I did not wish for the situation as it were to come to this, I do not seek war nor do i seek to quarrel with and garner the ire of Gregwald's contemporaries. I have yet to reach the fourth month of my reign, yet i have been met with nothing but indignant insults and ominous warnings from that moronic Emperor and his dimwitted representatives. And now everything has come to an unfortunate boiling point; My people have been slaughtered and my pride as the suzerain of the Kingdom has been bruised by that warmongering Empire's act of war. Truth be told; I wish not for war, in fact i wish for nothing but peace and coexistence as that is what my Mother had taught me. I wish not for harm to come to my subjects and my people, nor do i wish harm to come to any of the many beautiful peoples of Evuranta - the Aedarian people included - but if this Emperor of their's wishes for war; then war i shall deliver. So forgive me, Mother and Father, but i cannot ignore the crimes committed to our People. Later, I shall stand atop that podium once more, and declare war upon these warmongers. As you had often said Father: Humanity will never change. And so, I, King Gregory Val'il Gregorios, the rightful Regent and Lord of the Unified Kingdom of Gregwald and Head of the Royal Preatarian House of Gregoria, solemnly vow to whomever Saintly Martyr that is listening, that I will vanquish all those who wish for harm to befall upon Gregwald, and that I will avenge the unjustly fallen... - Excerpt from King Gregory Val'il Gregorios' personal journal, 26th of Media Hieme 1642 OIE A/N: I just recently rediscovered this story again, and I got a spark of inspiration so i decided to rewrite it completely. I've certainly improved since i first made this story, but let's just hope it'll hold up to scrutiny.