A man disowned, forced to seek his own fortune across a fantasy world just recovered from a years-long war of conquest that ended with a shaky peace and a more or less united, but deeply fraught, kingdom. Political tensions are high, creatures of darkness return to the world in earnest for the first time in a millennium, and among it all Zachariah, a young man, must make his way, doing his best to be the man he must be if he wishes to survive the interesting and perilous times he finds himself immersed in. THIS IS A ROUGH DRAFT AND WORK IN PROGRESS, OPEN TO REVISIONON HIATUS