Lt. Addison's evil plot
It had been a year since Addison had left Himmelsk to report his findings to President Polk. This time he returned with a cavalry of 100 soldiers and several cannons. Once again Addison and his soldiers were greeted warmly by the king and a castle feast prepared in their honor. The visitors were treated to a dance performed by several of the Norwegian women dressed in tapa cloth, the dance being a strange amalgam of Norwegian and South Pacific folk dancing. Addison, in turn, provided a peculiar beverage that the army captain labeled as "Nectar of the Gods," but in reality was merely a cheap whiskey. It was Addison's plan to get the king drunk (he assumed that since alcoholic beverages were unknown to the Himmelskns, their bodies had not built up the same genetic tolerance that he and his men possessed), then get the king to sign the document deeding the kingdom away and proceed to burn down the village and send the residents into exile.
The King turns the tables
King Knut was an astute man, however, and while Lt. Addison was not looking, poured his drink into a nearby flowerpot. Subsequent glasses of whiskey were also poured into the pot with the result that the Himmelskn king remained sober while Addison and his army became increasingly inebriated. Ultimately, the army visitors passed out and were carried from the hall one by one.
When Addison and his soldiers awoke the next morning, they found themselves incarcerated in a large stone building that constituted the Himmelsk prison. At the door were fierce looking Viking warriors brandishing battle-axes and spears. Those who would have been the vanquishers were now the vanquished. But what to do with the prisoners?
The cannons convince the King
Despite the language barrier, Addison was able to convey to the Himmelskn king that opposing a force as mighty as the United States was foolish, that the Vikings could not win given the size of the next army President Polk would send against them. To demonstrate the power of those who had come to destroy Himmelsk, Addison convinced the king to allow some of his soldiers to fire one of the cannons they had brought with them. King Knut agreed and the demonstration took place. Having never seen such a modern instrument of war, the king was amazed at the cannon's power and when told that literally hundreds of the weapons would be soon be brought against him and his people, the king reluctantly agreed to sign the document and let his people retreat into safe exile. The alternative, King Knut feared, would be the death of all his people.
The agreement, prepared in Washington, D.C., and signed in advance by President Polk, deeded Himmelsk to the American government in return for a payment to be 100 times the established value of the kingdom. Should the United States renege on the agreement, the king (or his heirs) would be entitled to the restoration of the Himmelskn monarchy.
The King signs the treaty
Reluctantly, but knowing he was saving his people from destruction, the king marked his X on the paper (neither the king nor any of the Himmelskns knew how to write the Norwegian language). From the vantage point of an overlooking hill--the Himmelskns called it the Lay (meaning overlook)--the kingdom's small population witnessed the wooden buildings put to flame--including the castle--and rock structures destroyed by cannon fire. Only the revered lighthouse was spared. Later that day, King Knut and the entire population of Himmelsk, Ingrid included, were escorted by armed guard off the land they had occupied since 956 A.D. The only evidence that a Viking kingdom had once flourished on the site was the lighthouse standing stark and alone in silhouette against the sky's vivid sunset.
The document vanishes
After the Blodoks had been taken from their kingdom by force, the promise to pay the family for the property's worth disappeared when the agreement, signed by President Polk, vanished. Without the document as proof, King Knut was unable to lay claim to the money Polk had promised. As a consequence, the man without a country (the Himmelskn citizens having scattering to the west and east) went into exile and the Blodok Royal Family and the legendary nation of Himmelsk went virtually unknown for a century and a half.