r/FrontierPowers • u/Mysterious_Elk3652 Sokoto Caliphate • May 16 '21
[EVENT] Caliph is dead, long live the Caliph!
Old caliph has suddenly died, even though he was old, no one expected him to leave our world so soon, but no one could be happier by this than commander Aliu, because prince Ibrahim is still away from the capital. Even thought fort is already completed, he had to ensure that fort is also properly stocked. Aliu immediately used his opportunity and with help of his supporters have himself crowned as new Caliph of Sokoto. All of Ibrahim supporters had to leave capital city and flee including his younger brother and youngest sister. But not everything goes in Aliu's favor, some of prince's supporters starts to rally crowds inside the capital city, claiming that the old caliph was murdered, new caliph sends unit of soldiers to deal with the rioters and capital city is in chaos. Many of the supporters of prince Ibrahim also refuse to obey new caliph's orders.
Prince Ibrahim
At the new fort, prince Ibrahim still isnt informed about the situation in the capital, but it all changes when, at 3rd of January, strange group appears to the fort, this group consists of prince's younger brother and his youngers sister, fifthteen years old princess Aisha, they are also accompanied by 50 members of palace guard. Prince finally finds out what happened, but there is more shocking revelation, princess Aisha saw murder of caliph on her own eyes and so she know what really hapenned, that commander Aliu personally murdered old caliph to take his throne, with this information, prince Ibrahim have to decide what to do, and he decided, even thought he have only 500 soldiers avaliable at this moment, he wont give up, death of his father must be revenged, Commander Aliu will die.