The Kingdom of Ismyr had many enemies. Most of them were ground into rubble and left to rot. War followed war, and under the Sun's banner the map kept shrinking. Years of conquest—kingdoms rising, falling, rising again only to be burned down—left the world with three true powers. Two could still stand against the Sun.
One was the Kingdom of Knowledge—also often called the Kingdom of Wisdom. The other was the Kingdom of the Moon. The Sun Kingdom worshipped the Sun God; Knowledge bowed to the God of Wisdom; the Moon to the Moon God.
It was no small coincidence that these three were also the most devout. Some said it was the gods' will that they were the last left standing—that the gods themselves held up the pillars of these near-empires. Divine protection. Divine intent.
Perhaps.
