To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts

In an alternate history where magic exists, a devastating civil war has left deep scars across the land. To secure victory, one side turned to forbidden sorcery, transforming their soldiers into powerful beings known as Incarnates—creatures of immense strength who sacrificed their humanity for the sake of their cause. Though the war ended, the surviving Incarnates now face a world that fears and rejects them, hunted by those who once called them heroes. Years later, in a quiet frontier town, a young woman named Nancy Schaal Bancroft seeks answers about her father's fate. Her search leads her to cross paths with a mysterious figure—a former Incarnate soldier who now walks a lonely path, carrying out a solemn duty to his transformed comrades. As their lives become intertwined, Schaal finds herself drawn into a journey across the war-torn countryside, where she will confront the harsh realities of what it means to be an Incarnate and the heavy price of the power that saved a nation but damned its wielders. Together, they travel through towns and wilderness, encountering others affected by the war's lingering darkness, as Schaal seeks to understand the truth about her father's transformation and the complex legacy left by those who became monsters to protect their homeland.