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

With that discussion done, Alexander finally felt the long meeting due to conclude.


And so he moved on to the last-minute pleasantries.


"So how has your fiefdoms been doing?" Alexander casually asked about the council member's own lands, and they all replied in the same vein.


"My lord, much of my fields are empty because I do not have enough men to work them. Everyone wants to move here because the pay is good and it is the city,"


To which Alexander only chuckled and said, "Yes, well, you know the situation about the city yourself. We need more men everywhere."


And this got a silent rueful sigh from the men.


All nobles were generally protective of this money-producing resource and made immigration as hard as possible for them, from binding them with contracts to closing borders to even employing guards to hunt any potential escapee down.


Future Military Plans