Khione Pov.

After the death of the king and his men I summoned my scribe, who came running from the library. I ordered him check all of the heads and confirm that we had just killed the military's top commanders.

It took him about an hour to finish checking but the information I had received was correct the king seeking to gain support and give a show of strength had indeed invited all of the top commanding officers of the army to the christening of my new Troops. Happy with my new troops I gave them their name at last. Covered in blood they where titled the Blood Knights of the Frozen City. ( basicly what the cities knights will be called) I then ordered their families to clean up as there was no way I was leaving this mess in my hall. I then ordered my scribe to draft five documents. The first was a list of the lords and other ruling class individuals in the city. The second was a complete list of all the members of the city council. The third was a official proclamation of my “duel” with the king, which of course ended with me being the Queen of the city. The fourth was a document which was to be sent through out the city ordering the citizens and civilians to swear an oath of loyalty to me and submit a list of their yearly income and goods which would be taxed. The fifth was a document to be sent to the military with a list of their dead commanders (including the king) a demand for their support and oath of allegiance. The fist document was given to the Blood Knights who where ordered to divide into their thirteen groups and list their group number next to their targets (1-13 beside each name) then they would head out this night and assassinate them. The second was handed to Terror I looked at him directly in the eye and told him that if he was going to protect me and help me then he would start by following my orders completely. To this he nodded kneeling in front of me I named him supreme commander of the Blood Knights in front of my Knights. Then I told him to get me the oaths of allegiance and complete support of the city council in anyway necessary, life with money or a painful extermination of their family name. They would if agreeing to side with me (obvious choice) instantly draft a document of the cities loyalty to me and support of my Coronation. With this done I ordered the king and his men to be cleaned and dressed for burial in troll customs for an official burial. (to gain support) then a gift of gold at my coronation would be given to they city for the poor and jobless. Smiling to myself I told them to report upon completion to my scribe who would document it and report to me with the details. Then I retired to my bedchamber to sleep, however that was not to be, to excited by the nights events I had the librarian bring a couple books on the creatures of the north to me.

If I was to have knights then they had to have mounts something unique, powerful and yet not extremely difficult to train or get. After a few hours of reading I fell asleep pondering the many creatures and events of the day. I woke the next day to a light knocking on my door. “come in”

and in steeped my scribe with a stack of documents. “my lady your wishes are full filled” covered by my blankets I reached out a pale arm and received the documents; which after I had read them left me with a grin on my face “ so have the Council already released their papers ?”

“yes my lady”

“good and the nobles ?”

“as if they had never existed my lady”

“ the papers from the businesses ?”

“flowing in extremely fast my lady it will take some time to make sense of them.”

“ good then today we will have the burial and after wards my coronation... you may go”

“thank you my lady”

turning his heel he left the room and I stood in dressed in red silk with gold and purple with these colors I presented myself the red for me the gold for wealth and purple the ageless color of royalty. Leaving the room I went down to the throne room to receive my people.

As the knights and their families moved into the hall and ringed the dais kneeling and bowing their heads. I rose

from my throne and announced “ we have won a great victory this day and it seems that we are greatly lacking in nobles. It seems that I must correct this therefor my loyal servants I will grant lordship to thirteen families this day and I will christen 156 new thanes who will be given land and the right to have a small force of troops.

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The new nobles will be given the lands and titles of the certain families that no long exist in this glorious world.”

following this was much excited cheers and happy glances. Raising my hand the room fell silent. “This day we shall bury the past and greet the future.”

so saying I steeped down from the dais extending my hand to terror whom I linked arms with and walked down the hall with the families and knights walking in behind us. Walking down from the keep we walked calmly and

gracefully in order of the new ranks me leading with Terror the nobles behind us with the thanes behind them.

The town was empty in most of it except for the center town square which contained the population of the city within its massive diamond. The crowd parted before us and we moved to a special dais raised for my coronation in the center of the plaza upon which a group of three troll shaman stood the one on the right carried a purple pillow upon which a brilliant platinum jewel incrusted tiara sat. the one on the left had a blood red pillow with a gold ruby incrusted scepter. Walking up the steps I stood in front of the center shaman and bowed just my head slight before turning to face the crowd of people who where to become my subjects. Mixed in the crowd of civilians was the military however this time the only had their armor I assumed this was to be seen as not against my coronation. Keeping a straight face I walked to a prepared throne and sat. the lead shaman steeped forward after this and addressed the crown “ people of the Frozen city a new ruler comes before you to take upon herself the mantle of leadership according with the customs she was free with in this city and defeated the previous ruler in a trial by combat. Therefore she has meet all of the traditional requirements of our customs.” so saying he turned and took the scepter from the left shaman and laid it in the crook of my left arm.

“ I present to you the scepter of kings may you rule justly” turning again he took the tiara and placed it gently onto my head “I crown you queen of the Frozen City and ruler of the northern trolls” saying this the shamans knelt down and bowed before me the people followed suit with shouts of “ long live the Queen may she live for ever”

rising from my throne I noticed several new system messages, ignoring them stood before my people “ on this day that I am crowned before the gods and their people I swear to unit the Troll tribes of the north and take back the cities of the north for the empire!” the crowd continued to cheer and I walked to the steps leading down taking the hand offered by tower who was kneeling by the steps. leading my procession back to the keep. Flowing around us the troll people cheered me on.

When I reached the keep I went directly to the throne and sat then order that the swearing of allegiance begin. This would be done by the head of each family and not individually... even still after taking oaths for one month for twelve hours a day I was done. However now I had taxes and an official army with nobles completely loyal to me.

Now that all was in order I had my scribe draft a new document directed at the craftsmen of the city to build crown funded weapons and armor made from the best steel and cotton with leather fir the army. I could not stand the pathetic equipment of the soldiers. But their was also no way I was going to fully outfit them in Mithril. I didn’t think I could even supple that from the keep. However in addition to the new equipment which included the crossbow I added a hefted shovel I also sent a draft for five hundred engineers to join the military and start making ballista, catapults, and troop wagons from quick deployment. Then I sent orders to purchase all horses and a good number of oxes which would be used to pull this equipment. Knowing that they might have trouble with these complex devices I had blueprints copied from my library and sent to them. Black smiths and carpenters as well as quarry workers where told to produce the needed parts and ammunition. I would subjugate the northern tribes as quickly as possible. However I would not make them citizens they would be slaves, soldiers and the rest would pay a yearly tribute.

With this orders I sent my Queendom on a path with no return. We were going to war against the north.