Adrian had a tall build with lean body. He head smooth brown hair that covered his eyebrows, dark brown eyes with a round handsome face. He was wearing black armour with a short torn up cloak which had snake symbols all over it. He was a charming man that could charm anyone with his beautiful face and his friendly soft yet commanding voice. He had a small little dagger on his waist and a longsword on his back hiding beneath the torn up black cloak.
A sharp nose with beautiful red lips, together this made his face one of the most beautiful faces of sumaka. He was also known as "the wind of west" or "the charm filled adrian".
He was in the council of soran and did all of his dirty works, his works included killing someone discreetly or sending a message, or destroying a city, which he could easily do with his charm and strategies alone.
Soran also called him his best tracker and a good warrior who was loyal towards his king even more than bhagdatta.
Soran had only one council which included him and bhagdatta and five more warriors.
They were similar to sanguine wardens from the south, the red kingdom.
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South of sumaka.
The red kingdom.
Inside the hall of silver.
Lucien was sitting silently at his throne without thinking anything. He just sat there without any emotions and feelings whatsoever. It was night time, so it was surprisingly quiet in hall of silver.
Lucien muttered under his breath "a rare occurrence".
"Finally some silence and peace", said lucien quietly.
"Amidst all the shouting and pleading, I still feel like I am losing myself slowly", lucien kept repeating that phrase over and over again.
"Being a king is sure full of burden, I am sure Lancelot would be a better king than me", lucien said half jealous and half proudly.
Even though people respected Lancelot more because he helped liberated many cities and kingdoms and people generally liked his righteousness and pride, people still respected lucien a lot just not as much as Lancelot. Some people liked Lancelot for his bravery, some liked him for his pride and most people liked him cause he could never do anything wrong.
Lucien never hated Lancelot but was slightly jealous of him because he also wanted the same kind of respect that Lancelot would get from all around even some warriors in west respected him for his skills.
Lucien who was sitting on his throne smiled bitterly at himself and said, "I still don't feel anything while sitting on this throne".
Lucien thought in his head "I asked my father that what do you feel when you sit on this throne. He said "power". Sigh, not a good enough answer for me. Then I asked Lancelot that what would he feel after sitting on this throne. He said "a burden that never stopped", a clever answer but still not good enough. Then, I asked Sam, the guy full of wisdom, that what would he feel after sitting on this throne. He replied "A way of helping the weak", a good and straight answer that I should have accepted but no, still not good enough".
"Whenever I sit on this throne , I feel nothing at all. Even when people say glory to king or may he reign forever, I could not help but reply "I am not good enough, I never was, nor will I ever be", Lucien battled with his thoughts in quiet without facing anyone.
"Everything was going good even though the burden suddenly shifted towards me after my father died in a war of worthy. I had Lancelot with me that my father hired, I had Renly with me, I had sam helping me in dire situations and then lasken, vishkron and young ashton also came to support me. They were all so kind and helpful", lucien said while feeling nostalgic and emotional.
Lucien's expression became more and more serious and angry when he said "but that damn day changed everything, worst day of my life".
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Three years ago.
The red kingdom.
Barracks of knights.
Lancelot and lucien were training in the normal barracks of knights which were reserve specially for them.
They both were polishing their skills in sword play and archery.
Lancelot faced forward and drew his blade on a wooden statue, continuously Slashing and dodging.
While lucien was hitting a target with his bow called "victory".
He hit bullseye after bullseye and said to Lancelot "Why don't you ever practice archery, in battle it's really important".
They were both looking slightly young and had clear skin with no scars.
Lancelot with his medium brown hairs flying in hair replied breathlessly "I like swords more".
"I like swords more too but archery is equally important", lucien said with a smile.
Suddenly they heard sound of a horse riding all the way through where they were.
When both of them saw Renly riding a brown horse, they smiled at each other said to Renly "thought you didn't like horses".
Renly had serious expressions on his face when he mounted his horse quickly and walked towards them in a quick pace.
Lancelot noticed and asked "what's the matter?"
Renly looked down and laughed saying "you should see your faces, strongest warriors of south still gets scared over an exaggerated expression".
Both of them narrowed their eyes and said in unison "why are you here?"
Renly said with a casual bow "my king, in a forest no so far from here, there is a rumour that a sword has been summoned there".
Lancelot widened his eyes and looked at lucien who stood shocked as well, both of them look at each other and nodded.
Quickly all three of them mounted their respective horses and rode faster and faster.
Renly said "but my lord what if the rumours are false, it could be a trap set up for you".
Lancelot smiled and said "we have his back, he should only focus on getting that sword if it exists".
Lucien nodded and said "it does, it surely does".
After several hours they reached a forest, it was still morning but a morning that was about to go very fast.
All three of them Inspected the place thoroughly and found nothing.
Renly said "A waste of time again, I am sorry my lord".
Lucien shook his head and said "no, atleast it's worth a try".
All three of them were about to go from that forest but lucien suddenly turned his head around and heard a faint voice calling his name.
The voice murmured into his hears, it was a voice filled with several whispers and voices, some sounding agressive and some asking for help.
He couldn't understand what the voices were saying exactly but he roughly had a idea by listening attentively to the voices.
Just then he heard a whisper more clearly than others saying,
"Freeeee meeeee..."
"Claiiimmmm meeeee"
Lucien said to Lancelot and Renly who were mounting on their respective horses,"wait, I hear something".
Both of them stopped and looked at lucien carefully.
Just then lucien said "where are you, I can help you and yes I would like to claim you".
Suddenly, the atmosphere around lucien changed and turned into a heavy snow.
Lucien startled seeing the atmosphere around him and turned around to face Lancelot and Renly who were surprisingly not there. They disappeared like they never existed.
The windy snow covered his long blonde hair with his blue eyes. He was freezing and Shivering in cold.
Just then, the atmosphere around him changed again. This time, it was trees full of cherry blossoms which were falling into his hair.
"What is happening?", lucien said quietly.
And then again, the atmosphere changed, it was a world filled with water. The water was pure and shined ever so greatly. Various aquatic creatures entered into lucien's vision and he looked at it with confusing expressions.
The world changed again, this time into a world filled with heat and lava pouring from all sort of directions. Even the ground was transformed into a lava but lucien somehow didn't feel like his feet were burning.
"Is it realms, I have read in book of spears that several realms exist in sumaka but that is just a myth for childrens", lucien thought to himself.
And then, another world appeared in front of him. This time it was a world filled with beautiful scenery and lakes all around it. Huge buildings and great architecture all around overwhelmed lucien as he looked at it with a daze in his expression.
He saw in front of him was a bridge with lake and several stars underneath it.
He walked around the wooden bridge saw a sword, which was on a golden table filled with black carvings depecting an unknown history.
The sword was blue in colour with several engravings of warriors in it's red coloured hilt. The blade itself shined like a diamond and lucien felt drawn to it naturally.
Lucien carefully caressed the blalde and the engravings, he smiled and picked it up with a great effort.
He said to himself "this sword looks heavier than I thought".
Several blue and red coloured particles came from it and whispered "God blade".
Lucien widened his eyes and said "it is the legendary sword that everyone is looking for".
Lucien smiled and said excitedly,
"My life is going to change forever".