The Kingdom's monarchy was unprecedented, disreputable, and savage. Every ruler had to run in The Game for control of The Kingdom, must prove his or her embodiment of his or her Dominating Trait. In the end, the ruler of The Game would win the Kingdom and rule until his or her own death, upon which a new Game would be held.
The time had come. The King of The Kingdom had been stabbed in the night; no one knew why or who, or even if he had done it himself, but it had been done, and the King was dead, and it was to the new Players to run for ruler of the Kingdom.
They had come from reaches of The Kingdom near and far, had presented their reasons for Playing, and the City of the Kingdom, whispers spread of their grave and powerful talents....
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