HELIAN ROYAL CAPITAL, 921 AE Flames scorched and consumed all that was left of the Silver Hedge palace, the massive, impregnable and well known architectural wonder of the world had been attacked by an extremely powerful being, one unlike anything that had ever been heard of since the great emergence almost a thousand years ago, for whatever this monster was, it had managed to obliterate the castle's most powerful defenses, and slaughter every member of the Royalé family, the rulers of the Supremacy. Lord Hector Vernon walked within the ruins, silently observing the chaos and destruction that the unknown entity had left in its wake, the flames of the burning castle had lit up the midnight sky. Lord Hector wasn't alone, a company of sorcerers all dressed in their uniforms wandered around as well, they all seemed to be actively searching for something; survivors "Hector!!" A man's deep voice called out from a distance, difficult to hear within all the roaring flames and collapsing

Students flocked in through the gates of the Royal Capital Academy, the three hundred year old institution was still as beautiful as ever, largely thanks to constant renovations over the centuries past. This was an institution where only children of nobility were permitted to attend, Princes, Princesses, and highborn children of lords and nobles, but the most important thing about the school was the fact that almost every sorcerer of noble descent in the Supremacy had passed through the institution at one point in their lives. Every student was on their uniforms, maroon coloured suits worn over white shirts and black trousers, skirts for the female, and a tie of the same colour It has been three days since Valkori won her specially organized birthday tournament, and she was getting back to school today, the hallways within the College of Magical Studies (one of the main departments of the school) was filled with students cheering her name as they marched along and around her "T

THE COUNCIL ROOM, STARFALL CASTLE King Hector sat on his seat placed in the middle of the crescent table, there were four other seats at the table, two on both sides of himself. At the far end from his right sat King Taichen of House Luo-Xian, Ruler of the Kingdom of Yunhai, the third nation in the Supremacy, he appeared to be in his late fifties and had his short gray hair tied at the back, his beards were the same colour and he wore a very disgruntled look on his face Next to him sat Lord Shiro of house Kamitsuki, the ruling family of the Kingdom of Tsukihama, the fourth nation of the Supremacy, he was a short man with a huge belly, was in his early sixties, his older twin brother was the current king of Tsukihama while he was their representative at the council To the left of King Hector Vernon, King Gupta Devantri, King of Burmah, the second nation of the Supremacy, sat comfortably, he had a red dot on his forehead and brown skin which made his balding white hair and beard

"Nope, nope, nuh-uh...where is it?!!" Valkori complained as she tossed several body scrubbers into the bin at the corner of her room "I'm very, very!! certain I left it in here" she tossed more objects out of the drawers and groaned in frustration, sliding the drawer back into the cabinet slowly, she walked back and forth on the marble floor, trying to recall where she dropped the special scrubber Her room was very stylish and elegantly designed, nothing less befitting for the princess of the Supremacy, her bed was massive and the rose-red bedsheet partially made, her wardrobes and cupboards crafted from white and red woods, embellished with golden ornaments and rims. Her pet pegasus sat at the entrance to the balcony, the winged horse had white angelic fur so pure it looked radiant, it's wings and feathers were the same colour, the horse had a blue crystal on its head right above its dark eyes, it's mane had a more creamy colour and flowed down its neck, it sat still and watche

Principal Alora finally arrived at Starfall castle in the evening, she asked a servant if the councillors were still upstairs and they informed her that the meeting was over hours ago, the Lords had left the palace as well She asked if the King was still around and they told her that he was in the throne room, she sighed and just walked out, she didn't have the energy to face Hector or explain anything to him She walked down almost a hundred steps as she left the castle, she stopped for a moment to look at it, the megastructure so large and expansive that no other building could be seen around it. She wasn't admiring the castle though, just contemplating if she should go back in to speak with Hector, she did owe him an explanation after all After a minute of consideration, she decided it wasn't worth the effort, she turned to walk away only to crash head first into Hector's chest "Ouch!!!" she cried out as she staggered, holding her head and frowning, Hector just stood there,