Hero Hunting: Becoming The Villain

After a gruelling decade-long war, Gabriel returns home not as a hero, but as a man burdened by the weight of his war deeds. His badge of valour feels less like an honour and more like a price tag—a symbol of the part of him he had given up. All he wants now is a quiet life, far from the battlefield, tending to the orphanage he had been raised in.

But peace is a luxury he will never have. When Gabriel uncovers a buried secret at the heart of the capital, his dreams of retirement shatter. Powerful forces move to silence him, and just when all hope seems lost, a god grants him a fable—an ancient power tied to a mission that intertwines with his thirst for revenge.

What should have been a new beginning becomes a path of reckoning. If they won’t let him walk away, then he’ll make sure they regret ever dragging him back in.