Her Wish

[thethiefofvictory 339]

Don’t seek revenge. Don’t kill them because they killed me. Forget me, don’t grieve in my memory. Remember Peace, the city and its people, not me.

 

Those were her last words. She died in front of him, stabbed by an assassin and left to bleed to death in his arms. He was accused of the assassination.

 

Many years ago, it would have been true. Now? Even those who accused him would never imagine this to be the truth.

 

He looked at her grave. Just another one in the graveyard. No distinction is made in the graves of commoners, nobles or royalty. Her tombstone, too, said what every other said. “Victoria Peace, Queen of Peace. Born 11 January 1062, died 3 September 1104.”

 

Would he kill her brother? Would he kill every man and woman who helped kill her? He had already dealt with one. The assassin whose dagger ended her life. Her body rots in the War Palace. Maybe he should have buried it.

 

Her last words came to mind. Don’t seek revenge. It would not honor her will to mercilessly murder them all. It would not honor her will to let himself be consumed by rage.

 

He turned to look at the Royal Palace. At the balcony of his room atop the building, there stood a man in royal clothing, gazing at the city below him. He noticed that his clothing was incomplete. His right index finger did not wear a ring.

 

The Regent is not allowed to wear the Royal Seal, for he or she is not the ruler - only a stand in. James took this to mean that he still considered him as the King.

 

He looked at his right hand. He opened his ring to reveal a seal, and beneath a dagger. He looked back at the palace, and saw her brother still there, watching over the city. He saw James, and a tinge of fear was noticeable on his face.

 

Just a tinge.

 

James heard her voice. Don’t kill them because they killed me.

 

His fingers sheathed the dagger, closed the seal, removed the ring and placed it in his right hand. He stared at it for a second or two, before digging a hole near her grave. He placed the ring in it, and buried it under soil.

 

He saw tears on the Regent’s face, and the latter did nothing to stop them. His vision became blurry, and he did not notice a man approaching.

 

Forget me, don’t grieve in my memory.

 

He wiped his tears and, as if in obedience, the Regent took a handkerchief and wiped his too. James looked at the man. He failed to remember his name, but what he did know was that this man was amongst the conspirators. A rather generous man, well known across the city, but who could guess he was actually supporting a conspiracy?

 

James revealed a gun and loaded it with one bullet. He aimed at this man’s head, his fingers at the trigger.

 

Remember Peace, the city and its people, not me.

 

His hands trembled, and he glanced at the gun. His hands moved to throw it, but then he noticed a word inscribed onto the gun.

 

Sarah.

 

He pocketed the gun, before offering his condolences and apologizing for his daughter’s murder many years ago.

 

He walked towards the towering green Royal Palace, with one goal in mind.

 

Don’t kill them because they killed me. Forget me, don’t grieve in my memory. Remember Peace, the city and its people, not me.

 

He would take his throne back. Legally, and with respect for her last words. Jacob will live.

[Hex 11,522]

Approved

[hi-its-mebachoo_3000 1,247]

"Would he kill her brother?"

I completely lost it at that part, who would kill whose brother?  :blink:

What I understand is: Someone killed someone's sister.

Was the assassin her own brother??

Also, you said that James still considered himself to be the king, so was he the former king?

In the end you said James apologized to the Regent about his daughter's murder?

And all that time I thought James was the guy who was going to take revenge for her death??

So her brother was the assassin? That is, if James was her brother.

And in the end you said "Jacob will live", and again it seems like the Regent was not the assassin...

I'm sure it wasn't the regent who held up the gun... Was it?  :blink:

[thethiefofvictory 339]

"Would he kill her brother?"

I completely lost it at that part, who would kill whose brother? :blink:

What I understand is: Someone killed someone's sister.

Was the assassin her own brother??

Also, you said that James still considered himself to be the king, so was he the former king?

In the end you said James apologized to the Regent about his daughter's murder?

And all that time I thought James was the guy who was going to take revenge for her death??

So her brother was the assassin? That is, if James was her brother.

And in the end you said "Jacob will live", and again it seems like the Regent was not the assassin...

I'm sure it wasn't the regent who held up the gun... Was it? :blink:

Apologies, I laughed at that

 

Anyways. Someone (the dead body in The City of Peace) killed the Queen (the woman in An Attempt on Her Life). It's the Regent who considers James as the King - the latter deduces this from the fact that the Regent isn't wearing a certain ring that only the King and/or Queen are supposed to wear. The Regent may or may not have ordered Victoria's murder.

 

The man who appeared was not the Regent at all - it was someone else. A nobleman whom James apparently wronged, but who may have supported 'the conspiracy' and her murder. The Regent was looking at the city from the Palace's balcony all the time.

 

James held up the gun at the nobleman, but stopped when he realized it is better to think of Peace than revenge (means the nobleman is important for peace in the city)

 

And here I thought this was the simplest of my stories :wacko:

[hi-its-mebachoo_3000 1,247]

Apologies, I laughed at that

 

Anyways. Someone (the dead body in The City of Peace) killed the Queen (the woman in An Attempt on Her Life). It's the Regent who considers James as the King - the latter deduces this from the fact that the Regent isn't wearing a certain ring that only the King and/or Queen are supposed to wear. The Regent may or may not have ordered Victoria's murder.

 

The man who appeared was not the Regent at all - it was someone else. A nobleman whom James apparently wronged, but who may have supported 'the conspiracy' and her murder. The Regent was looking at the city from the Palace's balcony all the time.

 

James held up the gun at the nobleman, but stopped when he realized it is better to think of Peace than revenge (means the nobleman is important for peace in the city)

 

And here I thought this was the simplest of my stories :wacko:

Is the regent the nobleman?

Or are they two different people?

And in the story you said that James apologized for his daughter's murder? Why?

And you also said "Would he kill her brother?", was her brother also involved in her murder?

Is the nobleman her brother?

Your stories are really confusing for me :v

[thethiefofvictory 339]

Is the regent the nobleman?

Or are they two different people?

And in the story you said that James apologized for his daughter's murder? Why?

And you also said "Would he kill her brother?", was her brother also involved in her murder?

Is the nobleman her brother?

Your stories are really confusing for me :v

I'll PM you to explain this, because it appears like I'll have to explain a lot...