Barnad's Tear

"...We live life not in a straight line but in a circle. Everything returns to its original position, no matter how far we move away. The race in this circle is to control power. And that can only be done through bloodshed; our blood or the blood of others. We have to make a choice, and I have already made my choice. Everyone who sits on a throne is most fond of his own vein, hiding it from everyone so that no one else can cut it. Because a king's head is always provocative..."

## Zahir, raised by his uncle in the lands of the Republic, is forced to leave the only place he has ever known in search of the purpose of his existence, while Akın leaves his home with the Dictator's soldiers to pursue the adventure he has been waiting for all his life. Meanwhile, the Realm of Heyn, once ruled by a single monarch, is approaching the age of war to repeat its history.

Conflicts between the Kingdom and the Republic open up a new era and provide an opportunity for the ordinary people of the land to tell their stories. Ezpiades and his friends on the one hand, and Sena and those they represent on the other, are ready to step forward to write this story. ##