Not Another Hero

It was only a few months after I took the throne that I decided it was time to take matters into my own hands. I'd be damned before I'd sit on the throne of such a broken kingdom.

It was a Starsday. I was already bored with staring at the door of my throne room waiting for important matters of state to be brought before me.



I looked at my guards and wondered whether they were here to protect me, or to keep me away from the real decision-makers.

I decided it was time to make a royal visit to our mines in the west. We'd need to shore up our most important industry if we'll ever get anywhere, I thought.

I knew the prime minister would object to such a trip, and that the guards would likely try to keep me in my throne room...