Levent Hezekiah

As Levent was badly hurt after a job, not knowing where he was flying as the pain took his sense of direction, he landed at a place he yearned to die at if he died. A field of poppies... Like the warrior in the children's book he loved so much. Laying there, he was amused at how his blood matched the red petals, wondering if he achieved what the warrior did... He asked himself, if he was a warrior or if he was a murderer... And even if he was a murderer, he didn't care in the end... Closing his eyes, memories flashed through him. Memories of a kingdom that once was, but a war took its liveliness..

In those memory flashes he heard the names of kingdoms that are still standing, even Dwelnragh, the kingdom he is from. Those events happened more than a hundred years ago. The long-forgotten kingdom Olealiaath and Dwelnragh used to be on good terms, not only having been in an alliance but both kings having been friends since their youth. Olealiaath was a fruitful land and thanks to its king's magic, he was able to travel between different worlds and make connections with those, creating relations to other worlds for resources and helping his world's economy. The rulers of each kingdom were known to be immortal yet vulnerable, but they also were capable of ending their life by their decision when they had been living for a long time and felt like it was time for them to find peace and rest.

Both mentioned kingdoms did not have a good relationship with the kingdoms Kratrath and Krathraan, as they tried many times to infiltrate the fruitful kingdoms while their own kingdoms were located in drier areas.

The founders of the kingdom Kratrath and Krathraan were brothers when they decided centuries before the time the memories took place, that they would spread over that land and found their kingdoms and keep a good relationship with each other. During that time, their land was still in good condition and they had no reason to fight for a better place for their kingdom. Things changed, so did the rulers by then, which started to bring the sad events following in the memories to unfold.

The king of Olealiaath knew that Kratrath and Krathraan desired an alliance with him the most, knowing that both would seek the help of Grrehan and Wrenriilah to infiltrate Dwelnragh. Trying to avoid a war and to keep the kingdom of his friend save, he agreed to let his two daughters get married to the two kings' sons. Feeling betrayed by his friend, the king of Dwelnragh sent his soldiers to Olealiaath's borders, an open fire starting. Before Olealiaath's king could explain himself, a war has started between close friends. Kratrath and Krathraan used the opportunity to create an alliance with Dwelnragh, even if the king disliked both kingdoms. But for the sake of getting his revenge of the betrayed, he agreed. Olealiaath's king watched his beloved kingdom crumble and its life slowly vanishing. On the last day of the kingdom standing, the people mortally wounded, including the king, the king used his last strength and turned the whole kingdom into a field of his favourite flowers because of the meaning they carried. He even turned his people to poppy flowers, putting a barrier over the land so that Olealiaath can never be conquered in this state and his absence, people not being able to break through the barrier, if his folk chose to not let them enter. Putting his kingdom into this condition was in order to give his wounded nation time to recover in peace from the sad events, not just physically but also mentally. Before this, the king sent an aristocrat out in secret to deliver the truth eventually to Dwelnragh's king. The aristocrat was also the author of the children's book that Levent held so dear, having written about his beloved king and the kingdom that used to be. Inside the poppy flowers dwelled the recovering spirits of the people of Olealiaath, waiting for someone that could carry their kingdom back to a fruitful and vivid life as the king let them choose their next ruler, in his last breath giving them the words that the new king needs to speak out to bring the land back to life.

The aristocrat, saddened over losing his home, managed to make his way to Dwelnragh's king, telling him the whole truth: Olealiaath's king wanted to use the marriages as a way to attack both kingdoms from the inside by gaining their trust to secure Dwelnragh from a war. Though for this to work, he felt like it would only succeed if he kept the truth to himself, not having expected for his friend to react this way. In fact, he was hoping for his friend to approach him because of the news and clear things up, yet this miserably failed. The king of Dwelnragh was disappointed in himself as the truth unfolded, ashamed about himself and knowing that his close friend wouldn't have acted like that just to spite him or harm him. Despite that, the king couldn't bring himself to tell his kingdom the truth about his mistake and took it to the grave.

Letting Levent hear their voices as a whisper in his head as if wind was brushing over him after the memories flashed through him, they decided for him to be the one to lead and rule them. The reason was because of his heart and because of how dear he held the children's book that was in fact telling the story of their previous king. Whispering the words that would break the barrier and give Levent the power of its ruler, he whispered to himself without thinking too much about it: "Return to me, my beloved..."

As Levent spoke out these words, the people and the kingdom itself shone in a bright light as it gained its physical form back. Surrounded by its people, they kneeled down in front of him, already calling him the new king. Levent felt overwhelmed by this sudden news and told them he couldn't take over this role. Though the hitman felt like he could mediate between the two kingdoms and let the current king know about the past events, hoping that peace could be secured before another war would unfold.

Rushing to Draglaa, Levent intended to talk to Dwelnragh's king, having thought that the king would agree with him as Levent was on his good side thanks to his positive reputation. Though despite having informed the king about the truth, he saw no reason to return to the old relation his kingdom used to have with Olealiaath, not caring what happened in the past. "What only matters now is the present. I do not care what mistakes were made. Dwelnragh's relation to Kratrath and Krathraan is better than ever and I do not dare to risk it by getting back together with a crumbled kingdom. I appreciate the fact that you tried to mediate between us, but Levent... Let me tell you. There is always a reason for a war. Not everyone will understand this, but I am sure this war was meant to be. Olealiaath was too good to be true, including their king. Even if we don't fully deny the presence of beings from other worlds in our Llohighyria, it was too dangerous that one kingdom was capable to fully connect with other worlds. What if all kingdoms of Llohighyria would have been betrayed by Olealiaath's king, so that our world would be taken away from us? A kingdom like that was never meant to exist. The war and eradication of it was the right thing. You may leave now as I have no intention to discuss this further since my mind won't be changed."

With those words from Dwelnragh's king, Levent felt deceived by his own king he respected more or less. He never thought that the king's judgment would be this low. Taken over by anger and disappointment, Levent left with the thoughts: "There is always a reason for a war? A war is meant to happen? Then I shall give you a war that is meant to be."

Taking his most important belongings, Levent left Dwelnragh as quickly as possible, as he couldn't stand to be an inhabitant of this kingdom anymore, accepting the role as the new king of Olealiaath. Along with accepting the role, the powers of the previous king and his immortality were given to Levent as well. Levent helped and supported the nation to fully rebuild the kingdom, taking his time to rebuild its army and even trying to build relations to Wrenriilah and Grrehan . Once Olealiaath was capable to stand on its own two feet again, the nation and Levent were ready to declare a war in a world that hasn't seen one for a while, looking in the eyes of many like the betrayer and villain. Being the king also helped Levent to stay even more away from any emotional attachment, letting people close to a minimum. Though he had no intention to change his relation with his parents and previous friends.