June 8, 2022
Once the most distinguished female general in the empire, no noble nor official could hold a candle to her. She became a hero drawing everyone’s praise for her efforts to defeat the incoming invaders at the border. However, as fate would have it, she could have never imagined that it would be her integrity and self-restraint that would make her a thorn in the side of quite a few nobles.
To keep the family’s smuggling business from being discovered, Lydia had tried to bribe the iron-faced female general countless times, but was always turned away. However, one night she had to fight her way her way out of the situation, scarred and bruised. She was forced to blend in with a group of lowly slaves to escape her pursuers and was eventually sold into the Imperial Gladiator Arena.
Knowing that even if she did escape, there was no place for her in the Empire, she adorned an iron-faced helmet and became a rising star in the arena under the name Darcy. From then on, the Empire lost a valiant female general but gained a brave and ruthless woman fighter in the arena..