Glory And Interests

The Archerons had always been upstarts, but Gaton’s rise was very different from Richard’s own. Gaton had started from nearly nothing and acquired a marquessate by show of force, his army growing at an unprecedented rate that hearkened back to the founding years of the three human empires. However, just as famous as Gaton’s growth was his poverty; even a common rune knight serving the other families of Faust lived more comfortably than the thirteen knights. Gaton himself wasn’t much better.

On the other hand, Richard’s era was completely different. He placed more emphasis on equipment, supplies and logistics, shoring up Gaton’s deficiencies and even overcompensating. In only years the beggarly Archerons now stood on equal footing with the other major families of Faust, with their elites being treated...