Argus was a king that ruled over Sette Diavoli Kingdom. His ruling with an iron fist caused a deterioration of trust with the people. The people found out that he ascended to the throne because he poisoned his father, the king, which caused the queen to flee the kingdom. This led to Argus to keeping a tight hold on everyone with the use of the military to preserve order over people that were starting to rebel for the loss of their beloved king and queen.
My vision of King Argus
Source: Zerochan
Meanwhile, the former queen visited a neighboring village to find a man named Mazus. She heard about him being a great hero that could help her to defeat her son and reclaim the kingdom. With the help of the villagers, she found him and his traveling companion, Lucia, along the shore by the river. When she told them what had happened, they quickly agreed to help.
The queen and Mazus assembled an army consisting of villagers, allies from neighboring kingdoms, and those who opposed Argus within the kingdom. They gathered weapons and magical objects given to them by Lucia, who was trained in the mystic arts. With everything at hand, they had enough warriors and weapons to go against King Argus head on. The only obstacle in the way was the river that divided them. It was the largest river in the kingdom and difficult for such a big army to cross, so Lucia created a bridge made of ice big enough for the whole army to cross.
The queen’s army carried flags and chanted “Victory to the Queen” while they marched on the castle where King Argus was waiting. The battle started and both sides began striking each other. Mazus was sweeping his sword across the chests of the opposing army and his body count was higher than any other soldier there. Lucia was using her magical abilities to summon apes, bears, and other animals to aid them. The animals helped out in ways of fighting, building, and transporting injured soldiers to the medics.
The battle was leaning their way when Lucia sensed something wrong. She felt a very powerful force coming from King Argus’s castle. The king was summoning the power of the Earth Rune, which has the ability to control plant life and the Earth’s plates. This meant that he was able to use plants as weapons such as using trees as barriers and poisonous pollen to pollute the air. This also meant that we was able to create earthquakes. Lucia tried to find Mazus to warn him, but it was already too late. She felt the earth quake and the earth began to crack beneath her feet. She managed to find Mazus and teleport them in time to escape the earth swallowing the queen’s army. They realized that they had lost the battle. They reported to the queen to tell her about the defeat and what their next plan was.
My vision of Lucia
Source: Wikia
Author’s note:
I used the story The War With Ravana as my storytelling. The setting, characters, and artifacts are from my previous stories but I tried to make it so that you could read this and understand what was going on without reading my previous stories. This story was different because I ended it with a defeat instead of a happy ending. In the original, Rama’s bridge was created by the apes and bears, but in my story, I changed it to it being built with magical powers. I changed a lot of details of the original to fit the characters and setting of my portfolio story but the overall events of the story are still there from the War With Ravana story. It was sometimes confusing to remember who was on whose side because the names were unfamiliar. I ended it with a defeat and cliffhanger so that i could extend it in the next story.
The original story included Rama’s army of apes and bears against Ravana’s. In the beginning Rama asked the King of Ocean for help getting across the river. The battle continues on with Rama shooting arrows at Ravana’s crowns, knocking them off his heads and making him retreat. Rama had 10 heads and each head has a crown. The Rakshasas were desperate and tried to awaken Kumbhakarna, the strongest demon but Brahma said that he were to sleep and only awaken for one day only. They managed to awaken him and it ends with him asking where the apes are so that he can eat them.
Story Source: Indian Myth and Legend
By: Donald A. Mackenzie
Year: 1913
I'm really enjoying the continuous story here. I like how you are making them just independent enough so that people who haven't read the previous are able to keep up, but also tying them in with previous stories for people who are sticking with you!
ReplyDeleteThere were a few grammatical errors in the story. Nothing major, but you might want to reread your stories real quick to catch those small errors before you publish!
Another great story!
That is so creative that you have a continuous story going! I never would have thought of something like that. It definitely makes readers like me want to keep coming back in order to follow along! This story was very creative so I can only imagine your other are as well. If I find some free time this week I am going to go read through your other stories!
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