litter(2)
- Chapter 199: Common ground (1)
- Chapter 200: Common ground(2)
- Chapter 203: Kin's blood(2)
- Chapter 206: Learning more
- Chapter 209: Taste of mud
- Chapter 211: Higher's issues
- Chapter 214: Winning hand
- Chapter 217: Bad blood(1)
- Chapter 22: Son’s wail(1)
- Chapter 222: Dealing with loose end
- Chapter 225: Messy affairs
- Chapter 228: Starting from the base
- Chapter 230: Reaching the city
- Chapter 233: Day of revelation
- Chapter 236: Battle of the herding plains(2)
- Chapter 239: Battle of the bleeding plains(5)
- Chapter 241: Aftermath
- Chapter 244: Final hour
- Chapter 247: Siege of Arduronaven(3)
- Chapter 25: Reaching the city
- Chapter 252: Pacifying the region
- Chapter 255: From the sands(2)
- Chapter 258: Time to settle down
- Chapter 260: Taking the knee
- Chapter 263: From the English war-book
- Chapter 266: Unusual commander
- Chapter 269: Night Attack(2)
- Chapter 271: End of a campaign
- Chapter 274: Rewards
- Chapter 277: A long way
- Chapter 28: Matters of Succession(2)
- Chapter 282: Divided Tribe(2)
- Chapter 285: Work set into process
- Chapter 288: Dealing with rats(3)
- Chapter 290: Cravings
- Chapter 293: Raise the hoes(1)
- Chapter 296: The hunt
- Chapter 299: Interesting development(1)
- Chapter 300: Interesting development(2)
- Chapter 303: Long lost traditions(2)
- Chapter 306: Watching over the sea
- Chapter 309: Pointing the details
- Chapter 311: Opportunity
- Chapter 314: An ugly job
- Chapter 317: Great raid(1)
- Chapter 32: Looking for employment(1)
- Chapter 322: Foresight
- Chapter 325: Failing court
- Chapter 328: Nice development
- Chapter 330: Truth behind the snow
- Chapter 333: Preparations
- Chapter 336: Night attack(2)
- Chapter 339: Storming the trenches(2)
- Chapter 341: Storming the trenches(4)
- Chapter 344: Change of path
- Chapter 347: Arrival of August
- Chapter 35: Looking for empoyment(4)
- Chapter 352: Behold my stuff(1)
- Chapter 355: Behold my stuff(4)
- Chapter 358: Result of the reforms
- Chapter 360: Deal(1)
- Chapter 363: Rescue(2)
- Chapter 366: Ending a liability(3)
- Chapter 369: The money of the land(2)
- Chapter 371: Captain of the high fleet
- Chapter 374: Sharing power
- Chapter 377: Joining hands?(2)
- Chapter 38: First session(2)
- Chapter 382: Sour end
- Chapter 385: A new life
- Chapter 388: Start of an invasion(2)
- Chapter 390: Confederation strategy(2)
- Chapter 393: What can a month bring(2)
- Chapter 396: A gift from your friends across the sea(2)
- Chapter 399: Bound to sea
- Chapter 400: A man hard to refuse(1)
- Chapter 403: Pioneers of the future(2)
- Chapter 405: Sea People(2)
- Chapter 407 Outsiders(1)
- Chapter 408 Outsiders(2)
- Chapter 41: Bread and ale(2)
- Chapter 412: Among the tribes(5)
- Chapter 415: Sea Lion(3)
- Chapter 418: Sea Lion(6)
- Chapter 420: Receiving news across the sea(2)
- Chapter 423: Changing from the situation
- Chapter 426: Ants in a hive(3)
- Chapter 429: Dining(2)
- Chapter 431: Among the ants (1)
- Chapter 434: Tribal Meeting
- Chapter 437: Settling for a price(2)
- Chapter 45: Small council(2)
- Chapter 48: Entering the city(2)
- Chapter 50: Entering the city(4)
- Chapter 53: Northern ambition(3)
- Chapter 56: Feast(2)
- Chapter 59: In the city(1)
- Chapter 61: In the city(3)
- Chapter 64: Blood of brothers
- Chapter 67: First mission
- Chapter 7: Blood feud(1)
- Chapter 72: Reaching the city(2)
- Chapter 75: Preparation(3)
- Chapter 78: Parlay
- Chapter 80: See what they are doing?
- Chapter 83: Rat(1)
- Chapter 86: Night cloak(2)
- Chapter 89: Northern’s war (2)
- Chapter 91: Mercenary interest(2)
- Chapter 94: First battle (2)
- Chapter 97: First battle(4)
- The ploy of Arlania