The collapse of Enkidu

The 11 year old Addrahsis I of Enkidu had been on the thrown of the Kingdom since the death of his father 8 years ago. In the interim he had been raised by his Mother along side his siblings and sought advice from a regency council made up of many of the cities wealthiest men and priests, and with him being a child he took little interest in their goings on. This would slowly change as from his window he would slowly see the people grow more and more irritated and distrusting of the ruling parties.

One day the small Rashur would see a man handing out weapons at the food of the royal Ziggurat, unsure of what to make of this he headed to the regency councils hall, upon walking inside he would be met with a room full of riches he was unaware the monarchy had. He would also hear his advisors discussing how they would be revoking the cities poor laws and removing many legal rights from the cities slave population. Adrahasis would run from the room and go tell his mother what was happening to which she would carry on as though the 2 where playing a game.

Outside the palace people where unhappy, disgruntled with the repeated tax raises and military defeats many wanted to tear down the symbols of the Rashur and start again. Many others thought the Rashur should be limited in his power and other, mainly those in positions of power, thought the Rashur was doing nothing he shouldn’t be. These factions would soon be brought into conflict when one night a slave was dragged outside after being seen with his owners daughter and beaten to death. Many would come to the slaves defence before then being attacked by the owners family before the army would stop the fight. Due to them forcing both parties from the body they then became the main enemy, being seen as stealing property from the slaver and as not caring for the death of the slave by either party.

The small detachment would be attacked with stones and fire and soon the whole city erupted in arms, heading towards the royal palace to take back what they felt was their due. The Rashur would see this going on and beg his mother for them to leave, she would ignore her son as making lies for her attention but after seeing the several burning buildings and the cried of battle in the streets would wake up her family and attempt to leave via a secret tunnel that lead outside the city walls.

The mob would soon be ascending the steps of the Ziggurat where the regency council would rush to meet the rioters and pretend as though they had no say in the Rashurs ruling. Swiftly after they would reveal he had left for Kisuran and that they would chase after their traitor king whilst they tried undo the damage the damage the boy had supposedly caused. A few would break off to try and find the royals but at this moment of seeming victory the several factions inside the rebel forces would begin to attack each other.

At this moment a civil war had started inside the mighty city of Enkidu, with the several 100,000s of people who lived having their lives turned upside down as slave fought master, brother killed sister and poor attacked rich. The remnants of the Enkidi army would be split across the different groups and defences and battle fields would divide the city, with no quarters being given for civilians. Cities outside Enkidu would begin to break away from imperial rule as local governors pronounced themselves as Kings and the vast desert territory the Rashurs of Enkidu had spent so long trying to tame drifted back into savagery with war bands roaming unchecked and unchallenged tearing up what little threads of civilisation had been woven there.

The royal family would indeed end up in Kisuran, being met with a confused Malik and a hostile city. Adrahasis would bend the knew to Nanuk, in exchange Nanuk would restore the boy as the Rashur of Enkidu as well as taking on all of Enkidus former territories. A found piece of Nanuks personal diary was noted as saying “House Enkidu at the foot of Kisuran, grandfather would never believe it. Soon the city will be mine and then the Erigresh will be”