Barony
Renold, a retired soldier in an era of open war, has spent years shaping the province of Wildemere into a domain he can call his own. Having purchased both land and title, he turns his ambition toward something far more difficult than conquest—unifying a fractured barony held together by custom, pride, and reluctant coexistence. As diplomacy falters and tensions increase, Renold is forced to confront the unsavory truth that order is rarely achieved without cost, and maintaining peace can just as easily hollow out the land it claims to protect. Encircled by pressure on all sides, Renold finds his authority tested not only by rival lords to the north and west, but by a neighboring barony to the east consumed by its own feudal conflicts—conflicts that threaten to spill across borders at any moment. As Wildemere edges closer to being dragged into war, Renold must navigate a world where alliances shift and where the cost of unity may be measured by what is lost not gained.
The Apathetic 'Hero'
Whoever said Reincarnation or Isekai was an awesome idea, clearly wasn't living a fulfilling life. You could always see the type—they were either unattractive, broke, or had some kind of illness of the body or mind. They always think 'next life will be better.' They quit trying to make this one work. Derick wasn't the type. He was average in looks, wasn't rich or struggling financially, and he was healthy. He was the everyday Joe that had his stuff together just well enough to be considered competent. He even had a career. Or, he did... Until one day he went around a corner and found himself in a room of endless white. He wasn't even sure how he got there, or how he died for that matter. Now he's being reincarnated into a fantasy world and has been tasked with being a hero... except he has absolutely no interest in that whatsoever.
The Lady of the Fens
Before Eleanor became the wife of Renold Wildeous, the man who would conquer her province and be the death of both her father and her brother, she was a daughter, a sister, and a woman with dreams and aspirations of her own. Before the Springtime War that would see her world rewritten with the blood of hundreds, she fought in her own way, in her own battles, against time, against family, and her own vulnerability. This side story explores events of the main novel Barony from Eleanor Wildefen's point of view before the bloody unification of the Wildeous Barony.
The High King
Cheiftain Cornall, a petty cheiftain in the westerly lands of Eriu, struggles against many neighboring rivals who seek to claim his lands, his people, and his cattle. The greater chiefs and petty kings wage wars against one another, drawing him in to fight alongside his overlord. Even while the chieftains and kings fight one another, they too fight against Northvik Sealords, river valley tribes, and neighboring powers like Wallian and Dacica. Cornall has long dreamt of a time without such ceaseless violence brought by endless warring and seeks out a means to end it. He is no fool, however, as he knows full well that in order to end generations of war, he will need to bring about one great war in his generation, to bring all the warring tribes together. One peoples, one land, and one High King.