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===The Three Nagas Valley===

'''Abstract'''

The Trust’s agents stop a cult uprising in Karnataka and their attempts to summon a mystical thunderstorm to destroy Bangalore.  The city, the first in India to gain electricity, is supplied with hydro-electric power from a dam in the Three Nagas Valley.  A flood would have driven the turbines into overdrive and the resultant power surge, combined with flooding in the garden city itself, would have electrocuted everyone inside.  Investigators first worried when the pearl divers who operate in the Vrishabhavathi River began to go missing, along with their catches – pearls are, mythically, a source of power over water and sky spirits.  Quick exploration lead to the discovery of the cult’s dark temple, and the rapid strike by the forces of the Raj that followed ended their murderous plans.

In the Hindoo religion, Nagas are servants of the god Varuna, who rules “the dark half of the sky,” and are said to be shape-changing bringers of rain.  Their three chiefs are Manasa, Shesha and Vasuki.

'''About the Explorer'''

S. Wilson Rosepere is former Colonel for the British Marine Corps.  He fought in almost every war the British have been involved in since 1878 and joined the Lazarus Trust this year after a decade of military inaction.  This is his first article for the Journals.