The Conqueror Series

THE CONQUEROR 1

Adaeze grew up as the only daughter to the king of Egwu. She was a girl that grew up mostly with her father and she learnt a lot from him. She was just seven when she already started to play with the sword. Her father would advise her that swords are meant for the boys and the women are meant to marry the boys and be protected by them but these words from her father never for once sank in the ears of Adaeze who believed that anyone no matter the gender should be allowed to have access to swords as long as they do not use it to hurt those that are not trying to hurt them. Her father was mostly surprised at her intelligence and wisdom and most of the times he would hide his proudness and would only tell him wife, the Queen of Egwu of how proud he was to have Adaeze as his daughter. Adaeze on the other hand wanted her father to be proud of her and so she trained most of the times. The father would stand in the tower of his palace and watch his daughter play with the sword and would ask the gods to give her more wisdom and strength.

One day as he was on the tower as usual and watching the kid he was forced to look closely when he saw a young boy run forward and stood where his daughter Adaeze was playing with the sword. He was not happy because he did not like the fact that a boy would be going to her daughter at that age. It was his wife who calmed him down and told him that they were still kids and so he should not bother himself so much about it. The king did not want to let go and so he kept on monitoring his daughter each time she went playing with the sword in the field. The Queen who too did not like the idea of her only daughter paring with the sword had called her into her room one day and had begun to talk to her, to make her understand that what she doing was not exactly what she she was supposed to be doing and so she should stop. Adaeze after listening to her mother stood up and promised not to be seen paring with sword again.

Obieze, father to Adaeze was not a man of two many words. He was a king but powerful king who had made a name for himself, in his kingdom of Egwu and beyond. Many kingdoms respected Obieze because he would come to your kingdom and volunteer to rescue you from your oppressors. A story had it back in the days when Obieze, father to Adaeze was growing up and he was told by his father that war was about to break out between Idima and Aturu kingdoms. When Obieze wanted to know why the father told him that there were at times when Idima used to be under Aturu but the separated because the two tribes had nothing in common. They did not share the same language neither did they share the same skin color. Fate was what brought them together and Idima people having felt cheated all the time decided to separate and leave Aturu. Aturu got jealous and because they knew that the tribe of Idima was filled with people of great value. The idima people possessed great wealth but the tribe of Aturu was rather filled with fighters and warlords. This idea brought by the people of Idima to separate from Aturu brought in the threats of war and the war that later took place. The king of Idima having not wanted war but a peaceful dialogue was led to run to the kingdom of Egwu for support. The king of Egwu was Obieze's father at that time and he had initially refused to head the pleas of the king of Idima. The king of Idima at that time was not a king but was regarded as the chief of the tribe of Idima while the king of Aturu at that time was not answering a king but rather the chief of the people of Aturu. The two chiefs began like bulls that want to drink from the same bowel and they ended up knocking horns together. This brought about a terrible problem for the chief of Idima as he quite alright knew that he could do nothing to defeat the chief of Aturu if he did not seek for support. When he came to the kingdom of Egwu the king of Egwu blatantly told him to seek for help elsewhere but the chief of Idima refused to go. The king of Egwu being Obieze's father was surprised when Obieze stepped forward and held the chief of Idima by the hand and helped him up, dusted his cloths before turning to face his father. His father waited to hear what he had to say and at that point Obieze declared his support for the chief of Idima. Obieze's father had stood up angrily, opposing his son but Obieze had made up his mind. He told the chief of Idima to go home and be expecting him in his land with those who would go to support a humble man in times of trouble with him. The Chief of Idima could not thank him less as he tried to prostrate but Obieze held him up and told him that one could only prostrate to the gods or to the representatives of the gods. The chief of Idima bowed before the king of Egwu and left at once. The king of Egwu after the chief of Idima had left stood up and faced his son. "What power do you have to say that to him. You make promises on my behalf?" the king of Egwu wanted to know and the Prince shook his head and said, "I do not want to make promises on your behalf. The promises I make are mine and mine to fulfil"