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Bonus - Mongol 5: The Shaman

The History of China

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Temugene and the Shaman

Jengas Khan's youngest son, Tabtangri, was the last of his rivals to be killed. Temugene had arranged for three strong men to wait outside the tent and they seized him by the throat and snapped his spine. With the shaman's death, not only was the morale of his direct followers broken, but so did any who might have thought to challenge the authority of the great Khan. The Great Khan would strike down any purported holy man or imam who dared striking down an emissary of the sky.

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