The Corrupted Sentinel

The Dawning plan

                                                                ~~~Anjui's POV~~~

he new king had watched as it seemed the nobles gathered around the table considered his offer. Waiting patiently as they pondered most likely the positive and negatives to his offer he waited. The silence seemed to drag on for an eternity as it was, but the male would have no more of it. Slamming his left hand on the table and making a loud bang with the clatter of the wood. 

"This is not a matter of debate lords and ladies. These are matter of fact states and if necessary I will follow through with the challenges as I have until War Season hits to claim the thrones of each of your houses."

Placing his hand now flat against the table Anjui took a deep breath in. 

"If you accept or do not I have given you the terms of both sides. The first if you accept was you will be returned a member of my family and yours. The second is that you will still have your lives and those whom are considered your family apart from my own. Thirdly you will keep your nobility rank, it will just be a High noble instead of House Noble. If you do not of course we will take everything from you by force anyways and take the life of your family and anyone else who resists House Masjhol. As I said when every house was gathered up at the winter festival I would reclaim the crescent isle under one banner again and it shall happen with or without the lot of you being alive."

It was at this instance the nobles all stood and made moves to draw the weapons at their hips or backs, only to grip at empty air. 

"You must have forgotten The guards had you relinquish your weapons before allowing you on the house grounds to even come to this meeting. And as you can see even Lord Aelori and myself have no weapons, but do not make the mistake that I do not see how you feel about what I have spoken." clapping his hands together the pairs of guards that had shown up at the door with the nobles had reappeared. 

"See our guests to the border of our lands and are sent on their way back home." without a pause the guards stood now around their noble and started walking away from them. 

"I expect your answer lords and ladies by the next full moon in four days time."

Making his own way out of the building and away from the meeting he had other things once again to attend to such as the meddling of his own brother Ado in the political affairs of the house that Anjui ruled and Ado would rule along side.  

                                                                ~~~Ado POV~~~

The young prince and soon to be House leader watched as the Lady and young prince Mylos had left the building he had just exited himself. He had of course no intention of ruling a house if it could be helped, but in order for his brother's secret plans to move ahead accordingly and smoothly it must have meant for the young elf Ado that he would rule a house in his brother's name. Of course it also meant a lot of different things as well. While he was ruler of the house in name only his decisions would still affect the house like he was making decisions on the ruling itself anyways.

He had wished Anjui had allowed Mylos to still rule the house in his name instead of having Ado do it, however taking the only male child to the Aelori name secured their loyalty and would fortify their undying loyalty to know that their child was protecting with an unending vigilance in the capital and even more so to know that the pair were training him in the ways of war instead of having him sent to the sanctuary of stars to learn the elven ways of war instead. This worried Ado however as no elf had dared to go against tradition before like his brother was proposing to do and has done so already.

Taking the crown from their parents was the first step in his break away from traditional means, the next was the way he bargained house Aelori into merging into house Masjhol. Then there was the private meetings he was having between the family that either of their parents or siblings would claim or have claimed lands to. This meant that Anjui was going to be removing major players in the political game of the elven homelands of the Crescent isles. Of course this meant their plan would come to fruitarian sooner then anyone would expect. If things happened smoothly then house Masjhol would control the major trading routes to the isle including the sea entrance into the entire rest of the country itself.

Walking around the grounds Ado had summoned one of the elven workers running around the grounds and had them show him to the dinning hall and also to have them bring him a map of the Isle itself with its up to date markings of the houses. Of course the map itself wouldn't show the minor houses, but would show the major twenty five houses upon it. As he sat down a plate of fruit and some wine was brought to him from the kitchen. Chomping down on the apple first he looked over the map as it to was brought in front of him.

Finding the houses that Ado knew he was in talks with made it hard for Ado to imagine what it was his brother was doing. First there was their original house to the South of where they were at currently; which on the map had a magenta pinkish purple color on the map. The house of Masjhol was the earthy brown just southeast of their location now. The house of Maser was across the Olael Mi, just north of where they were at in bright pink. Next to be found was House Kyli Which from where they were at was across another house's lands in the southwestern direction. On the map they were the islands in a Dark blue. The last one to be located was House Pandrylyli. The Farthest house from where they were at the house was also the most valuable for his brother's plan to work.

Looking across the map he placed his fingers across the isle and located all the houses, last of course was Pandrylyli to the very southern part of the isle Which from the house of Masjhol was across the Tylodi Jhaji, The Moontide Lake was the name given to the body of water that was surrounded by the isle itself. On the map they were the light gray tone. Of course Ado expected his brother to bring more houses into the fold of his conquest before war time even struck, but to know these four houses alone fell within just a week's time apart from one another would shake up the political world of the elves alone. No one had ever taken rival of four houses both weaker and stronger then them and conquered them without even moving a single soldier.

Placing his hands across more of the map Ado found the houses his siblings were to rule. House Parn and House Per, both of which were also in strategic locations for house Masjhol's conquest of the isle. House Parn was the Red colored islands on the eastern side of the island and controlled much of the natural resources being brought in by the sea. House Per was the main land portion of house Parn, on the map its marked with a bright sky blue coloration also on the eastern side of the island. 

"Well Brother and king of mine, what is your next move?"

Thinking about it as he looked at the map Ado had jumped when he had heard the voice come from behind him. 

"Lord Ado may I join you?" inclined the young male nodded an approving yes instead of talking with a bit of apple in his mouth.