Book Link: Ravendios: The Weight of Purity
Author Page: amazon.com/author/theclobra
When I was 15, I was waist-deep in MUDDs, spell slots, and slash commands, playing text-based Dungeons & Dragons over Telnet, mapping imaginary cities in my algebra notebook while pretending I didn’t notice the way I looked at other boys. Ravendios: The Weight of Purity was born from that quiet rebellion. The world-building started before I had a voice. The story took shape before I had a name for myself. But I knew one thing: if I was going to survive, I had to write a world where people like me did.
This book is for every queer kid who watched Game of Thrones and waited for someone like them to show up. It’s for anyone who escaped into fantasy worlds because the real one was too cruel, too rigid, too goddamn straight. It’s the novel I spent 20 years carrying in pieces—until now.
What is Ravendios?
A brutal fantasy kingdom ruled by an empress obsessed with magical purity.
A queer rebel trying to save his forbidden love.
A gifted young woman teleporting herself out of captivity and into revolution.
And an unlikely alliance of Runeless and Runic fugitives who must cross the cursed Deadlands to ignite a rebellion.
At its core, Ravendios is about purity—how it’s used as a weapon. Not just biological, but ideological. Queen Xanthiana doesn’t just hate difference. She builds her empire on the myth that difference will kill us all.
“If we do not keep the Runes clean, we will be swallowed whole by the chaos we tried to escape.”
– Queen Xanthiana
The Characters Who Bleed for This Story
Nethesis is a Runeless rebel, branded by trauma and hardened by love. His relationship with Emil—a Runic healer—is not just illegal; it’s existentially dangerous to the regime.
“They can call me Forsaken, but they will not unlove you out of me.”
– Emil, chained and still healing
Ava is a Light Runic teleporter who’s finally questioning the gilded cage she called safety. Her Rune was once her leash. Now it’s her compass.
Zoey is your sarcastic archer best friend who will absolutely punch a priest for calling you impure.
Livia is the quiet scholar turned ideological scalpel, using her mind to unravel a monarchy built on lies.
“A kingdom that defines worth by birth is one already at war with its children.”
– Livia
Xiaya, Bellis, Xeric, Mimi, and even the young, telekinetic Toke form the fragile backbone of a revolution that must learn to love before it can lead.
And then there’s Noreko, the shapeshifter who believes in Sanctuary because he’s already seen what the others are still fighting to imagine.
The Hidden Allegory: Runic vs. Runeless as a Mirror of Us
The most haunting thing about Ravendios isn’t the monsters—it’s how familiar the system feels.
The divide between Runic and Runeless isn’t just world-building. It’s an indictment.
The Weight of Purity is a masterclass in allegory. The Runic elite symbolize inherited privilege—whether racial, financial, or ideological. They have access to magic, yes, but more importantly, they’re told that only they deserve to exist freely. The Runeless? Branded, brutalized, discarded. Sound familiar?
“The Rune doesn’t make you better. It just makes you harder to question.”
– Bellis
This isn’t just about fantasy. This is about queerness, classism, racism, and every form of ‘otherness’ the world weaponizes to keep power in the hands of the few. Queen Xanthiana’s obsession with genetic and spiritual purity is the language of every empire that ever called itself righteous while setting people on fire.
Emil and Nethesis are condemned not just for loving each other, but for crossing lines that were never meant to be just. Their relationship—Runic and Runeless, queer and non-procreative—is labeled “spiritually corrupt,” echoing centuries of real-world homophobia and pseudoscientific racism.
And yet—
“They told me loving you would weaken me. Funny how I’ve never felt stronger.”
– Nethesis
Every branded back, every forbidden kiss, every lie told to keep someone small—Ravendios mirrors it all. And still dares to offer hope.
Why I Wrote This Book
Because I was tired of reading about heroes who all looked the same.
Because queer love is not just sweet—it’s subversive.
Because no world worth saving should require your erasure to enter.
Because I believe in Sanctuary, even if I haven’t found it yet.
“They will not write songs about us, but we are the ones who make the songs possible.”
– Nethesis
Fantasy With a Pulse
If you’ve ever wanted a fantasy novel that feels like a swordfight between trauma and tenderness, a battle hymn sung by queer outcasts and magical misfits, this is the book.
If you’ve ever craved a story where oppression is not just scenery but enemy, where power is redefined by the ones denied it, where the revolution is made of people who don’t fit neatly into any prophecy—Ravendios: The Weight of Purity is waiting.
And let’s be real. You’ll also get:
- teleporting badasses
- lightning-fueled tantrums
- quiet healers who change everything
- a queer love story that refuses to die
- one tiger-bird shapeshifter who may or may not be the moral center
Where to Start
You can read Ravendios: The Weight of Purity today for free with Kindle Unlimited.
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Final Thought:
They say purity is power.
But in this world—and in mine—
Survival is the real magic.
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Ravendios: The Weight of Purity.