The kingdom was in a bloody state the three houses that hold power were in bloody mess every living thing in the house was slaughtered.
The three house include house adage ,house barks and the imperial family were slaughtered by Arthur who was now known as the mad slaughter gods. At the age of sixteen he was the most fear person in the entire empire and he was only crowned duke two days before now ,he address the citizens he was taking over the kingdom and anyone who was not in support was allowed to leave as an exile,taking nothing with him or she.
He revealed the crimes for the three houses which he slaughtered the emperor offense was he was aware of the evil of the two dukes did but did nothing in his defense he was scare if the chronick house they were indeed very powerful and so he allow the two head get rid of them ,in exchange for his silence they won't come for his throne which they agree,off course duck Thomas being the mad man that he was he wasn't interested in the kingdom,but duke Jackson was and they both raise Arthur for their ulterior motives ,for duke Thomas just a toy he could try to break while for duke Jackson a loyal dog who would help him sieze the throne.
They both thinking the curse will be able to protect them,unknown to them Arthur had some how save a wizard of the other kingdom the one year of war and he had join in alliance with Arthur and was helping him weaken the curse and change the line of the curse since he could not undo it permanently,so now instead of his old curse ,he now had a bloody curse which make him slaughters with no mercy. He was mad for blood some say it his madness come from a strong obsession of his late maid anna