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<blockquote>''The Kingdom has now withered and died. The idea was very, very good. A game of thrones inspired accumulation of the entire Graal Military Community would have seemed like a crazy idea to me if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. It actually happened. The entire community was involved in the system. However, there were significant issues. For one, all the houses aside from House Regium were very weak, and there weren't nearly enough officers to support the large scale of the system. It had it’s moments, sure, one being the Crawford revolt after Vulnus was crowned the King. Crawford rebelled, and all the other houses rallied behind House Regium and destroyed them. A twelve hour battle was ended in 25 minutes, with Crawford agreeing to return to the system, and being given the territory of Deadwood. As much as I wanted it to, this system was never going to work. There are a few big factors to this. Auel created his house with the expectation that he would win the King election. After the election, not wanting to manage his house as opposed to be the King, he went inactive. As mentioned before, the guilds were weak and short-staffed. The King election itself contributed to its failure. All the confusion and disagreement caused a lot of infighting, but I will admit, seeing all those people in the castle was cool as fuck. All in all, good idea, and poor execution. However, the system did prove something important: Community unification is possible! Now can we replicate it?'' - Article from [https://xiaograalmilitary.wordpress.com/2016/08/06/the-failure-of-the-kingdom-system/ Xiao's Blog], by [[Xiaoguard|Roanoke Han]] </blockquote>The [[The Kingdom|Kingdom]], formally the [[The Kingdom|Kingdom of Graal]], was a prominent and monumental project of the [[Graal Military Community]], inspired by the HBO series, Game of Thrones. While problematic, the Kingdom showed potential offor a unified community, and served as a renaissance for military graphics. The guild was conceptualized by [[Auel|Auel Vist]] and [[Vulnus|Vulnus Regium]], but [[Constantine Vasa|Sherlock]] assisted in bringing it to life. The Kingdom's purpose was to unify the military community, and return it to its traditional values.

In a meeting between [[Auel]], [[Vulnus]], and [[Constantine Vasa|Sherlock]], a system was formulated to support a sizeablesizable guild whichthat would unite the community under a single banner. Vulnus later drafted and archived the plans for future use.

When their plans were put into effect, the Kingdom unified every under themilitary Graalguild Militaryin Communityexistence into one common cause. There were numerous great houses, each led by their respective family. Subservient houses flocked under the great houses, which typically had guilds ofstarting knightswith "Knights of." All houses had claims to land, andas well as the right to compete for territories withagainst other houses.

Initially, the Kingdom system had no chosen leader, until elections for a High King were hosted and coordinated by Roanoke Han, also known as Xiaoguard. Unbeknownst to Auel Vist, Vulnus won the elections and was crowned High King. Opposed to bebeing the King, Auel Vist went inactive, and bywith proxyhim, [[Vist|House Vist]] fell dormant.

House Crawford would later secede from the Kingdom system and sparkincite the Crawford Rebellion, challenging The Royal Army (the royaljoint forces of the Kingdom and its armyhouses). High King Vulnus called upon theand Graalrallied the Militarycollective Communityhouses, andmustering musteredwhat potentiallywas arguably one of the largest armyarmies in the history of the military community. The two sides clashed in combat for less than an hour, until the leader of House Crawford was forced to swear fealty to the High King before the eyes of the Kingdom.

In due time, Auel Vulnus stepped down and abdicated the throne to Auel Vist. This action did not stitsit well with the other houses and caused major unrest, which wouldeventually leadleading to the demise of the Kingdom.

Knights are the primer fighting force of the Kingdom. They are sworn to fight for and protect their Lord. To become Knight, one must display the attributes of a Knight, someone who is level-headed, intelligent, respectable, and talented warrior. One can only become a Knight after training under a Knight as a Squire, then being Knighted by the Lord of their Hold in a formal ceremony. This ceremony signifies the transition of being a warrior within a Banner to a respected Officer within a Hold.

The Kingdom is an immensely large guild structure, so large in fact, that the rest of Graal has never seen anything quite like it. The Kingdom is ruled over by the King and the royal family, who rule the Kingdom from their guild, The Royal Family .

Houses that arewere not Great Houses or tied to them as Minor Houses arewere known as Unrecognized Houses. These houses followfollowed the same structuresstructure and rules of the other houses, and arewere typicallyoften seeking a Great House to align with.