By the next day at about noon, the warriors trouped again and
descended into the the valley chanting, "jeem, jeem, jeem..., jeem,jeem, jeem..., Adesuna seemed to be invisible, he felt that a strangeforce had taking over his being, his heart thickened like the elephant's skin, fear was nowhere close to him, his hands appeared to be firmly gluedto his sword and shield, "what is happening to me? I feel like animmortal, I feel like I can't be killed." A stampede of unknown creatures seemed to surge within him. A river of fire had began towell up on his inside, he turned to look at his father, his father whoknew what had happened: the fortifications he had gone through already has his weak eyes fixed on him, by the time Adesuna turned to look at his father, his father smiled faintly and nodded his head, Adesunastill perceiving that something was not right with his father; but couldn't discern what had actually gone wrong, the counsel of lastnightWhen the warriors of Odudu returned, they conducted the burialceremonies of the lost armies, Adesuna buried his father in a veryheroic way as other mighty warriors like Akaja, Agbana and the others.For three months the kingdom of Odudu mourned for her lost, theprisoners that were rescued from the south under the cruelty ofShamugar were enrolled into the armies, Adesuna was made the chiefwarrior and was held in great esteem. he was believed to Pioneer thetheir victory over the southern kingdom.As time went on, the King of Odudu died and because he had noson, Adesuna was chosen in his stead; the kingdom of Odudu also had become very powerful.After several victories, King Adesuna became widely known as a personality to behold, his charisma and character were astonishing, he had made history and has reshaped the perception of Odudu kingdom; during this time, the dignity and the integrity that the kingdom of Odudu secured was never seen if compared
As I talk right now, the kingdom of Archer is finding it very difficult to free themselves from the damage done to them, they lost their warriors, lost most of the women and all their prisoners were freed, in fact, I was told how that they are no more warriors in the kingdom of Archer, and that it was because they were slaughtered in the valley of Ama, my Kings, we all know how powerful that Shamugar, the late king of Acher was, how he was seen as the god of the southern kingdoms until the day he died. Please my kings, I beg for a rethink." "Which rethink!" another elder interrupted. "My kings, and fellow elders, I greet you. how long shall will be rethinking? let us not allow fear to creep into us, any one who is saying that we should fold our arms and keep rethinking is some how against our progress and livelihood. We must take back what KingAdesuna took from us, our slave trade must return. Don't you see that the white men from the distant nations no longer visit us. Ho
After some decades, all the mighty men of war died, a breed of people who do not know the ways of war began to shoot out. The odd yearning for war had dwindled. The Kingdom of Odudu also rested from war for long time, they became only known for farming, because of the richness of their soil, every wealthy man was a tiller of the soil, only few were hunters and local traders and of other occupations. Odudu Kingdom had the best of farm lands in the whole of the western region; the richness of the soil was the talk of other kingdoms, as every man wishes he had come fromOdudu, their daughters were also very beautiful, nowhere in any of theother kingdoms where their daughters and women were as beautiful asthe daughters of Odudu, this had attracted to the kingdom of Odudu somany suitors from both far and near; this spread the belief that thegods were partial.The Kingdom of Odudu was at the peak of its success, a kingdom that has gone through the tides of time
Topkesi, woke up one morning, as his custom was, he poured out some wine and spread some cola nuts under the big iroko tree in his compound, in allegianceto the gods, that morning, the silence in Topkesi's compound wasunusual, apart from the hiss sound coming from a host of beetles,"gods of our land, I greet you, gods of our ancestors, I greet you, Ihave come again to seek your blessings and benevolence over thisfarming season, gods of our fathers, grant unto me a good return frommy labour, and may the land yield her increase, grant unto our peoplesafety from our rivals- the people of Agbadu." He prayed has he offered more wine and kola nuts beneath the huge iroko tree. Topkesi loves hisdaughters so much never would he hurt any of them. The harvest seasonhas just begun, by twilight, Tokpesi called his three wives and theirsix daughters, "wives and daughters of Topkesi, by tomorrow morning weshall be setting out very early at crow crow we w
The day has just began to dawned, Topkesi hastened out of hisbed, collected some Kola nuts from a basket, he laid hold of acalabash of wine, he advanced towards the huge tree in his compound, under thetree were cowries and stones arranged in three sets, he poured outsome wine and spread three split kola nuts, despite his plight, thegods must be fed first before any mortal should, soon afterwards returned back to his hut to dress up for farm, the clattering sounds of farmimplements passed through every compound has farmers had began to visit their farms, finally, Topkesi was out again, his implements clattterand clang has he prepared his tools, every one was awakened haspreparation for farming was what everyone should do, his six daughtersgreeted him as his wives followed suit, "prepare the basins and bagsfor the harvest," Tokpesi instructed his wives and daughters. "You,Shola, run to elder Olusegun's compound, and informed his sons to meet
This marks the third raining season of peace in the kingdom of Odudusince they decided to double their tax, the kingdom of Agbadu had become lenient this time, everyone believed that Tokpesi had suggestedwhat was in the heart of the kingdom of Agbadu, they no longer wreckhavoc as afore times.Another season of harvest had just began, Topkesi gathered hisdaughters as they journeyed into the woods.Tomorrow will be the Oya market day, traders will be coming from farand near to the great Oya market, a market that seem to have become aplace of convergence for all the western kingdoms, the only thing thatcan't be purchased at Oya market were the things which 'do not exist,'the next day, every trader was headway towards Oya market, Oya was thethe biggest market in the west, a market segregated into severalparts, the market is as large as five villages joined together, everyvillage had their own section: The Kingdom of Odudu was allocated t
One morning, the King summoned the elders, "this must not continuefor ever, we can't sit and watch our kingdom lose it's livelihood, ourhands have been wrapped around our chests for too long, nobody goes tothe market anymore, the rate at which we carryout the cultivation of our farm lands had gonedown drastically, we are losing the name that our ancestors built agesago; I wait to hear from you elders of our lands."When the King was done taking, Akhali, the market chief gave a sign to be granted apermission to make his contribution, "go ahead" the king said. Akhalithe market chief, got up and appreciated the King for been granted apermission to make his contribution, "my fellow elders," he began,"there is a saying that says, 'it is better to die while standing thanto be on your kneels and be alive.' The people of Agbadu for the pastthree years had been a tong in our flesh, they have robbed us of ourpeace; robbed us of our sales,
Very early the next morning, the elders of Odudu set out towards thevillage of Agbadu, when they arrived the King's palace, they werewelcomed, the King of Agbadu sent to call his elders, when they havegathered, the King began to interview them harshly, you people havecome to spy our land to know the strength of our fortress and also toknow our weakness, "not so, King," Akhali, defended. "then what has brought you to my kingdom?" Odaru, the King of Abgaduquestioned harshly, Kayode, one of the elders of Odudu answered "Myking 'may you live for ever,' may you be greater than your fathers,may 'your throne extend to the ends of the earth,' may yourdescendants be as numerous as the sand of the earth, my able, king ofthe great kingdom of Agbadu, we have come in peace, I also bringgreetings from our king with this little token of wine, yam andfruits." he stooped down fetch a little of the wine and drank it, cut afruit and ate, this is an a
The gods are with you go against the forces of Agbadu kingdom, now before it's to late, summoned the warriors in my shrine quickly, I see troupe from the kingdom of Agbadu coming like a storm against our kingdom, before night fall, there should, hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Before it's too late." Then the chief priest danced again out of the palace. "You see what I was saying...," Kayode trying to say more: "there is no time to talk any more, the bone is already in between our throat." The King quickly interrupted. "Guards, take the news as fast as possible, let all the warriors assemble in the village shrine." In less than no time, the warriors had gathered at the premise of the shrine, the chief priest quickly began to fortify them, while still in the process of fortifications, a young man ran to the shrine, panting heavily, after he was calm, he then informed them that he saw a battalion of warrior marching towards their kingdom, Adekunle and some of the already fortified warriors chante
That night, enough bear was brewed, coupled with a lot of roasted meat, when Adekunle was told that the meal was ready, he smiled, he prefer wild animals to domestic, he was served with his wild[bush] meat of antelope; they all ate and celebrated, the celebration was like one of its kind, Adekunle and the other warriors drank and ate like they won't be tomorrow, Adekunle's table was loaded with all kinds of assorted drinks, enough of food and meat, that night. the wanted telling him about his daughter, but felt held back.The next day, the warriors of Odudu returned; reaching home, some of them wept bitterly for their lost.Three years later, Adekunle had then became more known, apart from just been a local hero that he was he had become a recognized hero in west Africa, he continued hunting in spite of the name he had made has a now renounced warrior, hunting was one thing that he would never totally eschew doing.This particular year Adekunle decided to farm a litt
The next morning, all the warriors allied together for a little training, and planned how to disarm the enemy when they will be colliding in the desert of Wadu kingdom. After a long training, Adekunle stood up and began to address. "You must fight and not be afraid, I want you to know this one thing, I want you to know the reason for war, we fight for power, we fight for influence, we fight for dominance, we fight for influence and we also fight for survival, for deliverance and for the total take of our territory from the hands of the enemy. I also want you to know that victory is meant only for the brave and strong; you must be violent, you must be brutal, it takes a bitter fighting to emerge to emerge in an enviable position, remember, kingdoms are not built with bricks, they are built with blood and bones, not just any bones or blood; but the blood and bones of valiant fighters.I must assure you also that we might all leave here tomorrow to the battle field, but not all of u
The next day, he took with him some of his warriors and set out to see the King of Wadu, in a short while he was in the palace, the King also prepared a banquet for him, during the time of refreshment, the King of Wadu requested to see his daughter for a minute, the King of Messa smiled, he felt that something was fishing as he saw two or more persons whispering some words to themselves, that was when the King requested for her daughter, "What is happening?" The King of Messa moved his lips. As he sat down, he saw that only the King walked out of his chamber, "Where is my wife?" A question passed his heart. The King of Wadu didn't say anything about the sudden disappearance of his daughter. He just began to engage him in some monkey tales stories, at this point whereby everyone was in merriment, "something is not right," the aid of king Nosa informed him as he muttered some words into his ears about the whereabouts of his wife, King Aruge of Wadu was busy with his cats and bulls sto
In the course of time, one of the great grand sons of the Kingdom of Messa became a mighty King in the southern region, he became so mighty to point that, his name echoes fear in the ears of people; people's ears tingle when ever his name was been mentioned, one day, has he sat on his throne, he began to think how that one of his great grandfathers was beheaded by the King of Odudu, and when he made further inquiries, he realised that, his father never intended going for the war but was lured by the King of Wadu; anger burned within him has he thought about how that his father was beheaded, the humiliation they went through even before his great grandfather was exterminated.One day has he was eating, his heart burned with bitterness and he shouted, "May the goddess of Messa kill me if I do not wreck havoc upon the Kingdoms of Wadu and Odudu!" For days, he thought about how he could pay them back especially to the King of Wadu who he believed was the root cause, he was how
The farming season had also began strongly, every farmer was at thepeak of their farming. When it was night, Adekunle told his family astory about his father. There were very pleased to hear it.The next morning Kende's head was still foggy even as she stretchesherself on the bamboo bed... "the weather is unusually cool thismorning," she reasoned. Oh! she exclaimed, I need to get water fromthe stream, jumping out of the bamboo bed, she rushed out to pick up a giant pot to hurry to the stream... seeing her dad, she went to herfather to greet him on her kneels has their custom permits, then shehurriedly joined other village girls. On that faithful morning, Adekunle waited until food was served, he was served with a bowfull of amala with a mushroom soup, this was one of the meals he inheritedfrom his father, Topkesi, Adekunle is blessed with an usual eatingappetite, as he alone could eat a food meant for five men, Amala withmushroom soup are h
One morning, Oche, the King summoned all the wise men of Odeito a he needed to know whatto do. one after the other, every man presented his opinion, the firstto present a suggestion was the wise rain maker- Inalegwu, he, stoodup, greeted the King and the counsel of chiefs, his fellow wise men,my King, I suggest that you appoint the both of them war Lords overthe two regions which are the southern and northern regions: Ababa bethe war Lord in charge of the South and Obihi war Lord over the north.I rest my case, he sat down, to his opinion, the King nodded his headin disapproval to his suggestion, as that has never been donebefore... "Hmmm!" Ulahi the market chief cleared his throat, "King, Igreet you, may you live forever, my fellow wise men I greet you too, Iappreciate you all for honoring this invitation and may the gods ofour ancestors reward you immensely. we have been summoned here becauseof the matter of deliberation that has
Leaves of the giant iroko trees have littered the whole of Adekunle'scompound except for the veranda, the day just dawns as young girlshurry to the stream to get water for breakfast to be prepared,Kehinde, histhe only daughter and child had suddenly awoken, andstruggle to see through the broken unplastered hut where she laid, shewas awoken by the sound of her father's usual songs which he singsevery morning before he embarks for a hunt, Adekunle, he was wellknown as a reputable hunter and a warrior who had procured for himselftwo titles: most reputable hunter and a great warrior who has defendedthe villagers from rivals... his fame has spread to reaching evenacross several kingdoms, his confrontations with several spiritanimals and his victories are widely spoken about... reputation is onegem that Adekunle will guard with the whole of his life; he prefersdeath to the lost of his reputation, he either wins or dies. Thebelief tha
As time passes by, the King of Agbadu who had harboured a strongvengeful spirit against the kingdom of Odudu couldn't hold it any longer, he called his warriors and elders one hot afternoon, "we havetolerated too much from the people of Odudu, their ancestors cheatedour ancestors and now they want to do same again, we will not take itany more, My people, it is time to crush completely anything alive inOdudu; be it animals or humans." "You are right my King." One of theelders supported. "where is Ijele?" the King asked, "yes your majesty Iam here." a servant responded. "take a servant with you, go straightaway to Odudu kingdom, tell them that on the on the next Oya marketday, we shall be colliding in the valley of Ama, tell him to preparefor war." On hearing this, the servant ran out of the palace todeliver the message.When the news got to Odudu kingdom, the King quickly summoned thewarriors and elders to inform them of the