Story Idea: Judas

(Note: The character Judas is not named after Judas Iscariot. I just happened to like the name.)

There is a city made of white stone and ruled over by an immortal king. The city seems endless, outside areas are ever mentioned. Everyone lives happily. An orphan boy named Judas is taken care of in a government-run house for orphans. He has a good life, but like all healthy boys who grow up in the government's care, he enters the military academy to become a City Guard. His teachers quickly realise that he is a prodigy and at the age of 15 he is transferred to a special group. There he is trained in infiltration and disguise and stands out amongst the most skilled of the elite.

He is assigned to infiltrate a group of suspected assassins, foil their plans just before their completion and help arrest them during the ensuing confusion. Once inside the organisation he meets a girl with whom he becomes close. The goal of the organisation is to kill the king, who they believe is not immortal, but simply replaced every time he dies. They plan to have one of their men set as a guard in the palace the night before the king's 880th birthday, the morning of which he will address the populace from the balcony of his room. The spy is to work their way to the king's bedroom and kill him as he is making his speech so that the people will see the truth.

Judas succeeds in getting posted as the palace guard, but when he reaches the king's chamber and discovers that what the assassins said was true, he has second thoughts about whether or not he should uncover the plot of regicide and turn in the assassins. He is faced with a delema: should he kill the king and uncover the lie simply because it is a lie? Or should he allow the lie to persist simply for the sake of peace?