Chapter 347.2
“So, what’s next?”
“What else?”
Isaac lifted Horace’s skull. Immediately, the entire Orca Fleet turned north, setting course toward the waiting Issacrea Fleet.
“We bring our allies and, this time, reclaim the Holy Land.”
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A father is the first wall a son must face, his earliest rival. A son grows by learning disappointment and authority from his father, and when he finally surpasses his father, he is prepared to become one himself.
But within the cycle of rebirths dictated by the Olkan Code, this becomes complicated.
For most orcs, the lineage of one’s father is uncertain, so their clan societies are matrilineal. Yet things differ for the most honorable raiders in the Khan’s army. The Khan is both a father and a symbol of authority, and through him, orcs learn what a father should be. However, the rare exception existed in Atlan, a keshik of the Olkan Code, who knew precisely who his father was.
His father was none other than the current Khan, Sahulan Khan.