War looms. Lords conspire. An ancient evil, long forgotten, stirs in the dark. And a boy is taken from his home, trained to become an assassin. *** This is a story I've had in my mind, and occasionally paper, for a long time. I've tweaked it a bit here and there over the years, and I've finally ended up with a finished outline of the story I want to write. So, here's the story. *** Average words per chapter~2.5k words. *Not strictly xianxia, just influenced by it.