Dillons Struggle

Dillon has finally ascended to the throne but he had a major problem. He had no heir yet at the age of 34. The empire was worried about Dillon not yet having an heir to the throne because he was already 34 and his empress 32. Dillon then started to focus on producing an heir to the throne and improving the military power in case another empire declared war on the weakened Dolion empire. He succeeded as a few months later his empress was pregnant. but Dolion made sure he fulfilled his other duties to his consorts as now fratricide in the law as succession has been removed and now no matter how many sons he may produce they will not be harmed. The military power of the empire increased greatly each month and the empire even invented the current best gunfire. the empire was now stable and Dillon's heir was on the way. but sadly a few months into the pregnancy the empress miscarried. Dillon then feared that the dynasty might end because of him so he did everything to get as much possible heirs. in the same year, all 3 of his consorts are now pregnant. Dillon made sure everything would go smoothly for his consort's birth till the 9th month.

Dillon was given his eldest child by his consort Ayami. but it was a princess. but Dillon didn't care that the child was a princess and celebrated her birth greatly as she was the symbol of Dillon's fertility. he named her "Ceres"

Dillon's second child was by his consort Aiko. It was a boy. but the child was stillborn. Dillon was greatly disappointed but he consoled his consort so she would not worry and assured her that they would have more children together. he gave the unfortunate-born prince the title of "The Prince of Heaven"

Dillon's empress gave birth to twin boys. Dillon was very pleased and the whole empire celebrated with him as he now has an heir to his throne at the age of 35. He named his elder son Vermithor and his second son Thermidor.

Dillon now rules the empire with peace. But the fates of his brothers still haunt him. The fate of Prince Esmond haunted him the most, as Prince Esmond was also almost killed by the late emperor Dillon feared that he would one day need to kill his sons if they tried to usurp the throne. But he also feared that he would be remembered as the tyrant emperor Keiran was, indulging in women and wine while the empire weakened because of a weak emperor. He then feared that he would end up like his father. suffering from an illness while his sons fight to the death to obtain the throne. Dillon fears all of this now that he is the emperor. He is no longer the innocent Prince Dillon the empire grew as he is now known as the emperor who will decide the fate of the empire. Now he can destroy the empire accidentally with just a whim. But Dillon knew for him to be known as a good emperor he must not be overcome by fears but instead conquer them.

Dillon began going on campaigns to expand his empire and to create more trade routes for the empire to obtain more wealth. Dillon had victories left and right. The people he conquered admired him for his merciful and generous nature as he spared their lives after he conquered the land. Dillon's fame began to spread through the other empires and they decided to ally with Dolion to ensure that their empires would not be invaded by Dillon's vast army. Dillon made sure his soldiers were the best of all and received training from the best generals. he made sure whenever he was on campaign all his ministers would go to battle with him. His reign was only starting so he made sure to show his power to all the other empires to see who would dare challenge him. 

Many of the other monarchs requested to birth their sons to Princess Ceres but Dillon sent out a decree saying that if they wanted his daughter's hand in marriage then they must first conquer 50 empires. many of the monarchs stopped trying to propose marriage to the young princes as conquering 50 empires would take a lifetime. With one move Dillon was able to stop the monarchs from sending marriage alliance requests. Dillon never intended to marry his daughter but he also wanted to see who would be the man capable of conquering 50 empires. But Dillon also had a reason for why he would only marry of his daughter to a man capable of conquering that many empires. it was to make sure whoever his daughter married would bring him great political support and his daughter marrying a warlord also wasn't so bad as then he would be able to have a very powerful general on his side to help him conquer more lands and expand his empire. dolion now one of the biggest empires needed more resources to supply the people with food and water. so the wise Dillon then ordered that all the lands he conquered that had natural beds of water was to be transformed to irrigation so that his empire may grow crops of its own. now that the empire had extra resources they were able to trade with other kingdoms and empires and be very wealthy. Dillon was now starting to age but he continued his campaigns around the world to extend his empire. his sons were now a part of his court and his daughter was almost at the marraigable age. now all Dillon needed to do was to politically educate his sons and make sure his daughter would be able to marry a good husband to protect and provide all her needs but most importantly make her happy and give her as many children as she wants. But dillons sons may start another "War of Crown's" to obtain the throne...