A MOMENTOUS INVASION AND RESPONSEONE DAY, AN UNSCHEDULED MEETING of the council of elders was called by Adamuka, the leader of the Primesians and grand chief of the tripartite. Adamuka was an extraordinary man, not only in his unrivalled intellect but also in his stature, being tall even for a Primesian and solid without being overly muscular; his back was straight and his face unlined, belying his 75 years. Most of his honey colored skin was covered in faded tattoos although his usual dress, a cloak in the style of a Roman toga, covered most of it. His graying straight hair had been tied in a top knot for so long when he was in public, that only his adoring wife knew its real length. Apart from tending to his head of hair, she also plucked the facial hairs from his prominent chin. To the
