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He sent messengers to the surrounding Kingdoms to tell them of what Obed was doing and to exhort them to act. Over the course of a few years, this grand army was assembled. The scholars and scribes of the time write that the forges were overflowing with the molten iron that would make the swords, armour and shields that would be worn by the soldiers on their way to conquest.
On horseback, Iktan led his army on a conquest of the Southern Kingdoms. By this time, many of them were adopting the Haagemar. They took The Kingdom of Meked. Then they took the Kingdom of Tashkar. [[Iktan the Devout]] was a ruthless ruler who had many people wiped out and libraries destroyed to prevent the spread of the Haagen contagion, as he is said to have put it. The Kingdoms of Mochtan, Zahayad and Ohindawo also fell. One scholar said that the floodgates of Bakil had been released and a flood of blood filled the land. The city of Kin was quick to fall as fires burnt the fields of grain around it.
Surrounded on all sides and indecisive, King [[Iktan the Devout]] laid siege to [[Bingol]]. He took it with force and killed Obed II whom he described as a carnivorous animal like a hyena. He saw the splendour of Bingol and declared himself King over it. He declared that all the realms he conquered would be part of the Great Realm of Bakil and he would be high king. Those rulers who succumbed and obeyed would be preserved and those who supported him were exalted with power and Kingdoms larger than those they had joined with him. And thus, the Bakil Afhana was proclaimed. Adrien lost its place as Iktan's capital in place of the much larger and grander Bingol.
After over 250 years of [[Iktanite dynasty|Iktanite]] rule, a fire rampaged through the Temple of the Restoration. It was believed to have been caused internally by a spilt lamp oil but exacerbated by the burning of the fields and the unusually hot and dry weather. Much of the stone structure survived. As the heir of Bakil, [[Melkezedek the Great]] was expected to repair it. Torkhaydek, a priest, began to claim that [[Melkezedek the Great]] was cursed for sin. There was a protest against him led by Torkhaydek that began to spread including in Adrien.
[[Melkezedek the Great|Melkezedek]] had to practically empty the treasury to repair the structure. He also expanded it substantially, rebuilding much of it from marble and granite. He also decided that the priests were too rebellious. He called the Council of Bingol to approve additions to the Vagumar that would create the [[Magisterium of Paxism|Magisterium]], an authority of scholars to rule over the [[Priesthood in Paxism|Priesthood]]. Thus the [[Magisterium of Paxism|Magisterium]] was established.
Adrien continued to be the home of the [[Iktanite dynasty]] but the empire began to collapse as cities rebelled and the last High King of the [[Iktanite dynasty]], Jezril IV. The Kingdom disintegrated as princes and kings rebelled around the 1100s. The Magisterium retained political control of Adrien and established it as their head quarters. In the late 13th century, High King [[Ishak I]].
The [[Supreme Magister]] Imodin III accepted Ishak I's letter that the Magisterium recognise him as the High King in return for the reestablishment of its authority through the new Bakil Afhana. Imodin III accepted it and lent his armies to Ishak I to continue to spread the new Bakil Afhana which by then was colloquially known as Bakhilfaniya. Thus, Adrien came under the rule of the [[Zubraynite dynasty]]. They had the Supreme Magister relocate to Bingol and rule the Magisterium from the [[Temple of the Authority]].
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