Five Kingdoms (MMP)

Five Kingdoms
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Genre	Historical Drama
Written by	Edard Lokarius-Armorius Franj Borealis zar-Hind Henryk Wander
Directed by	Scotts ibn Mathais
Theme composer	Guarantor Silence Gravity
Opening theme	Cloud of Stars performed by Bailey Mackay
Ending theme	1. Give Me Back a World at Peace performed by Phantom Peel Lama 2. Look to Spinward performed by Exavier Haik 3. Forlorn the Magellanic Stream performed by Brilliant Rightful Entroprise
No. of Episodes	95
Production
Producer(s)	Rohnd Tracer ovt-Shrike Joo Yinhwon
Running time	45-120 minutes per episode
Production Company(s)	#Lords irCollective
Release
Original release	Crosscloud Public Broadcasting Services G-Crest Media Network Space Broadcasting Association Sufficient Frequency Cooperative
Original run	November 6 6014 - December 601[]

Five Kingdoms is a multinational historical drama multimedia presentation based on the events of the Five States period and the Ur-Real Invasions of the Large Magellanic Cloud produced by the #Lords irCollective. Directed by Scotts ibn Matthais the series had a budget of over a billion thalers and a production period of almost six years. Historical Recreation societies participated heavily , and some of the scenes were modeled directly on locations and surviving ships from the period. Extensive battle sequences such as the Second Battle of Sweetwater or the Sixth Battle of Luxor used live maneuvers and recorded data, even contemporary footage, to compose shots.

The first chapter release began on the 6th of November, 6014. Surprisingly for a Historical Drama of its scale the presentation focused on a relatively small cast of characters. It was well received and was an almost instant success across a number of viewer metrics, though the series courted significant controversy due to the unique portrayal of certain historical figures. The series would be honored by a number of high-profile awards and nominations over the course of its run.

The success of Five Kingdoms resulted in a slew of side materials such as Records of the Stellar Heroes.

Five Kingdoms Characters

Main Characters

Tahminah Mina bint Yasmin al-Lasalle (The Warlord)
William Victor de Brightstar (The True Believer)
Sir Annette Bastillet D'Arbour Marissa Sasami Cristebelle I (Reassigned to Siberia)
Haile Asakura al-Mihran
Ariana Rahel Suzanne Nisaka Zervina
Aurora Alloces Citrine Ovsol-Klystron (The Mastermind)
Michael Constantine Sabirov-Aragon (The Spy)
Ravshana Marika bint Yasmin al-Lasalle (The Hussar)
Sir Henry Martell
Joachim Mornstein-Montfort (The Traitor)
Jacques Desmond
Clotilde E. Ackermann
Princess Aleida (???)
Sayuri Safavi
Van

Minor Characters

Margrave Esteban Winters vi Krill
Baroness Vierrna vi Krill
Planetary Administrator Karmake Drell
Primeant Bright Hope Rifter Trade Ambassador from the Constellation of New Possibilities
Sir General Jodn vz Mkera, Imperial Army Theater commander

Plot

Chapter		Episodes	Release date
			Chapter premiere	Chapter finale
	Prologue: Star Doom	4	November 6, 6014	December 13, 6014
Interlude: Luxor		2	18 December 6014	20 December 6014
	Chapter 1: Heroes and Villains	4	January 8, 6015	March 5, 6015
Interlude: Jardin and the Frontier		2	February 2, 6015	March 13, 6015
	Chapter 2: From the Ashes	4	March 19, 6015	May 3, 6015
Interlude:		2	June 11, 6015	July 10, 6015
	Chapter 3: Portents	6	March 19, 6015	May 3, 6015
Interlude:		2	June 11, 6015	July 10, 6015
	Chapter 4:	6	July 14, 6015	, 6015

Prologue: Star Doom

The Prologue covers the real events of the Krillian March,

Episode	Title	Characters Involved
01	"Krill: 1"	Aleida, Aurora, Bastillet, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah, William
A half-rifter noble freighter captain, a dragoon officer escorting experimental designs, a hussar captain being conveyed to court martial, and an Imperial Guardsman together manage a daring rescue of the Ninth Princess from assassins. December 31, 5320 A.E.: Aleida Saegusa MacBeth Phoenicia-zel-zarya the Eighth Princess with her entourage of personal retainers (Aurora, Bastillet, William, Ravshana, Tahminah) and the Imperial Guard Inspector Montfort attend a ball hosted by Margrave Esteban Winters vi Krill, the feudal overlord of the Krillian March. Two months earlier, the Princess had arrived in the region with a charter permitting her to raise a personal force of two divisions, titled the XVIIIIth Royal Star Lancers, from the battle hardened provinces along the Great Rift. Local succession crises and minor insurrectionist turmoil in various systems around the March have continually delayed mobilization. Montfort meets the Baroness Vierrna vi Krill, the heir of the Margrave and admiral of the Demesne forces, on the dance floor, [fill this in gee, I don't have a log of you whispering sweet nothings about phantom ships] Primeant Bright Hope, an ambassador from the Rifter Constellation of New Possibilities, seeks Aurora out in the crowd inquiring into the situation regarding the Vargas Station. Ravshana seated next to Aurora lets slip that Aleida intends to support whoever can end the insurgency on Faraday as the inheritor of the station. The ball begins to go poorly when the Count of Negal and the Planetary Administrator of Refuge, Karmake Drell, get into a very public physical altercation. The Count is challenged to a duel by Drell as they are pulled apart. The affair of honor is brought to the attention of the Princess, who postpones the duel for tomorrow morning. Ravshana volunteers to be a champion and is called upon by the Count, only to be disappointed when Karmake Drell declines the use of champions. Instead she accepts his offer to act as his second. Aurora and the Primeant discuss how the Wall has inadvertently protected the people of the Rift from the violent customs of the Empire. Princess Aleida overhears their conversation and asks how Rifters settle their own differences. Things soon take a further turn for the worse after Ravshana fobs her twin on Montfort. An irritated Baroness and Tahminah soon enter a verbal. Tahminah disappears for a moment before emerging with the intent to demand satisfaction from the Baroness. When Ravshana learns of Tahminah's treatment at the hands of the Baroness she promptly charges through the crowd. Tahminah orders William to drug the Count, hoping to prevent him from being capable of fighting and protecting him from the veteran Drell through her twin. Bastillet spots the hussar officer plowing through the crowd, including Aurora who attempts to stop her, and moves to discipline Ravshana for lese majeste. Ravshana and Bastillet are soon engaged in the second brawl of the evening, one that destroys almost an entire hall of art valued in the millions of thalers as collateral damage. Eventually Ravshana is tackled and arrested by security troops. The next morning Ravshana is released from detention for the duel, arriving in prison uniform. She is casually dispatched by the Planetary Administrator and is very nearly killed. While her twin recovers in a hospital, Tahminah charges William with finding various parts held up by the violence on Faraday's World by any means necessary. After some research he discovers that he can source essential systems from the Great Rift through the Primeant Bright Hope and an old friend. He visits a convalescing Ravshana to ask for her to help in clinching the deal with his friend when the news arrives that the Baroness vi Krill was killed by a Rifter ambush. Four days earlier, Montfort and Aurora leave Krill on the Imperial Guard Command Cruiser Varyns. Montfort attempts to investigate the smuggling of extremely illegal Rifter gravity weapons to Faraday's World with the help of Aurora's knowledge. En route they encounter an unusual contact hiding behind a Jovian moon. When the Varyns attempts to pursue it it is revealed to be a massive mothership of Rifter design, vastly more powerful than anything in the Krillian March. Fortunately for Montfort and Aurora the Rifter warship settles for temporarily disabling the Varyn's engines before escaping down the starways. They return to Krill to warn the Baroness of the threat just as her flotilla is ambushed and destroyed from the mouth of the Starways leading to Negal. Despite Aurora's pleas for Montfort to help her uncover the reasons for the incursion over the Wall using his authority as an Imperial Inspector, sending the Varyns on its own to reach the Imperial Navy garrison beyond the Krillian March, he insists he must brief reinforcements personally.
02	"Krill: 2"	Aleida, Aurora, Bastillet, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah, William
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03	"Krill: 2.5"	Aleida, Aurora, Bastillet, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah, William
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04	"Krill: 3"	Aleida, Aurora, Bastillet, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah, William
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Interlude: Luxor

Episode	Title	Characters Involved
05	"Royal Woes"	Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Tahminah
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06	"Everybody Lies"	Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Tahminah
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Chapter 1: Heroes and Villains

Episode	Title	Characters Involved
07	"Loyalty"	Aurora, Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah
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08	"Bravery"	Aurora, Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah
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09	"Honesty"	Aurora, Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah
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10	"Truth"	Aurora, Bastillet, Brightstar, Montfort, Ravshana, Tahminah
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Interlude: Jardin and the Frontier

Episode	Title	Characters Involved
11	"Jardin"	Desmond, Montfort
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12	"The Frontier"	Aurora, Ravshana
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Chapter 2: From the Ashes

Episode	Title	Characters Involved
13	"To be True"	Bastillet, Brightstar, Tahminah
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14	"To Stand"	Bastillet, Brightstar, Tahminah
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15	"To Choose"	Bastillet, Brightstar, Tahminah
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16	"To Fight"	Bastillet, Brightstar, Tahminah
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