It's ZapFic50 Friday again and here's my entry for week 51. 🎉🥳🎊
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In his youth, he commanded whole armies, leading his troops in conquest of vast new lands.
In his older years, he held court over courtiers and emissaries from all over his empire.
Now on his deathbed, he cut a lonely figure, abandoned as everyone schemed and jostled for the throne.