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Prologue


The moon was full, and it gave plenty of light for Assassin Geda of Adjoin. He was trekking through the muddy turf with a grin on his face. Inside castle Nerka King Farasa was delivering a grand speech to his cabinet he had an idea to strengthen the defenses of the nation. Farasa's advisers went to retrieve his son Deoraz Livivishki. Deoraz had just turned ten and was thus to attend all war, defense, and economy meetings. When he turned 13 he had to attend legal meetings as well. He himself wanted to be a warrior who would help the nation by defending it. However his father forbade him to join the military or to go on any military operations until he became King and thus the Warlord. Anyhow, he still enjoyed the war meetings, it was cool watching old people talk about how to kick other old people's butt. The king walked back into the kitchen to get some water out of the bucket, but suddenly he felt a knife slash into his back, and he collapsed. Horrified Deoraz drew his sword and pinned the assassin down. He struck a blow at his stomach and in that one blow the assassin flew out of the castle window plunging to death. He realized something, this made him king! Now he had even more to worry about then just his dad's death. It was all happening so quickly.


Six Months Later

Deoraz walked through the aisle which was lined with flames as he approached the stand the two priests shouted "All hail King Deoraz!" after which the crowd repeated the same words. The golden-red Nerkan crown sat firmly on top of his head. The priest then proceeded "Due to the fact that Deoraz is younger then 15 he will be given an overseer who will help him with his decisions, but not make them for him. "Whew, that's a relief" thought Deoraz. He was now king, but now he realized. There was a war coming.

At Castle Felisha(Capital of Adjoin) it was a clear night. King Feak's daughter Isabella, rested on the stone high rise looking out at the twinkling stars. She heard a knock on her door. It was Keret, one of the few boys who didn't make fun of her. She was a little embarrassed, all she had on was her night gown. "What are you doing here?" she asked. "Well, umm I wanted to tell you that tomorrow I begin military training so I guess I won't be seeing you very often anymore." replied Keret. "Oh so you mean we can't be friends any more?" asked Isabella. "I didn't say that. I'll come and see you anytime I can okay?" "Alright." said Isabella. Keret started the long walk down the stairs. She walked to her bed and blew out her candle. As she laid down her head it was only moments until she fell asleep.

One Year Later


The army of knights sat firmly on-top of their horses. Each one was armed with a sword, a spear, and a dagger. The black armor of the Raven troops glistened in the sunlight, the red symbol of a raven firmly set in at the crest. The general made that exhilarating call, and all the troops left the city galloping off towards Nerka. The troops raised lowered their spears into ramming position, and they drove their horses into a tight square formation. Keret, sitting on top of his dad's farm horse Black Lightning surged into his side position, he and the other rookie drew out of the square and began speeding up ahead of the group towards the city of Jenne. His job was to kill the gate guards and open the gate so that the other troops could rush in and seize the city. The city came into his line of sight and he gave his horse one final boost towards the gate. He clammed in and the battlement archers started to fire at him, but he didn't even try to dodge them. He slammed his spear right into the gate guard sending him flying towards the black bars. The other rookie did the same to the other guard but with less power. Keret hopped off his horse and opened the gate. Everyone was now rushing inward, he watched from afar, they couldn't risk a new recruit on a full scale charge, so the sent them do to the strategic low profile tasks. A few minutes later he saw the Blue Eagle on the white background being taken down, along with the Nerkan Kersakulov flag. He then saw the Red and Black flag of the ravens being raised, shortly after Adjoin's Nakania flag was raised as well. He saw the barren landscape of where he lived, he couldn't wait to push into deep Nerkan territory with mountains and forests and all those other things he read about. This war was actually turning out to be sort of fun for him.

STATS: Nerka loses the city of Jenne and Keret gains the Merriment trait(Morale is always at highest available under current conditions).