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Piyamaradu's City
Upon a hill, Wilusa dominated the lands below. A shining city that had been either sacked or destroyed eight times before and was always rebuilt upon the ruins.
In truth, Wilusa was not much of a city. The current part of Wilusa that was not in ruins was about the size of the Thunderan palace. So much of it was in ruins that the one part of Wilusa that wasn't in ruins caused many to refer to it as its heart.
For forty-five hundred years, Wilusa had stood atop that hill. This was where Evabon civilization had began and they would not abandon it no matter how many times it was destroyed or sacked. It was here that the Chieftain of Evabon resided.
The current Chieftain of Evabon, Piyamaradu, was a blind shaman with a strong connection to the earth. For twenty years he had been Chieftain, wise and loved by his people. Yet there was one who hated him, his nephew Alaksandu, a boy of about nine who could not believe that someone who was blind had become chieftain.
Alaksandu knew that when Piyamaradu died two heirs would be chosen and the Chieftains of the Clans would come to Wilusa to choose who would succeed Piyamaradu. One would be Piyamaradu's first born, Eketo, the other would be whomever the people loved. The only thing Alaksandu could do was wait until he came of age or to make sure an accident happened now so he would be one of the two heirs and not Eketo. When Piyamaradu's death came then Alaksandu would kill his rival for the position of Chieftain of the Evabon. After all, that was what his father had taught him to do: take the position for himself!
So it was that the ThunderCats had come here, in search of the final stone they needed to defeat Mumm-Ra. They had enlisted the help of some Evabon friends who had gone ahead.
Gard, Zuvowang and Dalv with a few of their relations had gone to Wilusa. For Zuvowang, this was quite a shock for Wilusa overlooked the sea from the hill it stood upon and for an Evabon who had spent his centuries of life completely inland seeing such a thing was quite a shock.
"What thing is this?" Zuvowang's eyes stared at the sea. He knew not what he looked upon. "Where is the other side of this lake?"
Gard just shook his head. "This is no lake, Zuvowang, just the ocean. It has no other side."
Zuvowang gave a confused nod and looked up at the ruins. Plants had grown on them. This place had been old long before any of them had.
Dalv let out a sigh. "We are certain this stone is here? The stories say that metal fell from the sky into Wilusa long ago but how can we be certain that the stone the ThunderCats was included? We'd be better off searching for fiery tears that have dropped from the sky!"
Gard looked down to the lands below. "We should take that chance. Mumm-Ra having Evabon on his side has effectively brought us into this war, we should do our part in helping the ThunderCats."