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Chapter One:The Dark Beginning


486 AC
-Huang Fu Di, Lord of Chang Shang, eliminated all opposition and unified the North, all at the age of 19. This was a great feat of action for the tribes of the North have been at war for a great many years. Upon his completion, Huang Fu Di crowned himself absolute ruler of all Northern Lands. Many years went by and many of Huang Fu Di’s allies began to falter. Eventually, many of Huang Fu Di’s subordinates and some of his major generals attempted to staged a coup d'état. To some success, they were able to drive Huang Fu Di out of the city. But Huang Fu Di was not surprised; he foresaw that his generals would fail to realize that they were locked within the very fortress that protected them. And so, Huang Fu Di burned and razed his fortress to the ground. Many thousands of lives were killed that day. Upon its ashes, Huang Fu Di began construction on his new castle.

King Huang Fu Di was feared but he was also a benevolent ruler. He created new laws for the people, lowered taxes, and reduced hard labor. However King Huang Fu Di was a conqueror; no matter how good the harvest or peaceful his country was, King Huang Fu Di always wanted more land, more people, more power. And so, he began his campaign for domination.

490 AC
- The Armies of the Northern Kingdom begins its marches towards the south and builds a major city called Ping Jing.

491 AC
-Because of the conquests of the Northern Kingdom, the people on the central plains believed they too should unify to survive. Lord from many sides of the central plains gathered at Veluca to discuss the future of their tribes. The meeting was rough, many of the tribes have been at war with many of those who came, but it was finally decided that in order to ensure the peace of their people, they would need a leader to lead their troops against. Of the twelve lords, three arisen to the task; Lucius the Cunning, Marcus the Heroic, and Victor the Wrathful all stood before the council. Yet despite the council’s efforts, they were unable to elect a single soul to lead their nation. And so a duel was set, one that would test the character and their abilities to fight. But all was in vain. The night before the duel, Lucius sent assassins to kill off his competitors. Victor was killed in his sleep; Marcus was able to fend off the assassins blades and pursued his assailants. This led him to Lucius, to whom Marcus slew. The Next day, as Marcus was the only one capable, he was charged with the name Elder. Onward from that day, the tribes of the Central Plains were unified under a single banner and refered to themselves as, The Holy Council.

492 AC
After many months of bitter war, neither the Holy Council nor the Northern Kingdom was able to push beyond the other. Eventually, the Northern Kingdom met with the Holy Council in the meeting of Ping Jing to draft a truce, a peace to the war. They agreed that no war party from either group shall enter any land owned by the other nation as long as they will great traders with open arms.

Outlying Tribes begin to form in the south and the west.

498 AC

-A mysterious man wearing a mask single handedly slaughtered an army of the Holy Council. He walks into Marcus's Chambers while killing anyone that got in his way. Marcus was not at its chambers during that night and when he returned he saw thousands of corpses. Marcus walks into his chambers and sees the murderer. The man with the mask stares into Marcus' eyes, eyes that pierce his soul … (Pages are scarred by flame and soot, whatever was recorded on this page is lost for all eternity)

506 AC

-Marcus the Elder of the Holy Council violates the agreement of Ping Jing by sending a hundred strong to attack and raid major supply caravans owned by the Northern Kingdom, this starting the Chaos Wars. The reasoning for Marcus’ action is unknown, though as the armies of the Holy Council moved onward, King Huang Fu Di began to unleash his new weapons. For during the years of peace, King Huang Fu Di developed a new weapon, the Chu Ko Nu, a repeating crossbow that could fire many rounds before it needed to be reloaded. As Marcus led his army upon the Ping Jing, Fu Di was ready for them. Thousands of bolts hailed upon Marcus and his men and continued to rain. Of the original 10,000 men Marcus brought into battle, roughly 4,000 came out from the hail of bolts. Seeing no choice but retreat, Marcus ran back to camp to heal their wounds. But they were too late; while they were fighting on the plains to Ping Jing, King Huang Fu Di secretly sent 300 of his elite Calvary to find and destroy his base camp. Cornered and with his men exhausted, Marcus challenged Huang Fu Di to a duel. King Huang Fu Di bursted into hysterical laughter, for he has not found a worthy challenge in over forty years. He accepted, even at his age, to the duel. The duel between the two leaders went on for hours, with no side willing to give in. Many exchanges of blows were given, most from failures to maneuver or incorrect positioning of their weapons. At last, King Huang Fu Di performed the coup de grâce on Marcus, smiting his body upon the ground. Yet as he withdrew his blade from the corpse of the enemy, Huang Fu Di finally met the one challenge he had yet to overcome, time. Thus ended the Battle of Ping Jing, the last Battle of Honor.




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Chapter Two:The Holy Civil War


507 AC

The death of Marcus was a major impact on the Holy Council. The Holy Council lost its founder and leader to the Northern Kingdom and can't even retrieve his corpse. The Holy Council must elect a new leader. The new candidates were Gerald The Faithful, Azar The Wealthy, and Minisius The Hopeless.

-Gerald The Faithful was best friends with Marcus and most of the people favored Gerald. Azar The Wealthy was angry about this and tried to do many things to make Gerald look bad so that Azar will win the title of Elder. Azar never succeeded. Minisius was hated by because he was a lord of the Holy Council and most skilled in archery he became a candidate. Minisius hated Marcus because Marcus killed Minisius' father Lucius and it was also recorded that Minisius was mentally retarded. The Northern Kingdom did not continue to press on there force to conquer the south because they feel that there equipment isn't strong enough to launch a military campaign against the Holy Council. The Northerners have never seen such strong armor and such heavy swords so they ceased fire with the Holy Council which the Holy Council gladly accepted.


508 AC

-Because of Minisius' foolishness, he was usually controlled by his advisors. Minisius held the city of Praven. One day, Dino who was Minisius' chief advisor and was Minisius' most trustworthy subordinate advised Minisius to build up a massive army and Veluca. Dino told Minisius that Gerald and Azar are supported by the many and Minisius has the least supporters. Dino tells Minisius that attacking Veluca and seizing the title "Elder" by force is the only way to take over the Holy Council. The councilers and generals in Veluca were cowards and most of the troops in Veluca left to go to Uxkhal to serve Gerald and Dhirim to serve Azar. Dhirim is famous for its huge population. Veluca also has very rough terrain and it is a very easy area to defend. Dino also possess the city of Wercheg and has a huge army. Minisius agrees with Dino and takes his army of 5000 to attack Veluca. Dino takes an army of 4500 from Wercheg and marches towards Veluca. A total of 9500 was more than enough to take the city of Veluca. Veluca only possess 1000 troops and the 1000 were weak and low-tiered. Veluca has a river where the population and troops usually drink from so Dino poisoned the water and THEN demanded the councilers of Veluca to surrender. Three days have passed, and a large population and majority of the Velucian army dropped. The leaders of Veluca surrendered to Minisius. Minisius declared himself as Elder listening to all of Dino's advices. Minisius was like a puppet to Dino.

-The news quickly spread throughout the central plains!

509 AC
Minisius demanded everyone under the Holy Council to serve under him or they will die. Gerald and Azar was very angry at what happened and refused to submit! Gerald and Azar were then known as rebels and the Holy Civil War begins! Azar sees Gerald as a great threat and also vulnerable at the same time. Gerald has many, many followers and Gerald believes that he must fight to save what Marcus founded. Gerald does not care whether he dies or not, he will fight for righteousness and for the people suffering.


511 AC
It has been 3 years since Minisius took the title of Elder and began the Holy Civil War. Many battles have been fought, many died and Minisius is winning the war. Azar and Gerald have remained neutral but tensions were growing.

-Lord Azar demanded Gerald to merge into his faction so that they will be strong enough and united to stand a chance against Minisius. Gerald refused because he will not serve under one who is less faithful as him. Dino noticed that Azar is very displeased with Gerald so Dino advises Minisius to stop attacking the two and let the two destroy eachother.

512 AC
Azar declares war on Gerald and launches a massive army to capture his capital city, Uxkhal. Gerald was not prepared for this but Gerald was good at making friends and even befriended a Northern General named Liu Gao. Liu Gao owes Gerald many debts for saving his life from the Ronins in the northern forests. Gerald requests Liu Gao to bring an army to rescue him. Liu Gao was not a very high ranked general and it was forbidden for Liu Gao to help a member of the Holy Council but Liu Gao did not care. Liu Gao has found true friendship with Gerald so he takes his entire army and family to Uxkhal. Liu Gao knew that if he returned, he and his entire family would be executed so he joined Gerald's faction betraying the Northern Kingdom for friendship.

-After several days of marching, Azar and his massive army arrives at Uxkhal and besieged it. Gerald's army was not large enough but Gerald held off Azar for a week. While Liu Gao was on his way to Uxkhal, he encountered Ronins. The Ronin leader asked him why he is marching south. Liu Gao told him that he has left the Northern Kingdom to help his friend Gerald. The Ronin leader called him a fool and that with that small of an army, he could never save Gerald. The Ronin Leader likes how Liu Gao valued friendship and makes an offer. The Ronin Leader reveals himself as Toyimotai, a master of Bushido and he decides to join Liu Gao if Liu Gao makes Toyimotai a General of his army. Toyimotai says he wants to stop the life of a bandit and he has many followers who are also willing to do something better. Liu Gao gladly accepts and bows down to the Ronins. Liu Gao now having an army of 3000, 2000 of them being skilled samurais arrives at Uxkhal.

-When Gerald saw Liu Gao's banner, Gerald leads his army to sally forth. Gerald attacks Azar's army on the front, and Liu Gao attacks Azar's army from behind. Confusion was all over Azar's army. The Ronin's were very skilled with the katana and caused terror upon Azar's army. Azar was furious and retreated 3000 paces and camped there. Liu Gao enters Uxkhal and Gerald very gladly welcomes him. Liu Gao told Gerald what happened, and Gerald regrets asking Liu Gao for help. Now Liu Gao can never return to the north legally. Although Gerald is very faithful, Liu Gao's friendship moved him beyond faithfulness. Liu Gao proposes an oath of brotherhood. The two made an oath, an oath that made them brothers.


513 AC

-Reinforcements and supplies from Dhirm was sent to Azar's camp. Dino advises Minisius to attack Dhrim because it is very weakly defended. Dino sees this as the perfect opportunity to unify the Holy Council. Dino tells Minisius that after Dhrim is taken, Uxkhal will also be taken! Azar and Gerald are constantly fighting at Uxkhal and they are constantly losing casulties. Minisius brings his army of 6,000 and marched quickly towards Dhirm and captured it within a day.

-When Azar hears news that Dhirm has been captured by Minisius, he almost had a heart attack! Azar was so angry and was in a dillema. Azar also heard that Minisius is marching towards Uxkhal and unify all the central plains under his tyranny! Azar has no choice but to surrender to Gerald. Gerald accepts his surrender and Azar warns Gerald that Minisius is marching towards Uxkhal with a massive army! Toyimotai sees this as an opportunity to display his true skill in battle, and wishes to lead an army of no more than 400 to intercept Minisius. Liu Gao and Gerald refused to let him do so fearing Toyimotai and the 400 will die pointless deaths. Toyimotai was angry and he takes 400 of the Ronin he brought with him to intercept Minisius without orders. There is a very thick forest between Dhirm and Praven and Toyimotai ordered ditches to be made immediately and oil to be poured all over the area. Toyimotai hid all his troops in the forest and spent days waiting for Minisius' army. When the sun went down, and the bright moon went up into the sky, Minisius' massive army arrives and marches in the center of all the traps Toyimotai set. Toyimotai ordered the ronin to fire flaming arrows at all the oil. The trees were covered with oil, the grass, the leaves, everywhere! Within seconds, the entire forest was in total fire! It was also very windy during that night, and the fire fed the flames! Minisius' army was struck by heavy confusion!!! Toyimotai and his 400 troops ran out of the forest to avoid being burned. Minisius' army was surrounded by fire and could not find a way to escape! Minisius lost his massive army in the flames while he remained in Dhirm, and Dino remained in Veluca.

-Minisius sees that he can't hold Dhirm for long because he has few troops and the people are revolting. Minisius takes whatever he has left and returns to Veluca. When Minisius returns to Veluca and tells Dino what happened, Dino was furious! Dino lost his patience and pushed Minisius off his seat! Minisius says "What... are you doing?!" Dino replies "Saving the central plains from fools like you." Dino unsheath his sword and stabs Minisius seven times. Dino removes the Holy Council and declares himself as King. Dino forms the Kingdom of Veluca!!

514 AC
-Gerald cries at what has happened to the peace and unity created by Marcus and will do whatever it takes to restore the Holy Council. Gerald declares himself as Elder of the Holy Council and captures Dhirm. Liu Gao became a High Counciler, and Toyimotai was given the title, Imperator of God. Gerald had many followers who has hope in the Holy Council.

-Instead of pressing attacks on Gerald's Holy Council, Dino tries to bring the people on the eastern central plains to believe in him and remain loyal to him. King Dino did many things such as lowering taxes, and giving out free food to the poor.


516 AC
In the south, tribes have been formed and they begin to fight eachother for supremacy. The climate in the south is very hot and the people there prefer to wear very little. The tribes in the south were very barbaric, they enjoyed violent actions. These barbarians train themselves very well in melee combat but they have never been taught how to ride horses.

-Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Veluca begins recruiting a massive army to expand there territory to the east. There were many legends about the eastern lands but none were proven true. Some say the dead rise and go to the east. Some say Demons dwell in the east. Dino brings a massive army of 50,000 and marches east to explore.

-The news spread to the Holy Council and Gerald assembled his army of 30,000 on a military campaign to destroy the Kingdom of Veluca and reunite the Holy lands under one banner. Gerald first captured Wercheg, and then Praven with ease. Imperator Toyimotai volunteers to lead an army to capture Veluca so Gerald gave Toyimotai 15,000 Holy Swordsmen and 5,000 Crusaders. Toyimotai made an oath in front of all the Councilers and the 20,000 troops granted to him that he will not fail and he will achieve victory and saying if he fails, he will burn in Hell for all eternity!

-When Toyimotai arrived at Veluca, he sees something strange. He has not heard any news about King Dino ever since he went on the eastern campaign. Toyimotai demanded the Velucians to surrender, and within minutes the Velucians surrendered without a fight. Toyimotai did not expect any of this, but also did not feel that there is a trap in Veluca so Toyimotai proceeded into Veluca. Gerald enters Veluca and the Kingdom of Veluca has been annhilated! The restoration of the Holy Council is complete! The civil war lasted 8 years.


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Chapter Three:I Am A Conqueror And Will Always Be One

517 AC

It has been months since the Holy Council has been restored and there has not been news of Dino. Toyimotai is very curious of what happened and one night he even had a nightmare see two people burning in flames! One of them was Dino, the other one was himself! Toyimotai felt the fire and the wrath of the flames in his physical body and soul. Because of the nightmare, Toyimotai began reading books that held legends about demons. Toyimotai even refused to show up at council meetings just to study about demons. After reading so much, Toyimotai found something that freaked him out. It talked about people having nightmares seeing themselves being burned by the flames of Hell. The reading eventually mentally forced Toyimotai to go to the east to find Dino. Without informing the Council, Toyimotai brings an army of 10,000 elite troops to the east to look for Dino. When the council found out about Toyimotai's actions, Gerald ordered Azar to lead an army of 5,000 Knights to enter the east and find Toyimotai. However, none returned....

-The Holy Council assumed that they are dead and had to begin rebuilding so that they can catch up with the Northern Kingdom.


532 AC
Elder Gerald dies of old age and Liu Gao takes over as Elder. Elder Liu Gao is the first and only elder who originated from the north.

-King Huang Fu Di have a meeting with Liu Gao and asks Liu Gao to surrender all of the central plains to him. Liu Gao was angry and refused. Liu Gao stated "You were once my superior and almighty, I bowed down to you like an inferior. Today, I have risen as a superior and your equal. Although I am a northerner, my loyalty to my friend Gerald never ends, and I am happy to live with these people of the Central Plains."

King Huang Fu Di told him "Do you really think the people of the Central Plains are truly loyal to you? Do you really trust these Councilers who hold so much power? A northerner can never be friends with the people of the Central Plains. They hate us gravely because of what I did to their almighty Marcus, and we hate them to death for Marcus' dishonesty in breaking our peace treaty and slaughtering countless peasants while they march towards Ping Jing! How could you befriend these bastards?" King Huang Fu Di was very angry and left the diplomatic meeting.


533 AC
Elder Liu Gao was assassinated and Sarius of Praven takes over as Elder.


537 AC

King Huang Fu Di stopped fighting the south for 30 years and he is now 70 years old. King Huang Fu Di wishes to conquer most if not all of the central plains before he dies. Although it was an excellent opportunity for King Huang Fu Di to invade the central plains during the Holy Civil War, King Huang Fu Di spent most of the time bringing harmony to the people so that they will favor him forever even after death.

King Huang Fu Di sees war with the Holy Council as a good opportunity as well for many reasons. The Holy Council's Elder Sarius is foolish and does not care much about politics, the missing of Toyimotai meant that the Holy Council lost a sword, shield and all of its armor.

-King Huang Fu Di breaks off the peace treaty and orders General Zhao Ming to lead a massive army of 100,000 to the central plains for a military campaign, a campaign to conquer all! Within the 100,000 were many talented officers, lieutenants and captains ready to fight to the death!

Elder Sarius stayed in Veluca enjoying pleasure and ignoring political issues. The council was very angry at Sarius and they worried that the Northern Kingdom will annihlate the Holy Council if nothing is done!


538 AC
General Zhao Ming does not expect to fail in his mission and he marches his 100,000 from Ping Jing to besiege Uxkhal which is tightly defended. The counciler who govern Uxkhal were Liu Wei, son of Liu Gao. Zhao Ming remembers Liu Gao who was one of his friends. Zhao Ming challenges Liu Wei to a duel which Liu Wei accepts. Zhao Ming defeats Liu Wei, knocked him off his horse and captured him. Liu Wei was brought into Zhao Ming's camp. Zhao Ming ordered good wine and good food to be made for Liu Wei. Liu Wei does not understand what Zhao Ming wants. Zhao Ming told Liu Wei that he has not seen his father Liu Gao for decades and asks how he is. Liu Wei did not know how Zhao Ming knew his father. Zhao Ming tells Liu Wei that Liu Gao was once a general of the Northern Kingdom, and a good friend of his but he left the North for the sake of friendship. Liu Wei told Zhao Ming that his father was assassinated by an unknown assassin.

General Zhao Ming had tears falling out of eyes and asked Liu Wei where his father was buried. Zhao Ming asked Liu Wei who does he think assassinated his father. Liu Wei replied "I... do not know.." Zhao Ming said "Your father only took over as Elder for only a few months and he was killed, has he offended anyone?" Liu Wei replied "It must be Sarius!! It was him! That bastard! It must be him! He always argues with my father, and because there were only two candidates after Elder Gerald died, Sarius being one of them he would easily seize the title of Elder just from my father's death!" Zhao Ming asked "Then why do you continue to serve under these dogs? Your father was born in the north. Born as a northerner, he will die as a northerner. Northerners can never live with the people of the Central Plains. You are also a northerner!" Liu Wei did not know what to say. General Zhao Ming at the age of 65 kneeled down to Liu Wei crying "Your father was my best friend! Please return to the Northern Kingdom and serve them well! I do not want my best friend's family name to go down in history as a traitor to the North!" Liu Wei tries to rise Zhao Ming back on his feet replied "Please get up, you must not kneel! If I go to the north, would I not be regarded as a traitor?!" Zhao Ming told him "No, your father died a terrible death! How can avenging your father be treacherous?!" Liu Wei made the decision and bowed down to General Zhao Ming with eyes full of tears crying "General!!! I will serve under the Northern Kingdom with all my life!! My father! I must avenge him!!"

Liu Wei ordered the gates of Uxkhal to open up and surrendered to General Zhao Ming. Liu Wei served as Zhao Ming's Lieutenant-Captain. Liu Wei went to visit his friend Gorio in Dhirm, son of Elder Gerald and Governor of Dhirm. Liu Wei persuaded Gorio to surrender to the Northern Kingdom telling Gorio that Sarius sent assassins to kill his father. Liu Wei told Gorio that he has surrendered to the north and became Lieutenant-Captain of General Zhao Ming. Gorio saw Zhao Ming's massive northern army and Liu Wei's central army. Gorio could not refuse and he also did not like Elder Sarius.

539 AC
The news of the surrender of Gorio and Liu Wei spread throughout the lands. King Huang Fu Di summoned these two vassals to Chang Shang to meet the two. King Huang Fu Di rewarded the two with gold. The old King was growing old and told Liu Wei that he predicted the death of his father and tried to save him but failed. Liu Wei and Gorio became Generals of the Northern Kingdom. Although old, Huang Fu Di was still a genius who knew how to use people well. Huang Fu Di also asked Gorio and Liu Wei about the Holy Council's government, politics, culture, economy, weapons and every single information so that he may use it to improve the Northern Kingdom's power and influence. It can also be used to earn the hearts of the people of the Central Plains. Huang Fu Di wrote everything in a book including all the difficulties he has encountered in his life and everything that is required to be an efficient ruler. The Old King presented this book to his son, Prince Huang Yun who will eventually succeed him.

-When the council members heard the news of Gorio and Liu Wei's surrender, they bursted in rage and fear. The two High Councilers with the most authority, Counciler Palot and Counciler Gavin had enough of this madness, brought an army of Holy Swordsmen and bursted into Elder Sarius' chambers. The two Councilers and their army of Holy Swordsmen could not believe what Sarius was doing at this time of chaos! Elder Sarius had twenty women on his bed forcing them to give him pleasure. When Sarius saw Palot and Gavin, Sarius ordered their deaths! The Holy Council did not obey, and Palot and Gavin bursted in anger and screamed "Kill them all!!!!!" The Holy Swordsmen charged at the large bed and slaughtered all the women. The Holy Swordsmen stabbed Sarius simultanously with their swords and then Palot beheaded him. Gavin ordered Sarius' corpse to be hanged on the wall of Veluca.

General Zhao Ming remained in western central plains building up his army and defenses and Liu Wei and Gorio tried to bring the people's loyalty away from the Holy Council and towards the Northern Kingdom.

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Chapter Four:The Forbidden Cave of The Black Heavens

542 AC
The council's new Elder is Palot. The council believes the Northern Kingdom is too strong so they wanted to search for new allies. Gavin ventures into the south with a small army searching for allies. Gavin meets the Lagul Tribe who tend to have very fierce warriors and proposes an alliance with them and offering the city of Wercheg if the Lagul Tribe pushes the Northern Kingdom away from the Holy Lands. The Lagul Tribe agrees with this alliance. The Lagul Tribe's army consists of unprofessional warriors who are excellently trained in any sort of melee combat. Their army was basicly the entire population making there army very destructive and fearful. The Lagul Tribe immediately sends a massive army of 300,000 savages directly to Dhirm without any strategy. The Holy Council has never seen such a massive army before and was inspired and also insulted as well by the fact that there army wore no armor or clothes. The leader of their tribe was Lalo.

543 AC
General Zhao Ming looked over the walls on Dhirm and saw a huge mob of clothless men with heavy weapons charging towards the city! General Zhao Ming noticed they don't have shields and that they have been moving for weeks so he assembled an army of Elite Archers on the walls and fired at will. The Lagul tribe had no siege equipment against the walls so they climbed up. While the Lagul tribe charged at the walls, they screamed like beasts! This brought so much fear to the Elite Archers. After four hours of battle, the Elite Archers have begun extremely exhausted and lost a huge amount of morale. The Lagul tribe eventually climbed up the walls and started butchering the exhausted archers. The infantry charged at the Laguls and killed many but they just keep appearing like theres no end to them. General Zhao Ming and his three sons Zhao Lian, Zhao Lu, Zhao Er were fighting bravely until Zhao Lu and Zhao Lian were cut down by the barbarians. Zhao Ming yelled at Zhao Er telling him to go to Uxkhal and warn Gorio and Liu Wei. After Zhao Ming gave the order, Zhao Ming was struck by a huge axe on his upperback killing him! Zhao Er fled with tears! The barbaric Laguls were very violent and bloodthristy, they killed absolutely anyone they saw. Soldier, Captain, General and even the peasants. The elder, the women, the children and the babies! They were all butchered like animals by the barbarians. The barbarians wiped out the population of Dhirm, only very few escaped this massacre. Over 400,000 innocent peasants died in this massacre. Shops was burned, houses were broken into.

When Palot heard this news, he ordered Gavin to be chained and whipped for a week. After Gavin's torture, Gavin cried and begged God for forgiveness. All Gavin did was follow orders and it was for the people, he did not know that it ended up as a massacre. Elder Palot was furious and broke the alliance with the Lagul Tribe. Instead of sending troops over to attack the western central plains, he ordered Gavin to lead an elite army of 70,000. 50,000 being Holy Swordsmen, 10,000 being Holy Longbowmen and the other 10,000 being Crusaders to attack and annex the south.

544 AC
General Zhao Er reports the death of Zhao Ming and his entire family to King Huang Fu Di telling him a huge army of barbarians charged into Dhirim and destroyed everything! King Huang Fu Di at the age of 77 had tears coming down his eyes. Huang Fu Di gets off his seat, tells Zhao Er to follow him and walks out of the palace. Huang Fu Di walks towards a very high hill. On top of the very high hill was a beautiful view of the northern kingdom.

King Huang Fu Di said to Zhao Er "Your father... he served my family for two generations. My father always told me that out of all the military officers, General Zhao Ming was the most trustworthy and most talented. After my father died, Zhao Ming helped me destroy the other states and unified the North. He has fought countless battles for now. I will not forget this man. Now that you are the only man left in the Zhao family, you must live and be like your father. A man who does everything for the country." Zhao Er hearing these words cried and King Huang Fu Di asked him "What kind of man do you want to be?" Zhao Er wiped his tears and said "A man like my father." King Huang Fu Di told him to remember what he said and also told him "If you are like your father, then the North will prevail. I want you to assist my son when I am gone with your life." Zhao Er replied "I will do all I can!" King Huang Fu Di said "Can you swear to the Heavens? Can you swear to your dead father? Can you also swear to me?" Zhao Er made the oath and if he breaks it he shall burn in Hell alive and never have any descendents. King Huang Fu Di felt that he was ready to leave this mortal world.

King Huang Fu Di went to see his son and heir Huang Yun. Prince Huang Yun lacked his father's cruel personality and was like a saint to the people. Prince Huang Yun was loved by the people. King Huang Fu Di told Prince Huang Yun to follow him on horseback. King Huang Fu Di lead Prince Huang Yun out of Chang Shang and into a forest. Huang Yun noticed that they are heading to the Forbidden Cave of Black Heavens. Huang Yun heard stories about what lurks in the cave and was in total fear but still followed his father. King Huang Fu Di arrived at the cave and dismounted. He entered the cave with his son. His son asked "What are we doing here?" King Huang Fu Di replied "Are you scared? When I die, I want to be buried in the deepest pits of this cave. Transform this cursed cave into a cursed Mausoleum! I want 500,000 clay soldiers made, and each must have unique faces! These soldiers along with the demons here will protect me for all eternity. Can you do this my son?" Prince Huang Yun replied "I will try." Huang Fu Di yelled "Do not try! You either do or do not!" Huang Yun replied "I will not fail you." King Huang Fu Di was relieved and begun to venture deep into the cave. As they went deeper and deeper, they saw a Huge Red Gate. Huang Yun was very curious and also had a deep fear of what is behind that gate. King Huang Fu Di told his son to not tell anyone about the secrets of this cave. He told his son to block off this gate after he is dead. The Forbidden Cave of Black Heavens! King Huang Fu Di told his son "You are my 12th son and youngest son of the family, you are also the most talented and know how to use people correctly. You will succeed me. General Zhao Er is a man you can trust. Use him correctly and you will crush all who oppose you!"

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Chapter Five:Gavin VS Zhao Er

545 AC
King Huang Fu Di, founder of the Northern Kingdom dies at the age of 78 in 545 AC. Before he died, he wrote a short book about his life.

"The war, the chaos... it gave me so much pain and power at the same time. My father died early from sickness and I succeeded him as Lord of Chang Shang. Some people called me a prodigy, some people called me a brat. I was only 13 years old when I became Lord of Chang Shang.

The corrupt ministers tried to control me like a puppet but some who were very loyal to my father tried to get rid of the corrupters. Many were executed because the ones who were corrupt were in very high position. General Zhao Ming had always been favored by my father and was complimented as a very loyal subordinate. I asked him to tutor me and advise me. General Zhao Ming asked me what I desire most. I told him... I am a very ambitious man. I want all to bow before me and I will succeed! I will conquer all four corners of the map and rule over all! All those who oppose me will recieve one reward and that is death!

General Zhao Ming was quite frightened and impressed at my burning ambition. He laughed and asked me what I think I should do first. I told him that I will get rid of all these unloyal ministers! The only problem is that I do not have enough supporters. Zhao Ming told me that I am the Lord and I have his support. I dismissed him and think over of what should be done...

The next day, I woke up and called a court meeting summoning all court officials. I ordered new laws to be made and troops are to use new equipment that I designed myself. Ministers completely disagreed with me but General Zhao Ming and several loyal subordinates supported my ideas. Six years later, I unified the north through war and declared myself as King, stripped all power from the corrupters and had them all executed. I was the dominant one."

King Huang Yun has ascended the throne and built a Mausoleum inside the Forbidden Cave of Black Heavens and buried his father in there. Hundreds of ten thousands of clay soldiers were made to protect his father in the afterlife each with unique facial features. The founder of a great kingdom was buried in the cursed cave and will be protected by the curse.

King Huang Yun immediately promoted General Zhao Er to Commander-In-Chief and granted him an army of 100,000 elite units to recapture Dhirm. Two of the main assistant generals were General Gorio and General Liu Wei.

Meanwhile, Gavin's army of 70,000 attacked the village the Lagul tribes and burned it to the ground and also captured there leader Lalo. Lalo was crucified. After Gavin annilhated the Lagul tribe, he marched directly to Dhirm. While marching to Dhirm, Gavin's scouts reported that General Zhao Er has recaptured Dhirm. Instead of attacking Dhirm, Gavin waited patiently because he believes that he can find an opportunity. Dhirm has been massacred and is very weak, Dhirm won't have enough food to support Zhao Er's massive army. Gavin's prediction was correct and Zhao Er's army sallied forth but the terrain was very flat and Gavin took advantage of this by sending his army of Knights to crush the northern army with a couched lance forcing the North to lose heavy casulties.


546 AC
Gavin devised a strategy by sending a group of assassins to Dhirm so that they will open the gate and attack from the inside when Gavin launches his attack. The strategy was a complete success and Dhirm eventually fell to the Holy Council. Zhao Er, Liu Wei and Gorio were captured. Gavin ordered Gorio and Liu Wei to be executed for betraying the Holy Council but Zhao Er stopped them by boasting. Zhao Er insulted Gavin by saying that Gavin is a good tactician but he is nothing in battle. Zhao Er dared Gavin to fight him in a duel to the death. Gavin laughed at him and accepted. Zhao Er said "How about we give a prize to the victorious? If I win, you are to release me and all the troops you captured from me, if you win.... I'll give you the city of Uxkhal without having you lose casulties. Uxkhal is very rich and heavily defended. If you attack from Dhirm to Uxkhal, you will fail greatly." Gavin was very confident and accepted stating that only a fool would refuse.

Gavin believed that Zhao Er was just a young man who was a complete fool. Gavin was very strong and muscular and could pick up three horses. Zhao Er had scrawny arms. Gavin had a very large and heavy sword that can break armor in half. Zhao Er wielded a long sword without a shield. When Gavin saw Zhao Er's weapon, he laughed at him and insulted the Northern Kingdom for there foolishness in equipment. The duel began and it was an unmounted battle. Gavin ran up towards Zhao Er like he was a bow and swung his sword at him and Zhao Er dodged it. Afterwards, they exchanged blows. The duel took hours and hours and Gavin was impressed at how Zhao Er was keeping up with him but Gavin does not intend to lose and die. This is a battle to the death. Zhao Er's swordsmanship style was as swift as the wind and Gavin began to get tired because of the weight of his weapon. Eventually Zhao Er got the upperhand and cuts off Gavin's helmet and then puts his sword around Gavin's neck. Gavin was helpless. Zhao Er said "I have no reason to kill you, I serve my country with loyalty and do my duty. You also do the same. You have lost this duel, admit defeat and let us go free." Gavin said "Hmph, Get out of my sight!" Zhao Er sheathes his sword, turns around and walks away to free the prisoners. When Zhao Er turned away, Gavin picked up his heavy sword and attempted to launch a sneaky and unhonorable attack to kill Zhao Er. Zhao Er noticed the large flash of Gavin's sword and does a quick draw and cut Gavin's waist killing him. Gavin lies on the ground dead.

The people of Dhirm watched the duel and saw the council's unhonorable doing and Zhao Er's skill and love for his troops.  The people of Dhirm cheered and bowed to Zhao Er swearing loyalty to the North. The people of Dhirm created chaos on the troops defending Dhirm. The troops under Gavin tried to stop this but they were killed in the riot. Zhao Er saw this confusion and huried up to the prison. The peasants followed Zhao Er to help him break into the prison to free the followers of the Northern Kingdom. However, Gorio was missing. Gavin of the Holy Council leads an army to attack Dhirm... captures it but it eventually fell back to the Northern Kingdom. A waste of lives and effort. It even gave the North more momentum. Zhao Er ordered Gavin to be buried and said these words on his grave. "Gavin, you were a powerful warrior and a good tactician but after my father died, I dedicated all my free time on studying military strategy. I want to surpass my father and I have done so! Everything that runs in my mind is military strategy. My mind has become obsessed with it and always have the thought of it. You may call me insane, but an insane person like me is also honorable and loyal. I predicted every outcome. I knew that you would accept my duel, and I knew that you would lose. I even expected the riot to happen. You helped me accomplish something. Your demise. You underestimated me, I am the greater military strategist."

King Huang Yun gave Zhao Er the title Grand Commander of The Central Plains and promised that he will make him Prince of The Central Plains if he helps him destroy the Holy Council. King Huang Yun wants to finish what his father tried doing and is truly confident he can do so.

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Chapter Six:The Shi Family


550 AC
For the past four years, the Northern Kingdom had control over the western part of the Central Plains and many lives were lost in this war. King Huang Yun believed that his father was the greatest and superior to him in any skill. His father was a conqueror, he was a man who tried to make the land prosper with smiles. King Huang Yun eventually died of sickness, and was buried at the forbidden cave of Black Heavens with his father. King Huang Yun had one son who was very incompetent named Huang Zhou. Huang Zhou ascended the throne as King and this eventually lead to disasters. Huang Zhou's mother Empress Dowager Shi Zhi was a very power hungry woman and controlled the imperial court. King Huang Zhou left all political and military affairs to his mother. Empress Dowager Shi Zhi becomes the first woman to have total power over all of the Northern Kingdom. Shi Zhi wanted her family name to go down in history gloriously so she changed the surname of the entire Imperial family from Huang to Shi. King Huang Zhou became known as King Shi Zhou. Shi Zhi was confident that she will do very successful things for the country. Because of Shi Zhi's gender, a lot of generals and court officials disagreed with her and accused her of usurping the throne.

Some subordinates such as Grand Commander Zhao Er gave her their loyalty because he believed Shi Zhi's actions will benefit the country. Shi Zhi ceased fire with the Holy Council which the Holy Council gladly accepted. The Holy Council began attacking the barbarians that were causing problems in the south. There came a long age of peace for the Northern Kingdom, however peace did not last....

558 AC
An army wearing black robes and hood secretly enters the palace while being undiscovered. This army scream like they are suffering in great pain. There came the massive slaughter of the Northern Imperial Palace. The small army were like demons and they quickly killed anyone they saw. The palace was invaded and lost to these demons. Empress Dowager Shi Zhi and Emperor Shi Zhou were believed to be dead but their corpses weren't found. The demons eventually left the palace after killing 8,000 subordinates of the palace. No one knew where or when they came from... all people know was that they were pure evil. Because of the absence of both Shi Zhi and Shi Zhou, a new King must ascend the throne.

Shi Zhi's son Shi Ming ascended the throne as King. Shi Ming knew that the kingdom was all controlled by his grandmother because his father was useless. King Shi Ming does not want to repeat the same mistake his father made. King Shi Ming studied the ways of warfare and politics at a very young age. Instead of hunting down the demons who abducted his grandmother and father, he declared that they were both killed and their corpse were burnt by the demons. He wanted to do all he can to build up a strong a efficient country and was believed to be the hardest working King of the Northern Kingdom.

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Chapter Seven:The Mighty Balrog!!


Several hundred pages were ripped off. It seemed like someone was in a hurry and aggressively did this. ... all this history was lost....what we do know was that Dhirm and Uxkhal was recaptured by the Holy Council. It is unknown what year these events happened.


953 AC
The Holy Council continues to be threatened by the barbarian tribes in the south and the Northern Kingdom ruled by King Shi Rui is also attacking the Holy Council constantly.

The tribes of the south eventually united and one leader was made. His name was Balrog The Deadly. Balrog was a very vicious and violent man who killed Holy Swordsmen at the age of 15. Balrog is known to be the greatest warrior during this age. Balrog's only tactics and strategies in battle and war was to kill with hatred, kill with vengeance and to kill for happiness.

954 AC
The barbarians unleashed a huge raid on Wercheg and all surrounding villages. Peasants were fleeing from day till night crying in fear. Elder Marrius of the Holy Council dispatches a force of 50,000 crusaders to annilhate this threat. The barbarians lead by Balrog was too strong and even crusaders didnt stand a chance against Balrog's mighty strength. Elder Marrius sees Balrog as a wild animal so he leads an army personally to garrison Wercheg. Balrog used ladders to place on the walls of Wercheg. Balrog's barbarians scream while they get shot by Holy Longbowmen. Balrog's army did not give up and continued to press on the siege. Elder Marrius saw Balrog and yelled at him "Balrog! I challenge you to a duel! Do you accept?! However, I will only duel you if you pull back your troops and come here alone tomorrow!" Balrog laughed and pulled back his troops. Elder Marrius was very glad.

On the next day, Balrog arrived at the gates of Wercheg, and Elder Marrius opened the gate and went out alone. Balrog believes he is the most mightiest and unstoppable. Balrog laughed at Elder Marrius and told him he saw through his plan. Balrog rushed upon Marrius with his twin axes while Marrius blocked with his sword. Marrius was struggling at Balrog's mighty strength and fled. Balrog laughed and said "Hahaha! You coward! Are there no warriors that can defeat me?!" Marrius knew that if he fought Balrog for only 5 seconds, he would of been killed and shivered in fear. Marrius needed to tire him out. Marrius asked his generals... "Are there no warriors here that can defeat Balrog?" His generals kept quiet.... Balrog warned them outside the gates. "If no one duels me, I will unleash my massive army upon you and kill everyone who is part of the Holy Council!"

General Gazillius rushed out with his sword and shield and fights Balrog. Balrog laughed at him and swung his axe at Gazillius. Gazillius blocked it with his shield but Balrog constantly smashes his two axes at his shield like a drum. Gazillius was under pressure and could not hold on anymore... he knew that Balrog is just fooling around with him. General Alio sees his friend Gazillius under pressure charges out there with his poleaxe and swings it across Balrog chest. However, Balrog quickly blocks it and start attacking Alio. Gazillius lifts off his big shield and attacks Balrog from the rear. Balrog fights the two Holy Council generals but he is still keeping up without any problems. Elder Marrius charged out and all three of them fights Balrog. The Holy Council soldiers were all cheering and watching the duel constantly. Balrog fights the three but no pressure seems to be put on him. Balrog seemed to be enjoying every second of the fight. The three began getting really tired and fled back into the gates. Balrog got very angry and demanded that he wanted to continue fighting. Elder Marrius wanted to test Balrog's strength and it truly is believed that Balrog was a warrior without equal. Elder Marrius gave the order to unleash arrows upon Balrog. An army of Holy Longbowmen appeared behind Balrog and shot him. Balrog turns around and tries to charge at the archers but the Longbowmen flee and then as Balrog moves farther from the city gate, the gate opens and archers come out of the gate. The archers fired there arrows at Balrog. Balrog was struck with 20-30 arrows in his body. Balrog was bleeding a lot of blood but he was still standing and breaks off the arrows stuck in him. The Longbowmen had there hearts filled with fear and ran away. Elder Marrius could not believe what he's seeing. Balrog yelled at Marrius "You... dirty old fool.... how dare you use these tricks on me?! I guaranteed.... that you... will die terribly... my army of barbarians will destroy you all!!!!" Marrius replied "This is called military strategy, something you wild blood thirsty savages do not know about!!" and ordered Gazillius and Alio to attack Balrog and chop off his arms. The injured Balrog tries to fight back but the injuries were too painful that even HE himself cannot resist and both of his arms were cut off. Balrog screamed in heavy pain! Gazillius and Alio tied up Balrog and captured him. Balrog the Deadly was then put on a Holy Cross for crucification. Over fifty strong men were required to put Balrog on the cross and nail him onto it. Balrog was bleeding terribly from being nailed to a cross. The populace looked at Balrog and was in total fear at Balrog's violent nature. Hours passed and Balrog seemed to ignore the pain and Marrius believed nailing him to a cross will not kill him so he ordered Balrog to be burned to death on the Holy Cross. While being burned... Balrog did not mind the pain of the fire... in fact he smiled... a big scary smile...As the flames engulf his body slowly, Balrog spoke his last words "Although I may die, my children, my people, my warriors and my legacy and wrath still lives! And One of my descendents will show you my true wrath!! Hahahaha!!" Balrog laughs while the flames burn him to death.

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Chapter 8:The Holy Council Reigns Supreme!

1253 AC
Elder Lagarius, the 802th Elder of the Holy Council thought the Northern Kingdom was getting too powerful and feared that they will one day crush the Holy Council. Elder Lagarius noticed the tribes in the west had no government or lord. The lands in the west are full of peaceful people with no military and the villages and towns were huge and prosperous but they were not defended by anyone nor did they had any walls. They were very vulnerable to be attacked. Lagarius takes a small band of Crusaders to the west and threatened to burn down western villages if they did not pay the Holy Council tribute each week. To avoid war, the people of the west paid them huge amounts of tributes and even gave the Holy Council.

1255 AC
The neutral village of Arkfield was burned to the ground by an unknown force believed to have came from the east.

After recieving huge amounts of money from the west, Elder Lagarius saw that the western people were fearsome hunters and he wanted to build an army of them and use them against the Northern Kingdom. Elder Lagarius demanded the western people to join the Holy army on a military campaign against the Northern Kingdom. Thousands were recruited into the Holy army and they were given the weapons they used for hunting. The western army wasn't very satisfied with the Holy Council and Lagarius promoted a man in the western army to be the western general so that he may keep order. This man was Sanidas. Sanidas was well trained with the spear and like the rest of the western people, he was a very skilled archer.

General Sanidas requested equipment that the western people were familiar with such as the bow and the spear and shield. The western people did not like wearing heavy armor so they were given light armor. Lagarius brought his army along with Sanidas' army to the gates of Ping Jing. Lagarius wanted to see how strong the western army really is. Sanidas was ordered to lead his army to lure out the Northern army. After days of besiege, Northern reinforcements from Chang Shang arrived to lift the siege of Ping Jing. Lagarius' army intercepted them and engaged in brutal melee. Ping Jing gates open and the defenders charged out to attack Sanidas' army. Sanidas decided to retreat but the northern army chases them. Sanidas finds a very narrow path between two mountains and thought of an excellent idea. Sanidas gave the order to form a tight formation within the narrow path and as the Northern army charged in, they charged into a thick block of spears. The Northern army fled to Ping Jing and shut their walls tightly after losing heavy casulties to such a small army lead by Sanidas.

Lagarius and Sanidas retreated to Uxkhal. Lagarius was impressed at Sanidas' leadership and the skill of the western troops. Lagarius needs a larger army and he believed that conquering the west was the only way to beat the north. Lagarius leads a huge army to attack the west.

1256 AC
Lagarius began seizing western villages by force and enslaving the populace. Sanidas had power in the Holy Council so he was able to call upon a large group of western people and decided to turn them into a powerful army to fight the Holy Council for freedom. However, Sanidas' revolt did not go smoothly, he was captured by the Holy Council and executed in public. Many appeared to see the execution including slaves from the west. Sanidas last words to the people of the west were:

"We are not slaves! We are people! People of the West! These bastards of the Holy Council cannot enslave us! They are nothing! We have to fight for freedom!! We are Fenin!!!"

The slaves were angry at Sanidas' death and the revolution grew. Lagarius responded to this by passing down the order to kill anyone who goes against the authority of the Holy Council. The revolt eventually was stopped and thousands died that year. The Holy Council seized all of the west and became the dominate force. Elder Lagarius prepared another military campaign to attack the north.


1258 AC
The Holy Council is now superior to the Northern Kingdom and is now the most powerful faction. The Holy Council begins its expansion by attacking Ping Jing. King Shi De, the current ruler of the Northern Kingdom orders Grand Commander Zhao Pang to lead the defence.

The Holy Army was lead by High Counciler Rafu. Rafu bribed bandits near Ping Jing to raid the villages nearby to anger Zhao Pang. Zhao Pang is known for having a bad temper and has a strong love for the people. Zhao Pang sallied forth to attack Rafu's army but then Zhao Pang fled like a coward. Rafu chased him but then an army of Chu Ko Nu came out of the forest and rain bolts upon the Holy Army. After that, a batallion of Northern Light Calvary led by General Yin Zhu charged into the Holy Army. The Holy Army retreated. Rafu was very angry.

Lagarius was annoyed at the defeat so he lead a massive Holy Army personally to attack Ping Jing.


1259 AC

Ping Jing was captured by the Holy Council. Lagarius captured Grand Commander Zhao Pang and asked him to join the Holy Council. Zhao Pang refused stating that his ancestors have served the past rulers and even King Huang Fu Di himself. Lagarius was angered at Zhao Pang for mentioning Huang Fu Di and executed him. Lagarius was a descendent of Marcus. The Holy Council reign supreme!

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Chapter 9:The Darkness In The East(Final Chapter)



1448 AC


It was the year 1442, King Shi Yuan rules over the Northern Kingdom with a great ambition. He wants to rule over all. The Holy Council is ruled by The Great Elder, Gafgarion.  The barbarians in the south is ruled by King Balthasar who united the barbarians. King Balthasar was a descendent of Balrog.

In the east, a huge dark fortress was discovered by The Great Elder while he was exploring with a massive army accompanying him. The fortress gates opened and a man riding a horse came out. This man wore a mask. Gafgarion did not say a word and the man with the mask said to him "You will live... Gafgarion... but they will die..." The skies turned black and a huge fog covered the Holy army. The masked man vanished and an army of wraiths and demonic warriors charged at the Holy army slaughtering all of them. Gafgarion fled and was the only one who survived. Gafgarion returned to Veluca and told the Council what happened.

A week later, Gafgarion has a nightmare seeing the same horseman wearing the mask. The Masked One said "Gafgarion... Do you fear me?" Gafgarion replied "Who are you?" The Masked One said "I am the one with the mask. A dark one. One who has always been here... I have been here before the birth of this foolish council and I have been watching how history pass by.." Gafgarion said "What do you want?" The Masked One said "I want to fill this land with darkness... ever since the death of Marcus... I have begun building my army... It is almost ready to destroy and the Holy Council will be the first!! Hahahaha!!" Gafgarion woke up almost having a heart attack.

The next morning... Gafgarion told the councilers about the dream he had but no one could think of a solution to annilhate such a demonic army. It would only be wasting troops. After that nightmare, Gafgarion could not sleep well and the war between the Holy Council,  Northern Kingdom and the Barbarians continue to rage.

1451 AC(One year from Present) [Written by Fenin Scholars in their own viewpoint]

The eventual rise of the Fenin Kingdom was inevitable. Its people, once peaceful by nature, had been manipulated by the Holy Council for far too long. Their best men had been sent off to fight wars of no value to their own interests, and crippling tributes to the central cities were but supporting an increasingly growing hegemony over their lands. For what was there to gain for them? To what value did the Holy Council serve for their passionate people, strong culture and respected military? Since the time they had been annexed, the Fenin tribes had been pulled into an ever expanding war with the Northern armies, and soon their Barbarian neighbors would seek new riches of their own against an already over-extended Holy Council, vested in their own grudges that spanned centuries. Perhaps it was time to rise up yet again in arms, though the fear of retaliation by the council had squashed all previous talks of rebellion, fearing a repeat of Sanidas' earlier attempts.

But the Holy Council was growing overconfident, and with every victory over their enemies came an unavoidable sense of security among the lords. Threats of the barbarian horde fell on deaf ears -- pushed aside by their ever growing achievements among the northern front. The mysterious demonic armies of the east were still but urban legends to most, and any notion of strengthening garrisons within their central provinces was met with laughter; who could possibly challenge their army in its current state?

For the past 4 years, the Fenin lords had met in secret, discussing various schemes and strategies to execute their revolt when the time was right. And so, on the 7th of May, 1451 AC, the lords and local leaders of the various western villiages met at Uxkhal, knowing that it could perhaps be their last. It was here that the blueprints for the future Kingdom were laid. Since their time as part of the council, the Fenin had made several changes to their military structure. They had learned from the Holy armies and modified their formations to complement the Fenin's already feared bow and spearmen. With this new found organization, they perhaps had a chance to secede after all.

On May 8, 1451 AC, with the initial drafts finished, the lords were prepared to strike. They dismissed the village leaders with instructions to initiate their militias. The various lords themselves spread word of the rebellion, urging all people of Fenin descent to answer the call. They did not strike, however; the plan was to goad the council into sending an army to attack, where their forces would be waiting.

The plan worked brilliantly.

Within days, an army of 60,000 crusaders arrived at [Largest Fenin city here, I do not remember right now]. They expected a disorganized mob behind the walls, but instead were met with the Fenin's new famed military units: The phalanx and deadeyes. The council had been too preoccupied with their foreign wars over the years to even notice, but men from all across the western lands had been secretly conscripted into training amongst the neglected villages, laying in wait for the day they would be called to arms. Their spear formations and thick armor easily bested the crusaders' attempts at access into the city, whilst the deadeyes made quick work of any Holy bowmen attempting to counter-fire.

By the end of the week, the crusaders had been beaten. What was once a legion of 60,000 strong was now routing back to Praven, having suffered serious losses. Witnesses report that the toll of deaths to the council was upwards of 45,000, though estimates widely vary.

After the crushing defeat at [City name], the Fenin knew that there would be more strikes to come. They quickly sent diplomats to the Northern Kingdom, signing a truce under a new banner and name: The Fenin Kingdom. The former lord and military strategist Sargon, lauded for his work in the military reforms, was quickly chosen as the first king. The cities erupted with celebrations on this day, however, King Sargon and his newly appointed lords knew that their struggles were only just beginning.

Present:1452

Year 1452, The Masked One begins his conquest.

[RenegadeKnight]

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[Lockwood]

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[Vulcon]

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