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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 sizable guild that would unite the community under a single banner. Vulnus later drafted and archived the plans for future use.

House Crawford would later secede from the Kingdom system and incite the Crawford Rebellion, challenging The Royal Army (the royaljoint armyforces of the Kingdom and its houses). High King Vulnus called upon and rallied the collective houses, mustering potentiallywhat was 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.

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