The Grand Wedding

Ceres: I accept the marriage.

Dillon: My beloved daughter you will not regret your decision! Your wedding shall be more grand than any emperor's accession to the throne!

Dillon hugged his daughter greatly and kissed her on the forehead. Dillon then sent the reply and wedding preparations started. Dillon demanded all ministers be on board in the preparations. Prince Yongqi's mother Empress Ali also sent gifts and dowry for the princess. The whole capital was in shock when they saw all the treasures that Empress Ali sent to Ceres. Mountains of gold jewelry and goods were even distributed. 500,000 soldiers accompanied all the treasures as they paraded their way into the capital. That parade wasn't only for show but also to show the great power of the Trystia Empire. Now that the power of the Trystia Empire has been shown to Dolion no minister dared to object to the marriage alliance of the two empires. Prince Yongqi then arrived in Dolion but this time accompanied by 2,225,000 soldiers as a gift to the empire with 2,500,000 in spare totaling 4,725,000 soldiers with him to go to the imperial palace. Once the prince arrived he greeted Dillon in the imperial court and discussed the wedding and how much more dowry they needed to gift Dolion for the princess's hand. Dillon requested 500,000 gold, if Dillon requested that much gold from the other empires those empires would have to empty all their coffers and starve for months to afford the dowry. But Dillon was negotiating with a royal prince of the great Trystia Empire. The empire in which powerful gods ruled. Yongqi laughed and offered 10,000,000 gold and 5,000,000 more soldiers to his future father-in-law as a thanks from him. Dillon was in shock at how much dowry Yongqi was willing to give like it was not even a dent to Trystia's coffers but he accepted Yonqi's offer. After a few months of preparation the yongqi and Ceres got married and sealed another alliance between the two empires. Now Dolion has two princesses married to Trystia's imperial princes nobody would dare challenge Dolion as now their backer is the strongest empire in the realm. Vermithor and Thermidor rushed back to the capital to greet Prince Yongqi and say goodbye to their beloved sister. The newlyweds went on their way back to Trystia. Now Dillon no longer has his beloved daughter beside him in the palace and longs for her already, but he knew that his daughter would be well taken care of and was at ease with everything happening in the empire. The two princes then returned to their provinces to govern.

1 year later...

The children are now 19. Ceres now has a strong standing in Trystia's imperial court and has earned the respect of her husband's subjects. Ceres then gained popularity throughout Trystia's empire and gained power for Dolion to have backing. While Ceres was trying to get more power for Dolion her two brothers vermithor and Thermidor started to defend their provinces from other kingdom's spies. This challenge started to test the prince's relationship and he started to have problems with one another's territory. They often sent back-and-forth letters to one another quarreling about each other crossing the borders of their territories. One of which was about Vermithor attacking Thermidor's borders to show his dominance, Thermidor then sent a letter to his brother.

"Vermithor,

My dear brother how could you do this vile act of rebellion against me! I am very disappointed in you, father shall hear about this blasphemy! If you are to attack my soldiers and their innocent families then I will no longer forgive your atrocious acts! I demand you send your apologies to my soldiers give back the land of Tarahi and send compensation for the damages you have done, if you do not accept my fair demand then I shall retaliate and kill all your soldiers and I will make sure that you will make no other choice but to surrender. Make sure that you will make the right decision brother.

Your loving brother Thermidor."

Thermidor then sent out the letter to his brother and sent a letter to Dillon to inform him of what had happened to the border. Once Vermithor read the letter he flew into a rage and ordered his army to assemble and prepare for battle as he intended to invade Tarahi and overthrow his brother's position once he was able to defeat him. Preparations in Adonai soon began as the battle of Adonai and Tarahi was clear to be inevitable. rumors then spread like wildfire and soon reached the capital of Dolion and Tarahi where Adonai was preparing for battle. The letter from Tarahi reached Dillon, Dillon then felt the fear of his sons killing each other as his deceased brothers did. Dillon then ordered the imperial army to immediately set off and march to the borders of Adonai and Tarahi to block their armies and to prevent the bloodshed that was soon to come. Thermidor hearing about his brother's plan through the rumors also ordered his army to prepare for battle. Now everyone's fears are coming back as fratricide might be committed once again. After a few days, the armies from Adonai and Tarahi began to march through the border and there they found a huge wall of dolion soldiers guarding each side to prevent the battle from continuing. Vermithor & Thermidor got on their horses and rode to the wall of soldiers and demanded they move

Thermidor: Honorable soldiers of Dolion I am 2nd prince Thermidor the governor of Tarahi! I humbly request for you to move as I do not plan on hurting or killing any of you!

Vermithor: Out of the way brother! I am 1st Prince Vermithor and I command you to move! If you do not then I promise you that I shall not spare any of you once the battle starts!

Thermidor: How arrogant! These are the soldiers of Dolion! They have served and protected us since we were young and their the greatest asset of Dolion and I demand you respect them!

Vermithor: I am the prince and bow to no other man than the emperor!

Dillon: Is that so?

The faces of the princes turned from rage to fear as they saw that from the heart of the wall of soldiers out came Dillon in his armor while riding his great white stallion staring at them with anger and disappointment...