Chapter One - 1.1 Kingdom of Ryco-chai and Ikotron ~ The Beginning

My name is Stella and I worked in the Kingdom of Ryco-chai. The Kingdom of Ryco-chai is the western child branch of our mother kingdom, Rycho-japchai, which resides in the far eastern continent of Asia. Our western kingdom is separated by a mystic ocean called the Pacifica. Ryco-chai recently conquered another great kingdom, called the kingdom of Ikotron.

The kingdom of Rycochai stands for peace, good peasant living and quality craftsmanship. Ikotron’s kingdom on the other hand has thrived for years relying on young blood, the strong and ambitious. Ikontron thirst for power and has a reputation for ruthlessness.

Our mother kingdom, Ryco-japchai is composed of dozens of subsidiary kingdoms that spans across all the continents. Our western kingdom has conquered Ikontron in the previous year, the year 1010. Over the past decades Ryco-japchai has fought and won many wars. The Salvin war, the Linary war and captured many small tribes throughout the Land of the North.

The recent merger of the two kingdoms into one resulted in clashed culture, values and violent outburst. It’s killing our western land. There are trails of casualties in the hundreds and thousands. Recently, the towns of Edmonds where farmers and scribes reside were left without homes. Even worse, the war broke out when the great recession emerged and it came in waves, like the waves of the plaques spreading far and wide.

The amalgamation strategies developed by the emperor of Ryco-japchai was ingenious. Imagine this, when you merge two civilizations, separated by ranks. Both form a hierarchal triangle with the king of the two clan at the top. One hierarchy of the original breed (the reds), and the other of a new breed (the blacks), and of equal ranks, who is to say one red knight is equal or better than a black knight? No one knows and if one is to determine by medals attained or by years of service, this would take decades to navigate down the rank of two civilizations. Emperor Ryco-japchai decided that in order to restore stability and peace, he will promote the ranks of the black knights from Ikotron above the red knights on every level at the kingdom of Rycho-chai. This will subdue the fear of massive recession, which is inevitable. In addition to that, the Black knights will have to prove their superiority to the reds in order to retain their priviledged positions.

Chapter Two - 2.1 The Egyptian Kingdom

I remembered working in the Egyptian kingdom a decade ago. I had fond memories working there as an architect after I received my scroll of bachelor achievement and then being promoted to a manager of the architects.

Throughout my stay at the Egyptian kingdom, I'd fallen in love with a knight that was just passing through. This knight is not of Egyptian descendent, but is born of a pure blood, of Roman descent. He was a charismatic, witty, intelligent and somewhat handsome. However, he was a dirty knight, somewhat promiscuous, so I avoided him like the plague. One day, I disclosed to my knight that I am in awed with him. He then offered to temporarily take me to a place called ecstasy, but I had refused.

During my stay, I recalled making the Egyptian king weep as he mentioned my service and dedication to the kingdom. A year later, I left Egyptian kingdom as this incident has made social classes of many levels very angry at me.

Now, I am left staring at this golden Egyptian pendant that was given to me by a mix-breed merchant. I believe it is cursed because every time I wear it, I get a string of bad luck. I'm not sure what to do with it...melt it down and re-mode it? It is a beautiful pendant, but yellow gold is not my forte. I know, I should not be complaining as I am only a low level maiden.

Chapter Three - 3.1 Our Bloodline

I am ill, sad, heart broken and joyful at the same time. These emotions are overwhelming. My memory is relapsing, then fading. It's time again for me to fade away into nothingness and escape...

I have heard news from the witch doctor that the blood that flows through my veins have mutated over generations. I am not normal now, nor I have ever been. Apparently, my ancestors have angered the Gods of Haema and our family have been cursed. In order to continue our ancestral bloodline I must marry a knight of pure blood.

There are four major clans in our world, which made up of all races, however, the majority of us are from the Mediterranean (in particularly Maldives and Cyprus), Arabs and Asian land. The four clans are as follows:

• the pure blood clan
• the alpha- clan
• the beta- clan
• and delta- clan

I am part of the alpha- clan. Wonder if this is the reason for my alpha-A personality type.

Since I am to find a knight of pure blood, I consulted with the oracle and this is what he suggest...

Pure blood knights are mostly found Northern Europe and least found in Africa. I am also to avoid any encounters with Egyptian kings, residing in Beja, Hadendoa, Sa'idi and also, those from the Nile Delta and Red Sea Hill region.

On a positive note, the curse is also a blessing. Apparently, our people have a special trait which protects us from diseases like malaria, anemia and disease of the heart. I honestly don't believe the latter portion as I believe my heart is as good as broken.

Overall, the benefit of belonging to the clan is one reason why our clan is still so prevalent, giving it's survival advantage.

Chapter Four - 4.1 The Wooden Bed

I'm oh so in love...with this bed. It's a beautiful wooden canapé bed. I am mesmerized my it's large trunks twisting upwards to the ceiling. I'm sure it is made of an auburn dark wood. The mattress is elevated higher than any another bed, so I feel like a child if I was to climb on that bed.

I've been dreaming about lying in it, rolling around it and jumping on the bed. However, there is a sneaky prince guarding this bed, so I am afraid to approach it.

I know, I know, I should lay in my own bed. It's just a simple bed with no headboard and comfy mattresses on metal bars. A year ago, I found out that my metal bed have been scratching my beautiful wooden floors. Boo.

Did you know when one starts thinking about buying new beds, it signifies something... Something new in life...a wedding, marriage? A bed is an huge long term investment and when one buys a new bed, it is usually a couple that is building a new life together.

At one point, I believe I was thinking about buying this bed from the sneaky prince. However, I know it's a dirty, dirty bed and the sneaky prince probably has hundreds of maidens rolling around in this bed.

I am appalled that I am still dreaming about this bed knowing it's history. Yuck!