The front cover is burned and covered in mini pieces of rubble, as though it were apparated out from a fallen building.
22/08/740, "The Church of Christian Kings put their Pope into the election. However, I'm feeling lucky this year. I feel like I can win the elections this year."
29/08/740, "The Church won. They're saying that they're going to remove the time limit for a president to hold office."
08/09/740, "A man named Simon Ulcrates came to Las Aminour today. He says he came from a farm in the Outskirts of the Darkness somewhere. For some reason, I trust him."
13/09/740, "The people are rioting. Not only is the Heart of the Cards talking about rioting, as is the Citadel of Stone. A people long opposing anything to do with us now wants to have a say in our elections."
17/09/740, "A man died tonight. A city guardsman was blown up with a gunpowder bomb, and the Pope King claims that it was the Heart of the Cards."
22/09/740, "I have created a conclave, the Conclave of Collective Kingsmen. It consists of James Bronzeheart, Pope Fortnite (the father of the Pope King), Simon Ulcrates, Sir Parcival, and myself."
24/09/740, "The Conclave of Collective Kingsmen has decided that the people are right and that the church and country should be separated. We need to remove the Pope King from his throne."
30/09/740, "The Heart of the Cards has surrounded Castle Aminour, and the akki have blown a hole into the building. We're going in."
05/10/740, "The Conclave of Collective Kingsmen has succeeded! The Pope King agreed to surrender his office as king as long as no harm befell him. The Conclave, and the people, decided that this was fair. The Pope returned to his church, and a new election was polled. I am once again going to run."
11/10/740, "Simon Ulcrates is running for president."
19/10/740, "He asked for my help to manage his campaign. Begrudgingly, I accepted and put up posters to vote for Simon."
27/10/740, "Simon Ulcrates didn't win the election, but some samurai did. Someone named Sakarai Suna."
(Several pages have been torn out.)
12/11/740, "Am I not destined to win? Am I always destined to lose?"
(More pages have been torn out.)
24/05/741, "A new election is being ran. I'm not so hopeful about this one."
(Three pages are missing.)
27/06/742, "I've won the election! I am president of this nation that I built 700 years ago. But I nearly lost to Sakarai Suna. He worries me, he claims that I'm not a good guy, that the nation will fall beneath my feet. He fears my power."
30/06/742, "The Conclave of Collective Kingsmen have removed me for 'gaining power I had sought to once remove'. And yet Pope Fortnite keeps his seat while he works his way through his Alzheimer's-derived cardinalship."
02/08/742, "This isn't right. This isn't fair! My friends were meant to congratulate me for winning the election. Instead, they're shunning me. They'll pay one day."
20/09/742, "The Rightful Queen returned today. The alleged person that gave Sir Parcival an idea of governmental control being bad. I will have my revenge."
29/09/742, "Three assassination attempts on my life! They will rue the day that they all double crossed me. This injustice will not go unpaid, and it will be paid with violence."
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The Saga of Las Aminour
General FictionA capitol that will end in hellfire begins with an election of a man named "tyrant".
