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The King
With the death of the High King's son, the Dophan. Aurora has the chance to change her fate and elevate her Regnum's standing by participating in the King Trials. Aurora is a highborn, Hera. A daughter and the sole pureblood descendant of Regnum Valwa, the Regnum of knowledge and wisdom. Aurora's sovereign livelihood is overthrown when the news of the Dophan's death befalls Urium. The Dophan being the sole heir. The line of succession is forever altered. Thus initiating the Shalem protocols to locate a new successor. The King Trials. All of the eldest, pureblood descendants of the Domuses in the Decuria are to be sent to the High King's Dominion to begin the Trials, each of them from one of the nine Provinces. Aurora must compete against eight other, distracting male candidates. She being the only female. However the King Trials is not what any of them expect, nothing that was written in the ancient Shalem protocols. The tests designed by the current High King to determine the worthy among them. During the trials, she draws too close to a few of the Herems, particularly Herem Vince. But she irresistibly gravitates to Primus Kelan, the Commander of their military escort throughout the Trials. Enduring the succeeding tribulations that test her in ways that she cannot comprehend. Testing her mental strength to survive and her will to live. She discovers withheld things about her life, destiny and what she truly is.... Throughout the King Trials. The tenuous stability of Urium quakes with conflict, rife with strife. With the mounting aggression of nomads, and an uprising on the horizon. Aurora unearths an interconnected plot that will plunge the whole of Urium into blood and terror.