The year was 1275 of the Third Age when the dark sorcerer Mondain and his students slew Emperor Vaserd Atridius and his entire line of heirs; leaving the northern empire of Budalia in shambles. Seven warriors from each of the seven provinces of the old empire banded together and destroyed Mondain and his vile legion. The seven warriors then divided his magic rod into seven parts, to be distributed among them evenly so that no one person may ever claim them and cause disparity to the world ever again. The descendents of these seven would be known as the kings of what were once the provinces of Budalia, now separate nations who unite under a sacred pact forged by their forefathers. And so it is written that the Pact of the Seven shall unite …show more content…
Clerics and healers from all over Sosaria and the neighboring isles have come to see him, but magic can only do so much for what ails him. His eldest heir, whom he groomed from birth to take his place, obviously lays dead. His second eldest who marched to fight alongside his countrymen in Nostora, Lanner, has recently been presumed missing when his encampment was raided in the night over two months ago. This leaves poor, mild-mannered Travan, the youngest of Trytas’s sons. The boy has shown little to no interest in something his older brothers so desperately competed over, preferring to spend his days reading about magic and dead gods, hardly the typical fair for a Belawain.
Despite this, my liege would rather that his own line takes the throne in the event of his death than his younger brother Jorvan. Though I have met the man a number of times myself, he does not strike me as being of the same ilk as his brother. Trytas is atypical for a king, preferring to visit with his subjects when he can and strengthening the resolve of his people. Jorvan, on the other hand, is a foppish git who runs a backwoods town and thinks himself to be the proper heir to an entire bloody kingdom. In truth, these traits would make for an excellent successor to any king, but not for the likes of
Very few people can call themselves a Christ figure. There are so many elements that go into being a Christ figure. Galahad had all those elements. He was enraptured, he saw 'the wonders of the Holy Grail', and he had disciples. Also, he made life better for human beings by sacrificing himself for others, he preformed miracles, and he heard holy voices and saw holy visions. Because of all that he did Galahad was a proven Christ figure of his time.
Richard’s political ambition is revealed through his strategic calculations based on the order of birth in his York family which puts him third away from the throne. Ahead of him is his elder brother, George Clarence, a barrier which will have to eradicate. His brother, King Edward, is another political barrier, by simply being alive, in power and equally by being the father of the two young princes . Richard’s creates a political mistrust between his two
In this paper, I am going to analyze the female characters that caught my attention the most in the three stories The Epic of Gilgamesh, Thousand and One Nights, and Candide. They all are important characters in each of the stories and their influence in the story is to help. These stories also depict how women were being treated during these times such as being used for their bodies or their wisdom. The characters that I will be analyzing in the paper are Shamhat, Shiduri, Sharazad, the Old Woman, and Cunegonde. In all three stories, they mostly share the same depictions of the role of women and how women weren’t really important besides their bodies.
Alexander the so-called ‘Great’ was a legendary conqueror who in his short lifetime was able to overthrow the Persian Empire, the most powerful kingdom at that time. He was born in 356 BCE to King Philip and Queen Olympia of Macedonia. Alexander’s warring career jumpstarted at the age of 20 in the year 336 BCE, due to the assassination of his father in which he inherited his father’s kingdom. Over the span of 11 years, Alexander and his small fleet of men of about 40,000 took over and ruthlessly conquered the Persian Empire. Sadly, this conquest was short-lived by Alexander’s sudden death in the year 323 BCE, in which his unstable kingdom with a lack of a structured governmental system quickly broke apart in the period of 10 years. Therefore, because of the cruel and the disorganized nature of the way Alexander the ‘Great’ conquered and maintained the Persian Empire, he does not deserve to be referred as ‘Great’.
As King John I grew up with his father as king, he was able to learn how to govern a country, and how he would lead the people when he later became king. As a Child, feud between family members was common. John often fought with his brother, and John’s mother was seen as his father’s prisoner (English Edward). Since there was conflict in John’s life as a child, conflict surfaced later on during his reign against other government officials and countries. Even though John was his father’s favorite son, he was not heir to his father’s throne and it took John many years to become king. John’s older brother Richard was the heir to the
Undoubtedly hair and clothing personify a deeper connotation to understanding human civilization. Furthermore, authors have incorporated these subtle themes to create a considerable transformation of characters in their works. The Epic of Gilgamesh and Cymbeline use hair and clothing to further elaborate and emphasis Enkidu’s and Innogen’s transitions to benefit others and themselves.
She spun around, there was fire, blood, and death everywhere. They had seen the army as it approached, felt the thud of the earth from their marching. She called out for her son. There was no escape, but she hoped for it anyway. She stumbled through the market, tripped on bodies and ignored the wail of a babe that sat beside its mother’s unmoving body. Relief bloomed in her chest, her searching eyes found her son, he ran towards her. Her gaze swept past him and landed on us. Few excepted what the sight of us meant, hiding even in their last moments from death. The youngest of us, Clotho was humming almost serene, spinning thread onto its spindle. Myself measuring what she spun to the determined length, our elder sister Atropos, cackling almost crazed, she snipped the thread of life. Mortals they cling to life even as the inevitability of death crushes them beneath its merciless power.
Creon’s noble blood allows for the the appointment of kingship. Sharing ties with Jocasta, the late Queen of Thebes, Creon rises to power once the two sons’ of Oedipus, an exiled king of Thebes, die. The two sons’ of Oedipus and Jocasta take turns ruling Thebes, yet Etocles, the younger brother, exiles his brother, Polynices. This unruly act brought upon war and both brother died killing one another. As there is no king to rule Thebes the next male with royal blood must take the position of ruler. With no one left to rule, Creon is deemed new king of Thebes.
Then they would grant portions of this land to vassals who in return would fight for their lord. The relationship between the lord and vassal became official by having a public ceremony. In the ceremony the vassal would perform an act of homage to his lord. This alliance was based on loyalty.
The day was bright and cheerful in the town of. Taor Raorenson a lonely peasant who work for meager pay and dog food was about to have his world change. There was a ball being held and the king was inviting folk from all around. Taor Raorenson being a peasant was not invited to the grand ball. The king a short pompous man, with a long flowing beard, was getting dressed for the ball, when a night messenger came to the castle with important letter, It reads.
proved to be very important, as many of the princes would grow up to be kings. The friendships he built as a child grew into alliances when he was an adult, and it was these alliances that helped him defeat Soumaoro and become "Mansa" or king (Niane 1-84).
Allowing them to speak in their own words, Podany reveals how these leaders and their ambassadors devised a remarkably sophisticated system of diplomacy and trade. What the kings forged, as they saw it, was a relationship of friends-brothers-across hundreds of miles. Over centuries they worked out ways for their ambassadors to travel safely to one another's capitals, they created formal rules of interaction and ways to work out disagreements, they agreed to treaties and abided by them, and their efforts had paid off with the exchange of luxury goods that each country wanted from the other. Tied to one another through peace treaties and powerful obligations, they were also often bound together as in-laws, as a result of marrying one another's
You have stated some interesting facts about the King Gilgamesh. To gain immortal life and to endure all the worldly hate crimes and to witness all of those things would just do something to you soul. When you having immortal life what do you do when you get tired of living in our world of sin and you can not leave? I believe our world would be overly populated and more crimes are bound to happen.
old prince believing him to be of not much use and will have not much
King Arthur isn’t a strong leader! Everyone believes that King Arthur had a perfect kingdom and that he was a strong and brave leader and could face any danger and come back alive. In King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green, King Arthur has trouble making crucial decisions in the story and lets his emotions get the best of him during drastic times, during the trial of Guinevere he let Lancelot escape with her even though he knew Lancelot would show up, he let his emotions get the best of him when he heard the rumors of Lancelot and Guinevere being together because he was scared of the truth of them actually being together, he doesn’t listen to the warnings of Merlin when he says that Guinevere would bring the end to his kingdom. King Arthur is a weak Leader!