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STORY TITLE: DYNASTY OF THE HOUSE OF JEHU

THIS IS A FANTASY SO ALL CHARACTERS ARE PURELY FICTIONAL AND A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION AS A RESULT OF MY LOVE FOR WRITING FANTASICAL STORIES SO THEREFORE IT SHOULD NOT BE LINKED TO ANY HISTORICAL SETTING OR ANYTHING AT ALL

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Preamble

The prophecy of the birth of triplet (three boys) in the royal family swept all medgarians off their feet. Medgar, a mighty kingdom of three territories, one sub territory and a capital city called the capital had last seen triplet only in the days of their founding father, the mighty Medgar whose name the country bear. And all three territories of Medgar bear the name of his three sons, also triplet, Mirah, Askan and Mishken. The sub territory was named after Medgar's bastard son Medos which literally meant 'dry' and the territory medos is truly a dry land though it has nothing to do with Medos being a bastard.

The three sons of Medgar had powers particularly special to them. Mirah holding the power of infiltration and wusdon, Askan being the best swordman in the whole kingdon and also the only wielder and owner of the sword of Asyrinth and lastly Mishken, the wizard of the first AID, the most powerful and AID being an acronym and meant nothing.

The quest for ruling the kingdon which already had conquered more than 25 kingdoms led to the enmity between the four sons of medgar and the subsequent division of the country into three territories named after each sons and the sub territory also naned after Medos. Though the capital city remained capital but the kingdom was called Medgar by the first true king Jehu whose lineage is wat the story is all about and down to his generation and now the birth of the somewhat reincarnated three sons of Medgar

Sit back read the story and see the lineage of the mysterious house of jehu is revealed and the rise, fall and rise and fall of the three princes of medgar and with the fascinating magical armour all awakened to grace the birth of the princes npw that medgar has authority over more than 50 kingdoms..

Pity I won't be posting the story today
But first thing tomorrow it will be ready

CHAPTERS

SERIES ONE: THE TRIPLET

One: Samuel, Malaki, And Joshua
Two: The father
Three: The grandfather
Four: The great grand father
Five: The great great grand father
Six: The ancestral father
Seven: Powers unkwon
Eight: Secrets of power
Nine: The Jehu catastrophe
Ten: Flawless Samuel
Eleven: Conceited Malaki
Twelve: Joshua's mistake
Thirteen: the three relic of power
Fourteen: The unification
Fifteen: The path home
Sixteen: Happily ever after?

One: Samuel, Malaki and Joshua[b][/b]

The prophecy if the birth of triplet to the royal family leaves everyone in the kingdom of Medgar astoundedastounded. As enticing as it is, it is somewhat mysterious. Medgar, a kingdom which has last seen triplet during the days of their founding king, and warrior, who himself bear Medgar, the name of the kingdom. Until then no one in the kingdom had ever begotten triplet and none in the royal family has severed sire twins.


The prophecy further proclaimed that the three boys are the ones to unite all the three territories of medgar - Mirah, Askan and Mishken. The story behind the disunification of the three territories of Medgar is one Medggarians can't explain, they just found themselves hating each other. Though they have one king they arenl never united
It is a fact that the one thing uniting them is that they have one king which is the Jehu's and that's all. It is customary but not a law that no Askanite should have a love relationship with a mishkenite nor a Miran. And also neither should any of the three territories have anything pertaining love to exchange with one another


Their bound lies in the market and war and of course celebration like that of the birth of the three princes into the royal family. Should anyone in any of the three territories violate the custom, such person is relegated to Medos. Medos, the bastard son of Medgar whose name literally mean dry and of course so it reflected on the well being of the land of Medos as it was truly a dry land. So people found violating the customs are referred to as half caste


The population of half caste has grown since generations past that it began to incite fear in Medgarians that they would one day try to usurp thethrone . they thought that he kingdom might have four territories, but this all thoughts anyways, who cares? They are half caste so the status of the kingdom is maintained as a three territorial confederation.


Now the cause of worries into he kingdom was just how on earth will just three boys, princes by the way, unite the three territories? Four if one ask a Medonite. That question was always left hanging. But then the inevitable came just after thee years of when the prophecy had been told the queen conceived.

The prophecy of the birth of triplet to the royal family leaves everyone in the kingdom of Medgar astounded. As enticing as it is, it is somewhat mysterious. Medgar, a kingdom which has last seen triplet during the days of their founding king, and warrior, who himself bear Medgar, the name of the kingdom. Until then no one in the kingdom had ever begotten triplet and none in the royal family has severed sire twins.


The prophecy further proclaimed that the three boys are the ones to unite all the three territories of medgar - Mirah, Askan and Mishken. The story behind the disunification of the three territories of Medgar is one Medggarians can't explain, they just found themselves hating each other. Though they have one king they aren't never united

It is a fact that the one thing uniting them is that they have one king which is the Jehu's and that's all. It is customary but not a law that no Askanite should have a love relationship with a mishkenite nor a Miran. And also neither should any of the three territories have anything pertaining love to exchange with one another


Their bound lies in the market and war and of course celebration like that of the birth of the three princes into the royal family. Should anyone in any of the three territories violate the custom, such person is relegated to Medos. Medos, the bastard son of Medgar whose name literally mean dry and of course so it reflected on the well being of the land of Medos as it was truly a dry land. So people found violating the customs are referred to as half caste


The population of half caste has grown since generations past that it began to incite fear in Medgarians that they would one day try to usurp thethrone . they thought that he kingdom might have four territories, but this all thoughts anyways, who cares? They are half caste so the status of the kingdom is maintained as a three territorial confederation.


Now the cause of worries into he kingdom was just how on earth will just three boys, princes by the way, unite the three territories? Four if one ask a Medonite. That question was always left hanging. But then the inevitable came just after thee years of when the prophecy had been told the queen conceived.

The king remembering the prophesied words made sure the queen was well attended, she became very fragile in his hands and again the inevitable happened. Queen Mortar gave birth. It was a sunny bright day and looking up the sky, the sky certainly are rejoicing. Everything looked bright and cool and just about few minutes before noon, the first of the triplet was born, then exactly noon the second was born and when noon was divided exactly into two the last of the triplet came forth. And when the news of the birth of the triplet got to king Arnold his heart was filled with joy and so was every Medgarians.


One funny thing about the birth of the three princes was that for that time Medgarians celebrated with each other and every one thought those were signs of the three princes uniting Medgar.


The day of the naming rites of the triplet fast approached. It was colourful and as well rowdy and crowdy, which was usually cmon in the capital. Normally when a boy is born into the royal family, the three territories of Medgar sends 1,000 delegateses and Medos 500 to the capital where the royal palace is situated. Since there was unity between his three sons Askan, Mirah, and Mishken, Medgar made sure he situated the royal palace at the very centre of the kingdom as it was the land that separates all the territories of Medgar.


It was always a divided celebration in Medgar whenever a child is born into the royal family but as for the birth of the triplet, the kingdom all celebrated together. The gates of the capital was filled that the gates of all the entrance of the capital was shut to prevent more people from coming in which was very strange for the fact that the gates of he capital is never closed. It was an analogy between Medgarians to signify the importance of the capital.


The ceremony took place in the palace hall, the biggest in the entire kingdom ad when it was time for he naming rites everywhere was silnt , quiet and peaceful.


The king rose up from his gold plated wooden chair and since the king's seat faces the crowd, everyone saw and knew what he was doing at the moment. Just three steps in front of the king was four tables, the first consist of robes, made from pure and the most finest silk in the kingdom, and the second table holds shoes, made front the skin of a deer. the third table consist of jewellery, the finest of all golds and it glimmer would make a man short of words and try to catch his breath. The last table carried just one crown, that is , there can only be one crown prince.


The king step forward to where the tables were placed and as vustomary , he took the first robe raise it and said
"This is malaki"

He pause a little to drop the first robe and to pick the second robe " this is Joshua", he said " and this is Samuel" he announced hoisting the third robe.

He did the same using the same tactic with he second, third table and when he got to the fourth table which consist of only one crown, since there can be only one crown prince, he simply lifted it and said
"This belongs to the rightful owner"

As the king finished his statement everyone rose up according to tradition and shouted.
"Long live the king!"
"Long live the queen!"
"Long live the princes!"


After the chant, around of applause followed and after the applause the chant "long live" was shouted again. That was done for five times and afterward every one started to merry.


So that was the birth if Samuel, Malaki and Joshua the three princes of Medgar whose should is a great imposible destiny of a great kingdom rested. Sons of king Arnold and queen Modgar, grandson of king Jasmine and worthy descendants of he house of Jehu. And now their life's is about changing as all mmagic has awoken to full powers



Epilogue: the leader of the AIDS - Sangira walked around the corners of the valley of blobatha near the water fall of Aiden. And there she felt it. Suddenly she dropped the walking stick, the colour of her eyes turned from green to blue and she waived her hands and in a very quick reaction fire emmited from the wave of her hands. Then she smiled wrily.

Two: The father


Anger as they say is he cause of an erupting volcano. So to say, the difference between a typhoon and tsunami is literally the current of the wave. Though all these are natural disaster but above all, man is inclinated to fall. Every action and inaction are all natural, be it a disaster or a good tiding. The tendency for man's failure is somewhat dashing and as proposed, man's proclivity is to avoid failure.


Such can be said about the reign of King Arnold, son of King Jasmie and worthy descendant of the Jehu family. His mother queen Lydia was from Askan. Throughout history the descendants of Jehu were known to be all rounders, which meant that their family background consist of all three territories. Infact, they are the first half caste.


The king's wife, queen Mogar was from Mishken. Since the Jehu's were the very first half caste, they saw nothing wrong with the inter relationship across the territories, but like it is said "main is bound for mistake". They fail to take into account that they are half caste already. The capital's location is neither within the three territories and with that they have been outcaste in their own nation. But that wasn't their fault, Medgar caused it at least. In a nation they thought they have dominance of and governing over, but, they were wrong. There inclinations was wrong. They are the very first half caste. And when this is asked of an ordinary man he would simply say with an outward showing he has no time for argument " aren't they royalty?".


Many years before king Arnold ascended the throne he also stated as a prince. He always maintained one thing in his speeches, "my father's inheritance is the surest thing in the world"
Didn't he inherit anyways, isn't he as a result of the copulation between two half caste, or isn't he going to be an half caste, since he is also going to marry in one of the three territories.


Just about two years before king Arnold ascende the throne, there was a commotion. As it is customary for the crown prince to marry exactly on his naming rite day when he turns seventeen and would ascend he throne when he is 25years of age. Now the trouble happens in both sides as in the inner court and the outer field. Their worst enemy as at that time, the Thannagarians were preparing to wage war and choosing the right girl as a wife for king Arnold was another as all three territories wants the next queen to be from their side.


Choosing the new wife was taken with too much deliberation and fragility was the watchword of everyone. Should they choose a wrong wife for the future king it will definitely affect the kingdom in all aspects. Each and everyone's personality was put to question as at that moment and should there be any shortcoming found in any girl then such girl is eliminated
And so everyone walks with absolute gentility. According to tradition every female in the kingdom are all contender even if a person is about during. So it is left for the king to think how to pick a good female in all the over 25million females in the kingdom, for the future king.


The crown personal feeling is not considered during the selection process though he can influence the result but the mirriage rest solely on the King's choice. But still as said 'man is not perfect', and so mistakes happens.Choosing the queen for king Arnold was rather easy as no personal emotions was mixed for national duties, it was actually straight forward. A man in the city, named Gilderoy had a daughter named Modgar, she was third of gilderoy's four children and the second female born of that family. She was exactly the sane age as king Arnold and iimmediately king Arnold set eyes on Modgar. And who wouldn't love modgar at first sight? Bestowed with much endowment, her skin, very light and soft, she stood a daring 5 feet 8 inches tall, her face, round and her eyes, sparkling with her lashes complementing her long pure black soft silky hair.


Gilderoy, queen modgar's wife was a top official in government as at the time. He was from Mishken and he owned one of the largest plantation in the nation, he also was one of the richest into he kingdom, if not the richest. He was bestowed with divine nobility as people of mishken would say, and he has true leadership qualities and he moves with absolute dictatorship movement. No one ever dared question His authority. Almost every Mishkenite was envious of him.

Following.

King Arnold and queen Modgar's marriage was a perfect match making, since no person emotional feelings of both parties was not considered in the selection process. It was said that king Arnold found live in queen Modgar at first sight, and truly he did.

The wedding date was fixed and even though their greatest enemy, Thanagar was looming around trying to invade the kingdom, that was no concern for the people of Medgar. All they cared about was how cared about is how colourful the marriage ceremony of the crown prince; heir to throne of Medgar, son of King Jasmie, and Modgar; future queen of Medgar and daughter of the business tycoon Gilderoy. The three territories were already deliberately on the delegates they are to send to the capital, since there is no good relationship between the three territories, they prefer celebrating differently to coming together to celebrate. After much deliberation words were sent to the capital that each territory will be sending 20,000 delegates plus 10,000 from Medos to make it 70,000 in total. As the event is taking place in a 100,000 capacity village center sqare , the rest of the place us filled by the delegates sent from the kingdoms under Medgar.

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The only time the capital is crowdy and noisy is on market days or whenever here is a big ceremony in the royal family. Well, the market is every day so the capital is always rowdy. The capital of course has the largest market in the kingdom and also the second largest field which is the village center square where the all big ceremony of the royal family takes place. And on a day such as this the capital is filled with the noise if 70,000 medgarians and 30,000 neighbouring kingdom excluding Thanagar who as at that time was an enemy of Medgar


Medgar had always exact dominance over all kingdom both in battle and intellect and even in the organisations of ceremonies. The rise of Thanagar as surprising, a kingdom whose population is below that of Medos let alone the three territories. So how a kingdom like Thanagar posed a threat to Medgar is what mass all Medgarians laugh whenever the matter of the threat of the Thanagarians is brought up.


Thaagar uprising against Medgar is all thanks to their ruthless king Luther, a rather fearless king who was said to have conquered his fear when he devided going for a bear hunt at he age 7 and he successfully killed an actually bear with just one unsharped spear. Luther was fierce in battle and during his six years of his ascension to the throne he had already conquered all surrounding neighboring kingdoms to the west, north, east and south and now he plans big. Conquering a great kingdom like Medgar would give him all what he wants in life. He though if he conquer Medgar then the rest of the Kingdoms would bow to him without necessarily going into battle with them since he had conquered the so called greatest kingdom in the world, but little did he know that Medgar is not a country one wakes up in the middle of the night and think of conquering and in the next day so be it. No. it is never like that. A country with well over 4 million soldiers and up to 56 countries paying homage to their King yearly is not a country one should joke with. Medgar being courageous in battle is second to nobe and their bravery and fierceness makes them stand out, they make use of any chance that comes to them and one mistake and he enemy is doomed. That's just the simplest way to describe the battlefield Medgar. Perhaps King Luther should have asked king Darius of Samaria during the battle of the snow flakes. He woke up one early morning, called His army commander and told him to prepare for war against Medgar just because he said he had a dream that he conquered Medgar. And that in his dreams Medgarians are not good in fighting during winter. And there he met his doom, giving away the holy sacred city of Samaria and losing badly in battlefield which was tagged as the battle if the snow flakes because king Darius had thought and said that the snow flakes would help them in defeating the Jehus.


Though they were united in the battlefield, but were not into heir country. Medgeians all possess an element of hatred and jealousy towards one another especially one who is not from their territory.

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The painted and tinted irony of life was in play as the Medgarrians were celebrating and performing a marriage ceremony for their soon to be king Arnold and Queen Modgar the Thanagarians were planing on how to invade Medgar and conquer them.
" let show them that we are small but mighty", lokrain, the smallest amongst the top rank army officers said.
"Yeah!" Everyone in roared.
Whilst everyone was contributing one thin or the other king Luther was witted on his gold adorned chair listening carefully with utmost attention.
" arent we suppose to besiege the kingdom?" Someone proposed
" no we can't Medgar is a big Medgar that can survive a siege for at least 5 years which we don't have the resources to lay siege that long and when they see we are tied out then they come attacking" another thrashed the proposal.


The hall was crowdy as everyone was trying to say on thing or the other to make an impact. King luther who was never tired of hearing everyone's contribution, adjust himself on his chair, with his arms now akimbo and still listening with utmost sincerity and attention. Well, he needed to to that
" your majesty, don't you have anything to say?" The deputy army commandant asked bowing his head towards king Luther.
" well, as a matter of fact I do" king luther replied promptly.

Now everyone's attention was with king luther about his final decision. The rowdy hall had gen turned into a necropolis and absolute silence reigned. King luther rose from his seat walked past the army ccommandant and his deputy seated just in front of him and then said after observing the length and breadth of the hall. " great people of Thanagar, I greet you. As you all know that Medgar is not a kingdom one looks down on. A kingdom of well over 4million soldier, 40 million population and of course the greatest bloodline of Kings, the Jehus. Such a perfect kingdom with rich harvest every year, bountiful bevy of beautiful ladies and highly intelligent philosophers, how in earth do we conquer such kingdom?"

There was absolute silence in the hall, it was so silent that should a rat pass its squeaking and also the buzzing of mosquito. The crowd that has been mumbling one or two things went mute after king Luther's question. It was as if he had the skill of shutting peoples mouth. After king luther noticed the soldiers sense of absurdity in his obviously rhetorical question, and their muteness, he spoke. " but the thing is my brothers, we are in this together, we are one in this brotherhood, and united we stand, divided we fall. I say we have to defeat in unison, we might be small but we are mighty. One fifty years ago when our ancestors first invaded the lands we are now, they were a small group of short armoured migrants but because they were together get defeated a whole army and conquered many other kingdom. Together we can conquer Medgar"


The king was using every passion in him in saying every words it was for certain he knew and meant all he had been saying and by then all the crowd was were feeling his morale boosting speech and his technically gifted energizing oratory prowess made them feel safe. The place then turned rowdy as if they had just conquered a kingdom.

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Fate at its absurdity, in the south of Thanagar, across four mountains and 4 river and a round journey of more than 2500 leagues, had its normal doing. The people of Medgar though knowing the impending threats of the Thanagarians seem not to care at all. For all they care is that the Crown prince is to make an unbreakable vow to the next soon to be crown princess, and on such a day sight talks about an impending danger shouldn't bother them. They were looking forward to the day even though they arent celebrating together due to their separation and division since founding time, they are in unison inwardly, this is what the Thanagarians failed to comprehend.


Though the Medgarians might be separated physically they have a unison mind in the state of pressing matters but then all that matters is not the outward sincerity but the inward sincerity. The complicating idealism amongst Medgarians is that they have to protect their brotherliness. A brotherliness not shown physically but a medgarian should always keep his fellow Medgarian in mind. Their ancestral enemity was causd by something as far as every Medgarian is concerned they know nothing of in particular, they just found themselves not showing heir love outwardly to each other and that was a tradition passed to all their generations.


The village central square was the place to be. A place that can hold a massive 150000 people, second to the great diamond square named not because it was built wwith diamond nor because it took a diamond shape but because they felt they need to name something after a diamond. The great diamond square holds a massive 300,000 people and was situated in Micah. The marriage ceremony of king Arnold and Quen Modgar was still ongoing and it was time for King Arnold to make the unbreakable vow to Queen Modgar. King Arnold who was seated on a two seated golden plate chair of he hawk emblem which signifies Medgar's vision and with cushion at both sides wore a robe that dazzles the eyes. The mesmerizing fabric was mesmerizing because one has to think if it was truly made of wool and the belt sweetly compliment he whole attire and Arnold as beautiful as he is made every thing come into perfection.


At the far corner of the south eastern entrance, Modgar was arriving from there, and also just like her soon to be husband and lord she looked stunning. Her hair much more silky and soft than before and her lashies portraying her absolute beauty. Her hair all packed in a round style and it dark colour complements her elegant and gracious face. Her skin, light and soft, and her dimples which will make any man always wish for her and put all of hem in daze with her charm of stunning beauty. Above all was her silky dress made of 20 karats gold and sewed by the finest seamstress in the entire kingdom.


Modgar was led to where the royal tent is and as she was approaching every one rose on their feet. When she got to where prince Arnold was He stretched his hand to meet hers and and when she received him, he led him to where the king Jamie is and during the time flowers was grown all around the arena to grace them. As they got to where King Jasmie and queen Lydia was where Gilderoy also sat, everyone in the arena was silent and that very moment of peace gave a gracious meaning to the event , and that decorum symbolizes their life being a peaceful one, but only time will tell. Who on earth lives a peaceful life in Medgar? Not even the king can boast of having the luxury of the word peace, but then to aspire is to perspire and aspiring is not for one person but for everyone. So if the people of Medgar wish for a peaceful then all they can say to each other and as well themselves is goodluck.


As King Arnold and Modgar reached in front of the king, queen and Gilderoy, they coutseyed and then the king stood up from his chair, adjust his crown and as well his robe with the hawk emblem patched on the chest of the robe and also both arms. He placed his scepter towards the king Arnold and said
" Arnold, son of King Jasmie and queen Lydia, worthy successor to the throne of Medgar, do you take Modgar daughter of Gilderoy as your eternal wife?"
" yes" king Arnold replied.
King Jasmie then picked a knife from the table right beside him and then he continued " this symbolises Horam, the god of unification and separation. Do yoou want this knife to unite you with Modgar or cut you away from Modgar?"
"Unification I want" king Arnold replied promptly
" then so be it", king Jasmie retorted.


King Jasmie gave the knife to King Arnold who cut himself with it to get a little of his blood and he wrote in a book called the royal genealogy to write and ascertain and make official his unification with queen Modgar. After he was done with it he gave the knife back to king Jasmie who placed it back to where he took it from and picked up the woven cloth. A fabric which is always placed at he block of power in the royal place for 7days before any marriage cceremony of the Royal family in other for the cloth to be suoer enriched with the power of the gods to unify the king and the queen and strengthen their bond.
" place this on your lady and into the name of Nephtar you are made husband and wife", king Jasmie announced
king Arnold collected the clothe called the Pelop and place it around the willing and ready neck of queen Modgar and here the climax sets in.


Just as the Prince personal feeling was not always considered when choosing a bride for him so was the proposed wife not eligible to make an unbreakable vow. It was often said amongst Medgarianns that women are the most fragile and delicate being the creator ever created. So for a woman to be made to make something as strong as the unbreakable vow to a prince will be too strong for the lady to handle and could lead to breakdown or emotional disorder in woman the reason of which still remain unknown to the people of Medgar as no woman in the history of Medgar had been made to take the unbreakable vow. But there is a reason they widely acknowledged to being the reason woman are not allowed to take the unbreakable vow which was as a result of he teachings of nephtar, their goddess of love, that a man should be with one man and so should a woman but it was believed that man are he unchastise one and not the woman.


Just after prince Arnold placed the pelop round Modgar's neck, king Jamie gave the knife to Modgar in order to always remmenber the laws of Horam, the god of unification and destruction, and after thus he crowd went rowdy. It was an inciting noise which someine had started from the southern corner of the arena but no one took him serious then another wail and outcry poured out west of where the noise had started and then gradually the noise became too strong and alarmingly disturbing which was not supposed to happen as Gilderoy hasn't given his blessings to the marriage. The nearest soldiers tried to calm the crowd by hiting the hilt of their spear furiously at the ground but still the rowdiness did not stop. Then someone shouted at the top of his voice " they as here!". Then it dawned on them that they were under attack by the Thanagarians who had already breached the gates outside the village center square.

There was absolute silence in the hall, it was so silent that should a rat pass its squeaking and also the buzzing of mosquito. The crowd that has been mumbling one or two things went mute after king Luther's question. It was as if he had the skill of shutting peoples mouth. After king luther noticed the soldiers sense of absurdity in his obviously rhetorical question, and their muteness, he spoke. " but the thing is my brothers, we are in this together, we are one in this brotherhood, and united we stand, divided we fall. I say we have to defeat in unison, we might be small but we are mighty. One fifty years ago when our ancestors first invaded the lands we are now, they were a small group of short armoured migrants but because they were together get defeated a whole army and conquered many other kingdom. Together we can conquer Medgar"


The king was using every passion in him in saying every words it was for certain he knew and meant all he had been saying and by then all the crowd was were feeling his morale boosting speech and his technically gifted energizing oratory prowess made them feel safe. The place then turned rowdy as if they had just conquered a kingdom.

* * * * * * *

Fate at its absurdity, in the south of Thanagar, across four mountains and 4 river and a round journey of more than 2500 leagues, had its normal doing. The people of Medgar though knowing the impending threats of the Thanagarians seem not to care at all. For all they care is that the Crown prince is to make an unbreakable vow to the next soon to be crown princess, and on such a day sight talks about an impending danger shouldn't bother them. They were looking forward to the day even though they arent celebrating together due to their separation and division since founding time, they are in unison inwardly, this is what the Thanagarians failed to comprehend.


Though the Medgarians might be separated physically they have a unison mind in the state of pressing matters but then all that matters is not the outward sincerity but the inward sincerity. The complicating idealism amongst Medgarians is that they have to protect their brotherliness. A brotherliness not shown physically but a medgarian should always keep his fellow Medgarian in mind. Their ancestral enemity was causd by something as far as every Medgarian is concerned they know nothing of in particular, they just found themselves not showing heir love outwardly to each other and that was a tradition passed to all their generations.


The village central square was the place to be. A place that can hold a massive 150000 people, second to the great diamond square named not because it was built wwith diamond nor because it took a diamond shape but because they felt they need to name something after a diamond. The great diamond square holds a massive 300,000 people and was situated in Micah. The marriage ceremony of king Arnold and Quen Modgar was still ongoing and it was time for King Arnold to make the unbreakable vow to Queen Modgar. King Arnold who was seated on a two seated golden plate chair of he hawk emblem which signifies Medgar's vision and with cushion at both sides wore a robe that dazzles the eyes. The mesmerizing fabric was mesmerizing because one has to think if it was truly made of wool and the belt sweetly compliment he whole attire and Arnold as beautiful as he is made every thing come into perfection.


At the far corner of the south eastern entrance, Modgar was arriving from there, and also just like her soon to be husband and lord she looked stunning. Her hair much more silky and soft than before and her lashies portraying her absolute beauty. Her hair all packed in a round style and it dark colour complements her elegant and gracious face. Her skin, light and soft, and her dimples which will make any man always wish for her and put all of hem in daze with her charm of stunning beauty. Above all was her silky dress made of 20 karats gold and sewed by the finest seamstress in the entire kingdom.


Modgar was led to where the royal tent is and as she was approaching every one rose on their feet. When she got to where prince Arnold was He stretched his hand to meet hers and and when she received him, he led him to where the king Jamie is and during the time flowers was grown all around the arena to grace them. As they got to where King Jasmie and queen Lydia was where Gilderoy also sat, everyone in the arena was silent and that very moment of peace gave a gracious meaning to the event , and that decorum symbolizes their life being a peaceful one, but only time will tell. Who on earth lives a peaceful life in Medgar? Not even the king can boast of having the luxury of the word peace, but then to aspire is to perspire and aspiring is not for one person but for everyone. So if the people of Medgar wish for a peaceful then all they can say to each other and as well themselves is goodluck.


As King Arnold and Modgar reached in front of the king, queen and Gilderoy, they coutseyed and then the king stood up from his chair, adjust his crown and as well his robe with the hawk emblem patched on the chest of the robe and also both arms. He placed his scepter towards the king Arnold and said
" Arnold, son of King Jasmie and queen Lydia, worthy successor to the throne of Medgar, do you take Modgar daughter of Gilderoy as your eternal wife?"
" yes" king Arnold replied.
King Jasmie then picked a knife from the table right beside him and then he continued " this symbolises Horam, the god of unification and separation. Do yoou want this knife to unite you with Modgar or cut you away from Modgar?"
"Unification I want" king Arnold replied promptly
" then so be it", king Jasmie retorted.


King Jasmie gave the knife to King Arnold who cut himself with it to get a little of his blood and he wrote in a book called the royal genealogy to write and ascertain and make official his unification with queen Modgar. After he was done with it he gave the knife back to king Jasmie who placed it back to where he took it from and picked up the woven cloth. A fabric which is always placed at he block of power in the royal place for 7days before any marriage cceremony of the Royal family in other for the cloth to be suoer enriched with the power of the gods to unify the king and the queen and strengthen their bond.
" place this on your lady and into the name of Nephtar you are made husband and wife", king Jasmie announced
king Arnold collected the clothe called the Pelop and place it around the willing and ready neck of queen Modgar and here the climax sets in.


Just as the Prince personal feeling was not always considered when choosing a bride for him so was the proposed wife not eligible to make an unbreakable vow. It was often said amongst Medgarianns that women are the most fragile and delicate being the creator ever created. So for a woman to be made to make something as strong as the unbreakable vow to a prince will be too strong for the lady to handle and could lead to breakdown or emotional disorder in woman the reason of which still remain unknown to the people of Medgar as no woman in the history of Medgar had been made to take the unbreakable vow. But there is a reason they widely acknowledged to being the reason woman are not allowed to take the unbreakable vow which was as a result of he teachings of nephtar, their goddess of love, that a man should be with one man and so should a woman but it was believed that man are he unchastise one and not the woman.


Just after prince Arnold placed the pelop round Modgar's neck, king Jamie gave the knife to Modgar in order to always remmenber the laws of Horam, the god of unification and destruction, and after thus he crowd went rowdy. It was an inciting noise which someine had started from the southern corner of the arena but no one took him serious then another wail and outcry poured out west of where the noise had started and then gradually the noise became too strong and alarmingly disturbing which was not supposed to happen as Gilderoy hasn't given his blessings to the marriage. The nearest soldiers tried to calm the crowd by hiting the hilt of their spear furiously at the ground but still the rowdiness did not stop. Then someone shouted at the top of his voice " they as here!". Then it dawned on them that they were under attack by the Thanagarians who had already breached the gates outside the village center square.

Pandemonium was filled in everywhere as theThanagarians were closing on the main gate of the village center square.
"Get the queen to safety", king Jasmie ordered the deputy army commandant.
" and the crown princess", king Arnold added taking the nearby sword.


King Jamie also picked up sword and so did Gilderoy all of them bracing themselves for battle. The nearest soldiers was quick to putting on king Jasmie and Arnold's a armour and also Gilderoy.
"Send words across the territories that we are under attack", prince Arnold who was already in control said to the information officer

" what about Medos?" The information officer asked
" are you so sentimental and racial that you leave going to leave out Medos as a Medgar territory even at the point of battle?" The information stammered , king Arnold observed him well "very well then" he concluded then he turned to his father "father I want to lead this battle".
" do you have to? Let me do this remember today is your marriage ceremony. Thanagar is not that great a kingdom"
" no father", king Arnold disagreed " I have to lead the army. This is my first real test as the future king of Medgar and in less than ten years I will be crowned king of all Medgar and will shoulder the responsibility of more than fifty over kingdom"


The Thanangarians by then had breached the square gates and the field that was being used for celebration had turned to a blood bath battlefield.
" your highness, we need to strike they have breached the gates", Gilderoy interrupted king Jasmie and king Arnold conversation.
Prince Arnold wore his helmet and then he stayed at the front of the medgarians counter line and together with Gilderoy, king Jasmie and just slightly over 4,000 soldiers against well over 23,000 thousand thanagar soldier.


The battle was fierce, and king Arnold was showing his agility on the battlefield and as for a fact he had already slained 100 Thanagarian soldier and now he was face to face with their king, Luther. Both of them had already slained many soldiers as possible. King Arnold adjust his armour and then braced himself to strike at king luther. King luther swerved left, he dodged king Arnold's first strike, then he strikes back attacking to his left. King Arnold noticed it and quickly he went low and as if king luther knew he would do that he quickly attacked but this time with a knife trying to stab king Arnold on his left chest but king Arnold reaction was quick and again he block the attack with his sword and then king luther thew another attack this time trying to land a big blow. King Arnold rolled somersaulting on the ground and quickly tried to get up but king Luther was very fast and quickly he attacked and struck his sword. King Arnold tried to block it which he did but the sword partly brushed his left arm. No damage was really done, king Arnold was right handed. it was certain that king Luther was dominating the fight and king Arnold was at least blocking it quiet well. And then another thing happened, king Arnold tripped thereby twisting his left leg hitting against his right Achilles and flat he fell on the floor. King Luther quickly struck his sword and almost cut king Arnold but for the intervention of king Jasmie sword it was an unsuccessful attempt.
"Why take on the young one luther?" King jasmie admonished helping king Arnold up " you are a king you should fight the king" he concluded
Luther smiled tentatively " I am dissapointed in what I have seen of the great Medgar and the great house of Jehu so far" he jested, then he rubbed his hair with his left arm change the hand carrying his swordvrom the right to the left and then he continued " is this the future king of Medgar?" He said pointing to the befuddled king Arnold " I am utterly dissapointed. He won't last a year on the throne" the he smiled again by this time mockinginly " ha! We had come to take your land, he didn't have to be king. But don't worry great king Jasmie if the great house of Jehu, I will make him an high ranking servant"
King Jasmie disgusted " are you here to run your mouth or fight?"

King luther looked at king Jasmie hand he observed the sword very well. He knew he certainly knew the variety of the blade he just couldnt recollect. Then he remembered - the cross stiching at he hilt hwhich has a golden lobe at ge edge of the hilt and a round opening which almost everyone knows not the reason why it was there, a dazzling shunning blade and a very sharp edge, a blade of two parts and a circular writing which writes on the lower part of the hilt "Asyrinthi Potentiam pertinent ad" meaning " an ancient language meaning " the power belongs to Asyrinth". Then it struck him - the sword of Asyrinth, the most powerful sword in the world given to mishken by his father Medgar as his inheritance together with the land called after his name.

" you must have thought that the sword will give you extra power against me, didn't you?" King luther said still staring at his sword.

King Jasmie smiled, he knew where he was going " are you still going to keep talking. One good look at you and you look like an afraid brat"


This made king luther angry. He humped raising his sword up in the sky going for a swift strike at king Jasmie. King Jasmie definitely saw it coming, he quickly blocked the attack with his sword forced king Luther away and then struck at him, though the strike was blocked successfully but king Luther still failed to stand his ground, he staggered backward and almost wobbled of the ground but he was quick to support his body with his right hand.
" we could have a fair match without that sword you know" king Luther said trying to get up

" you must have known about that before trying to invade Medgar" king Jasmie replied. " you don't get a fair match against a royal Jehu and you should know that all Jehu are royalty".

" I though I did with Arnold", king Luther pointed

" oh that! It wasn't a fight, it was just a joust and you should always fight your size and not people younger than you"

King Jasmie quickly strike again, king luther parried with his sword but it wasn't enough king Jasmie found a opening and he took. By parrying King Jasmie's heavy weigh to his right he left his left opened and King Jasmie certainly saw that coming and quickly he took the chance by landing another fierce sword attack to king Luther's right again which king Luther blocked successfully and thereby reducing every chance of him blocking his right hand which King Jasmie quickly attacked and King Luther couldn't block and there king Jasmie cut King Luther making him staggered to his back again by this time almost throwing him off his feet.

" that is what happen when you fight with the people you are suppose to fight with" king Jasmie alerted colly.

" oh! So Arnold is a weakling, is he the one you want to make the king of all Medgar?" King luther said rising up on his feet, then he spat out " I feel sorry for the future of Medgar, I don't think he will be able to weild the sword of Asyrinth"

King Jasmie smiled again " Arnold is still young and not a weakling and as for wielding the sword leave that to us as our problem and don't feel sorry because you won't be there when Arnold is crowned king of all Medgar. So are we going to stand around here all day talking or fight?"


King luther roared when trying to attack King Jasmie, he knew he had to change his tactics but he was running out of every thing he ever had, king Jasmie was weaving his attacks very well as if he knew what he was about doing next - as if he was an infiltrator. But then he remembered the move his father thought him ' moribundus ictus ' - the deathly blow. It was a skill of immense concentration and setting the mind at an inner piece and requires a very large piece of the inner energy which reflect in the physical energy thereby causing the body to be very weak yet it always delivers but something was uncertain if it will work against king Jasmie as it had never being tried against the wielder of the sword of Asyrinth which has always being the Jehu's and also it always rebounds and if it does if the wielder of the magic is not strong enough to withstand it impact it leads to instance death. King Luther knew all these but it is a risk he is willing to take and so he did. King jehu landed yet another sword attack on King Luther but king Luther quickly moved back and just as quick he placed both his hand in front of his abdomen forming a around shape concentrating his energy all to the surprise of a flabbergasted king Jehu who didn't expect what king Luther was about doing. King Luther concentrated his energy all in his palm and when the concentrated power turned into a fierey substance in his palms he pushed it out towards king Jasmie who despite the attack coming as a surprise to him as he never expected that king if attack from a Thanagarian because it was attack of old Samaria which was assumed to have died with the brotherhood of energy. The most powerful army of men who attack mostly with their energy. But as a result of Samaria being conquered by Medgar the root of their powers was destroyed by them as a result of their refusal of teaching Medgarians how to truly use the moribundus incitus. The power was assumed to have been dormant forever but king luther has just unsuccessfully used it as king Jasmie was wise enough to block the blow with the sword of asyrinth which magical components was higher and ri her than that if the moribundus incitus. Then the blow boomeranged. It quickly went back to the invoker and as a result of king Luther not physically strong to withstand the boomerang of the blow and it made an impact and sweverd king Luther off his feet putting him on a death state.

King Jasmie approached king Luther, he knew certainly that king Luther is about dieng, he is almost lifeless but at least he was still breathing. Then they heard a roar. King Arnold glanced back pausing from his fight with a particular rookie soldier whom afterward he slit despite looking away, king Jasmie raised left his heard towards the gate knowing that it was the dragon's squad, one of the most efficient in the whole of Medgar. King luther also lifted his head up and winced then he quickly retired his head back, he at this point knew all was lost.

" your father knew Medgar is inpenetrable and that us why he never tried in all his glory to go into war with Medgar. He knew Medgar is a boundary he should never cross but I guess he didn't teach you well" king Jasmie spoke.


King luther tried sitting but he couldn't, he dropped to the ground and blood gushed out of his mouth but he was resilient. He supported his lifting movement with his sword and almost fell again but he was resilient and he finally got up though unbalanced then winced, spat blood and finally spoke but furiously " I guess I lost king Jasmie. But know this the fire of the war between Thanagar and Medgar is yet quenched, our future generations will rise against Medgar and will burn his kindlgdom into dust and there we will proclaim Thanagar as the great kingdom she once was".


King Jasmie laughed loud and hard, " oh Thanagar! Once small great kingdom", he approached king luther, looked directly into his eyes and said rather hypocritically " and you actually think there would be anything called Thanagar or anyone called Thanagarian" he smiled wicked and pressed his eyes even more harder " your kingdom is dead just like you are, there will be nothing but rubbles left of it. But just like you have proposed, your son would be made a high rank servant of the royal palace". He held his sword high up and the it flashed through king luther's eye as a result of the sun and then he stabbed king Luther by his chest and pressed the sword further inside the chest thereby making king Luther cry.

" no one insults me, my throne, my kingdom or my son", king Jasmie said before king Luther finally gave up the ghost.

By the time king Luther died, the Thanagarians were already defeated. King Jasmie walked up to king Arnold who was in turn studying carefully his father's steps. King Jasmie smiled as he reached king Arnold and hugged him very thight. They hugged for more than a minute and they unlock themselves from one another. King Jasmie smiled again looking at the eyes of his son, king Arnold whom he believed had just accomplished something. And not just a thing but tough successfully in a war, many crown princes can't boast of that. But king Arnold was in turn not happy how things unfolded, he had a forlon look and carried an heavy face looking lugubrious. King Jasmie noticed this he knew something which shouldn't have bothered king Arnold was bothering and that he had the answer to but how was he to explain to a crown prince who believed he should be leading his people that he as a king had just done his job. It is not particularly complex but in Medgar it is as every respect of which a king is given is mostly accrued as a result of his dexterity on the battlefield.
" what is the problem son ", king Jasmie questioned.
" nothing father ", king Arnold said forcing a smile. But that won't work out, king Jasmie already know what was wrong.

Sorry guys for the late updates. Nairaland has been frustrating me by blocking me for no reason and also as for the typos another fault I doubt know where it come from because on my phone it was well edited but when posting it reverts back. So sorry guys.

Promise three update tomorrow