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Lu Tribe

People of the Lu tribe breed big birds called “Meat Birds”, which were kind of domesticated giant moas (flightless birds). After cultivation and domestication from generation to generation, these meat birds had already lost their ferocity and became docile and chicken-hearted. Although they look fat with those thick and short legs, these birds could run quickly, or at least run “faster” than they looked.

**Notable Member(s):** Chief Bai Xing
Ji

The Ji Clan is the King City's royal family. Many of the slave masters from the noble families in King City had Ji as their surnames, and they were the biggest landowners. The royal family surnamed Ji was from the Ji tribe. After the Ji tribe had unified the other five large tribes, “Ji” was used as the clan's last name.

**Notable Members:**

* Ji Ju
* Ji Fan
Mang Tribe

The Mang tribe was famous for producing a lot of jade. Outsiders liked to make accessories with intricate patterns on their jade but the Mang tribespeople kept it simple. The jade they wore had stripes like bamboo and were very clear. This kind of jade was called **Mang Jade** as it was something only owned by the people of the Mang tribe. Even if someone from another tribe got the jade somehow, they wouldn’t dare wear it out as the Mang tribe would never allow it. The leaders of the Mang tribe had pandas as a mount.

**Notable Member(s):**
Clans

A group of close-knit and interrelated families of Slave Masters. In this region, there were six major cities, once belonging to six tribes—the **Ji**, **Chao Qiu**, **Yi**, **Feng**, **Mu** and **Anba**. After the Ji tribe reunited the five other tribes, the place where the Ji tribe was located became the King City after several expansions. The descendants of the six major tribes lived in King City, but the cities which were originally built by the five other tribes still existed.

## **Yi**

* **Specialty:** Divination
* **Type:** Aristocracy
* **Status:** Inactive
* **Locations:** King City
* **Debut:** Chapter 444

## **Ji**

* **Specialty:** Agriculture, Sword Mastery
* **Type:** Royalty
* **Status:** Active
* **Locations:** King City
* **Debut:** Chapter 359

## **Mu**

* **Type:** Aristocracy
* **Status:** Active
* **Locations:** King City
* **Debut:** Chapter 390

## **Feng**

* **Type:** Aristocracy
* **Status:** Active
* **Locations:** King City
* **Debut:** Chapter 390

## **Chao Qiu**

* **Type:** Aristocracy
* **Status:** Active
* **Locations:** King City
* **Debut:** Chapter 390

## **Anba**

* **Type:** Aristocracy
* **Status:** Active
* **Locations:** Anba City
* **Debut:** Chapter 390

## **Gonjia**

* **Specialty:** Weapons
* **Type:** Blacksmiths
* **Status:** Active
* **Locations:** Xia Mountain
* **Debut:** Chapter 404
Bi

The biggest slave-trading organization. All slave masters of the Bi organization had well-trained eyes. They could tell which slave could fetch high prices and what type of slaves were useful. Those holding higher positions in the organization were certainly much skilled in this perception. The people of Bi had a soft spot for the **Xi**, a tool used to untie knots.

**Notable Member(s):** Chief Si
Central Tribes

Large tribes that can build itself among other tribes. Each and everyone of them have their own unique traits, any small or medium tribes could not compete with them. Their animal husbandry and agriculture have advanced quite far. They also have a bountiful amount of art, this is why travelers from other tribes say that the major tribes are excitable.

* **Thousand Masks Tribe**
* **Longboat Tribe**
* **Eight Limbs Tribe**
* **Mang Tribe**
* **Hui Tribe**
* **Feather Tribe**
* **Tian Shan Tribe**
* **Flaming Horns Tribe** [Formerly]
* **Wan Shi Tribe** [Formerly]
Gu Tribe

Gu tribespeople wore linen clothing, and they were done quite fashionably. Some even had intricate designs. On their linen clothing, there were also other tightly knitted tassel-like linen fibers attached. All of the Gu tribespeople were used to this fashion and didn’t feel at all troubled by the extra tassels on their clothing. The Gu tribe is skilled in making nets, They bring nets with them wherever they go. Sometimes when the nets break during a hunt, they can use these linen fibers to repair them.

**Notable Member(s):** Chief Bo Gu
Bestiary Volume III

## **Drumming Crocodiles**

It have hard scales, sharp teeth, four clawed limbs and a long tail. It can swim and come on land. They were very dangerous animals that travelled in large groups.

## **Tapirs**

Tapirs were edible and small. They were timid and would sprint like mad at the slightest sound. They often hid in dense vegetation until the threat left. It had patterns on their skin so when they hid in the forest, it was hard to spot them. The younger tapirs are even more timid, unlike other animals who are more curious. They would follow their mother and never leave her side.

## **Snow Butterflies**

This insect was thicker than a person's thigh. Approaching four meters long, this creature was completely white. It had a round head, and connecting the head to the body, there was a "neck" that could constrict and contract. Briefly looking at it, it seems that apart from it being a larger size, disregarding that they seemed to be butterfly larvae, there were no differences than that of a stone worm. This worm had three segments with three pairs of feet and three tails. The abdomens and the tails had hooks, while their feet had suction cups.

## **Lemur Cat**

It was a strange animal, it looked like a brownish monkey in a bigger size yet at the same time, it wasn’t like a monkey. It had long and flexible limbs, its soles on its feet and toes were equally long. It could also hide its sharp sickle claws in-between its toes just like a cat! The creature could wave its arms like waving a whip with blades. It would also use its hidden sharp claws between the toes to move quietly.

## **Bone Beast**

Bone beasts have very hard bones suitable for bone wares. However, they are not easy to hunt because of their thick armor and skull. They’re strong and won’t be usually easy to provoke. They’re very cunning animals and good at camouflage. If they’re in the area, then it would be especially quiet in the region. Fish and other animals would hide.
Qiao

Qiao and Mai were wife and husband. When Shao Xuan first heard Qiao’s name, he joked with Lang Ga that they were doomed to be a couple, however, it was a shame that Lang Ga could not get Shao Xuan’s joke at all. [EN: Mai means wheat and Qiao means buckwheat]

In their hunting group there were only seven female warriors, and Qiao was the strongest among them. Qiao and Mai were both mid-level totemic warriors, and in the past they would always separately lead a dozen warriors and go hunting. After, they would then meet up with each other.
The Severing Land

The Land of Thorns

When the ancestors had started the hunting routes, they had been blocked by some thorny plants. But when they stood high, they could see the distant mountains, but due to the plants, they did not move forward. So the ancestors called it the “Severing Land”, for it cut off the roads between the mountains so no one could go there.

It was a brown-colored thorny region, where there were very thick thorns, and branches covered with hard and sharp thorns. They overlapped with each other to keep people away. It looked like a horrible forest, almost blocking everything.

Some of the thorns near the ground were not very large, but they were still terrifying, like a pair of bloody eyes. They looked like an evil staring at each creature flying over the thorns. Even the ferocious beasts that dominated the other places in the woods did not set foot here.
Other Characters

### **Sai, Ye and Zhan**

Three male kids, about ten years old, stronger and taller than Shao Xuan. Shao Xuan’s old acquaintances as well as old rivals, and they would always rob Shao Xuan of his belongings. They were not from the “orphan cave”, but from families living in the mountain foot district. They would usually hang out together and began robbing Shao Xuan only a few days after Shao Xuan woke up in this world. At first, Shao Xuan did not change his mindset and often did things as he did in his last life. He would hold back to some extent even when he fought back. This mercy and kindness resulted in the loss of all his meat jerky that he worked so hard to find, and the scums beat the crap out of him.

### **Ge**

The middle aged man called “Ge” was in charge of delivering food to the orphan cave every day. He was not as strong as Mai and even worse, he lost an arm in the process of a hunting trip, which ended his identity as a hunting warrior. That was why he retired from the hunting team, and began his job in delivering food.

### **Ku**

Ku was in charge of distributing food in the cave. Ku was one of the oldest kids in the children's cave. He was thirteen years old. There were another two thirteen years old but they were not as strong as Ku, so Ku was in charge of managing the cave and helped distributing the food every day. There were obvious advantages in taking that job, which was that he could have more food to eat himself. Ku grew much stronger than the other orphans and he even looked like someone with parents. It’s just that normally Ku would not talk much with others, and he usually spends all day out and only comes back to the cave when food should be served.

### **Tu and Ba**

Tu was weak and timid, who did not match up with his name which represented slaughter. Ba was relatively gentle in character when it’s not related to food, but he always stammered when talking. They were both eleven years old, but with different physique. Ba was obviously taller than Tu. In comparison, Tu was skinny and weak. Tu and Ba manage the cave together after Shao Xuan left. Tu could count well, and his memorization ability was also outstanding. He was much more brave and he could talk fluently. The only weakness about him was that he still seemed weak and slim. Ba on the other hand, was not outstanding in all those aspects, but his figure was strong enough. No one would be his rival once he got seriously angry. So it was reasonable that these two guys were in charge together.

### **Fei**

He looked the same age as Sai, but much stronger. The animal skin clothes on him are of good quality, Shao Xuan assumed that he wasn’t someone from the mountain foot district. Instead, he seemed more like someone living in the mountain side or mountaintop district. Shao Xuan had some memory of him cause they were awakened at the same ritual ceremony. In his hunting mission, Fei disobeyed some order and caused a scene that killed a baby Black Wind. Mai and the others forbade him to join the next mission and left him at home for reflection.
Sapphire

Sapphire is Shao Xuan's first slave and his third accompanying beast. He was made into a slave as a test before Shao Xuan found out the importance of the first slave. It is said that the first one is the most loyal to its master. Sapphire while having his chains released one by one by Shao Xuan has grown a lot and got himself many followers of the same race.

The swarm of beetles became a terrifying sight at the desert when his army has grown and the only way to survive was to run or pray for the beetles to not regard you as their enemy. From being the janitors of animal pens, they have become the janitors of the whole desert by eating corpses and hunting beasts. Whenever a swarm of beetles passed, the place became much safer place for a month or so.

**Note:** There is a bonus chapter for Sapphire provided by the author. [**Chapter 383a**]
Advance Group

*“We have our own tasks in the advance group, tasks directly given from the Shaman.”* **-Suo**

The herb collecting team of the tribe. It was an extremely high honor to be a member of the advance group and during this process, there were benefits as well. To be able to eat the things that are not accessible to the others in the tribe and also becoming stronger than the other warriors in the future.

Those in the advance group had the more chances to become senior totem warriors. Every single senior totem warrior had served in the advance group for some time. Warriors in the advance group would only become more and more powerful, as they were considered as a group of elites with the most potential.

**Notable Members:**

* Team A Leader Ta
* Team B Leader Gui He
* Tou
* Keke
* Shao Xuan (Formerly)
Ta

Ta, the team leader of Shao Xuan’s hunting team, also the trueborn son of the Chief. He was one of the few senior totem warriors in the tribe, and a candidate for the next Chief election. Ta didn’t value setting traps at all. And he was even more so after he entered the advance group. Only a few warriors in the advance group knew a thing or two about setting traps, and there was no expert at all.

The team leaders of both hunting teams were candidates for the next Chief election, and they had been competing with each other ever since. Seeing that the other side was exceeding his team for quite some time, Ta was quite anxious. This time, since the incident with the ancestors happened, he focused his attention on Shao Xuan, who was almost the same age as his own son.
Rituals

### **Ritual Dances**

The earliest form of humans showing their feelings was through body movements and dancing gestures. Dance and moves were also a certain language of people expressing their passions and desires. Many tribes have their own styles of ritual dances. That is a very important part in each tribe’s ritual. It carries with it the unique decorum of a certain era, and conveys the worship they have towards their tribal ancestors. The ancient dance is not supposed to be delivered or learnt just by any normal person. Ancient traditions must be followed and respected.

### **Sword Cleansing Ritual**

Every leader of a hunting group would take his members to cleanse their weapons. The Sword Cleansing Ritual’s purpose was to remove the blood’s contamination from the sword after a hunting mission, and to take away the ferocious killing spirit which had been brought back from the mountains. By doing so, it could calm down the warriors who were still immersed in the killing and hunting mindset, and ease their minds of the surging killing thoughts. It not only referred to swords but the stone spears, axes, and other hunting tools are also needed be washed. Naturally, the first batch of warriors to do the cleansing were the main leaders and warriors from the advance party. Then other hunting groups would approach. There was no mark left on the weapons anymore, and all the stonewares continued to shine brightly as if they were never brought to a hunting mission.
Rock Hill City

After Yi Xiang left years ago, Rock Hill City quietened down, also retreating drastically. Shi Shu personally left the desert to negotiate with Shao Xuan and sign an agreement with Flaming Horn. Flaming Horn became the only tribe who could pass through the desert to get to the other mainland instead of taking the dangerous marine route. It was much more convenient this way. Unless they could prove their relations with Shao Xuan, the other tribes from Flaming River would never be able to safely cross the desert.

This time, Sapphire who had just levelled up again had been annoying Rock Hill by taking over a piece of oasis that belonged to Rock Hill. That was an important military base to Rock Hill, used to fight the scattered organizations in the desert, how could they give up on this base?
Xue

Xue is a white big falcon of Gui He. He was taken and raised by Gui He but no one knew about it until the branding. It was stated that Xue was the reason Gui He's harvest became better compared to Ta's group at that time.

Being taken way from the green land by Gui He and successfully branded by the Shaman of the Flaming Horns tribe, it would not take the initiative to attack the people of the Flaming Horns tribe. But it was not friendly to the people of other tribes.

On the battle at the Drumming Tribe, it didn't actively participate in the defense. However, after getting attacked by some invaders, it clawed one Chief to death before going back to rest.
Dread

The decisive reason that kept people in the tribe from exploring the river. It was the creature that held the dominant position in the endless river. People’s fear towards it could be seen by the way they named it – Dread.

No one knows what exactly a Dread look like, but only from its giant size and horrible voice, people already felt the unparalleled sense of oppression.

When a Dread leaped up high, it's screams was so loud that it was like a steam whistle ringing beside your ears, which could almost tear your eardrums. Then when the giant Dread fell into the water, it would create a loud thunder-like roar. People would feel as if they were being punched on the chest repeatedly. If you place a cup of water in a room, you could see the water shaking violently.

The rainy season was joyful for the Dreads, for they constantly leaped out from the water, seeming to be happy. The tribe was not placed that close to the river, but the impact of the Dreads remained very apparent. For the tribe, rainy season was just a disaster. The only thing that people should feel lucky about was that the Dreads would not come close to the bank, let alone coming on the land, or the tribe probably would’ve been wiped out long ago.

When the giant Dreads arrived, an urgent meeting would be held within the tribe. The team leaders of both hunting teams would spare some warriors to be responsible for the defense of the tribe. That was also the annual rainy season guard battle.
Flaming River Alliance

A great tribal alliance with all the other major, middle sized and small tribes in the Flaming River Basin. The Flaming Horns Tribe was considered the Head of the Alliance.

* **Drumming Tribe**
* **Sui Tribe**
* **Taihe Tribe**
* **Han Tribe**
* **Pu Tribe**
* **Lu Tribe**
* **Gu Tribe**
* **Jing Tribe**
* **Ya Tribe**
* **Zhi Tribe**
* **Thunder Mountain Tribe**
* **Sickle Tribe**
* **Water Tiger Tribe**
Organizations

An organized body of people with a particular purpose, especially a business, society, and or association.

## **Thieves Guild**

* **Type:** Robbers
* **Status:** Active
* **Locations:** Tribal Mainland
* **Debut:** Chapter 236

## **Chang Le**

* **Type:** Bandits
* **Status:** Active
* **Locations:** Slave Owner Continent
* **Debut:** Chapter 678

## **Bi**

* **Type:** Slave Traders
* **Status:** Active
* **Locations:** Slave Owner Continent
* **Debut:** Chapter 782
Black Bear

Black Bear was a famous wanderer. With his appearance, it was a very appropriate name, especially him in a thick brown animal leather, combined with his stocky figure. He really was like a black bear. Their ancestors worshipped bears and worshipped the power of bears, but at the same time, they were also called hunters of the bears. Now, the tribe had transformed into caravans, with little chance of going to the mountains to hunt the big bears. But their obsession with bears was still passed down. It was the hallmark of their caravans. It’s their totem—the bear!
Lang Ga

Lang Ga was on the same hunting team with Mai, and he was the one who brought the puppy Caesar to Shao Xuan. The name “Lang Ga” meant “ground bow” in the local language. Lang Ga was a person deserving of this name.

He had a grandfather who was a stoneware crafter. He thought he was talented in stone crafting. He made stone tools himself, and now he had some achievements in that field. Even though his skills were not as good as his grandfather’s, he was confident that after perhaps ten years, he would be better than him. What’s more, among his peers he had more skills in crafting than most people. Especially when it comes to stone arrowheads, almost no one could make better arrowheads than him on his generation.
Si Ya

The Bald Boar

Most of the houses on the mountain were made of stones. Si Ya was quite emotional, just like a young man. He could get excited easily. Once he got excited, the house would be damaged. Ta did not allow it to live in the house, but when Ta was out, it squeezed into the house. So the door had been enlarged several times.
Stone Worm Caves

Near the mountainside, there was a big cave which was neither formed naturally nor excavated by people from the tribe. In fact, it was drilled out by some kind of creature. Specifically, it was a passage. Every time the hunting groups came here, they would have to go through the mountain to get to the other side. On the wall, near the entrance of the cave, there were a lot of names carved out. A giant King Stone Worm lives in this mountain, and all the curvy paths in the cave were drilled out by it.
Shi Shu

Shao Xuan recalled the kings he had met in the desert cities. There were no people with the surname ‘Mu” or “Shi (弑)”... No, there was someone named “Shi (轼)”!

Did Mu Han finally repent and want his descendants to learn how to suppress their anger? Did he switch from public anger to secret tactics? Why was the vicious name of Shi (弑) was then changed to a more demure Shi (轼)...

[**Note:** the 杀 in 弑 symbolises killing; this part of the character was changed to 轼 of the same pronunciation. It now means a piece of wood, instead of assassination]

He thought again. It was possible! Shi Shu and the rest were the ones who secretly triggered the entire desert war!

Shi Shu’s understanding of the Flaming Horn people perhaps didn’t come from Dao Yu, but from records left by his ancestor, Mu Han. Was this possible?
Yi Si

Yi Si had raised Yi Ce. He knew that he was not a Flaming Horn since young, and was a Yi clan member like Yi Si. However, Yi Si had left his family but not Yi Ce. Yi Cong had also expressed his wish for Yi Ce to visit his family when he was old enough to protect himself. Yi Si thought of the current Yi clan leaders as trash. The once glorious, prospering Yi clan burned up like a matchstick. All that was left were a few pitiable embers. One storm was enough to extinguish it.
Ya Tribe

The Ya tribe live underground and have many tunnels and because of that the people of the Ya tribe have bad eyesight. Their tunnels are wide and cover a wide range, so sometimes they help deliver things. They also enjoyed socializing. They hear a lot of rumors from many places, facts and false ones combined. The Ya tribe are just more curious than others. They don’t have much courage but they’re not bad people. Simply put, the people of the Ya tribe were just timid creatures who like to gossip. They didn’t have high ambitions or the ability to plot any conspiracies.

**Notable Member(s):** Wa Ji, Di Pi, Di Pa
Flossing Towards Bethlehem

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King Beasts

The unique fire seed aura that was shaped by the animal themselves. The ability of concentrating a fire seed’s energy was the main reason for the formation of a king beast. Any fearsome beast who could concentrate this power became a king.

The king beasts would never allow any other fearsome beasts on its turf. Anything weaker was beneath the king beast and not worth its attention. Just like how lions would ignore ants but never a wolf in its territory.

* **King Stone Worm**
* **King Mutated Vampire Bat**
* **King Snow Viper**
* **The River Beast “Dread”**
* **Ancient Fearsome Beasts**
The Nine Beasts

According to the ancient volumes, every hunting animal branded by the profound craft was carefully selected. But now, in the tribe, less than ten beasts met the requirements.

The Shaman would like to perform the craft as soon as possible, because if they were branded by the craft in their early stages, the success rate and the chance of growing into ferocious beasts would be higher. If they were branded by the craft after a few years or several decades, there would be little room for their growth, even if the craft worked.

But in accordance with the old teaching, he must make sure that they met the requirements, which made him hesitate over whether to perform the craft on them. Therefore, the Shaman asked Shao Xuan to record the training, life, and performance of the first batch of beasts during the hunt. Up to now, the Shaman had written nine beasts’ names on his animal skin parchment.

As long as the craft worked, Caesar and the others would become the nine beasts with a special status in the tribe.

These nine beasts ranged from birds, beasts and to turtles; namely, three categories of beasts: those living in the sky, on the land, and in the water.

1. **Caesar**
2. **Ming**
3. **Liao**
4. **Si Ya**
5. **Xue**
6. **Snapper**
7. **An**
8. **Jing**

**Note**: **Chacha** is a giant mountain eagle, and this kind of eagle had its own source of power. The Shaman said he would not perform the craft on it. That was not because he did not want to do so, but he could not. Shao Xuan tried once, but he failed.
Gui Ze

Gui Ze was the Shaman’s apprentice. A young girl who was sorting the different kinds of herbs for the Shaman to use.

## **Appearance**

The sleeves of the animal skin top that she was wearing were just over her elbows, and the animal skin pants also did not reach her ankles. She was barefooted, walking on the uneven but carefully hardened soil ground of the medicine house, placing different kinds of herbs in the right locations alongside the stone table.

Although she was smiling at him, Shao Xuan didn’t feel much kindness or welcoming from her smile, but she didn’t seem to have any malice either. Just like the Shaman, she smiled at everyone in a gentle way, but only for appearances. They had the exact type of smile. Compared with other warriors whose totem power had awakened, Gui Ze was relatively slender.

## **Background**

One day, Gui He carried his newborn daughter to the Shaman, asking for the Shaman’s honor to name his little girl. The Shaman named her “Gui Ze”. It was also a name that came from a blessing chant.

*“All earth returns to the mansion, while all water belongs to the gully. Insects do not labor, by the blessing of nature.”*

Since her childhood, Gui Ze was raised and cultivated as the next shaman. Only a few people living on the mountaintop were aware of that.
Chronicles Of Primordial Wars Wiki

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## **Story Summary**

   Shao Xuan joins a friend in his expedition to a recently discovered archaeological cave. After he picks up an ordinary looking stone he is teleported to a different world and wakes up in the body of a small orphan child. The world he is in now is still in its stone age with primitive tools made of stone and the ways of the people are savage. Savage isn’t the only thing special about the people though, because they have superhuman strength, jump higher than trees and punch stones. In short, they are able to cultivate their bodies. Despite all this, it is a real struggle to survive because of the scarcity of food. Together with Caesar, his pet wolf, he tries to survive in this cruel world.

**Author(s):** Chen Ci L Tiao

## **The Shaman Volumes**

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Fire Crystal Pit

A big pit in the ground, with the diameter of more than 100 meters and the depth of over 80 meters, at least. The inner wall of the pit was not as barren as the rest of the hill. It was like a different world inside. Several thick roots and vines intertwined with each other as they went downwards. The leaves were spreading like giant umbrellas. There were different kinds of plants growing on the walls, with some of them bearing fruits and flowers.
Lying Down Cow Cave

Children’s Cave

Before, the tribe was small and there weren't so many people. Everyone lived in the cave and thus they made space allocations. There were sections for food, firewood, furs, animal skins, tools, weapons, and etc. There were also toilets inside.

As the population grew, more and more people began to move out and build their own houses, so the cave was used to raise orphans and began to get messy.

Many places were emptied and the kids were living near the entrance with lots of spaces unused, the rubbish place was piled up by food residue and it would get cleaned by someone from the tribe every few days

In the eyes of many warriors, children from the cave possessed poorer qualifications than children living around the mountain foot district, and they couldn't awaken their totemic powers as early as others. Even if they have grown old enough to awaken totemic powers, they wouldn't be easily accepted by most hunting teams. Inside the cave there were a bunch of “starving wolf cubs”, who would try to fight for every bit of meat or food. They were all kids aged from six to thirteen, and only a few of them were thirteen years old.

The tribe would take food to the orphan cave until the children there awakened their totemic powers and left to build their own houses. Sometimes there was meat on their menu, but it was not enough, and could only maintain the basic living needs of children, for meat was hard to obtain. Besides meat, usually their food would be plants.
Grillpill: Explained

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Main article: Grillpill: Explained 05.04.20

> So let's talk Grillpilling. Now I started calling myself grillpilled a couple months ago basically as the campaign for Sanders fell apart and as the mummified remains of Imperator Joseph Robinette Biden were strapped to a chariot and led through the forum. And it was my attempt to express my you know pretty much instantaneous disenchantment from the Democratic presidential election because my reasoning in supporting Sanders was that a political campaign of that size and magnitude was the sort of short basic shortcut through the cultural firmament that we needed to get to a discussion of actual material conditions in this country.
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Beyond Belief: Face or Fiction?

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Main article: Beyond Belief: Face or Fiction? 5.3.21 transcript

So I’m kinda getting back a little bit to talking a little broad theory stuff here, because I’m trying to work things out for projects and for my own understanding, and I really do feel like the best format I have found for kinda getting things clear to myself as a first pass is by coming out here and talking. So I realised that a lot of what I might say coming up here is just kinda tautological. Like, it doesn’t really actually explain anything, it’s not necessarily meaningful, that it’s kinda just a descriptive paradigm. And if that’s the case that’s fine, but it’s a useful paradigm I think for me in contextualising the big questions, which any kind of theory is supposed to deal with. Which is, you know, ‘how do I respond to the world around me?’ That’s really the point, you’re supposed to know ‘how am I supposed to respond to the world around me?’ And I feel like this is sort of a framework that seems like it might be able to help me with that, and I don’t know, I wanted to run it by.

So I want to talk today about the role that belief—faith—has, not on the left, not in socialism, but in capitalism, and in fact under all systems of hierarchy and civilization that we’ve ever had. So, what compels people to participate in an exploitative social arrangement is not mere force, right? It is social coercion through hegemonic concepts. And what that means is belief. What that means is that you choose to do things because you believe certain things about the world. What I mean by belief is, you are acting on faith, on the assumption that a fictive thing will persist, that a fictive notion will persist.

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Gui He

A few years ago, the team leader of the other hunting team had found a plant pictured on the end of the scroll. His name is Gui He. Being the team leader of the other hunting team, he is also a candidate-in-running for the Chief’s position in the future. Obviously he had received high praise and hence improved his impression with the Shaman with that rare plant.

Gui He got his name directly from the Shaman. If you carefully explored his family, you’ll find that Gui He was the son of the Shaman’s nephew. Naturally Gui He was more close with the Shaman with his ties of blood. If Ta’s father weren’t the Chief, he would not have been qualified enough to compete with Gui He at all. Especially since recent years, Gui He had much more glorious harvests than before. That was the reason why Ta was eager to find the rare plants. He even brought Shao Xuan in his advance group, just to take advantage of ancestor’s blessing.

When Gui He was little, he was chosen by the Shaman, and the Shaman intended to cultivate him from a young age. Also, the Shaman named him “Gui He” that came from the blessing chant “All water belongs to the gully”. One could see how much expectation the Shaman had for this child.

However, it was a shame that back then, the Shaman was working on the research of a few newly-found plants. He became so obsessed with it that he forgot to keep an eye on Gui He. When he was less busy and realized the importance of cultivating the child, he found that Gui He already had his goal set on becoming a strong warrior. All he wanted was to pursue the pinnacle of power and nothing else would ever distract him.

Gui He admired and respected the Shaman just like everyone else in the tribe. He would literally start a death fight if he heard any bad words about the Shaman. However, ever since he had his own mind, all he wanted to be was a powerful warrior.
Flaming River Town

The largest trading area on the tribal mainland. Every traveler from far and wide had definitely heard of Flaming River Town even if they had not been. Many different tribes and their goods were there and rumor had it that as long as you could pay up, you could get anything you want even if it was not available in the trading point. You could even buy information this way.
I'm on the Sea Peoples Diet. I see peoples, I eat peoples.

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Main article: I'm on the Sea Peoples Diet. I see peoples, I eat peoples. CushVlog 07.31.20

> {On nihilism} As I said that's not a thing, there's no such thing as nihilism. Even if you say: “fuck it I'm going to pursue my own pleasure”, that's not nihilism that's capitalism. That's what we're all doing. You can call it nihilistic in a long term, because it leads to social and ecological collapse and is predicated on horrific exploitation, but you sure as hell can't say that it's not some sort of a value system. It's just that you've enthroned hedonism and I think the way to push back on that and the way that it has to be pushed back on is to point out that our desires are not our own.
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Third Eye Unblind

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Wrestlers, revisionism, what is redpill, who will be vice president, Cold War movies, Robert Kennedy's assassination, books about the Taiping Rebellion, English Civil War, Confederacy alternative history, American Protestantism.

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Main article: Third Eye Unblind 4.17.20 transcript

> I actually watched-- I don't watch it anymore, I'm not one of those fucking people who watches wrestling from the Johnny is Good tweet. "Welcome to Twitter, here's a copy of the Communist Manifesto and also the season pass to Wrestlemania." I'm not one of those people. But I did watch it in the attitude era. I guess, Stone Cold. I mean. The guy knew his way-- The guy-- if you wanna get obnoxious about it I'm honestly surprised there hasn't been like a, painfully cringe-inducing Jacobin article about how like, Stone Cold Steve Austin is like a model for workers because of how confrontational he was towards his boss. Y'know, like, "You should be willing to go in and Stone Cold stunner your boss and you'll be able to do that under socialism.", or something. But I liked Mankind too. And The Rock was really good. Like, if you saw him wrestle, it's not very surprising that he became a huge star. Very very charismatic. My all time favorite wrestler is from the old WWE Superstars days. Rowdy Roddy Piper. None will defeat him in my heart. Doesn't hurt that he also starred in the John Carpenter classic They Live. Also the less classic but still pretty fun, Hell Comes To Frogtown. R-I-P to Rowdy Roddy Piper. A true king.
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Croods III: Crood, Where’s My Wooly Mammoth?

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Superstructure, Vaccines, Stimulus, What Is It To Be A Crood

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Reconstruction Junction II: Legend of Abe’s Gold

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Reconstruction Junction

Reconstruction Junction III: More Like Andrew Johnsuck

Eric Foner's Reconstruction Book Club

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Return of the Snacc

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Nashville Bomber, Richard White's "The Republic for Which It Stands" chapters 4-8

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CozyCore: Omega Squadron

Gluten-Free Officers Movement

SOLVING THE LAMENT CONFIGURATION ON STREAM LETS GOOOOOOO!

Book Club: The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age

Flossing Towards Bethlehem

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BRAIN RONIN: CYBER-GENIUS

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Main article: BRAIN RONIN: CYBER-GENIUS - April 28, 2020

> [The machine] controls my life and my destiny and it’s fused to me at a psychic level, like I’m spiritually fused to the machine in a way that will never be removed. That is the basis of the accelerationist insight, that we are fusing with technology. Capitalism is basically an algorithm rewriting us toward becoming robots—I talked about this with Liz and Brace from TrueAnon—and if we keep getting pulled in that direction, we will become machines. We will be stripped of all species being and flattened to be mere receivers and distributors of stimuli—neuro pathways, basically, for the great machine of capitalism. That is it’s goal. But the thing is, and this is where dialectics come in: your am-prims would say, “Well that’s why you’ve got to cut off the machine. You got to cut off the tube connecting you.” But no, at this point we are Siamese twins. We are conjoined. That there’s a vital exchange happening there that is part of us in a way that is lethal. We can not separate without losing all the upward, progressive, civilizational moves we’ve done, as a species. We can’t cut off the computer.
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Mo Er

Mo Er was one of the kids living in the cave. His father was an excellent warrior, but he had an accident during a hunting mission. After that, Mo Er’s mother remarried, and he should’ve joined the new family according to the rules of the tribe. However, the newly formed family had more than one kid, and since there were inevitable conflicts, fighting and violence were unavoidable.

Originally Mo Er was named “Er”, but since his father’s name was “Mo”, he combined the two words and gave himself a new name. His father left him many good stuff. The stone knife that he was using was inherited from his father. So compared to the other kids in the cave, Mo Er was basically born with a silver spoon on his mouth.

However, the second-generation-rich was unlike the others, as he would constantly come back to the cave, instead of living a fine life in the mountains. Sometimes, his remarried mother had to drag him away from the cave, and to head back to their home in the mountain. However, after some time, Mo Er would return to the cave again. He was scanty with his words, and very reticent. When communicating with others, he would merely nod or shake his head, or else come directly to fight.

After some time, Mo-er adopted a cave lion, which became the tribe nine beast.
Mao

The hunting weapon that Chief Ao usually used was a spear, which was also known as “Mao” in the local language. Numerous beasts was slain by Ao’s spear, and the weapon represented the countless glorious deeds of Ao. According to the tradition passed along in the tribe, it meant a lot since Chief Ao named his first grandson the same name as the weapon he used. Obviously he had great hopes placed on Mao.
The Twins

They were the twins of Mai and Qiao named Yang and Guang.

Yangguang meant sunshine in the local language, however, it was separated in two words to name the twins. Mai and Qiao were their parents. Ah-Yang was the boy, and he was born one step ahead of his sister Ah-Guang.

Twins rarely existed in the tribe. For now, Yang and Guang were the only twins in the tribe. The Shaman personally checked in on them when they were born.

Yang and Guang were one year younger than Shao Xuan, and they had not awakened their totem power. However, they were quite talented and had good physiques. By the end of this winter, Mai planned to send his twins into the pre-selection group to present them in front of the Shaman.

Ah-Guang was noted for her strength by many people in the tribe ever since she was born. Everyone thinks that she will be awakened for sure once she reaches the age. She was just not going to be easy to deal with. Compared with Ah-Guang, Ah-Yang as the brother, was not that extraordinary. However, he was much gentler and would not argue with anyone. When Ah-Guang was in a fight with the others, he would even come forward and separate her away.

Ah-Yang and Ah-Guang had also caught two animals during the hunting. Ah-Yang brought back a cub which looked like a hyena, and he called it An.

The one brought back by Ah-Guang was a big bird egg at the beginning, which was stolen from a nest. She always wanted to keep a flying bird like Chacha, but when she hatched the egg following Shao Xuan’s instruction, she found that this bird could not fly. It was a wingless bird, similar to the phorusrhacos. But she kept raising it instead of cooking it, and named it Jing.

After a year, the two animals kept by Ah-Yang and Ah-Guang followed the hunting group out hunting, and both had good performance in general, which made Mai very happy.
Reconstruction Junction III: More Like Andrew Johnsuck

## Reconstruction Junction III: More Like Andrew Johnsuck

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Eric Foner's Reconstruction Book Club Part 3

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Reconstruction Junction

Reconstruction Junction II: Legend of Abe’s Gold

Eric Foner's Reconstruction Book Club

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Mid Force: Omega Squadron

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No evil people die, clapping for medical workers, Klobuchar, the worst American state, David Brooks, communism and video games, the decline of America and rise of China, is Trump the last president?, a Balkanized America, Sino-American corporatism.

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> Hey guys, I'm sorry to interrupt that fucking weird, thing that's supposed to be on where everyone's singing from their bedrooms, or whatever. Really looks like a bunch of people just having independent nervous breakdowns. Kinda seems like a bummer. Kinda feels like the world's ending honestly watching it, it's like... y'know, all those benefit concerts after a big disaster are reassuring because they're-- y'know, "Oh look there's a guy on stage, it's John Mellencamp, he's singing!" And now we've got these people, like, dressing up in costumes in their starkly undecorated living rooms and just singing and crying. It's disturbing. Not good, that's for sure.
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The Weimar Republic by Eberhard Kolb Book Club

The Weimar Republic by Eberhard Kolb(1980)

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All right so I'm settling on a book to do starting next not next wednesday the wednesday after that for a book club about the German revolution. And I think I'm gonna go with at least the beginning of, I just gotta make sure it's available because. Okay that's Kindle that's easy. You can rent it, you can rent kindles wow, weird I don't know maybe that's too long. Maybe we'll do like the first quarter of it or something. The Weimar Republic by Eberhard Kolb we're gonna start reading that.

And uh we'll like we did with Reconstruction we'll go through another pivotal turning point that didn't turn to explain how we got where we are because I really do feel that we can only understand our moment if we understand it as one of capital triumph of the defeat of socialism as a challenge to capitalism. Now that doesn't mean that we're doomed it doesn't mean we have nothing to do it just means that the concepts that we have inherited from the left tradition need to be re-examined in a way that we really aren't doing. Instead what we tend to do is fetishize uh what in retrospect are are a lot of movements that were always circumscribed by the failure to achieve the kind of critical mass necessary to challenge capitalism. But that'll be fun we'll talk about, we'll talk about the SDP because it is amazing to think that in the country where socialism was always supposed to emerge and meaning the place where the culture, the balance the cultural national and economic balance of capitalism sustained exactly the sort of counter-hegemonic socialist milieu that Marx predicted was in the end bourgeoisie-fied out of revolutionary potential before the radical moment occurred.

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