Have you heard literature geeks talking about how the original fairy tales (i.e. Anderson’s, Grimm’s etc.) were actually very dark? How the queen in Snow White was forced to dance to her own death in iron shoes? We’re living in a post-Disney age when most of these stories have been sanitized for our viewing pleasure….

There once was a blond-haired boy living on a farm with his uncle. One day, events set into motion by a rebel princess led him to encounter a local older man known for telling stories of a war long past. At the boy’s request, he recounted stories of the legendary order of mystic knights who…