The Mage-born Hunter

In Obitan, magic belongs to bloodlines. Pure-blood Mage-born nobles rule, while lesser-blooded Mage-born serve as vassals and samurai, their long lives shaped by fealty, war, and danger. Sixteen years after the last continental war, peace is failing and magic-fed creatures are growing into grotesque threats. Eighteen-year-old Teyvn survives on the outskirts by hunting, hiding the powerful magic his late father taught him to conceal. When he saves a retired vassal named Oren from a monstrous beast, his secret is exposed. As Oren recovers and trains him, Teyvn learns that his hidden parents may both have been nobles and begins a dangerous search for his origins.