The Sundered Crown

Once, in the realm of the Alaeon Kingdom, a prosperous and unified people thrived under the reign of King Markuthe and Queen Seraphina. Their love and shared vision for a harmonious nation brought prosperity and contentment to their people. However, as time wore on, a shadow crept into their hearts, fueling a divide that would tear the Alaeon kingdom apart. King Markuthe and Queen Seraphina, though once united, grew distant as their ambitions diverged. Markuthe sought to maintain the kingdom's stability through diplomacy and wise governance, while Seraphina yearned for greater power and control, consumed by a lust for dominance.
Whispers of a legendary artifact, the "Crown of Shadows," reached the royal court. Legends spoke of its ability to grant unimaginable power to those who wielded it but at a grave cost. Seduced by its promises, Queen Seraphina delved into forbidden knowledge and secret alliances with dark forces, desperate to secure the crown for herself.
As Seraphina's powers grew, so did her treachery. In a sinister coup, she turned against her husband, plunging the Alaeon kingdom into civil war. The kingdom splintered into two factions: Markuthe's loyalists, determined to preserve the realm's former unity, and Seraphina's followers, fueled by her dark enchantments and promises of dominance.
The tension escalated when Queen Seraphina's , fueled by dark magic and her growing thirst for power, declared her intention to establish her own independent kingdom. She named it "Sinyth," a land ruled by the shadows and pledged loyalty only to her. In response, King Markuthe's heart broke at the betrayal, but he refused to let his kingdom be torn asunder.

War ravaged the Alaeon kingdom, with brother turning against brother, and friend against friend. The lush countryside, once renowned for its beauty, became a battleground stained with blood and despair. The people of the Alaeon kingdom suffered under the weight of their leaders' betrayal, torn between loyalty and the allure of power. The Alaeon kingdom became a battleground, with loyalists to Markuthe and followers of Seraphina clashing fiercely. Brother fought against brother, and families were torn apart by their loyalties to opposing factions. The once-unified kingdom now stood fractured, with Sinyth rising as a dark shadow on the Alaeon kingdom's border.
As the two factions clashed, it became evident that Seraphina's pursuit of power had consumed her, making her heartless and ruthless. Her former love for Markuthe was drowned in the dark abyss of her ambition.
In a moment of devastating sacrifice, King Markuthe dealt the final blow to Queen Seraphina, the Alaeon kingdom and Sinyth were now two separate nations, forever marked by the conflict that tore them apart.
However as her followers fled to the baron lands to the west, Driven back by Alaeon forces, , Seraphina returned from beyond the veil, stolen from the clutches of Vulnira the Reaper, by a Secret hag coven, as King Markuthe Mourned the loss of his once love, Seraphina rose again to rule the newly divided kingdom swollen with greater dark powers , intent on growing and bolstering her followers though dark arts and forbidden rituals, biding time until the strength to topple the Alaeon Kingdom was amassed.

In the wake of her resurrection, Queen Seraphina returned to Sinyth, ordering the erection of a dark citadel she would name Synth, from this bastion she would rule, as the years passed her dark powers grew, now augmented by the forbidden rituals performed by the secret hag coven. Her followers saw her return as a sign of their queen's divine favor and rallied behind her, eager to reclaim what they believed was rightfully theirs – the entire kingdom of Alaeon.
With renewed determination and dark magic at her command, Seraphina set her eyes on the Alaeon Kingdom. The land was still reeling from the previous conflict, struggling to rebuild and heal from the scars of war. King Markuthe, burdened with grief and guilt, had withdrawn into himself, questioning the choices that led to the tragic division of their once-great realm.
In Sinyth, the Queen's dark machinations intensified as she sought to bolster her ranks and sway even more followers to her cause. She sent emissaries to distant lands, forging dark alliances with malevolent creatures and unscrupulous sorcerers, all eager to share in the spoils of conquest.
As rumors of Seraphina's return and her growing dark powers spread across the Alaeon kingdom, some of the kingdom's people began to doubt their loyalty to King Markuthe. Fearing the potential wrath of Seraphina, they hesitated, uncertain which ruler they should support. The division within the Alaeon kingdom deepened, making it ripe for further manipulation by the sinister forces at work.