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The Kindom of the Sun

The Kingdom of the Sun

In a forsaken word the kingdom of Quinn Aredhel was in a period of peace and prosperity but not for all.

The capital city of kingdom of Sun Spear was Dwarka.

It was a magnificent and stunning city built in seven circles on the slopes of three large hills.

The citadel was on the eastern hill and seven water springs located in the northern and eastern gate of the white city's defensive walls.

In each gate huge marble statue's were placed in opposite sides in all the length of the main streets.

They were usually gods and goddess of the city and stood as a reminder of the forgotten glorious past of this distant kingdom.

Small cream coloured houses, impressive monuments and temples decorated with silver was common sight in many parts of the lower city.

But the most beautiful buildings were inside the highest levels of the city encircled by light blue stone walls.

There the palace and other high officials live and worked among many small and exotic in design gardens.

Small water springs emerged from everywhere there.

But in the political level changes started to appear.

Democratic ideas spreded and gained supporters among richs and poors people of the city.

Demonstration s in streets for civil rights were the main demand in this period of the Quinn's rule.

Caspian a high and rich political officer and also a merchant with cunning mind started to define the power of monarchy.

He created a secret organisation unlike any other with unknown and dark plan's.

The Hall of Secret Knowledge which was named was only to deceive the agents of the Quinn.

But one of his most secret desires except his main aim for more power was too marry the beautiful Yamila

She was the second child , after the first born Quinn and he was once her teacher.

Quinn Zenobia was a tall, dark haired, woman in appearance

She always wore the finest clothes and joules in her neck and hand's.

Her beautiful but stern face created more fear than joy to her citizens and her manners wasn't always good.

Mature, determined and hot tempered it was destined too rule,as she believed the kingdom with iron first.

And she had the last gryphon egg in her kingdom.

She knew that if this egg hatched she would be accepted as one of the riders in the ancient Gryphons Order.

And then she could fight her enemies even more effective than before.

However her family relationships wasn't very good.

It was not unusual for her to imprisoned her sisters for day's in the higher rooms of her tower's when they showed disobedience towards her.

She also made her own mercenary army in the city the Black Guards of the High Towers for her protection and law enforcement.

Their captain was Aethelwulf a strong northern warrior who was once warlord in the cold north ocean islands.

He always want a higher place in power and Quinn had promised him one of her sisters as her future wife.

And was not the first time that Queen Aredhel used her sisters in this way.

Quinn has three younger adults sister's and one young teenage boy Valerian.

One of the fairest girls in the royal family was her sister ,the graceful and effused Yamila.

Yamila was an active and athletic princess who often went in archery competitions or bird hunting with her light silver bow.

Unlike other rich women she didn't seek to live a luxurious life isolated in her palace.

She spend a lot of time wandering, discussed and laughing close to the nature or studying in city's library.

She usually walked barefooted in the in Silvers lakes sandy shores and small forests just outside the city alone or with her friend *Ghilana.

And her ultimately famine appearance ,with her strapless dress was like dream for many distant villagers around ,who admired her.

*"Ghilana was an refugee young elf woman from a forgotten war in the distant past."

Fair Yamila was not tall in high, with long black hair and smooth chocolate skin like her sisters.

Her light blue eyes was always in fine shadow around her long eyelashes like most of the middle eastern princes.

It was well known that she was one of the most beautiful woman's in the high city.

Delicant, with a scent of cinnamon enveloped her and shy behaviour dispute her royal blood.

She was also nicknamed nightingale by many people's because of her sweet voice when she sang with her maiden's in the religious ceremonies.

She was brave enough to travel around the kingdom with her horse but always with cautious.

She knew that a kidnap for ransom was always a possible threat.

Warned by Ghilana after her father death to fled as soon as she could for her own safety she planned with her cousin Asher to escape.

Their plan was to sail west taking one ship from the White harbour and reached the grasslands of Sylvan, across the narrow sea.

But because of her love for her beloved city delayed her fled ...

Maybe too long.

Then a request for help came from the emperor Valarian in the East and that changed her plans and put her in other dangerous adventures.

Invaders attacked from the north and started to settle in the empire of Vararian ,the high king of the East

With the help of some of the local dwarf tribes who lived in the forest's and hated his authority the situation became difficult for his armies last year.

His people despite their wealth from other conquered kingdoms were started to give birth only male children for unknown reason's.

The womens became rare.

As a result their population and eventually army decreased dangerously.

The Invaders ,the Free Tribes of the North was nomadic tribes which lived free and independent lives far away in their territories.

But then the emerge of a race of terrible humanoid creatures from underdark made them move south in large hordes.

And for the first time after hundred of year's stories of dragons heard again.

In the unexplored northern rocky costs behind the White Mountains and near the great North Ocean not only amphithere but real dragons returned ,some hunters claimed.

Two rival clans was the intruders main force's.

The Wolverine's a clan of hunters with the famous for their beauty and deadly skills female archers was the first who started the invention.

A second clan from north east plains named Blue Eyes led the largest invasion horde south in a quest for more and more new lands.

However few tribes of smallers rival clans ,like the Black Bones ,preferred to defect towards their enemies and not fight with the other two larger tribes.

And we will see them soon.

"When you first look at a woman, you are in fact blind to her beauty. The true beauty of a woman is revealed only after you get to know her."

Richelle E. Goodrich