Snippet Three Towns

Early on when the Three Towns was yet to be founded, there were three siblings, Nusha, Warid, and Alnu.  Alnu was regarded as a brilliant and crafty leader.  Warid was well known as a greedy and powerful chief with the largest number of bagani.  Nusha was fair, honorable, and a fierce warrior chieftess who is well loved by her people.  The siblings fought hard to secure the lands that they have from other clans and agreed to divide it equally.  There was a fragile balance after the siblings defeated their enemies mainly because no one was left to fight, but each other.  The younger brother Alnu was tasked to distribute their territories and he knew if he angered or offended his older siblings that they would spend much blood fighting each other, possibly for years.  Alnu offered Nusha the lands further inward where the hills were good for defense and contained metals for her warriors and good wood for the construction of her fortress.  Alnu thought his brother Warid might want to take those lands for himself so he told his brother that the lands their sister Nusha would receive are just hills and jungle; he then up-praised the coastal lands for its bountiful fish, easy access to the ocean for trade, and its location for being the furthest from the jungle where their enemies reside.  Warid was intrigued and decided to keep the lands for his capitol.  Warid asked his brother which lands he would hold and Alnu mentioned the highlands and lowlands to the south briefly of its geographic features, but did not speak of its rich soil (or its giants).  Warid was wary of his cunning brother Alnu, but Alnu offered his many ships in good faith, which Warid could not resist.  The siblings were content and Alnu insured peace in its foundations because as their collective population grew Alnu had control of most of the food between the Three Towns.  Alnu with his fertile lands of Alnasl was able to abundantly supply his brother/sister towns and Nusha’s settlement of Nushaba flourished with crafts people of all kinds and had much assets to trade.  Though Warid had the most warriors and ships, he was kept busy fighting far off invaders coming from the oceans and was supplied weapons and food by his grateful siblings.  If Warid’s capitol of Warida ever became greedy for Nushaba’s resources or Alnasl’s rich soil, Alnasl simply needed to threaten to stop supplying Warida’s many warriors; this threat works because no one will fight on an empty stomach (or giants).

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