The Two Kings: Cursed Jade

It all started as a normal day, with the sun high in the clouds while birds littered across clear skies. Men and women of Edrighton went about their morning business with smiles on their faces and words of greetings on their lips. It was always fun and busy in the land of Edrighton, maybe more so for Bran, a jolly young boy born of the dawn star.Bran was the son of a single mother and had two younger sisters who lived with him in the outskirt of the village. He spent most of his morning running through thick forest and hill tops to get to the village market square, where he goes to hawk his mother's grilled fishes, to retailers or customers who crave them.The market was a big part of the kingdom and was quite famous for it's size and the caliber of goods and services they provided. People from all over the world gathered as early as the first cock crow to either buy or sell things, and among them was the young energetic boy, Bran, who had built up a bit of a reputation for himself.H

The journey back home was a long and stressful one, not at all how Bran pictured his morning, especially not today. His ordeal at the community market of Edrighton was one thing, and to add to that he was forced to take the longer route home. It was no secret the Julionios or the Julios family lived kilometers away from the kingdom of Edrighton, and this had been the case for as long as Bran could remember. He had often asked why, “why couldn't we live in the kingdom like everyone else?” And the reply was always “This is our home, this is where we belong and this is where we are safe”. His mother, who had been a target of his questions, was quite meticulous with her answers, that no matter how many times he asked, her answers never changed. When he pestered, she usually gave him the “continue asking and your ass gets it” look, which was one of the scariest things Bran had ever seen her or anyone else did. It was always better to back off whenever she got like that, so he accepted he