At first I can see the war between clans is inevitable. It is interesting how Krainke clan and other three are tight together. Each one has something the other needs to survive the war. Leaders of each clan are brothers and each one received a special ring before their father past away. They believe father is watching them from above. The fifth ring is meant to keep them all in harmony. However, where are humans, there becomes a greed and Zappa, one of the brothers has a mission to posses all four rings. That’s how the war of Zappa against other clans started. They plan to assassinate Zappa. But unsuccessfully. They are trying different strategy. They are trying to take advantage of his weakness. A beautiful women. But before they could try their strategy King Zappa slumped to his death from his horse. People of all clans felt safe at that moment...
Interesting story and well written!
Even though it’s a fiction, I can clearly imagine it happen in real life.

“It is not always he who fires a shot that pays for it”.

Great words of Trabate kingdom that fits the story!