Acchon Chronicles

500 TCN

After Kagian unified all the tribes in the southeast of the central continent and named it the Hephainattot Kingdom, and proclaimed himself king Hiphenat I, he established the capital on his tribe's land and named it Ephinaino, meaning blessed land.

During these years, he implemented many important policies that helped the Kingdom of Hephainattot to continuously develop.

First, he entrusted his confidants and those who had contributed to his life to the lands of the tribes he had conquered. From those lands, he established vassal states. Every month, these states had to pay tribute to the motherland with a large amount of food, weapons, daily necessities and rare items. In return, these states could build their own armies to fight against foreign powers.

Dividing the land to his trusted and loyal people to rule helped him not to spend time, effort and mind to manage those vast lands, it also helped his land receive a lot of food and rare items without having to spend time thinking about ruling those lands for peace and development, giving the vassals the right to build an army also helped him to easily mobilize a large number of soldiers and if any nomads dared to attack his land, those vassals would promptly lead their troops back to rescue. 

But there is also a downside, allowing vassals to rule freely and build armies can make them stronger and build a powerful army that will stop them from paying tribute to the Hephainattot Kingdom and eventually they can destroy your entire kingdom, don't you think about that?

The answer is yes, but he thought that no matter how strong the vassals were, they would not dare to destroy his kingdom, because if they wanted to destroy his kingdom, he would only need to use his divine name to declare that those who wanted to overthrow him were against the gods, thereby shaking the morale of the army, making it difficult for them to win, and the other vassals also did not want a vassal to become strong and able to destroy them at any time, so they would definitely follow the Hephainattot kingdom to fight against the rebellious vassals, then they would be both safe and their voices in their hearts because their merits in protecting the gods would be heard far and wide.

The second thing he did was to divide his administrative apparatus, first the head was the king, after the king there were two assistants to the king, the nanettun and the kenvisan, the nanettun was the position that counted the country's income and expenditure and listed the amount of money that the vassals paid in tribute and presented to the king, this position would have about ten to twenty people to ensure transparency and accuracy in their work, next was the kenvisan, this position had only one person, this person had the right to train the army and command the army to fight in times of war and chaos.

From there, the first classes were also divided, which were the ruling classes of kings and vassals, followed by the second class, called henkiron in their language, meaning in the forge, referring to blacksmiths, who mainly worked in forges and created weapons for war, the third class was the class called Comdingki, this class referred to the soldiers who served the Hephainattot Kingdom, the last class was the farmers, fishermen and those who practiced other professions, these people made up the largest population and were also the ones who created food and necessities for daily life and even in war, but they were also the most despised class.

Third, he was the one who synthesized all the tribal writings into a common writing called khagibin, which was based on his and his father's names, but the writing was still very primitive, mainly using the shapes of animals to write.

Fourth, he saw that his kingdom had not yet invented stirrups and saddles, which made horse riding very tiring, difficult to maintain balance, and could cause one to fall at any time, greatly affecting combat. Therefore, he created the chariot to partially overcome that weakness.

The structure of the chariot consists of a light but sturdy wooden frame. To move the chariot, it must rely on round wheels, usually made of iron or bronze, to increase speed and two horses used to pull the chariot. The axle is used to connect the two wheels and bear the entire weight of the chariot body. The body of the chariot is the part on which the warriors stand. Each chariot usually has two people, one to drive and one to use the bow or spear. Each chariot has a low bar at the back and on both sides to protect the occupants.

These chariots were almost useless against nomadic cavalry as they were not as fast and agile as nomadic cavalry, but could still defeat nomadic cavalry in some aspects.

During these years, coastal people learned to weave fishing nets and the first small wooden boats with sails helped them go far to catch fish, they also learned to weave cloth to make clothes, later they also domesticated deer for their skin, horns and meat, people also learned to grow rice and fruit trees in large quantities and most importantly they learned to make everyday tools and weapons from iron. 

The production of iron skins allowed for the creation of everyday tools from quality, rust-resistant iron such as bronze, and iron was also used to make weapons in the military.

The use of iron as a military weapon resulted in sharp curved swords that could easily cut through the nomads' leather armor and it also resulted in rectangular iron shields that were easy to defend against arrows. They also used iron to make quality armor including: 

- Each soldier's helmet is made up of many metal plates, used to protect their heads.

- The breastplate was usually made of iron, helping the soldier protect his life when the enemy penetrated the outer armor.

- Squamata armor is made of many pieces of metal stacked on top of each other like fish scales, so it is also called squamata armor.

With such an abundance of food, the population in this Southeast region exploded rapidly. Previously, there were only about fifty thousand people living in this region, but now the population has reached four hundred thousand, a very large number.

But then in this year, the great king Hiphenat I passed away, causing the whole nation to grieve. He was only forty years old. He was also buried behind the kharatni house like his father. Then his eldest son Kensini ascended the throne and took the reign name Hiphenat II.

499 TCN

Exactly one year after Hiphenat I died, his son Hiphenat II gathered all the vassals before his father's tomb and said:

"Listen, all soldiers, we treated them very well in the past but they quickly forgot their gratitude and killed their own people, so I have gathered everyone before the graves of my father and grandfather to witness my promise that even if it costs us our lives, we will reclaim the lost lands, so do all soldiers below want to join me in driving those barbarians out of our ancestral lands?"

Hearing these words, everyone below said in unison:

"Drive the barbarians out of our ancestral lands, Drive the barbarians out of our ancestral lands"

After that eloquent speech, the morale of the entire army rose, and more than fifty thousand troops advanced toward their land with great strength and courage, as if they could fill the sea and dig up mountains. Could they regain their land or would they be defeated by the nomads' horses again?