Replaced by Rahim

Prince Rahim saw lucious arriving. Lucious was riding his mighty black stallion. Lucious was wearing a grey and gold armor with a golden cresent moon meticulously craved in his chestplate. Behind him came a large army waving Trystia's mighty banner.

Trystia's Imperial banner was made by its founder. Emperor Alaric Czar Enzo Tymon Imperial chose the mighty dragon as his sigil. He design a black dragon made out of obsidian. With gold scales and red eyes made out of rubies. While the Trystia's sigil was a dragon prince Rahim was confused on why his chestplate was a cresent moon. Either way he came to greet lucious.

Once lucious saw the prince he got off his mighty stallion. He rushed and greeted the prince and bowed to him.

Lucious: Your imperial Highness prince Rahim I am lucious. Your father has sent me to assist you your Highness.

Rahim: Duke lucious! Ah i am very impressed at the army you've brought.

Lucious: Thank you your Highness.

Rahim: You are very humble indeed. I am very excited to see you in battle. I've heard a lot about your achievements.

Lucious: I am honored to assist you prince rahim. You compliment me so.

Rahim: You deserve it for your hard work. Your only 19 and I'm already 21. You have more achievements than me and I would like to learn from you.

Lucious: It is my pleasure then my prince. I can't wait to see your impressive strategies that I've been hearing about...

As they chatted they both felt very comfortable with each other. They quickly get along with each other. Lucious saw rahim as a very intelligent prince. He seemed very calm and collected. When prince lucious met the 1st prince Damien he was very uncomfortable. He admired the first prince but the princess gave out a powerful aura that made him feel weak. The 2nd prince rahim came out as a very nice and shy prince. He gave out a very friendly aura. They're strategies were almost always identical. They always agreed on what was the best military strategy. Lucious and prince rahim even sparred with each other which was very unusual at that time. The only people allowed to spar with the princes were their siblings, teachers or the emperor himself. Lucious was now seen as a close confidant of emperor Kishendren's 2nd son. The prince known to hate conversations and spending time with people. Now the prince was always smiling always laughing he was always seen with lucious. Whenever they'd attack the enemies they would always come to each other's aid. The people even started to question prince rahims sexuality ಥ_ಥ. It was really weird for the generals to see the prince like this. But they saw how the two were very strong together. They Coplimented each other's skill in the battlefields. In addition lucious was personally sent be emperor kishendren himself. They can't get rid of him because he was just too important. They just decided to let him stay for a bit until the rebellion was suppressed. Just in a month the rebellion was finally suppressed. Lucious and prince rahim has now gained popularity all over the empire. Lucious's plan was a success. He gained back all the popularity tenfold. And prince rahim now considered him as a friend. Prince rahim also gained a lot of love and he received a lot of praises for being able to hold the rebellion for quite some time. Prince rahim gained his fathers favor. His father showered him with love and affection. Emperor kishendren was very proud and grateful that prince rahim was there when he needed him the most. Lucious was promoted from Duke of the 3rd rank to the 2nd rank. Lucious acted very happy in front of the emperor but behind closed doors he was quite annoyed. In his mind he spent so much time in the military camp working his ass off without getting any sleep yet he was only promoted to Duke of the 2nd rank. But in his mind he at least gained an ally. Prince rahim wasn't just any ally to lucious . Because prince rahim would be able to assist lucious in gaining amoras imperial throne and overthrow his father.

While everyone was celebrating a very observant man was watching everyone. Prince Damien heard of his brothers achievement to suppress the rebellion. At first he was very very happy and he rushed to greet and hug his brother. But prince Damien started to get annoyed at everyone singing prince rahims praises. Even princess amaris complimented rahim almost every second. He loved his brother rahim but it was just getting on his nerves to always hear about his brother. Not to mention prince rahim befriend lucious faster than prince Damien. Prince Damien also needed lucious in his side. Lucious was a very skilled warrior and prince Damien needed his support to be the next emperor of Trystia. He saw lucious as someone to be trusted and someone useful for him. But he wanted to be genuine friends with lucious so approached lucious in the banquet. He talked to lucious for a bit but prince Damien was a little awkward. He saw how uncomfortable lucious was while talking to him. Prince Damien was very upset. He felt it was unfair for his brother rahim to befriend lucious before him. He felt as if he was betrayed by his bro6. He's mentioned to rahim that he needed lucious in his side but now his brother rahim pulled lucious away from him. Now everyone in the empire doubts his capability of ruling. In the nobles minds lucious might have seen something wrong with the first prince thats why he got close with the quite and calm prince rahim instead. Prince Damien thought he was going insane. He didn't know what to do now that he was being overlooked by his father and the imperial cout. He had to make a move fast. Because he was now replaced by rahim...