DIY History | Transcribe | Hevelin Fanzines | Southern Star, v. 1, issue 4, December 1941

Transcribe
Translate

Southern Star, v. 1, issue 4, December 1941

Page 15

"-- This is the Tale of Atzor --"   SOUTHERN STAR     Page 15

Those who had been fortunate enough to escape the catastrophe knew nothing of the fate of their countrymen; they knew only that they were hurling through space, perhaps to die on a strange planet. That was enough.
Back on Zoltan Michael William the Third and the Empress Helen had died along with Frederick Saben and his Margarite -- but the children of the two families lived on one of the space ships now hurtling its way toward Samarkand. There was Frederick the First and the Princess Jean, son and daughter of Michael William, and there was Michael and Jules Saben, the two sons of Frederick and Margarite Saben, all taken care of by Helen Claxton, wife of a young army officer, Franklin Claxton, along with her own child, Catherine.
It wasn't until the ship was three years out from Zoltan that the ship's astronomer discovered that they were not headed for Samarkand. In all the rush and confusion of the migration, a navigational mistake had been made, and the ship was now headed for Atzor, a planet some two years further on in the system. There was no great consternation among the fifty adult passengers when they were told, and the four hundred children did not care where they were going; they were happy in the big spacious craft. The passengers waited with forced patience for the next four years to pass.
And so it was in this manner that the four hundred and fifty Zoltanians landed on Atzor, and the then fourteen-year-old Frederick was set up as ruler. A small settlement was built on the banks of a huge lake, and here it was that the vain, weak Frederick the First ruled until he died, unmarried, at the age of thirty-four.
It was during the first year that the "Adult's Disease" reduced the population to four hundred and one. (The population had no more than been built when half of the adults died within four hours after taking sick. Franklin Claxton, a scientist as well as a soldier, tried vainly to find an antidote for the disease, which seemed to come from a plant pollen to which the children were, for some odd reason, immune. He discovered the antidote only in time to save on adult, his wife. So great was the bitterness of his wife the night Franklin died, that she swore never to mention Zoltan to the younger people, and destroyed all the records of their previous life there. It is suspected that the shock of her husband's death left her a little unstable mentally.
On the death of Frederick the first there was no heir apparent to the throne of Atzor, and the princess Jean, who had married Michael Saben, became the ruler of the planet with him. Michael's brother, Jules, had married Catherine Claxton, daughter of Franklin and Helen Claxton. Both the brother's marriages produced only one offspring each. A boy, Frederick, for Michael, and a girl, Catherine, for Jules.
When Michael died Frederick the second came to the throne. In the second year of his reign, he married his cousin, Catherine Saben, and brought her to his side to rule Atzor.
Frederick, unlike his uncle, was a strong, vigorous, and intelligent man, under whose rule Atzor's civilization forged ahead rapidly. All of Atzor was colonized. It was he who had built and sent the first space ship to Samarkand.
The great truth of the origin of the Atzorians was brought back from Samarkand, along with the Samarkandian language, which has since become the official language of Atzor.
Since Frederick came to power, Atzor has expanded into a powerful world, consisting of ten major nations:
Empire     Ruler     Nationality
Yenamerg     Frederick II     Mainly German

Saving...

"-- This is the Tale of Atzor --" SOUTHERN STAR Page 15 Those who had been fortunate enough to escape the catastrophe knew nothing of the fate of their countrymen; they knew only that they were hurling through space, perhaps to die on a strange planet. That was enough. Back on Zoltan Michael William the Third and the Empress Helen had died along with Frederick Saben and his Margarite -- but the children of the two families lived on one of the space ships now hurtling its way toward Samarkand. There was Frederick the First and the Princess Jean, son and daughter of Michael William, and there was Michael and Jules Saben, the two sons of Frederick and Margarite Saben, all taken care of by Helen Claxton, wife of a young army officer, Franklin Claxton, along with her own child, Catherine. It wasn't until the ship was three years out from Zoltan that the ship's astronomer discovered that they were not headed for Samarkand. In all the rush and confusion of the migration, a navigational mistake had been made, and the ship was now headed for Atzor, a planet some two years further on in the system. There was no great consternation among the fifty adult passengers when they were told, and the four hundred children did not care where they were going; they were happy in the big spacious craft. The passengers waited with forced patience for the next four years to pass. And so it was in this manner that the four hundred and fifty Zoltanians landed on Atzor, and the then fourteen-year-old Frederick was set up as ruler. A small settlement was built on the banks of a huge lake, and here it was that the vain, weak Frederick the First ruled until he died, unmarried, at the age of thirty-four. It was during the first year that the "Adult's Disease" reduced the population to four hundred and one. (The population had no more than been built when half of the adults died within four hours after taking sick. Franklin Claxton, a scientist as well as a soldier, tried vainly to find an antidote for the disease, which seemed to come from a plant pollen to which the children were, for some odd reason, immune. He discovered the antidote only in time to save on adult, his wife. So great was the bitterness of his wife the night Franklin died, that she swore never to mention Zoltan to the younger people, and destroyed all the records of their previous life there. It is suspected that the shock of her husband's death left her a little unstable mentally. On the death of Frederick the first there was no heir apparent to the throne of Atzor, and the princess Jean, who had married Michael Saben, became the ruler of the planet with him. Michael's brother, Jules, had married Catherine Claxton, daughter of Franklin and Helen Claxton. Both the brother's marriages produced only one offspring each. A boy, Frederick, for Michael, and a girl, Catherine, for Jules. When Michael died Frederick the second came to the throne. In the second year of his reign, he married his cousin, Catherine Saben, and brought her to his side to rule Atzor. Frederick, unlike his uncle, was a strong, vigorous, and intelligent man, under whose rule Atzor's civilization forged ahead rapidly. All of Atzor was colonized. It was he who had built and sent the first space ship to Samarkand. The great truth of the origin of the Atzorians was brought back from Samarkand, along with the Samarkandian language, which has since become the official language of Atzor. Since Frederick came to power, Atzor has expanded into a powerful world, consisting of ten major nations: Empire Ruler Nationality Yenamerg Frederick II Mainly German