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Political Violence, Division, and the “Second Civil War”: Why King Asilas Feels Prophetic

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I released Episode 1 of The Rise of King Asilas, “The Ascension,” in 2017, yet listening to it in 2026 feels less like revisiting the intended speculative fiction and more like hearing an eerie warning about America’s political trajectory. The narrator describes “America’s second civil war” as a conflict of “brother versus brother, sister versus sister, and neighbor versus neighbor.” These are classic phrases of toxic rhetoric that ultimately divide people who would otherwise love each other if not for their insistence on changing each other’s minds. At the time, many listeners may have interpreted it as dramatic dystopian storytelling. Today, after years of political unrest, violent protests, assassination attempts against political leaders and public figures, and increasingly militant rants from all sides of the ideological spectrum, the language sounds disturbingly familiar.

What makes Episode 1 particularly fascinating is that it was originally written as satire, not to predict a conventional civil war. In fact, the entire series was written as satire, but it didn’t land that way when they were posted, and they certainly don’t feel like satire now. What I had originally envisioned was the parody of a nation psychologically and culturally fractured beyond repair. King Asilas explains that the divisions began with politics (“democrats versus republicans” & “conservatives versus liberals”) and eventually expanded into deeper ideological warfare involving economics, identity, and the role of government itself. But I held on to hope that things would correct themselves for the sake of keeping America the greatest country in the world. Instead, the show’s progression mirrors what many Americans believe has happened over the last decade.

The United States of 2026 is not engaged in a formal military conflict between states, but it is undeniably experiencing a crisis of national consensus. To many Americans, it increasingly feels that way. Political discourse has become increasingly hostile, with opponents no longer viewed merely as people with different ideas but as existential threats to the country itself. A country that a growing number of people feel genuine angst towards. Public trust in institutions (government, media, academia, even elections) has sharply eroded. Violent speech that once existed only on the fringes now circulates openly across social media platforms and political commentary channels. The celebration of death and destruction as a means to achieve political ends has become tolerated and commonplace. Along with this, any semblance of respectful disagreement has utterly dissolved. 

This is why some commentators, including figures like Tim Pool, frequently discuss the possibility of a “second civil war.” They often clarify that such a conflict would not happen in the literal sense, like in the 1860s. Instead, it would be decentralized: ideological warfare, civil unrest, institutional sabotage, political radicalization, and sporadic violence erupting across communities. In many ways, that is exactly the version of conflict Episode 1 portrayed years earlier. Fans of the show have told me on several occasions that Tim Pool speaks as though he listens to The Rise of King Asilas. As flattering as these comments are, he has never indicated he is even aware of the show, at least not in public.

One of the episode’s most prolific lines is the description of America being “lost in ambiguous character” before ultimately embracing “stoic populism.” These phrases were woven in with a certain specificity because even back then (in mid 2017), the seams of America’s fabric were coming undone. Whether one agrees with the philosophy presented in the story or not, the phrase captures a growing sentiment of an impending second civil war and the belief that America no longer knows what it is. Across the political spectrum, there is widespread disagreement over national identity, morality, patriotism, history, borders, religion, and even objective truth itself. And I won’t even get into the outright self-hatred that permeates throughout the endless protests in the streets across America.

The rise of General Asilas in the story is presented as a reaction to chaos and the collapse of political debate. He emerges not because democracy is floundering, but because citizens have become exhausted by disorder and division. Historically, this has often been the pathway through which strongman leaders gain influence. When populations lose faith in institutions, they frequently gravitate toward figures who promise stability, certainty, and national restoration, even at the cost of democratic norms. Because so much insanity grips America in the story, acceptance of a king to “restore order” was mostly fathomable. Could such a thing actually occur in the real world? 

It’s a theme that resonates strongly in 2026. Americans increasingly speak in apocalyptic terms about elections and political outcomes. Every major election cycle is framed as “the most important in history.” And those words have been repeated for the last number of decades, but they’ve become more hostile in recent times. Political opponents are accused not merely of incompetence, but of treason, tyranny, fascism, or revolutionary subversion. This constant escalation creates a climate where compromise becomes impossible because each side believes defeat would mean national collapse. Hence, the emergence of “lawfare” in place of winning cultural and political debate is to be expected at the conclusion of any election, whether at the local, state, or national level.

Episode 1 also understood something many political analysts now openly acknowledge: technology and media intensify polarization. While this pilot episode focuses primarily on ideological divisions, the broader series repeatedly alludes to information warfare, propaganda, and manipulation. In today’s world, algorithm-driven outrage dominates online engagement. Political tribalism is monetized daily through podcasts, livestreams, and social media ecosystems that reward emotional escalation over nuance, which only exacerbates an already toxic arena for discourse. Moreover, the episode’s “civil war” concept is not merely about violence. It is about alienation. Americans increasingly live in separate informational realities, consume different media, distrust different institutions, and hold radically different interpretations of events. In practical terms, this creates conditions where national unity becomes extremely difficult to sustain.

What makes “The Ascension” compelling in hindsight is not that it literally predicted specific events. Rather, it identified underlying pressures that were already forming beneath the surface in 2017. I (like many others) recognized back then that America’s divisions were deepening in ways many people underestimated. The show extrapolated those tensions forward and imagined what could happen if distrust, resentment, and ideological absolutism continued unchecked.

In 2026, that warning feels less theoretical than it once did.

Whether America is truly entering a “second civil war” remains a matter of debate. Some argue the phrase is irresponsible hyperbole, while others believe the conflict is already underway in cultural, informational, and psychological forms. Some even argue that the emergence of AI is, in some ways, the new ultimate ruler. An electronic monarch that oversees, influences, monitors, and even manipulates the lives of every human being on this earth. And if that seems far-fetched, it honestly isn’t, especially when you consider all the top minds of the world warning of AI’s impending destruction of our way of life. Yet regardless of terminology or personal beliefs, Episode 1 of The Rise of King Asilas captured an uncomfortable truth years before much of mainstream discourse was willing to confront it: a nation does not need armies on battlefields to tear itself apart. Sometimes the fracture begins in the minds of its people long before the first shot is ever fired.

Listen to Episode 1:

Monsters in the Dark: Episode 3, Hidden Elites, and the Allure of the Epstein Files

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In Episode 3, “The Monster Group,” a narrative detonates the core revelation of the series that changes everything. King Asilas confesses that the visible political world is merely theater. Behind its slick exterior stands a concealed fraternity of planners. Standing in the shadows of “dark halls” are evil men, orchestrating leaders, manipulating social tensions, and guiding history like chess pieces. He calls them Monsters. Not their real name, but certainly a fitting one.

For people attuned to real-world intrigue, it is difficult not to feel echoes of modern controversies, especially the public fascination surrounding the “Epstein files.” It begs us to explore why certain patterns in the story feel so compelling to those who enjoy connecting the dots and have followed the show’s storyline. When one listens to episodes (especially in Seasons 1-2), it doesn’t land the same way anymore. The details emerging from the Epstein files have changed how one can truly take in the content of the series.

The Anatomy of the Monster Group

In Episode 3, Asilas admits he once belonged to the secret elite. With so many names redacted, one can surmise that those who claim to “champion” justice are within the orbit of perpetrators named in those files or in the files themselves. Thus, having the fictitious character Asilas also come from within the circle of fiends seems to be in alignment with what is currently coming to light. Ultimately, it cannot be an outsider railing against power; it has to be an insider-turned-defector.

So, let’s explore what the episode suggests. First, political leaders are selected, not elected. Even the simplest of Lehman have long said this out loud, either in jest or blurted intuition. Second, social chaos is engineered. Many conspiracy theorists have been shouting from the hills for decades that the collapse of the Western world is designed to usher in the New World Order. However, the idea that the public is given a curated version of reality isn’t unique to modern society. For as long as civilizations existed, doubt among commoners has persisted when it comes to “believing” what their leaders say outright.

The emotional power of this confession lies in its plausibility. There are no laser beams or alien invasions. At least, not yet. Instead, the horror is bureaucratic (i.e., cigars, exotic drinks, smoky rooms, long discussions about shaping society). The idea that the fate of the world rests in the diabolical plans of a few is unsettling, to say the least. But deep down inside, we know it.

The terror is systemic.

For the conspiracy-minded, this framework feels familiar. Secret meetings. The King and Capone drinking whiskey and planning the death of billions of people. Elite networks. Influence traded in private. The suggestion that what we see is not what is decided.

Listen to Episode 3 (again or for the first time).

The Epstein Files: Catalyst for Suspicion

When documents connected to Jeffrey Epstein and his associates began surfacing publicly through court cases and investigative reporting, the cultural impact was explosive. Names, flight logs, private island references, and redacted files fueled an already simmering suspicion that powerful people operate by different rules. And not just different rules, inhumane and ungodly rules. Some of the information being revealed suggests torture, ritualistic murder, and even cannibalism. It’s disgusting and (for some) completely unbelievable.

Why aren’t people filling the streets with outrage?

Because the situation presented elements that resonate with the “Monster Group” archetype that puts the illusion we’ve all been fed our entire lives on its head. It’s no longer a creepy, horror film or scary campfire story designed to spook the bejesus out of you. It’s starting to set in that this crazy talk is real. And the people engaging in all the “gross stuff” (to quote President Jackson in Season 1) are people we all know very well. They are the wealthy, the rich, and the famous. People we’ve looked up to, people we’ve aspired to be like, people we admired. It’s them, and we want to wake up from this nightmare. But it is true. All of it. And the Epstein files are exposing just how terrifying that secret society truly is. To think: there is still much more we haven’t been shown.

The Psychology of Pattern Recognition

Episode 3 leverages a powerful human instinct: pattern-seeking. Asilas’ analogy about children believing in Santa Claus is pivotal. He argues that society operates under comforting illusions. Once the illusion dissolves, nothing feels stable again. This mirrors how many people describe their reaction to learning about Epstein’s crimes and the elite social circles around him. The idea that wealthy and influential individuals could be entangled in secretive behavior triggers a psychological shift. It invites a broader question:

If this happened, what else could be happening?

That leap is where fiction and speculation thrive.

One of Episode 3’s most compelling elements is Asilas’ transformation. He was not merely aware of the Monster Group; he helped plan its operations. He climbed its ranks. Then he defected. This trope is central to conspiracy culture: the whistleblower. The insider who knows the machinery and chooses to reveal it. In real-world discussions around Epstein, the public has gravitated toward journalists, investigators, and unnamed “sources” who allegedly have deeper knowledge. The idea of someone within the system pulling back the curtain is intoxicating. It satisfies a narrative hunger: redemption through revelation.

The reality, of course, is often far more fragmented and mundane. Legal processes are slow. Evidence is complex. Motives are unclear. But in fiction, clarity is dramatic. A secret society exists. The king knows. The war begins.

“Monsters” as Metaphor

Episode 3 deliberately blurs whether the Monster Group members are metaphorical or literal monsters. Asilas hints that “most of them are not people like you and I.” It could be spiritual symbolism. It could be moral language. Or it could be a literal suggestion within the show’s mythos. Conspiracy theorists frequently adopt similar metaphors in discussing elites. Terms like “monsters,” “demons,” or “reptiles” often function symbolically, expressing perceived moral corruption rather than biological difference.

The language becomes mythic.

And myth is powerful.

The Epstein scandal, while grounded in documented criminal behavior, became mythologized online. Threads spiraled into claims of occult symbolism, ritualistic power structures, and global cabals. But with more details coming to light, with more interpretations and commentary, memes, and TikTok shorts bombarding the masses with images, blacked out faces of literal horror shows, emails with coded, sadistic, and evil messages, our collective heads are spinning. People are going back, reading old blogs and Reddit stories, and literature from Alex Jones.

They all read like a thriller.

The Emotional Core: Betrayal

At its heart, Episode 3 is not about monsters. It is about betrayal. Asilas feels betrayed by the system he served. The audience is meant to feel betrayed by institutions. The Epstein scandal similarly triggered a sense of betrayal. Many citizens asked:

How could this have happened for so long? Who knew? Who looked away?

The mere existence of elite impunity for years created fertile ground for distrust. And distrust is the soil in which conspiracy grows. For those who navigated the dark side of this world, reading fringe, self-published books about the subject of secret societies, and trolling the Internet for breadcrumbs of the cabal on 4chan and other places, the Epstein files are vindication. But no one is celebrating being right about this. Even I, who wrote (arguably) the most epic fiction podcast in the world, there is no glory in being right about this darkness. King Asilas is an archetype, a metaphor, a symbol of a collective scum that dogs humanity’s potential. The bane of achieving peace and prosperity. For in the name of saving humanity, the king ushers in Armageddon and the end of civilization. But none of those happened until King Asilas did one very crucial thing: he hunted those in the Monster Group. And if there is anything that resembles this action in real life, it’s the hunt for those in the infamous Jeffrey Epstein’s client list.

Why These Parallels Fascinate

It is crucial to reiterate: Episode 3 is fiction. The Epstein case, while involving documented crimes and legal proceedings, does not provide verified evidence of a supernatural or unified “Monster Group” controlling governments. But if something smells like excrement, well, there’s only one thing that smells like that. Therefore, the parallels are psychologically compelling and cannot be ignored. Simply put, they reflect archetypes:

  • The hidden council.
  • The compromised elite.
  • The reluctant king who defects.
  • The war against unseen forces.

When real-world scandals reveal genuine corruption, they validate the emotional core of these archetypes—even if they do not confirm the grandest interpretations. For conspiracy theorists, the connection is not about proof. It is about pattern resonance. Such as King Asilas’s obsession with hanging the British Royals. And who was arrested on his 66th birthday? The former Prince Andrew.

The Final Question

In Episode 3, Asilas says that learning the truth changes everything. And he’s right. The moment corruption is no longer abstract, no longer rumor, but a documented, undeniable reality, the mind shifts. Certainty fractures. Trust erodes. And in that fracture, something else seeps in.

When people glimpse real corruption, they don’t just become cautious. They become receptive to grand narratives, to hidden architects, to monsters in the dark. The line between vigilance and imagination begins to blur. So what stalks the halls of power? Are there literal monsters pulling strings in secret chambers? Or are there simply flawed human beings—ambitious, afraid, and armed with too much authority?

Reality is rarely as cinematic as fiction. Power is usually more banal than demonic. But in a world saturated with scandal, secrecy, and betrayal, the shadow always feels alive.

And once we believe something is hiding in the dark… we will never stop searching for it.

The Net Ray and the End of Nuclear Sovereignty

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An AI rendition of what the Net Ray may look like based on its description in the show.

In The Rise of King Asilas, few devices are as consequential—or as philosophically charged—as the Net Ray machine. It is not merely a weapon; it is an argument. An argument about power, about fear, and about the fragility of the systems humanity has relied upon to keep itself in check. The show never reveals the true origins of the Net Ray. We are told only that a mysterious figure known as “Gabriel” helped bring it into existence. This deliberate obscurity elevates the machine beyond a national project or a scientific breakthrough. The Net Ray feels less invented than discovered, as though it were an inevitability waiting for the right moment and the right hands. In this sense, Gabriel functions less as an engineer and more as a midwife to history.

Neutralizing the Ultimate Threat

The Net Ray’s capabilities are deceptively simple. It neutralizes nuclear missiles in midair, causing them to fall harmlessly from the sky by disabling their propulsion systems. There is no explosion, no fiery interception, no spectacle of counterforce. The missile simply ceases to matter. This detail is crucial. The Net Ray does not defeat nuclear weapons through greater violence, but through irrelevance. It strips them of meaning. In doing so, it undermines the philosophical foundation of nuclear deterrence itself: the belief that fear can be stabilized, that terror can be balanced.

Its secondary capability—jamming operating systems, particularly military-grade systems—extends this logic further. Modern warfare is not merely physical; it is informational. By attacking the digital backbone of militaries, the Net Ray severs intention from execution. Orders can no longer guarantee outcomes. Authority dissolves into uncertainty.

For King Asilas, the Net Ray was not simply a strategic advantage—it was a civilizational pivot. The machine ended the era of Mutually Assured Destruction, an era built on a paradoxical faith: that the threat of total annihilation could preserve peace. Once that faith collapsed, so too did the illusion of equality among nations. Nuclear weapons had long functioned as the great equalizer, allowing even smaller or weaker states to demand respect through existential threat. The Net Ray erased that leverage in an instant.

What followed was not global devastation, but global capitulation. Many nations surrendered sovereignty not because they were conquered, but because resistance had lost its rational foundation. When survival depends entirely on the goodwill of a superior power, freedom becomes a luxury ideology cannot afford. Yet the show wisely avoids presenting this as a clean or final resolution. Some nations refused to submit. Deprived of nuclear deterrence, they turned to older, messier forms of resistance—conventional warfare, insurgency, sabotage. The Net Ray ended one logic of war, but it could not end war itself. Conflict, therefore, is not a technological problem.

The Quiet Return of the Same Question in 2026

As we forge into the first quarter of 2026 in the real world, the Net Ray reads less like fantasy and more like allegory. The modern arms race is no longer defined primarily by warheads and delivery systems, but by artificial intelligence. Today, nations compete not just for stronger weapons, but for faster cognition. Within AI circles, the alarm bells are ringing, asserting that the first nation to achieve overwhelming AI supremacy (sometimes loosely framed as a form of “singularity”) will possess an advantage so decisive that traditional military balances may no longer apply.

Such an AI would not need to intercept missiles in the sky. It could prevent them from launching at all. It could predict escalation paths, disrupt command networks, corrupt guidance systems, or paralyze logistics before human decision-makers even comprehend what is happening. Nuclear weapons would remain physically intact, yet strategically hollow.

Here the philosophical parallel becomes unavoidable. How different is such an AI from the Net Ray?

Both eliminate deterrence asymmetrically. Both concentrate power not through destruction, but through negation. And both shift the nature of dominance from visible force to invisible control. The crucial distinction lies in form. The Net Ray is a single machine—centralized, tangible, and therefore symbolically vulnerable. It invites rebellion precisely because it can be imagined, targeted, and mythologized.

AI supremacy, by contrast, would be ambient. It would exist everywhere and nowhere: in models, infrastructure, satellites, and decision pipelines. There would be no throne to storm, no reactor to sabotage. Power would no longer announce itself as power. It would simply feel like the way the world works. This raises an unsettling philosophical question: if domination is subtle enough, does it still feel like domination? Or does it become indistinguishable from order?

The Illusion of Choice

At its core, The Rise of King Asilas is less concerned with tyranny than with inevitability. The Net Ray forces nations into a moral corner where choice exists in theory but not in practice. Submit, or disappear. As AI reshapes global power, the same dilemma may re-emerge under a different name. States may not be conquered, but optimized. Not ruled, but managed. Sovereignty may persist symbolically, even as meaningful autonomy erodes. The Net Ray, then, is not a warning about a single machine. It is a meditation on what happens when technology outpaces the ethical frameworks designed to contain it. It asks whether freedom can survive in a world where resistance is no longer catastrophic, but pointless.

In that sense, the most disturbing aspect of the Net Ray is not what it destroys, but what it makes unnecessary: fear, negotiation, and ultimately, consent.

The Importance of Quintin Capone

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King Asilas is not a man who needs reassurances about the decisions he makes. He is the quintessential leader and does not rest until he completes his mission, and reflects on the costs once his objective is achieved. Which has mustered curiosity by some as to why Quintin Capone is such an important figure in Asilas’s inner circle. The easiest analogy to use when evaluating the situation and the people surrounding the king is the classic game of chess. The king has two bishops, two knights, two rooks, a queen, and two lines of pawns. By episode 4, we already know his queen and who his two bishops are: Quintin Capone and Dr. Ezekiel. These men give the king guidance and he trusts their points of view. Minister Jeremy Oreb falls into the category of a knight because Asilas sends him to meet combatants, terrorists, domestic rebels and other threats with the might of his guns.  President Jackson is a rook because he proves to be valuable to the king in terms of public opinion. He also maintains ties to the monster group. We also know who some of his pawns are: Abigail Sierra and Rachel Canaan, but Rachel was likely sacrificed in episode 4. When you look at the characters in the show through this lens, you begin to see how their maneuvering is determined. Each move is calculated with another anticipated by the king.

But how did Quintin Capone, a school chancellor for New York City Public Schools during the second civil war, become the most powerful “right-hand man” of the New Kingdom? The show does not give any clues as to how Capone became so trusted by Asilas. The novel does explain this in detail. Capone was once in the Army and served alongside of Asilas in their early years. Asilas ascended in rank and Capone left the Army due to an injury. They remained friends and stayed in touch over the years. To sum it up, during the war, the United States was in utter chaos -with battlefronts scattered across the entire country. The one place where the civil war was not felt so disruptively was New York City. School children continued to go to school and life was as normal as it could have been during such a tumultuous time. The establishment of Marshall Law at the conclusion of the war by General Asilas enabled school systems to be community hubs for dissemination of information, instructions, basic first aid, and a plethora of social services so people would not have to venture far from their homes during the transitionary period. In a large city like New York, this emergency system kept the enormous population from plunging into utter turmoil. Capone, along with the mayor, reassured everyone life can continue as normal as long as they followed the instructions given by Washington and General Asilas. While cities like Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles experienced great upheaval by a restless and paranoid population, New York was largely controlled and managed to stay peaceful during the government transition period. This decorum by New Yorkers on such a vast scale did not go unnoticed by Capone’s old friend, General Asilas.

When Asilas became king, the first person he asked to join his circle was Quintin Capone. For most, he was an enigmatic figure, but New Yorkers and people in the education field on the east coast knew Capone quite well. He was feared and despised by some, but respected by all. No one wished to cross him professionally or personally. So, to those who knew Capone, they were not nearly surprised to learn he would sit at the right hand of the king. The two men were very like-minded and always seemed to accomplish whatever they put their minds to. Their love and admiration for one another is evident in the way they converse. Capone, a brilliant man in his own right, was too smart to question the king when he knew his mind was made up. And whenever he spoke in contrast to the king’s ideas, he knew it to be wise to bow figuratively and literally. However, Asilas had no siblings and was not very close to many in his family since his days in the Army and Capone became his surrogate brother. He loved Capone for the figurative “brother” he was to him. But in the game of chess, Capone was his bishop and would sacrifice him only if absolutely necessary and only if he knew it would help him win the game.

The Trishul: King Asilas’s Super Weapon

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King Asilas named his most powerful weapon the Trishul after the trident once believed to be wielded by the Hindu god Shiva. Asilas and Lord Oreb originally called this weapon  the “poison filter,” which was used to simply block mysterious frequencies that contained Satanic, subliminal messages from various forms of media. These frequencies manipulated the population into accepting evil and corruption as normal and acceptable behavior. Oreb and a team of scientists discovered with tweaking the machine and making some modifications, they could not only block certain frequencies, but also reverse the effects of long term exposure to many other previously unknown frequencies which inhibited the human brain from working at full capacity. The poison filter’s original design had changed from a one-prong device to a much larger three-prong machine about the size of a small car. It could be fitted on a stealth chinook, which was Asilas’s vehicle of choice, tanks, stealth bombers, off-road vehicles and ships. However, there was only one main Trishul, and it was made to be mounted on a variety of vehicles and be deployed at a moment’s notice.

 

The Trishul’s range was limited to an area over land or sea and could only affect people within the radius of its transmissions. It worked much like a radio transmitter, emitting frequencies which countered other specific frequencies, allowing only natural emissions to penetrate into the human body. The Trishul worked within a 40 mile radius, like any normal radio station transmission. People could only escape this range of the Trishul in large, fortified buildings or even underground bunkers. Even if some of the wealthy and powerful managed to shield themselves from the Trishul’s emissions, millions of people in the general population could not. Therefore, when people had their “fog lifted,” they gained a heightened awareness of everything around them and used a peculiar telepathic ability to locate Satanists, who emit a specific frequency unique to only worshippers of the devil. For inexplicable reasons, people who had their fog lifted, conjured an innate urge to destroy Satanists completely.

 

The most frightening effects of the Trishul occurred days after the fog was lifted. People initially engaged in irresistible celebrations, dancing, singing and overall elation at their newfound understanding of the world around them. Lords Oreb and Roberts discovered in this initial “happy stage” people’s production of natural endorphins spiked, as well as other biological chemicals which caused people to literally whirl in endless carousing. However, once the elations subsided, the sinister phase of the Trishul’s effects came to light. The people changed their focus to finding those who emitted frequencies of Satanists. Some scientists on Oreb’s team discovered these subtle frequencies hidden within other body frequencies which were later isolated to further single out those with evil intentions. Once the people with these frequencies were found, even amongst themselves, they murdered them in the most horrific ways imaginable. From levitating them in the air and making them drop to their deaths, to physically ripping their arms and legs off, decapitation, hacking them to pieces, tearing their skin off with their bare hands and throwing them against walls, and smashing them to a pulp.

 

King Asilas instructed Lords Oreb and Roberts to manufacture smaller versions of the Trishul that could be carried in a Spartan’s backpack. These smaller units were used when Spartans secretly entered the capitals of small countries in Latin America like Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Suriname, French Guiana, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the Caribbean Islands. The larger countries were places for Oreb and the main Trishul unit. Strategically placing themselves at the center of the capitals, the elite Spartan teams changed their physical appearances to mimic the local people. Once in a secured location, they began transmitting the frequencies from their small Trishuls. Spartans were not effected by the Trishul themselves because they were implanted with nano devices which counteracted the frequencies. Every person within a 5 mile radius of the capital were effected and the Spartans remained in their places for three days before moving on to other capitals in other countries. What resulted were catastrophic revolts within every country in Central and South America until no governments were stable enough to contain the social unrest that ensued. America’s military forces arrived at these strategic times, commandeering the nation’s armies and reestablished order and announcing to all of its citizens that they were now a part of the New Kingdom of America.

 

While the Trishul’s main function had been blocking frequencies and unleashing long dormant brain capacity, there was one final facet: the effects of suggestibility. Once the effects of exposure to the Trishul’s direct transmissions subsided, for a short period of time, people became easily swayed to the king’s commands. Of course, the only person who truly knew the code on how to circumvent and exploit this consequence of the Trishul was King Asilas himself, and he told absolutely no one about it. In fact, when Oreb and the others discovered the anomaly that would ultimately lead them to this property of the Trishul, King Asilas told them all to ignore it and concentrate on other matters, squashing further investigation into it and protecting its secret.

 

However, when the Chinese leader, President Wei, and his team of scientists, discovered an antidote for the effects of the Trishul, this presented an enormous problem for the king. It meant he would have to allow Lords Oreb and Roberts to learn of the mysterious suggestibility effects of the Trishul’s use. In order to keep the Chines from completely derailing King Asilas’s plans of world conquest, he allowed Lords Oreb and Roberts, and a very select team of the New Kingdom’s top scientists, Dr. Paul Gentile and Dr. Miriam Moses, to counteract the effects of the Chinese antidote. To do this, the Americans would first need to capture a Chinese soldier or someone who had been injected with the antidote, since it was unlikely the Chinese would ever sell it -in spite of President Wei’s threats to do so. For this, King Asilas and his High Council devised a plan to corner the Chinese and trick them to inject their soldiers with the antidote -in anticipation of an attack using the Trishul- and capturing one of them to study. Only Lords Oreb and Roberts knew the truth about why this plan would be put into motion, keeping all of the other members of the High Council in the dark about the mock attack. America had to deliberately pick a fight with its only significant ally.