CHAPTER THREE: The Reign of Khutan I, also called Khutan the Clumsy and Khutan the Short-Lived
The people of Desht-i-Kipchak could sense a new era was coming, with the Khutan taking the throne. Feast and grand festivals were held, all in celebration of Khutan, whom people were starting to call Khutan the Magnificent. The dawning of the Age of Judaism was at hand.
Khutan himself has been feasting and drinking for several days, both in the memory of his father, the greatest khagan the Cumans have ever known, and in the future he planned to build. Already plans were being made to erect a statue of Etrek, made of the purest gold, in Desht-i-Kipchak's square.
Khutan is crowned khagan in a short ceremony, with much feasting and partying. Then Khutan, as the new khagan speaks at his father's funeral, which is finally coming to an end after nearly a week of mourners come and pay their respects to a man who ranked among Solomon and David, as well as pay homage to the next great khagan.
Khutan's speech is deeply moving; it tells of how Etrek lost his father at the hands of the bastard Georgians, how he inherited a land where most of the peasants were still pagans and revolts over religious matters were daily. He tells of how Etrek bested the Pechenegs, Greeks, Georgians, and Rus' even his old age. Surely, says Khutan, the mere memory of Etrek will halt any future attack by those who would wish to see khaganate fall.
Khutan returns to his castle, and holds yet another great feast. Stomach ready to burst and happily drunk, Khutan stumbles up the stairs to his room. But he missteps and tumbles down the stairs and out a nearby window. No one's sure what killed Khutan, the fall or the broken neck. But the result is the same: After three days of ruling, Khutan is dead. This earns him the new title of Khutan the Clumsy, which is how history chooses to remember him to this day.