THE KINGDOMS: Moon and Heart

CHAPTER 1: The End of a Dynasty

Middle-Kingdom nicknamed as the land of peace by the great leaders across the regions. Known for its beautiful moon shaped heart during spring and fall season. Regions across the Middle-Kingdom like the Xan Province were known as the center of all trades. This province holds the hearts of every man in the kingdom, everyone come here to meet other people, trade and travel to other regions. King Sixtus X; he is a dwarf, a man of virtue, faith and benevolence; he rules the middle Kingdom for over 150 years now. The Sixtus Dynasty brought peace to the land for almost 1200 years now. But this time; in King Sixtus' 150 year reign, he has been assassinated by an evil warlord named Argonado, a vicious, bloodthirsty commander of the Hundun clan. The story begins here.

540 BC, the land of peace has been torn apart by the evil warlord Argonado who usurped the throne after the successful assassination attempt to King Sixtus X. The Sixtus Dynasty is now over; the Hundun Dynasty rose from the grace of heavens with Argonagos as their Capital City.

538 BC, Argonado, the fierce, charming King of the Middle-Kingdom and his wife Queen Hundun gave birth to a twin girl. Their eyes were more beautiful than the waterfalls of Yu and the mountains and blooming fields of Xan Province. Argonado; tears flowing from his eyes, dragon tears fell from Queen Hundun. Every household of the middle-Kingdom gained riches and praise for their support even though they hate the new King; the people forgive the King and promised to create a new world for everyone. The King made his promise and named his children Jadhdhab and Alhamra Sar. The King's sweating, feeling troubled and worried and restless, he can't sleep because of Alhamra, the king sense hatred upon Alhamra; while Jadhdhab has an aura of virtue. The King; sweats even more, having trouble to his own decision of whom he should keep, the love to the people or his own power? The worried queen called the troubled king to rest and talk about the matter tomorrow.

A beautiful witch from Hexe, brown skinned, charming and thin, she appears and walks to the fountain of the palace of Argonagos; staring at the pond. The witch is surprised, and predicted that the children of the king will lead his own downfall one day.

Weeks later, the witch gave birth to a baby girl named Taqribaan Sar, the baby possessed frightening eyes, also the witch sensed that this baby is no mere mortal, the witch sensed great intellect upon the baby; and one day will defeat water with fire. The witch slashed her own wrist, she holds the pain within and pours down her own blood to boiling water in a jar; followed by a blood from her own baby. The witch cuts the baby from the arm and pours the blood to the jar. Boiling water with blood is steaming with pieces of goat meat. Both mother and child drink the soup of blood. The baby cries, a sign of happiness from the heaven, joyful tears flow through her eyes, the wind starts blowing, the gift of heaven has come. To celebrate the gift and thank the heavens, they feast with the goat meat; the wind gracefully blows to the camp, the cold as the winter breeze, and the moonlight shines brighter than the stars above.

2 months later, the King fell ill from the matter, the worried queen Hundun received a tragic new coming from the Xan Province; a wildfire has brought within the province, horrors to their eyes, sensing horrible pain and an unforgiving curse by heaven. The queen fainted, the king was surprised, frightened, the stunned king tried to get up and end up falling to his own knees and smack his own head to the floor. The servants saw the horror and helped the two fainted rulers.

Few days later, the ill King laying on his bed; had received news from the scouts, he reported that the armies of Xunya came and requested an audience to the king. The king accepted the Xunya's army's request and the king slowly approached to his throne room with the assistance of his servants. The Xunya army approaches, greet themselves with full heart, holding their sheathed sword like there is no threat, a commander known as Salladin; one of the late King Sixtus' trusted vessel whom now King Argonado's henchman, immediately reported that the Xan Province suffered heavy losses from the fire. The worried King lead his men to visit the province in person to inspect the province, Salladin bowing; with a fake smile on his face, prepared the cart while the king visits the sick queen that he will travel to Xan Province to see the situation. The king immediately called his maid to take care of the twins. Few minutes later, the king left the castle and ride the cart and Salladin escort him to travel to Xan province. 7 hours later they've reached west kingdom forest 120 miles before reaching Xan Province, The worried king looked at the forest, with visions across his mind, sensing evil present within his group, a sound of the blade rubbing to a sheath was heard on the king's rear, grass movements seen, leafs blowing for some reason, and human shadows behind every tree. The cart stopped, Salladin moved out of the cart to talk to the scout who've just arrived the scene, reporting that Xan Province has been conquered by an unknown clan 2 hours ago. The surprised king left his cart, angrily scold the situation. Suddenly Salladin exposed all of his plans and it was all a ruse to set him out of the castle. The King unsheathed his magical sword called "The Sword of Hundun" in hand; the king was surrounded by archers across the forest. The fool Salladin told the king to kneel before him and prepare his own death; and Sixtus X will soon rest in peace. The King has been surrounded by raining arrows; he fought his way out, slashing, dismembering every man in the process. Salladin shoots an energy ball on the king, screaming in agony. The king shoots shards of ice to the field, killing the foes trying to subdue him. A poisonous arrow hit the king in the leg, he was unable to cure the infected wound due to his illness, and the king needs to sacrifice his health in order to perform his magic. Salladin seeks opportunity, smiling in grim, approaches the king and took his sword. Salladin imbued the sword with an unknown aura that magically can kill the king in one swing. Given the chance to express his last words, the king with a shallow smile predicted that Middle-Kingdom will soon perish, that none of the current rulers even he can defeat it. The King didn't reveal the name of the person, which resulted Salladin to laugh maniacally without regret and swings the sword to the king's neck; taking his head and brought it with him to Hexe for his plan to cleanse the realm. His clan then traveled with full speed.