𝓗𝓮 𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓻𝓼

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**He Who Conquers** is a fantasy novel written by DCOMadicted23/Daughter of Ares that takes place in the realm of the four kingdoms. The story is split into five parts: Urachus, Lonara, Mano Aura, Malovendra, and Imperial Glory.

## 𝓗𝓮 𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓻𝓼

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## Plot

### Official Synopsis

The Karastadt has come once more. Each year this festival maintains the delicate balance of relations between the four kingdoms. Already over her head in planning, Princess Summer-Zariah Justice Xena has more on her mind. But before she gets the chance to speak to him again, Summer is caught off guard when the whole festival goes completely wrong. Prince Leonidas Kye Tolous has kept his secret well, but now is the time to carefully execute his plan. Ties between nations are cut, and unrest grows as everyone scrambles to regain control of the situation. Everyone but Leo and Summer, who become locked in a strange dance. Enemies one day, allies on another, and back again. Over, and over.

### Original Concept

Soooo I know I legit just dropped the Eclipse concept like a week or two ago (but that one is a lot further in the works compared to this one), but because I truly do hate myself, I am working on five projects this summer. Maia Scott, Titan Burning, and the Disquietude Trilogy are all going to continue to update this summer, but I'm also working on Eclipse annnnd... this 𝓗𝓮 𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓻𝓼 thing.

I was working on making some aesthetic book covers, because I realized a lot of K-Pop MVs have AMAZING aesthetics annnd the dark royalty vibe I was going for got me thinking. Funny thing is I saw it coming halfway through and was like "Yo if I keep doing this I'll probably want to make another story... then I will be swamped."

But being the rational person I am, I didn't listen to myself. Lol. So I present to you, my latest concept, 𝓗𝓮 𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓻𝓼!

𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛-𝚉𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚑 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚇𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚜. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚙 𝚞𝚙 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚘 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚜 𝙺𝚢𝚎 𝚃𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗. 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.

𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙻𝚎𝚘, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙴𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.

"𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐..."

Anywayyyys I have a much better blurb or whatever you want to call this, but I'm saving the nicer version for the actual description on the project (once I publish it and all). The chapters are a lot longer than what I usually do, but I'll likely drop this on Tuesday (cause I hate myself, lol; I only have a prologue and three chapters written at this point xDDD).

### Storyline

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He Who Conquers begins a year before the current time, taking place at the previous Karastadt which was held in Mano Aura. The formalities have ended and made way for the festivities when Princess Summer-Zariah Justice Xena of Malovendra is greeted by her good friend Crown Prince Cassian of the neighboring kingdom Lonara. She later goes on to have quite a night with the youngest prince of Mano Aura, Leonidas Kye Tolous, learning that the rumors of his "treasonous ideas" are likely just rumors, even if he has a strange knack for disappearing during important events.

#### Part I - Urachus

Back in the current time, Summer looks forward to speaking to him again after the current Karastadt's ceremonies end, but yet again he has disappeared, and this time it wasn't with her. Bored out of her mind, Summer agrees to go on a walk with her elder brother Eros only for her entire world to crash and burn after someone sets off an explosion in the palace gates. Eros dies protecting Summer from the falling debris, leaving her alone with the supposed person behind the explosion... Prince Leonidas.

Leo had plans to stir up trouble for that evening, but it completely shocked by someone beating him to it. Nevertheless, he sets those thoughts aside and comforts Summer until she turns on him, blaming him for her brother's death. Leo tells her that he wasn't responsible, although he does know who may be behind it, those who rival his own plans for the four kingdoms. Adding to her stress, Summer discovers that Leo intends to create an empire for himself out of the four kingdoms and that a group of Anarchists that stand in his way killed Eros.

The evening after Eros's funeral Summer receives a message from Leo, inviting her to join him in the town of Haran to track down her brother's killers and eliminate his rivals. She decides to go with him, hoping to earn closure for Eros while simultaneously finding a way to stop Leo from taking over her beloved kingdom. In a tavern, she meets Leo's silent bodyguard, Rhodes, and evades the guards her father sent to find her by tapping into her strange chemistry with Leo.

The next morning Leo, Rhodes, and Summer pour over the information Leo has already acquired and come to a decision on where to strike. They begin traveling to the Southern Pass to find the Anarchist base and stop at Cassian's palace on the way. When they are "captured" by one of the young anarchist recruits the three are taken to Mallory, the supposed leader. After confronting her, and destroying the base, Summer and Leo part ways.

Summer then returns to Malovendra with Cassian, while Leo begins his conquest of Urachus. Because of the assassin nation's secretive ways, the kingdom was chosen as the first target for Leo's coup, since it can commence without the other kingdoms being alerted. While the king of the assassins is under attack, Summer and Cassian discuss their next course of action. When he returns to Lonara, she is against telling her father about Leo's coup, hoping to get a chance to sneak back to Haran to get information out of Leo.

But after she is attacked by a Malovendran follower of the rogue prince, she eventually decides that it can't wait. After telling her father, Summer sends word to Cassian that she is going after Leo to get information and then sneaks out of the palace that night. Unfortunately for her, the two spend more time arguing and discussing their potential for the future, and she is eventually wrapped up in her emotions for Leo.

After the two spend the evening together, Summer once again returns home empty handed.

***This is an INCOMPLETE summary.***

## Characters

* **Princess Summer-Zariah Justice Xena**

Summer believes in honor and justice, along with keeping the kingdoms in a delicate balance. She is a very determined young woman, although certain people can make her rather distracted... She lives with the constant reminder that Eros died because of her, and cannot bear to lose another person close to her. As a princess, she is extremely loyal and wants what is best for her people.

* **Prince Leonidas Kye Tolous**

Leo is sneaky and plays each move extremely carefully. Growing up as the youngest prince, he's managed to perfect the art of escaping from his family and distanced himself from creating relationships with them. With an ambitious side almost as big as his ego, Leo longs to prove himself to the world along with making the world itself his.

* **Crown Prince Cassian Ori Atrius**

Cassian is a fun-loving person with a strong sense of friendship for the few friends he managed to make. Even as a tease, he is quite understanding and lives and breathes by the rules of chivalry that he was brought up with. Although he may not have chosen to become the king of Lonara, he is more than willing to fulfill his duty to his parents and his people.

* **Rhodes**

As a lowborn and a silent giant, Rhodes managed to retain his soft side while playing the part of an emotionless, hardened bodyguard. He is well-known by both his lord and his former companions as extremely precise, and during his time in the Mano Auran palace became quite acclaimed for his skill with throwing knives. Very few get to know him well because he saves his loyalty for Leo, who is both his master, bodyguarding charge, and "brother", but Rhodes has also been called a soft-hearted romantic that happens to always carry a healthy amount of sweets wherever he goes.

* **Lark**

The hardened captain of the assassin kingdom of Urachus never thought he would swear away the oath he gave to his king, but changed his mind after meeting Prince Leonidas. Now he leads his merry band against his former master, enjoying the new power that comes with working under a radical.

* **Heiress Briar of Clodis**

Rising against Leo's successful conquering of the kingdom that is hers by birthright, Briar finds herself cursing the system her country once embraced. If she had been a known heir to her father things would've been so much easier. Nevertheless, she is relentless in her quest to get what is hers.

## Reception

A lesser, stand-alone of the author's works, He Who Conquers has far smaller numbers. While it isn't highly acclaimed or wracking up many reads, it is still enjoyed for its unique dynamic.

## Trivia

* He Who Conquers was inspired very randomly while the author was working on creating royalty aesthetic covers, eventually spurring the idea of creating the world of the four kingdoms, along with Summer and Leo's strange romance.
* He Who Conquers was originally titled The Game We Play.
* Chapters in this project are uncharacteristic for the author, as the average ones are about the size of "big/climatic" chapters in her other works.
* Leo is named after Leonidas I, a Spartan king the author greatly admires.
* The original concept didn't involve the anarchists (who wound up to be gravely important in the early chapters).
* The three parts the story is cut into foreshadow Leo's success (Urachus, Lonara, Mano Aura, and Malovenda- the final part being named Imperial Glory).
* A heavy inspiration for the project is the Worlds 2023 Anthem, GODS (New Jeans).

## Links

Read He Who Conquers -> https://www.quotev.com/story/15833332/He-Who-Conquers/1