The King is dead! In the crumbling Kingdom of Vanura, the assassination of the ailing King Alfred of House Salizia plunges the realm into chaos. Forced to flee from assassins' blades, the two young princesses Milina and Elina find themselves entangled in a web of political struggles and schemes spun by the ambitious Great Houses. Meanwhile, back home, their uncle Hector—wounded during the king’s assassination—fights to hold the kingdom together amid disgruntled generals, a fierce religious conflict, and the ever-lurking threat of the Great Houses, each vying for an excuse to seize the throne for themselves. Can House Salizia withstand the storm rising to consume them all?