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The Chronicle of Akakor
Reinha in Akakor

The union between Reinha and Sinkaia changed the life of my people. The new princess of the Ugha
Mongulala was the first woman to share the prince’s rule. She attended the meetings of the high council and
initiated important decisions. At her recommendation, Sinkaia ordered equal rights for all Allied Tribes. Up
to Reinha’s arrival in Akakor, they had been subject to heavy payments of tribute and war duty. Now
Sinkaia annulled one of the laws of the Ancient Fathers. He granted them the same rights as those enjoyed
by the Ugha Mongulala, as it is written in the chronicle:

So the equality of all tribes was introduced. Archers and lance throwers, slingers and scouts,
elders and warlords—all titles and offices were now open to all. Only the office of prince and
the ranks of the priests were reserved to the Chosen People, the legitimate descendants of the
Former Masters.

From this point on, the Allied Tribes had equal rights. To prevent them from committing treason, the high
council introduced the death penalty. This was also a breach of the Ancient Fathers’ order. According to
their bequest, the greatest crimes were punished with exile. But the Golden Age was a thing of the past.
Instead of the wise and farsighted Gods, the White Barbarians determined the fate of the continent. They
governed according to their own laws, and with their treachery and cunning, they brought unrest to the
Allied Tribes. Fifteen of the most trusted tribes had already been gulled by their hypocritical promises and
had been converted to the sign of the cross. The high council hoped to stave off the danger of treason at
least temporarily by introducing the death penalty.

At the end of the rainy season of the year 12,418 (1937) an event occurred in Akakor that had been
hopefully anticipated for a long time: Reinha bore Sinkaia a son. I, Tatunca Nara, am Sinkaia’s firstborn
son, the legitimate prince of the Ugha Mongulala, as it is written in the chronicle:

This is the story of the birth of the firstborn son of the Prince Sinkaia. Like the sun’s rays in the
early morning, the news spread over the whole country, and great was the joy of the Chosen
Servants. Warmth filled their hearts. Suddenly their sorrow disappeared, and their thoughts
were easy. For Sinkaia was much respected and his family highly regarded. The succession of
Lhasa’s house was safe for it could no longer become extinct. The race of the prince, the
supreme servant of the Former Masters, could no longer pass away. So spoke the people, and
so spoke the warriors. Only the high priest sat wrapped in silence. And he performed the
prescribed invocations. To interpret the future, he opened the tree. But red sap flowed from the
tree and ran into the bowl. It formed the shape of a heart. And the juice that flowed out was like
real blood. Then the blood congealed. A shiny crust covered the sap, enclosing a terrible secret.
The last prince had been born, the last of Lhasa’s kin.

The Alliance with Germany

Four years after her marriage to Sinkaia, Reinha returned to her people. Not as a refugee; rather, she set out
as the ambassador of the Ugha Mongulala. Taking a secret route, she reached the settlements of the White
Barbarians on the eastern shore of the ocean. A big ship took her home. Reinha stayed with her people for
twelve moons. Then the scouts announced her impending arrival in Akakor. But this time the princess of the
Chosen Tribes was accompanied by three high leaders of her people. Sinkaia summoned the elders, the
warlords, and the priests to welcome them. The ordinary folk and the warriors also gathered to gaze at the
alien visitors. In the following days, the high council and the leaders of the Germans had many
conversations at which Reinha was also present. They exchanged their knowledge and discussed a common
future. Then they came to an agreement. The Ugha Mongulala and the Germans made an agreement which

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