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
Once upon a time, in the age of war, magic and cruelty. "Adesuna"became the King of "Odudu," a kingdom located in west Africa.The foundation of "Odudu" was laid at the expense of the blood of Warriors, "Odudu" Was one of the most powerful kingdoms in the region of West Africa, "Adesuna" king of "Odudu" was the only son of Adeshina, a Yoro by tribe, he was a valiant fighter from his youth, who latter became a mighty King, he became a sorcerer when human strength couldn't face the tide of time. It was an age when men fought to own anything, warriors fought for lands as well as kings, every king was a warrior-king. The language of this time was the language of combat, a language that is not taught by men but experienced on the battle field, men even fought with all brutality to get married even within their own kingdoms and amongtheir own people, it was a period when possessions were measured by strength, the more powerful you are, the more things you were liab
The Kingdom of Agbadu is a kingdom surrounded by sky scraping rocks,they are well trained in fighting amidst rocks and they also practiceddivination. They had been an enemy kingdom to the kingdom of Odudu forages.The King of Odudu after he had learnt that his kingdom will not escapethe oncoming war, he quickly assembled his wise men to seek out their counsel, they advised that he visits the chief priest, then theymarched together to see the chief priest, the chief priest, an old looking man, with a bent body, he glazed with his almost closed eyes, looking gnarled with his veined twisted hands,did some incantations and chanted some songs, he turned to the King, he spoke toothlessly. "King Ogedengbe! do not be dismayed, do not allow fear to take root in the chambers of your heart, the gods are on our side, inthe space of three years, I see a tempest that will come strongly fromthe south, that wind comes with strange chants, it will be a
Ama valley was a valley planted between two hills, the warriors ofOdudu matched in from one hill, the valley was vast and wide, thewarriors of Odudu had arrived in time, waiting for their opponents toshow up, every one was ready for the long awaiting war, the newlyenrolled warriors were very eager, they weren't happy when the warriors of Agbadu had not come; they waited and moved their faces allaround the scene of war, every warrior waited with his hands glued totheir swords and shield, the bow men had taking a formation behind thesword men. There was a grave-yard silence, the unexpected could occurany moment, stiff with terror, Adesuna's heart pounded loudly, his teeth clattered. This was his first appearance in the battle field; the thought of where their opponents will bashed out from was his concern, he clinged tightly to his sword as he looks around again andagain, he watched to see other warriors mutter some unheard words to their col
That day they returned home in silence.On their returning, the women that have lost their husbands weptprofusely, the children also were crying, the sound of wailing filledthe whole village, that day the dispirited King of Odudu didn't say anything, the men and women who had gone to war were calm has they counted their lost. The second day, the King came out of his room to console the bereaved families, but they refused to be comforted, they wept sore and sprinkled ashes and dust on themselves as they call on the horrible sting of death to come and take them away; the King's palace was crowded with the numerous villagers who hadlost a relative: brothers, fathers, sister..., for three days, theywept until they had no strength to weep any longer.The King was greatly distressed as all his efforts to console them seemed to be failing. After a while, he opened his mouth and spoke words of comfort to them "Women, mother and wives, men, youths and children of
The festival of wrestling will begin any moment, the story of the mighty female warrior by the name, "Agbana" was still fresh as only twomen had been able to throw her to the floor, some men even sustained alife injury combating with her. The wrestling festival is not a festival to be missed by anyone, even the sick are brought to watch it, a festival that takes four days, eight fighters will be nominated for a fighting tournament, the first day, four persons will beevicted, the second day, two people will be evicted and on the thirdday, one champion will emerge who will then confront the giant figurewoman Agbana the giant.Two weeks to the festival, eight of the warriors were nominated,Adesuna was also among the nominees, Adesuna prepared himself day and night he was not used to such a fight whereby weapon is excluded, he practiced with his fellow warrior friends; he also often timespracticed alone trying to put down some small trees, in few
At another time, Shamugar, the King of Archer of the southern kingdom became resentful andjealous of the kingdom of Odudu, he became envious because of thegreat achievements of Odudu Kingdom; their victories, their fame and the respect they had gained, the southern KIng was a powerful sorcererwho had conquered almost all the kingdoms of the southern region, infact all the kingdoms of the south were answerable to him, he boasteddaily of his power, his kingdom epitomised raw power. One evening, as he paced around in his palace and thought listlessly, he called his aid, "what is this that I hear by the hearing of my earsfrom the people of my kingdom concerning one kingdom of Odudu?" the King questioned, "My great king may you 'live forever' it is true ofwhat you have heard, it was said of that kingdom that they haven'tlost a battle for the past one decade, I also learned that they haveconquered almost all the kingdoms of the western regi
The next day, king Ogedengbe summoned his elders and warriors. "A war has come knocking at the gates of our land, Shamugar- the King of thesouthern kingdom has threatened us with a war.? "you mean, "Shumuga!"that cruel king?" an elder questioned in fretfulness. "Yes!" said theKing "that is why I have called this meeting. let someone saysomething, I await your suggestions. say something... saysomething..." The King looks at their faces expecting to hearsomething from them. Ajaka the chief warrior cleared his throat. "Yourmajesty," he began, "I have heard about the cruelty of that beast of aking, how he had made many women widows and many children orphans, Ilearned that he murdered his father in a cold blood to assume thethrone, my King, if it is war that he wants then what should stop usfrom given it to him? true warriors are not scared of war." AfterAjaka had finished voicing his opinion, an elder stood up and inquiredwhethe
The next day while it was almost evening, as Adesuna was having somequiet time alone under the leafy cashew tree in his compound, his father Adeshina paid him a visit.After exchanging pleasantries, his father turned towards him; "Adesunamy son, do not be surprised by the sudden visit, there is a saying thatsays, rabbit does not run in the day for nothing' indeed I havecome to tell you destiny matters, his father when he learned that hisdaughter in law might hear their discussion quickly walked his son outof the premise of the house, as the walk through a lonely path, hecleared his throat... "how is your farm, I hope the crops areblossoming, "yes father! the crops are growing well, I even wentyesterday to weed the grasses" Adesuna responded has he put his ears to hear what his father really intended telling him. "that's good myson, you are indeed a very brave man, you have really made our kingdomproud in recent times, you have al
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