The Folly of Lawtonious

It was a time of lethargy and boredom in Flakidzia; life there had grown dull and unimaginative since the exile of the lands most infamous warrior The Spiderous. Much had changed in the land; the Good King Larblustein had met his demise.
King Larblustein had allowed his empire to stagnate and fall into the wrong hands, and paid the ultimate price, and in his place had arisen the evil sheriff.
From the time of the Spiderous’s departure, no champion other than Dr. Doomanic managed to inject even little life into the land. The good Doctor took it upon himself to issue a public decree that the Spiderous should be allowed to return to Flakidzia. Doomanic wrote and inspiring melody that made the citizens of Flakidzia feel melancholy but also exhilaration at the prospect that this could inspire the Spiderous’s return.
Many citizens posted there feeling of support on parchments and nailed them to the trees of the land anonymously, hoping that the Spiderous would see the call for his return and come back to what had become a sad land.
The citizens feared the evil emperor Lawtonious and they feared he would seek retribution for anyone showing support for the return of the Spiderous; but uncharacteristic fashion Lawtonious himself came out and proclaimed he would also welcome the Spiderous’s return.
Meanwhile the Spiderous was back in his homeland of Flakidzia Originus taking a brief respite; it was the time of calm that normally precedes the return of grappling games which would ensue soon enough.
One day there came by envoy a message from a fellow Warrior who had also experienced first hand the Persecution of Lawtonious.
The Spiderous looked at the parchement and immediately understood who it was from; there was no mistaking the emblazoned Moon insignia stamped on the wax used to seal the document .
My good friend Spiderous, I am writing to make known to you that the citizens of Flakidzia have rallied support for your return. I ask you to please investigate the matter for we own the faithful citizens of Flakidzia at least that much.
Sir Moonious, along with the Spiderous, Darksiderous and a few others had refused to bow to the sheriff, and instead left then New lands and returned home to Flakidzia Originus to restore the freedoms that had been corrupted by the Sheriff in Flakidzia.
The Spiderous was a reasonable man, and he understood the loyalty of his followers; in fact he had never really lost touch with them, for he had taken on a double secret identity so as to return to Flakidzia undetected. He donned a mask of Tobacco Leaves and stitching and went about the country unrecognized as by the name of Maniguitious.
He forewent any action in Flakidzia, and never meddled in the affairs of that land, but the citizens who were in his network new that he was still around, and when they needed his consult or desired to report some injustice, they always had the means to find him.
So the Spiderous returned to Flakidzia one night in diguise to see if what his friend Moonious had reported was accurate.
In fact it was, many pleas from the Citizens asking for his return, and even the public decree by the evil Emperor Lawtonious opening the way for his return.
But the Spiderous was no fool, he recognized Lawtonious’s ploy; he knew that a return to Flakidzia would bring back some popularity to Lawtoniuos, and he knew there must be other ulterior motives.
The Spiderous consulted one of his closest allies, Darksiderous, and together they set in motion a plan to expose Lawtonious’s treachery.
The Spiderous wrote an open scroll in the land of Flakidzia Originus and posted it publically for everyone to see. He expressed regret at not being able to return to Flakidzia so long as the evil emperor Lawtonious was in control, but as a gesture of good will, he would make his hidden persona of Maniguitious known to all.
Several days passed, the Spiderous and his two associates Moonious and Darksiderous waited to see what action the emperor would take. At first nothing happened and business went on as usuall, but then as if a storm that brews in your back yard came the attack.
Parchments carrying the imperial seal were placed everywhere one could see, and it stated the following…

“As of this moment Maniguitious no longer has any access or privileges in this land. We inform you that he has been banned from all activity in Flakidzia.”

Signed: Emperor Lawtonious

The Spiderous and his fellow warriors had been correct about the motives of Lawtonious, it was evident that the invitation for the Spiderous to return was merely a self serving trap clumsily laid out.
It was not long there after that the Spiderous exposed his counter trap, and once again exposed Lawtonious for the corrupt and evil Dictator he had become.
The Citizens of Flakidzia recognized the truth of the Spiderous’s words, and they lamented their situation in the land.

So ends this chapter in the saga Flakidzia, but stick around the two part sequel will be out soon, the working titles right now are


“The Fall of the House of Lawtonious”

And

“The Exodus of Flakidzia”