Old Knight, New Post: From Retiree to Her Majesty’s Blade

Once a peerless Mechsteel pilot in his youth, Watt Sears is now nearing forty and working as a humble station employee. As a self-proclaimed “old man,” Watt has taken a liking to showing new pilots the ropes, choosing to support them however he can rather than stand in the spotlight himself. Despite the repeated pleas of his boss and the lord of the land to become a Steelrider—one of the elite monster-hunting mech pilots who keep the city safe—Watt is perfectly content with his quiet life. But all of that changes when his storied past catches up to him. Anna, his long-lost daughter from a bygone romance, appears before Watt one day to ask for his help. Resolving to keep her safe, Watt takes Anna under his wing—only to immediately find himself caught up in a not-so-bloodless battle for the throne. With the kingdom in turmoil, can this old knight survive his new post?

Watt Sears’s days as a humble station worker are long gone. Now, seventeen years since he left the capital behind, he has reclaimed his old post as Top Knight of the Kingdom, devoting himself to supporting his long-lost daughter, Anna, who’s now taken her place on the throne as Queen of Ogdenn. As the duo work to adjust to their respective new roles mere months after the cataclysmic battle for the throne, the arrival of a single letter thrusts them into an entirely new struggle. Summoned to Corona Senatus—the “congress of the crowns” held between the nations of Vahylicard—Anna, Watt, and their closest allies all find themselves navigating uncertainty and political intrigue at a pivotal moment in Ogdenn’s future. As Watt’s past makes a surprising reappearance, this old knight will have to face off against new foes entirely: suitors asking for Anna’s hand in marriage!