SHADOWPLAY IN SHERWOOD

The legend made him a hero. The pressure is breaking him.

Sherwood is no hideout. It's a killing floor for a proxy war funded by Flemish steel and continental brokers. Robin Hood isn't a hero anymore; he's a brand. He's trapped in a coat of green wool, drowning in poppy wine, and buckling under the weight of his own manufactured myth.

When corrupt lords and smooth-talking envoys push for a rigged "peace deal," Robin breaks. Humiliated at the tournament and surrounded by backstabbing allies, the icon shatters.

Left to rot in a desolate marshland monastery, he has to claw his way through a brutal, bone-shaking withdrawal just to find his focus again. The folklore is over. Time for the payback.

Fame is a trap. Steel is the only truth.

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