Ether 14

The years passed. Wars spread their destruction everywhere. No one was safe and all property was subject to theft. Cities were overthrown, burnt, and ruined by warring armies. Women and children were left dead in the armies’ wake.

In the interest of preserving their own security, the remaining people all gathered into two great, opposing armies. One army was lead by the warrior Shiz and the other by King Coriantumr. The land was littered everywhere with dead bodies, which were left to rot because there weren’t enough people left to bury them. The armies only had time to march forward and make more war against each other. This left the stench of the dead behind them. As the armies of Shiz and Coriantumr moved across the land, they killed anyone they found who would not join them.

Again and again the armies clashed, with ever increasing casualties. In one battle, Coriantumr was badly injured. He fell unconscious and was carried away as if dead. Because the deaths of men, women, and children on both sides were so great, Shiz ordered his army to stop their hostilities against Coriantumr’s army, and return to their camp.