THE ASHEN BLADE
By dubska
Action · Adventure
Aedan, a carefree young Gaulish boy whose peaceful life with his mother and sister is shattered when a Roman army passes through his village and turns it into a massacre, leaving his mother dead, his sister taken as the personal slave of the Roman general, and Aedan himself enslaved before he eventually escapes into the mountains, learns the art of a unique sword-fighting system, falls in love and starts a family he never lives long enough to know about, and ultimately transforms from a frightened boy into a legendary warrior who gathers the Gauls, wages a bloody campaign against Rome, storms the fortress of the very general who destroyed his home, kills him in single combat, rescues his sister, and dies fighting alone after every warrior who followed him has been killed, leaving behind nothing but his sword, his legend, and a story that the Gauls will tell for generations.