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Agheze (A portmanteau of Mwo words Agha, meaning war and Eze, meaning king.) was the name used to refer to the several pseudo-houregic kingdoms that existed in modern-day Tiwura following the collapse of the Kingdom of Adilun in the Dikebilie during the mid 1400s. These warrior kingdoms functioned in a different manner than the other true houregic villages and kingdoms that existed around them. The most influential warriors would take over and upsurp the smaller villages that were formerly under the hourege of Adilun. At the top of this new system was the Agheze, or warrior king. Below him came the Keji, a group of warriors appointed by the Agheze to serve as his advisors and military leaders. The warrior caste would come next, overtaking the priests as well as the king. Below them came them merchants, then the artisans, and then the menial workers. In many cases, several villages came under the rule of a single warrior, and many of the eze would offer loyalty and grant the Agheze with their own warriors and recieve protection from others. This would establish the organization of pseudo-Hourege Agheze system. An Agheze state would see the Ipele(Cogodaimic equivalent of a Hourege) be replaced a Nchebe (known as an Idabo in Gundaya areas), meaning protection or protector. Another difference between Hourege and Agheze was an Agheze king could not become loyal to another and remain in his position as the Agheze of a village. They must join the Keji of their new Agheze and surrender their village if they wanted to become loyal to them. This change in the system saw struggles for control over neighboring villages amounting in armed conflict more often than not.