Aoife (pronounced EEh-phuh)

Premise

In the Holy Methian Empire, the Grand Duchy of Lunacine is one of 5 the major backbones that keep the Empire afloar. Originally a small peerage, the House Lunacine rose to prominence for its active defensive roles in war. The family Lunacine are also adept elementalists specializing in rare forms of magic—specifically ice and lightning.

With 4 sons and 3 daughters, each child of Lord William and Lady Elijah possesses certain gifts that make them famous in their own right. The Eldest sons and daughters are powerful knights, mages, and merchants, and the youngest, the twins, are the stars of the Empire, worshipped and praised by all facets of society.

And then, there’s Aoife.

Aoife Lunacine is the 4^th son, and the youngest son outside of the twins. He is not great, he is not tall, he is not handsome, and he is not amazing. In fact, the only word that would perfectly fit deservingly would be ‘basic’.

Even his name reflects this, simply meaning ‘the other’.

 

When Aoife was born, everyone was oddly hopeful that he would grow up to be a person of greatness just like his siblings. Over the years, however, it became abysmally clear that just like his name, Aoife possessed virtually nothing of value. Despite this, his family continued to hope that he would improve with time. But, as his worth continuously dropped more and more, even his own parents finally gave up and began to hate him; all form of love stopped with Aoife and eventually turned into veiled abuse—that is until the twins were born.

With the twins came the return of the love and affection that was missing—that is, all at the expense of Aoife, who was promptly ignored and abandoned. Eventually, he would even be banished from the main house, forced hidden for the rest of his life: forgotten and abandoned.

What no one realizes however, is that Aoife has a secret. He has a gift; an ancient, long forgotten power that precedes and outstrips magic. A power so great, that it defies logic and breaks conventional thought. Practically merged with it, Aoife comes to embrace it and ever-evolving change his power brings, accepting in his own unique way, all the negative malice that targets him. Unfortunately, his active use of his freedom, comes with a price.

Gareth Edwige is a young man on a mission. The son of the Grand Duke of the North, he is a rising star in the nobility and one of the Empire's most sought after young masters. So great is the weight of his name and deeds, that even the Emperor himself sees as a contender for the throne. Secretly, however, he is plotting something, something big, and driven his ambition Gareth eshews youthful frivolity in favor of cold efficiency. Imagine the surprise of not only himself, but entire country however, when an accidental mishap and rescue sends him into the arms of Aoife Lunacine--the one person not even Gareth predicted he would ever meet in his life.

What started out as a case of mistaken identity, leads into near-death experience that sees Aoife save Gareth's life. Unable to shake the aura of mystique that surrounds him, Gareth finds him drawn to the youth, slowly but surely becoming obsessive in inquistive as Aoife's power grows, and Gareth's ambition becomes more and more complicated.

With a large, overlapping conspiracy taking route, and the threat of war on the horizon, both boys will find their lives tested as a great evil works its ways in the shadows. And, when the introduction of a new player, one who harbors emnity towards Aoife, begins actively making plays to destroy him, the ultimate stage is set for the clash of the century. Can Aoife unlock the secrets of his mysterious new power before he loses his sense of identity? Or will his natural instincts drive him to seek out his own destiny, even if its means losing everything he holds dear? Will the secrets and burdens of Gareth's troubled past, take shape in the future he's desperately trying to change? Or will his obsession with pride and ambition, drive him further into the clutches of madness, as he desperately tries to grasp the one person whom he never reach... Aoife?