The official record begins with a village.
Ashwick was supposed to be a quiet farming settlement. A place of muddy roads, warm bread, and ordinary lives.
Then the Changed came.
What began as a routine morning became an incident recorded in Guild archives: a monster outbreak, a failed defense, and the survival of a child who should never have witnessed what happened.
Eve was five years old when Ashwick fell.
She remembers the smell of honey bread.
She remembers the people who tried to protect her.
She remembers the things that wore familiar faces.
Years later, the Guild records the testimony of Eve-the adventurer known across the kingdoms as the Honeyed Blade. A warrior whose compassion, determination, and scars were forged in the ashes of Ashwick.
This is not the story of a hero's first victory.
It is the story of the day a survivor was made.
This is the Ashwick Incident.