Chapter 87: History of Hazelgroove kingdom (1/2)

Hazelgroove kingdom was once Hazelgroove Empire , ruling supreme in the continent , it was one of the major powers to be reckoned with.

The Empire was established by the first emperor , the then Grand Duke Kartik Patel. He was a duke of the Hazelgroove kingdom , who lead a faction of nobles through a difficult war to sieze the throne of Hazelgroove.

His biggest supporter back then was the man Augustus Won Knight , his commander in cheif who lead his forces to glory. The explosion artist who painted the battlefield red with his bombs.

After the war , he was given the then vacant positon of duke of Hazelgroove for his contributions.

Sent on battlefield after battlefield by the King , he conquered land after land expanding the kingdom , gaining more and more merits and reputation.

About 5 years after usurping the throne , the first major conflict fell on the reign of king Kartik Patel.

The then kingdom of orcs , marched towards Hazelgroove with a massive army of 4 million orcs strong.

The orc army had been on a rampage , destroying two kingdoms before their path of destruction went towards Hazelgroove.

It was a massive issue and a big threat to the reign of the then king.

Augustus analysed the situation and went into seclusion in this time , trying to come up with the ultimate bomb to counter the situation .

After a long time in seclusion , just when many outskirt towns had been lost to the orc invasion , Augustus came up with the ultimate destructive bomb , the Brahmastra using which he levelled about half of the 4 million strong orc army.

The single bomb dropped completely changed the dynamics of the war , and was flagged as the biggest threat to humanity and Hazelgroove's top weapon.

The tides of war changed and Hazelgroove overcame the orc invasion , Kartik Patel coming on top.

What followed was that many smaller kingdoms willingly submitted to the superior millitary might of Hazelgroove kingdom as it gained territory after territory , vassals after vassals , growing large enough to become an empire !

And hence came the first emperor of Hazelgroove , and his legend was noted in history books. Also this was why the Won Knights were soo revered in Hazelgroove , just like the Royal faction , the Won Knights held a strong political influence amongst the nobles of the kingdom.

It is only because of this special status and their unquestionable loyalty to the Ruling faction , that the Won Knights were allowed a massive personal force of 100 thousand soldiers.

With time many incompetent rulers had taken up the throne of Hazelgroove and with the knowledge of the Brahmasutra becoming a lost art. The empire began loosing its influence over its vassals.

One after another many territories declared independence as Hazelgroove Empire once again be ame Hazelgroove kingdom. However through all that , never did the position of the Won Knights change.

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( Modern day , at the Won Knights Mansion )