Ethan Sto;[=ne, a modern.=. man, aw ake:%,ns,)  ;as a play boy in a+*`n $ an(/c!ien :t (
d_(yna sty,; just as h%;is famil[=y is; @ ruined. He us!e@s his wits to survive, impressig ,a\[*t a poetry gath,:\er _ing and heading to the bar;#re \#n 
+Silver Prefecture. There, he
gathers,-?, c`!ap_able al:lie[:.s, builds wealth an_(d s`^ upport, and outsmarts noble enemies. Risi ng from noth--ing, *he be]/co/))me:-s)\ a #: w++a/#rl;or/_%d of the n.,orthwest and wins the hearts of^ two w\;omen,` inclu ]`ding T.` essa Car]te$]r. ._This is a ;:legend o`f reversa/%l from wastrel to?) ruler.