After Octavia killed both of her parents after losing her sanity, she began a Vendetta against her own kind.
After both of Octavias parents catch wind of her political beliefs, what starts with Stolas having a civil conversation with her evolves into a much greater tragity.
Shen had successfully conquered all of China. He was happy with this accomplishment, but zhengfu, his son, took his throne and yerned for more, so he went to the Americas to take fatherless sons scarred as a result of the Civil War.
basically the story you already know but kid friendly. Why did I make this? To prove a point, a point so little people seem to understand.