Introduction: Glory fades. House De Leon knows this better than most - their coffers empty, their name gathering dust like the banners in their crumbling estate. While Arthur's brother Leonard carves his legend on the northern frontier, Arthur trains alone in the frozen dawn, his only inheritance a sword and the weight of fallen pride.The Citadel Academy doesn't care about old names. In those merciless halls, magic-users and noble sons battle for ranks that separate legends from footnotes. But Arthur has something they don't - the desperate drive of a second son with everything to prove and nothing to lose. Between frost-bitten morning drills and bloodied night duels, he'll remind them why steel was feared before magic. Maybe then they'll remember the De Leon name. Not for what it was, but for what he'll make it....