Seishen Kingdom

The Seishen Kingdom is a vassal state to the Akura Family. It’s location, from the Blackflame Empire, is just across the southern border. Characters from the Seishen Kingdom play a key role in book 6 Underlord and book 8, [Wintersteel]]

Key Characters

Details lifted from Underlord, ch 5

• King Dakata — “The King had united this kingdom through the force of his own personal sword, and he looked like it: he was built like a castle wall and reminded Kiro of an aging bear.”
• Prince Seishen Kiro — Underlord. First-born, heir to the throne. “He had inherited his father's size, but fortunately he had a somewhat more graceful appearance. He thought so, at least.”
• Prince Seishen Daji — Truegold. The spare hier, two years younger than Kiro. He looked more like a wolf than a bear. A bad-tempered wolf. Ambitious. Reckless. Prideful. More than anything else, Daji craved combat, and he never did anything to hide that. Jealous and competitive regarding his older brother. He was two years younger than Kiro, but the fact that he was only Truegold burned him.
• Riyusai Meira - Underlady. Twenty years old. “The real strongest young Underlord in the Kingdom—and maybe among all the Akura’s vassal states—stood behind him, tending to the trees.” She is the gardener, an unexpectedly powerful sacred artist born into a servant family. She’s in love with Prince Kiro.

Tournament Selection

With the upcoming worldwide Uncrowned King Tournament in mind, Akura Charity invited the Blackflame Emperor Naru Huan and the Seishen Kingdom Dakata to send their best contenders to compete for sacred treasures at the Akura sacred training grounds, Night Wheel Valley:

“As the two weakest vassal states under our protection, you will compete with each other for the valley’s bounty. By the time summer comes, I will select the three young Lords and Ladies that will serve us in this tournament. (Underlord ch 3)

Charity’s Dark Plot

Charity set up the competition with darker intentions. She encouraged the Seishen contenders to single out Lindon Arelius because she thought he deserved it, because he was involved in the death of Akura Harmony on Ghostwater.

Charity said, tone dry. “In fact, there is a young man—a Truegold—who was recently involved in the death of my own grand-nephew.” (Underlord, ch 5)

Spoilers Below!!! Full Revelation. All Spoiled!

Death at Night Wheel Valley

As a result of Charity’s manipulations, Lindon Arelius, only a Truegold, had to defend himself against several serious attacks by the Seishen contenders. Lindon versus two Underlords and one Truegold. He did get some help from his friends, but they weren’t Lords yet either.

In the end, Lindon advanced to Underlord, as did Akura Mercy. Eventually, so did Yerin, whose life-line had been cut.

Prince Kiro died in Night Wheel Valley. King Dakata and Underlady Meira deeply mourn his loss. Prince Daji seeks vengeance at any cost.

Prince Daji hates Lindon and Akura Mercy and Yerin Arelius for their involvement in his brother’s death. More, he hates them for his own conceited reasons — for outclassing and upstaging him in Night Wheel Valley. He hates the entire Akura Family — especially the scheming Sage — for her role in events, and for selecting zero tournament contestants from his clan.

Death at Sky’s Edge

In Wintersteel, Daji tries to kill Lindon a few times, at Sky’s Edge. Underlady Meira stops him. Finally, Daji conspires with the scheming lion Monarch Reigan Shen, who arranges for Dreadgod cult Lords to ambush the younger generation of the Akura Family. So Daji opens a portal and zaps Mercy, Pride, and others in her family to a secluded murder scene. Young Akura Grace and several others die. While Eithan Arelius holds off the Blood Sage, Mercy’s younger brother Akura Pride and Blackflame Underlady Naru Saeya are badly injured. Lindon arrives in time to save their lives, and to kill dragon Overlady Sophara before she can finish killing Mercy. He advances to Sage in the battle with the gold dragon.

Dani’s Trial

After the ambush, Prince Daji went into hiding, but the Akura family found him. They brought him to trial, with his father and Meira. Akura Mercy presided over the trial. Lindon testified that he saw Daji open the portal for the ambush. Daji lied, protesting innocence. Lindon beat him to a pulp. He went to some dark Akuran prison. (See Bloodline)