The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects

Dias finally returns home after decades of war. He’s hailed a hero and promptly rewarded with his own domain...which turns out to be little more than empty plains. Population: zero. Dias, who has only ever known battle, finds himself at a loss. How is he supposed to survive, let alone cultivate his territory into a thriving, prosperous dominion when there’s nothing but grass as far as he can see? Fortunately for Dias, a horned girl by the name of Alna is about to show him there’s more to the plains than meets the eye!

Life just keeps getting busier for Dias as he makes the best of his homestead out on the grassy plains. Realizing he needs a stable source of food for his people, he tries his hand at farming but quickly learns raising crops is harder than he thought. On top of that, he’s got new residents to welcome in the form of three dogkin clans, all of them brimming with energy and hungry for a new life. But juggling the challenges of his own domain isn’t all Dias has to worry about. Unbeknownst to him, Princess Diane is planning an invasion, and she has quite the ace up her sleeve...

It’s summer on the grassy plains. With war behind him, Dias has his hands full with everything daily life can throw at him. There’s the new but strangely familiar merchant, the dogkin refusing to spend their hard earned coin, and the appearance of some of Dias’s old friends and family, each of whom has their own reasons for searching him out. On top of it all, Dias is about to meet Alna’s brother, who is convinced he has to rescue his sister from the evil new lord of the plains!

When Dias comes down with a fever, the twins nurse him back to health with a mysterious herb... Could it be that Dias really did receive the legendary sanjivani herb from that weird talking baar? Before he can think too much about it, however, Dias learns from Eldan that he’s officially a duke! The title comes with a whole host of new and complicated responsibilities, but what has Dias most worried is simply deciding on a new family name! Can Dias learn and remember all the new and confusing laws and rules while Iluk Village prepares for the freezing winter ahead?

When a family of cavekin people arrive in Iluk Village, Dias gets a history lesson and three new residents ready to work as blacksmiths. However, before they can get started actually making anything, Dias will have to help them acquire the materials they need to build and work their furnace. But the cavekin aren’t the only visitors with business in Iluk. There’s a councillor from the Beastland Kingdom, a former civil servant determined to see his orders to completion, and...a fire-breathing dragon hellbent on razing Iluk Village to the ground!

With the flame dragon defeated, peace returns to Iluk. Peace, however, doesn’t mean rest and relaxation, and Dias quickly finds his hands full and his schedule packed. First there’s the falconkin Sahhi, a hunter who joins the village in the hopes of making a name for himself for the pride of his hometown. Then there’s Hubert, who has discovered that the area south of Baarbadal is uninhabited; he has his sights firmly set on acquiring it and expanding the domain’s borders! However, they’re about to find out that sometimes a place is abandoned for a reason, and that something ancient still resides to the south…

The snow has melted and spring has returned to the grasslands. It’s been one year since Dias arrived in the domain now known as Baarbadal, and the start of the year marks a time of celebration...as well as a huge spring-clean! When things finally calm down, Dias and his family reward themselves with a trip to Mahati to see Eldan. It’s a chance to take in new sights, meet old friends, engage in unexpected wrestling matches, and shop for the best horses on the market!