The Price Come Due (event)
Long ago, the Nāgóm Kakezihī was torn from the grip of Adabyss, and even the vast force sent to reclaim it and avenge this slight was defeated, an event that remains unmatched in history. For, after recovering from chaos, the Adabyssians returned, determined to recover their lost honor, to finally put those they deemed insolent savages in their place.
And at that they have succeeded. Whatever miracle or misfortune caused their defeat in the past has not been repeated, and their mighty forces, instilled with an unwavering determination to avenge their previous defeats, have utterly crushed mine. As I attempted to flee their advance, I was captured, and dragged before their leader, presented as the leader of those who once defeated Adabyss.
And then I was paraded through Adabyss, shown to all of their vast empire as proof that their defeat was an aberration, that they were still undefeatable. And in those southern lands, as I gazed upon the wonders which have been wrought, even damaged as they were from Adabyss' period of warlordism, I wondered how they had even lost in the first place. By the time I was brought to the executioner's platform, I knew that they were right.
We should never have won.