War Games.
In the age before the War Games, the king of Antior and the king of Plyx used to be close friends until they both fell in love with a beautiful young maiden that lived in the small area in between both of the kingdoms, where most farmers worked and sold crops to both kingdoms.
The two men were enraged when they found out the other had also been trying to woo the beautiful maiden and there friendship and alliance was quickly shattered and they started competing for her love, at first with roses, fine wine and the most beautiful dresses made out of the nicest of silk, but the maiden would always send back the gifts and reject both of the kings, for their money could not buy her love.
They came to find that she was in love with a solider of the Antior army, so the king killed his soldier and his ex-best friend demanded war, but they both decided instead, that they would punish the maiden and all the maidens to come, the punishment for denying a king for a mere soldiers and they created battlefields that looked like Chest boards and started sending their soldiers into fight each other, secretly watching their every move, until only one army was left standing and then they would send in the next section of the army no matter the ranks.
These ranks as so:
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The Pawn, whom were sent in with few weapons, being newly recruited soldiers.♟
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The Knight, whom were sent in with two swords and another weapon of their choosing.♞
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The Bishop, whom were sent in with heavier armor than the average soldiers.♝
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The Rook, whom were sent in low numbers but with more weapons, mostly experienced and older knights.♜
As the kings sent in their unknowing soldiers they would chant to the sky,
"Check mate,
There are already blood stains on the chest board,
Keep fighting for air in the tight spaces between the white and black squares,
A wind passes through and shakes all that you’ve ever known but no one will come to save you,
Your king is down,
And blood pours against your fellow pawns,
Check mate,
The war is over."
They would then laugh and shake hands, "May the best army win!" One would say, and the other would add on, "Either the white army or the black army."
♚ - The Kingdom of Antior is known as the Black Kingdom
♔ - The Kingdom of Plyx is known as the White Kingdom
The Kings.
The ambitious ruler of Antior:
Gale Ravenlaw, the son of Jericho Ravenlaw and grandson of Richard Ravenlaw, with the golden brown eyes that descended down through the male blood line, and his mother’s long dark brown hair. However, unlike his father, grandfather and mother, he was often seen as cruel, even as a child. He was always very daring and ambitious, being the prince wasn’t good enough for him, and he wanted more. Some say he killed his father to become the king but there is no proof to the claims. While the people of Antior loved King Richard and King Jericho, they were fearful when Gale came into power.
He became the king of Antior when he was twenty-six, and eagerly started arguments with smaller kingdoms and had small, quick battles against them to show them who the boss was, but he befriended the king of Plyx during a peace war meeting between all of the kingdoms in the land and they continued to talk.
Six years later their friendship collapsed, they both fell for the same maiden and Gale being the ambitious man he was, would not give up the competition for her against his ex. friend. When he found out that she was in love with one of his soldiers, he was outraged, how dare she ignore him for a mere soldier?! A pawn at that! He had the Pawn executed before her eyes and his best friend declared war, however, they went with the idea he brought up; to have their soldiers fight each other until they tired of the game, as pay back.
Fun facts – Gale is thirty-two, the youngest king to ever rule Antior. He’s never been married and has no heir to the throne. In his spare time, he studies magic to try to find a spell to make himself immortal so he can rule his land forever.
The hopeless romantic ruler of Plyx:
Javier Chase Everseeker, son of Chase Everseeker and Marie Everseeker, born into a castle that was on the inside ran by his mother and the outside ran by his father. Javier grew up knowing his mother made all of the decisions and was raised to respect women even more than men, his mother was a real feminist of the time and would snap at him anytime he would talk down to even a servant that as a female. He was a good man with light blue eyes and a pure smile, that smile vanished when his father and mother were murdered by his father’s trusted friend, and he became the ruler of the kingdom. The people liked him at first before he befriended the friend of Antior, they quickly became afraid, for they had heard the evils of the Black king.
He became the king of Plyx when he was thirty-six, he had a beautiful wife named, Catalina, the people loved her just as much as he loved her, but four years into his kinghood, he had to leave her while she was pregnant to go to a peace war meeting, and when he returned he found out that she had died giving birth to the child.
Javier didn’t know how to take care of the young boy but always did his best, and when he fell in love with a beautiful young maiden, he tried to woo her, he wanted her to help him take care of Thor and for her to love him the way Catalina had. However, when he found out his old friend was also after her, he was furious (and he is not easily angered), he begged him to stop and told him why he wanted her as his wife and was laughed at, the friendship ended and he declared war when he found out Gale had killed one of his own soldier’s just because she was the girl’s love, but he foolishly agreed to the younger cunning king’s plan. And now he regrets it.
Fun facts- Javier is forty-two and his son, Thor is two years old. He is far-sided but wears no glasses because he believes they are unnatural, he was meant to have trouble seeing. He’s a very compassionate king that tries to keep all the people of his land happy, especially young mother’s.