Trist will be the strongest knight of the age... so long as he keeps sending souls to the Faerie King.Trist's older brother, Percy, was better than him at almost everything - except for swordplay. Percy was their father's heir, and Trist was perfectly content with his future as a Knight of Narvonne, supporting his brother and protecting their family's land.

In a single night, a beautiful faerie of the Court of Shadows shatters everything Trist took for granted.

Now an Exarch, Trist must Tithe souls to Auberon, the Faerie King. Trading those souls grants Trist power, and he'll need it. Three Hundred years ago, an ancient evil nearly destroyed humanity in a Cataclysm. Now, that evil is rising again, and Trist will have to confront it if he wants to protect the people he loves.What to Expect:- MC starts off exceptionally skilled, but not otherwise more powerful than a normal human. He will gradually gain power as the story progresses.

- Characters with messy, complicated relationships (No Harem)

- There is action, but it is not constant actionUpdate Schedule: Wednesday and Saturday at 7am EST. All of Book 1 (57 Chapters) is written and revised, as are the first 20 chapters of book two; the rest of Book 2 is in rough draft, along with 23 Chapters of Book 3. That's a total of 137 chapters currently written, so don't worry about this going on hiatus anytime soon. This work is only published here and on my Patreon. If you see it anywhere else, it's been stolen.Cover by Sarah Murphy.Both art and writing are entirely human-created; there is no use of AI in this work.BOOK 1 STUBBING MAY 29TH