Editing Primordial Evolution Game/Hastun (section)

===Part 5: Time of shadows===
With the help of their growing force of Koburrog slaves that they began breeding to be more and more obedient, the Hastun had found the solution to many problems they had with their physical lack of strength. Not pleased by the useless movements of their beak, they selected those who don't move it, annoyed by those who seek contact with their brethren, they only bred those who spend time sitting in dark corners. Over a decade, the behavior of their controlled population began to significantly change. Associal, mute and deaf for an increasing part. Their skin turned to a grey color. Building became more straightforward, no need for complicated contraptions, territory expansion became easy and resources began flowing. <br>
[[Image:Thrall.png|thumb|right|The Kob stralls are sturdy and mindless disposable workers.]]
But the consequence of such improvements in the Hastun society was that they began to rest on their laurels. The thought breathing was more and more oriented for pleasure and distraction,the research rate was reduced.The bias introduced by wrong individuals in the research fields severely slowed down research and destroyed precious material. But this situation of decadence was only the premise of much darer events. Some forbidden substances reappeared in the thinking rooms, bringing obsession and delusions in the mind of those who absorbed them. And in Hastun, bad ideas spread very rapidly. A great part of the elite had a major shift in their vision of the world. Those wanted to bring the Hastun back to their old values. The death of the first ruler after 70 years of reign had seen the arrival of a despot full of those dogmatic ideas: Fear of the anathema, belief in the sentience of the substances, discredit of the chemistry in profit of an alchemical and animalist view. <br>
With its ruler, the alchanimanists took advantage of the Koburrog forces to siege all the major towns under their power. The decade over which last their reign was a total waste. The researchers that had not been killed for treason were held hostage to perform impossible tasks to prove the legitimacy of the alchanimalist view: Uniting the being, the air and the fire in one substance (to only explosive ends), finding the anima of anathema (which is actually the absence of anima), having one absorb all known substances in hope of reaching enlightenment (only to reach madness). The population was growing miserable as the fragile conditions established for them to thrive were broken. The warriors, who were always closer to these unrealistic ideals quickly joined this faction. They pushed the oppression with their specific abilities gained by ingesting animal hormones (basically like stimpacks of adrenaline and such). Progress was at a stop but the oppressed had not renounced to revolt. <br>

Seeking north of their fields, some researchers joined by the exiled formed a troop that went on a journey north of the old ruins to find living remains of Hu'raan civilization. As this was a travel through the desert, a lot of them nearly didn't make it through. They were at luck as the Hu-raan, thrilled to see Tentouz again decided to help them. Communication was difficult at first but the Hu'raan being a very advanced people, they quickly picked up notions to have complex discussion through drawing.
The Hastun exiles promised them to share some of their knowledge with them in exchange for military support. The Hu-raan agreed quickly as they thought that they were going to gain access to the mystical abilities of the Ry'lai but were only taught chemistery tricks that weren't really big news for them. But it's only fair and what due was given: weapons. Those were powder-based firearms. As they didn't need the enhancements required by modern Hastun weaponry, they all were able to wield them. <br>
And so war raged. The following events were extremely tragic and violent. The Hu-raanic arms were far superior and very destructive for tentouz that would burst in flames as soon as shot. At the end of the day, the rebels won a battle but were finaly outnumbered by the foot soldier forces of Kob thralls and airborne machines and forced to retreat. <br>
Strong of this victory, the despot decided to enforce his power by declaring war on their neighbors, the Rii'dan. 

The war lasted for as long as 8 years. Their troops clashing against their enthralled cousins; But those cousins had hastun support. The outlaws yet in exile then decided to join forces with the Rii'dan. While helping organize the resistance, they contacted again the Hu-raan since the two years they had visited them. Understanding their upcoming demise, they offered them to join the Rii'dan nation. Happy to find new brothers to share their enlightenment with, a bunch of Hu'raan followed them bringing with them more technological means to wage war. <br>
A long time passed while the Rii'dan passively resisted the invader while their secret hosts prepared their last chance to reclaim their nation.

This time, the exiles fought by their conditions. The Rii'dan planned an attack followed by a calculated retreat. The Hastun armies fell into the trap and dozens of soldiers found their demise this day, leaving the capital vulnerable to an attack. <br>
The following events are straightforward. As the rebellion progressed from town to city, more and more joined as the corrupted leading casts and army were defeated. As an ultimate offense, the newly established exile power burnt them without leaving an ounce of their inner gas get in the air, committing the anathema as it is the only fit punishment.