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Vale, one of the, if not the biggest, kingdom of Remnant. Stretching from the dessert of Vacou to the island of Vytal the massive kingdom is led by the indomitable Arc Family. But this was not always the case. Vale used to be led by non other than the Belladonna clan of Menagerie, before the terrible civil war that tore apart the kingdom.
The old Belladonna regime used to practice slavery long long ago, with humans. Over 1,000 years there was a delicate balance of humans who were slaves and those who were above them. In order to keep the balance young king Nero Belladonna took a young girl from one of his vassal families, a maiden by the name of Elizabeth Arc.
Over the years Nero slowly lost his mind to Paranoia and fear, thinking every shadow a assassin and every servant a traitor seeking his crown.
Nero's paranoia finally cultivated into one of the worst massacres in the history of Remnant, over 100,000 people would be killed by the Belladonna army led by loyal vassals Khan and Taraus.
Seeking answers and to make sure his daughter was safe old Anthony Arc and heir Michael Arc set off from the Arc Stronghold of Arcadia to the capital, there they found the king doing his most depraved thing yet.
They entered the throne room to find Elizabeth being raped by Taraus men in front of the king, with said king declaring her a traitor. Before they could do anything both father and son would be imprisoned by the mad king. Before the throne rooms crowd all three Arc's would be burned at the stake before a terrified crowd.
Declaring the Arc's traitor to the crown, the king marshalled a army 60,000 to capture Vytal. What the king forgot was that the Arc's were a military family. Vytal was a fortress, guarded by over 40,000 men with the largest navy other than the royal navy.
Aaron Arc, now the new lord of Vytal declared the Belladonna's unfit for rule and called on the house's of Vale to support him in his rebellion against the king. Fearing the king's wraith and seeing as the monarch had the bigger army most families joined up with the king, only 4 families declared loyalty to Arc.
The Xiao Longs of the tiny island of patch, they couldn't field many soldiers but patch was known for it being the royal navies stronghold and its strongest recruiting center, so patch siding with the Arcs cost the royal navy a stronghold, recruits, and worst of all manpower with many defecting to patch and arc fleets.
The Winchesters of Cardinal were a surprise to many when they declared for Arc seeing as many a Winchester and Arc been seen at bitter enemies, but most didn't know current lord Markus Winchester was best friends with Anthony Arc. The Winchester Military was best known for its heavy infantry and Calvary. Its known that the Winchester calvary have never failed a charge. 20,000 winchester infantry and 20,000 mounted calvary fought for the Arc's.
The Falls of Flaming Arrow were the third to declare for the Arc family, home to the richest family in Vale, many were dumbfounded when the Falls declared for the Arc's seeing as many thought the Arc rebellion was stupid and the king would win easily. But Aaron Arc promised his son Lucius Arc to the young Leah Fall gaining the loyalty of the Falls, never ending gold to fund the war and 15,000 men for the war effort.
The fourth and final family didn't come at a surprise at all to many.
The Rose's of the Valley of Rose's were the 2nd richest family in Vale and was home to the most populated and fertile land in Vale. The Rose's have been firm allies of the Arcs dating back generations with the Arcs giving them ships to trade and meat to eat in return for furs and grain. Not to mention the fact that Anthony Arc was married to Lady Rose. When the valley was awake to March for Arc's in one week alone 60,000 men was marshalled and sent to siege and make war on the lower half of vale and another 40,000 marched on the Capitol taking the Khan's seat of Tiger nest.
The Arc navy beat back the royal fleet and make landfall on the northern side of Vale with the Rose Army already attacking the south side. Taking 10,000 Men and 5,000 horses Edward Arc broke the east gate of Vale leading to his men sacking the city.
Nero never did leave the capital, too afraid of his perceived traitors. He died on his throne, stabbed by none other than Aaron himself. Nero Belladonna died babbling about traitors and spies all around him.
Aaron Arc before the people of Vale threw the severed head of Nero into the Valen Ocean. One by one the people of Vale knelt and proclaimed Aaron Arc not Lord of Arcadia but as King of Vale and her territories.
Aaron first rule of business was creating a new capital since he didn't want to reuse one so tainted by bad blood. Deciding to be near his greatest allies he built the new capital of Vale on the plataue near Patch, Using mountain glenn as a natural barrier the new Vale became a new fort for the navy and the new Arc army stationed in the city.
Aaron new castle called the Gold Keep was made out of materials from all the loyal vassals that fought under him in his rebellion. Gold and Glass from House Fall, Oak and Iron from House Xiao Long, Marble and grass from House Rose, and Steel and Bronze from House Winchester.
Vale's new capital quickly grew in size to over 200,000 commoners. Vale's docks and markets quickly made the city one of the richest city's in the world. Aaron also created a city watch called the white clocks charged with keeping the peace in Vale. Initially made up of Arc soldiers only it has since been open up to regular commoners. By law there can only be up to 10,000 white cloaks at any time.
King Aaron's heir Arthur was married to young Amber Fall, making Amber the future queen of Vale. Arthur was crowned king nearly 50 years after the rebellion when King Aaron died at the age of 87.
And for over 4,000 years the Arcs of Arcadia have ruled Vale, some have been great bringing prosperity to Vale and others have been terrible almost tearing Vale apart like the Belladonna's did thousands of years.
Now Vale is under the rule of the Great King Jaune, first of his name, warrior king, bringer of the light, the unifier. I've seen him go from a little boy to the king the world needs. I've been by his side since the beginning offering what advice that I could. This is the Story of Jaune Arc. Savior of the World.
First page of the biography of Jaune Arc,King of Vale, written by Lord Manguilus Ozpin, hand of the King, Lord of Wizards Bay, teacher of Kings.
If you couldn't tell this story is inspired by game of thrones, paring is undecided. Tell me what yall think in the comments.