Cedric, a poor tenant farmer in the Kingdom of Dal, suffers exploitation and humiliation from cruel local lord Tyler, who also desires his childhood sweetheart Sylvia.
His quiet life shatters when he obtains a Pawn-class arcane chess piece that awakens faint electrical powers. The relic marks him for death: nobles hunt Pawn-wielding commoners in a brutal royal blood sport, trading severed heads for status and power.
Forced to flee with Sylvia, Cedric grows from a desperate survivor into a rebellion leader. Each noble he kills amplifies his electric abilities, from weak sparks to devastating lightning orbs. He marches on the capital to topple the tyranny and build a free new era with his beloved
