The Via Sanguinis flows once more as the 8th Tyrant storms the Erulean Senate. Unaware of the event, Palinus is scavenging through piles of rubbish in the opulent city of Erulea. His secretive search for valuables among the refuse is interrupted and his life is thrown into chaos as he is drawn into a whirlwind of youthful hooliganry—who could resist the allure of wine and explosions? As the Second Empire enters a new era, Palinus faces a crucial choice: will he honour his promise to escape the capital's corruption, or will the seductive power offered by the rifts’ essentia pull him into the perpetual conflict of the underworld? The Seed of the Tyrant is a litMOBA / GameLit / LitRPG progression fantasy with an ancient Roman flavour where the powers of the underworld are in a constant battle to control the flow of essentia, the ultimate source of power. There is a unique system for magic and abilities that draws inspiration from RGB colour wheels, MOBA style meta progression and the politics of the Roman Empire.