Union of the Seas: Eclipse
Volume I- Origins
Chapter V
19 years, 7 months, and 1 days before the Cataclysm (19 PC)
"And no man would get in his way!"
Tudkhalias arose at dawn. The night had again been one of passion. It was fitting that his kingdom would be born as his heir conceived. He had decided to name his kingdom. He assembled the peoples of the town
"From henceforth, our kingdom will be named Enk----"
"oni!" An eager sailor shouited. Tudkhalias was dumbfounded. Enkoni actually sounded good. How simple it was to name it for the town, but it would work.
"Sure! Enkoni! Give this man some beer for his name of our great kingdom!" Tudkhalias roared. "One day this will be our fine capital: but first, we must conquer the world!"
Tudkhalias immediately worked alongside the men of Enkoni in the building of weapons of war. The smiths forged swords upon swords, and uncounted shields. Tudkhalias assisted in the building of mighty vessels of war, by which the vengeful armies of the sea would rain death unto the kingdoms of the world.
(one of the boats being built)
The building of the armada continued and continued. The army and navy swelled as merecenaries flocked to their banner. It seemed all the warlike peoples of the sea came unto Enkoni. Tudkhalias promised them large bounties of plunder each, in exchange for their aboslute loyalty to him. The navy and army swelled and swelled. A month after construction began, there were 40 galleys. The army and navy had swelled to a massive horde of 40,000. This was an army worthy of any of the largest empires, and Enkoni perhaps quadrupled in size from the business.
"We will attack along the coast here. There are few towns to seize on Alashiya. However, we must keep it that way. Here we will burn everything we find! This is not one of the great places of the world. This will only be a base from which to launch our ambitions. Your desires should be focused at the great empires of the world. Mine are at least. Now, it is time. Tomorrow we will march and sail to the other side of the island and remove the one principality that has not already submitted. All the world will be ours!" Tudkhalias shouted. Meanwhile, that same sailor who knew all the languages translated it with several others into the tongue of each warrior. Tudkhalias thought to himself that one tongue must be created. This was too much hassle! These translators could be changing his words and speaking with forked tongue- he had to know what his people thought of him and they what he thought of them. At last, Tudkhalias lay down to rest, but Kiya seemed intent on telling him something.
"What?" Moaned Tudkhalias.
"Tudkhalias... I'm pregnant!" Said Kiya.
Tudkhalias had a smile on his face for the longest time. The love of his life had given him a child, and now an heir to the throne of his kingdom. It would only be a few moons before the child came. Their joy was inviolate that night, and Tudkhalias kept thoughts of bloodshed and war hidden from this happy time, at until dawn. The anxiousness to attack overwhelmed him- but he resisted it. Attacking at night was silly when they outnumbered the people remaining on the island by so many. His army would not fail.
"We march." Tudkhalias roared.
It seemed as if the Earth itself was trembling as the massive army marched down the coast. The navy sailing alongside it, it had reached the town by the end of the day. The townspeople had erected wooden staves, and many held spears and swords. Alas, that was not the amount of defense that could save them. The army crashed through the palisade while the navy sent troops in behind the city's walls. Soon the defenders were surrounded.
"BURN EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE YOU FIND THAT MOVES!" Tudkhalias bellowed.
The torches were thrown indiscriminately. The screams of the innocent could be heard for miles away, and the roar of the flames did not cease. The town burned until there was nothing left to burn. Ruins occupied where once had been life, and the charred remains of the inhabitants soon became a state beyond even charred, the bones themselves melting. The smoke went into the sky, and a layer of ash would surround the town for many years to come. The first victim of the Sea Peoples had been taken. This minor Alashiyan town had been wiped from the face of the Earth. The other cities of Alashiya feared this would come unto them.
(all the wood left in the town)
A delegation from Alassa (1), the greatest of the Alashiyan cities arrived. They begged Tudkhalias to spare them. It was a most humiliating sight for these noble leaders of a once-great kingdom. Tudkhalias threatened to kill them unless they ceded control of the entire island to him. Their domains were all that was left. Thoughts of life overtook those of patriotism, and they agreed to this devillish bargain. Once Tudkhalias had gained the service of the Alassan army, he had the nobles killed, proclaiming the city "free from the treacherous rule of the noblemen, who betrayed you," in a cruel irony. Tudkhalias was now High King of all Alashiya. Next was the world. And no man would get in his way! The dawn of a new era was upon the world. The old systems would be overthrown and crushed under the might of the Enkoni Armada. Tudkhalias would sack the world. However, then he would restore, in his perfect image. Tudkhalias was much pleased by the success of this campaign, and it proved the strength of his army. He decided next he would seek revenge on those who took his home from him: the Mycenaeans. The hatred in him for them burned so brightly that he would not spare any he found there. They were uncultured brutes, and a threat to civilization. It was his divine duty to rid the world of them. He would gladly enjoy the slaughter of such monstrous demons. (2)
FINIS
(1)- Capital city of a once-great Alashiyan kingdom
(2)- Yeah... Tudkhalias present-day OTL would be diagnosed as having latent psychopathic and antisocial tendancies.
and as I promised...
Regional Map after the Conquest of Alashiya
World Map after the Conquest of Alashiya
NOTE: only major polities are shown. Pay no attention to that 2 AD number... I cannot mod EUIV past what others have made lol.
thoughts? Hope the maps are good.