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While barbarian kings from the west ravaged the walls of the very cities they held as holy, while the fiery enlightenment of the Prophet's influence were snuffed out by the violent horde of the east, while the old Knights were burnt at the stake for their heresy, Grace's ancestors battled to make their stance in a new land. The Lenape had been travelling for many generations before those medieval centuries. The constant warfare and hostile environment of their old territory grew to be too much to tolerate, and so they began to migrate for greener pastures. Many of them split off from the group, going their separate ways to become new peoples like the Shawnee and the Kickapoo much in the way the offspring nations of Rome went their own ways, but the Lenape continued nonetheless. It was only until they reached the lands south of the Great Lakes, north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi, that they would begin to settle down. But their settlement was not welcomed at first. These lands were already inhabited by an expansive empire of a nation of mound-builders, whose great pyramids rivaled the splendor of the descendants of Aztlán. These people were called the Allegewi, and they initially met the Lenape migrants with cautious negotiations. The Lenape sent delegates to ask if they could join the Allegewi as citizens of their grand cities along the Great Rivers, but the Allegewi were too afraid of the consequences of such a sudden increase or a foreign population. They did, however, allow the Lenape to pass through their empire to find a place they could settle, and the Lenape agreed to this compromise. However, when the Lenape began to pack up and move across the empire's lands, the Allegewi's fear of their numbers caused them to go back on their deal. The Lenape were attacked, and many were killed. Those that survived were forced to retreat, and they called a council to decide what the appropriate response was. They were underprepared and ill-equipped to go to war, but they had traveled so many miles, and the Allegewi were weak due to the corruption of their aristocracy. And so war was the answer.

The war between the two nations went on for many years and left many dead, but both sides scored equal victories. It wasn't until the Lenape allied themselves with another foreign group of migrants entered the scene: a tribe of people who would later come to be part of the Haudenosaunee Confederation. These people were conquerors by trade, and when they were also shunned and wounded by the Allegewi, they readied their weapons for war. These Iroquoians and the Lenape made a faithful alliance, and together they drove out the last refuge of the Allegewi from their crumbling cities once and for all. As the spoils of war, the Lenape settled down in these lands, and the Iroquoians took the lands farther north as their fair share of the conquest. The Allegewi were forced far southwards, where the base work of their society fractured. After a few decades, the people had grown fed up with the corrupt administration of their aristocrats and priests. The rulers were overthrown in a revolution, and the people of the old empire rebuilt themselves in a way much like the Lenape were, as simpler people who had no need for emperors. And it was in this state of life that they would be found when the foreigners from across the sea came to their lands and called them the Cherokee.

Meanwhile, the Lenape and the Iroquoians grew strained in relations after their alliance won them these new lands. The Iroquoians began insulting the Lenape, calling them lesser people, and waging war on the outskirts of their territory. It only got worse as the next century rolled around. While the Iroquoians themselves found great peace and unity when the Great Peacemaker brought the five tribes together to create the Haudenosaunee Nation, this meant a huge threat for the Lenape and their Algonquin cousins. The two nations went to war with each other, becoming bitter rivals. It was this war that the foreigners of the east found themselves coming across when they crossed the ocean to Turtle Island, and it was a relationship they exploited against both peoples. These wars between Native nations were what would eventually inspire the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh to realize his calling. He wanted to be gone with these borders and wars so that all inhabitants of Turtle Island could stand together as brothers against these foreign conquerors.

And it was this goal that he would pass on to Kokumthena's Prophet, Grace.

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While barbarian kings from the west ravaged the walls of the very cities they held as holy, while the fiery enlightenment of the Prophet's influence were snuffed out by the violent horde of the east, while the old Knights were burnt at the stake for their heresy, Grace's ancestors battled to make their stance in a new land. The Lenape had been travelling for many generations before those medieval centuries. The constant warfare and hostile environment of their old territory grew to be too much to tolerate, and so they began to migrate for greener pastures. Many of them split off from the group, going their separate ways to become new peoples like the Shawnee and the Kickapoo much in the way the offspring nations of Rome went their own ways, but the Lenape continued nonetheless. It was only until they reached the lands south of the Great Lakes, north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi, that they would begin to settle down. But their settlement was not welcomed at first. These lands were already inhabited by an expansive empire of a nation of mound-builders, whose great pyramids rivaled the splendor of the descendants of Aztlán. These people were called the Allegewi, and they initially met the Lenape migrants with cautious negotiations. The Lenape sent delegates to ask if they could join the Allegewi as citizens of their grand cities along the Great Rivers, but the Allegewi were too afraid of the consequences of such a sudden increase or a foreign population. They did, however, allow the Lenape to pass through their empire to find a place they could settle, and the Lenape agreed to this compromise. However, when the Lenape began to pack up and move across the empire's lands, the Allegewi's fear of their numbers caused them to go back on their deal. The Lenape were attacked, and many were killed. Those that survived were forced to retreat, and they called a council to decide what the appropriate response was. They were underprepared and ill-equipped to go to war, but they had traveled so many miles, and the Allegewi were weak due to the corruption of their aristocracy. And so war was the answer.

The war between the two nations went on for many years and left many dead, but both sides scored equal victories. It wasn't until the Lenape allied themselves with another foreign group of migrants entered the scene: a tribe of people who would later come to be part of the Haudenosaunee Confederation. These people were conquerors by trade, and when they were also shunned and wounded by the Allegewi, they readied their weapons for war. These Iroquoians and the Lenape made a faithful alliance, and together they drove out the last refuge of the Allegewi from their crumbling cities once and for all. As the spoils of war, the Lenape settled down in these lands, and the Iroquoians took the lands farther north as their fair share of the conquest. The Allegewi were forced far southwards, where the base work of their society fractured. After a few decades, the people had grown fed up with the corrupt administration of their aristocrats and priests. The rulers were overthrown in a revolution, and the people of the old empire rebuilt themselves in a way much like the Lenape were, as simpler people who had no need for emperors. And it was in this state of life that they would be found when the foreigners from across the sea came to their lands and called them the Cherokee.

Meanwhile, the Lenape and the Iroquoians grew strained in relations after their alliance won them these new lands. The Iroquoians began insulting the Lenape, calling them lesser people, and waging war on the outskirts of their territory. It only got worse as the next century rolled around. While the Iroquoians themselves found great peace and unity when the Great Peacemaker brought the five tribes together to create the Haudenosaunee Nation, this meant a huge threat for the Lenape and their Algonquin cousins. The two nations went to war with each other, becoming bitter rivals. It was this war that the foreigners of the east found themselves coming across when they crossed the ocean to Turtle Island, and it was a relationship they exploited against both peoples. These wars between Native nations were what would eventually inspire the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh to realize his calling. He wanted to be gone with these borders and wars so that all inhabitants of Turtle Island could stand together as brothers against these foreign conquerors.

And it was this goal that he would pass on to Kokumthena's Prophet, Grace.