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

"You seem pretty sure I will get Kuleef's throne. What if I don't" Faruq icily answered back to Ural's joke.


This was certainly possible as though Djose's main wife had no male children or unmarried daughters, Faruq still had a lot of brothers, both younger and older than him, all of who could be viable candidates.  


Not to mention it was not impossible for Djose's main wife to conceive another main heir.


The woman was still in her mid-thirties.


"Hahaha, well if you can't then that's it. But I'm confident in you. So, think of this as me investing in you, brother-in-law," Ural spoke like a true politician, even shamelessly drawing familiar blood to smooth over the wound he had created by asking for so much.


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