Fiction #5: The Sword-Breaker

The one the Rowneans called the Sword-Breaker fought a war to end all violence. When he entered the battlefield, his purpose was to use the magic imbued within his armor (called Broken Mirror magic) to break the swords and shields of his enemies, effectively ending the conflict.

Despite knowing he was born and raised a Rownean, the Bridgeland knights of Rowne never accepted the Sword-Breaker as their own. However, they knew he was crucial in their war against the Sunthari and kept him as a pacifist among their ranks. (Reference image sourced from https://www.artstation.com/artwork/m0e4y)

The tragic tale of an unknown pacifist knight from the Bridgeland of Rowne, whose gauntlets, imbued with the power to break swords and shields, became an ironic rallying war-cry for his own countrymen as they battled the horde of the Sunthari. Unknown to his countrymen, the Sword-Breaker had a terrible and hidden past, despite harboring a hopeful wish for a peaceful future.

RYWEN's CROWN, Rowne (17 Aeyr, Tae 2033), The Bridgelands of Iorensia

On his tenth birthday, Kyp, a Rownean farm-boy with freckles, ginger-colored hair and a smile too big for his face, made a wish.

Word had filtered through that a new hero, dubbed the Sword-Breaker, had lifted the siege of Djinna in the desert land of Sunthar, using nothing more than his gauntlets and magic. The story was he single-handedly clambered up the city walls and broke a thousand Sunthari spears, before forcing the warlord into surrendering, sparing the lives of Rownean prisoners he had held hostage. When Bridgelanders in Rowne heard of what he did, many rejoiced, giving praise to the Paladin Gods, believing a new Rownean champion was born.

When he heard the Sword-Breaker would be riding through his village on his way home, Kyp knew he was about to meet his hero.

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