Fraxen.
A world where cities glitter brighter than the constellations above them…and where the gifted walk the earth like living myths.
Where one in every four children awakens a Nexas—a power that shapes fate itself.
Some command lightning.Some bend metal like clay.Some tear through stone with their bare hands.
Heroes rise.Villains rebel.Power decides everything.
And in the nation of Vornis, at the heart of the radiant city of Nexara, one name shines above all others—
The Arcwell Family.
A dynasty built on brilliance.A lineage drenched in influence.A symbol of greatness, spoken with awe and envy alike.
Roland Arcwell — the strategic mind shaping global industries.Rose Arcwell — a healer whose touch could rewrite injuries once deemed fatal.Luna Arcwell — a prodigy of light whose speed blurred the boundary between human and divine.Lily Arcwell — the genius child who awakened before she even lost her baby teeth.
A flawless family.
A powerful family.
A family of miracles.
Except… one.
The lone spark that never ignited.
Raze Arcwell — the boy born without a Nexas.
In a world obsessed with power, he was the Arcwell anomaly.The powerless heir.The one fate overlooked.
Whispers followed him everywhere:
"How can an Arcwell be Nexasless?""Such a shame…"
"What will he even do in life?"
He heard it all.
But the Arcwell home was different.
His mother still held him as if he were irreplaceable.His father taught him the art of strategy, discipline, and leadership.Lily adored him and followed him around like a shadow.Luna — fierce, protective, terrifyingly gifted — would glare down anyone who dared mock her little brother.
Raze was not unloved.
He was cherished.
But love cannot silence dreams.
Every night, the neon glow of Nexara reflected in his eyes as he watched the news:
Heroes saving cities.Heroes stopping disasters.Heroes standing where ordinary people could not.
His heart ached with longing.
If Luna becomes a hero… then I want to stand beside her.Power or not… I refuse to live in the shadows.I will not accept being the weak one.
So he trained.
Long after others had stopped.Beyond what anyone expected.
Martial arts until his knuckles split open.Academics until his pencil shook from exhaustion.Strategy until he could predict an opponent's next move from a single glance.
If he could not awaken a Nexas—then he would forge his own weapon:
A mind that never breaks.A body that never yields.A will that never bows.
And then—
The silver envelope arrived.
Lionel Academy.
The greatest hero institution in Vornis.The forge of champions.The birthplace of legends.
Most candidates trained their whole lives for the entrance exam.Most would kill for a single seat.
Raze Arcwell…was admitted thanks to his family's 20% ownership.
He knew what the world would say:
"Privileged brat.""He'll embarrass the Arcwell name.""A powerless student in a hero academy?"
He could already hear the snickers.
But none of that mattered.
The moment he stepped through Lionel Academy's gates, the morning light hitting his white hair like a spark, he whispered under his breath—
"This world wasn't built for someone like me.…So I'll carve out a place for myself."
Whispers followed him like shadows.Students pointed.Some mocked.Some pitied.
But they didn't know the truth.
They didn't see the steel behind his quiet gaze.They didn't hear the hours he spent striking practice dummies when everyone slept.They didn't know the determination burning in his chest.
And they certainly didn't know…
that this powerless boy would one day shake Fraxen to its core.
This is the story of Raze Arcwell—the boy born without a Nexas in a world ruled by them…
…and how he would rise higher than anyone ever believed.