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The Chronicle of Akakor
Ground plan of lower Akakor:1 temple, 2 palace, 3 priests, 4armory, 5 people, 6 palace of guards,
7 throne chamber, 8 connecting passages, 9 Gate of the Gods
Twelve of the cities—Akakor, Budo, Kish, Boda, Gudi, Tanum, Sanga, Rino, Kos, Aman, Tata, and
Sikon - are artificially lit. The light changes in accordance with the sun. Only Mu, the thirteenth and
smallest of the cities, has high shafts reaching the surface. An enormous silver mirror disperses sunlight
over the whole city. All subterranean cities are crossed by canals carrying water from the mountains.
Small tributaries supply individual buildings and houses. The entrances on the surface are carefully
camouflaged. In emergencies, the subterranean dwellings can be sealed off from the exterior world by
large mobile rock gates.
Nothing is known to us about the construction of lower Akakor. Its history is lost in the darkness of the
most remote past. Even the German soldiers who settled with my people were not able to unveil this
mystery. For years, they measured the subterranean installations of the Gods, explored the tunnel
system, and searched for the origin of the air for breathing, but without success. Our Former Masters
constructed the underground dwellings according to their own plans and laws that remained unknown to
us. From here they ruled over their vast empire, an empire of 362 million people, as it is written in the
Chronicle of Akakor:
"And the Gods ruled from Akakor. They ruled over men and the earth. They had ships faster than birds’
flight, ships that reached their goal without sails or oars and by night as well as by day. They had magic
stones to look into the distance so that they could see cities, rivers, hills, and lakes. Whatever happened
on earth or in the sky was reflected in the stones. But the underground dwellings were the most
wonderful of all. And the Gods gave them to their Chosen Servants as their last gift. For the Former
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