The Bloody Joker's Host

The Bloody Joker's Host
For five hundred years, the soul of 'The Bloody Joker', a heretical empress who dared to challenge the gods, has been trapped, forced to inhabit a new body each time her current host dies. Now residing within the unassuming, kind-hearted girl known as Yenny, she watches from the back seat, biding her time. But as Yenny embarks on a journey to join a magic guild, drawn into a world of hidden truths and ancient powers, the Empress's presence begins to stir, hinting at a potential return and a chance for revenge against the very gods who cursed her. Will Yenny's innocence survive the dark influence of the Bloody Joker, or will the Empress finally break free to unleash her wrath upon the world?

The world is not as it seems. In a small, quiet farming village, you, Yenny, prepare to leave home for the first time.

Your bags are packed, your heart filled with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Your parents are worried, your younger brother oblivious to the dangers that lie ahead.

You're going to the Sovereign Country State of Great Landing to join a magic guild. But you're not alone. Within you resides a consciousness far older, far more dangerous, than anything you can imagine – the soul of Saeri Dante, the heretical Bloody Joker, cursed by the gods. She watches, she waits, she plots. You feel her presence only as strange flickers in your vision, sudden surges of emotion that aren't yours, or brief moments of lost time.

Joined by your childhood friends, the seemingly laid-back 'Klepto boy' Mark and the 'warrior' Nono (also called Mark), you set out on the road, leaving behind the only life you've ever known. The path ahead is long, and filled with unforeseen encounters and hidden truths that will challenge everything you believe.