To whoever reads this journal let it be known that everything here led us into several life and death situations. If ever the pages suddenly stop it means that my death has occurred and my tale is over.

My name is Kameran, I'm a member of the royal guard despite only being the age of 17. My family has always been a huge part of the royal guard and from a young age I was trained to be a member of the guard. However as my family was influential I was also taught politics and science from a young age. One day I was called into the royal hall along with 19 other people. At the time I didn't know that my life was going to change exponentially. When all 19 people had entered the king began speaking about politics and how each of us here was influential in some sort of way. The Kingdom had recently taken control of a series of islands. He then announced the creation of the Faction war competition. Each of us was going to be in charge of a group with the ultimate goal of being the last faction remaining. Whether through peace or war only one could remain. Each group was going to get dropped off and given supplies and people before being left mostly alone. Each leader was given both an animal companion and a weapon engraved with some sort of stone before being sent away to find 8 people we wanted to have with us no matter what. My companion was a phoenix, and my weapon was a long sword with a reddish black gem in the hilt. 

Magic was a rare thing but I knew 3 people who were able to use magic of some sort. One being my Girlfriend Jeniffer, and the other 2 being my friends Ryan and Josh. This left me with 5 people left to add. I was debating on asking my family when the Prince called me into his room and asked for a private conversation.

Good day your majesty, I said while kneeling.

Kameran, we have been over this several times. You don't need to be so formal when it's just you and me, after all we have been good friends for years.

I'm sorry it comes naturally whenever I'm speaking with a member of the royal family.

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Eventually i'll be bowing to you 

Bowing to me, I asked?

Indeed, Kameran, I would like to join your Faction in the competition.

You want to join me?

Indeed, after all you still need an assassin or a spy right? That's where I come in. 

I was stunned but I also knew I couldn't just tell a prince no. And your father said yes to this?

Indeed he did, he’s already sure you're going to do great. So I was able to convince him easily.

If you insist I can't stop you from joining me. 

Good. I'll begin getting ready. Also who are you thinking of for your other members? I'm guessing Jeniffer, Josh, and Ryan were already asked. 

I've got no clue who the other spots are going to.

That's fine, you do have a week before everything gets finalized and we head out.

With that the prince left me to continue my jobs. Returning to my room that night was interesting. I'm not sure why I was chosen but I'm going to do what I can to make sure things go well. 

Over the week I spent my free time training, packing, or looking for people to recruit. I ended up recruiting 2 other guards, a blacksmith, and a bard. If you're wondering about the bard you're not the only one, I'm still trying to figure out why I wasted a spot on a bard but oh well. On Friday we were given a few hours to say goodbye while our stuff was loaded up on ships. I walked around and spoke to the rest of the Royal guard. After all, I had no clue if I was ever going to see any of them again. The King called all 20 of us into the hall to say a few last words before wishing everyone luck. And with this the game was officially about to begin. I'm currently writing this entry while on the ship, it appears we will be reaching land soon so for now I'm signing off. 

Signed: Kameran the Phoenix leader.