The Verdant Merchant

Rowen has no name, no family, and no magic. In a world where power defines your future, he’s already lost. The Awakening is his one chance to be chosen by the Path and escape his dead-end life running a forgotten shop. But when the crystal touches his skin, it reveals nothing... and yet, something ancient stirs within. Mana vanishes from his body. Visions haunt him. And buried deep in his soul, a relic from a past life begins to awaken. Forgotten by the world. Bound to something greater. Will he become another nobody — or the world’s greatest outlier?