The Blood Demon's Retirement
Avitue (W. Huang)
Book One - To See A Beautiful World
Civil War had raged on the Al-Shan Archipelago for the past four decades, only recently coming to an end with the enthronement of the new Emperor.
This is not his story.
The Blood Demon, renowned general of said civil war, was tired of all the fighting and politicking that had described the last four decades of her existence. All she really wanted to do now is to go out into the world and see the many lands from her father's stories.
Thus she retired, and went and did exactly what she wanted.
This is the story of what happens when you toss a (retired) war machine with somewhat lacking common sense into an unsuspecting world at peace.
Book Two - Family, Lost & Found
Family. That was something Cal, the Blood Demon of Al-Shan, had mostly forgotten about since she was orphaned after her parents passed away. Meeting with a half-brother she had not known she had during her travels was a pleasant occasion, to be sure.
What she had not expected was to find even more family, other siblings her late father had left behind. Nieces and Nephews, even someone she could consider a stepmother. Others that she never even imagined were still around. Slowly, she started to recall the feeling of warmth and belonging that a family gave out. A feeling she had thought was lost with her parents.
A feeling that had been rekindled by her newly found family.
Book Three - A Peace Found Within
A Family to call her own. A Path to follow for the future. An Opportunity most would have never dreamed of.
Cal found herself on the receiving end of many things she never once thought she would be gifted with back when her journey began.
Some part of her still felt that one with a bloodied past like hers did not deserve such things, yet that part was slowly, surely, receding to an abandoned corner of her psyche. In its stead, she found a peace she had not felt for a long time growing inside her heart.
Book Four - Ascension Unto Eternity
As the end of her journey loomed and a pleasant future was laid out before her, Cal was left with but one question to grapple with: Should she should accept the generous offer from the Deities and become one of their Champions?
She hoped that she'd find answers that would help her make that decision on the final leg of her journey around the world, where she'd fulfill one of her long-time dreams to see the world beyond the isles where she was born.
Whatever the result, she knew that the choice she made would be her own, made without regrets. For all she knew, an ending to one story might well just be the prelude to another...