The First Prince of the Avalon Alliance glanced around him during a brief lull in the carnage.
He couldn't believe it had come to this.
The people of Albion had many decades ago joined forces to build a strong capital on the island in the centre of Albion island, naming it Avalon, as that central island was called Avalon Island. The lake the island sat in the middle of acted as a moat, separating Avalon Island from the rest of Albion, making it a perfect site for a strong capital.
And Avalon had been strong, but peaceful. Andrew Avalon, First Prince of this small nation had toured all of the country, finding that now everyone had begun to forget which tribes they had been in to begin with, and instead think of themselves as Alliance citizens. Little had he known that his brother Paul had forged links with those who still thought of themselves as part of the Avalon tribe, which had inhabited Avalon Island well before any capital was built, and who the First Family was drawn from. But those who he had met didn't think it was a good thing that Avalons now had so much power, but rather that Avalon Island was theirs, and no outsiders should be allowed into it, or even to claim to have a capital there.
So while Andrew was touring the Alliance, Paul rebelled, taking Avalon Island with him. Some of the rebels had worked their way into the Prince's Guard, Andrew's own regiment, and tried to assassinate him, only being stopped by Justin Allard and Ardan Sortek, the first the son of a close friend, and one of his son's best friends, and the latter being a close family friend.
Now with Avalon in his hands, Paul had massacred every non-Avalon in the city, and had also killed every Avalon-borne who didn't believe in the same thing as the cult that Paul had created from his new supporters.
They were fanatical, and Andrew had to raise an army from all over the Alliance to support his attack on Avalon.
And here he was, assaulting his own capital against a determined opponent.
The Avalon Guard, who had recently renamed themselves the Avalon Avengers supported his push into the centre of Avalon, with him at the head of the Prince's Guard, as always. Quintus Allard, his friend in war and peace, was at his side, leaving those Avengers.
They charged towards Avalon Palace, and barged through the doors. Finally, the end was in sight. But then the cultists inside charged at them, weapons held high. The Guard closed around the Prince to protect him as the Avengers charged forward with Quintus at their head, their cries of vengeance and anger echoing in the huge reception hall.
Then it all collapsed on top of them, with Paul at the other end of the hall shouting that Avalon would always be pure.
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The collapse of the huge Palace on top of Avalon Hill (everything on Avalon Island seemed to be named Avalon, the new First Prince thought, desperately pushing away the sad thoughts of his father) had sent debris tumbling down the hill, and started landslides on once side - the side heading into the main area of Avalon.
The debris and the landslide had buried most of Avalon, killing many hundreds of people. but mercifully missing the main body of troops which was charging towards the hill, or the death toll would have been in the thousands.
It was later discovered that Paul had removed the pillars from the foundations of the Palace, and put timber there instead to keep the Palace up.
As hundreds of soldiers had piled in through the doors, as Paul had planned, the weight had been too much, and the timbers had snapped. The Palace had fallen, taking with it Andrew Avalon, Paul and Quintus Allard.
Martin Avalon, just 18 years old had been declared First Prince of the Avalon Alliance. He had now set about rebuilding Avalon, and called it New Avalon as was fitting, and not being crowned until the work was finished. The Alliance's name was changed to the New Avalon Alliance, and the Avengers became the New Avalon Avengers.
A new regiment, the Alliance Guard had been formed to protect the citizens of the Alliance at all times, just as the Avengers protected those of New Avalon.
For this would never happen again, Martin vowed, as he walked down the steps of the rebuilt Avalon Palace wearing his new crown.
New Avalon Alliance
Capital: New Avalon
Ruler: First Prince Martin Avalon
Ruler's Age: 18
Government: Monarchy
Technology Level: Stone Age
Population:
Mood of the Population: Grieving for Andrew Avalon
Economy: Stagnant
Armed Forces of the New Avalon Alliance(AFNAA)
Alliance Army(AA):
Alliance Navy(AN):
Regiments of New Avalon:
Prince's Guard(CO: First Prince Martin Avalon)
New Avalon Avengers(CO: Justin Allard)
Alliance Guard(CO: Ardan Sortek)
Flagship of the Fleet:
HMS New Avalon - Admiral Hanse Davion of the 1st Alliance Fleet and Prince's Champion
Other towns, plus their contribution to AFNAA
Tharkad - Tharkad Thumpers(CO: Katrina Steiner)
Donegal - Donegal Dragoons(CO: Grayson Death Carlisle)
Coventry - Kell Hounds(CO: Morgan Kell)
New Syrtis - New Syrtis Fusiliers(CO: Michael Hasek-Davion)
Robinson - Robinson Rangers(CO: James Sandoval)
Kathil - Kathil Uhlans(CO: General of the Armies Morgan Hasek-Davion)
Skye - Skye Rangers(CO: Ryan Steiner)
Sarna - 2nd Alliance Fleet(CO: Victor Steiner-Davion)
Kestrel - 3rd Alliance Fleet(CO: Kai Allard-Liao)