The Kingdom of Spades was the most powerful kingdom in the land of Cards, followed closely by the Kingdom of Clubs, then Hearts and finally Diamonds.
Spades had the most power since the beginning of times; it specialized in weaponry and military, though they also had good merchant trading points because they were close to the sea, they had access to a vast amount of marine resources and exported it to the rest of the Kingdoms. The Kingdom of Spades was also known for having connection with magic, however that connection got weaker as fewer and fewer people believed it, now there were only an handful of people that believed in the supernatural and were able to make spells, but those were afraid to show themselves to the others, afraid of the rest of the people viewing them as freaks or insane.
Clubs had always trailed behind Spades. They were powerful too, but, still, not enough to surpass Spades. Yet, Clubs had various resources to ship out raw material. They were surrounded by trees and had various regions rich in iron, crude oil, coal... Clubs also has good terrains to farm.
Hearts was a peaceful kingdom; they never took much interest in fighting for power – Spades and Clubs were the ones with interest on that topic, yet, the trivial bickering between the royals and the people from each territory never went too far. Hearts was known for their top quality tissues and luxurious clothes. They were the kingdom that distributed the various designs of attire for whoever asked them and paid. They always came up with brilliant designs for outfits.
For last, Diamonds, they were probably the richest of the four domains. The territory of Diamonds was rich in gold, silver, bronze... They were the ones who circulated most money around without a care. They also made the most marvelous jewellery, their skill in carving and melding the materials they got from their land was impressive.
All in all, the Land of Cards was a pacific place, the nations within were allies, there were no wars. They all needed each other to survive; nobody would ever disrupt such peace, there was no necessity.
It was peaceful, until a dark shadow sprouted from the depths of the ground and attacked the kingdoms.
No one knew where they came from nor why, these beings that suddenly took over the deserted area (that no Card's man adventured to go) they attacked the kingdoms and made themselves known as the Black Chessmen.
During the times of war with the Chessmen, Cards managed to obtain a lot of information, such as that there were thousands of pawns, those pawns could be created freely by the Queen. There was also a pair of each class: Two Bishops, two Knights and two Rooks. Though, there was only one Queen and one King. Each of the classes had special powers; however, no one seemed to know what kind of powers they had, it was still a mystery. Nevertheless, they knew that the King never appeared in battle and the Queen was the one who command whatever poor pawns she could. The Queen never seemed to care about their lives as she could make more pawns later.
Thus it began, the Great War between Chess and Cards, where thousands of lives were lost. In the mist of the chaos, the few magic users of Spades were killed or kidnapped, nobody understood why and didn't give much thought to that.
Cards took eleven years to finally push the Chessmen away; nonetheless, they left with the promise of coming back one day for revenge.
The land of Cards had been in turmoil after the war. The war had spent many of the lands resources; they had to come up with ideas to reduce in every way they could, the poor people from the lower class were the ones who suffered more with the increase of taxes, but, after some years – without being bothered by the Chessmen – Cards began to develop and recuperate from the Great War, growing stronger whilst still paying attention to activities from the Chessmen.
Nineteen years have passed since the Great War, the Kingdoms were at peace, but it all ended when the King of Spades was found dead.
Hello! I've had this idea for a while; expect... um... many crazy stuff, basically. Crossover between AU's and I've got a few OC's of mine in this. XD This is going to be multi-chaptered... And I don't know; the last time I did a story multi-chaptered I couldn't finish it and I ended up deleting it because people actually had loved that story and asked me many times to continue it, but I just hadn't inspiration.
Also, many things in this story are altered... I hope I do not offend anyone with altered facts and things like that. This is an AU, Alternate Universe, and here I am the god that commands this shit.