The Falcon's Ascent

(IS🎭) The Emperor is dead, murdered by his own son, and the galaxy-spanning Empire teeters on the edge of civil war. For centuries, the Great Houses were bound by Kanly, an ancient code of honorable duels that settled feuds without devastating worlds. Now, with the Imperial House of Draconis split between supporters of the murderous Crown Prince and those rallying behind the Princess, even Kanly may no longer be enough to contain the coming storm. You are the second prince/princess of House Vaelor, the Empire's beloved Falcon House. Your family rules Vaelor Prime, the Dominion's fertile breadbasket, where justice and compassion have earned loyalty beyond duty. Though never meant to inherit, you have mastered the blade, military strategy, and the art of honorable combat merely out of interest. In an age of peace, you were merely the spare. In an age of succession, you may become the House's greatest weapon. Surrounded by a loving yet formidable family, steadfast retainers, and rival Great Houses with ambitions of their own, you must navigate court intrigue, forge alliances, uphold—or abandon—honor, and decide whether the future of the Empire will be won through Kanly... or all-out war. Every duel can change history, every promise carries a price, and every house watches for the moment the Falcon either takes flight—or falls.