QUAD-PALS: 007
At the mention of the king’s seal and the chief of staff, King Nebuchadnezzar became suddenly alerted, and cold shivers traveled down his thigh region because a letter with the king’s seal was always penned by the king.
In a flash, he tried to unravel the incongruity in his head. “Could Ashpenaz, the king’s trust, have overthrown the king?” “Was there an invasion?” “Is the king deceased?” were a few of the thoughts that ran fleetly across his mind.
All these presumptions were valid to a good degree because, in the first place, the chief of staff was almost as powerful as the king due to the classified information at his disposal.
His appointment was solely on the basis of trust and tact; he was also deputed the power to give orders to the imperial guard. As a result, the possibility of unseating the king was not out of place.
In the second place, regarding a possible incursion, an alliance between three or four distant nations could pose a disastrous breach on Shinar's borders, as only about four thousand soldiers, under the command of a single general, stayed to secure the state.
Lastly, the king had been infirm and indisposed for a long time now, making his death ineluctable.
The general grabbed the letter from the soldier and wasted no time in unsealing it. He took out the main letter and placed it over a burning lamp to supply the needed heat for the invisible impression made with an invisible ink to appear. The statement of the letter was straight-to-the-point, and it gave credence to one of his conjectures. It reads as follows:
“The King has Passed On
Return Home for the Crown”
King Nebopolassar passed away the night of his meeting with Sage Ashpenaz. However, in consonance with their culture, no announcement was made of his death.
The queen and other royal seeds were not informed as well—it was forbidden to do that; only the chief of staff and the heir apparent to the throne ought to know about the king’s demise.
The people got to know about the death of the king when a new king was crowned because the enthronement of a new king implied the departure of the old king.
The departed king would be secretly buried without any elaborate burial arrangement or elongated and colorful ceremony. This was due to two reasons: first, the dead king was supposed to have passed on into a new life.
Second, the King of Shinar commanded the power that holds the system of the country in one accord, and news about the demise of the king might present an ample opportunity to occasion an unwanted attack from enemy nations.
King Nebuchadnezzar, as commonly called by his subjects, read the letter only once. In a divided second, the desire to satisfy his biting hunger completely died down due to the king’s demise. He had a motto that made his 3rd Decree: “Duty or Death!”
This was borne out of his belief that if a capable man fails to perform his duty, he has no reason to be alive.
The next moment, he had put on his military coat; he called out with a loud baritone voice,
“General Arioch!” Within 10 seconds, the general was standing at attention inside the tent. “Always ready, sir!” he answered anxiously as though he had been anticipating his call.
"Delegate your command to Captain Shadock. Prepare my chariots. We are leaving for Shinar right away," said the king hastily without mincing words. “Right away, sir!” he reacted at once as he swiftly made for the exit of the tent.
Kaptain Lamblion JC
At the mention of the king’s seal and the chief of staff, King Nebuchadnezzar became suddenly alerted, and cold shivers traveled down his thigh region because a letter with the king’s seal was always penned by the king.
In a flash, he tried to unravel the incongruity in his head. “Could Ashpenaz, the king’s trust, have overthrown the king?” “Was there an invasion?” “Is the king deceased?” were a few of the thoughts that ran fleetly across his mind.
All these presumptions were valid to a good degree because, in the first place, the chief of staff was almost as powerful as the king due to the classified information at his disposal.
His appointment was solely on the basis of trust and tact; he was also deputed the power to give orders to the imperial guard. As a result, the possibility of unseating the king was not out of place.
In the second place, regarding a possible incursion, an alliance between three or four distant nations could pose a disastrous breach on Shinar's borders, as only about four thousand soldiers, under the command of a single general, stayed to secure the state.
Lastly, the king had been infirm and indisposed for a long time now, making his death ineluctable.
The general grabbed the letter from the soldier and wasted no time in unsealing it. He took out the main letter and placed it over a burning lamp to supply the needed heat for the invisible impression made with an invisible ink to appear. The statement of the letter was straight-to-the-point, and it gave credence to one of his conjectures. It reads as follows:
“The King has Passed On
Return Home for the Crown”
King Nebopolassar passed away the night of his meeting with Sage Ashpenaz. However, in consonance with their culture, no announcement was made of his death.
The queen and other royal seeds were not informed as well—it was forbidden to do that; only the chief of staff and the heir apparent to the throne ought to know about the king’s demise.
The people got to know about the death of the king when a new king was crowned because the enthronement of a new king implied the departure of the old king.
The departed king would be secretly buried without any elaborate burial arrangement or elongated and colorful ceremony. This was due to two reasons: first, the dead king was supposed to have passed on into a new life.
Second, the King of Shinar commanded the power that holds the system of the country in one accord, and news about the demise of the king might present an ample opportunity to occasion an unwanted attack from enemy nations.
King Nebuchadnezzar, as commonly called by his subjects, read the letter only once. In a divided second, the desire to satisfy his biting hunger completely died down due to the king’s demise. He had a motto that made his 3rd Decree: “Duty or Death!”
This was borne out of his belief that if a capable man fails to perform his duty, he has no reason to be alive.
The next moment, he had put on his military coat; he called out with a loud baritone voice,
“General Arioch!” Within 10 seconds, the general was standing at attention inside the tent. “Always ready, sir!” he answered anxiously as though he had been anticipating his call.
"Delegate your command to Captain Shadock. Prepare my chariots. We are leaving for Shinar right away," said the king hastily without mincing words. “Right away, sir!” he reacted at once as he swiftly made for the exit of the tent.
Kaptain Lamblion JC
QUAD-PALS: 007
At the mention of the king’s seal and the chief of staff, King Nebuchadnezzar became suddenly alerted, and cold shivers traveled down his thigh region because a letter with the king’s seal was always penned by the king.
In a flash, he tried to unravel the incongruity in his head. “Could Ashpenaz, the king’s trust, have overthrown the king?” “Was there an invasion?” “Is the king deceased?” were a few of the thoughts that ran fleetly across his mind.
All these presumptions were valid to a good degree because, in the first place, the chief of staff was almost as powerful as the king due to the classified information at his disposal.
His appointment was solely on the basis of trust and tact; he was also deputed the power to give orders to the imperial guard. As a result, the possibility of unseating the king was not out of place.
In the second place, regarding a possible incursion, an alliance between three or four distant nations could pose a disastrous breach on Shinar's borders, as only about four thousand soldiers, under the command of a single general, stayed to secure the state.
Lastly, the king had been infirm and indisposed for a long time now, making his death ineluctable.
The general grabbed the letter from the soldier and wasted no time in unsealing it. He took out the main letter and placed it over a burning lamp to supply the needed heat for the invisible impression made with an invisible ink to appear. The statement of the letter was straight-to-the-point, and it gave credence to one of his conjectures. It reads as follows:
“The King has Passed On
Return Home for the Crown”
King Nebopolassar passed away the night of his meeting with Sage Ashpenaz. However, in consonance with their culture, no announcement was made of his death.
The queen and other royal seeds were not informed as well—it was forbidden to do that; only the chief of staff and the heir apparent to the throne ought to know about the king’s demise.
The people got to know about the death of the king when a new king was crowned because the enthronement of a new king implied the departure of the old king.
The departed king would be secretly buried without any elaborate burial arrangement or elongated and colorful ceremony. This was due to two reasons: first, the dead king was supposed to have passed on into a new life.
Second, the King of Shinar commanded the power that holds the system of the country in one accord, and news about the demise of the king might present an ample opportunity to occasion an unwanted attack from enemy nations.
King Nebuchadnezzar, as commonly called by his subjects, read the letter only once. In a divided second, the desire to satisfy his biting hunger completely died down due to the king’s demise. He had a motto that made his 3rd Decree: “Duty or Death!”
This was borne out of his belief that if a capable man fails to perform his duty, he has no reason to be alive.
The next moment, he had put on his military coat; he called out with a loud baritone voice,
“General Arioch!” Within 10 seconds, the general was standing at attention inside the tent. “Always ready, sir!” he answered anxiously as though he had been anticipating his call.
"Delegate your command to Captain Shadock. Prepare my chariots. We are leaving for Shinar right away," said the king hastily without mincing words. “Right away, sir!” he reacted at once as he swiftly made for the exit of the tent.
Kaptain Lamblion JC
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