Chief Mensabak

Chief Mensabak is a supporting antagonist in Chris Heimerdinger's 2005 novel ''Kingdoms and Conquerors. ''He is the chief of the Chamulan people, rivals of the Lacandones led by K'ayyum.

Kingdoms and Conquerors
The Chamulans hold a regular competition with the Lacandones. Both tribes obtain a warrior and pit them in a battle to the death in an arena. The winning warrior's tribe's chief select thirty of the enemy's warriors to use as sacrificial victims. Mensabak, being the chief of the Chamulans, is searching for a champion when he encounters the Wolf Witches. The Wolf Witches barter with him and give him the Nephite warrior Gidgiddonihah, along with his close friends Harry Hawkins and Mary Symeon.

Mensabak and his people take advantage of Gidgiddonihah's deep friendship with Harry and Mary to get him to fight. He tells Gidgiddonihah that the Lacandones' champion killed Harry and Mary, filling him with anger and motivating him to kill the Lacandones' champion.

Mensabak watches as Gidgiddonihah battles the Lacandone champion in the arena. As the battle is nearing its peak, Harry and Mary realize that the Lacandone champion is actually Apollus, their old Roman ally. They call out to Gidgiddonihah and make him realize that they aren't really dead. Apollus and Gidgiddonihah reveal each other's identities and mount an escape.

Outside the arena, Mensabak, Lamanai, and several tribal chieftans are cornered by Apollus, Gidgiddonihah, Harry, and Mary, along with Steffanie Hawkins, Pagag, and the warriors of King Sa'abkan, who have came to rescue their family members. Apollus demands Lamanai to tell him the whereabouts of Meagan Sorenson, which Lamanai refuses to divulge. Mensabak reveals that K'ayyum, the Lacandon chief, took Meagan and left the arena. Lamanai demands him not to reveal more, but Mensabak spills more information about where K'ayyum is taking Meagan. When Apollus threatens to kill Lamanai if he kills Mensabak, Mensabak tells the gathered Lamanite warriors that Lamanai is the last surviving son of the great king Jaguar-Paw. Lamanai pressures Apollus into confirming this truth. Mensabak is the first in the crowd to kneel before Lamanai. Lamanai goes on to say that he intends to forge an alliance with Fireborn in order to wipe out the Nephites. With the statement that a king always does what is best for his people, Lamanai murders Mensabak before everyone's eyes.