Ok, I'm going to restart my Tellius stories. It's just I'm not satisfied with them and this is supposed to be a prequel or 1st story in a series.
Chapter 1: Beginning
Year 639, Spring; Nevassa, Capital of Daein
Soren sat in his bedroom in a palace of Daein's capital, Nevassa. A young boy with dark green hair, ruby red eyes, and a red mark on his forehead. The mark that symbolizes a curse or the world believes... Many believed that he's a spirit charmer like they believed that his two younger brothers, Pelleas and the baby Lancelot, are also spirit charmers that they invited spirits since birth. No older than ten years and forced into a strict education enforced on him. Tired and exhausted he was, forced to train in arts of combat in both magic and sword. Also forced to learn the arts of tactics and strategies before he could do something in his free time such as reading more academic like history, science, math, astronomy, and philosophy.
He hates it! Every second of it that what he hates is that he believes that he doesn't need it. He only does it to please his father, King Ashnard, who seems to paid a little attention to him.
His mother? What about his mother? Almedha, the Princess of Goldoa, is rarely allowed to visit him for some reason. Yes, a loving mother yet headstrong and stubborn, traits and personality that passed on to Soren. Soren felt like an outcast, little friends or a poor social life outside the keep. Everytime he's out, he's constantly heavily guarded by soldiers behind him. Barely have any freedom within the city yet he was treated with high respect due to his abilities.
Ena has been a great teacher in tactician and strategic mind. Brought to Daein by his mother to be a caretaker but forced to educate him by his father. Talking about the past wars is what Soren likes to talk about but listening to someone who believes themselves with a great strategic mind is pointless. No disrespect to Ena, she's good but there are some great flaws in them which Soren believes.
He believes that his strategic and tactical mind is far greater than hers. He proved it by beating her in chess. He had shown that he knows war but was ignored throughout the court due to his age and him not being experienced in battle.
Yes, he is too smart for his age yet people ignores him, even getting into arguments with his father. He had proved that he brought and united the mountain clans and the Kuei Ryu to Daein with an idea he presented yet he is still ignored. With his idea, the economy grew with mining gold and ores to make metal weapons; mass number of wyverns and griffons were bred for the army. He proposed trade agreements and colonize other parts of the world yet was ignored. He proposed the redesigning of weapons but that was credited to Izuka who stated that he created the idea. Soren hated that man and once he's king, he plans to dispose Izuka.
Soren currently tries to propose something for his father and had asks him to hear this one out. Something that he knows that should be able to get closer to his father like he always wanted to.
The doors open to reveal one of the Nevassan Guard, clad in black bulky armor like the armor Zelgius wore, a great helm with a crest of a dragon over with dragon wings on the side of the helmet. The Nevassan Guard are by far the greatest infantry and imperial force within Daein yet not as numerous. Numbering around two-thousand currently with three thousand in training. With the greatest armor and weapons forged to them, they are said to be able to hold Nevassa against any legion of Begnion or the horde of laguz including dragon laguz.
"Your Highness," the guard removes his helmet and nod his head in respect to the young prince. "Your father, King Ashnard, heard your request to meet with him and accepts to hear what you had to say."
The guard looks no older than forty years of age, olive skin and brown eyes, and well muscled like how the King wants them to be.
Soren felt like this was a dream. A dream that he always dreamt for. Excited to express everything and try to start a healthy relationship with his father. His father rarely smiles at him and some nobles hated Soren for his brand yet some nobles respect and loyal to him like the 3rd most powerful House Li, former ruling House of the Kuei Ryu with the sigil of a wingless serpent-like dragon, and the 2nd powerful House Favian whose sigil is an eagle clutching a serpent with its talons ruled by Zelgius who claim ownership to Praven, a powerful city rival to Nevassa and the city built by Gawain.
He left his room and once he reaches the throne room, he sees a court of some nobles sitting on a table who are all seasoned warriors. The Great Riders, Tauroneo, Lanvega, Bryce, and Zelgius were present as well, standing behind Ashnard. The Great Riders had swore their loyalty to the Daein royal and they all had been loyal to Soren as they are to Ashnard. Izuka sits beside the nobles as well. The guard stepped forward and knelt down. "I've brought Prince Soren, your Majesty."
"Very well, Tatius. Leave us." Ashnard dismisses Tatius who place a fist to his armor where the chest area located in respect. Ashnard then turned his attention to the boy who just entered in front of him. "You have a proposal? I heard that you had a plan to increase our influence and power. Is that true to my ears or was it a bunch of nonsense?"
Soren bows his head and answers, "I swear to Ashera, father, that it's a plan that I am sure you would love. Increasing our influence and power is what you desire so I've made up a plan for it."
Ashnard and the court begin to listen as Soren speak his plan, "I know you refused this before but I think it's best if I rephrase and repeat the same idea. I said that we must sail and seek out new worlds. Colonize part of the other world in order for more resources and manpower, more timber to build a fleet of ships for I had designed for the future of our navy. Also we must rebuild our cities and reinforce with iron and steel. Expand East to the desert. And we must put more power to the Church."
"That's stupid. Every single idea." Ashnard replies, disliking every idea that was presented to him.
"Father? What I've said already is for the best of Daein!" Soren lost patience to try to get his ideas into his father's head, "You speak of conquering the world yet we barely have a navy to do so."
"Yet you speak of more power to the Church and you will risk losing some of our ships and men for exploring for colonies? Foolish idea. Yet you waste iron and steel for defense?"
"Foolish? Better to risk than nothing at all. And more power to the Church will increase our influence. How are we going to conquer the world if we don't do that? We don't have the manpower to take on Begnion nor do we have the ships to fight Crimea! What fool wouldn't see if a wall of Nevassa or the gates of Nevassa falls to the enemy?!" Soren shouts towards Ashnard who stood up.
"Get out!" Ashnard's voice is frightening as many flinched including Soren. He slowly backs away and exits the room and growls in anger. What he did in his room, nobody knows nor do anyone dares to know.
Even with nobles hating Soren, they also fear him. Everyone loved the previous king yet they fear of Ashnard who had changed everything including the military.
OwnageFanfic: Short, I know. I'll try to make a longer chapter next one depending what I could do. This will take place before Mad King's War. Reviews will also help so I suggest review. I'll be very happy. Certain pairings excluding incest or slash(Ike/Soren and Ike/Ranulf). Try not to review any slash pairing, I won't accept them because it makes me a little uncomfortable writing them. Let me know through the reviews and PM's. I suggest do it as soon as possible. And I would like to exclude Soren and Elincia because someone is doing a story and that is pretty much the main pairing.