Description

In Chains Of The Forest, chasing a white stag leads you into a forest from which no human returns. Three days later, you wake in chains on the floor of an elven auction hall, where Lyrenne Veyrwald purchases you. Your new owner heads one of the elven kingdom’s most ancient noble houses, keeps slaves older than your country, and has a deeply personal reason to take an interest in you: you share the face of her brother, who died three centuries ago. Lyrenne intends to mark you, train you, and keep you under close observation. What you will ultimately become to her remains uncertain—her favorite, a useful tool, or the cause of her ruin. Caught between her authority and the weight of that resemblance, you must learn to navigate a situation in which her attention offers no guarantee of safety. This is no power fantasy. Chains Of The Forest unfolds as a long con, with thirty-two characters pursuing their own agendas at the same time. Learning how to play them is essential; fail to understand the people around you, and you become another piece for them to move.