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 their little tussle on the bed, and Alexander's light nap, he woke at night, though he could not say at what time.


The sky was still blanketed by heavy clouds, and the outside was pitch black, making any such deduction impossible.


Not that Alexander was very concerned about it as currently he was feeling famished.


It seemed he had definitely skipped lunch and likely dinner too.


And as he let Lady Inayah know about this, the mature lady let out a gentle, motherly smile, informing him, "Mmnn, I guessed you might be. So I had Kesha set aside some food for you. Let me get it for you. Dinner is long over you see."


Kesha was Lady Inayah's personal maid, and as the noble lady said this, she quickly called a short, petite girl and asked her to bring the food over, while in the meantime Alexander washed his face and refreshed himself using the indoor basin, his body relaxing by the warmth of the roaring fireplace lit inside.


And by the time he was ready, the food had arrived.


Lady Inayah's Past