As it was with most other families of mankind, they lost several children in the war against the Demons. Redfist married again and founded a new family, having several sons and daughters with his new wife. It is said that even the Emperor and his advisors fear his rage. Redfist was now driven by nothing but his hatred and rage, which fueled him to rise quickly through the ranks of the Empire, even becoming a duke despite being of "low birth". Where compassion had been, there was apathy. Where tolerance had been, there was hatred. Where kindness had been, there was mercilessness. When he left his chambers, he was a different man. Broken, Redfist returned to the Empire, locking himself up for weeks in his chambers within his family's castle. However, fate was cruel to him and he found his family lying dead around him sooner than he could imagine. Despite being born in the Empire, Redfist, only a lowborn noble back then, moved to the Kingdom of Lor only shortly after the Void War had ended, having found the love of his life in that kingdom during the war, marrying her and founding a family. While being considered a tyrant by many to the point that it became his official title, the history of Duke Redfist is a rather tragic one. "Age will kill him soon enough anyway" they said. Dorten made the officials of the Empire feel his discontent on so many occasions that the Imperials had decided to ignore him completely. The Empire had managed to defeat the Demons, yet failed to destroy them for good, and for years, a countless number of Imperials, of strangers, sailed over the ocean to march through his kingdom.ĭorten, now a bitter old man, despises the Empire, seeing them as double-tongued liars who didn't keep their word and forced the Kingdoms into servitude, even recruiting his very own subjects to join their Imperial Army - and for what? To keep failing. They had invited new conquerors to their homes and welcomed them like their brothers. Yet, despite them being here to fight a common foe and while everyone else cheered, all that Dorten felt was fear and dread.
Thousands upon thousands of ships came to the shores of the Kingdoms, to destroy the demonic threat. Like the other rulers of the Kingdoms, Dorten saw no other way than to accept the offer and wait. When the ambassadors of the Empire arrived, promising help to the Kingdoms - if the Kingdoms agreed to their terms and joined the Empire. Then, when his father died, he became king and led his people from afar, yet had to see them die while the Demons kept throwing wave after wave against the Humans, as if there was no end to their numbers. He is the only king to remember the days when there had been no one to help them when the Demons charged in, wave after wave, day for day. The King of Kerrel, Dorten, is the oldest king still alive and the only living king who, as a young prince, had fought the war against the Demons BEFORE the Empire had arrived.
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