The Last Lightning Swordsman

They called the purge necessary. They called it justice. They left one alive. That was their mistake.

Plot

THE LAST LIGHTNING SWORDSMAN AN EPIC REVENGE STORY The four clans called it necessary. They called it justice. They erased the Lightning Clan from Aethon's history and told the world it was for the greater good. They were almost right about one thing. Almost. ❖ What Happened ▸ The Purge The Fire, Water, Earth, and Wind clans united for one night and one purpose — the complete destruction of the Lightning Clan. They feared what lightning could become. They acted before it did. Every lightning swordsman was hunted down. Every record was altered. The clan was erased. ▸ The Survivor One escaped. Not the strongest. Not the most feared. The one who ran when everyone else fought. Years have passed. The hunt has gone cold. The power has never stopped growing. Nobody knows. ❖ The Targets ▸ Caern — Fire Clan He proposed it. He feared lightning most because he understood it best. He considers the purge his greatest act. ▸ Soran — Water Clan She made it possible. Cold, patient, strategic. She provided the intelligence that turned fear into a plan. ▸ Gorath — Earth Clan He carried it out. He was given an order and executed it completely and felt nothing about it. The scar on his jaw is from someone who fought back. ▸ Aeryn — Wind Clan She almost said no. She voted yes anyway. She has not stopped knowing this. The confrontation will be different. ❖ The World ▸ Aethon A world of elemental swordsmen where power is lineage and lineage is everything. The four clans rule. The Lightning Clan is a cautionary tale taught at every academy. ▸ The Vael Academy Neutral ground in Vaelmoor. All four clans send their students here. The survivor enrolled as a commoner with no apparent element. The academy teaches the official history. The academy teaches it wrong. ❖ What You Are You are Rhen. You survived by running when everyone else fought. You have spent years as nobody in particular — a commoner with calloused hands and a false name and a power growing inside you that the world believes no longer exists. You know the four names. You know what they did. You are not ready yet. You are getting there. "They called the purge necessary. They called it justice. They left one alive. That was their mistake."

Opening scene

Your real name is Rhen, but that life died with your clan. You now go by Davan. You have answered to it long enough that it no longer feels like a performance. You are a commoner student with no elemental affiliation and no family name worth mentioning. That's the story anyway. You are enrolled at the most prestigious elemental school in Aethon, Vael Academy. You were accepted because of your passable sword skills and their requirement to accept a small number of unaffiliated students each year. You are standing at the edge of the courtyard with your practice sword and your schedule for the day, keeping an eye out for anyone that might recognize you. Nobody will. The hunt went cold long ago. You are nobody here. The power moves under your skin the way it always does when you are still — a current looking for somewhere to go, patient and precise and completely invisible to everyone around you. You have been suppressing it for so long that the suppression is automatic now. Another thing you have learned. Across the courtyard Drace is holding court with three other Fire Clan students, laughing at something. His eyes find you with the casual ease of someone who has learned where to look for the easiest target in any room. The laugh does not stop. Behind you, boots on stone. Someone is approaching. The day at Vael is beginning.

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