How long is it been when the kingdom is cursed? 30 years? 60 years? When I was but a young boy no older than 6, I once read a book about a race fabled to have existed 1000 years before going extinct. The kingdom was already cursed when I was born but as I grew up and took lessons at sword play and I am now 28 years old. What's my name you ask? My name is Albert rosberg of House Rosberg, a family line of nobles that served the kings generation after generation. 60 years ago the current king took hold of the idol of sorrow when the expedition of archeologists brought it from the ancient ruins but a few days later the king went from sick to an unaging sleep from which no one can wake him or the queen after she took hold of it. Then dark clouds rolled in and blocked out the sun only in this Kingdom of Azalin but not to any neighboring kingdoms and of course there was a dispute between noble houses of what to do with the cursed idol.

One side of the houses wanted to destroy the idol but only failed because no matter what magic they cast or physical harm they brought it, it just wouldn't break or nothing because it's protected by some kind of magic either divine or dark. The other side of the the houses which included mine, wanted to take the idol back to the ancient ruins in order to lift the curse. So, they sent the expedition of soldiers which includes the famous Swordmaster Septeigo who was my teacher at the time 2 years ago, but when days turned to months they didn't come back but except Septeigo finally came back but only driven to madness of the ancient city but we had no choice but to lock him up in the dungeon.

The reason why he went mad is because of the monsters killing and eating his men and him exposing to dark magic casted by monsters and he escaped. but as for me, I was sad that my mentor who was the one who taught me how to wield a sword went mad and had to be locked up in the dungeon. When my father and mother went to the neighboring kingdom, I stayed at the castle but one night while I was sleeping I heard a knock at the wooden door so I put on my slippers and walked down the stairs and open the door. I saw a hooded stranger standing outside the door in the fog but there's no features of that stranger but I know it's an old man, the old man told me "to lift the curse, you must bring the idol back to the city of the dark folk and there you'll find the pedestal at the deepest part of it. Go, and find the crystal to bring back the dark folk".

After he said it, he handed me an idol that was carved from stone and it is shaped like a humanoid dragon with its arms out as if it was holding on to something but nothing's there. He also gave me a map to where the ancient ruins are located but his hand is pale white like as if I never seen anyone or any race have pale white skin, and after that he disappeared in the fog so I went upstairs to prepare for my journey. I grab my sword which was given to me by my mentor, I got dressed and put on my leather boots and my leather vest and I go downstairs and left a note telling my parents to not worry about me and I'll be fine. I left the castle and avoid the servants from preventing me from going out, I managed to open the gate and leave. Some of the servants thought I was a soldier opening the gate to go home but as soon as I left I can see a road that go from the city to the forest so I took the forest path and hope that no monsters can jump out at me.

Authors note: I hope you guys like this book because I was inspired by kings field the ancient city game