Struggle for Power
The death of the Pharaoh
Asamat sat right next to the bed where his dying father layed
Pharaoh Menes ll
Son, as you can see I am dying l don't have much time left, please send for all the heads of the five influential families here in Egypt so that l will make my last will *he said with a weak voice*
Azamat
*Azamat held his father's hand* No dad you aren't going to die now *he said with tears in his eyes * you promised you will recover, for my sake, for the sake of all of Egypt, why break that promise now?
Pharaoh Menes ll coughed had and Azamat held him so that it won't hurt much for him
Pharaoh Menes ll
A person cannot determine his fate my dear now go and call me all the family heads, l don't have much time *he said painfully *
Azamat got up and run outside the Pharaoh room and ordered the guards to gather all the family head at the throne room.
After some time, all the family heads was gathered. Not knowing the reason of their gathering
Then the Pharaoh being held by two guards and Azamat by his side entered the throne room and the guards helped him sat down on his throne
All the five family heads bowed knowing the Pharaoh's state
Pharaoh Menes ll
My family heads of Egypt, l greet you all *he said with his weak voice * As you can all see, l am dying, l don't have much time left and as for the tradition and customs demand in this land, l shall be mourned for 7 days after my death, on the seventh day and borne fire shall be burned in my name which after the first dawn of the day, the struggle for power among your eldest heirs and heiress shall began.
The Pharaoh died on his throne after making his will
How will the power of struggle end up and who will survive to be the Pharaoh of Egypt
Stay tuned to episode two
Beginning of the struggle for power
In the grand state House of the Merensets,
Evthys the eldest daughter and the heiress of the Merensets family was training with her younger brother Livius,
Amen Merenset, the head of the Merenset family stood at the gate leading to the backyard garden where Evthys and her brother was training, he watched them quietly and didn't notice when Naya Merenset, his wife joined him.
Naya
Our children is now grown up, l can't believe our daughter will soon struggle for the pose of a ruler, she said
Amen sighed deeply and said
Amen
Yes and that makes me scared, in all her life she had been raised to be a ruler, but the question is will she succeed, or will she die trying?
Naya gazed at his daughter and son training and said sadly
Naya
May Amun-Ra forbid, dear never say such words, l know our daughter is stronger and will make it out alive as the rightful ruler of Egypt
Meanwhile after a long time of training, Evthys and Livius noticed their parents and Evthys called out to them
Evthys
Father, Mother come and join us
Both Amen and Naya approached them and Amen held his daughter in his arms, after a while, he leads his daughter to the garden bench and sat her down while Naya and Livius was playing
Evthys
Father what is wrong, you look out of the whether today
Amen
Ohh Evthys my dear, you know the Pharaoh is dead right?
Evthys
Yes father, my condolences
Amen smiled and stare at his daughter right in the eye
Amen
And do you know what that means
Evthys
Yes, the struggle for power, l know it father, but you should throw more light on it for me because you dodged this question whenever l asked when l was little now am all grown up
Amen
Yes, indeed, you are grown up now therefore l will explain it to you
Amen
The struggle for power is the right to get a strong and rightful Pharaoh for Egypt, it has been practiced for ages.
When Egypt became a civilized kingdom, our eldest selected Six families which was the Hemsiris family, the Merenset family, the El-Emam family, the Zulfikar family, the Abaza family and the Yeghen family. To hold power in the state, but since all family can't rule at once the struggle for power rite was introduced where each family will bring forth their eldest heir or heiress and the will engage in a temporary fight for 6 days and among all the 6 families, the heir or heiress who will make it alive will become the ruler of Egypt.
Evthys was shocked and scared
Will she be able to compete against 5 male heir or will she give up and die?
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