"Eddings, David - Malloreon 3 - Demon Lord Of Karanda" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)

Pallia, and the difficulties of long-distance communication made
the notion unattractive. To the generals, it seemed far better to
keep Pallia as a subject kingdom and exact tribute, rather than
to occupy a depopulated territory. The Grolims were outraged,
but the generals were adamant. Ultimately, both sides agreed to
take the matter before Torak for his decision.

Not surprisingly, Torak agreed with the High Command; if the
Karands could be converted, he would nearly double the
congregation of his Church as well as the size of his army for
any future confrontation with the Kings of the West. "Any man
who liveth in boundless Mallorea shall bow down and worship
me," he told his reluctant missionaries. And to insure their zeal,
he sent Urvon to Mal Yaska to oversee the conversion of the
Karands.

There Urvon established himself as temporal head of the
Mallorean Church in pomp and luxury hitherto unknown to the
ascetic Grolims.

The army moved against Katakor, Jenno, and Delchin, as well
as Pallia. But the missionaries fared poorly as the Karandese
magicians conjured up hordes of demons to defend their
society. Urvon finally journeyed to Cthol Mishrak to consult with
Torak. It is not clear what Torak did, but the Karandese
magicians soon discovered that the spells previously used to
control the demons were no longer effective. Any magician
could now reach into the realms of darkness only at the peril of
life and soul. The conquest of the Karands absorbed the
attention of both military and priesthood for the next several
centuries, but ultimately the resistance collapsed and Karanda
became a subject nation, its peoples generally looked upon as
inferiors.

When the army advanced down the Great River Magan against
the Melcene Empire, however, it met a sophisticated and
technologically superior people. In several disastrous battles, in
which Melcene war chariots and elephant cavalry destroyed
whole battalions, the Angaraks abandoned their efforts. The
Angarak generals made overtures of peace. To their
astonishment, the Melcenes quickly agreed to normalize
relations and offered to trade horses, which the Angaraks
previously lacked. They refused, however, even to discuss the
sale of elephants.

The army then turned to Dalasia, which proved to be an easy
conquest. The Dalasians were simple farmers and herdsmen
with little skill for war. The Angaraks moved into Dalasia and
established military protectorates during the next ten years. The
priesthood seemed at first equally successful. The Dalasians