Snippet #1400466

Khaine was rather surprised and pleased with his people. They had not only taken the drought in stride but even became stronger with it. The drought on their land was slowly ending which was fine; in fact it would increase their people’s power for the campaign against the lands of Zaroth. His brother had attacked his people and Him, and so he had challenged Khaine to combat and Khaine would answer. He ended the drought but in his attack he awoke a sleeping giant. In truth, Khaine had little interest in the lands to the west as they were small compared to the glory of the lands to the east, but his brother had cost him his campaign, and his earth brother like the vulture it was, hoped to peck at the dead remains left by the Kurgan in hopes of spreading his influence.

He had no desire to attack his earth brother’s lands, so he would be fine with his new little lands. Khaine would go south (which I believe would be Mexico given my position on a map), but for now he had to put the fear of the Fire God’s Wrath in the water gods people to remind them of their place. His brother would learn the cost of attacking Khaine and incurring his Wrath, but for now his people needed to gather supplies and he would let them do that.
--Tribe of the Kurgan-
The great fire god erupted out from the great fire in the center of the village. “People, We will have vengeance, but for now we wait. Build up your supplies; train harder than you have ever trained. Because of the Draught the river has been empty and is only now slowly refilling so my people take this chance. Ride across on wolves and raid the people’s towns across the empty river, remind them of the terrors that live beyond their borders, but do not launch a full scale invasion. True vengeance would come soon I promise you.”

The Fire God let his gaze roam around the people there, finally stopping on the ogres. “My children, I shall teach you how to smelt better, to create armor and weapons.” He slowly and carefully took to showing them how. Showing them how to use fire to coax the metal out and how to use fire to shape it, how to use hammers to beat the metal into shapes and strengthen the metal. How to make breastplate, cover a shield in a thin layer of bronze, He taught them to create axes and blades. To the ogres he showed the importance of making great Hammers that would be hard to lift as a man, but an ogre would be able to wield it with little difficultly. He told them that mastering this was the key to earning their Vengeance against the vile serpents.

Khaine left the village in an explosion of fire. He let the sun give its warmth back to the water tribe, as they would need their food for the days to come, but for now it was time for his tribe to increase their power and skills in war to beyond the levels that the others gods could only imagine.