When the sun of the Sasanian dynasty shifted upon the horizon, Sheroe placed the Kayanian crown upon his head and took his seat upon the throne of ivory. The nobles and mobeds of Iran gathered to chant royal blessings, offering praise for the new epoch. The young king answered them with vows of justice, promising to uproot all Ahrimanic deeds, safeguard the kingdom, and never shatter the hearts of the destitute. Yet his foremost imperative was to address the unresolved reckoning with his deposed father, Khosrow Parviz, now imprisoned within the fortress of Ctesiphon.
Sheroe selected two venerable and articulate statesmen from among the council: Khorrad Barzin and Oshtad. Tears brimming in their eyes, the two sages mounted their steeds by royal decree and rode hard toward Ctesiphon. The message entrusted to them contained a stern catalog of past transgressions: the blameless blood spilled during Khosrow's long reign, the ingratitude shown to the Roman Caesar who had once harbored Khosrow—giving him troops, wealth, and his daughter Maria—only to be denied the return of the True Cross of Christ, and the oppressive extortion of wealth from the impoverished which had scattered Iran's noble warriors to foreign lands. Sheroe disclaimed personal guilt for the coup, portraying himself as the mere threshold of fate, and urged his father to turn to God in deep repentance.
Reaching Ctesiphon, the envoys encountered Golaynos, the hardened warden guarding the captive monarch behind iron rings and armored contingents. After ensuring protocol was met, Golaynos permitted the envoys entry. Veiling their faces with fine Chinese cloth out of respect and sorrow, Khorrad Barzin and Oshtad entered the high hall where Khosrow Parviz lay upon yellow silk and lapis cushions, holding a large quince fruit in his hand. As the deposed emperor stirred to sit upright, the quince slipped from his grasp and rolled onto the floor. Oshtad quickly wiped away the dust and lifted the fruit, but Khosrow turned his face away in anguish, perceiving the fallen quince as a sinister omen signaling the end of his royal glory and the collapse of the House of Sasan. Turning his eyes to the heavens, the imprisoned monarch wept before bracing himself to hear the bitter words of his son.