There was a time when Alex took great pride in scrubbing toilets.
Serving the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance was an opportunity beyond the dreams of many.
There were toilets of gold, toilet lids studded with diamonds, and the floor tiles were made of white jade.
Even the water used to flush the toilets was from the melting snow of the heavenly mountains.
To say he was scrubbing toilets, yet the setting was more luxurious than many palaces.
But people, will inevitably change.
Amidst the turbulent winds on Demarco Mount, a new sacred leader made a grand entrance.
Many old officials fell from grace, with those loyal to the previous sacred leader stepping down under threat and pressure.
In their place rose a younger generation of activists.
The replacement of old power with new inevitably leads to many vacancies in power.
After laboriously electing a new sacred leader, these people were sure to hold onto power tightly.
All appointments below them were their own people.
