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The Chronicle of Akakor
Today, we only have a standing army of 10,000 warriors, all trained for individual combat. They are
grouped into equal parts and are under the command of the five highest warlords and five highest
priests. Each warrior is equipped with bow and arrow, a tall lance with a hardened point, a sling, and a
bronze knife. He carries a shield of dense bamboo plaiting as a protection against the enemy’s arrows.
The army is accompanied by a troop of scouts. The warlords determine the timing of the attacks
according to their reports. The declaration of war is decided on by the prince. He also sends out the
runner with the Golden Arrow as a sign of the impending battle.

The greatest campaign before the arrival of the Goths occurred around the year 8500. According to the
priests’ tales, savage tribes on the northern border of the empire had allied themselves with the Tribe of
the Wanderers. Murdering and looting, they advanced as far as the Great River. The Tribe of the Great
Voice fled in panic. Maid, the legitimate ruler of the Chosen Tribes, then declared war on the hostile
peoples.

As a mighty army from all parts of the empire began to gather, the Ugha Mongulala started making the
necessary military equipment. They made bows, arrows, slings, and bamboo lances in the valleys and
forests on the Great River. Night and day, the hunters went abroad to kill the needed game for the
warriors. The women wove war clothes for their men and sang songs about the heroic deeds of great
princes. The entire realm of Maid was seized by a powerful lust for battle. This, in any case, is what the
priests report. Finally, after six months, when an army of 300,000 had assembled, Maid, the prince,
summoned the elders of the people and the priests. Wearing Lhasa’s gold-glistening garment and with
the staff of blue, red, yellow, and black feathers, he sent for the runner with the Golden Arrow. When he
arrived, all those present bowed low. Maid gave him water and bread, the signs of life and death.
Jubilation broke out among the tribes of the Chosen Servants, cries of joy that reached into the four
corners of the world and spread fear and terror among the hostile tribes.
Then the great march to the northern border began. For two months, the muted drums resounded and
made the earth tremble. And the priests also relate that at the end of the second month the Chosen
Tribes met the hostile army. Shouting their war cries, the warriors stormed against each other. The
archers shot off their arrows and brought down the vanguard of the enemy. They were followed by the
troops of lance bearers who tried to break the enemy’s main force. The battle broke off the following
night, for, according to the bequest of the Gods, no warrior can enter the second life if he dies during the
hours of darkness. But in the early hours of the next morning the fight resumed with doubled intensity.
The Ugha Mongulala vanquished the Tribe of the Wanderers in a mighty attack. Their leaders
surrendered and begged for mercy. But Maid would not listen, and no one was spared. Sorrow and joy
spread throughout the whole empire at the same time.

The Degenerated Peoples

During the eighth and ninth millennia, the Ugha Mongulala engaged in several campaigns against the
rebellious tribes. Maid defeated the Tribe of the Wanderers and repelled the attack of savage tribes on
the lower reaches of the Great River. Nimaia expanded the three fortresses Mano, Samoa, and Kin in the
country called Bolivia and constructed strong defensive positions in the neighborhood of the destroyed
temple precinct of Mano. Other leaders fought other battles: Anau fought against the Tribe of Serpent
Eaters and the Tribe of Black Hearts. Ton punished the Tapir Killers for their disobedience and sent
scouts to the shore of the eastern ocean. Kohab, a particularly worthy descendant of the Exalted Son of
the Gods, Lhasa, defeated the Tribe of Distorted Faces in a bloody battle lasting three days on the upper
reaches of the Black River and extended his empire to the country called Colombia. Muda constructed a
second defensive belt around Akakor and subterranean stores in the high valleys of the Andes.
But it was Prince Maid who had to fight the most dangerous war. This was the struggle against the Tribe
that Lives on the Water, which had founded its own empire in the mountains of Peru after the second
Great Catastrophe. In the course of 800 years, its leaders subdued numerous savage peoples and
advanced to Machu Picchu. In order to prevent the tribe from attacking Akakor, the high council
decided to subdue it. In a war heavy with losses which lasted three years and in which the Ugha

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