The Kings of Aasilar

Diary Entry:

The 3rd of Filou, 5236

  Today is my 18th birthday. Of course that means that my family has spared no expense in the celebration. The entire country paid their respects. The gifts I received were lavish. It makes me sick. I know that many of those gifts were made at the expense of the citizens. The hardworking people of this country are merely trying to survive thanks to the constant corruption of my father and the other royals. I can't stand it. Even my birth and by association my birthday are an example of that corruption. That claim that my father was gifted my birth from an angel as a divine proclamation of the royal families continued right to rule. I'm told my father was also born under such pretenses. Even my name shows I'm considered more holy and powerful than the average citizen. Counflo Thel'fleat- a name in a language only the royal family and close advisors can speak and understand (they call it Celestial, but I'm not sure of its true origins) which means Favored One. Our last name means God and King. What hubris.
  I'm not sure who my actual mother is and long have a sought the answer. It's easy for citizens to swallow, because everyone in the royal family is born... different. It has been said we are angel-born or angel-touched, but I know that isn't the truth. I heard my uncle many years talking with my father. That fateful night changed the way I think and see everything. I left the palace for the first time and truly saw. The city was such an impoverished and depressed place. I've looked into the truth and can confirm I was born just like any person. I can only guess that my abilities are hereditary, instead of a divine proclamation. Today I learned from my most trusted advisor that we are called Aasimar. Which means we've no more 'divine right' to rule than any other humanoid. It must be true because I've never seen so many corrupt people unfit to rule than there are in my royal family. Perhaps one day I'll be able to set the record straight and dispel this myth. One day when I become King.