The Ram God

The Ram God  (Josh Ziregbe)

In the beginning there was nothing and then they awoke. Who are they, why did they wake? No one knows. What did they wake from? No one knows. Was there any existence before they woke, for how long have they been awake? No one knows. It is uncertain if they are "they" and not "it" or "he". Are they two parts of one, or is one only a manifestation of the will of the other? Again, no one knows.

Together they have roamed the earth and over the ages have become known by different names by many people: Kibuka, Be'el, Amun, Eshu. Men have been born, men have died; cities have risen, nations have fallen, yet they have remained. Through the centuries they have worn many faces but never aging for a day. Men have worshipped them, women have prayed to them, many have feared them and even more have prayed against them. In their wake is always death and destruction. They are the reason for cities that have crumbled, they are the fire that has incinerated empires upon empires. It is they who brought the beginning of the end upon mankind. What do they want? No one knows. 

With the eye of the ram and the vision it bestows, it is said that they see far beyond sight. Some say they see the future, others say they see the depths of the souls of men. Not many have seen them and lived to tell, of the select few who have, fewer made it back with sound mind. Yet men still seek them in the hundreds and thousands. It is said that they hold the knowledge of the secrets to life, have answers to unasked questions and have made discoveries from journeys men are yet to embark upon. Where are they going? No one knows. 

From the ramblings of the few incoherent and mentally unstable returnees across time, the beast has been described as large and wild yet having a calm disposition. It is said that it's horns are stronger than steel, unscratchable by diamond. The human form they say is easily offended, quick to anger that burns like brimstone yet he easily forgives. He stands tall in his lean, muscular frame with his right leg missing, and an inscrutable expression. It is said that something (or someone) sinister took the leg but then men have wondered, what could have been strong enough to do this to Kibuka? Perhaps there are more gods, in which case this story would only be beginning. Others cannot comprehend that the Ram God himself could have been defeated and so believe rather that he must have cut his own leg off in a spate of anger.

The Kitara empire, the Empire of Light, founded from time immemorial was were he first chose to roam. It grew far and wide covering what you now know as Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Congo, Malawi and Burundi, till he arrived. 

There is a skull he carries on his left hand, pray he never wears it, for it is rumoured that the last time he did, he took his true form and summoned a comet that almost wiped out the earth. Man survived but many were lost. This is the true power of the Ram God and it appears he has been angered once again; his fist is clenched.

It is time to pray.

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