True Spirit (2)

In the year 300 SA of the Savath Empire calendar a rebellion was staged by the 3rd Prince of the Empire due to the current Emperor's health approaching it's end and the fierce struggle started among the young princes and princesses in deciding who would become the new Ruler.

Ten years later,the Emperor succumbed to his sickness and the 1st Prince who was at that time the Crown Prince ascended the throne by right and might.

One month after his ascension,the new Emperor Lanseth issued a decree of submission to all his siblings and warlords in a bid to pressure them to lay their weapons.

Ignoring the decree of the of their new Emperor,the princes and princesses continued their war which soon engulfed the Imperial Capital.

The new Emperor was filled with helplessness at his incapability to stop them with reasoning but he was also reluctant to kill them.

On a uneventful day,the little prince of the Empire sneaked out of the palace to wander the Imperial capita

The Empress searched for him to no avail only to find out that her prince went out to play and due to the presence of the Emperor's trusted aid assigned to protect his son,the Empress was at ease knowing nothing could happen to the young prince.

Thus she didn't inform the Emperor and it became too late when one night the head of the little prince was delivered to the Emperor accompanied by a bloody letter stating him to mind his own business and stay quiet.

In his fury,the Emperor sealed the Imperial Capital blocking all entry and escape.

The Imperial Capital was washed in blood with the sky dyed black due to over accumulation of blood mist lingering in the air

Nobody could resist his slaughter due to the backing of the Royal Family which by that time was at it's peak having a Sage Emperor as it's guardian permitting the Emperor to go wild and let loose.

The ascension of the New Emperor did indeed offend most Noble families but none of them was stupid to challenge the Royal Family face to face but even the innocent weren't spared,they were massacred along the stubborn Noble and  his siblings whom if he harboured a slight suspicion will be deemed guilty.

The Emperor's wanton massacre evoked the anger of the masses causing many nobles to rebel in fear of thesame fate befalling them.

During this event,among the nobles existed the Pure Heart Clan,a Clan whose members are highly talented and have great affinity with the Law of Light.

In the year 320 of the Savath Calendar,the Pure hearts welcomed an heir born from the Clan Head and he was named Light.

When Light became 4, he partook in the Ancestral Ceremony,Light was discovered to have a Supreme Talent of the highest grade known as Purple.

Let alone his talent,his affinity with the Laws Of Light surpassed even his father by a huge margin and thus he successfully became the heir to the Clan without any opposition.

The Clan Head  Sigrid by that time was a bold and ambitious person with a brilliant mind having great talent to back him up and thus he schemed a brilliant plan in preparing for his ascension.

During the chaos ongoing in the Imperial Capital,he managed to breakthrough to the Saint Emperor Realm shocking the world and earning envy from his peers who were incapable of surpassing their bottleneck.

Though shocked,the people soon calmed down after analysing the consequences of Sigrid's actions.

Normally,the relationship of An Emperor with his vassals is thesame as a Lion and a Hyena.

When the Imperial Clan is powerful and at it's peak,the nobles band together to survive and deter the Emperor while when the Imperial Clanis weak,it risks being overthrown by the power hungry nobles.

Though the Imperial Clan might seem strong and at it's peak, hidden dangers still existed and their Sage Emperor could not arbitrary make a more except in special situations and so though the nobles won't attack the Imperial Clan,they also won't fully be committed and loyal to them so when Sigrid became a Saint Emperor, it could be inferred as blatant rebellion and disregard for the prestige of the Imperial Clan and thus the whole world was waiting for a spectacle to see if the Sage Emperor of the Imperial Clan will take action.

The Imperial Clan assumed he wanted to rebel and thus decided to eliminate him and so as expected,the Imperial Clan denounced Sigrid's as a criminal sending an Edict asking  Sigrid to apologize and to come to the Imperial Capital to atone for his sins,after all who wouldn't be suspicious when another male lion suddenly appears in your territory when you are facing problems.

Sigrid upon receiving the Edict laughed in disdain while turning it to dust along with the envoy.

The news soon reached the Imperial Clan evoking their anger and on the year 330 of the SA Calendar the Sage Savath left the Imperial Capital and arrived in the Pure Heart Clan's Domain.

There a terrifying battle ensured in which lasted for 1 full month and at the end,the Savath Sage could only return to the Imperial Capital with helplessness due his inability to win thus resulting to a draw.

At the end,no one knew of the details of the fight but here was an uproar when they realized Sigrid didn't lose even as a newly promoted Saint Emperor.

After returning,the Sage eliminated all opposition returning the Empire back to tranquility with Lanseth becoming dispirited after the slaughter and passed the throne to his eldest daughter while retreating to the Ancestral Land in seclusion.

The Pure Heart Empire was then founded in 335 of the Pure Calendar.As the only empire to rise in a 10000 years,it occupied an entire mainland at the edge of the Lost Sea and  it's been afforded a great degree of autonomy.