Past Lives: The Mongol Invasions and Conquests

by Jet556

The Mongol Horde is invading Burma. The warriors of the Horde seems to be as many as the stars in the sky. The King of Burma and one Mongol warrior are in command on the Burmese army but even then they know that they will lose. The Mongol warrior intends to make the Horde's victory bittersweet however by killing their invulnerable Khan.

1. ACT I

Dramatis Personae

The Invulnerable Kublai, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (Randy's past life)

The Beautiful Chabi, Consort of Kublai (Theresa's past life)

The Wily Hong, a Mongol-aligned Korean (Howard's past life)

The Treacherous Subutai (Stevens' past life)

The Jealous Narathihapate, King of Burma (Niall's past life)

The Great Kuchlug, a Mongol against the Horde (Ken's past life)

Setting: It is the thirteenth century and barbarians have come from the Mongolian Steppes to invade and conquer. The time of Genghis Khan has passed and now his grandson carries on his path of invasion of conquest.

ACT I

SCENE 1

Bagan. A room in the palace.

The barbarians had arrived in Burma. Narathihapate was host to one of these barbarians but one who did not identify with the Horde. His name was Kuchlug and he was the grandson of the last ruler of Qara Khitai Empire for whom he was named.

"I shall kill Kublai." Said Kuchlug. "That should teach my brother-in-law Hong for siding with the wrong man."

"I must admit I envy the army they have, Kushlug." Commented Narathihapate. "If I had such an army then no one would dare try and conquer Burma."

Kuchlug laughed. "If my grandfather had lived and Genghis had died would you be saying the same thing if it were the Qara Khitai who were leading the invasion?"

"If I had such a force to defend my lands certainly." Stated Narathihapate.

Kuchlug breathed in the air of the palace and thought of his wife and their young son in Korea. Would he ever see Mongolia again? Would he ever see the Steppes again? Korea was nice, Burma was nice but Mongolia where the children of a wolf and a doe had flourished was where he wanted to be.

The King of Burma then looked at the Mongol. He was unusually silent. He was silent from missing his wife and son and he was silent from homesickness as well.