Yield Or Die

Drilled since birth
On sturdy beasts
Hunting, racing, wrestling
And archery.

Joyous first kill at the age of thirteen
Young nomad offspring, wiping knives clean.

Collective nature
Aggressive man
Stoical hardship
Scavenging the land.

Leathery skin covered with lice
Sacred the waters that fall from the skies.

Undisputed rule
Shaping the great dread
Vast expansion
Essential bloodshed.

A realm on the rise, unlimited prize.

Glorious tribes
For plunder they ride
Yield or die.

Legendary conquest
In the saddle for months
Connecting east and west
Fighting multiple fronts.

Roasted, skewered victims
Raw liver and heart
Ears worn as trophies
Booty, their reward.

The women to serve, the children enslaved
Provinces spared if the tribute is paid.

Devil's Reavers
Warrior ponies rear
Genocidal scheme
A tyranny of fear.

Standards of loyal Tumen raised high for their Lord
On to your knees or feel the wrath of the horde.

In a pile of rubble
Cities burn
Soil salinization
Life never to return.

Heaven's on fire, newborn empire.

Victorious tribes
For plunder they ride
Yield or die.

Victorious tribes
For plunder they ride
Yield or die.