Crawford Kingdom

## Description

The Crawford Kingdom is situated right next to the Wildlands, with a great metal wall separating the two. In the distant past, humanity was once on the brink of extinction in these unforgiving lands when the world suddenly changed.

Humanity who was once at the top of the food chain, fell to the bottom. The animals all mutated into beasts, becoming faster, stronger, bigger and more aggressive. The humans that did not mutate along with the rest of the world were hunted down tragically. The weapons of humans were not effective on the mutated beasts.

At that time, a person rose to power from a humble background and fended off the beast invasion alone. His name was Aldrich Crawford. He was a human, who had awakened a powerful ability to manipulate metal.

With his power, he slaughtered the beasts easily like chickens and erected the great metal wall, establishing the Crawford Kingdom with the duty to guard the wall from future beast invasion.

The people worshiped his feats and capability and refer to him as the first Hero King Aldrich Crawford.

An unfathomable amount of metal was invested into making the wall bigger and more stable to endure the growing beast attacks. Thus, cars have become a luxury and privilege owned by the nobles and the rich, since metal is strictly regulated by the royal family and their value is sky high.

### Dukes

* Agni Arkwright. ***Death***
* Ignis Lancaster.

## Families

### Royal Family

* Heinrich Crawford. ***King***
* Elizabeth Arkwright. ***Queen***
* Leon Crawford. ***Crown Prince***

### 4 Great Families *Called themselves*

* Grey Family (Earl Rank) (Destroyed)
* Weld Family (Marquise Rank) (Destroyed)
* Esmond Family (Marquis Rank) (Destroyed)
* Acker Family (Marquise Rank) (Destroyed)

### Noble Families

* Lancaster Family. (Duke Rank)
* Graham Family (Marquis Rank)
* Solaris Family (Marquis Rank)
* Greene Family. (Earl Rank)
* Farley Family. (Baron Rank)
* Marleigh Family (Baron Rank)

## Capital

The Capital is divided into the Upper District and the Commoner's District, which is also called the Lower District. The Upper District is located within the inner area of the Capital, while the Lower District is located on the outer area.

The Lower District is further divided into the North, West, East and South.

### **Places**

* Royal Crawford University.
* Royal Hospital.
	+ Ivan Vandell. ***Doctor***

### Business

* Heaven on Earth Palace. ***Restaurant***
* Cromwell's Real Estate.
* Lancaster Industries. ***Military enterprise***

### **Organizations**

* Powerful Gangs
	+ Black Snake Gang. ***Before*** >> Golden Lion Gang. ***New***
		- Business: ***Western District***
			* Deadly Nightclub.
			* Fortune Soaring Hall. ***Gambling dens***
			* Grand Serenity Hotel.
	+ Azure Wolf Gang.
	+ Red Salamander Gang.
		- Lower North District
	+ White Ferret Gang.

## Three Big Merchants

* Lucretius Merchant Association.
* Primrose Merchant Association.
* Fischer Merchant Association.

## History

When people start to become too comfortable after enjoying the kingdom's prosperity over a long passage of time, they begin taking it for granted and start looking for their own interests.

They forget the terror that awaits them on the other side of the wall.

The kingdom would not be able enjoy prosperity forever. Referring from the records of history, no kingdom had ever been able to endure the test of time and remain standing forever.

The Crawford kingdom had already begun to show signs of decline from within.

17 years ago, a coup d'état had occurred. Although, it had ultimately failed and the duke who led it was executed, it had weakened the royal family. Thousands of soldiers had perished, the newborn prince went missing and the king had fallen into coma with no signs of waking up after suffering severe injuries to the head.

Since then, the kingdom has been under the queen's ruling. Those who voiced their opposition were all personally executed by the queen in cold blood.

The tragedy of her family had transformed her into a cold ruthless ruler. The throne belongs to her husband and she will defend it with her life. All who eyes the throne shall be killed without mercy.

## Status

As the guardian kingdom that defends humanity against the invasion of the beast tide, the Crawford Kingdom had enjoyed a yearly tribute of massive fortune from their neighboring kingdoms.

The accumulated wealth and centralization of power in the kingdom allowed it to develop rapidly, entering a new era. It's been 500 years since the start of the Human Restoration Era, when hope was restored to humanity after the Great Wall was built. The Great Wall was the symbol of humanity's hope.