A local Warlord explains the terrifying mythological origins of a plague-like force to Galloway, a skeptical outsider. The Warlord warns that the violence of the current war has unleashed an ancient evil that multiplies through bloodshed.
WARLORD: When one of my men says that name out loud -- I remove his tongue.
GALLOWAY: So it is a name?
WARLORD: A most foul name. Raktaveej is an ancient warrior of hell, who laid siege on the Gods with a plague of demon warriors. So destructive was Raktaveej, that the Gods called forth the even more powerful warrior Goddess, Kali, who defeated the demon army by lapping them up with her tongue, forever imprisoning Raktaveej in her belly -- that which today we call the Hindu Kush.
GALLOWAY: These mountains?
WARLORD: But Raktaveej remains a living force in these hills, shaping the minds and motives of men, baiting them to commit evil deeds and acts of war.
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