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The Kingdom of Numbers In the West, there lay the Empire of Null, a land of gray stone and iron skies. It was ruled by Emperor Varek, known to his enemies as "The Arithmetist." Varek was not a cruel man in the traditional sense. He did not enjoy pain. He simply did not factor it into his calculations. To Varek, the world was a math problem. Famine was a distribution error. War was an equation of resource expenditure versus territorial gain. He had conquered half the continent not with rage, but with perfect, icy efficiency. He had never lost a battle because he could predict exactly what a rational enemy would do. In the East lay the Principality of Aethel, a tiny realm of rolling vineyards, chaotic music, and inefficient joy. It was ruled by Princess Elara. Elara was not a warrior. She was a weaver. She spent her days repairing tapestries and settling disputes between farmers over stolen chickens. She was beloved, but in the eyes of the world, she was weak. When Varek’s iron...