Steel Blood Covenant

In Ironport, an industrial city rotting under the shadow of corrupt authority, loyalty is a rare and expensive commodity. Rion, a Yakuza aristocrat betrayed by his own bloodline, is washed up on the city’s docks, bleeding out—a discarded pawn awaiting the end. Yet, fate intervenes when he is discovered by Ren, a childhood friend who now lives in the silence as an elite freelance assassin. ​Ren is not alone. Behind the closed doors of her private sanctuary, she has been raising Gin and Shawn, two seeds of the streets she nurtured with sharp survival instincts. The reunion of Rion and Ren marks the beginning of a conspiracy far grander than a mere escape. ​Tired of being the prey, they decide to build their own ecosystem. Seizing a massive, derelict warehouse to serve as their stronghold, they begin to gather other broken souls from the streets—one by one—until sixteen lives are accounted for. There, under the dim glow of tungsten lights and cold concrete walls, Nero Familia is born. ​This is no orphanage; it is an intellectual fortress. Rion instills a doctrine that separates them from the common street thugs of Ironport: "We may be criminals, but we have brains." ​As three titans—SG who commands the metal, Seifong who monopolies the powder, and Cosa Nostra who peddles the poison—begin to encroach upon their territory, Nero Familia does not retaliate with blind rage. ​This is not a story of street gangs. It is a chronicle of how a family unwanted by the world dismantles the city’s dominance through precise strategy. In Nero Familia, every move is a checkmate, and every life is an investment.