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Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king

Bound in chains yet yearning for freedom, Alpheo, a modern historian, finds himself enslaved in a land on the brink of chaos. As the empire of Rolmia plunges into civil war following the death of the emperor , his three ambitious sons vie for the throne. In the midst of this turmoil, Alpheo finds the chance to break his chain and escape, leading his companions into the ashes of war, trying to thrive in it, selling their swords to the highest bidder . But beyond the borders of Rolmia, hungry eyes watch as the empire's grip loosens. The Sultanate of Azania, ever the opportunist, sees a chance to expand its domain and influence , while to the south, neighboring principalities breathe a sigh of relief as the once-dominant giant stumbles and falters. In the sea, the confederation of the Free Isle finds their chance to restore their old maritime power , denied to them by an empire that is now crumbling beneath itself , lacking the strenght to stop them. In this crucible of conflict, where dynasties crumble and empires fall, Alpheo find his call and the chance to forge his own destiny amidst the ashes of empires. ----------------

Allevatore_dicapre · Krieg
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353 Chs

Messy affairs

Before the age of absolutism—when monarchs centralized their power so thoroughly that few institutions or nobles dared to oppose them—wars involving entire kingdoms were far from streamlined, often as chaotic as they were brutal. Unlike later national conflicts, where the full resources of a state could be marshaled by a single ruler with sweeping control, wars in earlier centuries were deeply shaped by the delicate and often volatile relationships between kings and their vassals, which many times made it so that the leader of an army, more than a military commander was the head of a confederation of forces each with his own voice , as he had to always heed his ear to the bigger opinion in the camp least he faced the fragmentation of their army before battle.