Horde Oeuvre

In the early thirteenth century a new threat arises in the East --
Genghis Khan and his horde of fearful worriers.

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After a string of conquests, the lightning progress of the Mongols comes to a standstill as the hordes hoard:



Dissension arises among the previously-unified tribes of barbarians:



Some decide they are fed-up with a lifestyle of compulsive pillaging and no longer wish to be barbarians.

(The twelve-steppe programme is introduced.)