The Amulet Analysis
The amulet
By:Thompson Dallaire
Once there was an ancient kingdom of a king of greed. The king had no respect for anyone in the kingdom but himself. Some of the people in the kingdom called him a tyrannically. His kingdoms guards were still pledge their allegiance to their king,some say it is because of fear and some say because they have nowhere to go, the citizens have longed for a new king. Soon though the king shall see what greed shall get him.
King, Eric was the king of Que-Shu and he took what he wanted without restraint. Que-Shu was in the hinterlands. One day a man came to the king with an item in a wrapped parchment.
¨Who are you, and just to say I do not …show more content…
countenance of waiting¨ Eric questioned.
¨You are not one to arbitrate that,” The man responded.
The man had a cloak and it made it so no one could see the man in the light,Eric pondered why he was like that.
¨Capture him,¨ Eric said while making a signal to the four guards that stood to his left and right. Once the guards got to him two tried holding him still while the other two tried tying his hands together.
¨I have come to give you a gift,¨ The hooded man said, shoving the guards off of him with little effort.The man stepped to the throne the king sat on. Eric sat on his throne not moving, not because he was curious about the gift, but out if the fear his four guards were so easily pushed aside as if they were snow on his shoulders. When the man was up to the black haired king, Eric could see the figure under the clock.The figure gave embody shape, but did not look one of of either gender, but instead a rotting corpse.This increased Eric´s fear to the point where he would faint but he could not because of the overwhelming fear kept him awake. The figure took a piece of cloth out of his pocket and gave it to the king.
¨Open it and where the amulet before my patience wears out,¨the figure said.The guards have now recovered and were now instead of following orders, they were now running away from the figure and their blue eyed king.Without saying a word the king unwrapped the cloth to see a gold amulet that had dirt on it and showed signs of age.Without taking another second not wanting to irritate the figure that stood above him, he put the amulet on.
¨Good,¨ the figure said and the king thought he saw the figure smile, then there was a flash of light.
Eric felt himself awake and he realized he was lying on something soft his bed. He sat up and looked around and saw a two maids to his right. One he did not know, but remembered seeing her in the halls now and then, but the other he recognized as one of his favorite maids...and the one he loved. Her name was Nerra and the only thing stopping him from asking to marry her was because he did not want him,a king to marry a common maid.
¨You're awake finally king,¨ Nerra said after she looked up from soaking a cloth in warm water.She twisted the towel, then walked over to him with the warm cloth.He loved everything about her,from her long blond hair to her hazel eyes.
¨Do you feel any better king,even though we found you after the attack unscathed, when you did not wake up for a long time we thought you were malady,¨She said with a strong tone of concern.
King Eric responded ¨,Yes I'm fine… How long have I been asleep.¨ He said, even though he felt frail. He looked down and realized he had a gold chain around his neck.
Nerra said ¨,You have been sleeping for 2 days now, we thought you were never going to wake up¨
¨really... what's this chain¨ he said, reaching for the golden chain and pulling it out from where it had tucked under his shirt.
¨No one knows, we saw all your guards dead and you fainted with that amulet on your neck, and for some reason the amulet would not come off as if the chain was a part of you. Who attacked you?,¨ Nerra said. Eric did not respond to her question, but focused on nothing but the amulet.Then he recognized it as the amulet he had seen the figure give him, but now it was normal as if it had not more than a day of its creation of a master craftsman. He had struck by fear...the same fear he felt when that figure stood above him.
¨It is fine if you do not answer my question, I was just curious. I'm going to go get your food, i'll be back,¨Nerra said as she stood and went to leave.
¨Wait, I would like to continue talking with you. You there, you go get my food.¨ He said, pointing to the other maid. Without question Nerra came back into the room and the other maid went and left for the kitchen. Nerra accosts to the side of Eric´s bed and knelt down with both knees touching the ground.
¨What do you want to talk about,¨Nerra said adjusting her knees on the rough floor.
¨Sit on the bed, it's more comfortable than the floor¨ Eric told her.
Nerra nodded and sat on the corner of the bed.
¨Now what do you want to talk about,¨Nerra asked. Now that Eric had Nerra here he forgot what he was going to say for a second.
¨So no one could take this amulet off,¨Eric said as he reached for the amulet.
¨No one could that works in the castle, none of the maids and none of the guards could either,¨Nerra responded while Eric tried to pull it off. When Eric tried to pull it off, but it stayed there like the chain had been a part of him, but after the other day Eric could not have been having a worse time of his life.The fear of the amulet was there, but it was now just a faint bit of fear now that was nothing compared to before.
¨So no one saw the figure that gave-attacked me,¨He asked almost forgetting no one knew that the figure was not there to murder him even though the fear was close to. Nerra responded
¨,sorry but no one saw the man who attacked, we just saw a flash of light and there you and your guards were,how did that flash of light happen,¨Eric had to think for a second,he did not want to tell her anything that truly happened that night...then he had an
idea.
¨It was that weird black powder that causes fire to go everywhere when in contact with fire,what was it called...gunpowder, we need some for our own defences,¨Eric said hoping it would work.
¨Yes we do, it seems to be quite powerful,¨ Nerra said looking at Eric.
The other maid came back in with some steak and a glass of tea… Eric had expected it to be something would normally have when he woke up, but he had not considered the time of day.With a wave of his hand toward the maid that brought in his food the maid made a quick bow then left the room.Eric said to the women that sat on his bed
¨, Can you tell about yourself Nerra¨. Nerra did not expect this, a king had never asked a maid about herself. Nerra started to blush, but started to talk. The next day king Eric had woke up. He had sent Nerra home… but they were now dating, he had invited her over for dinner that day and he was hoping she would come. Something happened last night in his dream that he could see as clear as day when he woke up. It was fragments of a moment that he could only partially see. He only saw that there was a corpse of a girl on the street. The image was so realistic he put it aside and went to the dining hall. After he ate a girl ran up to him, then he recognized her as Jirah, the girl that had brought him lunch the other day and Nerra’s younger sister.
“What is it Jirah,” Eric asked, but Jirah only gestured her hand to follow. Reluctantly Eric followed. Eric did not know why he was following the running girl through the streets, but he followed until Jirah stopped and tried to warn Eric something and block his vision. What the girl was doing was useless because Eric easily saw over her and saw a form of a dead person with a mark on their head. It was Nerra, She was on the stone street dead. Before he was going to cry something came to his mine, his dream, the girl lying on the street in his dream was Nerra. Now he could see her head, though, Her forehead had a mark on it and he knew what it was. It was the same symbol as the medallion. He was past the point of crying, so he ran out of the kingdom gates had opened when the guards saw who it was. Around 10 minutes later he sat down next to a river, and now he was crying. When he opened his eyes saw the amulet in the hands of a skeleton,the figure.
“Why, Why did you do this to me,” Eric cried
“To show the power of greed, and this is not the first event, it is a long and tortuous,” the figure said
“Please show me how to free this curse,” Eric cried up louder than last time. The figure just pointed toward the river. Eric jumped in and he saw the light after a few seconds. Except this time he knew he would not wake up.
By:Thompson Dallaire
Once there was an ancient kingdom of a king of greed. The king had no respect for anyone in the kingdom but himself. Some of the people in the kingdom called him a tyrannically. His kingdoms guards were still pledge their allegiance to their king,some say it is because of fear and some say because they have nowhere to go, the citizens have longed for a new king. Soon though the king shall see what greed shall get him.
King, Eric was the king of Que-Shu and he took what he wanted without restraint. Que-Shu was in the hinterlands. One day a man came to the king with an item in a wrapped parchment.
¨Who are you, and just to say I do not …show more content…
countenance of waiting¨ Eric questioned.
¨You are not one to arbitrate that,” The man responded.
The man had a cloak and it made it so no one could see the man in the light,Eric pondered why he was like that.
¨Capture him,¨ Eric said while making a signal to the four guards that stood to his left and right. Once the guards got to him two tried holding him still while the other two tried tying his hands together.
¨I have come to give you a gift,¨ The hooded man said, shoving the guards off of him with little effort.The man stepped to the throne the king sat on. Eric sat on his throne not moving, not because he was curious about the gift, but out if the fear his four guards were so easily pushed aside as if they were snow on his shoulders. When the man was up to the black haired king, Eric could see the figure under the clock.The figure gave embody shape, but did not look one of of either gender, but instead a rotting corpse.This increased Eric´s fear to the point where he would faint but he could not because of the overwhelming fear kept him awake. The figure took a piece of cloth out of his pocket and gave it to the king.
¨Open it and where the amulet before my patience wears out,¨the figure said.The guards have now recovered and were now instead of following orders, they were now running away from the figure and their blue eyed king.Without saying a word the king unwrapped the cloth to see a gold amulet that had dirt on it and showed signs of age.Without taking another second not wanting to irritate the figure that stood above him, he put the amulet on.
¨Good,¨ the figure said and the king thought he saw the figure smile, then there was a flash of light.
Eric felt himself awake and he realized he was lying on something soft his bed. He sat up and looked around and saw a two maids to his right. One he did not know, but remembered seeing her in the halls now and then, but the other he recognized as one of his favorite maids...and the one he loved. Her name was Nerra and the only thing stopping him from asking to marry her was because he did not want him,a king to marry a common maid.
¨You're awake finally king,¨ Nerra said after she looked up from soaking a cloth in warm water.She twisted the towel, then walked over to him with the warm cloth.He loved everything about her,from her long blond hair to her hazel eyes.
¨Do you feel any better king,even though we found you after the attack unscathed, when you did not wake up for a long time we thought you were malady,¨She said with a strong tone of concern.
King Eric responded ¨,Yes I'm fine… How long have I been asleep.¨ He said, even though he felt frail. He looked down and realized he had a gold chain around his neck.
Nerra said ¨,You have been sleeping for 2 days now, we thought you were never going to wake up¨
¨really... what's this chain¨ he said, reaching for the golden chain and pulling it out from where it had tucked under his shirt.
¨No one knows, we saw all your guards dead and you fainted with that amulet on your neck, and for some reason the amulet would not come off as if the chain was a part of you. Who attacked you?,¨ Nerra said. Eric did not respond to her question, but focused on nothing but the amulet.Then he recognized it as the amulet he had seen the figure give him, but now it was normal as if it had not more than a day of its creation of a master craftsman. He had struck by fear...the same fear he felt when that figure stood above him.
¨It is fine if you do not answer my question, I was just curious. I'm going to go get your food, i'll be back,¨Nerra said as she stood and went to leave.
¨Wait, I would like to continue talking with you. You there, you go get my food.¨ He said, pointing to the other maid. Without question Nerra came back into the room and the other maid went and left for the kitchen. Nerra accosts to the side of Eric´s bed and knelt down with both knees touching the ground.
¨What do you want to talk about,¨Nerra said adjusting her knees on the rough floor.
¨Sit on the bed, it's more comfortable than the floor¨ Eric told her.
Nerra nodded and sat on the corner of the bed.
¨Now what do you want to talk about,¨Nerra asked. Now that Eric had Nerra here he forgot what he was going to say for a second.
¨So no one could take this amulet off,¨Eric said as he reached for the amulet.
¨No one could that works in the castle, none of the maids and none of the guards could either,¨Nerra responded while Eric tried to pull it off. When Eric tried to pull it off, but it stayed there like the chain had been a part of him, but after the other day Eric could not have been having a worse time of his life.The fear of the amulet was there, but it was now just a faint bit of fear now that was nothing compared to before.
¨So no one saw the figure that gave-attacked me,¨He asked almost forgetting no one knew that the figure was not there to murder him even though the fear was close to. Nerra responded
¨,sorry but no one saw the man who attacked, we just saw a flash of light and there you and your guards were,how did that flash of light happen,¨Eric had to think for a second,he did not want to tell her anything that truly happened that night...then he had an
idea.
¨It was that weird black powder that causes fire to go everywhere when in contact with fire,what was it called...gunpowder, we need some for our own defences,¨Eric said hoping it would work.
¨Yes we do, it seems to be quite powerful,¨ Nerra said looking at Eric.
The other maid came back in with some steak and a glass of tea… Eric had expected it to be something would normally have when he woke up, but he had not considered the time of day.With a wave of his hand toward the maid that brought in his food the maid made a quick bow then left the room.Eric said to the women that sat on his bed
¨, Can you tell about yourself Nerra¨. Nerra did not expect this, a king had never asked a maid about herself. Nerra started to blush, but started to talk. The next day king Eric had woke up. He had sent Nerra home… but they were now dating, he had invited her over for dinner that day and he was hoping she would come. Something happened last night in his dream that he could see as clear as day when he woke up. It was fragments of a moment that he could only partially see. He only saw that there was a corpse of a girl on the street. The image was so realistic he put it aside and went to the dining hall. After he ate a girl ran up to him, then he recognized her as Jirah, the girl that had brought him lunch the other day and Nerra’s younger sister.
“What is it Jirah,” Eric asked, but Jirah only gestured her hand to follow. Reluctantly Eric followed. Eric did not know why he was following the running girl through the streets, but he followed until Jirah stopped and tried to warn Eric something and block his vision. What the girl was doing was useless because Eric easily saw over her and saw a form of a dead person with a mark on their head. It was Nerra, She was on the stone street dead. Before he was going to cry something came to his mine, his dream, the girl lying on the street in his dream was Nerra. Now he could see her head, though, Her forehead had a mark on it and he knew what it was. It was the same symbol as the medallion. He was past the point of crying, so he ran out of the kingdom gates had opened when the guards saw who it was. Around 10 minutes later he sat down next to a river, and now he was crying. When he opened his eyes saw the amulet in the hands of a skeleton,the figure.
“Why, Why did you do this to me,” Eric cried
“To show the power of greed, and this is not the first event, it is a long and tortuous,” the figure said
“Please show me how to free this curse,” Eric cried up louder than last time. The figure just pointed toward the river. Eric jumped in and he saw the light after a few seconds. Except this time he knew he would not wake up.