The result of this war was poetically and tragically commemorated with the sentence "the blood was pooled, the skulls were piled." In 649 CE Bahlam Ajaw conquered Comalcalco, one of the westernmost sites in the Maya world.
This war's outcome was commemorated poetically and tragically with the phrase "blood pooled, skulls piled," marking the conquest of Comalcalco by Bahlam Ajaw in 649 CE, one of the furthest points west within the Maya world.