Arden Dupont, a gifted engineer with a mind honed for precision and invention, never imagined his life would be forged in blood and fire. Raised by his loving father Nicolás Garza, Arden lived in the long, cold shadow of Archer Dupont—a Hermetic mage more devoted to arcane ascension than fatherhood. When Archer's reckless pursuit of mystical power culminated in the theft of a Tremere grimoire and the murder of a vampire elder, it sparked a war that ended with Nicolás brutally slain before Arden’s eyes.

The trauma of that night reshaped Arden's life into a weapon. Abandoning dreams of innovation for the battlefield of the night, he began crafting traps and devices designed to expose and eradicate the undead. Father and son became unlikely allies, bound by shared loss and vengeance. But as Arden uncovered the truth—that Archer’s arrogance had ignited the conflict—his war became more than survival. It became a reckoning, not just for the monsters in the dark, but for the man who made him one. ❧