The Lost Prince's Prophecy: A Tale of Fate and Betrayal

Long ago, in the mighty kingdom of Umoja, King Okona and his beloved Queen Adan ruled over a prosperous land. Though wealth and power surrounded them, their hearts ached for a child to inherit the throne. For twenty years, they prayed to the gods, yet their cries for an heir went unanswered. The palace whispered with rumors, urging the king to take another wife, but Okona held firm in his devotion to Adan.

In the 20th year of Okona’s reign, the gods finally smiled upon them, and Queen Adan conceived. The kingdom rejoiced, and the palace celebrated the coming birth. But as joy spread, a dark shadow crept over their happiness. A grim prophecy, foretold by the chief priest Baba Uru, warned that their long-awaited son, Prince Igodo, would one day destroy his own father and lie with his mother.

Unnerved by the prophecy, King Okona dismissed it as nonsense, laughing at the absurdity. Yet when the priest revealed a hidden mark on Igodo’s back—three dots, as predicted—fear gripped the royal family. Desperate to prevent the prophecy from coming true, the king ordered his most trusted soldier, Abu, to dispose of the infant in the cursed evil forest.

But Abu, unable to kill the innocent child, left him in the forest, hoping fate would take its course. Instead, Igodo’s cries were heard by a hunter from the neighboring land of Umed. The hunter rescued the child and raised him as his own, teaching him the ways of the wilderness, and preparing him for a life far from the royal courts.

As Igodo grew, he became a fierce warrior, unmatched in skill and courage. By his 25th year, he had joined the king’s guard of Umed and rose to prominence. When war broke out between Umoja and Umed, Igodo fought valiantly alongside the Umedian king, unaware that his true father, King Okona, led the opposing army.

In a fateful clash, Igodo met King Okona on the battlefield. Driven by the heat of war and the desire to avenge his injured king, Igodo unknowingly fulfilled the first part of the prophecy, striking down his own father with a final, deadly blow.

Returning to Umed as a hero, Igodo was given the traditional victor’s rights to claim the late king’s possessions—including his wives. Unbeknownst to him, the wives he claimed were his own mother, Queen Adan, and her sister. The chief priest of Umoja, Baba Uru, stormed the palace with a revelation that would shake the kingdom: Igodo was the long-lost prince of Umoja, the very child of prophecy.

As Igodo stood stunned, the priest revealed the three birthmarks that confirmed his identity. Queen Adan screamed in disbelief, realizing the horror of the prophecy had come true. With the weight of his destiny now upon him, Igodo realized his journey was far from over. The gods had played their cruel hand, and the path of his life was now shaped by their whims, binding him to a future of eternal conflict and struggle.