The Star of Hope
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Hello readers the sisters are back with a brand new story.
Don't worry we are not going to stop updating our other story Shadows of the Past. Two people can work on two stories at the same time easily.
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Prologue:
Once upon a time in a far away place, there existed two very powerful kingdoms.
The northern kingdom was ruled by a powerful royal family, who have ruled over the lands of the north since ancient times. They possessed powerful magic and have used their skills to protect their people for centuries.
This was the Li kingdom, ruled by the Li clan. It was a rich prosperous kingdom of trade, mining, culture, and art. It served as the center of commerce for most of the free lands of the continent.
The only problem with this was the fact that the free lands of the continent were quickly disappearing. There was a growing power in the west that now posed a serious threat to all the free lands through out the continent.
This western kingdom was once a peaceful land called Kennard. That changed after a bloody civil war reaped destruction across the country. When the conflict finally came to an end a new king came to power. The new king ruled over the western kingdom of Kennard with an iron fist. His own self centered delusions of grander coxed him to build one of the largest armies in the world.
His armies lead by his son the prince, stormed across the land conquering village after village, land after land, entire empires crumbled before them and their deadly regime.
The people of the vanquished lands had only two options, submit or perish.
The king and prince grew greedier for more power with each passing day.
In their country and the conquered territories, they used the wealthy aristocrats to fund the invasion campaigns. As a reward the wealthy aristocrats shared handsomely in the spoils of war.
The rest of their funds came from stolen property and heavy taxes, which were especially hard on the peasantry.
It was the common people who suffered the true burdens of the war. With many of the younger and stronger men off at war the women and children were left behind to fend for themselves.
They suffer from the losses of family members, workers, and property at the hand of bandits. Many families could barely make ends meat and most of the working class sunk into poverty.
There grew a deep hatred among the people for their king and his regime, and as history has shown us, with government distain come revolt.
The people of Kennard became uneasy and another civil war seemed inevitable. In an effort to prevent a revolt and any further bloodshed in their homeland, one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the noble families in the country took action.
They worked with others in the noble class to provide aid relief for poorer classes who were struggling due to the war.
Their work provided food, medical, financial, and other relief services. Soon the unrest in Kennard quelled and the people found some peace while they waited for the wars to end and for their loved ones to return.
But with each passing day the wars end seemed further and further away.
Now the dark land of Kennard have set its sights on a new conquest, the wealthiest, most powerful land in the continent, the land beyond the northern mountains, the Li kingdom.