Dungeon Stronghold

Magnus Rusk has spent years surviving dangerous vaults, bad contracts, and worse employers. He never planned to become responsible for anyone but himself—until an abandoned mountain bank recognizes him as its new Bankmaster. Ironroot Redoubt is half-ruined, nearly broke, and sitting on a dungeon-fed fortune that every merchant, monster, and ambitious rival would love to claim. If Magnus wants to keep it, he’ll have to rebuild the walls, hire people he can trust, reopen the vaults, and turn a forgotten fortress into something powerful enough to survive the frontier. What starts as a desperate restoration quickly becomes something much bigger. New branches bring wealth, enemies test Ironroot’s defenses, and the women fighting beside Magnus give him more reasons to stay than he ever expected. Every successful delve funds another improvement. Every deposit makes the stronghold more valuable. And every victory tells the surrounding powers that Ironroot is alive again. Magnus spent most of his life avoiding roots. Now he’s building a fortress, a fortune, and a home worth killing to protect.