Episode 1
King Keshav could not believe his eyes. He closed his eyes and spent a moment pondering whether he was really awake and opened it to read the message brought by the messenger for the second time. It was from the commander in chief Thondaiman of his neighboring rival Kingdom .
The message was short and simple - Release our king or prepare for war. He wondered if his army has captured the King on their own and was bursting to tell him. His army replied the negative. He was well aware that a war would be inevitable if the king was not returned back to them. He decided to reply in the most polite way he knew - 'Though I love to meet you at war I don't know where your king is '.
Thondaiman was training his cavalry when the messenger gave him the reply. He was pretty sure that King Keshav has kidnapped his beloved King , Ravi Varma the Third when he went out hunting. He was preparing for a war to avenge him. But the message turned things around.
He ran the stairs to break this news to the minister Vadivelan who was staring at the window aimlessly. 'The King is not even kidnapped then. I fear he is lost. We must get our search parties to start searching again'.
Vadivelan did not reply. He simply continued staring. Thondaiman came near and shook him only to find him dead. Thondaiman shouted at the guard nearby to find the physician. The guard ran about and brought the royal Physician Rajarajan along. He examined Vadivelan and declared him dead of a sudden heart attack.
Thondaiman's grief knew no bounds. The king missing and the minister dead he did not know what to do next. If not for his grief he would have noted the grudge smile in Rajarajan's face when he excused himself.
He turned around and was about to excuse Rajarajan out of the room when he noticed the latter pull out a dagger. He shouted 'My will is done. This is the first blood shed' and laughed hysterically before passing the dagger across his chest.
King Keshav could not believe his eyes. He closed his eyes and spent a moment pondering whether he was really awake and opened it to read the message brought by the messenger for the second time. It was from the commander in chief Thondaiman of his neighboring rival Kingdom .
The message was short and simple - Release our king or prepare for war. He wondered if his army has captured the King on their own and was bursting to tell him. His army replied the negative. He was well aware that a war would be inevitable if the king was not returned back to them. He decided to reply in the most polite way he knew - 'Though I love to meet you at war I don't know where your king is '.
Thondaiman was training his cavalry when the messenger gave him the reply. He was pretty sure that King Keshav has kidnapped his beloved King , Ravi Varma the Third when he went out hunting. He was preparing for a war to avenge him. But the message turned things around.
He ran the stairs to break this news to the minister Vadivelan who was staring at the window aimlessly. 'The King is not even kidnapped then. I fear he is lost. We must get our search parties to start searching again'.
Vadivelan did not reply. He simply continued staring. Thondaiman came near and shook him only to find him dead. Thondaiman shouted at the guard nearby to find the physician. The guard ran about and brought the royal Physician Rajarajan along. He examined Vadivelan and declared him dead of a sudden heart attack.
Thondaiman's grief knew no bounds. The king missing and the minister dead he did not know what to do next. If not for his grief he would have noted the grudge smile in Rajarajan's face when he excused himself.
He turned around and was about to excuse Rajarajan out of the room when he noticed the latter pull out a dagger. He shouted 'My will is done. This is the first blood shed' and laughed hysterically before passing the dagger across his chest.
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ReplyDeleteWow .. Awaited story from you for long time .. very excited to read .... way to go dear friend 👍🏽
DeleteWow 2 characters killed off already in the short opening sequence! This looks promising to be an Indian version of the Game of Thrones :) You surely got me hooked to this already!
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