Dragon Talisman

SkysealEmperorGuTaxianisperhapsthegreatestEmperorinallofhistory.HecrushedtheHundredEmpiresandbroughtthemtoheel,builtthevastGreatStoneWalltokeepoutthedeadlywilders,relocatedmountainsandriverstopromotecommerce,setuproadsandhighways,andevenpromotedfreeacademiesoflearningforthecommonmaninanattempttoupliftthem.ButtheSkysealEmperor’sambitionsinvolvemorethanjustthis–heispreparingtolaunchagreatcampaigntostampoutallpaganreligions,wishingtoallowallmentobecomelikegodsinsteadofmerelyworshipingthem.Deities,demons,andimmortalsaliketrembleandrageattheSkysealEmperor’sambitions.

GuChenshaisthenineteenthsonoftheSkysealEmperor.HismotherhadbeenoftheroyalChenclanoftheXianDynasty,oneoftheHundredEmpires,whichhadbetrothedhertotheSkysealEmperorinanefforttostrengthentiesbetweenthem.WhentheyrefusedtosubmitoncetheSkysealEmperorbeganhisgrandcampaign,hecrushedthemalongwiththerestoftheHundredEmpires.Chensha’smotherthencommittedsuicide,leavinghimaloneandfriendlessatcourt.

Foryears,Chenshaplayedthepartofafooltoavoidbeingtargetedbytheotherprinces...butbyaccidentordesign,heonedaydiscoversthelong-lostscrollcontainingtheancienttechniqueonlymeantfortheSonsofHeaven,the‘SonofHeaven’sConsecration’.ThistechniquesupposedlygavetheancientSonsofHeaventhepowertomakemortalsintogods...orstripthegodsoftheirgodhood.

Finally,Chenshahadthepowertochangehisdestiny,buthestillneededtobecareful–hisimperialsiblingshavespentyearsbuildinguptheirpowerbases,andneithertheynorthematernalclanssupportingthemwilltakekindlytoChenshapushinghiswayintotheirranks.Moreover,ifanyonediscoveredthatheheldontotheRitesofCelestialSacrificeinsteadofofferingthemtohisimperialfather,thepunishmentwouldundoubtedlybedeath!Onlytimewilltellifhecanmakeuseofthisopportunitytoriseuptobecomeadragonamongstmen,orjustbecomeafootnotetothegrandhistoryoftheAeternalImperium.