URENMA (Journey To The River World) - Season 1 - Episode 16

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URENMA (Journey To The River World) - Season 1 - Episode 16

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It also became common knowledge that Urenma was a child of the gods. Men quickly contrived stories that Nwangele River had refused to take her back when she was born because the gods knew she would stand by her husband to defend the land. No one had remembered the curse of the gods against the children of the gods who defile the call of the gods to return home.

Obinze and his wife everyday waited for the worst to happen. They knew Urenma had broken her deal with the gods and so would be punished. When the wait for the wrath of the gods to unleashed became interminable, Urenma and Obinze carried on with their lives. Once again, Obinze began to prosper, though Urenma did not use her power again to their advantage. He did not know what to put his prosperity to; people did not just bless him with gifts, his land began to produce abundantly again and his cows, goats, sheep and chickens began to increase. Then after Obinze had accepted to become the chief of Ukeh and the lands around it, Urenma woke up one morning feeling sick. Obinze feared for the worst, he knew something was wrong, a goodess should not be sick.
Quickly Obinze began to look for help amongst medince men. All the portions they were given failed and Urenma’s condition worsened. One day when a medince man arrived to administer treatment to her she became overwhelmed with the urge to kill and tore the medince man apart; like a beast of the field she ripped him to pieces. Though she regained herself after that, Obinze felt he had lost his wife and began to cry morning, night and day. With time Urenma began to grow furs like a wild beast and her nails began to transform to talons. She still spoke like a human being and went about her domestic chores, but she feared that someday, she might turn on her family members and devour them. So she called Obinze and asked him to behead her and take it to Nwangele River, but the problem was that Obinze could not do it. He still had hope that the gods would have mercy and reverse the curse.

One night Urenma was overcome by a desire to devour human flesh, so she attacked Obinze. Obinze survived only because he still had the flock of her hair in him. While Obinze held her down and was bleeding all over from her attack, she pleaded with him to take off her head.
Seeing there was no other way to help her, Obinze drew his machete and with a heart wrenching cry beheaded her. That night he took her head down to Nwangele River and ended her misery. Urenma’s body was given a celebratory burial. After her burial, having lost his grandmother over the years, Obinze took his two children to Urenma’s parents, and set out to find a strong medince man that would help him cross over into the River world to demand that the River gods should return his wife to him; or he will fight them to get her back.