Chapter Nine: Teeth Beneath the Earth follows Knox, a battle-hardened Half-Orc, as he leads a caravan through a perilous mountain pass. His instincts warn him of something sinister, and he uncovers the remnants of a cult attempting to summon infernal forces. After a bloody battle, he disrupts their portal but vows to pursue a cultist who fled into a nearby cave. In Chapter Ten: Into the Maw, Knox ventures into the cave with allies, confronting more cultists and halting their dark rituals. He discovers a mysterious obsidian amulet, a key to something far greater, before returning to the caravan to continue his journey. The tension escalates as the smoke on the horizon hints at more dangers ahead.

As a brooding mercenary with a flaming greataxe, Knox joins a caravan bound west through untamed wilds. Hardened by a bloody past, he guards the road in silence, wrapping red yarn around camp as an improvised alarm. Haunted by memories of betrayal and slaughter, Knox’s vigilance pays off when he detects signs of an impending ambush. Taking charge, he prepares the frightened guards for bloodshed, ready to face cutthroats in the trees with steel, instinct, and scars earned from battles long past.

The Infernal Bonds follows Knox, a towering Half-Orc exiled for showing mercy. After surviving betrayal and a fall into the Black Hollow Gorge, he discovers Embercleave, a cursed greataxe burning with infernal fire. Now a wandering mercenary, Knox carves a brutal path across the war-scarred wilds. In Chapter One, he slaughters bandits to save a hostage. In Chapter Two, he ventures into the cursed Witherpine Thicket, battling twisted beasts and confronting the druidic Verdant Warden. Rage fuels him. Embercleave hungers. His journey has only begun.