Write me a short story about the rise and fall of a kingdom. Lead with a generalization about how kingdoms rise and fall.
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Write me a short story about the rise and fall of a kingdom. Lead with a generalization about how kingdoms rise and fall.
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A kingdom once formed seems as though it will never fall. Such is the hubris of humankind to think empires are appointed to last an eternity, ever growing and never declining. The Kingdom of Arya certainly thought so. When it was founded, the world saw unprecedented peace and prosperity. Under new leadership, the kingdom thrived. A series of good harvest years and an abundance of natural resources led to seemingly infinite methods of advancement, whether technological, scientific, or cultural.

The vice that felled Arya was greed. As natural resources began to dwindle, Arya looked to her allies and insisted that they assimilate for the betterment of humanity. Somehow, her allies took offense at this sentiment and refused, so Arya took what she wanted by force. Allies became enemies until the entire continent fell under her rule, subservient, yet still hostile to the government that had divinely appointed itself ruler of the planet.

An infection began to spread and metastasized across the kingdom until cities became fiefdoms, each lord clinging to their own sliver of land. They were cutthroat, killing and deceiving to claim what they perceived as their own. Border disputes raged, so much so that the central government could do nothing to ease her citizenry—that was if the subjugated and captive population could ever have been called her citizenry.

Bitter feuds and bloodshed saw the central government collapse and splinter. Everyone who was part of the oligarchy fled overseas to avoid the wrath, and the newly independent people of Arya began to build a new kingdom of their own.
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Write me a short story about the rise and fall of a kingdom. Lead with a generalization about how kingdoms rise and fall.</s>
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A kingdom once formed seems as though it will never fall. Such is the hubris of humankind to think empires are appointed to last an eternity, ever growing and never declining. The Kingdom of Arya certainly thought so. When it was founded, the world saw unprecedented peace and prosperity. Under new leadership, the kingdom thrived. A series of good harvest years and an abundance of natural resources led to seemingly infinite methods of advancement, whether technological, scientific, or cultural.

The vice that felled Arya was greed. As natural resources began to dwindle, Arya looked to her allies and insisted that they assimilate for the betterment of humanity. Somehow, her allies took offense at this sentiment and refused, so Arya took what she wanted by force. Allies became enemies until the entire continent fell under her rule, subservient, yet still hostile to the government that had divinely appointed itself ruler of the planet.

An infection began to spread and metastasized across the kingdom until cities became fiefdoms, each lord clinging to their own sliver of land. They were cutthroat, killing and deceiving to claim what they perceived as their own. Border disputes raged, so much so that the central government could do nothing to ease her citizenry—that was if the subjugated and captive population could ever have been called her citizenry.

Bitter feuds and bloodshed saw the central government collapse and splinter. Everyone who was part of the oligarchy fled overseas to avoid the wrath, and the newly independent people of Arya began to build a new kingdom of their own.</s>
