Weeks ter the three kings of Astra sit in their throne room as the soldier barges in looking feeble and rugged. he falls onto all fours as he approaches his kings”my kings i have a message for you from the luutons!”
the high king stands up getting off his throne approaching the soldier looking quite perplexed”from the luutons? where is Arden? i had just received his letter merely two days ago telling me the luutons have been raiding our towns along the potami river”
the solider weeps not daring to raise his head”hes dead sire i am the only one who was sparred from their onsught we were wiped out in mere moments”
the high king eyes widens. in his confusion he pulls the soldier to his feat and shakes the shaken soldier”get a hold of yourself what is the message from the luutons!”
the soldier whimpers closing his eyes as he repeats everything the luuton to him word for word” behold the glory of Aklha Fon has arrived in the nd beyond the mountains submit to him now and your toll will be light and your grief will be evaded” the high king of the astrans felt his blood boil upon hearing the message and throws the messenger to the ground. His hair was a deep shining red with maybe a few loose strands of bck among them and his armor was a deep red made from organic looking material mixed with bits of gold.
pointing at the surviving informant with much fury in his eyes”you will report every single st bit of information you have to our scribes immediately and if i find out a single bit of information was left out i well burn you to ashes myself!”
the soldier quickly picks himself up and runs out of the room. The high king collects himself and goes back to sit on his throne between the other two kings. letting out a heavy sigh he looks over to one of his courtiers and speaks with a mencholic voice” report to the Cofeneva cn that Arden has been killed notify them of the changing of succession and offer my condolences.”his courtier nods and goes to do his bidding.he picks up a small journal and sighs as he starts looking through it. After a few minutes his finger rest on what he was looking for.
He mumbles abit to himself and sighs as he stands back up.”please get me sir rexan cerana “
a few courtiers look nervous as the name is said aloud. one even steps up looking quite confused”the fming beast of astra your sire? he hasn’t seen combat in the st 10 years since the unification wars what use can he be in this conflict?”
the high king shakes his head”sir rexan is a brilliant swordsman and that’s not entirely true hes been defending our northern borders. after Arden there are few among us who can rival his strength besides i have a mission that only he can do”
the courtiers sighs and nods head leaving to do his kings bidding. The word is put out and rexan is called for , within two days he has arrived at the capital and is bowing in front of the king”how good is to see you again uncle how may this lowly knight be of service to you?”
his voice sounds serious yet pyful. It bears no hostility but much weight. His hair has a single row of red hair going down the center of his head. underneath his bronze armor ys a well built physique. the high king now joined by the two petty kings look down at the 30 year old knight.they nod and rexan raised his head’ we have summoned you for a great task rexan it seems the luutons have a new chief named the Aklha Fon that wishes to see the nds of astra submit under his boot’’
the high king speaks with a serious tone. Rexan nods his head letting the high king speak‘' We need you to rally a force to unch a counter attack on their nds our armies are currently paroling for their hordes but the luutons with their winged beast continue to evade us and when we do come into contact with them we suffer heavy casualties. The truth is we astrans have never fought against such a foe. So with a heavy heart i need you to ask help from the sokarans.’’
rex looks shocked to hear this. Ask help from the sokarans? Has the situation really gone that bad so fast that the high king would ask our neighbors for help?rexan looks toward his league with a certain look of dread as knowing the grandness of the favor but not sure if her could do it.” i need you to ride to the grand chief of the sokarans and ask them for aid in our battle against the luutons”
the king’s words seem to fall heavy onto the room. Rex looks shocked, his mouth gaped open at hearing the king’s words. He stands up not sure how to feel about the kings request.”sire you can’t be serious think how this would make us look are the luutons really that great of a foe and why would you even expect the sokarans to help us?”
rexan procims with much endeavor. The high king looks at him with much vigor and procims”rex your county that you hold is the the border of our two civilizations and I’ve heard many times how you have stopped approaching war parties from the west from attacking sokaran cities. I think you are best to negotiate this request for aid. The sokarans have dealt with the luutons a fair amount as their nds lie underneath their mountains so they must have a method of fending off these flying raiders. Ask what you can of them on how to defeat them if the sokarans can fend off these hordes how could the mighty astran people not?”
Rex is taken aback by his kings words. He must truly believe these luutons to be a threat, he thought.”Sure they overpowered the aging hero Arden and his handful of men but surely our full forces will wipe out these invaders!”
the high king shakes his head”we do not know the full strength of their horde if Arden was defeated so quickly i fear the strength of this Aklha Fon. now enough rex i have made my attentions clear.”
rex stands silent in front of his kings silent without further dey he turns to start preparing to make the journey north west to the nd of Sokara.
As rexan prepares to head off as one of the kings couriers shouts for him. as rexan would look at the man hed be holding a long and cylindrical wrapped object as he ran towards rex. As he gets to him he bends over presenting the wrapped item’’ this is to be a present for the grand chief of the sokarans by order of the high duke of the Cofeneva cn regardless of how the proceeding negotiations turn out”the courtier procims with a weary voice from having to run.
Rex looks at the item wrapped in fine deer hides curiously and goes to pick it up. upon grabbing the item he fills off about its weight its not by any means a rge object but it had a decent amount of weight to it only furthering his curiosity; a fine staff, an an exotic wood, a well crafted weapon?
He chuckled abit at the st thought. The grand chief was a known softy, its well known that he refuses to touch anything with an edge and as a warrior would only use hammers and clubs or on the rare occasion his fist. So the thought of giving him a weapon would be quite insulting.
A young man from behind rex looks at the wrapped item with much content’’oh so my father is finally getting rid of it huh?”
rex looks backwards, startled by the sudden voice from behind him though a bright smile pushes onto his face as he sees who it is”cofus my boy don’t sneak up on me like that!”
the young man before rex couldn’t be any older than 20 his hair brilliantly shined red with only a few patches of bck stylishly scattered into a visually pleasant pattern. bronze Armour adorned his lithe but sturdy looking body. Smiling at his superior”sorry captain i didn’t mean to startle you”
Rex sighs patting cofus on the back looking happy to see the young“no its fine you just startled me, but what are you doing here? I told you and the others to stay here and train with Codia.”
A shiver goes down cofus spine at the mention of the name“my father believes that this would be good opportunity to get some diplomatic experience under my belt.”
rex nods approvingly as he got on his mount;a rge red lizard that looks like it could swallow a horse whole,as he gets ready to head off.”alright cofus but let me do all the talking the sokarans are a very self righteous people and wont take lightly to any offenses”
Cofus hops onto his lizard mount excitedly with a bright smile on his face”of course captain my lips shall be sealed once we get into Doanertofia ”
Rex nods now just waiting for the couturier with the grand chiefs gift to finish strapping it onto his mount so they can head out. Once they’re ready the three of them leave the city heading north west.
