sigh. Was playing Warhammer Total War and man, I'm getting to addicted to the game. Well, classes too. *Sigh* and fucking demigryphs are fast as fuck as I just noticed and too OP than I thought. Faster than horses which is surprising due to the size.
Guest who was harassing me... Care to explain why your reviews happened at the same time?
Review Response:
Guest: Haha! Nope, Corrin's Yato won't be able to absorb these power. Most of these stones were used as mostly elements they are the strongest such as the aggressive fiery Emperor Lancelot. Well, fire is the best magic for Lancelot while wind is for Soren. And they are created for a reason to separate authority and power despite the best fighter in this fanfic doesn't process one. The stones pretty much don't make anyone godlike. And Corrin meeting any of the ones you stated won't happen nor would Corrin be able to beat them. Lucina winning is very slim as she haven't fought anyone from Daein for 400 years and if you look at my prequel, it is hinted that after Daein beat Nilfgaard, the five witcher schools are reformed and all Daein officers and future officers are forced to go and train for year or two in order to serve in the military as officers or future generals. Lambert had to go through the training. This chapter will show Lambert's hatred towards foreigners, mostly unending hate towards Ylisse and Plegia.
Chapter 5: Growing Power of the Enemy
During the Fight between Lucina and Lambert, Hoshido
"Interesting," Lambert raise an eyebrow, "you want to lure me into your trap."
"We shall see," Lucina still in her defensive stance, sweating from her head and ready to see what will happen next. She watches Lambert slowly approach her, moving his feet across the floor and eyeing Lucina's stance.
Lambert mock charge Lucina, seeing if she would react but she reacted not what he wanted her to. She expected her to break her guard and attack him but she jumps back. Lambert narrows his eyes, feeling that he somewhat underestimated her. Even if he does, he believes that he can defeat her and he went to from defensive to aggressive.
Lucina watch as Lambert runs at her in great speed. He is a huge challenge for her. A warrior who is shredded with pure muscle and great size, bigger than any ninja of Hoshido, could be able to dash to close their distance in seconds like any ninja could. She remembers the story of one of the special force of Daein that was formed before the Mad King's War.
Lambert towers over her and slashes one wooden sword against her, only to throw her off when he slash at her wooden sword. Lucina eyes widen as she ran back to add distance between her and her opponent.
"Ah, you're ok," Ryoma look at Corrin who begins to walk slowly to watch what's going on. His wounds are still great and his mind is somewhat foggy. He doesn't even remember what happened last night except for the face of fear that he was facing. A certain shadow begins to haunt him but he's not infected. He was only starting having fears of facing one again.
"Yeah..." Corrin replies, his vision somewhat blur but he's not blind. He could see Lambert leap in front of Lucina and plunge his wooden sword at her. Lucina moves her body out of the way and reaches her hand to grab Lambert's arm.
Lambert growls lowly as he pulls his free arm. He punches his arm forward. Lucina pulls herself down, roll with her leg in Lambert's stomach and flip his over. The tide has turned as Lucina finds the way to even the odds against a fierce warrior, a far more superior warrior she describes that no knights of Plegia or Ylisse could even defeat.
Lambert launches forward into the air and hit his face to the ground. The impact of his fall results his face to gush blood and he growls as he push himself up before Lucina kicks him to the gut. Lambert was push to the ground again and away from Lucina.
Lambert growls louder as Lucina yells at him, "You still think lowly of me?"
Lambert never answers and close his palm in anger. He look at Lucina walking towards him with a wooden sword on her hand ready to strike. As Lucina got too close, Lambert quickly shove his hand at Lucina, unleashing the blood of his fury.
Lucina felt a thrust of energy against her. She was pushed back a little and stunned. In her mind, how can one push be so deadly that could results her to be dizzy?
The answer is Aard. A magical sign that were believed to be used only by witchers along with Igni. It's based on thrusting energy in the required direction. The force of the thrust depends on how the will of the person throwing it is focused and on the expelled force. The truth is that the signs were taught to all officers in the Daein army after the conquest of Nilfgaard and during the war against Ylisse which these signs help them to obliterate the bloodline, the royals, and nobles who backstab Daein to years.
Mark eyes widened as he witnesses something wrong with his sister. She was winning then the tide has turned once again as Lambert got up with blood dripping from his head. It is something that nobody in Hoshido or Nohr seen before. Lambert stands with his face darken and his blood rushes fiercely in his veins.
Lucina looks into the small eyes of her opponent. She sees that he had held back from her and Lambert walks around her and states, "Rarely anyone has able to best me in my own game! I, a descendant of General Huojin, the retainer of High Prince Einion, never forget nor forgive Ylisseans or Plegians! You killed him! You shamed my house! You dishonored my ancestors! You desecrated his body! You killed my father! You killed my uncle!"
'That figures why his fighting style is too familiar but slightly different.' Lucina thought as Lambert continues to walk around, taunting her. When Lambert got in front of her, Lucina charges her wooden sword forward, only for Lambert to spins with the wooden sword, attacking Lucina from behind of her knee. Lucina fell forward on her face, pushing herself up as Lambert walk in front of her and yells, "You killed my brothers!"
Lambert swing across Lucina, only wishing that it's steel instead of wood for he wishes for the death of all Ylisseans. His father was a famous arcani while his uncle was an Imperial Guard. His brothers are soldiers who were sent to stop a rebellion in Ylisse but the sad thing is that 30 of the Daeinians special forces died and his family members who were sent there are dead and were desecrated with one of them with a severed head and the other was flayed. Despite close to 1,000 Ylisseans death, Daein pulled out of Ylisse and Plegia.
Lucina coughs out blood and listens to Lambert's growl down upon her. She slowly pushes herself up. Lambert narrows his eyes and cross his sword arm but was grabbed by Ryoma who interfered. "That's enough! Your feeling is currently misplaced."
Lambert became angrier as he was stopped. His voice is cold and threatening, "What do you know of how I feel? My anger and my desire for revenge. You know nothing."
"You're not the only people who lost a family member." Ryoma answers and Lambert swings his arm away, out of Ryoma's grip before storming away. Ryoma admitted that he was scared of the moment he sees in Lambert's eyes. He sees some sort of xenophobia and such intense anger and hate that nobody could cool off his anger.
Lucius went in front of Ryoma and says, "You shouldn't have done that. He will forever remember this."
Lucius walks away to confront Lambert. Lucius wasn't the only one but Vitallion, Geralt, Lucia, and Eskel also walk to try to calm the angry arcani down.
Corrin walks next to Ryoma and asks, "What just happened?"
"I don't know."
"Lucy!" Mark rushes to Lucina who manages to stand barely as her right leg injured from the fight. She tries to walk but the pain in her right leg is too much to handle as she is taken to nearest room to get healed by nurses.
Inside where Lambert's wounds are tended by his companions. As Lucia tries to heal Lambert's wound on the face, Lambert pushes her off and turns to Lucius to show his frustration, "I swear to Ashunera. Once I see her again, I will kill her for my house being in the verge of destruction before!"
Lucius took this as a note and he had seen this before. As the House of Li, where Lambert is from, send the leader of the house and the sons, the house is almost destroyed for Lambert has not come of age and he is still in school. If Lambert never shows his potential, the House of Li would have dissolved and be replaced by someone else. Not only Lambert saved the house but his older brother who is one of the Nevassan Guard also prove that the House of Li will never be dissolved. Had not Lambert or his brother complete military training or his brother not bear any children, the House of Li would be forcefully dissolved and be replaced by another.
"Lambert, she's not to blame for the death of your brothers and father. You have to-"
"Yes, she is! Did you not see her? You may not know her but I know her from a book which was written long ago. Her looks and everything, her name. She is Lucina from 400 years ago who escape from Einion. My ancestor Huojin and your grandfather Priam fought her and her family for their nobles actions. How can you not feel any sort of anger and hatred towards her?" Lambert made a good point, both of their ancestors fought the Ylisseans 400 years ago.
"400 years ago is nothing. It's the past we must forget." Lucius is hiding his feeling towards Lucina. He does despise her but tries to work around with her. He knew this and he knew Lucina will always make Lambert so aggressive.
Lambert grabs his commanding superior and speaks lowly, "You know you hate her too. Did you know why the war happened 400 years ago? Ylissean nobles had been constantly backstabbing us without us noticing. Many Daeinian lives were taken from them before we found every evidence that we had to destroy them. They secretly plotted against us when Einion was fighting the Nilfgaardian Empire and they tried to destroy us when we destroy Daenerys Targaryen in Essos. Einion should have let Nico killed them all after Nico destroyed Walhart and the Valmese Empire."
Lucius grabs Lambert's arm and move it aside, "Forget the whole thing. I will not disrespect the Hoshidans or whoever giving us shelter after a long journey."
Day Later, Nohr
"Soldier, you know what they are?" A tall teenage girl with purple eyes and pale blue wavy long hair asks. Her name is Abyss and she is on patrol with some of Nohr's soldiers who follow her to guard the border. She asks of intruders in one of the forests of Nohr lies an army of some sort. What she sees are men, clad in white silver armor and some wears helmets similar to an ox. Some concluded that they are a Hoshidan army but Hoshidan soldiers don't come from the west and they are heading East. At the side of the army are men on great warhorses.
They are armed with weapons of steel and iron. Their bows are tall, roughly equal to the height of the person which allows the archers fairly long draw.
"Strange... Never seen them before, ma'am."
"Look!" A Nohrian soldier exclaims as he points at a large beast, 50 feet tall and 100 feet in length. Its nose is like a snake, gray as a mouse, and the size of a house. They make the earth shake and trees crack as they pass with small tusks in its mouth along with four large ones. Native in one country of the far and land of the forever green. The Oliphaunt it is called. Used in warfare for the Crimean army back then during the Mad King's War. Their powerful strength is rumored to rival with a dragon. Two Oliphaunts are with the army heading to Hoshido.
How did an army from Crimea get to Nohr? Strange as if they pass through the wall of the border or they must have passed the Garou Mountains, scaring the garous. And people could see why as they wouldn't dare to attack them head on.
"Ready yourselves," Abyss hold her hand up as Nohrian archers draw their bows and fire when Abyss command, "Fire."
Arrows set loose upon the Crimean army, causing the Crimeans to panic, "Nous sommes attaqués!"
We're under attack!
The Crimeans look around with their weapons at the ready but were quickly shot down by the Nohrian archers who continue to fire their arrows down upon them. The oliphaunts started trumpeting and bellowing. They run amok from the continuously attack from the arrows as one of them stomps away from the area. The other oliphaunt stomps towards one side where most of the Nohrian forces are, swinging its huge trunk and tusks.
Abyss watches in fear that she may fail her mission if their cover is blown. She draws an arrow with her bow and took aim. She carefully aims for one of the Crimean archers that was on the towers on the oliphaunt. Once she hits one of the archers, it forces the creature to turn around away from theNohrian soldiers hiding them. The archer fell from the oliphaunt and landed motionlessly.
The helmet fell and the face of the man shows his origin. Pale white skin and brownish hair. The longbow it holds and the arrows the person holds are bodkin points.
Crimea, United Tellius Council
"The Council agrees that after Lucius left to Hoshido or Nohr, wherever he went. By breaking the law of engagement and breaking the law of the Council that binds all the nations of Tellius. Not only did Lucius broke it but we also concluded that the general of Daein, Frederick, had brided and commenced attacks upon our nations though gold and empty promises of power." A senator of Crimea, dressed in white robes and holding a paper of the final judgment upon Daein.
Honorius, sitting on his seat to present Daein, enraged of the ruling. He stood up and shook his head in disbelief, "No! You cannot be serious! Senators.. If I may..."
"So sorry, Prince Honorius. But you may not." the senator interrupts the prince and not only did it results tensions between him and the senator but also strip most of Daein's influence over the Council. They all used to be balanced in power but not anymore. Daein must get permission of the Council for now on if they want war or not.
Honorius open his hand, about to summon the stars that will form his spear and unleash his wrath but restrain himself. He never summoned his lance but instead exploded, "This is an outrage!"
Honorius turn away and out of the Council enraged. What can he do to improve Daein's influence and now his choices of doing so is limited. Shall he fight for Daein's interest and be on the side of his cousin or shall he stay out of the conflict unless being asked to? He'll never betray Daein as he, like most, displays an extremely high level of patriotism as he sworn never to betray his nation nor his family. He may hate Tiberius but he hates Lucius more due to what happened in the past.
After Honorius leave the building where the senators gathered, his fist closed and his wrath begins to erupt until Lehran came behind him, "Honorius..."
Honorius turns around as Lehran continues, "I understand your anger and your continuous lust for revenge. I urge you to restrain yourself once you get to Hoshido."
"Really? To my view, Lucius deserves and will be the first to die." Honorius replies as he could remember the horror he came back to in the past.
"Fight and defeat Lucius if you must, but do not kill him. I fear his death will give rise to a dangerous and more treacherous foe." Lehran saw the future of what may become of Lucius if Honorius decides to kill him.
"I will avenge my wife and children!" Honorius replies, still not backing down from
"Spare Lucius life and I will pray and request that Ashunera return Elicie and your children to the living." Lehran's words moved Honorius who nodded in return. Honorius always wanted to see his family again. He misses playing with his sons and daughters in the fields of Nilfgaard. He misses Elcie, an elf, and her creamy fair skin. Her sweet cherry lips on his and her voice that calms him down. But everything was stolen away from him because one one man.
Nevassa, Daein Alchemy Guild
Magic and spells are everywhere in the world but alchemy is becoming more competitive. Daein, Crimea, and Begnion compete for who has the best alchemy guild in Tellius. These three empires use alchemies from various locations.
"Prime Minister Balthasar Franz," Tiberius enters to the alchemy guild to see a man holding a golden staff. Balthasar is dressed in a resplendent gold face mask, shimmering head-to-toe in metallic robes. He is slender build and his mysterious appearance spreads rumors of him being disfigured after one explosion in the Alchemy Guild. Others whispered that his flesh had actually been turned to gold in the explosion - not an accident at all. Some spoke of him never sleeps. Behind the mask lies a young man in his early 20s with great wisdom and few people knew what's behind the mask. Well, he looked 20 before he got himself burned but the truth is that he is a 100 years old elf.
Balthasar turns around to see the Prince of Daein, his expression is hidden. Nobody really knows who he is but some do. He asks in a tone that doesn't seem like he's happy to see Tiberius, "Prince Tiberius."
Tiberius looks around the alchemy, admire the work as all he sees is knowledge and inventions are have uses for power. He speaks in a calm manner, knowing that in terms of power, Balthasar is higher than him despite the young age of a former slave who turns into a sorcerer of metals, a prime minister, and a Supreme Patriarch of the Universities of Magic which locates in Nevassa. "Your reputation of researching 24/7 is starting to become legends. No wonder you were Soren's pet as the chains around your wrist were discarded after your ability to invent behind your master's back-"
"Nevermind that. What do you want?" the Prime Minster growls through his mask, not very fond of being interrupted of researching and producing new products of war and culture.
"War..." Tiberius answers, "Glory... Power... Greatness."
Balthasar turns his back at Tiberius, giving his answer. Tiberius frowns as he knows the answer which means 'no'. His blood boiling in rage as he wanted to kill the young leader of the Daein Senate. "You little young-"
"Don't say it. You've done enough by this horror you've brought upon us. The United Tellius Council is keeping us under check thanks to you. I almost wet myself when Honorius was going to blast the entire Council. Scary thing he is. And why do you seek war as if I'm not mistaken with Nohr and Hoshido... Or should I say, Valla?" Balthasar asks, demanding the reason.
Tiberius knows better than to anger Balthasar. Without his support, the Senate will never approve after he send an army in secret which he was caught. He answers in a stern tone, "You and the Senate acted as I was the criminal. Well, Lucius escaped with my brother and isn't that a crime? I send an army in retaliation. Who knows? Maybe Lucius was responsible for my father's death by poisoning his drink. You do know he killed Honorius' family."
Balthasar folds his arms with his staff still being held in his left hand. He nods his head and replies, "I see your point... Even you send in hundreds of thousands against his thousands? What is the point if I may ask without any suspiciously. You still never answer my question about Valla nor Hoshido nor Nohr. What can we gain from it?"
"If you heard that Nohr is rich in iron and many people starve in the streets. We could save the Nohrian people and the people of Hoshido are greedy and self-centered. They care nothing and did nothing to earn their wealth. What talents of effort did they do to earn and was it just Hoshidan who are rich and foreigners who work for citizenship to work as hard yet he doesn't get money? I think it's time to spread Daein meritocracy to these lands." Tiberius hopes that it may convince Balthasar.
Surprisingly, Balthasar agrees, "Very well... I shall discuss this with the Senate tomorrow and we may take this to the United Tellius Council."
Tiberius bow his head in respect before turning around to leave. As he grabs the knob, Balthasar opens his mouth behind his mask and says, "Our pact with Lycia is over. Perhaps you could send a force to occupy them."
Tiberius grins and asks, "Mercy or death?"
"I don't care what you do. You could kill every last baby for all I care. They're infidels and your decision doesn't concern me nor the Tellius Council. If you want my orders then enslave everyone. That, you have my word for. The Grados Empire through, what is it that I hear about resurrecting one of the deadliest Counts of the dead?"
"I had my retainer, Brutus, to do something about it. This vampire count and his army of daywalkers would be of great use to us." Tiberius answers.
"Mannfred von Carstein..."
Ah, Mannfred von Carstein. The most cunning, most devious, and powerful of the Vampire Counts that dead in the Grados Empire. It wasn't Brutus who actually resurrect Mannfred but Ashnard. He rides with legions of the undead yet their weapons are rusty but their numbers are many. There is rumors thatMannfred is inHoshido to lead the attack in the future battle. There are some who the vampire count answer to.
Grados Empire
"Show yourself von Carstein." A general look through the forest with at least 100 soldiers. He walks through with his silver lance and stops when he spots a woman in green. She is faciong away from the general who waits for her to turn.
The woman turns around and screeches at them. It was a monstrous face that is witnessed and the general alert his men to prepare for combat as something rises up from the ground. Skeletons rise up from the grave with weapons of iron and shields. They creep upon the Grados forces, bringing terror into the hearts of men.
The general swings his lance at one of the skeletons which only shatter from his swing. After, he looks to see one who he was after. The vampire count he was after is pale as a ghost, bald head and his fangs are sharper than a lion. He wears a black steel armor that only covers his torso and a helmet with wings of a bat. He wields a long steel sword and a scary looking scythe.
"I am here, mortal." Mannfred spoke with bats flying from the woods and into attacking the Grados force as Mannfred continues, "And I bring your end."
Behind Mannfred were Hexwriaths, or reaper knights wielding scythes and in form of a spirit. Ghouls also appear behind the vampire leader. Man eating and monster of great terror.
Mannfred walks towards the fight as he says, "For Revinafre will soon fall, and the rest of your pathetic cities will follow. All those that oppose me will die, and rise again as my puppets."
Two Grados soldiers charge at Mannfred who seems unaffected by the presence around him. He folds both his arms and swing both his arms outward to kill his enemies. The vampire count continues to walk while killing enemies with ease while speaking, The undead fear nothing."
The Grados general throws his lance at Mannfred but a skeleton was in the way and fell in Mannfred stead. The vampire continues to taunt his enemy, "Where are thy allies? Hiding beneath the mountains? For the Dark is my realm, the grave, my throne!"
The Grados general growls as his forces are easily overwhelmed and the general looks around to see he is surrounded by skeletons, wraiths, and grouls.
"Yet you have much to fear, for I am the true and rightful ruler of thy Grados Empire." Mannfred walks around the general who seemingly submit and surrenders as a skeleton hit the general's leg with the blunt pole of the spear, forcing the general to fall down on his knees.
The general watch as Mannfred stands between him and the corpse of the dead men he brought with him. He listens to the vampire who says with arms up, "Thine brave corpses will make a fine addition to my army."
A strong aura surrounds the vampire who prepare a spell that manages to resurrect the dead back to the living as zombies. They may not be as disciplined and great fighters like their human lives but with millions, they can do much damage. Little than the Grados general know was that the vampire is under control of Tiberius who plans to use Mannfred to destroy the people of the Grados Empire as well participate in the war against Valla.
Hoshido, Midnight
Pride long have yearned for your tender caress
To bind our fate, damn what our duties own
Rend my heart open, then your love punctured through to profess
A winding, weaving choices to which we both atone
You flee my dream come the morning
Your scent, sweet steel, swallow blood
To dream of ashen blonde locks en-twisted, stormy
Of emerald eyes, glistening as you weep
The dragon I will follow into the storm
To find your heart, its passion displaced
By ire ever growing, hardening into stone
Amidst the cold to hold you in a heated embrace
You flee my dream come the morning
Your scent sweet steel, swallow blood
To dream of ashen blonde locks en-twisted stormy
Of emerald eyes, glistening as you weep
I know not if fate would have us live as one
Or if by forbidden love's blind chance we've been bound
The war we fought, when it all began
Did it forge a love you might never have found
You flee my dream come the morning
Your scent, sweet steel, swallow blood
To dream of ashen blonde locks en-twisted, stormy
Of emerald eyes, glistening as you weep
Many cried when the ballad was sung as it was about love. Love between two which only few knew who the ballad is about. The ballad sounds more of a confession than the actual song of love. Lucius is the only one who knew who the ballad is about. The ballad was made by Einion and the ballad is his love for Ciri.
Lucia bows to the crowd as they clap for her performance. Women wiping their tears and some men look to girls who they have feelings for like Corrin looking at Azura who sat few seats away from him. He looks away when Azura turns her head towards him.
Azura shows no emotions as she knew Corrin was eyeing on her. She doesn't know what to react if he does love her but thinking of it makes her blush. She looks away and back to Lucia who walks down before Lucius walks up.
Lucius begins, "I don't know how to start but I must say that tonight is the last night I will enjoy in Hoshido. My men will depart to a land faraway where nobody would know. I have see that my men are not so happy to be here."
What Lucius meant was Lambert's frustration to be here. Mikoto, who watches from part of the room, wishes for the Daeinians to stay as she believes that they could help them in an upcoming war against Nohr but she knows nothing she could say could convince them otherwise.
"But the decision wasn't mine but my liege and lord." Lucius finishes before Falko escort the blind Publius to the stage in front of Lucius.
Publius open his mouth and speak, "The decision is what I have to make and it was a difficult one due to the great agriculture that many couldn't refuse. For I couldn't refuse from it but I still made the decision. But on behalf of the Daein Empire, once I return, I shall try to install trade routes between our kingdoms. Before I sleep, I want to sing a song to show my gratitude for helping my soldiers."
Firme nunc me spondeo,
Firmly I pledge
Fidelis tibi maneo,
my loyalty to thee
Bella priorum cara patria,
Land of my Forefathers
Nunc et semper florens gloria,
forever brimming with glory
Pulchras terrae patriae!
A land of beauty
Fortes terrae pro homines,
home of the courageous
Daeinia noster aeterne,
Our Eternal Daein
Vis cavire domum navium,
the might of enemy ships
Frusta ipsa impetur,
Threatens us in vain
Sunt sine spe!
it is a hopeless quest
Domus dulces portula,
Turn away from deceit
Fraudi ob sat,
and sweet delusions
Tubae militaris vox,
For the trumpets of war
Legiones procat mox!
will call our legions soon
Et in tota patria,
And across the fatherland
Cantus victoriae resonat,
a victory song will ring
Et in tota patria,
And across the fatherland
Cantus nostrae resonat,
our song will resonate
Tempus est in gaudium,
A time of joy and pride
Superbiae Daeinia aeterna...
for Eternal Daein
The song was the last for the night as Publius falls back to his Falko's arms as the former centurion carries him to bed. Everyone claps and the Daeinians who appears seems to shed tears as they sing along when they got to 'Land of Beauty'.
Yeah, I don't want to go into details with the song and I want to end it here. Those who wanted Lucina to win... This is not the same Lucina you guys know from the game. This is the Lucina who was only the baby in the game. The Lucina you people know is back to the future which the future is shit in this fanfic. She's died in that future! The problem is she only fight bandits while in Hoshido but fighting a person who is in a 'special force' in the Daein Empire and one of the officers that has 'anger issues' when it comes to foreigners, namely Ylisseans. He technically used all his anger on her.
Fans may agree that Lucina deserves it but in this fanfic to the people of Daein, she technically doesn't. She is high-born and she could ask for anything she wants like all high born in medieval world. She was supposed to marry High Prince Einion but that marriage was called off because the Daein Senate despises Ylisse since some of the senators and nobles were low-born. I forgot to say this but Ylissean nobles had backstab Daein for a long time which is the other reason. And Einion was in love with someone else. The relations between Daein and Ylisse were never and will never be good.
Lambert is also a high-born but a noble who like other noble houses in Daein, their houses are always in jeopardy. Homeless or low-born have the power to rise up and overthrow the higher born nobles which is unlikely but had happened in Daein. Merits are important since it's the only way for their houses to survive and Lambert's house which is the 'House of Li' which Huojin, Einion's retainer, was in the verge of destruction until something happened like Lambert comes of age and join one of Daein special forces(Arcani).
The difference is that Lucina and a lot of Ylisseans nobles are born into aristocratic and rich families while Lambert and Daeinians nobles are full meritocratic and more freedom.
Arcani in real life is a ninja/assassin or government agent of the Roman Empire.