The blond-haired young man, Chamos, looked out over the almost entirely silent city of Durag. He was not a person from Yifu, and he had no deep feelings for Durag, but he could still sense the weight of history and the spirit of the Yifu Republic Federation that filled the city.
Young Chamos came from a capitalist family in the kingdom of Severi on Lingge Star, a family of enormous wealth, rich enough to rival nations and even capable of influencing the politics of the kingdom significantly. Not long ago, in the turmoil that shook Lingge Star, the kingdom of Severi made an agreement with Teizene: Severi would concede and pay tribute without Teizene launching a military invasion against them. To negotiate such terms, Severi had paid a heavy price.