The kingdom was peaceful and friendly and its people were honest and carefree. The King, King Victor, was fair and kind and it was reflected in the everyday kingdom life as well. King Victor had 4 sons: Maximus, Duo, Tribus, and Quattor, each possessing a great deal of talent, spirit, beauty and strength. Maximus, the firstborn son, was the strongest, the most handsome, and possessed the most charismatic spirit. Unafraid of nobody and always praised for whatever he did, he grew rather arrogant. And then there was Minimus. Minimus, the 5th son, the runt of the litter. Always in last place, weak, ugly and untalented, to say the least. Scorned upon by his brothers, he grew rather meek and quiet. He became ghost in the royal family, always careful …show more content…
Nobody knew the reason behind it, and the kingdom plummeted into chaos. “Is King Victor going to die? Who’s going to become the successor?” These were the major questions in jeopardy. The King’s physician worked tirelessly, examining bedridden King, researching, and one day exclaimed excitedly, “ There is a cure! In the foreign lands. Go, and you shall become the world’s greatest hero.” What the physician didn’t say was that the road to the cure is treacherous. Full of exotic beasts, of the unknown and unforeseen dangers. However, eager to become a hero, Maximus, quickly got ready to set out but was stopped by the King’s advisor. “This is not your quest and if you do go, you will perish. I have read the omens and the Heavens say that the last of five is destined to go.” “Minimus!? What can that runt do? He can barely pick up a sword!” Maximus thought aloud. Immediately, the palace buzzed with the news that Minimus is the chosen one. Maximus, furious at this outcome, began destroying everything in sight. Going on a quest in the foreign lands requires a great deal of knowledge and a keen sense of observation and Minimus is the only one out of the five who has a chance of …show more content…
“How am I, someone who buckles under the weight of armor, supposed to go on this journey to the foreign land?” In disbelief, Minimus refused. However, the advisor warned him,“ If your father doesn’t get the herb by the end of the year, he will surely die. You are the only one that is capable of returning from this journey alive. If you don’t go, your brothers will not hesitate and will meet their end. Think of this as atonement for your sin and save your father.” Minimus, convinced by these words, agreed to set out on the fateful journey that would either change his life for the better or turn it into a
There are many historical sites in Albany, Georgia. When visiting the city, you may be wondering where to start. Well, why not start at the welcome center? If you're a history buff, there's no better place to begin learning about the history of Albany.
Roswell King who was born in 1836 at St. Simons Island, GA he was the founder of the City of Roswell. Roswell King established the Roswell Manufacturing Company that was a mill that harnesses the power of the local rivers to make textiles.
Caesar Rodney, the first of the delegation from Delaware, was a native of that state, and was born about the year 1730. His birth-place was Dover. The family, from which he was descended, was of ancient date, and is honorably spoken of in the history of early times. We read of Sir Walter De Rodeney, of Sir George De Rodeney, and Sir Henry De Rodeney, with several others of the same name, even earlier than the year 1234. Sir Richard De Rodeney accompanied the gallant Richard Coeur de Lion in his crusade to the Holy Land, where he fell, while fighting at the siege of Acre.
Xerxes was the son of Darius I and his wife Atossa, daughter of Cyrus. He was Darius’ first son after taking the throne. Darius preferred Xerxes over his older brother Artabazanes. When Darius died in 486 BC, Xerxes was 35 and had already been in power of Babylonia for 12 years.
King Hitting Essay A King hit is when someone hits another person unprovoked and unexpectedly, usually in the back of the head. Society, whose views have been shaped by the media perceive this punch as unacceptable behavior and above all an act of cowardice. Queensland laws need to catch up with NSW laws in order to protect innocent persons so that they feel safe when they are on a night out. There have been 90 deaths attributed to single-punch assaults around Australia since 2000 according to research conducted by Monash University.
Once, there was a planet called Axel. The people who lived there were called Axels. The king of the Axels was King Axeita. He had three children. Their names were Atie, Max, and Tom. He had a wife named Angelina.
“Thirty-nine beds, twenty-six “patients”, two doctors, five nurses; the administration of New End Hospital implemented cyclical regulation of patients to maximize efficacy, ensuring that the poor would not succumb to the allure of subsisting entirely on hospital funding and subsequently incentivizing them to locate relatively secure employment and housing (such was the function of the archaically termed ‘almshouse’, a concept formulated under the reign of King Aethelstan), reducing the burden on the British taxpayers. A proliferation of “poorhouses” occurred, initially conceived as a solution to the paucity of moral resolve pervasive throughout the lower class, though when surveyed decades after this antecedent surge, it was displayed that
the traits of a “good king”. He was a warrior with extraordinary abilities which made him seem
King George III , or George William Frederick. Became king in 1760 of Great Britain. He was shy and stubborn, and he also suffered from a disease called, Porphyria. He was very smart in the arts and science. He was the only one that was born in England, in his family(King).
Midas was a king of Phrygia. There were three kings in the name of Midas but people aren’t sure which was the real king from the myth.
of power as king, but he now seems to have lost his wisdom and self-control.
Three days later Atrius and his Trojan crew arrived at Mycenae where they weren’t exactly welcome. King Agamemnon allowed to enter as he was a good friend of King Laomedon and liked Atrius’s bravery. Among him were many princes of Greece whose fathers were looking for peace with the Myceneans. Things would get rather heated at the dinner as men were arguing over power and pride, but Atrius wanted none of those. No he was seeking revenge against his own home. As the king began to hold his meetings with the men individually, he went through everyone but Atrius who was next up. Atrius and the king talked for a long time before Atrius explained that he was a Trojan traitor and wished not for peace or power, but love. Atrius lied to the king and told him he was in love with his daughter, Penelope. The king asked him to prove that he had abandoned his country and that he would do anything for his daughter. To prove this,Atrius would become more savage than he ever imagined. Atrius gathered up all his men and took them outside for a meeting. Before that, he sent the finest archers of
After solving the Sphinx’s riddle, he becomes the king and marries Jocasta, his mother. Again, we note that his action was unintentional. This was one of the reasons he should not have deserved what he got.
On November 27th, King Charles Mumbere, monarch of the Rwenzururu kingdom in Western Uganda, was arrested for murder in the death of Constable Godfrey Kasimba on March 24th of this year. After his court appearance amid heavy security, King Mumbere will remain at the high-security Nalufenya Prison until December 13th, when he returns to court, according the the Daily Monitor.
From the beginning of his life as a warrior to the end as a king, he gains and develops glory, responsibility and courage, all vital to his reign as a successful king.