Mighty Knight 2 May 2026

“You don’t have to do this, Alric,” whispered Elara, his squire, her hand on the hilt of her own small sword. “The order is gone. The king is a shade in his own throne room.”

Alric adjusted his helm. Inside, a tiny blue flame flickered—the last ember of the Mighty Flame, the source of his power. “The first Mighty Knight sealed the Lich-Queen here a hundred years ago. The seal is failing. If I don’t…” He hefted his lance, Sunreaver , which glowed with the heat of a dying star. “Then the story ends.” mighty knight 2

Behind Alric, Elara cried out—skeletal hands erupted from the earth, gripping her ankles. “You don’t have to do this, Alric,” whispered

The Wailing Gate screamed open.

Instead, he did what his father never taught him. He knelt. Inside, a tiny blue flame flickered—the last ember

“I am not my father,” Alric said, and he plunged Sunreaver not into the mirror, but into his own cracked breastplate.

Alric coughed, laughing weakly. “No. I’m something better. I’m the one who chooses to fight even without the fire.”