The next day. The clan leaders all returned to their clans to begin the plan. Ash called the three Wolf leaders to the manor.
Isaac came with his son Grey. Grey was a Brown Wolf with red eyes and brown hair. Brilliant and cautious. Those are the two words most people would use to describe him.
Dustin came with his eldest daughter Donna. A tall, beautiful brunette with piercing red eyes. You could tell from her stance alone that she was a strong warrior.
"I need Dustin and Isaac to take soldiers and head to our border. Our city is the north of Glavis. Even if Glavis is not our enemy, we still need to guard the border. Zest, Grey and Donna. They will be in charge until you are back." Ash said.
"Grey. Donna." I said as I came in the room.
"Prince Jordan." They greeted then bowed their head a little.
"I should have asked for your presence in the meeting yesterday. I am sure you must have been filled in. The unification of the Monster race is at hand. I will need you two to be my personal assistants until the creation of our nation has been completed and you have been granted official posts. Starting from now, you two will be my right hands. Assuming I have two right hands."
"Yes Prince Jordan."
"Oh, also, call me Jordan. I don't like those weird titles."
"Uhm—okay."
"Nice. Dustin, Isaac. Once you have secured the border. I will need you back in three days time. We will discuss phase three then."
"Alright." They said and left the room.
Dustin and Isaac took ten thousand soldiers and left for the southern border. Donna, Grey and Zest followed Isaac and Dustin out to help them prepare to leave.
Ash and I remained in the room. "After we have created our nation. We will need a lot of manpower for different things. We will need a chain of command, a Government, Agriculture, Military, etc. We need to start discussing these things. I need you to make a list of the most personnel for all those things. The rest of the clans will bring their list when they return. We will pick them one by one."
"There is something else you know." Ash said.
"Hmm, what?"
"All the Kingdoms and Empires have something we are still missing. A Fallen, a guardian."
Fallen was the name given to a Celestial who has descended to the lower realm. Celestials often come down to interact with the lower beings. They pick a nation and live there. These kingdoms give them the special title of Guardian.
This meant that the Celestial, is allied with their nation. All the five countries have a Fallen as their Guardian except Minora.
"Oh. You mean that our nation might not be accepted by others if we don't have a Celestial allied with us. That is kind of true. But don't worry. She'll come."
"She? I am confused. She, who is she?"
"Just trust me. We have all we need."
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It had been three days since the meeting.
The clan leaders had all returned from their respective clans. The clan leaders were charged with the role of securing their borders and also of announcing the decision made by the clan leaders in the meeting.
King Klaus, the King of Minora had announced that he was stepping down as king so that the country can merge with the Northern Region.
The other clans had announced too. The news was happily accepted by every clan. The unification of the Monster race was something every clan wanted.
Everyone had been waiting for the unification of the Monster race but no one had actually believed it would happen so soon. The entire Monster race was overjoyed. Their long awaited wish was about to be fulfilled.
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The meeting King Klaus was going to set with the Arctic Dwarves was postponed. The chiefs of the dwarf tribe, after hearing about the unification from the people of Minora, decided that they would take two days to determine within themselves before meeting with me.
So we began the meeting about phase three without clearing phase two yet. This time, Donna and Grey were present. We had the meeting in the main hall again.
Then I started "It is said that the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. It's a very popular saying. Well, we just took our first step. The Dwarves will arrive tomorrow so we can say that phase two is almost complete."
"Now for phase three. The creation of our nation. First. We need a name. So any options. I am not too great at naming things."
"Why is a name hard. We are a nation of Monsters. So, Monster Nation." Mikey proclaimed, looking like he had just said something satisfactory.
"Aah, aah. That's why we can't trust birdbrains with important things." Dawn said. "What kind of an ugly name is Monster Nation. We need a beautiful yet strong name, not an ugly one."
"What did you just say!" Mikey shouted at Dawn.
"Hmph." Dawn said as she turned her head away from Mikey in annoyance. Everyone laughed as they continued arguing. Dawn and Mikey were know to always argue with each other.
"Now, now. No need to argue. Just mention what you think and we all decide." Lisa said trying to calm them.
"I have one." Ash said. "I agree we can't just give our nation any name. Well this region, that Monsters have occupied for tens of thousands of years has been called the Northern Region. Also what we want to create is not just any nation. We want to create an Empire. We, are a group of powerful clans coming together under one nation. What do you all think about the Northern Empire."
The room lit up. The Northern Empire. It was the perfect name.
"Whoa, just as expected from Ash." Ralph said.
"Hmm, Empire. It sounds right."
"That's a good one Ash."
"Perfect Ash." He picked the perfect name. "The Northern Region and Minora will be merged. Making the Empire the largest Kingdom on this continent. After that, the Empire will be divide into nine cities. The capital city will be built in the middle of the country and it will be the largest city."
I took out a map of the Northern part of the continent. Then I started to explained how the country will be divided. "The other eight cities will surround the capital. We will decide on the names of the cities later."
"Next. Is our Government. For every effective organization, the chain of command is very important. First, the Emperor. The emperor would have absolute authority and power in the nation. Then, the leaders of the fifteen clans. Whatever post we decided to give would be one that puts you in charge of managing the affairs of each city from the capital."
"Managing the cities from the capital. That's an interesting method." Roger said probably wondering how it works.
"Yes, you will all chose someone to take over the cities in your place. They will be the governors of those cities, and will answer directly to you."
"Oh. You believe this method will be effective?" Roger asked.
"Yes, I do. And there is a reason for it. Now for the most important thing. Our military. The Imperial military. As an empire, our military must be something we have to put a lot of effort in. After all, a nation is only as powerful as it's military."
"Ash and I looked it over yesterday. The personnel list you all sent will help us decide. But first. To know how many soldiers we would need, we need to know the population of our nation."
"So we calculated that the population of Monsters in the Empire after merging the Northern Region and Minora, would be approximately fifty five million. If we are able to get the Arctic Dwarves to ally with us, our population would increase by five million."
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We continued to discuss for hours. They browsed through subjects of Military, Finance, Business, Agriculture, Infrastructure even Education.
The discussion ran long. We decided it would be best if the Declaration and Crowning ceremony was held in eight days time to commemorate my arrival to the surface.
And so the meeting came to an end. The leaders all went out and started working on different things. The preparations for the arrival of the Dwarves were already completed. The drafts for negotiations were completed.
All that was left was their arrival.