Chapter 2
Betrayals
(Michiro Hutaki)
The Vinori hated and fear iron. They were moving away in fear of the metal that was being worked in abundance in Zigoto. The Heraldic School of Sorcery was about to loose its Vinori teachers. The Rokat were saddened by the loss, but they kept on working iron.
The Vinori moved in the hills near where the iron mines were. The mines were closed that had runoff in their water supply. The Rokat were respectful of the Vinori. As time passed and Zigoto became wealthy, the people had become arrogant. The mines near the Vinori settlement of U’ailli was becoming polluted by the mines.
The leaders of U’ailli went to meet the Rokat Council in Zigoto and got turned away several times. After a few years of bad treatment by the Rokat, the Vinori began to hold animosity for the Rokat. The Vinori in U’ailli opened a magic school of there own.
The Rokat began to train sorcerers in other than just Rokat magic. A secret program was set up to learn about Vinori magic and how to wage war against it. The Rokat began to fear the Vinori’s malevolent magic.
In 1266 of the 1st Age, there was about to be a war between U’ailli and Zigoto. By this time both sides knew what each other’s magic was all about. The Vinori decided to strike first and burn down a refinery. The Vinori know that iron is the life blood of Zigoto and by destroying the refineries, it would hurt business.
The Rokat tolerated the sabotage, but at some point it had to stop. The Rokat decided it was time to train a real army. Hara Naruchito, the immortal head of Zigoto’s government ordered some of Shanibala’s generals to train an army for her use. General Kithana Harube told the Zigoto to except a shipment of gold and to make wire and have power running in Zigoto.
At this time the Rokat used iron wires to power the industrial heart of Zigoto. It was time to upgrade and get electricity in all the houses. The rest of the city used gas lighting, which in a war could be a weakness in defending the city from attack.
The Vinori saw the enormous shipment and attacked the wagons. They took the gold bars and tried to hide it. The Rokat knew this was likely and had some of the new recruits waiting in the forest around U’ailli. They shot flaming arrows into the Vinori town and it burned hot.
Vinori women and children were running from the homes. It was not the intent of the Rokat to kill the Vinori. The attack was to simply destroy the village and force the Vinori to put their resources into rebuilding rather than attacking the Rokat.
U’ailli was burned to the ground and the Vinori were very mad this time. The plan is about to fail. The Vinori instead of rebuilding, try to invade Zigoto and kill enough Rokat to house their population in a neighborhood south of the main city core. A large suburb had grown south of downtown, which is now being targeted.
The following morning after a night in the crisp air, the Vinori came into Zigoto’s Garden Village neighborhood. Many Rokat were killed, but the city’s military was able to send the Vinori back. It was now late Fall and the weather was getting colder. The Rokat dscided they had enough of the Vinori in U’ailli. A group of about 7,500 Rokat went to U’ailli to destroy the town and kill any who remained upon there arrival.
The surviving Vinori warriors came at the Rokat at full speed with their arrows. The Rokat charged with Kimachies of iron. The Vinori did no longer fear the black metal. They attacked the Rokat in open combat. The Vinori were slaughtered. Only a few Rokat died, but the Vinori were killed down to the last child. It was a complete slaughter with little fight.
In 1267 of the 1st Age, U’ailli was abandoned and the few who hid from the battle had a hard winter. We do not know what happened, but a few Vinori survived in the forests. They spread across the region and reported the slaughter to the other Vinori towns.