Chapter Four...
The word "Hamlet" holds a special meaning for these older folks, as many of them witnessed its prosperity and likewise its decline.
It was precisely because of Hamlet's downfall that their rise was possible; otherwise, how could they control so much territory under the title of Baron?
Most of them, like Bastia and Ovando, thrived by taking advantage of a great calamity, amassing some power, and then gradually encroaching on lands belonging to Hamlet.
To be honest, in their eyes, the only real threat was posed by the most powerful Count Bastia. Failing that, it would be a few other barons, not the fallen Hamlet Town.
Who would have thought that something would change in such a short time!
In the corners they'd ignored, the fallen Hamlet rose again at an unimaginable speed, and by the time they reacted, the situation was beyond something a single family could handle.
