Chapter 195: The Death Of The Chavarian Emperor.
"Cassius Crestier could be argued as one of the foremost rulers of his age."
"A character had a profound effect on the game due to his effect on its history."
"He took a kingdom riddled with its own problems and, with the help of talented men, turned it into an empire that would dominate the politics of the southern continent for decades to come."
"But no ruler is perfect, and Cassius’ mistake would come to haunt him and his successors for generations to come."
"Because in his valiant attempts to prevent his empire from descending into civil war, he chilled the hearts of loyalists with his ruthless actions and unfounded accusations."
"One of these accusations led to the exile of House Aurellion, though it was only through luck and the loyalty of its Pelican Guard that allowed the player house to endure and not become just another extinct house, a mere footnote in history like every other house that had disappeared from this world."
"And like the north, House Aurellion remembers."
Hugo Martínez, Creator and Leader of House Martinez, a Chavarian Empire-based faction in Dynasties Online.
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June 12th 4009 ASA (After Species Awakening) Imperial Capital of Chavaria Cardonia, the Imperial Palace.
A stringy old man lay on a large, luxurious bed covered by the finest and softest silks, looking unrecognisable from the strong, muscled man who had forged an empire from the rotting carcasses of two destroyed kingdoms.
Each deep raspy breath he takes weakens him slightly, but still the man holds on desperately to life, knowing the chaos that would descend upon his fledgling nation when he passes and doing whatever he can to delay it for just one more day.