>>5890265>>5890267>Action 1: The Clash of Kefis. The Pharaoh has challenged Grognar and lost, his army follows him to the grave. Ta becomes split north and south.Pharaoh Nykhet Per-Desher suffers insults to his people and family, and when told to submit, he refuses, and fights Grognar. The Pharaohs of Per-Desher are skilled swordsmen, but it is no match for Grognak's brute strength and Nykhet's mangled corpse lay on the ground. Grognar insists he has thus won all of Ta, the Pharaoh's guard corrects this misunderstanding by declaring war. The battle sees the loyal warriors dead, while Grognar marches south to the city of Wepta with what traitors remain after the battle. Ta-Kefi is taken by surprise has to react fast, and after negotiation, Pharaoh Meraha Per-Desher is dethroned, by his sister, Hatmer Per-Desher. Hatmer marries the barbarian lord, Grognar gets Upper Ta and Hatmer gets Lower Ta.
Meraha is furious at this, but finds himself barred from the palace by Miew archers, and cannot stay as Miews poison him, his loyal friends giving their lives to evacuate him from the city. Rightful Heir Meraha makes a blood oath against both Hatmer and Grognar, that he shall kill them both, as well as the Miew nobles who betrayed him. But for now, he shall gather his strength, and lick his wounds. First, he shall seek his father's trainer, to teach him the ways of the blade.
>Action 2: Meri and the Whale Hunt. With bronze blades and spears, Meri and her crew plunge into the waves to get the valuable bounty beneath.After a great deal of effort, Meri Depet-Wadj and her crew catches her first whale. While at first they felt defeated having lost ships to these leviathans, upon study of the whale they find the meat much better tasting that travel rations and the oil from their heads gives a nice shine to Meri's skin once applied. The ivory is nothing to scoff at either, pearly and pristine, she can buy an entire new ship for these riches. So Meri decides it's time to recoup her losses by hunting more whales. Meri and her crew prepare nets to try and pull up the whales while more daring crewmen step up into the rigging with spear in hand, hoping to dive into the water and stab a whale. Meri herself goes even further, stepping atop the sails with her sword between her teeth, intending to dive the deepest to slay a whale.