" Our capital shall stand, forever! "
10 years have gone by in the glorious Forever Capital.
In those years, the Forever Capital has grown, not just in size, but also in beauty.
The King has taken a wife, a theatre woman by the name of Arodoeht, who is now the Queen of Reme.
Rena has grown much in the last couple of years, she is now a young woman, who wields the Spear of Romulus.
Our story picks up at the floating Tower of Babel, a man has come back home, Semiramis' husband.
Erichthonius, son of Hephaestus,(Gaia) and Athena, who now enters the throne-room.
" So, you are finally back, my love " said Sham joyfully.
Husband and wife now embraced, with much love in their hearts.
" I did not know that she was married? " said Rena.
" Who do you think built this tower? " said Ganieda.
" Erichthonius built this tower as a wedding gift for Semiramis " said Medea.
" Oh…. " said Rena.
" I am so happy for my grandson, " said Hera with joyful tears.
" Didn't you throw Hephaestus off Olympus? " said Frigg.
" Hush Frigg, don't ruin the moment " said Hera.
Frigg just shrugs her shoulders.
A party was now held.
Afterwards, when Rena had returned to Reme.
" Rena! Rena! " yelled the two young men, Iron and Apollonius.
Rena turned around and saw Iron and Apollonius drag two dead beasts behind them.
" Behold Rena, for I! have slain the great beast of despair! " said Iron.
" Behold Rena, for I! have slain the great beast of fear! " said Apollonius.
The two men had proud tones in their voices, and they were now striking mighty poses.
" Cool " said Rena, who now walked away.
The two men were quiet for a moment as reality was sitting in.
" I shall now go and slay the great beast of revelation! " said Apollonius.
" And I shall go and slay the mighty beast of the earth! " said Iron.
The two brothers bumped fists and were now off.
" Hello Rena. Have you perhaps seen Iron and Apollonius? " said Callicles.
" They just left, but they did leave a present at the door " said Rena with a smile.
Callicles now went to the door.
" Oh dear…. "
" Ah, Rena, you are finally back " said King Remus.
Rena was quiet.
" What is the matter? " asked the King.
" How come there are so many civil wars? " asked Rena.
" Oh, it is just the Blues and Greens who are too excited, pay them no heed. Which reminds me. Gaius Appuleius Diocles is racing tonight. Would you care to join me? My daughter " as King Remus had said that, Rena heard a bolt of lighting outside, she smiled and then said;
" I would be honored to, father " Rena now heard a second lighting bolt.
" It seems that Jupiter has his cock in the wrong hole " said King Remus and Rena just smiled.
The King and the Nephilim now left for the arena.
It was a close race between Gaius Appuleius Diocles and Alex the general, who was riding on his trusty steed; Buck.
The race was so close, that another civil war almost started….
Black Bart
Rena, Iron and Apollonius were all three taking a nice ride together.
" Fair Rena, if I may ask, where are we going? " asked Iron.
" You know, I don't think it is fair… " said Rena rather coldly.
Both Iron and Apollonius were taken back by Rena's words.
" Have we offended you in any way…. " said Apollonius, rather worried and sweaty.
" You both have…. " said Rena, again, rather coldly.
A chill ran down both Iron and Apollonius, as their hearts beat faster, and their brains were going crazy trying to figure out what they did wrong.
Rena now stopped near a forest, and dismounted Sleipnir.
" Uhm…. What are we doing here? " asked Iron, whose mouth was very dry.
Rena took out her spear of Romulus.
" I don't think it is fair- Rena now turned towards the two brothers- that you two have all the fun " said Rena with a smile.
From out of the forest, came the giant flaming snake; Boitatá.
Iron and Apollonius were speechless for a moment.
" Now then, are you two ready? " asked Rena as she was facing the flaming snake.
The two brothers beheld Rena's back, where they saw her strong and mighty figure, they both knew that they would gladly die for her, and both would do their best to win her hand in marriage.
Iron and Apollonius both now dismounted, and then stood shoulder to shoulder with Rena.
" Please. Find it in your heart to forgive us " said Iron with a smile.
" From this day onward. We shall all go on many adventures, together " said Apollonius, also with a smile.
The battle began, but Boitatá was not killed.
The flaming snake is actually very friendly and kind.
So, after having wrestled for a bit.
Rena, Iron and Apollonius, then went back to Reme.
But, in the meantime.
Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts and his crew had now come to Reme.
Sam and Julia, and all their men, were about to face off against the legendary Black Bart.
" What do you say my love, let us take these men down! " said Sam.
" I want a baby, " said Julia.
Sam just looked at his wife.
" Let us take these men down, and then we will talk about it " said Sam.
" Let us do this! " yelled Julia.
Blackbeard
Now.
Normally, I would have written a lengthy story, buuuuuuut, Rena decided that Anqa needed some exercise.
So, instead of seeing Reme.
Blackbeard and his crew, saw the night sky, and then the cold ground.
The Heroes of The Ship
It was now time for Alex, the general, to show us all, that, not only was he a master on land, but he was also unrivaled on sea, for Jason and the Argonauts had now come to fair Reme.
Alex gave a speech to all his men, which was as follows;
" What I am about to say. I wish to bring you all courage. Remember the time, when we were all simpel farmers, on simpel lands, and then King Remus came, and now, we have an empire, we have the world. We(alongside the mighty King) conquered Thrace. The Thessalians; we once feared them, but it is now them who have sleepless nights. The Argentinas and Thebans always wanted to take our Forever Capital, but then, they were humbled by glorious Reme. We went to the Peloponnese, and put our business in order. We, along with the King, took the whole of the Persian empire. It was now our turn, to prove to King Remus, that we loved and honored him. So we crossed the Hellespont, even though the rebellious Persians commanded the sea. We defeated the Satraps. We made Ionia, Aeolis, Phrygia, Lydia and Miletus part of our Forever Capital. All the gold and knowledge of Egypt and Cyrene were ours. Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Babylyonia, these ancient and marvelous places, are now all under King Remus. The wealth of Lydia, the treasures of Persia, the jewels of India have been split fairly among us all. Under me, all you brave men, have become unrivaled warriors, heroes, Remans. The stories, that is your lives, none can claim to equal it. Lastly, my brothers, remember, we are as one, for even I eat what you eat, even I get no more rest than any of you, and even I stand on guard, so that you all may sleep soundly. We all have the same amount of scars, we have all felt the pain of swords, arrows, stones, and clubs, but we endured this pain, all for the sake and glory of Reme. I have been given the great honor of leading you all, on land and on sea. But let us not forget. We are family, we have been to each other's weddings, our children will be like cousins, for we are brothers, but, let us not forget our fallen brothers, who all met a glorious death, and were equally given honorbel burials. Their stories live on, through us, Reme and the statues we made for them- Alex now pointed his sword towards the Argo- Let us show, these heroes, how we conquered; the Persians, Medes, Bactrians, Scythians, Parthians and the Hyrcanians, and how we crossed the Indus' river, which was not done since that of great Dionysus himself. Let us all return home, together, after, We. Have, Conquered, these heroes! "
The men of Alex, all felt a fire within. A fire that shined even more brightly than that of the virgin cult of Vesta.
" Jason, it is time, " said Hercules, who was standing next to Hylas.
The legendary hero said as follows;
" My Argonauts. I will be honest with you all. After the speech, that general Alex gave. I don't feel like I can make an equal speech. But, like Alex, I will remind you all that we set sail together. As one, we took down Talos, and it was as one, that we were able to retrieve the golden fleece. So, let us now, as the Argonauts, took down these Remans "
The epic battle that followed, would put even the Trojan War to shame.
But sadly, for some, but great for all.
The heroes of the Argo fell, and mighty Alex and the Remans, returned home, back to their families, back to Reme.
Sacking of the Forever Capital
" What does Reme stand for? "
" Men, my fellow Remans. If there is one universal truth, then it is, Reme. As long as Reme stands, so will life. As long as Reme stands, so will the world. Now, let us show these rude invaders, how we Remans do things " - King Remus, first King of Reme.
The Visigoths have come to Reme.
In an attempt to sack the Forever Capital, but.
I will say this much.
The world was still spinning, after the great battle.