Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king - Chapter 31: Coronation

... tory of the birth of Romelia.Apparently, the emperors , like most autocratic figures, liked to tell everyone that they had divine origins.

According to legend, the first ruler of Romelia was revered as the spawn of the Warrior, the deity whom soldiers prayed to before battle.

The myth went that the warrior had lain with a humble sheepherder, and from their union, Romlio was born. He was said to be the warrior's firstborn son, bestowed with divine gifts by the gods as a tribute to ...