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We go on talking about the destiny of Redemption’s characters. Last week we told you about Eik’s life, and today we’re going to share King Ho’s story.
The future prince had been prepared to reign since childhood. But life in the palace never seemed appealing to Ho. The future throne seemed like a heavy chain on his neck, and endless bows,receptions, shallow intrigues—all that Jerana’s aristocracy lived for—gave him only feelings of hatred and repulsion. His only consolation was lessons of martial arts that the boy was taught on the demand of his father, crown prince Trig.
Training was easy for the prince, and he became proficient in fencing and shooting. But it was dagger throwing where Ho showed his real talent. Not only did he use them perfectly in melee combat, but he also threw them with such accuracy that his teachers advised Trig to continue his son’s education in a different place.
Ho admired this idea. He was pretty tired of the special treatment he got in the palace, and he asked his father to send him to an archer’s company in Albus, in the kingdom Odala—as far as possible from Jerana where every dog knew who he was. Trig didn’t stop his headstrong son and agreed with the burgomaster of Albus about the transfer. But he insisted that young bodyguard Sop would accompany his son. At first, Ho was unhappy with his father’s decision, but he changed his opinion fast, when the young warrior became his friend.
That’s how the young prince got to Albus. Hiding his background, he changed his name and started calling himself Hoda. But it was much harder to get rid of the manners, giving out his noble roots. Even trying to keep as friendly as he could in the company of fellow fighters, joking on himself and on the others, Hoda didn’t become a close friend to anyone—apart from Sop, of course.
However, the young prince enjoyed his life as an archer and quietness far from Jerana’s palace. But this peaceful time came to an end, when the Reaping started.
Hoda joins the group of a resigned captain Thorn Brening and leaves Albus, devoured with disease. He heads to Ursus, where his grandfather, the king of Jerana lives at the moment. But the group gets caught in an ambush, and Hoda gets a bad injury. Blance, who turns out to be near, saves the young man, but at the same time the old king dies from a heart attack.
The throne passes to Trig, who finds out about the sad events in Albus and tries to look for his son. The father and the son meet in Opakum—but Sop, who is charmed by the reaper, murders the king.
Hoda is destroyed by grief. His family is dead, his only close friend is the victim of evil charms, and his duty makes him do the thing he was trying to escape so hard — to put on the crown and ascend to the throne.
When Ho buried his father and Sop, he got down to business—confidently, harshly and cleverly. Like a monarch. The previous young guy with a disdainful and impudent smile stayed in some other life.
When the war ended, Berkana was in ruins. Dozens of destroyed towns, hundreds of burnt villages, thousands of people left without home, unplanted fields were a threat of hunger and death. There were hard years ahead.
The new king started to restore Berkana. The first thing he sacrificed was the luxury of the palace. He collected all the decorations and changed them for grain in Vandilia. He ordered to give the grain to people and that’s how he gained their sincere love. The people appreciated their unpretentious, ascetic monarch who preferred simple and convenient clothes to embroidered camisoles and royal gowns.
But there were some things which the king didn’t manage to do. As Ho concentrated on restoring the country and getting common people back to normal life, he couldn’t prepare to a new threat.
In spite the king understood perfectly that the new war with Frisia was inevitable, he still hoped to get more time. But his calculations were wrong. And now he and Berkana have to face a new challenge. Luckily, there are true people like Eik near him, who are ready to give life for the country’s well-being.
The story of king Ho goes on, and it depends on the main character of The Way Finn only how it is going to end.
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