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THE RAIJON EPIC
Novel written by Justin D. Harmon

The Raijon Epic is a story written by Justin D. Harmon and deals with the characters on the fictional planet, Nimbus. The trilogy has elements of war, love, mythology, religion, and betrayal. Several common races are found, such as Angels, Devils, and Humans.

The style of the books is written in three parts, following three different characters. Sometimes the plot is reversed or sped up as the storyteller interchanges between characters. In the first book, Captain Tristan of the Amonroth empire's army is the main character; he leads the reader through most of the story, until the second section where we begin to see the more politically based (and war based) life of the son of the empire's king, General Galadorr. Here we see a larger scale of Amonroth's leaders, and particularly it's king, after whom the book is titled. Finally in the last section, the reader gets a small glimpse of the rebel group leader, Katie, a mysterious love of the Captain that fights against the oppressive leaders and their king. Her brief point of view demonstrates the purpose of why she rebels, but is further developed and profound in the second installment.

Although playing a smaller role in the first book, Katie becomes the main character at the start of the second book, where her desires and destiny seem to unravel the story behind the epic's title. Raijon, (pronounced RAY-SHUN) referred to as a Mother Goddess over the world of Nimbus, spiritually leads the good forces. Although Raijon is an actual Being, the name itself is more commonly used in the trilogy for her holy messengers who come when a seal dividing the temporal world and spiritual world is nearly broken. The character Katie is revealed in the second book as the last messenger. She is named by the angels as the "Raijon" of the Final War. The seal's breaking is immanent, and Katie is called to lead men in war.

The threat is the evil king, Adimus (a fallen seraphim who leads an ever increasing dark war against Raijon's armies). (More info to come)

The first book, The Empire's King, was published by PublishAmerica in 2004 and took Harmon a year to write (from March 2003 to March 2004)

STORY
Some spoilers ahead! The Empire's King Comprising of the years 897 to 899 of the First Age (time recorded after the death of king Rufus) The story begins with Captain Tristan Brantford, a leader in the Amonroth empire. He is sent to investigate the disappearance of his soldiers who supposedly had captured the leader of the empire's enemy group, the Valkyrie. Finding the chariot of the soldiers in a forest, littered with bullet holes, Tristan proceeds into the mountain that leads to the east side of the continent where enemies of the empire were known to be. Upon entering the mountain, he is attacked by a strange dark creature that leaves him unconscious. He awakens on the other side, feeling drowsy, and nearly dies in the forest below, but is rescued by a man named Chief Alexander, a former leader in Tristan's empire. With the help of a strange little 'moffit' named Sherbert, Alexander nurses Tristan to health and helps him get to the nearest city. There he finds a new myriad (lion-like horse) to ride safely, but is then captured by a group of dark faces. He later learns that among these dark faces is one he recognizes: the leader Katie. As Tristan travels with the group in captivity, he must decide if he will cooperate with his old friend from his childhood or remain faithful to his empire, even if it means his death.

Far in the towers of the empire follows the account of General Galadorr, gentleman of the Halberd family. After a returning from war across the sea, Galadorr finds his father's illness has grown and changed for the worse. In trying to help and strengthen the empire, he finds his father destroying it from within. As he strives to keep the family name alive, he soon finds himself tempted by a lady captain. It is against the laws of his family to touch her, but Galadorr's strange sense to feel the spirits of others reveals her deep feelings towards him. The noble General Galadorr finds himself being pulled into a personal war with his father and trying to save his empire. The captain then is found murdered, and Galadorr's anger leads him to seek his father, and end the family war. The result of blood is spilled at a great cost.

Book Description
A story told from three different points of view. Amonroth was the mightiest of the empires towards the end of the First Age. Lord Halberd, patriarch of the Halberd family, had incited terrible fear into the hearts of even the greatest leaders of his time. His fear instigated many enemies. One was the rebel group, the Valkyrie, a band of strangers seeking to bring the fall to the Halberd family.

Captain Tristan Brantford, the great officer of the Eve Squadron, is set on an assignment to seek out a girl from the rebel group who was captured after an attack, only to find that she had escaped during the return transport. During the journey, however, he finds himself lost in the Eastern world of Terra and is captured by the very group he had set out to find.

After a mysterious attack on Lord Halberd, General Galadorr tries to govern the throne in his father’s stead. He tries to carry the weight of the empire, but the strain becomes a burden and he finds himself turning to the forbidden lust of a beautiful lady Captain. Although he knows the consequences, her seduction proves too great for him. The paths are intertwined around the city of Amonroth and lead to the great events that overcame the empire at the end of the First Age.

CALENDER YEAR ON NIMBUS

 * Full Year: 388 Days
 * There are only three seasons, divided by months
 * Each month is 22 days
 * When time is addressed or recorded, it is recorded as: Day/Month/Season
 * Ex. "Day 12 (or "the 12th day") of the fourth month of the season of Aurora"


 * Days begin and end with rising of the sun. Dawn=Beginning of new day, Sunset/Nighttime=Ending of day, Dawn=New day

The Seasons

 * Seasons named after the three Sister Lunarchist Goddesses
 * Aurora
 * Cerelia
 * Medea