Asul, the third prince of the Kingdom of Lombard, asserts, based on his own research, that relics of an ancient civilization lie within the 'Land of Death'...

However, his father, the King, and the court dismissed his claims as 'madness.' If he desired it so much, they granted him that land as his territory as a severance package, then banished him.

However... Asul refused to give up!

Five years later... through sheer persistence, he discovered the relics and became their master!

Utilizing the technology of a civilization that once ruled the galaxy, he resurrected the 'Land of Death' as a lush, fertile land, and furthermore, welcomed in the beastfolk, a discriminated race from neighboring lands...

Here, a nation that would later command the largest territory on the continent was born!

*Thank you for #1 in the annual science fantasy genre ranking!