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"It is Law That the dead are to be burned;
"It is Law That murder is forbidden;
"It is Law That the murderer is to be burned With the murdered;
"It is Law That theft from another Or from the tribe is forbidden;
"It is Law That the thief shall pay to its victim In kind for its theft;
"It is Law That to make war is to murder and steal."
And Rhada ordered the servants To go among the Sindie And teach the Laws. It was promised by Rhada, In the name of Aakva, That as long as the Sindie listened To Aakva's servants And followed the laws The God of the Day Light made, There would be peace and plenty.
The Sindie listened to the servants and Learned and followed the Laws. They made sacrifice to Aakva through its servants, And the Sindie prospered and multiplied.
Generations grew and died, And when Summat was the chief of the servants, One day a hunter named Daultha Doubted the laws and the servants of Aakva. Even as Daultha doubted, It was said that the God of the Day Light Watched its servants to see what they would do.
Summat ordered the servants To bring the light to Daultha's eyes, And the servants of Aakva scolded Daultha, But Daultha only laughed at their anger. Daultha was the chief of the hunt And much admired by the tribe. The servants of Aakva feared ordeal, And did not challenge Daultha. Other Sindie, seeing this, Joined Daultha in laughing At the laws, the servants, and The God of the Day Light. The servants of Aakva answered only With silence.
The chief of the servants Cast its gaze upon the morning sky, And Summat said:
"Aakva, God of the Day Light, Daultha poisons the young of the Sindie against you. Your servants are weak and faithless. I am the chief of your servants, The teacher of these cowards, And the blame is mine." Summat raised its stone knife Toward the face of Aakva. "With this knife, God of the Day Light, I leave to your might and anger What your servants would not do." Summat then plunged the knife Through its womb and belly Until the heart was reached.
The servants of Aakva, Seeing Summat's still form, Were shamed, and for shame Spilled their own blood upon the ground.
The God of the Day Light Looked upon the bodies of its servants, and sought out the chief of the hunt. And to Daultha, Aakva said: "Hunter, you have laughed at my Laws. See you then the world without them."
And the God of the Day Light Made the lands to the west foul and poisonous, And it made the mountains to the east erupt and melt. In the space between, Aakva set the Sindie, One tribe upon another, And war covered the world.
Daultha saw the world on fire And heard the cries. And the hunter begged Aakva To return the Laws to the Sindie.
Aakva appeared that night In a vision to Daultha. And Aakva said:
"You have angered me, Daultha. All I did I did for you and your kind. And you scorned me, Disobeyed my laws, And laughed at my servants. You have their blood And the blood of my world On your hands."
Daultha fell to the ground and begged The God of the Day Light To forgive the Sindie And end their punishment For Daultha's wrong. And Aakva said:
"Daultha, I will have mercy on the Sindie; The wars will end. You have cost me, though, Summat, my chief servant. Daultha, you will take Summat's place And gather again my servants." Daultha begged that this should be.
Then Aakva heaved and cut the world, Raised great mountains, Split the land with wide seas, Dividing the tribes of the Sindie. And Aakva gave the Laws to Daultha To bring to the Sindie. And Aakva said:
"When all the Sindie once more Worship me and follow my Laws, Daultha, There again will be peace and plenty."
Daultha gathered again the servants Of the God of the Day Light. They brought the Laws To all of the tribes of the Sindie. And the lesson of Daultha Was passed down through many ages, Bringing the Sindie peace and plenty.
All praised the wisdom of Aakva.

KODA OVIDA

The Story of Uhe

The peoples of the Sindie were divided by the Akkujah Mountains and the Great Cut into the four Great Tribes: the Mavedah, the Diruvedah, the Kuvedah, and the Irrvedah. And the four tribes obeyed the ancient Laws of Aakva.

Bantumeh ruled the Mavedah, for Bantumeh ruled its clan, and the people of Bantumeh’s clan were the best and wisest of the Mavedah.

The Mavedah ruled the Madah west of the Akkujah Mountains, north to the Ocean of Ice, south to the boiling waters of the Yellow Sea, and west to where Aakva slept in the muds and waters of the Land of Death. The tribe of Bantumeh lived not in any fixed place, but roamed the Madah following the game.

The one called Mijii ruled the Diruvedah, and its tribe hunted for game in the lands of the Dirudah, east of the mountains, past the blue lakes, to the poison air of the Melting Mountains where Aakva began its day in fire. And the Dirudah extended from where the Great Cut split the land, south to the Yellow Sea.