...In the 1452 year since the founding of mother Kelph, reports were heard of barbarian horseman unifying under one ruler. At the time, such news was ignored as either hearsay or unimportant. If they had known how wrong they were surely the nest two centuries would have been quite different.
-An Introduction
...'Why were they called the Turban Horde?' the reader would ask. In the Steppes from which the Turbanites originated from, the colour and pattern of an individual's scarf identified their tribe. When Akiji was still a lesser warlord upon the Steppes, he took on the habit of wearing grass scarves upon his head. This was both against custom and yet oddly unified the khan's early warband. His followers soon followed his example. As such, when the Horde burst out of their homeland, they wore green turbans to show their loyalty to their leader....
An Introduction
...And so, in the year 1454, khan Akiji unleashed the full might of his horde upon the civilised nations. The surface Dweller kingdom of Ahuraz was the first to fall, its king flayed alive for insulting the khan's culture. Then came mighty Rhaza, the thousand cities of the Ghelteen Coast, the Farrites and even mother Kelph. It seemed as if these barbarians from the western steppes would conquer the whole world.
-Chapter 3:The First Conquests
Despite the eventual fall of the Horde's dominion, few Turbanites blame their strategy or tactics for their defeat. Blaming only the female khan Dadenay and the string of warlords that fought for rule, most only remember the Turban horse archers and mages with nostalgia. Under Akiji's rule, the Turban tribes were organised into groups of 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000 and so on. Relying on the traditional horsed archer, the Turbans were quickly able to invade enemy countries and take what ever plunder they could carry. Unlike traditional raiders however, the Turban Horde had a discipline that is even now still famed in lands devastated by them. Of course, it was not the horse archers of the steppes that brought the civilised worlds to its knees, although it certainly helped. Akiji gathered shamans into battalions and instilled in them discipline. No ordinary ruler had before dared to put together a force of magic-wielders in fear of betrayal. Suffice to say, Akiji was no ordinary ruler and soon had the first soldier-shamans, who would come to be known as mages. The next two centuries would see battles dominated by these mage cabals until the advancements in technology made such magic-wielders obsolete.
Chapter 7: Innovations
...Of course, empires do eventually fall and the Turbans were no exception. On khan Qeru's deathbed, he chose his daughter Dadenay as his successor. As the Turbans are traditionally a patriarchal society, this caused a great uproar. Even as grandaughter of Akiji, many were upset with the decision and this led to severe infighting...
Chapter 10: The Reign of Khan Dadenay
...The Order of the Blue was instrumental to the eventual collapse of Turban power in [whatever this part of the world is called], resulting in the expulsion of the Turban rulers of the successor states and the majority of their tribes...
Chapter 11: The Anti-Turban League
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