THE LEGEND OF KIWAKAAZI

Inside Nomposuro:

Let me tell you something about Edua when he becomes a Rahasi. Usually, the kafunde (demon mummifier) is attached to the arm of its wielder. The thread that grows into the protective vest remains attached to the sword but in Edua’s case it was different. The thread detached from the sword and so the kafunde was not attached to his palm. He could let go of it and still he would remain a Rahasi. I don’t know why. It could be the effect of his ring or perhaps his unique ability to control the sword.

Edua stretched his left leg and disappeared. Aran stretched his right leg and disappeared. The left hand of Edua was already lowering the kafunde to split Aran’s head and Aran had held his sikan dompesan (three-edged bone sword) horizontally over his head. The sikan dompesan and the kafunde clashed. Both warriors let go of their weapons temporarily; for just a split second and interchanged weapons. This time, it was Aran who attacked and Edua defended. A right swing aiming for the lower abdomen. Edua planted Aran’s weapon in the soil and once again the two weapons clashed. Both fighters stopped moving. Aran lifted his head to greet the blood red eyes of his opponent, Edua, before the two warriors disappeared once again and reclaimed their original weapons.

Before Nomposuro, when Kaazi Kiwakaazi II ruled Nananompofie (Central Empire or Home of the ancient ones):

Kaazi Kiwakaazi was up in the middle of the night praying to Almighty Akaani (The Nameless One). He was kneeling. His fingers were locked into one another. Tears were flowing down his cheeks. Suddenly, one of his guards burst through his door and shouted, “Sorry to disturb you your highness but someone just broke into the palace!” Kaazi Kiwakaazi rose to his feet gingerly and questioned, “Where is he?” “He is headed this way, your majesty,” answered the guard. “Is the Kaaziba (Empress) safe?” questioned Kaazi Kiwakaazi II. “Yes, she has been moved to the secure chambers,” answered the guard. Kaazi Kiwakaazi remarked, “That is good to hear but why don’t you stop pretending and show yourself already?”

Inside Nomposuro:

Edua stretched his left leg and disappeared. Aran stretched his right and also disappeared. Once again the two warriors got close to each other in the blink of an eye. Aran swung his sword in different directions – all happening very quickly. He swung from right to left aiming for Edua’s neck; left to right for the same neck; attacked Edua’s abdomen; attacked his thighs and attacked his legs and each time Edua either defended with his sword or moved out of the way just in time to avoid injury. Edua did the same and Aran was equally skilled and defended himself with ease.

The battle continued. Aran swung his sword diagonally a couple of times and tried a turning right kick. Edua escaped the first two attacks and stopped the third with his right arm. Aran lowered his foot and Edua attacked. He attacked with the pointed end of the kafunde. Aran turned and stood sideways; close to the kafunde. He spun his body once and by the second spin, he was close to Edua. He swung the sikan dompesan and Edua was gone — disappeared before it made contact.

Three days before the Attack on Kaazi Kiwakaazi II’s

An old man suddenly woke from bed screaming, “Pasinte kabi fuji… pasinte kabi fuji!” meaning “The end of the world is coming… the end of the world is coming!” Yes, it was a doomsday prophecy – more like a doomsday soothsayer. He was the founder of a cult that was called Ishfa vayi (Observers of Time).

In every age, throughout history, men have always anticipated an end — a time when the world will end. Let’s face it, decay is unavoidable; but don’t you agree man has too many problems to compound it with thoughts about this end? The Saharan Civilization was not spared these unique people. One man, a seer, dedicated his life to finding out when exactly the world would end. He ate less, slept less, and prayed more to Rakiambe (The Creator) until he had a dream about the end.

It was a revelation from Daale (dream god). This seer saw Kaazi Kiwakaazi II standing outside his palace and shouting, “Oogu Jaka Tumi… Sore!” The consequence of this chant was what the world will later come to know as Nomposuro. He went on to see the various divisions in Nomposuro. He met the scary-face shinkos; met the sibudu; he moved around Nhutudan and felt the power of the not-so-scary nhutus; He journeyed to Adopedan to witness the looks and destructive power of the tiny men — dwarfs. Then finally, he entered Nomposomu and met the ruhas and ruhushis of Ishfa. Initially, they looked trapped and everything seemed fine but their prison did not hold for long. They broke out eventually and wreaked havoc on earth. They were merciless and ruthless and not even a day-old baby was spared. The earth was soaked with the blood of mankind. That was the seer’s dream of the end.

Back Inside Nomposuro:

Remember Kaki was around. She was watching the fight, waiting for the perfect time to strike. But these two were too quick for her. The battle continued with Edua attacking. He swung from right to left. Aran blocked. Edua swung from left to right and again Aran blocked. Then, he moved his left arm as if swinging from right to left again. It was pretty quick but halfway through Edua’s swing, he let go of his sword, disappeared, appeared and punched Aran on his right cheek as hard as he could. Aran was blown away. He tumbled for a while and came to rest. He rose to his feet and smiled. ‘Sneaky, I like that,’ thought Aran. Edua did not move for a while. He waited for Aran to stand up and he did. Aran disappeared and at same time Kaki was attacking Edua from behind. Edua stood still. He waited for them to attack. What could he possibly be planning?

Three days before the Attack on Kaazi Kiwakaazi II’s

This seer had a few followers at the time. He sent four messengers; one to the north; one to the south; one to the west and one to the east that morning. They were to deliver a message to the Huluwaazis (Leaders or Emperors) of the four great empires — the end of the world is coming and it will come through the Kaazi, Kiwakaazi II. They should relate to them not leaving out a single detail about what he had seen. The Huluwaazis will know what to do with this kind of information. The message was delivered not directly to the Huluwaazis but to representatives in their palaces whom dealt with people whom wanted to pass on a message directly to the Huluwaazis.

The representative of the West asked the messenger, “Do you have any evidence or proof to back your claims?” The messenger answered, “No, but my master never lies. These things will happen unless we do something to stop it.” The representative of the West said, “I am sorry but without evidence, I can’t help you. I can’t pass on this information.” The messenger returned disappointed.

The representative of the East simply sat there staring into the messengers eyes. He blinked twice or thrice still staring. Suddenly he asked, “Oh, so you were serious?” The messenger was damn serious. The representative told the messenger there and then that he was not going to deliver that message because it was the kind of message a crazy person will deliver and he was as sane as anyone could be.

The representative of the North promised the messenger that he was definitely going to deliver that message. He even added it to documents he was going to deliver to the Muaazi as part of his early morning deliveries. But the messenger saw through his lies; he was not going to submit it. After the messenger had departed, the representative placed the message in the trash.

Then the representative of the South thought it was a prank. He laughed and laughed and asked, “Did my brothers set you up to this? Because this is really funny, man.” The messenger turned and walked away. The representative called out to him saying, “Come back. I am really interested in end time stories!”

So the four messengers returned to their leader and told him how the rest of the world rejected their message. They have been laughed at, they have insulted and nothing will be done about the impending end of the world. The seer said, “Just what I anticipated. If the world will do nothing about it, we must.”

The Attack on Kaazi Kiwakaazi II:

The guard of Kaazi Kiwakaazi II changed into a short man wearing white robes with the ‘V’ and an ‘I’ which looks like a stool tattooed in it. Two more men joined him. The three men shouted, “La-diin!” (black lightning) and pointed their two fingers at Kaazi Kiwakaazi II. Black lightning was short from their fingers. It met and looked like a big black snake. It surrounded Kaazi Kiwakaazi II and the head hissed and attacked the Kaazi from above. Kiwakaazi II just stood there. When the black snake lightning got close, it disappeared. The three men suddenly felt something coursing through their bodies. They felt weakened and collapsed to their knees. One of them asked, “How did he do that?” Kaazi Kiwakaazi answered, “That is the mirror technique of Dzani. Harm me and you only harm yourself. But more importantly, why do you want to kill me?” The one in the middle touched his two brothers and the three assailants disappeared.

Back Inside Nomposuro:

Aran’s feet had already turned into stone and it was rising. Kaki had already turned to stone after being injured by Aran’s sword. How did that happen? Edua’s Rahasi transformation was unique. He had a large ring tattooed on his chest. That area of his chest where the ring was tattooed allowed physical objects to pass through that area. Kaki attacked from behind and Aran attacked from his fore. Aran’s sword went straight through Edua’s chest and through Kaki’s abdomen killing her female second in command. Edua expected that to happen and while Aran was driving his sword through his chest, he slit the throat of the leader of the shinkos, killing him also.

Before Nomposuro, when Kaazi Kiwakaazi II ruled Nananompofie (Central Empire or Home of the ancient ones):

The assassination of Kiwakaazi II also failed. Shortly after the failed assassination, everything the seer had foreseen came to pass. The representatives whom initially did not believe this seer joined the Ishfa vayi (Observers of Time). Slowly the cult grew. Some elders, heads of institutions, priests, wise men, herbalists and even scientist joined the Ishfa vayi. Strings were pulled and the Ishfa vayi met with all the Huluwaazis (Leaders or Emperors) to submit a second petition — a solution to the Nomposuro problem.