Now I will explain to you the history of the world of 'The False Hero.'
In the land of Geranium, there was a time when only two gods existed, one for magic and one for alchemy; these two gods were twins. At first, they didn't have an appearance, but after they started to gain more and more prayers from the people, they began to look the way their people believed they looked.
The God of magic took the appearance of a woman and got named Leah, and the God of Alchemy took the form of a man and got named Noah. However, soon after their names, people started creating kingdoms for both—the Kingdom of Magic Lockheim Empire and the Kingdom of Alchemy Jewel Empire, at first these two kingdoms didn't have a royal family or nobles to rule them, but that started a small war between them and only 5 families of each empire were the victorious ones.
In the Lockheim Empire, the ones chosen to become the Royal family were The Lockrein family, who named themselves after their kingdom, and the four noble families who followed them and supported them were The Heinz family, The Walenorth family, The Astral family, and The Nicor family, each of them were known for their own tactics.
The Heinz family was known for their magic swordsmanship, infusing the blades of the swords with their own magic. The Walenorth family was known for their ice and water magic and their supreme control over it. The Astral family was known for their strategies and their knowledge of astral bodies. And The Nicor family was mostly known for their knowledge of all kinds of magic, never focusing on one.
At the same time, in the Jewel Empire, the ones chosen to be the Royal family were The Diamond family, who named themselves after knowing that obsidian belongs to their god, and the four noble families that came after them who also researched with them were The Amethyst family, The Gold family, The Platinum family and The Bronze family. Like in the Lockheim Empire, they also had their own expertise.
The Amethyst family was known for the precious jewels they brought or created through alchemy. The Gold family was known for their trades, knowledge of gold, and about equivalent exchange. The Platinum family was known mostly for the huge amount of books and knowledge about alchemy. And The Bronze family was known for their creations with metal and knowledge about metal, something that made them quite unique.
However, a war started because of a little misunderstanding between both empires, but in the midst of the war, a member of the Lockheim Royal army and Heinz Duchy fell in love with a commoner from the Jewel empire while on a spying mission. Then one day, the superior of the Lockheim Royal army noticed this and started a bounty for both of them, the Heinz family supported them, but they couldn't help them in the open, so they told them about the bounty they had and to leave the empires, change their names and take their open supporters with them.
They did as told, and after leaving their empires, they left towards the unknown and mystical forest that was close but far from both of the empires. They also changed their last names to Yuleng since they didn't want for others to look for their background and start a new life. They kept exploring the forest and found a village with people of beautiful appearance. Some of them have pointed ears, others have dark skin, and some have both of them.
When the villagers saw the state they were in, they welcomed them and told them that they were a race that existed to keep nature, magic, and alchemy balanced, but they didn't have a mature god to believe in since they were just born from the hardship of a couple from the two Empires. The light elves and dark elves asked them where they were from and that they won't judge them from where they were.
They told them they were from the two empires and just ran away from the Lockheim Empire's bounty. Since they knew that the Jewel empire supported them, they couldn't hide there and asked them to leave and look for a place to stay far from both of the empires. Once they explained their situation, the elves and dark elves agreed to help them build a place to live, which later became the Lotus Kingdom, and the noble and commoner couple became the royal family, and their four loyal friends, a set of two twins became the four Nobles Families.
The Ying and Yang Noble Families were led by one of the sets of twins, the older one leading the Ying family and the younger leading the Yang family. At the same time, the other set of twins led the Feilong and Weilong Noble families, the younger one leading the Feilong family and the older one leading the Weilong family.
Centuries passed, and with time, members of the Yuleng royal family became corrupted, but only one member still remains uncorrupted or tainted, the Second Prince of the Yuleng royal family, Xiao Yuleng, followed by the entire Lotus Kingdom. The citizens would do anything for the second prince, and they would choose the second prince more than their own crown prince. The second prince has a long title that goes around the entire lotus kingdom; The loved yet lonely second prince Xiao Yuleng, a fitting title for him.