The Guardian: Heart Of Magic

Since the death of King Arman, Stronas has been destabilized and separated into numerous provinces with a king assigned by the dwellers of each province. The Culum Kingdom was divided into just two with the one which controls the palace retaining the name Culum while the other goes by the name Newwit Province. The Xotus Kingdom was divided into four provinces namely; Chagrus Province, Faprul Province, Skaria Province, and Craysten Province with the latter the strongest and most populated. The remaining two foundation kingdoms of Stronas, Melum and Prodal Kingdom were also divided into four provinces. The Prodal Kingdom is now divided into Qrand Province, Gland Province, Krawood Province, and Kramford Province while the Melum Kingdom is now represented by four kingdoms namely; Invaquam Province, Azerihania Province, Rhekaron Province, and Dahacra Province. All the provinces in Stronas fear a man, an evil magician who goes by the name Idahali, he sucks villagers' souls for power. He has started with the most powerful magicians at Invaquam Province, Azerihania Province, Rhekaron Province, and Dahacra Province. The King of Culum Province, King Eudokia organized a meeting with the King and other authorities of Newwit Province at his palace to discuss the pressing issue which is a potential threat to the peace in their provinces. "I am very glad you honored my invitation, I could not have asked for more" King Eudokia said. "We share the same borders and have the same main gate so why won't I show up when whatever we discuss here will benefit my land," King Murong said. "Good, the reason I called for this meeting is for us to know how we will guard our Kingdom from external attacks, Idahali is restless he seeks more power at the expense of someone's life, I was privileged to see someone he killed on my last trip to Dahacra Province," King Eudokia said. "I have heard about him, I didn't know he is this dangerous, we must put some procedures in place which will stop him from entering our provinces, he is truly a threat to the peace of our provinces," King Murong said. "Exactly, that is why I invited you here, I think the best thing we can do for now is for us to be united back as Culum Kingdom, then we will be able to fight as one" King Eudokia "You must be joking, is that the only solution you can come up with, I and my people are okay with the way things are going so I am no more joining forces with you again to form the Culum Kingdom," King Murong said. "You will come begging very soon, then it might have been too late for me to hearken to your cries," King Eudokia said. "I take that as you have nothing else to say, I will be returning to my province now, when you come up with a better solution I will be ready to listen to it," King Murong said. "You have enough time to think about it, I am opened for a reunion" King Eudokia revealed. The meeting between them came to an end, King Murong departed Culum Province for his province. What all the visioneers in the land were seeing was the great destruction, suffering, and bloodshed that would face the land if Idahali is not stopped. King Eudokia has been looking for a solution to protect his province since the King of Newwit Province doesn't look like he is going to comply with his terms. The head visioneer of Culum Province has been in trance for three days now, no one at the moment can King Eudokia trust with vision aside him because he has tested other visioneers and they all do give him a one-sided vision, consequences with no solution. "Your Majesty, Lyculn is out of trance and he demands to see you, he tried coming here but he did not have enough strength for the walk," one of the palace guards said. "Okay, tell him that I will join him in a few minutes," King Eudokia said. "Okay, your majesty" the palace guards before leaving the front of the King to deliver the message the King sent him. King Eudokia was very happy to know that Lyculn has regained full consciousness, few minutes after the guard left, he stood up from his throne and headed to the head visioneers chambers. When he got there, Lyculn ordered everyone else to leave his chambers, he was then left alone with King Eudokia in his chambers. "I have seen the solution to Idahali's evil, the evil magician you see today, you shall see no more" Lyculn said. "I knew you would get the solution, so what is the solution, what are do we have to do?" King Eudokia asked. "Heavens have not forgotten its people, they are aware of the evil, suffering, and destruction in the land and they are ready to send someone who will guard her people back to peace and harmony." "I see the birth of a warrior woman from the linage of Culum Kingdoms most powerful King, King Arman, she will save her people from the torment of Idahali, she will also fight the battle of restoring the four kingdoms of Stronas back" Lyculn replied. "The birth of a female warrior, how are we going to know the exact woman carrying this warrior from the linage of Late King Arman," King Eudokia asked. "The gods gave me a sign I would see in the woman, that is how I will know she will or she is pregnant for the warrior" Lyculn replied. "Where do we start looking for this woman from, you know the state of Culum Kingdom," King Eudokia asked. "If I am not mistaken, everyone who has the blood of Late King Arman running in their veins was against the separation meaning all of them will still be under you, all you need to do now is to host a feast for them, once they all come we will then know who the woman is and we will be protecting her from now on," Lyculn said. "I will tell the messenger to pass this information across, the feast will take place in three days, the next market day," King Eudokia said. King Eudokia was somehow relieved after what Lyculn told him, he could even sleep well at night. When it was morning, he summoned the province messenger and told him to announce that he would be hosting a feast for all women who are from the linage of Late King Arman and that their husband would also be honored to attend. Unknown to the King, Idahali has spies and informants who feed him information from all the provinces in Stronas, this is how he knows where to strike next and where to be careful of. No one has thought of the source Idahali gets his information from that makes their defenses fail anytime he comes to attack them. The messenger started passing the message across to all the subjects of Culum Province most especially to the persons who is concerned. All the households who the information concerned started having meetings concerning the feast the King would be hosting on the next market day. The information flew farther than King Eudokia expected even people at Newwit Province got to know about the feast he was hosting. Idahali's informant at Culum Province got hold of this information and decided to take it to his master. He traveled miles away from Culum and Newwit Province to meet his master and deliver the information to him. "Welcome, servant of Idahali, I guess you must have something good for me that is why you traveled this long just to see me," Idahali said. "Yes master, I could not wait for a better time to deliver this to you that is why I rode here as soon as I heard it," the informant said. "Okay, go ahead, let me hear what you have to say," Idahali said. "King Eudokia sent his messenger to the town to announce that he is hosting all women who are from the linage of late King Arman, I think he is up to something because it is only the women he wants to see, he later said their husbands could come with them so it won't look like he wants to snatch anyone's wife," the informant said. "Hmmm, you got me very vital information but I need to know more about the feast, when is the feast going to take place?" Idahali asked. "The feast will take place in three days, on the market day" the informant replied. "I cannot act on the information you just gave me, let's wait to see the outcome and purpose of the gathering after then will I decide what happens next," Idahali said. "Yes, master," the informant said. "Now you may return to your province, let me know if you get any more information on the feast the King is hosting," Idahali said. The informant then returned back to Culum Province. The news of the feast reached the palace of Newwit Kingdom, this made King Murong restless because he began to think of different things which could make King Eudokia call the families of Culum Kingdoms legend King Arman together. He then related the feast King Eudokia is hosting to their last discussion and he then concluded that King Eudokia is planning on taking his lands as his own to reform the Culum Kingdom as he wants. "Guards, call me Agani" King Murong said. Agani is the chief guard and army general of Newwit Province. A few minutes after King Murong summoned Agani, he reported before him. "My King, you called for me," Agani said. "Yes, prepare all the guards and warriors for battle, oil their elbows with intensive training, we have no time," King Murong said. "My King, are we going to fight a war, are we under any threat," Agani asked. "Yes Agani, King Eudokia is planning on taking over our land to form the Culum Kingdom back, I am ready to fight against it to till my last drop of blood," King Murong said. "My King, I think we need to settle this amicably, we do not have enough troops compared to Culum Province, we will surely get defeated on the battlefield, there must be another way out, but how do you know this is what he is planning," Agani said. "He is planning a feast with the families of late King Arman, this comes after he told me to come back and join forces with him," King Murong said. "I don't think that is any much threat for us, I will do as you have said but all will be for our defense, I will tighten our securities and alert all the guards so we will be prepared for any kind of unaware attacks during the day or at night," Agani said. "Okay, that is also good" King Murong replied while nodding his head. King Murong is the first King of Newwit Province which is one-half of the Culum Kingdom. Some parts of Culum Kingdom at that time did not like the way the leadership was going as it was only from the families of late King Arman that a king was chosen. Unlike before King Arman's lifetime, the gods normally anoint a king through the hands of their servant, the head visioneer of the Kingdom. After his death, his first son was crowned King of Culum Kingdom which started to cause controversies before some persons rose up and said that if the gods are no longer giving us a King then we must pick a King amongst ourselves. Lydolf before his death told the visioneer he was anointing to never allow the crown leave the linage of late King Arman and he listened, he refused to anoint anyone King aside from the linage of late King Arman. The controversies led to the separation and formation of two provinces from the Culum Kingdom which is currently standing on their own, with their separate Kings.