Fiction:Tenet/History/6

= 048: The Crowning of King Makann =

So Makann returned to the city of the Assurhab, and he walked through its gates tall and straight-backed, bearing proudly his changed form. But the people saw with eyes clouded by despair, and asked, "Who is this man who comes from the east, who walks without fear in these final days?"

Makann lifted his head to them and said "Look upon me, O Assurhab! I walk flanked by angels." For at his right walked the wise man, robed in white, bearing many beautiful icons on his person. And at his left walked the cunning man, armored in bones and bronze, with sword and long-axe raised high.

And the people looked at him again, seeing truly now, and they prostrated themselves where he walked, crying out "The new age is nigh!" For in Makann's hands he carried a sacred blade and a tablet inscribed with the names of the gods. And around his skull, his four horns curled thrice. And upon his forehead was a third eye that saw truth and lies. And upon his brow was set a crown of stars. Makann was Eschaton, and Eschaton was Makann.

At the head of a crowd, Makann walked into the court of the king and said to him, "My king! Give me your throne. I am the king of kings who stands at the threshold of gods."

And the king said, "By your signs and raiments I know you. I give you my throne and give it gladly."

And Makann sat upon the throne of the king, and his angels took up position at his arms. This was his first throne but it was not his last. And Makann said to the gathered people of Assurhab, "I am uniter of the world. I am the end and the beginning. I have been shown the secret of victory, not only over the Da'mir, but over all the world. Listen to me!"

As words from the gods, from the angels, from Makann, the people of Assurhab listened to his teachings.