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I. Introduction
I have been a well educated person, studying the kingdoms of the Seven Seas, and how they all fell, one by one. The ghosts and demons were not found ravaging the kingdoms that had ones flourished, in fact, the kingdoms became a ghost town, even the prestigious school of Hope's Peak Academy. The Vampire, Elven, and Merfolk Kingdoms are quite small in numbers as they once have been. None of their ancestors, who were in the Age of Prosperity nor Silent Night lived to tell the tell of what has happened to the Seven Seas.
Hope's Peak Academy was shrouded in a mist, a mist that had never been seen before. No ghosts, no demons, no nothing was inside. Many have theorized that these ghosts wanted vengeance once their numbers start to decrease. But when the scientists went to the Underworld, they found the ghosts in one place, talking to themselves. In hiding, the scientists were able to hear little tidbits and conversations from the ghosts.
"The west was filled with sandstorms. It had wiped the Amami Kingdom of the face of Earth! I have seen thousands of citizens in a panic as sandstorms catch up to them. The Amami Empire, after all, had never experienced great sandstorms like those!"
"But they have been lost in thousand years time! The artifacts in the Amami Empire was recovered, but unfortunately, stolen by those pesky humans!"
What had befall into the other kingdoms if this is what had happen to the Amami Empire? Their empire was solid, the largest empire in the Seven Seas! It had gobbled up the Idabashi Kingdom and remnants of the Oma kingdom with ease! So how did the empire fall just because of some silly sandstorm?
II. Rantaro's laws
Prince Rantaro Amami, the bastard child sired by King Kamoshida and a lowly seamstress, became King Rantaro the Great. He was an impressive leader, yes, but sometimes, he can be as lazy as the summer sun. Before Rantaro usurped the throne, he had been shunned upon the kingdom, even his sisters. He made his vengeance. And once he had sealed the throne all by himself, he decided to make new laws.
The laws that was made in King Kamoshida's reign was not destroyed, however, Rantaro did destroy them after he had based the many law books after it. Rantaro made fifty law books, all thick.
"I never knew how difficult it is to make a law! Even though my goal was to only write three books of law, but I have been cooped up inside my room for three years! After those years, I came out of my room with fifty books about law! I must say, I am quite proud of myself after finishing those saga of laws." - Amami Rantaro
His book of laws were entitled, "Rantaro Amami's Saga of Laws." They were all kept in the local library, where they were never touched. Though they have been dusty after a millennia of natural causes, it never ceases to amaze me that his books were never worn or tattered. After cleaning them, they look good as new.
"King Rantaro's books have been very informative of how our world revolves around King Kamoshida. He is an ignorant rule, and does not give a crumb of what happens to the criminals running around his kingdom. But King Rantaro the Great, oh. He is not like his father. He did not sire any bastard children, he is not a lazy slob, nor is he an ignorant person. He is not like his father, and I regret to call him names when he was still a child." - Polaria Navigator
I must write on on how Rantaro had expanded his kingdom, to the point it was not called a kingdom anymore, but and empire. A very big empire. No rebellions, no terrorism in his reign. It only happened after he died of old age and the next heir was his oldest son, whom was incapable of ruling. He is "the Great", but only to his people.
"Rantaro Amami, "the Great?" Why, I never! Yes, yes, he had pleased and pleasured his people by giving them new lands, but us people have to be casted out of our own kingdom! I always have faith that the great sun goddess Amaterasu will punish these unholy men, and punished their empire as a whole. Just give us a place in the world! I do not care if you have good laws! Even though your laws were excellent, I still dislike this ruler!" - Keebo Idabashi
III. The Megalomaniac of Yumeno Aisle
In the Yumeno Aisles, a thousand years ago, a teenager had dreamt of becoming the most powerful mage in the whole Seven Seas. That will be her downfall.
"I love my mother and father dearly. They were known as the chiefs of this Aisle. I plan to be like them, powerful and great. I want to conquer the rest of the Aisles and name them after me. But, it is such a pain to do that. I want a nap, not a fight..." -Yumeno Himiko
She was a figure to be sympathized with. Having no real friends in the Aisle, she decides to pursue her career in magic, pursuing the boundaries made often. She swore to never touch the forbidden chapter on the book of spells, an oath that she will break a decade later due to her paranoia of being overthrown as the Queen of Yumeno Aisles.
After her parents had died, she decided that she need not be lazy, and be hard working. Though she had procrastinated at times, but soon after, she had made the once divided Aisles of the Seven Seas to one, united Aisle. She called it the Yumeno Aisles, after he family. She was still lazy, which sometimes made her subjects think that she is a weak ruler, and started rebellion after rebellion. But their fire will be extinguished if Himiko wakes up from her gentle slumber.
"I have sent the letter to the majestic Queen Himiko, and after receiving the letter, she started to call her army! I cannot wait to see how she strategize war with those menace of an army! If I wasn't just a simple peasant girl, I would be the one beside her, advising her whenever she decided to attack! But she did not march her forces to attack, she just snapped her fingers, and, a minute after, I hear an explosion outside the palace.I poked my head out of the door to see the island near us on fire. I can still hear the screams on the outside." - Medusa Sculptor
Yes, Queen Himiko had vanquished the many rebellions with her power as an Ultimate Mage. No other mage got into her way of destroying them all. After that little incident, no rebellions sprouted. But when some did, she'd be the one to strike them first, but never kill people in her Aisles.
After her beloved, Chabashira Tenko of the Southern Kingdom, dies of pneumonia, Himiko was in grief. Not even her other wife, Angie Yonaga, can calm her spirits. It was that time that she looked at the book of spells, and opened the forbidden chapter. The chapter was closed off from the public by her anscestors, after Luke, the necromancer and Jushtin the King of darkness had both died. The spells were filled of dark magic, but Himiko wanted to see Chabashira. Even if it means casting a dark spell. So dark, that it will corrupt her forever.
"I have found the right spell in the forbidden chapter. It was such a pain, searching and skimming through indexes, and I wanna go sleep. But I finally found it. I had swore and oath never to open and practice the forbidden chapter, but I can't help it after seeing my Tenko die so suddenly. The spell was the Resurrection Spell, by Luke the Necromancer. I abhorred him and his son, Jushtin, but I am going to let this slide for now. I want her back." - Himiko Yumeno
A few days later, Himiko was found in her bedroom by Angie. She was holding a bottle filled with Beryl, a poisonous substance in the seven seas. She was given three weeks mourning, and Angie vanished, with a strange letter left in her quarters.
"Don't trust the Vanguard." - Yonaga Angie
IV. The Wild Man King
Kaito Momota was a young prince of the Momota Kingdom, but was driven out of his kingdom after ghosts and demons ransacked his beloved kingdom. He had always hated ghosts, like how he hated the criminals in his court and village. Now he's a criminal himself, until he was accepted to Hope's Peak Academy. After graduating, he planned a siege on his kingdom, and defeated the ghosts. The subjects who had stayed in the ghost kingdom rejoiced as a human king stood upon them.
"I do not know if I should rejoice the missing prince or loathe him. He does not know politics, and his mind is always in fights! Yes, though I agree that he had saved us all from the ghosts and demons, I will never recognize him, and I will always recognize him as the Wild Man King." -Unnamed Scholar
Perhaps this is when they started to call him the Wild Man King. Instead of the nickname being degratory, it was a compliment. Everyone would chant "Wild Man King! Wild Man King!" whenever Kaito is in a fight. Many people had also interviewed him, asking if he's alright with everyone calling him Wild Man King.
"I don't really care on how people call me. It makes me feel even better 'bout myself whenever someone praises me! It makes me think they're gonna start loving themself if they start loving me! And I like how legit it sounds whenever I say it!" -Momota Kaito
V. Kiyo's paranoia
I... do not think I should call this hybrid magnificent anymore. Even though his life was always compared to Emperor Oma, my favorite ruler of the Oma Empire, I just do not think he is suited for the name "Korekiyo the Magnificent." The only reason why he was called such a thing was because he unified the Iruma Kingdom and the in landers in the forests to create the Iruma Empire. And also conquer the other villages to expand said empire. I am not a racist just because I dislike Kiyo, but because of his actions towards his family.
Gonta Gokuhara, though peaceful and 'not that smart', became Kiyo and Miu's advisor. He was a good friend to him, and they even embrace each other whenever they're in battles. After their victories, they will hug again. Kiyo promotes Gonta, and Gonta is grateful for his friend's hospitality. But he was cautious and warned Kiyo not to promote him as ambassador to all kingdoms. But Kiyo did not listen. He just gave him the position.
"I have told Kiyo many times that I can't take the position of Ambassador, no matter how high it is! I have a very bad feeling that he and I will regret this choice..." Gokuhara Gonta
In the later years, they will. After the countless victories they have one together, rumors started to spread. Rumors that had reached Kiyo's ear. He was enraged. Many of his subjects believed that Gonta will become the next king, and even Gonta's words fueled Kiyo's rage a bit.
"I should not be mad to my best friend. He is my longest acquaintance, even before I have been admitted to Hope's Peak Academy. We have embraced many times, but the rumors have been fueling my paranoia. His words are making me angry. I am the only king. I am the only king. Gonta is a loyal man." -Shinguji Korekiyo
But the next day, Gonta was found dead in his room, strangled to death. There were stab wounds all over his body, and there was a message on the wall behind him.
"There's only one king."
The next one to fall under Kiyo's paranoia was his eldest son, Benjiro. He had four sons, and as the Iruma tradition state, he must kill the others to prevent a civil war on the heir to the throne. Benjiro was a good candidate to be the heir. He excels in academics, warfare, and was heavily liked by his own people. That made Kiyo jealous. When they invade the Oma Kingdom, he ask Benjiro to come to the battle. If he shows up, he is innocent. If he does not, he is guilty.
And Benjiro did show up, proving that he is innocent. Kiyo asked him to come over his tent, and Kiyo hid in a curtain. Once Benjiro showed up, he was caught in surprise by Kiyo's guards, and they start to restrain Benjiro. He defended himself, the poor boy, until he was distracted by his father's stare. In an instant, Kiyo's guards strangled the young boy, and called him a traitor.
"I regret killing my own son. I cannot keep the tears from my eyes as I sink back to the curtains. I let my own son be enveloped by death, like Gonta once had." -Shinguji Korekiyo
The next were his other sons. The next one to die was Anri, who had admired Benjiro from afar. After his death, he died of grief when Kiyo announced his eldest son was no more. Kiyo was saddened to see Anri go to the afterlife. The next were his two squabbling sons. He was sick and tired of them, so he decides to move them out of town. The first, Taka, left immediately, but the younger one, Hiaki, hesitated to leave, which made Kiyo angry. He announced that Hiaki be executed. Taka was not his family anymore.
A few weeks after, Iruma died, leaving him lonely, and with one son left. He was going to pass the crown to the only son, Watanabe, but his son, fearing that he will be next to be assassinated, killed himself.
"I regret every decision I made. I hate my fears and paranoia. I hate how vengeful they made me feel. My sons, my friends, and my wife had all met death, while I trudged on with life, unhappy as always. I had killed them all." -Shinguji Korekiyo