STAIN ON THE THRONE

There lived a kingdom in the days of mythical and medieval time called otah 3,000 miles from the shores of the pharaohs (Egypt) and 2,000 miles away from the sea of morocco. Otah was a strong kingdom known for their reliance against enemies during the year AD 269, in the 10^th to 14^th centuries otah was a kingdom to reckon with, their walls are fortified, watchmen on the towers are skilled and loyal to death, soldiers on foot are ready to die for their kingdom, the horse and the chariots riders were the best in their days.

 In the year AD 275 king bualaraz who was then the king of otah had two sons from two concubines because the queen was barren, the sons of king bualaraz were men of valour who help their father to defend the wall of the cities and solicit on behalf of its citizens. Prince hamaraz was the eldest with seven months older than prince ormaraz. The kingdom was peaceful until pride and power cloud the heart of prince hamaraz.

Now king bualaraz was getting old, he could no longer run the affairs of the kingdom anymore because his strength was waxing old and weak, and prince hamaraz has great influence and power in the palace, prime minister and the general was close subordinate to prince hamaraz, but prince ormaraz was a great archer who love to go for gaming, killing animals for the king and his mum, so he became the most loved and favourite child to the king, prince ormaraz was not really concern about power none the throne unlike his brother prince hamaraz.

In the year AD 280, because of greed and will for power prince hamaraz plot against his father the king with the help of the prime minister and the general, at the watch hour of the full moon 12 o’clock midnight, treason was carried out against the throne and conspiracy against the king. Prince ormaraz was passing through the quarter of the prince hamaraz when he saw shadows of ninjas full covered with swords, he came close to pay eavesdrop to their conversation and found out that treason and conspiracy were carried out against the king his father. He didn’t have to listen much as he make a U-turn to the king quarter, getting to the kings gate, he found out that all soldiers were disbanded from the kings quarter saved the king personal guard and dozens of armies.

Prince ormaraz rush down to the king personal guard and request an audience with the king, but this time the king was already fast asleep, with persistence and continuous request the prince was granted audience with the king, he didn’t have much time to greet his father because there was no time to share jokes and love, he said to the king “Dad I we take you through the kings secret tunnel tonight, there’s a conspiracy against you and treason against your throne from prince hamaraz and his subordinate”. The king could not believe what his son prince ormaraz was saying, at first he thought he was drunk, in a flash between words, the assassins broke into the kings quarter, in no time the king personal guard and his army were all killed with the edge of the sword by the ninjas, just then king bualaraz believe his son, but he said to prince ormaraz “My son am now of age and am too weak to run, dying like a true lion is the pride of every king, now bring me my sword, prince ormaraz brought the kings sword, and the king said to him, this sword is our ancestral sword, take it and run through the secret tunnel without looking back, now GO!”.

Then the king pick up a sword and was waiting for the assassins, less than 30 seconds the assassins came in with five of them, the king summon the strength of his youthful days and have a combat with the assassins, but king buamaraz was too old and weak to defend himself unlike the days of his youth, so king buamaraz fell with the sword, after the assassination of the king, they were also charged and order to kill prince ormaraz as well, but getting to prince ormaraz quarter he was no were to be found, they search through the city and the woods but prince ormaraz was long gone, they search for prince ormaraz all night in the woods  but could not get him, the commander of the ninjas diversify his cohort to make the search quicker, and he said to them, before the fading of the moon, we all should meet at the shade oak tree, but it was only four of the ninjas that return from the search one of them was missing. 

At noon the death of the king was announce and there was mourning in the palace and in the kingdom for 14 days. The sudden disappearance of prince ormaraz was in the mouth of all citizens and nobles in the kingdom of otah and beyond, prince hamaraz ascend the throne and became king in the year AD 280, king hamaraz was cruel and harsh to the people, he we take possession from the poor, he we tax them heavily, he we enthralled their father and children, the land of otah that was once flowing with milk and honey became a bow full of pains and death. Four years after the death of the king, the queen and the mother of prince ormaraz passed away and they were buried in the palace shrine were kings and queens are buried.

Now prince ormaraz changed his identity and became a great merchant that travel round the world trading goods like stocks, salts, cotton, gold and cattle’s, he was very rich and wealthy and well known round the world, prince ormaraz was also a loan shark to his people due to the hardship and unkind rule of his brother, he we give the people of otah loans without interest and long time for repayment, he was kind and good to his people.

In the year AD 289 prince ormaraz had a terrify dream were he saw the kingdom of otah siege and capture by another king, the walls was broken, the altars was destroyed, the people were taken into captivity, the palace were built down. Prince ormaraz was terrified when he woke up from his sleep, he was shaking and still contemplating what manner of dream is that, he picked the ancestral sword in pains, distress and sorrow then gaze at it for some moment and remember the words of his dad the king. He was scared to sleep until sleep finally came, in the dream prince ormaraz saw the king and his mother standing at the river bank fishing, and he came close to them and said “dad / mum” they both turn together and embrace him warming, then the king said to ormaraz, “son you were a light to my kingdom from the day you came into this world, I can’t thank the god’s more for giving you to me as a gift, son your people are waiting for their true king, is time you return home with the ancestral sword” may the god of otah guard and protect you as both disappear from the presence of ormaraz, then he woke up and discovered that it was just a dream.

Prince ormaraz was finding it difficult to execute his plans because he had no armies that we fight for him, he sat down and had some thought within himself. Finally he had a plan, then he called his trusted servant and said, is there any little town that’s close to the mountain we can settle in? The servant could not believe at first, he thought to himself in all good places in the world why the island, he never knew prince ormaraz had a different plan, finally they found a little town named morik they settle quickly because of the wealth of ormaraz. The people of morik town was glad, happy and full of excitement because the wealthiest man is among them, ormaraz called the councillor of the town with four members, he gave them a proposal, “I we make your army stronger than ever and I we fortified your town, I we build temple, ridges and bridges for your people if only your men we obey me and fight my plight”. They ask ormaraz for some days to think about it which he agreed and they left him.

After much consideration and thought, they finally agreed to ormaraz proposal, prince ormaraz then deploy men into different training session, he bought the best sword smiths from rome and the best from Syria to make sword for his armies. His armies grew and became strong, prince ormaraz was now in control of 300 armies under his command lesser than the thousands of armies with his brother the king of otah. Prince ormaraz was deploying a strategy on how he and his armies we infiltrate the palace without much blood share from his own people, “then he said to himself, I we send some spies to the palace, so I can have words and every moves of the king, the prime minister and the general, he pick two wise men from his army and send them to the palace, these men were in the palace for three weeks bringing back words to the king.

Now in those days every tenth month and the twenty-six days of every year, the king and its people celebrate a festival named soucex, soucex is a festival that help the king and his people to celebrate the new moon, so dignitaries are always invited, great envoys are sent to all neighbouring kingdoms. Invitation was send to ormaraz the merchant, his brother the king never knew it was ormaraz his brother because his identity was changed and he has never set his eyes on the merchant only by name and his generosity has he heard of his popularity.

Prince ormaraz gladly accept the invitation and said to himself, “I we use this opportunity to gain back the kingdom and safe my people from this cruel king”. All invited dignitaries should be in the palace a day to the festival, so prince ormaraz deployed a plan and drawn out the sketch of the palace on the board for his armies and show them the secret tunnel to the palace. Prince ormaraz then send twelve of his armies with a letter and great gifts to the king of kurak in regards to the one prisoner under his custody which was one ninjas that was missing among the five sent to murder the king, prince ormaraz capture him, tie him up and took him to kurak for investigation, there it was confused opening that the prince hamaraz, prime minster and the general plot against the king. On the eve to the festival prince ormaraz and his delegates head to the palace of otah, he was warmly welcome by some officials who never knew it was prince ormaraz, he went to the guest quarters after the palace was completely silent, he quickly sneak into the kings shrine, were king and queens are buried, he went to the spot of his father and mother and wept bitterly, then he return back to his quarter.

At about 4 o’clock Am before the fading of the moon, the 280 armies that pass through the secret tunnel were in the palace disguise as the armies of otah they could only know themselves due to the pink ribbon on their scarf, so ormaraz went with his armies to the quarter of the general and the prime minister who were still very much enjoying the morning sleep, they killed the guards at each gate successfully, he took the prime minister and the general hostage, tied them up and threw them in prison.

Prince ormaraz and twelve of his armies quietly sneak into the kings quarter because he was heavily guarded, with strategy and good plan he was successful entering into the kings room and come in face contact with the king, he ordered king hamaraz never to raise alarm except he die at the spot, king hamaraz was shrinking in fear, then he tied the king up and took him to the prison without the notice of other guards were the prime minister and general are hold hostage.

It was a morning full of colour and brightness, the sun were bringing radiant rays from heaven, now it was time for the festival, there was cry and shout from the palace that the king, general and the prime minister are no were to be found, their personal guards were killed and they could not find his majesty, now there were chaos every were, freight and fear among the people and other dignitaries. Then prince ormaraz came out and said to the people and dignitaries in attendant, “am prince ormaraz the son to king bualaraz”. There was shock and fear among the face and eyes of every one, they all knew him as the wealthy merchant not as a prince because he was not a popular figure among the people in his days as prince, “am back to redeem my people from the cruel rule and leadership of my brother, everybody in attendance was dumb and quiet”, then the king of kurak came in with his officials and with the ninja (prisonal in his custody) that was captured years ago.

Then prince ormaraz order the king, prime minister, general to be brought out before the court for trials, the ninja was brought forth as a witness to the assassination of the king, he confessed everything to the court that the king and his subordinate order them to killed the king, the other four ninjas were captured as well and was also on trial train in the court. They brought the minister and place him on the trial seat, after enough torture and threat of eradicating his family; he confessed to the court that they plot against the death of the king in alliance with prince hamaraz and the general. Everybody was in awe and judgement was passed on them by death, seven days after judgement, they were carried out from the palace to the outskirts of the city and decapitate them by the sword and their corpse were hanged for all to see and the birds to feed on.

Prince ormaraz was clothed on royal apparel and crowned king before the people, he brought out the ancestral sword and lift it before the people as a symbol of authority, there was cheers, clamouring, excitement and fest in all the land of otah for seven days, the kingdom was calm and peaceful in all the days of king ormaraz, king ormaraz reign in otah for 50 years and he died at 87 years of age, even to date, the records of king ormaraz is still very much fresh and kept in the archive of otah.