In the quiet village of Springville, Ranoke only wants to work metal and be left alone.

But when royal banners appear on the road and dwarven envoys arrive with a sealed invitation to Northdale’s legendary forges, his ordinary life fractures. Rumors of sealed vaults, vanished scholars, and bandits haunting the Buva Forest swirl through the countryside. Kings take notice. Courtiers whisper. And somewhere beyond the trees, someone is already moving pieces.

Pulled from his forge into a world of mountain cities and political games, Ranoke discovers that his parents’ disappearance may not have been an accident—and that ancient systems buried beneath the land are stirring once more.

As kingdoms maneuver and unseen forces watch from the dark, Ranoke must decide whether to remain small… or follow the road his family once took into the unknown.

Some doors were sealed for a reason.

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