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

When Lord Theony informed his prince of Thesalie's demise and urged him to turn back, it was not done out of malice or as a way to in any way to deceive him.

Lord Theony genuinely believed the city was lost, and the only reason he was doing this was because he wanted to save the ten thousand men from certain destruction.

As to how he came to that conclusion, well aside from seeing everything firsthand, the main sign he used was the lack of messenger birds from the city.

And ultimately, his reputation and recount managed to win Philips over, who abandoned his course and chose to return to the capital to deliver this horrific news.

Now in reality, the city had not actually fallen.

So why were there no cries for help like Lord Theony predicted?

Well that had happened mainly because Philips and the others were simply negligent in their jobs.

Tibias Court in Chaos