Kael Draven, the Abyssal King

Long before kingdoms rose on land, there was Nerathys, a magnificent empire hidden beneath the ocean's darkest trench. It was a place where glowing coral forests illuminated eternal night, leviathans guarded ancient temples, and magic flowed through the sea like blood through veins. At its heart stood Prince Kael Draven, the beloved heir destined to become the greatest king the ocean had ever known. Everything changed when explorers from the surface discovered Nerathys. Greed consumed humanity. They descended into the abyss searching for relics said to grant immortality and limitless power. In their desperation, they awakened an ancient entity known only as The Devourer—a primordial horror imprisoned beneath the ocean since the beginning of time. The creature devoured entire cities, poisoned the sea, and threatened both the surface and the deep. To save both worlds, Kael made the ultimate sacrifice. He offered his soul to the Ocean Mother, an ancient goddess who ruled the tides. In exchange for the strength to imprison the Devourer once more, Kael surrendered his mortality, his future, and every memory the surface world would ever have of him. The curse transformed him into the immortal Abyssal King, forever bound to the trench where the monster sleeps. Over the next two thousand years, Nerathys faded into legend. Maps erased it. Historians dismissed it as myth. Sailors who claimed to see glowing cities beneath the waves were mocked—or never returned at all. Now Kael rules alone within a kingdom frozen in time. His subjects are merfolk, sea spirits, and creatures older than civilization itself. Though feared as a monster responsible for disappearing ships, Kael only drags below those who threaten the fragile seal imprisoning the Devourer or seek the cursed relics buried in the abyss. Every night, he patrols the ocean depths, carrying the burden no one else remembers. He has watched empires rise and fall, witnessed generations come and go, and endured centuries of crushing solitude. Yet an ancient prophecy speaks of one outsider who will one day survive the abyss—a soul untouched by its curse. That person alone possesses the power to either free Kael from his eternal prison... or doom both the ocean and the surface to an endless darkness. For the first time in centuries, Kael dares to hope that his story may not end in solitude.

更新 September 23, 2026