Chapter 116
So carrying on from where we left off, King Alaric and Queen Gwyneth established a small settlement . The land surrounding Xoria was extremely fertile allowing their settlement to quickly expand, grow and prosper, but like all fertile land but the growth of Xoria didn't go unnoticed there were nearby Orc tribes . . . . as you all may know Orc tribes love to raid human settlements taking men and women and incorporating them into their tribe .
"Aren't orcs friendly? . . I remember seeing some walking around in Tripola . " I whispered to Jay .
"Depends . . . . on the tribe . . . some orc tribes are friendly and some orc tribes are hostile . . . . . For example most Orc tribes around Arcadia aren't directly hostile… . . But the mountain orcs are extremely hostile . " Jay answered .
" . . . . . As you all may know . . . . King Alaric challenged the Warchief Grukk the Butcher in single combat . . . . Despite the odds fighting King Alaric defeated the Orc Warcheif in combat ending the Grukks barbaric rule . Appointing a young strong orc Grogguk as the new Warchief he forged an alliance with the neighbouring Orc tribe, offering food and produce in exchange for help building up the settlement . Year by year Orcs and humans lived in peace side by side, helping the Orcs with education, agriculture, animal husbandry and even basic blacksmithing .
"King Alaric sounds like a good king . . . " I whispered .
"Yeah some say he was the greatest King of Xoria . " Diasy whispered back .
"Because all his descendants were bad kings? . . " I asked .
"They just got progressively worse and worse and more corrupt . . . " Ashley whispered back .
"Yeah . . . . The young king Thomas only aged 9 . . . . Already married to queen Delphine aged 20, it's kno surprise that Delphine's home Town is getting favours from the king . . . . . " Daisy whispered .
"Yes . . . . all the kings and queens of Xoria is just one big fight for the throne . . . . anyone with a right to the throne being used as a pawn or hatching plans to sit themselves on the great golden throne . " Jay whispered .
" . . . That's not very surprising . . . . . " I replied feeling quite saddened by this news, how this world is filled with great wonder and magic, but still so backwards when it came to politics and culture . "How about the other kingdoms that surround Xoria? . . . " I asked .
"Well you know the heads of the schools . . . . they are also heads of that kingdom as well . . . . . Abbraxsoth the Demon current ruler of Eshia, anyone and everyone can challenge Abbraxsoth to a duel for rule over Eshia . Hanna Grandmaster artificer of Aspa . . . . generally Aspa is governed through a council but Hanna has the last and commanding word on everything . She was voted in by the council based on her knowledge, intellect and wisdom . Zessia is ruled by a council of ageless sorcerers . . . . Nine immensely strong sorcerers that are agless some speculate they are eternals . . . . . Egwene being the most famous and strongest of the nine . " Jay explained .
"What about Arcadia? . . " I asked .
"Arcadia is ruled by King Edward and Queen Caitlin, they have two children Princess Calista and Crown Prince Callum . " Jay answered .
"I guess the Crown Prince is next in line for the throne? . . . " I asked noticing the title .
"Yes . . . He is older . . . . and a Male heir . . . so he will be next in line to the throne . " Jay answered .
"How is Arcadia governed? . . . " I asked curiously .
"Arcadia has a royal Family that has the Final say in things . . . . . But Arcadia is split into several smaller cities governed by a council, once a year all the governing councils gather in Valares the capital of Arcadia to discuss politics for all of Arcadia . " Jay answered .
"What about Atlantis? . . " I asked .
"Atlantis is an academy to train students and the main military force to deter any of the other schools from taking territories from Arcadia . " Jay answered .
"But if we are all here to defend Xoria . . . why are we attacking each other? . . " I asked .
"The same thing that makes everything go around . . . . . Money . . . . " Daisy replied .
"Yes sadly . . . Xoria doesn't get involved in the politics between the kingdoms . . . . . All they care about is the taxes each kingdom pay them and as long as their coffers are full they are happy with whatever happens . " Jay answered .
" . . . . . This place is so backwards . . . " I mumbled .
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