The Book of Temples Chapter 39
Hand and Knife’s People
defended their land
over several bleak months.
Greedy Noble sent
their People to fight,
to conquer was paramount.
They brought new weapons
and tried strange tactics
yet each attempt was futile.
Each strike was rebuffed.
They could not compete
with devastating magic.
The defenders entrenched
within their homeland.
Fortifications were built.
Hand and Knife did not
give her folk desire
to gather land and conquer.
They were satisfied
with villages set
upon islands and coastlines.
Greedy Noble’s folk
explored other lands
to further their god’s mandate.
Wherever they went
they carried and spread
the fatal Wasting Slumber.