May 19, 2016.
Book Two: Exile, by Dhasvanth Gokila
2021
— Gokila here —
Throughout the centuries, there had been a succession of great empires, all lying conquered, lost, and forgotten. The Romans, the Goths, the Greeks, the Arab conquistadors had been, with the benefit of hindsight, great oppressors. All of them had set the template for the successive regimes, each the next best thing to the one before. They had all perished, like great, dying bees, and, when the swarm expired, there was no real need for one to take their place.
Dawn, too, was a new type of ruler, and though there were those who still held onto their old ways, and felt the need to preserve them, the people of the world had learned a great lesson in the past thousand years. They had seen the great empires rise and fall, only for them to be replaced by something better, newer, and stronger. So they were now learning to look beyond empires, past the old ways, and look for their own solutions.
Within the new world of tomorrow, there would be a new form of government. A new set of laws, a new name for the things that would be. It was just a matter of waiting, for the time was right, and the world was ready.
The King of Tomorrow
Praise be to Adriel, the king of tomorrow. Adriel, who can see the end of days, and shape it to his own will.
Adriel, who has seen all, and conquered all. Adriel, the great king of tomorrow.
Adriel, who will rule over all the cities, and all the lands. Adriel, the great king of tomorrow.
Adriel, the king of tomorrow. Adriel, the king of tomorrow. Adriel, the king of tomorrow.
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For the first time in a very long time, the Temple of the Gods was silent. The Temple of Adriel had been destroyed. The last of the signatories of the pact had died at his post. The two great armies had been wiped out. The one led by the leader of the Red Empire and the other by the leader of the Blue, had been slain.
There was now only Adriel to lead them.
Adriel the Great,
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