the greatest. They used their earthmen like cattle, sending them to war, pitting them against each other. The Northern Ginn did not bother to teach their earthmen about a golden land that lay beyond the gates of Oblivion. As a result, the earthmen in the north were terrified of death. The northern territory was not big enough for the ambition of the Northern Ginn. They were hungry for power and their wish was to dominate the entire world. You might have heard of the conquering empires of Assyria and Babylonia whose home territory was in presentday Iraq. Such was Iahweh’s territory, in perhaps the most precarious place on the planet. This was where his Great Event would take place. His next step was to find a people to inhabit it. * * * He awoke. It was pitch black. His waking was slow and groggy – where am I? He felt a bit foolish when he realised he was in his own bed, his wife snoring gently beside him. All else was silent. What had woken him? He had the strange feeling that someone had been calling his name, but the feeling was slipping away like a fast-forgotten dream. He hadn’t slept well since his father’s funeral. There was something about seeing the body of a close relative that brought a person to his senses. Surely, there must be a point to life. There must be more than what the priests at Nannar’s temple spoke about – the long eternity of gloom, feeding on dust and musty water. But that was not why he woke. It felt different, like there was a presence in the room.
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