The murder of a Legend

Malik Nanuk was walking around the streets of Kisuran, as he did regularly to see how his people where living and what they thought of recent actions, doing this under disguise, normally dressing as a rich merchant with a small set of his royal guard dressed as his guards. Today was no different, inspecting the bustling ports of the city and looking over the life line of the Kingdom he had spent his life raising up from the ashes of war and conquest. A beggar approached the Malik asking for coin and food, with his hand reached out expecting to be given something. The Maliks guards would initially push the man away before Nanuk stepped past them and reached into his pocket to get a handful of gems to give the man. Whilst he was looking down the beggar would pull a sharp knife from under his cloak and stab his Malik square in the stomach, dragging it across before twisting the knife and attempting an escape.
Nanuk collapsed to the floor, his entrails being held in by only his hands and blood pouring out through his fingers. 2 of his guards would chase after the attacker as the others called out for help, telling the people around that their Malik had been attacked and they needed help. A family would open up their home and the injured man would be laid out on a table and a physician was found to attempt to treat him. The beggar had been caught and would instantly start to beg for his life saying that he had been ordered to perform the act on behalf of the Leader of the Republic of Urudik. A brief beating would follow where the man would loose and eye and many of his teeth before being handed over to local troops to be taken to the palace dungeons for later questioning.
By the time the 2 guards had made it back to where the had last seen Nanuk they where lead to his current location and would stand outside the houses door to keep wayward eyes away from operation going on inside. A doctor had been found and would begin to try and treat his Mailk with a mixture of herbal medication, ointments and stitching the mans stomach back together. With little more he could do he would join the others in the room in a prayer to Ilkhur and then leave the wounded man on the table with his wife holding onto his hand and attempting to comfort him.
By the morning the wound had started bleeding through the stiches despite the doctors best attempts to close it up with wax, plaster and leaves and by the afternoon Nanuk develop a fever and before the day was out he was dead. This sent shockwaves across the county, with the 46 year old having been expected to lead on for many more years. Princess Mangkur would return from her governorship in Yianushir to ascend the throne as soon as she heard the news of her fathers murder, with the governorship of Yianushir then going to her Brother until she produced an heir. The Kingdom would enter a period of mourning unlike any other seen, with many being able to attribute their successes in life to the reforms or conquests Nanuk had partaken in, being given the epithet “The Pious Conqueror” after his death.
Category:Erigi History