Vocabulary List #9 Remix

     During the time of ancient Rome, great creatures roamed the Earth. Creatures responsible for destruction but mainly for their infamous Saturnalian sabotage. These creatures were called Pythious. They were at the peak of activity during the month of December for during this month, the Romans were greatly engaged into their celebrations in honor of Saturn. Pythious needed humans in order to have their babies. They used human blood to feed their young but they themselves ate humans whole. The Romans had been trying to rid themselves of such demonic creatures for hundreds of years but were abortive each time. Pythious continued to raid their days of festivities with loud bruits and violence.Romans had also tried making peace with the evil creatures but this only resulted in contemptuous treatment from the Pythious since they were uncivilized creatures and were unwilling to  compromise.
     Romans were tired of the violence and mistreatment and so the King made a dictum against the Pythious. This dictum would surely ensconce the problems between the Romans and the Pythious but the Pythious would not give in without a fight. The iconoclastic Pythious cared not for human power. Young Romans found themselves in medias res for they were the Pythious' main target but they were also the ones that would be facing the creatures in battle.
     The young Roman soldiers were maladroit yet brave and honorable. Some were even found to be a bit maudlin but these were the younger soldiers. All the Romans wanted was to modulate the situation but the creatures wanted war and war they got.
     The portentous beginning of the war was only prescience into how bloody it would be. Many Pythious and men were killed. Both sides fought hard and with passion. The war was insalubrious for even those that were not actually fighting.  The traumatic war finally came to an end.
     Both sides came to a quid pro quo in which the Romans would sacrifice only one human each December to the Pyhtious god and the Pythious would stop tormenting the Romans and would search the world for other people to feed on. This was the ultimate touchstone for both sides which turned out be successful. The deal was later vitiated and the only ones that truly benefited from the whole issue were those waggish individuals who did not care about it in the first place.