King Menashe II was 95 years of age, his health was failing him, their was nothing left to do but annul his vows. The King entered the Temple and walked straight in to The Chamber of Hewn Stone were the Great Sanhedrin met daily to discuss important issues. Now ussualy the King would sit as the head of this great court but now he did not. The King appeared only as a petitioner seeking to be forgiven the court of man. His Holiness Eli the High Priest sat atop the largest chair in the semi circle of seventy two chairs alike, to his right was his deputy His Holiness Yosef Bar Kufya, and to the High Priest's left was the Holy Profit Shumel the Nazarite who would then anoint the new King or Queen.
"Ah yes King Menashe How can your humble servants be of service to you today," Eli the High Priest said humbly.
King Menashe stood in front of the judges and spoke aloud:
*"Listen, please, my masters, expert judges, every vow or oath or prohibition that I adopted by the use of the slang term 'konam' or the term 'cherem; that I vowed or swore while I awake or in a dream; or that I swore be means of Gods Holy Names that is forbidden to erase by means of the name HASHEM, Blessed is He; or any form of nazirism that I have that I have accepted upon myself even the Nazirism of Samson. Or any prohibition, even prohibitions to derive enjoyment that I imposed on myself or that I imposed on others by means of any expression of Prohibition whether using the word 'Prohibition or by the slang words 'konam' or 'cherem'. or any commitment even for the positive that I accepted upon myself, whether the acceptance was in terms of a vow, voluntary gift, an oath, nazirism, or by means of any other expression, or whether it was made final through a handshake; any form of vow, voluntary gift or any form that accustoms a good deed that I have accustomed myself; and any utterance that escaped my mouth or vowed in my heart to preform any of the various optional good deeds, good practices or any good thing I have preformed three times but with ought specifying the practices does not have the force of a vow; whether the thing I did was regarding my self or others; both regarding vows that are known to me and those I have already forgotten. Regarding all of them I regret retroactively and request of your eminences the annulment of them.I am fearful that I will stumble and become entrapped, in the sins of: vows, oaths, nazarisims, cherems, prohobitions, konams and agreements.
Therefore I request annulment of them all. I regret all the aforementioned whether they were maters relating to money or whether they are maters relating to the body or whether they are maters relating to the soul. Regarding them all I regret the vow, oath, nazarisim, prohibition, cherem, Konam, or acceptance of the heart.
Now behold, according to the law, one who regrets must specify his actions but please be informed, my masters that it is impossible to specify them because they are many. Nor do I seek annulment for those that cannot be annulled so therefore please make it so as if I have specified them."
The three judges looked at each other, they were not expecting this to happen so soon. They had all known the King since he was a little boy running about in his father's fields and playing wit the dogs. But now he had grown old and his life was rearing its end and they all new it, with tears rolling down their cheeks they spoke out in unison:
"May everything be permitted you, may everything be forgiven you, may everything be allowed you. There does not exist any: vow, oath, nazarisam, cheram, Prohibition, Konam, ostracism excommunication or curse. But there does exist pardon, forgiveness, and atonement. And just as the House of Judgment on earth permits it so may it be permitted in the Heavenly House of Judgment."
The three judges said this three times all in unison before the king spoke.
After they had repeated this paragraph three times King Menashe spoke again:
"Behold I make this formal decleration before you and cancel any vows, oaths, nazarisms, cherems, konams, prohibitions, agreements or acceptance of the heart that I myself will accept upon my self, while I am awake or in a dream and except for the vows that I undertake during Mincha. In case I forget this conditions and make another vow, from this moment onward I retroactively regret them and declare them that they are null and void, withought affect and withought validity that they shall not take affect at all. Regarding them all, I regret them this time and forever."
King Menashe finished and walked out of the Chamber of Hewn stone. The King walked backed to the palace and into his room, having felt complete that he now had no more attachments to this world. After he would pass their would be an anointing of one of his three children to his office. They will have the responsibilities of leading the whole nation into a new and brighter dawn. King Menashe II smiled and laid flat in his bed, he crossed one foot over the other and put his hands on his chest. Now all was finally silent.
King Menashe II's physician walked out of his chambers with a frown, the doctor looked up at the three judges who were with him only a moment ago and he shook his head. The Judges all tor their clothes and uttered in Unison the prayer for the dead. "Yisgadal v'yiskadash sh'mei rabah,"- may his great name grow exalted and sanctified.
Two days later.... Menassian Palace.
"No! no! no!" Princess Tzipporah walked into the room at a fast pace, and slamming paper down on the table. Sitting in the corner in a large leather chair was Prince Josiah, he was dressed in a large pinstripe suit and in front of him was a large table. "What's the matter sis? I am to be crowned king, does it upset you that you will not be the reigning monarch?" Josiah asked jokingly to his sister. "No you're not, we have a bigger problem then the arguments between me and you," Tzipporah said sitting on the table and pointing to the papers. Josiah looked at the papers and scoweld. "No... this can't be... this can't be," Tzipporah and Josiah marched out of the room and headed to the main room in the palace.
Horeb
Border Town between Menassa and the Philistine
Under Philistine control.
A group of men walked into the town square, their were about two hundred of them in total. All together they looked like some priests or other scholars who tried to separate themselves from the world, they were all holding staffs. Receintly word had reached these men that King Menashe II was dead, but this hadn't reached the trapped Menassians in hiding who lived in Horeb, they had no way out and no connection to the outside world. One of the cloaked men walked out of the grouped and removed his hood. "Menassians!" The man shouted for he clearly looked like he was from Menassa, with the beard and striped robe under the cloak. "King Menashe is Dead! The time for mourning has soon passed! Release yourself from these bonds which you have been chained with. Lets cut some Foreskins!" The man shouted and all the group removed their cloaks and unsheathed swords. Those Menassians hiding in the crowd gathered their weapons or kitchen utensils or random blunt objects and began to attacked these filthy uncircumcised heathens.
Menassian Palace
One day after the recapturing of Horeb
word still had not reached the palace.
Princess Chaiya sat in her room and looked out the window, from her vantage point she could see the entire capital city along with the glorious temple in the distance. Chaiya was sad that her father had died and she wondered who would take over in his stead. Chaiya had her bets on Tzipporah. She may have been adopted but she was the wisest of the three of them. Chaiya got up from her bed and left the room, she walked around the halls thinking about recent events until Josiah came up to her.
"Hey their punk," Josiah said grabbing her by the hand. "
Were are we going!?" she asked frantically.
"No, where we're just going to play a little game," Josiah responded evilly.
"I'm not six anymore!" Chaiya yelled and grabbed her hand away.
Josiah gave Chaiya a menacing look and motioned down the hall way, Chaiya slumped her head and walked in the direction he was pointing.
"Prince Josiah!" Eli the High preist said coming up behind them.
"I would treat your new queen with more respect than that," Shmuel the Nazarite said coming from the other direction
"Wha-wha-what?" Chaiya stammered.
"Queen! Queen! your coronation is soon, let us get you ready," Eli said before Chaiya fainted into arms of the Nazarite
"Damn!" Josiah said before running off.
Palace Balcony over looking all of Menassa
Five hours later
The News of Horeb still had not yet reached the Palace.
"All of Israel, I pronounce you, your Queen!"
The Nazarite yelled into a loud Microphone that was hooked up to loud speakers across the nation.
The Nazarite placed a crown on her head as the crowd cheered in roaring splendor.
"Chiya Malcas Menassa, chai vikyom!" May Chaiya the queen of Menassa's day be lengthened.
3 Hours later
Hall of shields (throne room)
Horeb's events still remained a mystery
"Eli, can we throw a party?" Chaiya asked from atop her late fathers throne.
"Yes your highness you can do vurtully whatever you want,"
"Goodie! I shall invite all my freinds and some of my fathers friends," Chaiya said while giggling.
Tzipporah scowled and Josiah frowned.
OOC: Just post arrival at the Palace
OOC: Chronologically this is five years after the events at Maxia in the middle of the summer
OOC: If you are apart of the Maxia RP your Chars, should be five years older.
* Italicized text is a prayer called 'annulment of vows'
