Far from the commotion in Xeloria, a young man with grayed-out hair stared at the soldiers separated into three. Starhaven, Lonin, and Velvetmoor had all joined his cause after he managed to convince them.
Lonin was the weakest city among the ten, plagued by starvation. Most challengers avoided staying in this place, but weaker families and orphans had no choice. The lord of Lonin, a humble but incompetent man, was happy to hand over the burden he had carried for all those years. After making Dorian the lord, the man disappeared into the woods and never reappeared. It seemed that the only reason he had remained as a lord was out of guilt and a sense of responsibility that his father had burdened him with.
Dorian did not officially accept the lord position but acted as the lord, leading the soldiers. He rallied them with a speech about a brighter future where no child needed to feel hungry. Even though only a few men wore their armor and carried their weapons, they followed him.
