The chronicles of Mittland Part 02 Time of the dragons

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You find the first part here .


Chapter I.

Eighteen years passed since the murder of the five rulers. Much changed in this time. ARTRAC converted his plan to the act to bring the kingdoms under his rule immediately after he has returned from the High Castle. At first ARTRAC's troops attacked MITTLAND. After fourteen months of fight his soldiers took the capital of Mittland and the lily castle. The yellow dragon, the coat of arms of the highlord ARTRAC displaced JURON's lilies.

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Also in the other kingdoms confusion prevailed after the death of the kings, and ARTRAC profited from this and got his military use. Thus the South realm fell only eight months later, and the Sea-country followed after only further five months. The soldiers of the beaten realms were disarmed, and lords from the North realm took over the old countries.

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Only the Mountain realm under the guidance of queen SELLINA, NIHIR's widow, offered embittered resistance to the kite soldiers. ARTRAC's men tried to take the mountain fortresses of the Cold mountains over one year long, but they failed. The walls were too high, and the resistance of the mountain people were too large. So ARTRAC had to give himself beaten.

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After nearly four years of continuous fighting highlord ARTRAC collected his soldiers and began to arrange his kingdom again. For this reason he met his lords in the kite hall, his throne hall. His first act was to be crowned in a great ceremony to the highestlord.

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He remained simultaneous the highlord of the North realm in addition.

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He appointed the lords TREMOR and DRAC as highlords. This was his first official act as the highestlord. He gave them as kingdoms the Sea-country and Mittland. Thus he recompenced for their loyalty and secured himself these also for the future.

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They prevailed with hard hand over the population and raised high taxes. Arbitrariness and force replaced justice and quality. The population became impoverished, while the new highlords accumulated enormous wealth.

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ARTRAC transferred his son TRACANSIS the rule over the former South realm. Although he was still young on years, TRACANSIS was considered as a feared fighter and an intelligent strategist. TRACANSIS appointed FRIDIS as his first lord, a captain of the black troops, which had been characterised by special cruelty in relation to their defeated enemies.

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Many humans tried to escape into the resistance carrying out Mountain realm. Real streams of refugees applied into the mountains. They left their home, their friends and their relatives, in order to try their luck in the Mountain realm.

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In order to prevent this, ARTRAC let the small trading route running in east west direction block by an enormous gate fortress. They built three years at it. It should prevent that humans left ARTRAC's realm. The new highlord TREMOR supervised personally the progress of the construction work.