FerriticMatrix

Waking up inside the ruins of an orphanage, Alexander finds himself chained and sold to slavery.
A modern metallurgist, trapped in ancient times, watch as he tries to play with the cards fate dealt him.
He will make plate armor, invent paper, build roads, teach governance and many more, as he tries to carve a place for himself.
But how can such things not attract jealous eyes?
The naval superpower- Cantagena,
The unstoppable army of- Exolas, 
The superpower of the east- Adhania,
The mercantile confederation- Sybarsis, 
The religious fanatics- Iyizarid, 
And the ever-present- Barbarians of the Barren Forrest,
All want something from each other.
In this ocean of sharks, follow a small carp as it struggles to leap through the dragon gate and establish a dynasty to outlast them all.

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Herald of Steel

After exiting the study and taking a hot bath, Alexander finally decided to return to his chambers, the day being quite eventful.


As Alexander made his way up the spiraling staircase, holding a burning candle stand by himself, he felt the air get colder and colder as he made his way up, till the cold pricked through his cloth and skin and hit his bones.


'I didn't realize it with all the heating on the first floor, but tonight's gotten really cold.' Alexander commented his heart, while he walked across the unheated hallway, his thoughts floating to whether the town's people had adequate winter clothing.


'Probably not. And there's little I can do about it anyway,' Alexander lampooned a bit as he was already doing everything he could and it still wasn't enough.


But he quickly threw such distracting thoughts away as there was little point in agonizing over things he could do nothing about.


Cambyses's surprise