The Forge

On the isolated, Roman-inspired continent of Aerthos, the divine class system is law — and those it rejects are the Classless, stripped of power and cast aside. Alessandro was never chosen by a patron, but he refuses to stay beneath a guild order built to keep him down. Across four books, a discarded nobody forges his own path to power and turns a rigged system against its makers. A Renaissance-steampunk LitRPG of political intrigue, alpine warfare, and the long fight to tear down a world that runs on divine privilege.

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The Books

Cover of Book 1: The Unchosen

Book 1

The Unchosen

To be unchosen is to be nothing. When the divine Selection Day ritual strips Alessandro Vorlag of his class, he is cast out as a ghost—stripped of rights, future, and name. Hunted by a system that fears his very existence, he flees into the wilderness, where survival becomes his only class. But a hidden threat lies within the sacred texts, a secret the temple will kill to protect. Now, an outcast and a fugitive must forge a new path together, one that could shatter the world’s rigid order—or bury them both forever.

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Cover of Book 2: The Unseen

Book 2

The Unseen

To survive, he must become someone else. Having conquered the wilderness, Alessandro trades freedom for a life of dangerous pretense in Portus Magnus, hiding his unclassified status while working within the very guild system that would destroy him. Meanwhile, Dagny burrows into the Great Concave’s archives, chasing whispers of a conspiracy that rewrites everything. Together, they infiltrate the heart of the establishment, only to discover the system’s greatest strength is also its deepest vulnerability—a truth hidden in plain sight. But exposing it means becoming the target of the very power they seek to unmake.

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Cover of Book 3: The Unwanted

Book 3

The Unwanted

They call it a disaster. The guild calls it an accident. When a dungeon clearance by the classed elite collapses, only the unclassified survive—the workers deemed "unskilled," who actually know how to keep the world from ending. Now, the truth is a threat, and Alessandro’s community of unwanted laborers has had enough. They’re done surviving in the shadows and ready to expose the lie that built their society. But challenging the system means war with those who profit from their invisibility. As Alessandro leads the charge into the heart of power, one truth becomes undeniable: to save the unclassed, he must first burn the world that hates them.

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Cover of Book 4: The Unstoppable

Book 4

The Unstoppable

Some curses are blessings in disguise. Cast out as "unclassed," Alessandro forged a strength the system could never grant him. Now, the Great Concave declares his existence a heresy, ordering all unclassified to surrender for "spiritual purification"—a purge disguised as salvation. Refusing to submit or be eradicated, Alessandro and his community choose a third path: undeniable proof. They will dismantle the temple’s authority by publicly humiliating its most sacred champions. But every victory makes their enemies more desperate. As Alessandro’s power grows, so does the shadow of a final, devastating conflict that could consume them all.

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