Soulbond: Beast Lord Rising

A LitRPG about bonds, growth, and a System that mistakes empathy for weakness.

Veloria is a kingdom where access to power is carefully measured and controlled. Levels, licences, and authority ranks decide who gets to explore the wilds, who gets to eat, and who gets to speak. Adventurers are tools of the ruling class — and anyone who grows too fast is quietly cut down.

Beast Lords are an error the System tried to delete. When Cyle of Alderreach soulbonds with a dying Duskhorn Wolf and her pup, he stumbles onto a growth path that runs on shared emotion and mutual trust instead of raw stats. The System doesn’t have a category for that — which makes him dangerous to everyone who benefits from the current rules.

Key Characters

Every rebellion starts with a choice. For Veloria, it’s a promise made to a dying wolf.

Veloria valley and storm-lit wilds.

PROTAGONIST ▸ BEAST LORD

Cyle of Alderreach

  • ClassUnregistered Beast Lord
  • BondRiven, lightning-marked wolf soul
  • TraitEmpathy as a force multiplier

Cyle wasn’t meant to be important. Just another boy in a forgotten village with a threadbare System screen. When he chooses mercy over safety and accepts a dying wolf’s bond, he slips outside the numbers the ruling class understands — and becomes the first real threat they’ve faced in generations.

SOULBOND ▸ COMPANION

Riven

  • FormDuskhorn Wolf
  • MarkLightning-scarred soul
  • Bond TypeMutual resonance

Riven’s body dies in the first chapter. Her soul doesn’t. Twined with Cyle’s, she becomes the other half of a Beast Lord class that grows through shared experience, shared risks, and small, stubborn joys the System can’t quantify.

World & System Bible

Veloria’s System looks generous on the surface. The fine print tells a different story.

CORE MECHANICS

The Adventuring System

Levels and classes are granted through tightly controlled interfaces: Guild licences, noble sponsorships, and carefully curated dungeon access. Growth without permission is either impossible — or grounds for quiet execution.

Key elements include:

  • Level caps by rank
  • Authority-based skill unlocks
  • Dungeon access control
  • Suppression of “wild” classes

HIDDEN PATH

Beast Lord Growth

Beast Lord is an emergent class built around soul resonance instead of raw stats. Growth comes from deepening the bond between lord and companion — shared memories, shared risks, and choices that prioritise the bond over convenience.

Expect mechanics like:

  • Shared XP pools
  • Emotion-driven evolutions
  • Pack-wide passives
  • System misclassification

DOCUMENTS

Beast Lord Rising Bible

The Beast Lord Rising bible maps Veloria’s kingdoms, noble houses, and the full arc of Cyle and Riven’s rebellion. This page draws from the spoiler-safe sections so readers can orient themselves without ruining later twists.

Lore PDF available to newsletter subscribers.