Kingdom Of The Moonlight Rose

Far away from Eden and the Border Town, in the Rivenhart Capital, is a pub called the Red Boar Pub. It was one of the lesser known bars within the the capital city.

On this day, several cloaked individuals could be seen walking in, each showing pub bartender a colored key necklace before proceeding forward. One key was black, the others were red, blue, green, yellow, white, and grey, representing the colors of the elements.

The bartender would nod and go back to serving his patrons. The several figures went past the bartender and proceeded into the bas.e.m.e.nt.

In the bas.e.m.e.nt was a white-bearded old man. He was dressed in noble fashion and exuded confidence and power. From his neck hung a silver key.

The cloaked figures slowly walked over to their chairs and subsequently stood there waiting to be seated.

"For the kingdom! The meeting of the Rainbow Door commences" shouted the man with he Silver Key.

"The road that opens up to glory lies behind the Rainbow Door." replied the other members.

"All may be seated" responded the man with the silver key.

All members sat down.

"Let's get straight to it, Black Key, what is the status of the King?" asked the man with the silver key.

"King Ash becomes increasingly older as the days go by. We have speculation that it would be time to pick a new heir soon for the kingdom." replied the man with the black key around his neck.

King Ash did not have any children or surviving family members. When he passed, he would have to declare a new heir, as a result every faction is attempting to gain favor with the king. If an heir was not designated soon, the kingdom could not rest at ease. If King Ash did not select a new heir there would be a blood bath for the throne.

"Right now the king is facing extreme pressure from the three great families to designate an heir. Each noble family hoping the king would select them." Black Key continued.

"What greedy animals these three families are, with these selfish families I only see the Rivenhart kingdom descending into chaos. Each family has their own agenda and each are so greedy they'll never consider the people." argued the man with the red key.

"According to the doctors, they believe he may only have at most another ten years. It is of the utmost importance that this next decade would be used for selecting an heir." stated the woman with the blue key.

Silver Key stroked his beard,"The Rainbow Door has seldom involved itself in the past thousand years with the problems of the Kingdom. However, with the increasing threat of the nearby kingdoms, we cannot stand by idly this time. King Ash's strength will not remain supreme forever. When he passes not only will the Rivenhart Kingdom face internal strife, these other kingdoms will begin venting many years of anger and frustration onto our kingdom."

The group began pondering potential results for the future predicament of the kingdom.

"I have a suggestion" Yellow Key calmly said. "A year from now, there will be the academy tournament. We can pick from the high performing students there and raise them up to be someone the kingdom can rely on. I hear the granddaughter of that strict bastard at Tempest Academy has four elements. We have ten years, we can raise someone up to challenge the three families. This year there is apparently going to be many talents."

"I like this idea Yellow Key, we do not need to directly interfere with the kingdom's problems, but we could push someone in the right direction. Let us wait for this tournament and select a few talented individuals for potential nurturing." Silver Key replied. "Begin analyzing all the top academies for potential talents."

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"A Family's Love" pondered Marth. "What a simple name. I like it!"

With those words, Eden nervously unveiled the sculpture as the family and the rest of the household looked on in anticipation. Eden was nervous simply because he never had someone so high wealthy and appreciative of art look at his work. He wanted to leave a mark on Marth and his family, to a further extent the Grisebach Company.

Time slowed down as the cover was being pulled. The anticipation was extremely high because of Marth's belief in Eden.

"Hah, my apprentice, I see after a short few months your talent is undeniable in sculpting!" exclaimed Old man Oak. He was amazed at his student's talent.

"Mommy, Daddy, it's beautiful!" exclaimed Abbie.

The two parents were in shock. Eliza had tears form in her eyes. Marth smiled with brightness as he made the best choice for a gift in his life.

Unveiled was a statue of Marth and Eliza, in between them stood little Abbie. They were holding hands and smiling with each other and appeared to be walking somewhere.

"Sir, I came up with this idea as soon as I saw you, your child, and your wife. I too am only a single child of my parents, and I cherish the love that they gave to me every single day." Eden smilingly said. "This sculpture was made with my parents own love for me and the thoughts I have knowing how much my family loves me. My heart was in one hundred percent of this creation. This is not only a symbol of your love for your wife, but a symbol of the everlasting love that belongs to family."

"Thank you Eden for this, you performed an amazing work for the Grisebach family, and you will always have a place here. If you have any future works and would like to sell anything, I own several auction houses around the kingdom." said Marth.

Marth, Eliza, and Abbie got closer to the sculpture and began to admire all the fine details on it. The many details on the sculpture were brilliantly done, the work did not seem it could be possibly done by a ten year old.

Marth's fingers landed on the signature symbol that Eden made at the base of the sculpture, "Oh I see you made your signature here. So your signature is a rose and moon."

"Sir, I do not want my name revealed for the next few years for safety reasons. However, if you do sell any of my future works, let us say that they were done under another name." said Eden.

"What name would that be Eden?" asked Marth.

Eden smiled, he had already thought of a name in relation to his elemental traits.

"Moonlight Rose".