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Herald of Steel

Waking up inside the ruins of an orphanage, Alexander finds himself chained and sold to slavery. A modern metallurgist, trapped in ancient times, watch as he tries to play with the cards fate dealt him. He will make plate armor, invent paper, build roads, teach governance and many more, as he tries to carve a place for himself. But how can such things not attract jealous eyes? The naval superpower- Cantagena, The unstoppable army of- Exolas, The superpower of the east- Adhania, The mercantile confederation- Sybarsis, The religious fanatics- Iyizarid, And the ever-present- Barbarians of the Barren Forrest, All want something from each other. In this ocean of sharks, follow a small carp as it struggles to leap through the dragon gate and establish a dynasty to outlast them all. The cover is not mine. If you are the owner of this cover, comment and I will remove it.

FerriticMatrix · Adolescents et jeunes adultes
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Philips's Agreement

Alexander's decision to relocate a large part of the royal family, especially the male members, from Tibias to Zanzan was of course based on long, historical precedents.

A defeated royal family, weakened both in manpower and prestige was a very ripe target to be usurped by a branch family who would be able to rally many of the frustrated nobles around them, promising them a second chance at freedom and liberation.

Alexander wished to remove that firewood far, far before it had even the slightest chance to catch alight.

And such a move would only have the happy additional instance of removing rebellious thoughts from Philips.

After all, even if one wanted to rebel, they needed to have allies first.

Thus Alexander had been very forceful on this front when he was proposing this to the other nobles, absolutely not taking a no for an answer.

"It is a matter of security for the realm!" He had vehemently posed.