The Stone Beneath

Pieter Hertgers is a giant even among Landsknechts, a mercenary whose towering strength and zweihänder have earned him fame in the blood-soaked fields of the Spanish Netherlands. He marched for silver and adventure, not faith or flag—but war demands only bodies, never beliefs.

When his regiment is slaughtered in a haunted forest, Pieter finds refuge in a strange fortified manor. There, survival becomes a battle not for his life, but for his soul. An ancient power stirs beneath the foundations, hungry and patient, and the house itself reaches for Pieter as its chosen weapon.

Caught between a cursed bloodline and the dark force they have kept buried for centuries, Pieter must decide: will he become their champion… or the instrument of their destruction?