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{{Quote|The weather was fair and square, not a cloud in the sky, and the temperature was warm enough for men and boys to go shirtless. There in the procession were ten boats, all of them filled with priests, village leaders, and all the offerings that were to be made once they got there—goats, sheep, maize (corn), llamas—[...] They were making their way across the Tasman [River] to the sacred temple when a strong wind over the water picked up, sending waves splashing over the gunwale into the boats. Four of the boats quickly began to sink. The priests, leaders, and rowers all hastily jumped overboard and swam to the remaining boats, scrambling onboard. The extra weight and unbalance caused those boats to list and sway unsettlingly, and as the waves lapped over the gunwale, they too began to sink. All the priests and leaders knew how to swim, but all that was left for the offering were a few bananas and three goats that managed not to drown. [...] The gods were angry and punished Kaleovich with an extended rainy season, drowning some fields and causing flooding in the settlement.}}
By 1100, the empire was beginning to crumble as numerous "barbaric" tribes appeared from the north and south, attacking settlements and raiding farms and temples. The Aciremas had initially attempted to pacify the tribes with bribes and payments, but this quickly bankrupted the empire. The Aciremian empire was engulfed in civil war, and by 1110, it had broken up into six different kingdoms, all of them too weak to defend against the invaders. There is no official date as to when the Aciremian empire collapsed, though, as the local governments were frequently assimilated into their new rulers rather than simply being overthrown. The last of these wars ended around 1141, which some say marked the official end of the Aciremian empire. After the war ended, many of the tribes adopted the Aciremian religion, which helped foster peace and unity amongst the drastically different groups, although they remained separate for the most part.
Kaleovich was captured in 1139, although it was not renamed. The attackers—the Ocixems— had seiged the settlement for ten months straight, finding the geography extraordinarily difficult to navigate. The water and the cliffs provided a natural defense that, combined with the palisade, made it seem almost impossible to defeat. However, this natural defense also imprisoned the Aciremians inside, rendering them unable to escape. The Ocixem were eventually able to construct better canoes and boats that were fast and easy to maneuver, allowing them to quickly attack fishermen and soldiers along the coast, and brought archers within range of the palisade. Around 11pm on August 30, 1139, several Ocixem boats rowed silently towards the island where Kaleovich stood. Ocixem archers lit their arrows on fire and launched them towards the wooden palisade, which burned down quickly. Having nowhere to go, the Aciremians surrendered, and at least one hundred of them were beheaded and thrown into the water. Like many of the other tribes, the Ocixem adopted the Aciremian religion, and the temple was not damaged by the fighting.
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