The Doctor continued his tale of the Young Kings who's name had been forgotten from History
Before The Unknown Prince returned to The Farllon home world to bury his father and to officially take over the roll and mantel of King, he requested an audience with King Wayee the Ruler of Ankar Empire, the last part of the Universe not now controlled by The Farllon. The Prince offered to meet the King to discuss their surrender and would come alone and unarmed. The Young Prince offered to meet Wayee on Karank..... The Home World of the Ankar.
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| King Wayee of The Ankar |
King Wayee, had offered to surrender many months before to Cez - Arr but The Farllon King wanted nothing more than to destroy The Planet Karank, which was the last unconquered planet in the Ankar Empire. Thus sending a message to all that he was the one true leader of the Universe, and soon to called The Farllon Universe. .
This was why he had sent for his sole surviving son to join him on the battle front, and bring with him most of Farllon Space Fleet . CEZ -ARR wanted to show his son that his Father was not just the King of Farllon, but the NEW King of The Universe..... Ruler of all the Realms. The Farllon Space Fleet was vast, but Cez - arr knew that it would take nearly all his ships fire power to destroy a planet.
The ANKAR King was happy that he may have saved his World and his people... so was in total agreement to meet with the "New" Farllon King. Arrangements were made for the visit. The Farllon Generals who had advised the recently Deceased King, worried that the Young King would be walking into a trap. The Young King explained that although this was risky, he wanted to do it anyway. He respected the Generals, many of which were blood relatives, mostly Uncles and Cousins.... But they had spent years advising a War Mongering King, The Young Prince was not his Father. He wanted to be a different type of King.
The Young King left orders that if he failed to return, or The Ankar tried to use him as a hostage then they would be free to destroy the Planet with him on it. If he died they would need to arrange to have one of his Royal Cousins, of which there were many, be Crowned as the Next King of The Farllon. Many of the Generals liked this part of the plan, as many of them fancied becoming the next ruler as most were "Royal Cousins". The Young King knew that he could not totally trust all of his Generals, but believed enough of them were trustworthy. He Placed his Uncle Brut - Tal as acting head of the Fleet whilst he was down on Karank. Brut -Tal was he believed was the most trusted General in the Farllon Empire.
King Wayee himself knew that with the mighty fleet of war ships circling his Planet, any attack on the New King of Farllon would result in the total destruction of his world and this most precious things in his life, his Children. His Daughter's Crella and Maree
The Doctor unrolled the scroll more.
"Remember the Picture of the other scroll depicting the Young King and The Ankar King ?" said the Doctor.
Jack and Phooey nodded.
"Well there was a mistake in that depiction, that was corrected in this version." continued the Doctor.
It was the Crown. As the New King had not been officially crowned he would not been permitted to wear the Kings Crown. He would have worn his own Prince's Crown when he met the King of Ankar. This mistake was more likely that who ever painted the picture did not knew this. The Doctor said he had spotted many errors like this when reviewing the scrolls.
" That was Moon-Ark's Sword " Said Jack showing that he had been listening.
The Doctor nodded and smiled. " The Staff that Weyee was holding in a previous picture is now shown on the ground, which is believed to mean surrender. " "This along with the Ankarian Crown showed his authority " The Doctor added.
Phooey looked at the New picture of the New King, and remarked that the Head looked different . The Shape.
The Doctor agreed, and said he had spotted that himself. And some where in his Red Book he had made reference to this. But that would need to wait as he wanted to continue the story.
A place was chosen by Weyee to hold the meeting. The Palace of Wiz'dar was suggested, as it was away from most of the great cities on his world. Weyee promised to have no armed guards just a few of his advisers and his family. The New King agreed to this.
A small transport ship was dispatched from the Farllon flag ship with just The New King on board as he had promised. Arriving at the agreed location the New King was met by Five Ankarain's who were all unamed. The New King was slighty taken a back as Three of the Guards were not Ankarain, but from two other races. There were a Moxitate, a Barktoon and a Evarateen also.
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| The Welcoming Committee |
In the Centre of line up was an older Ankarain man who informed the New King his name was General DIGGS' BOODI , head of The Ankarian Military. He welcomed the King to Karank on behalf of King Weyee. He then signaled and the Palace Gates opened.
The General then informed that the his King did not allow any motorized craft within the walls and Grounds of The Palace of Wiz'dar. The walk to the Palace would take an hour..... And the General asked if the Young King would be able to make the journey. If not he could ride on the back of Air Chief Marshall Tar Tar Siss pointing to the Moxitate. "Honor be mine to serve !" said the Moxiate.
The Young King knew that The General was testing him. Trying to see if he was more than a pampered Prince who had inherited his fathers throne. The Young King declined and started walking towards the open gates.
Inside he got the first view of the Impressive Palace over looking the sea. It was a long way, but The Young King Smiled to himself as he noted the Landing Bay behind the Hill to the West. Much nearer but he marched on. If this Old General could make the trek, so could he.
On the walk to the Palace The Young King asked the General about having different races within the Military or was it common place, as he had realised that not all the people who formed part of his escort were soldiers. In turn each was introduced to the Young King.
Next was The Bartoon Doctor Fiix A'BooBoo who informed the Young King that he was there to deal with any health issues the Farllon visitor may have on his visit. The Young King patted his pocket and said he had enough anti venom to kill a heard of Barta Lizards. The Doctor smiled as he knew that a Scratch or even a bit from a Barta Lizard killed within seconds. This Young King was well prepared.
Next was Evarateen Major Moon Howler..... This was a no nonsense person. He was constantly Sniffing the Air and looking around just in case danger was lurking around each corner. As a child The Young King had been given a Evarateen by his brothers Woo-Tar. Hoping that the Evarateen that he had trained would kill his little brother before he grew up to challenge him. But the Little Prince was kind to the "Beast" his brother trained so brutally... and the became friends. The Evarateen would snarl at anyone who came too close to his "Young Master". The Young King or Little Prince had even taut the Evarateen to speak, even gave him a name. Hairy Paws. However, when his father King Cez -Arr found out he had the taut the "Beast" to speak he wanted it killed. But Not before torturing Hairy Paws for 5 days and nights. Cez -Arr believed that all non Farllon Races were animals, beasts. As such they would not be allowed to communicate by speech. Of those that were imprisoned or used as slaves. Adults would be gagged or have their tougues cut out so they could not learn speech to any of their off spring. The Howls echoed around the Castle day and night. After three days of hearing his beloved Hairy Paws Howl and beg mercy from the King, who himself was inflicting the torture, the begging stop. The howl changed but was now some what different fainter.... more of a mumbled whimper. The King had cut out the "Beasts" tongue and had ate it for his supper that night in front of his son. Two days later the howling which had be heard all around the castle stopped. Hairy Paws was dead. The Body was Hung from the Castle Gates as a warning that if he ever got to hear any Evarateen Beast speak, he would have them all Exterminated.
The Young King looking at the Major wanted to put his arms around him. And touch his fur. Part of him died when he had seen the Bloodly Body of his Friend Hairy Paws hanging on the Castle Gates.
" I am sorry " whispered The Young King to himself
"Sorry for What !" asked the Major. Who's hearing was more acute than the others
Realising that The Major had heard.
"I am sorry what my People did to your people, and to all of your Races." he said and continued.
" I may be a Farrlon, But I am not My Father or his or his. I want to be a better King. I want to be the BEST KING " he shouted. "A Fair KING"
The Escort stopped and began to clap. "Good Speech " Said the Old General. "Maybe you should keep that Announcement for your Meeting with our King."
"Yes" said the Young King to the Wise General.
Finally it was Private First Class Droopi. He was young and had been chosen as he was not only was he Ankarian, he had Farllon blood too. This fact he was proud of but as the Farllon Race in general where not happy to accept that any of their people could have bred with any lesser race, he would always be seen as Ankarian. The Young King asked who in his family was Farllon. Droopi explained that his Great Grandmother was a from the Clan of PI he believed. Her Name had QU'TEY - PI, and she had come from a Great House of Farrlon. Out of his pocket he produced a small misshaped and broken ring . He handed it to the Young King.
"Do you know what this is ? " The Young King asked Droopi
"Yes my lord, this was my Great Grandmothers Fathers Ring" replied Droopi
"Yes it is" said the Young King.... "and it Proves her Father was a Prince of Farllon like me, and your Great Grandmother would have been a Princess from the PI Clan." he continued.
"See the Crown on the front that would be a Copy of Your Great Great Grandfathers Princes Crown, like what I wear today. and inside is a representation of the Royal Crown of Farllon. A crown I will wear when I am Crowned King " He continue "On the Front you can see a hole, where a Jewel had been Placed. A Blue Diamond for Royal the Mines named after Moon- Ark, the Farllon King at the start of the War of the Realms.
" Your name should be written as DROO - PI" The Young King smiled.
Private First Class Droopi blushed as the ring was deposited back into his hand.
" Here you are Cousin !" said the Young king said smiling.
As the party continued to walk towards the Palace, he General explained that the mix of races had been born out of out of choice and need. As the Many Years of the War of the Realms had displaced so many people from other worlds and race. Ankar had withdrawn from the conflict in the time of King Weyee's Grandfather, as it was clear that this was a war that they could not win. They had then spent all their efforts to surround as much of the Ankarian Empire with a defensive shield. Anyone who wanted to leave the shielded area would be allowed, however they could never return.
The General explained that many did leave, but most stayed as they too wanted to live in peace and take no part in the conflict. Over the years many of the races had adopted the ways of the Ankar, and were happy to serve that Empire. He continued that this was not forced slavery or in anyway to be seen as abusing anyone. It made perfect sense as these people of many races needed to work together to survive. The General explained that this had worked for nearly 1000 years. Every one was considered Ankarian and equal to each other. The General said I will let our King explain more to you on this subject if you wish when you meet with him.
The New King asked about the eye's. As all of the adopted races had Blue eye. When a Moxiates eyes should be green , a Barktoon's eye's should be Pink or Red .... and a Evarateen's eye's should be Brown. The answer was simple the General said. The clear skies of Ankar and the Blue Sun that the planet revolved around had brought about this change. Some of the races had developed changes to skin tone, but the Blue Eyes was common. Whilst marriage was permitted between the races, it was very rare that interbreeding between some of the different species ever resulted in children. Except those of Ankarain heritage and those from Farllon.
The Young King nodded, and agreed he though his studies have concluded that their two races had a genetic connection which was not endorsed by many of his race. Especially his Father CEZ - ARR The General agreed and said "You are indeed a Wise Man" "and I hope a Wiser King" The Young King replied. Both men started to laugh.
Next Time they arrive at the Palace.
Until Then ENJOY and Stay Safe.
