Chapter 1: The Great War Begins

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It was the year X205 in the Northern Orion Calender, 205 years since the founding of the Nine Kingdoms by the Queen-Gods, the Nine Goddesses that saved the world from the Evil Deities. The Kingdoms as been in everlasting peace, maintained by the Queen-Gods descendants, the nine royal families of the North who descend from each of the Queen-Gods and all share the common ancestor of the god justice named Týr. According to legend, these individuals unified the nine regions of the Northern Peninsula from state of constant conflict and harmony reigned ever since that time, including since the defeat of the Demon King in the High Lands. However 20 years ago an woman appeared who declared war on the kingdom of the High Lands, resulting in an Blood War that became known as the Bloody War due to legend stating the blood of the fallen created a river between the High Lands and the Kingdom of Purity. Despite the efforts of the Hyland family, they fell with their High Princess, Ezra Hyland being killed by that same woman who is now known as Alessia.

Since the Blood War, Alessia became an name of vast power and fear and the remaining Eight Kingdoms are on alert, even after 20 years from an possible attack from the High Lands, which has been reorganized into the High Bureaucracy. The Vanir of Vanaheim created an diplomatic mission to get into contact with the remaining families and strengthen their relations with their distant relatives, in hopes to increase military strength in case the Bureaucracy attempted another assault. The Vanir greatly fears in the kingdom of Purity as it's the only nation that borders the Bureaucracy and the one with the highest risk of being attacked by Alessia. The Vanir believes with their talent in foresight, Alessia will declare war on the eight remaining kingdoms, and so they sent two officials to the kingdom of Purity, and diplomat named Jean-Luc Godard and the second princess of Vanaheim Elizabeth Vanir to sort out evacuations and increasing Purity's defences from when the time comes.

"Sheesh, it's damn far away." Complained Elizabeth as she sat in an royal carriage pulled by two pure-breed horses as she drank water, Jean simply held an neutral expression as he listened onto his princess's complaints.

"Well princess, as you're aware your mother believes the Bureaucracy might launch an attack on Purity, we're sent there to find ways to increase security, defences and found any weaknesses as well, if we can't do that we must try to at least get the royal family and the citizens in the capital to leave." Jean told her as he drank fine wine. "Your mother said they'll attack in two weeks time, it be best to back contingencies for all scenarios, right?" Despite Elizabeth's complaining, she was one of the Vanir's most respectable royalty that leads one of the main military combat corps of her kingdom, an commander that defended the walls of Njörðr.

"PRINCESS!!" Before Elizabeth could speak, the driver shouted as the carriage came to a halt. As Elizabeth and Jean-Luc walked got of the carriage and what they saw horrified them to the core. They were near the borders of the kingdom of purity and it was engulfed in a torrent of fires, smoke and ash. They were too late as the armies of the Bureaucracy were seen at the borders, with an heavily armoured man standing in front of them, as if they were expecting them. The man pulled out a horn of some sort and they heard him, even from far distances.

"Second Princess of the Vanir and diplot Jean-Luc Godard, you are now hearing the words of one of the Supreme Bureaucratic General Julius Caesar!" The man identified himself as an general of the Bureaucracy. "Queen Alessia as now declared herself to take over all of the lands to unite them under a single unified rule of human dominance! Purity did not surrender themselves, so we crushed their forces and taken over their land, along the way burning anything that defied us!" The general informed them with the highest of ego arrogance. "Turn back and deliver the message that She is coming for the Vanir."

The princess and the diplomat then had no choice but to return back to Vanaheimr in great fear and anxiety in their hearts. They were too late to stop the incoming calamity that shall be known as the Great War, the largest confrontation this world would ever see. The princess breathed heavily as Jean-Luc comforted her on not reaching there in time.

Back in the capital of the High Bureaucracy, Alessia stood firm and high, a neutral expression as she stared at an shadowed figure from inside an stone chamber of sorts, filled with sealing runes. "Excellent work, you truly have those Eyes the Game Master possesses. You will do as I say, tell me their position and their voices, if not then you're friends will slowly be tortured til they die. Now.. Heimdall, we got much to do." Alessia then turned around and left the chamber, leaving an female woman with stars as her eyes inside.

Back in Vanaheimr, the princess and the diplomat returned to their capital as they were in some sort of conference hall, speaking with the current head of the Vanir, the queen Nerthus and the king Njord, the parents of Elizabeth Vanir. The three, along with Jean-Luc along with other officials were talking on the status of the Kingdom of Purity on the current conditions over there.

"So, you're telling me the Bureaucracy is finally on the move?" Queen Nerthus asked her daughter, who nodded in confirmation. "Tell me, who told you turn back upon seeing it?"

"He called himself Julius Caesar, he's one of the Supreme Bureaucratic General." Elizabeth told the queen but took note of the word 'one'. "Yes, one of the Supreme Bureaucratic General, which would means there is more generals." Njord then turned to their royal diplomat, Jean-Luc.

"Jean-Luc, wasn't there anything you could've done?"

"Negative King Njord, this man held some item that compelled us to leave, and the power of his voice carried so much strength and authority, I believe if we stayed we wouldn't be here to speak to you." Jean-Luc told the king in certainty.

"Very well, we'll conclude this meeting tomorrow, I'll get things prepared for an possible attack on Vanaheimr." Njord said as the meeting concluded, everyone besides the king and queen stayed as the two began to discuss on the future of their kingdom and the Vanir itself.

However according to incident reports in the Vanir's spy networks, it was reported seven individuals survived the War on Purity. Thankfully two of those survivors came to the borders of Vanaheimr, the male fairy Aldreda Amice and a human male Astolfo. However according to Amice, the rest of the supposed survivors of their seven were either killed or captured, with Astolfo confirming at least the deaths of the Chief Paladin Roland and the Earth Giant Rephaite Aurgelmir. It was sadden to hear such but with two of Purity's finest members of their Order, it's good enough to repel the possible attack from the High Bureaucracy. Njord was seen in the war conference room filled with high-ranking generals and military leaders to discuss the increading threat of the High Bureaucracy and the positions of an "Great War".

"We can not face such a threat! Their queen was able to kill one of the Five Northern Kings, Ezra Hyland herself!" One of the generals told to the conference before being berated by another.

"Yeah, we know ya dimwit, but we have one of our own, our demigod king Njord can easily take that Alessian genocidist!" Another shouted before it went into an argument which Njord rubbed his eyes for having little to no sleep. "We need to isolate ourselves from the world and protect our own country!"

Before the argument continued, an courier rushed in, ceasing the argument as he went to Njord and handed him an letter, to which the seal on it was confirmed to be from the High Bureaucracy. Silence soon fell as they watch intently on Njord reading the letter before sighing and shaking his head.

"What is it your Highness?" An general questioned as Njord stood from his chair.

"Prepare the military, we're going to war."