Makings of an empire (1)

After weeks of traveling, an enormous horde marched into a beautiful valley filled with life and vitality. This horde had swelled and grown to an astonishing number as it traversed the Steppes to reach this valley. There were now well over one million from a diversity of races within this horde of people. These were the warriors, soldiers, servants, slaves and tribal people who had either been subdued by Aleks or who had chosen to submit to his authority after the recent events that took place. Some had been lost after the realization of the Ancestral spirit's deaths, while others were subdued by the reality of Aleks's strength.