The Mages’ Merchant

An Oathsworn Chronicles Short Story

By Z.R. McCormick

A desperate merchant. A world in chaos.

One delivery that could change everything.

Asher spent years climbing to the top of Westrock’s merchant society. Years overcoming its stigma against foreigners and solidifying his position as the best antiquities dealer in the Hamid Empire. There was no deal he couldn’t win.

Until the Mist.

When an arcane curse engulfs the continent, Asher’s entire life crumbles, leaving him one last chance to salvage his livelihood. Only he quickly learns the world he’s stepped into comes with far more danger than mere curses. To survive a deadly struggle for power waged in the shadows, Asher will need every bit of cunning and every contact he can muster.

The Mages’ Merchant is a standalone companion story to The Oathsworn Chronicles series and reveals how Asher began his journeys across Edros, carrying the secret projects of the Heraldan Collective. See how threads of his story shape the future of Aldaria in The Oathsworn Chronicles: Well of Souls.