Turning Tides

Prologue

The Trip To Fort Wayne

You are sitting inside a cabin room of one of the Locomotive's Carts reserved for the Cornets.

The sound of the Locomotive Chugging Along seeps into the carts.

You can see the progress of the New Road Construction lessening and lessening until the Old Dirt Road returns as the Locomotive leaves Atemun City behind.

There's nothing but forests and plains now.

You look back at the pocketbook in your hand.

You pick back up the pen and continue on your Journal.

<27th of Summer, 1642 OIE>

The 3rd son of The Count of Callistia, Born on 08th of First Winter, 1626 OIE, in Sandoval Manor, Callistia Territory, The Dukedom of Atelier.>

<2 weeks ago, I bought myself a commission from Crown Square to join the Royal Marine Corps as a Bane Blooded Officer of His Majesty's Gregwald Royal Marine Corps.>

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<6 weeks ago, the Aedaria Empire had declared a so-called rightful claim over the Gregwald Strait, despite the Kingdom of Gregwald owning and controlling the Strait since the Kingdom's Founding.>

It was believed that the Aedaria Empire was merely coaxing the Kingdom of Gregwald to announce war against the Aedaria Empire. This belief was strengthened by the fact that the Kingdom of Gregwald was one of the most influential Kingdoms on the continent as we command most of the significant ship routes and bolster the most powerful and most advanced navy."

"Huh," you give out a slight sigh. You feel... Weird, you don't know if this is excitement or dread; you can even feel The Bane inside you react to that emotion.

You stop writing, put your pen back inside your journal and close it.

You look up around.

You are in a Cabin Room with three other Fellow Cornets like you.

The Two Fellow's oppositely seated near the hallway, openly but shyly converse; it is clear that they both are strangers to each one another and know almost nothing save the short introductions all 4 of you made when seated.

While the fellow in front of you is... Skulking. Although you can tell that he has most likely gone through quite the hardships or is just intent on becoming an Officer based on how he is purposely and intently skulking to compose and fix himself up

You and the other Fellows on board had recently departed from the Atelier Station. And but of course, the Cornets got the luxury of excellent Seats in Cabin Rooms near the front of the Locomotive, while the Enlists in the rear had to sit on wooden uncushioned seats while touching shoulders and kneecaps with other Enlists to their sides and front.

You have nothing to do anymore, so you guess you shall decide to converse with the other Fellows as they are either Nobility or Aristocracy.

As many of the officers are nobles, and nobles are almost exclusively Bane Blooded Families since Bane Bloods have been quite proven to be superior to Normal Bloods, primarily through the field of Leadership.

You hope that you shall meet and converse with some Fellows while on this trip so that the mood shall not dim for yourself