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Original story by V.K. Asher, also cross-posted on Royal Road. “She was supposed to kill him. Instead, she got dragged through the bleeding barrier between worlds.” Yuna, an assassin from Earth, never believed in magic. But when her blade strikes the exiled vampire prince Lucien Varochir, she’s pulled into Eldros—a kingdom teetering between rebellion and ruin, where veiled gods and dying crowns make the rules. Meanwhile, Maxwell Veydris, a noble''''s bastard desperate for recognition, offers his body and soul to become “Prince Axton” inside a stolen vessel. But the vampire prince they tried to overwrite refuses to vanish. As rebellion brews and the Caul stirs awake, Yuna and Axton are drawn into a tangled web of fractured loyalties, forbidden magic, and a dying world’s last gamble. Their fates—and the kingdom’s—are bound together, whether they want it or not. Caulmarked is a dark portal fantasy weaving gothic intrigue, supernatural rebellion, fractured identities, and soft progression through mysterious gifts of the Caul. Expect morally gray characters, slow-burn tension, and no gamelit or system mechanics. Content warnings: Dark fantasy. Violence, blood, psychological themes, trauma, emotional manipulation, morally gray characters. Updates: Active serialization. Note: This is an active soft launch. Early comments and feedback will directly help shape the ongoing story.