The bangsa (state) of Adin suffers under misfortunes caused by the long-drawn war with Sampulna, its exiled tyrant. Now Sampulna wants to retake the state. With a superior force, he knows that the fall of Adin is imminent; he waits to pounce on the hapless town. Four years ago the present ruler Adin for many years before Layos was murdered; the event brought the subsequent downfall of Adin under Sampulna. But fortunes reverse. Udin with the widowed Mayi (who he later marries) overruns Sampulna.. Rebuilding his forces, Sampulna seeks to restore his old power using as a convenient reason the accusation that Layos' murderer is Mayi. The suspicion has brought him sympathy, under the guise that he seeks retribution for the old ruler.
Temporarily
keeping the forces of Adin together is Udoy, leader of the warriors
and once Sampulna's henchman. Now allied with Udin, Udoy continues to
earn the suspicion of his duplicity because once he was a confidante
of Sampulna.
An
obstacle can stop Sampulna's impending rout of Adin; the son of Layos
and Mayi, the only legitimate heir who many believe is still alive.
However, no one knows where this son is or whether he was also
murdered with his father 29 years ago. The Council exerts all means
to bring the only living witness to the birth of Mayi's son, an old
blind KOMADRONA (midwife or hilot), who reveals the breech birth
(suhi). The old hilot, agitated by Mayi, exposes the aberrant nature
of Adin's ruling family.
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