Of the Lives and deeds of The First High Priests

Chapter III. Of the Lives and deeds of The First High Priests

Of the Lives and deeds of The First High Priests is the third text within The Book of the High Priests.
Translated by Sir Bartholomew Athens Montblanc

And the first King Divine named the First High Priest of the Faith of Desh. And this mans name was Akorra and his seat was Aukene.And the life of the man was as the life of any man,for in those days the High-Priest was a servant of his King.And so,one day,Ashora had Akorra undone and named his brother,the mad-man of his armies,Akula as the new Priest Most High.And all the days of his reign were three thousand ,for thereafter there came a plague into Desh and the King inquired ,yet was answered not and Akula inquired and was answered not, until Ashoras life had ended by the lake *.And Tehretehrere, who was of Ashoras fathers sibling,was made as him (Ashora) and he inquired further on,yet even he was deaf in the heavenly things. When even Akulla sucumbed,Tehretehrere thought and then declared this post to come from lot.And they cast the lot and a man of poor design was made the Priest.At first the plague lessened,yet then ,when this vulgar man,named by his kin as Ukab,founded his own city in the desert, witch he named as Ukab and this city flourished far beyond Desh, then Tehretehrere lost his will and gathered his brothers and clad in armour went forward and smothe the city and all within,the death of his own kin numbering six hundred and fifty.And Tehretehrere wished redemption,yet could find none and so died by the lake.They then chose his son,Umahas,for he seemed a true believing king and was given some of the powers that were taken by the Highest Priest,who servived the death of his city.Yet he once traveled alone in the desert and soon became a devotee of a god,who is the mortal enemy of Aanae.He soon began to force this faith upon his people,till he too, like his father remained at the lake after ten years reign ,folowing the first,whose reign was long five times more,without four years. When Ukab was given to decide of the King,he chose a man,who was called Ikarba and was not of Ashoras nearest blood,yet when he presented him as the nations king,so did thunder came from heaven and a dark cloud took the false king and carried him into immeasurable height and let him fall.And Ukab himself was given the revelation of his choices and so went and stayed at the lake.

-* "life ended by the lake"-meaning a ritual suicide,performed by the King to please the gods and avert disasters.