(Andrew the first even ended being emperor despite having being born in a simple peasant home.)Your family was one of the few to have had three of its...members elected Emperor by the 27 electoral princes of the nation. Those three powerful archmages had ruled with wisdom in their time making the name of Ashcroft a respected one. The throne was not hereditary, the founders of the Empire had ruled that no child of an emperor could succeed him or her. This system kept balance and stopped humanity. Now she was smiling openly and cheering her heart out, as Evan pounced on the now stunned big shot on the ground and started landing blows, most of which were scoring on the face. To his credit, big shot took it for more than a minute after the break out, and it was only the ref’s stopping the fight since he was offering no defense that the fight was called. When the winners were trotted out to the center of the ring, both battered fighters looked exhausted, Big shot’s face looked like. Finally I stood up and put a cup of coffee in the microwave to heat.Angie got out of bed to join me when I had the new pot boiling. I took a moment to check my email before I poured two fresh cups of coffee. When I opened the email, I couldn’t believe that it was just bedtime. There was an email from GK Enterprises. It was a recipe for catfish stew. Anyone who knew anything about catfish stew knew that it had to be cooked all day, not three hours. I took that to mean that the meet was tree days. I was allowing myself to relax when I heard the first sound of something out of place.I’m not sure when I first noticed it since it started so gradually, but at some point I definitely noticed a buzzing sound coming from the area of the battery. As I started to walk to Douglass, so I could quietly ask him about it, I noticed the screens showed a sudden, substantial decrease in the power consumption of the batteries.Douglass clearly noticed it and had started to turn, and head towards the.