Morvath
A knight woman kneels at the altar of a pale cathedral beneath hanging chains.

Chronicles

Five chapters of the Silver Order, told in the order they happened. Scroll to turn each page.

How the chains were broken

The Iron Council ruled the four kingdoms through its chains. Every sworn knight wore one, forged to her measure, and every chain was a promise of obedience.

Ysolde of the Vigil wore hers for nine years. This is the record the order keeps of what she did with it.

The oath at the altar of the White Cathedral.
Glowing chain links hammered on an anvil in the Council's forge.
An army with crimson banners advances on a fortress in the fog at dawn.
The knight woman swings her sword in falling snow, broken chains flying from her wrists.
The knight woman stands before an empty throne, broken chains on the steps.
Chapter IThe oath
Chapter IIThe forge
Chapter IIIThe siege of Hollowmere
Chapter IVThe winter war
Chapter VThe empty throne
She knelt in the White Cathedral and swore to keep the roads, not the Council.
Her chain took forty nights and a hundred smiths. They said no knight had ever needed more.
The Council sent the order to burn Hollowmere. She rode out ahead of them to warn it.
In the snow outside the walls, the chain broke. So did the Council’s army.
Morvath offered her its crown. She laid the broken chain on the steps and walked out.