‘…Coin for an old man who resided in our Capital City when our living god of Flame returned. Ah…blessings upon you.
I was one of the Palace Guard. Blessings from the Ice Empress protected me when they fought.
The Battlezone Empire was where you could risk your last coin for opportunity.
People grew greedy. Battlezone Events became more pervasive.
My stomach hungers and my throat is parched…
[An old man recalls the fall of the once mighty Battlezone Empire.]
My thanks for your kindness. You’ve given an old man a full belly and quenched my thirst. I’ll continue the downfall of the Battlezone Empire.
The corruption first began when the Fire Emperor left one day. Not a word, he just wasn’t there on the usual days. Then months and years passed. She became quieter than usual, even sad, with no public appearances and let her nobles run the show.
The Ice Empress withdrew to her Palace, we guarded her but allowed pilgrims to visit her presence on holy days. The nobles took advantage of her silence by becoming greedy for more. More beasts and bigger Battlezone Events.
The addiction grew as the alchemists began to grow fresh slaves inside vats and used them for collateral and reward. Battlezone grew of out control from that point. Barbarians from the borders were used in combat, innocent villagers reduced to meat and bones to feed the flesh vats.
When we were sick of the corruption, he returned. Not as he had been no, but as a slave. A very, very angry slave who had once been a living god of fire. I saw his rage and fury when he had returned to his fullness of power.
Buildings torn from the ground and thrown around like knuckle bone dice. He freed the slaves and then he appeared in front of us, in front of all of us and spoke.
He burned the capital city to the ground and scattered the nobles when he finally ended Battlezone across the Empire. I’m sorry but that’s another story for another time. I think…maybe the Ice Empress found it once more and they reunited.
Please, I need to get home before darkness. The scavengers will be out. Cheers for the coins!
[Reality Shift Reset. Wake him up. He slept in the void long enough.]
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