《Legend of Xeor》 1 world Genesis Chapter 1 Genesis long before time before even the existence of gods a lone all-powerful being existed, known as "The One". "The one" is nor male nor female it is one and many, in our eyes, it wouldn''t even appear as its form is not defined by our 3D logic, but if one could define its shape it would be close to a globe of lights with ever turning and ever moving particles of light. "The one" lived in the voids of nothingness for ages for as long as he could remember, it knew not what boredom was nor what fun was nor consciousness. "The Once however by mere chance it did something different than normal, this once it dreamt, it saw a tiny light and many others like it and that it consisted of many world and many tiny beings and for the first time the one stopped and thought. It stopped for ages and thought that it would be interesting to make others like itself with less power than it but enough power to survive in the voids of nothingness. And so it divided itself into unlimited beings like itself all less powerful than it but each the same in structure as it. For a long time they travelled through the voids of nothingness, alone but became happy if one stumbled upon another. One of these lights did something different than the others, it created even more beings like itself less powerful than itself and even less powerful than "The One" and stopped drifting through the void creating a space for itself called a "Universe". Making something to observe as the little lights drifted through its space that naming it "the Observer". Soon enough others saw it as they passed by and did the same. By now you might have understood that the size of "the one" is far greater than a single universe and how great the size of the observers is, equal to a whole universe. Only "the One" continued drifting through the nothingness as it always did and was happy when it stumbled upon the observers and with enthusiasm gazed at the many Universes created by the "them". Who observed the less powerful beings that before long created spaces for themselves called "Galaxies" and more beings less powerful than themselves but also different than themselves. These creators called themselves "the Administrators" and the weaker beings in no time were divided in three categories. First were the shifters who in our eyes are invisible, but have various humanoid forms and some are even visible to the eye. The Shifters decorated the galaxies with wormholes, nebulas and dark holes which they inhibited with beings of their creation, invisible to our eyes which afterwards split in three groups as well. The Shapers whom grew weaker as they created the wormholes and nebulas and other beings to inhibit them. Then Nightmares that made monstrous black holes that led anyone passing to their realms and became extremely hostile to all. Lastly were left the demons who just inhibited other shifters'' wormholes and black holes and some even nebulas. There they did as they pleased as they had maintained all their powers and ruled over both the inhabitants and other shifters. Second were made the ones without form who were similar to "The one" but by far less powerful than it, who called themselves "the gods". The Gods in their stead created worlds called Solar systems and planets but as they did all that they grew weaker than the Shifters and many times they battled. Last were the Ultimass that have no permanent form and were made of energy. They were the weakest of the three groups and they just drifted through the galaxy observing and doing whatever they liked, which most "Administrators" didn''t like as they often destroyed planets and creatures. As a countermeasure to those actions many administrators made a Physical form for themselves. The most usual is that of a being of pure matter which travelled the galaxy at a speed far surpassing that of light. The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement.These beings appeared and disappeared when the "Administrators" observed something they didn''t like and destroyed what they didn''t like. Thus those beings were called "Enders". Somewhere in a galaxy, in a solar system with three different suns and fifteen planets lived a group of gods who spent most of the time quarreling between themselves. Thus came a time one of them got bored. He rustled and hustled and came up with a way to relieve his boredom. He gathered the rest of the gods to an empty space and told them of his Idea. A world made from all of the fifteen gods, where each would contribute to make it an interesting place for all, a playground for the gods. Many opposed the idea but then one came forth after having gazed into the future and all followed his lead. He was known as Skyrre the God of Time, the most powerful of the bunch, It was he who with a magnificent light created a huge planet now known as Allastar. The process took most of his strength he became weak to the point where he was forced to take a physical form until he regains some of his godly powers. He now looked closer to an elf than a human with golden hair, light white skin and a third eye on his forehead radiating with an ominous but radiant red light. Per his example four of the gods now known as the elemental lords Shaped the planet with their powers of earth, water, air and fire and went back to their planets and started a new quarrel, about whom of them was now the strongest. A couple of gods came afterwards known as the Creator and the Destroyer, the Creator begun shaping materials from the planet and creating plants and animal and some other things afterwards known as Ancient Artifacts but non had life in it, they were but statues and empty shells, anything he didn''t like he told the destroyer to turn into dust which flew with the wind. When they left, came the gods of order and life, the first simply moved lands and seas and statues so that there was no chaos and space for all the creatures after they become alive and also came up with roles and names for them as well as powers and weaknesses and per his instructions the god of life gave them life and purpose. After doing so they both took human form themselves and left. Then Appeared the one called the god of greed who stole weak demons(creatures from the wormholes and dark holes) from the shifters and put them secretly on the planet. When his job ended he changed his form to hide himself from the Shifters becoming a small golden gnome. Another pair followed and creating the seven moons for the planet so that there was a light at night, and distributed the moons between the fifteen gods. Starting new quarrels for many of them. They both took human form and became the gods of light and darkness. Afterwards came the Goddess of misfortune who spread diseases and dangerous magic through the planet. She took the form of a beautiful human woman and went to her own planet. Following her came the goddess of Health who took the form of many creatures and taught them how to heal and protect themselves from these misfortunes when she understood she could do no more to help them as she had used up most of her powers she turned into a woman and stayed on one of the moons crying due to her own powerlessness. It is said her tears fell to the planet healing all illnesses and made the sea salty. The last god also known as the god of death did nothing for the planet but waited and gathered the souls of the dead and distributed them to the other gods if they were their believers or even reincarnated some into different bodies. Thus Allastar was created and the first of the three pre-magic ages begun which was A lot later called the Age of the Beasts. 2 First Hunt It has now been a hundred years since the creation of the world and most species have developed habits and ways of living. There are plenty of tales to be told but for my purpose of making you more familliar with the world of Allastar I have selected to follow a few champions among its inhabitants who will shape the world to how it is now. From Anchora(The future name) of the Central and greatest of continents I have chosen a lion beastman or Lionman for short, Xeor. All lionmen and lionwomen have the head of a lion and a humanoid body, only distorted by the strange animal like legs and paws instead of hands hiding sharp claws. Lastly you can see their lion tail and fur which are not a common trait for all. If you ask me what they wear I won''t answer I leave that to your own discretion. Let''s go back to Xeor, he is a bit young at the moment, you could call him a child by our standards but in his tribe all males have to become warriors by his age(5 human years). He lives In the Milewoods (as they will be called in the far future), a broad area of gigantic trees that covers the southern reaches of Anchora. 4Day of the Red Sun (1st month of Summer) Year 187 Today is Xeor''s first hunting day a holy ceremony on his way to becoming a warrior and in order to catch his first animal, His Mother Haki took him with her, cause only Women and children hunt in the lion tribe. What it''s not racism, it''s considered like cooking, in our modern days many still consider it a woman''s job. I believe humans can do anything if they want to. Now among the tall trees a mother and her child hunt for small animals like Silfars and Monstrodonts. It''s really a bother to explain what they are but this is a short explanation of how they look. Animals in Allastar are more akin to monsters in our world. Silfars for example look like deers but have a short neck and long legs, they can jump away and run real fast, they eat tree leaves and bushes. They travel in packs and in the first sense of danger disperse and regroup far away. Monstrodonts look like wooly boars with a wolves jaw and a boar''s turks, well more like an elephant''s in size as they grow bigger and bigger. Monstrodonts are quite reckless as they eat anything from grass to meat, when they grow too big they can no longer tell friend from foe and most of the times are killed by some other predator. They live in families of two, until they grow too big and leave their children on their own. In Allastar there are Herbivorous, Carnivorous and the Omnivorous creature, like in our life but unlike our world there are also the Nonvorous that don''t need food at all, don''t ask how is it possible cause it''ll only get even longer. The main difference of course between them is size. What you thought I''d say what they eat, who care about that. Omnivorous for example grow bigger as time passes by and If you see me adding a Ma- prefix to the animal''s name don''t get too confused, it means it is monstrously big for its own its kind. Herbivorous on the other side don''t grow in size but grow in numbers. Carnivorous grow normally and have a fixed max height as well. Nonvorous animals are quite rare and have no common ground except for their eating habit. So where was I, they have just hidden among the trees trying to find something delicious to eat, the dense grassland and many brown bushes were perfect for an ambush, suddenly a loud sound was heard. As it drew closer and closer fear and a strange sense of excitement passed through Xeor''s body. As it came to a fair distance and they begun to hear tree branches breaking and squeeling sounds filled the area. In a hurry Haki threw Xeor up on a tree and climbed it herself shortly afterwards. They now laid in wait, their ferocious animal claws were ready to rip any animal to shreds. Though his mother was more causious and careful than him. Haki wasn''t known for her beauty but she was the best huntress of their tribe. They waited a bit more and a Mamonstrodont came crushing through the trees in front of them and charged right through their tree trashing it to the ground, they jumped on its back and em...(do I seriously have to describe that).The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. Well okay they killed it as fast and efficiently as they could(His mother ripped it''s neck with her claws and teeth while he went for its eyes with his sharp claws). When the beast stopped moving and all was over, from where the Mamonstrodont had come, arrived Rixish. She was another woman of their tribe and the tribe leader''s wife, she is considered to be the most beautiful woman of their tribe, although not the best huntess there is, apparently. (Rixish)-Xsss, Good work hunting someone else''s game She said arrogantly, not that she could have taken that beast out, she was probably hiding nearby while they were fighting the beast. (Haki)-Mmmr, We are so sorry my Lady, we did''t know you also had your eyes on it (Rixish)-Mhh, It was almost dead even without you doing anything Xeor was really angry by her words but could do nothing as he was quite young and still weak, he knew full well that they could do nothing to prove their rights due to the law. (Haki)-It''s as you said but the beast is so big, If you could... Rixish turned her fangs at her and... (Rixish)-Hsh, Silence you thieves you know who I am and still dare talk back to me, be gone! or you will have to answer to my husband His mother sadly gave her their prey and left in seach of another prey. Well, let me explain the reason they could do nothing about it. The law of claiming was made by passed chiefs to ensure their power as chiefs, if you wanted to claim something the other had you had to fight him in a duel and win, the problem in that was that the duel had to be done in public, in front of the chief or some of elders. Xeor''s father Kor was considered to be the weakest of their tribe and more than anything liked to sleep. Xeor was different he had the balls of a lion or I would like to say. After that disgrace Xeor was so furious, he went staight back home to his father, Kor, leaving his mother to hunt alone as she usually did. As Xeor went into their village, god make it one, it looks like nothing at all just trees and strange holes dug in the ground as if some wild animals made them. Well, in one of those shitty holes Kor stood guard, aka Slept. Don''t start your feministic comments on me, it''s something like a caveman society. Xeor was now in front of his father a considerably large Lionman two times his size who was waiting outside their lair. Well, you see, he waited with his eyes half closed. (Kor)-Oh, how was your first hunt son? (Xeor)-Father I want you to teach me how to fight (Kor)-Oh,what is it this time, it''s the tenth time this month (Xeor)-Our prey was taken from us by some other lionlady (Kor)-Don''t fret over spilled milk son Well honestly speaking it was another phrase but you wouldn''t understand its meaning even if I told you, to humans It would be like Grawr Grrr or something, the meaning however is the same. Xeor was left dumbfounded as his father who was very kind and gentle to him, was also said by all the others to have mental issues. The reason for that is because his principle was everything can be worked out peacefully, yup he''s an out-of-place pacifist. Xeor left home angrier than when he came, but he didn''t know why his mother loved his crazy father so much, he was just a lazy bum. Xeor was a well known troublemaker, he and his two best friends, who were around his age. Gulf who was well-known for being furry as his whole body had long lion hair, many called him fat because of that. He was stronger than Xeor, at least at the present. His other friend Fren was an absolutely average lionman child, no talent at all, but he had a good lionhead on his shoulders, he was the brain of their group. (Gulf)-What''s up my man, why the angry face (Xeor)-Shut it fatty (Gulf)-Want me to beat you up again, Xeor (Fren)-Stop it you two you are acting like children, we are men now (Gulf)-Yes lets duel, Xeor (Xeor)-Now you''re speaking my language (Fren)-I didn''t mean that, you two The two young lionmen started fighting without giving notice to their friend who tried to talk them out of it for a bit, before sitting down to enjoy the fight. It was almost nighttime when their fight ended with both of them on the ground laughing as they didn''t even remember how or why they were fighting. (Gulf)-Oi Xeor, why were we fighting again? (Xeor)-In my opinion there doesn''t need to be a reason to have a fight (Fren)-I told you, you shouldn''t have even started it look at you now full of bruises, your mothers will be shouting at you again (Gulf)-Nah, my father only cares if I won or not, hey Xeor, did I win or not (Xeor)-Lets see nine bruises on me five on you, I think you did (Fren)-What a stupid way to put it, you fell to the ground together so normally there can''t be a victor (Xeor)-Don''t be a fool, if we were using our claws he would have won (Fren)-Don''t say stupid things, your paws hide even sharper claws than ours, and they are not really meant for punching, in a normal fight... (Gulf)-Sorry guys but did I win or lost? (Xeor)-Win (Fren)-Lost, cause you are too slow (Gulf)-I''ll go with Xeor''s opinion, he was my opponent after all (Fren)-Whatever, suit yourself. Fren and Gulf went home while Xeor stayed for a bit looking at the night star glaring at the golden moon, well it''s one of the seven moons, also told to bring good fortune. (Xeor)-I hope I can become the greatest warrior of them all one day As the day passed by Xeor had made his decision. 3 Who is Zifarang? In the time of the Beginning The Lionmen used to live up North but due to a Global disaster the land froze overnight and in order to survive they begun to travel south, but during their migration, their numbers begun to fall and their might was forgotten in time. Other beastmen species that focus more on numbers and less on strength decided that the Lionmen were an easy target, massacres and senseless killing was done in the name of survival, until the time when borders were finaly set and peace returned to the land. 14Day of the Red Sun Year 187 Xeor came excited to his parents first thing in the morning and with a voice full of confidence begun talking about his new-found intentions. (Xeor)-Mom and Dad I am leaving home today, thanks to mom I can now hunt for myself and I have learnt all I need to survive. (Kor)-Oh how splendid, you should help her if you can from time to time (Haki)-Where do you think you are going, you ungrateful child (Kor)-Dear we have to let him go, it''s the natural way things go. Haki begun crying as she talked now. (Haki)-But we can''t let him go it''s dangerous out there, where is he going to live, how will we know if he is dead or alive (Kor)-Don''t be so sad my dear I am sure Xeor has thought of all that before leaving, right my son? Xeor looked a bit reluctant to answer as he saw his mother crying. (Xeor)-Don''t cry mom, I will be visiting you so that you can see if I''m well and I have already marked a territory that I like near the edges of the village (Kor)-Don''t tell me you will be marking your own territory? (Xeor)-Yes, isn''t that what warriors do? His mother was crying even more, after she heard that (Kor)-Don''t cry so much my dear, our son is already a warrior, I''m sure he will return and then he will become the chief of our village, without a doubt, now go my son and make us both proud. The moment Xeor left his home he could hear a fight going inside his home but he didn''t give any attention to it and took his own path. (Haki)-you are doing this cause you hate me, don''t you? (Kor)-Don''t be silly, he is mine and yours son and nothing can change that, I''m sure he will shortly come back if thing go bad (Haki)-If only Xix was still alive, he wouldn''t have left him go that easily (Kor)-Yes, if only Xix was alive, I remember the times we passed together, my best friend Xix and I went to hunt many times just to hone our skills, he even became the village''s chief, If only Zifarang hadn''t the ambition to become the chief (Haki)-Yes him and that stupid law (Kor)-I would have loved to smuck the idiot who invented that law. The rest of the night went silently by as Xeor was going toward where he had made a home for himself, a hole big enough for himself to hide. Well you probably can''t understan their pain but here is a gist of what you don''t know. One of the oldest traditions of the lionmen is marking. It is done by the male warriors of the tribe where one marks trees in the perimeter as his territory and anyone who wants to pass through it has to fight him, If he is a warrior. If he wins the offender leaves and must never pass through that territory again. This tradition grew old and was abolished before long because the boarmen killed many lionmen to get their territories by attacking in hordes and not leaving them time to rest. There are two places of power in the tribe''s structure. One is the place of the chief of the tribe and the other is the seat of an elder, which is gained when one gets too old to be a warrior. Male or female can be an elder, but they hold little power, as their authority comes from numbers and respect, so they seldomly use their rights. To become the chief there are three ways. First is a duel to death which most would try to avoid. The second is more complex, It starts by gathering the candidates, favourites for chieftainship of the tribe, and the chief makes them fight to see the strongest, the one who gets choosen is not the one who wins but the one who gets more votes by the elders and Chief. The last way is for the chief to call one to be the next chief, this only works if there is noone stronger than the current ex-chief, so even if one challenges the nominated chief, the ex-chief just challenges him and the unsurper loses his life. Xix was Haki''s first husband, who lost to Zifarang and died. Haki remarried Kor and had Xeor. There''s a story behind that challenge, so why don''t we go a bit back in time. 28day of Fertility 170 It was raining that day and young Zifarang was standing there outside Xix''s and Haki''s Home. He was desperate, he looked as if his life had no meaning at this point in time. He shouted outside Xix''s hole.The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. Zifarang- Chief come out and fight me In a duel Xix came out Irritated cause of the rain. (Xix)-It''s the Fourth time you challenge me and why in this rain (Zifarang)-It''s now or never, you know in two days comes the month of the gods and no duels are allowed (Xix)-Shit, I forgot about that, I even arranged a duel in three days (Zifarang)-fight me Xix, let me show you my might once more (Xix)-Why do you want to defeat me so bad (Zifarang)-If you fight me for real I might tell you Haki came out of the hole rather relaxed. (Haki)-I heard he has a thing for Rixish, that high strung queen of arrogance (Xix)-For real did she tell you something like, If you defeat Xix I will marry you, man you are a fool, can''t you just beat all the others (Zifarang)-You wouldn''t understand, you are the strongest of the tribe, If we weren''t the same age, I would have waited for you to nominate me but that''s not gonna happen, Now lets fight (Xix)-You know Zifarang, I am sick and tired of your arrogant tone, today we will have the last duel, but not now (Zifarang)-Are you chickening out on me (Xix)-Tomorrow I will gather spectators for a duel to the death, our last duel, If you don''t want this once in a lifetime chance, just don''t come Zifarang left without a word, he looked worried and even more desperate than before. (Haki)-Yeah go and don''t come back again (Xix)-You know Haki, I hope he doesn''t shows up tomorrow, It would make things so much easier for me (Haki)-I know he''s been pestering you for days now (Xix)-Well it''s that as well, but he''s been getting extreemely close to beating me, If I let him get any stronger, no doubt he will take my life in the future. (Haki)-No way, well he is kind of cute Xix took Haki inside a bit irritated. Zifarang on his way to Rixish saw Kor drifting in the rain, back and forth without a purpose or a reason. Zifarang sliped and Kor gave him a hand, lifting him whole with just one hand and giving him a smile as he went on. Well he was quite a strange guy as long as he knew him. Many said that if he wasn''t crazy he would have been the chief but non gave any base to these rumors. Zifarang was now in front of Rixish''s home, he wanted to talk to her but knew not what to say, but this could be the last day of his life so he clenched his teeth and Shouted her name. "Rixish please come tomorrow to see my fight with Xix, and know that I love!" These were his last words as he went home. Rixish didn''t really care about his words or maybe a little but not enough to come out of her cosy hole. 29day of fertility year 170 The next day the rain was even worse, Xix a few elders and some others who wanted to see if Zifarang would show up were were waiting at the appointed location for duels. It was a gloomy place mostly covered by trees and not a single raindrop passed through that thick part of the forest making that place Ideal for battle. The time drew closer and no trace of Zifarang was to be seen, till a shadow appeared from the trees, It was Zifarang. He looked wrecked even before the battle, the reason was his father didn''t want to let him go and they had a fight, he won and left. Well that was the main reason for the delay, but another reason was, he was lost in thoughts and regrets. He was now there and the hour of truth was upon them, he had nothing more to lose now, other than his life. (Zifarang)-Xix, I''ve come like like promised and now lets end this (Xix)-Well if you are here why not everyone in the crowd cheered fo xix as most of them were his friends and family and many more who just wanted to see Zifarang getting beaten again. (Haki)-Give him what he came for Xix (Kor)-Don''t hold back chief Zifarang laughed nervously as he saw that rixish was nowhere to be seen and with a strange inexplicable rage rushed at Xix. They exchanged slashes as their claws ripped eachother''s skin. Their strengh drained with each new wound and far above them one drop of rain passed through the multiple layers of leaves and now fell rapidly on Zifarang''s head, awakening a rage even more maddening and crazy than before. His mind went blank and he started going after Xix''s life. Each swing of his claws was a potential threat to Xix''s life. Xix, in his eyes he saw someone who was weaker than him but in a mysterious way fought as if he was his equal. Zifarang was now exhausted after the many blows he missed, while Xix was ready for a second round of beating. In this dire situation Zifarang begun thinking of a way to survive, it might be luck but he saw one chance to strike back as Xix swang his arm too wide and in that one strike, with an uppercut he sent Xix flying to the ground. Xix tried to stand up but his body didn''t listen to his wishes, Zifarang walked with slow unbalanced steps towards Xix and with his leg stepped furiously at his neck. After a few seconds Xix stopped moving and the victor was decided, Zifarang was the new chief but instead of cheers for his victory, only sorrow and displeasure remained. Haki cried at her dead husband''s body, cursing that day and the one who did that to her. Most of the spectators although shocked at the outcome didn''t know how to react. The elders typicaly congratulated Zifarang although in their mind they didn''t mean it, as they well knew what would follow. Zifarang went home full of wounds and dead from exhaustion, fell asleep in the middle of the road. 30day of Fertility year 170 The sun came out the next day and all the elders and warriors were gathered to announce the new chief, but something was strange as they told Zifarang to stay down with the other warriors. (Elder Tesuar)-All who want to become the chief of the tribe come here Zifarang was a bit lost as he knew not what was happening. (Elder Tesuar)-Yesterday young Zifarang won against Chief Xix and yes normaly, he would have become the chief but because tomorrow begins the month of the gods and many of you would love to beat him up, we the elders decided to give all of you a chance to prove yourselves today Zifarang would have loved to make a ruckus but he knew full well that if they don''t do something like that, most of the warriors will begin killing one chief after the other and he was the first candidate to die. (Elder Tesuar)-Today a fighting tournament will be held and the winner will become chief, this is for your sake you too Zifarang and although you might have a disadvantage know that this tournament forbids killing so at least your life will be spared, now all who wish to participate come forth Many warriors came forth and Zifarang was among them. The other lionmen made a large ring for them to fight, Kor was just looking from the sidelines as the warriors were fighting between themselves. The battleground was chaotic none knew who was winning until one after the other many conceded and the one who struck them out was non other than Zifarang. He smartly evaded the strong warriors and went for the weak ones and waited for the strong ones to fight it out among themselves, thus conserving his strength. In the end he Single handedly finished the last few people left standing as non of them had enough strength to fight him. It was an overwhelming victory as he had struck out more than half of the contestants, non now could question his strength and authority. Thus until now Zifarang remains the Chief of the tribe and Rixish became his wife. 4 Dont be a child The world wasn''t alway so cruel, but but as resources and benefits begin to be hogged by the strong, the weak begin to become smarter in order to survive. That''s what people call evolution, but how can one discover with science something that is purerly spiritual in nature? 15Day of the Red Sun Year 187 Its a hot summer day and Xeor now roamed in his little territory, a small kingdom of his own in the middle of the collosal woods. Xeor heard a small noice as if someone approached his Territory as without a second thought he roared and shouted. (Xeor)-Who dares enter my territory, Show your self! His friend Gulf appeared frightened out of the forest behind him. (Gulf)-Sorry Xeor...Hey wait a moment! what do you mean your territory, this is a hunting ground far away outside the village! (Xeor)-Not anymore, I have marked the trees arround here, that makes this my terrirory! (Gulf)-I don''t think anyone does that anymore Xeor, I think my great grand dad said it was pointless and plainly stupid (Xeor)-I don''t care, if you want to hunt in here, you have to fight me (Gulf)-Why not, lets go! (Xeor)-Draw your claws then, this is not like the fake duels we did before be a man already! (Gulf)-Are you for real who would want to get scratches all over just for fun and say that to anyone else and you''ll see what will happen (Xeor)-Why exactly did you even come here for if not to hunt (Gulf)-Well I wasn''t really hunting so I don''t think we have to fight but are you sure that you would fight anyone, you know there are plenty of warriors stronger than you in our village (Xeor)-Chicken, you just don''t want to fight, now go back to your mommy! (Gulf)-Well you will regret what you said for sure, when everyone hears about this there will be plenty of trouble for you Xeor! (Xeor)-Just quit your loser talk and get out of my territory! You overgrown baby! (Gulf)-You''ll see I will get my own territory and you will not be welcome there Said Gulf as he left angry and thrustrated since he was scolded the other day by his parents for coming home too late in the night, Xeor roared as Gulf left as if he had achieved a victory or something, truth be told his roar could be heard a long way and made quite an impression on many lionmen. Most lionmen don''t roar cause it scares the animals away making it harder for the females to hunt but his roar froze every animal in the forest in fear. Those close to his location begun running away and that day the women had a great hunt. Although Xeor himself was left hungry. Lionmen can stay hungry for a day or two as if it was nothing and even thirst strikes once a day or none. Xeor had selected a strange spot to settle as it was close to the river and quite far from the village, making it quite a dangerous spot for hunting but since his roar would only scare the animals towards either the boarmen''s side or the lionmen''s both didn''t seem to care much about him. You''ll probably ask how come he is not near the village as he said. Well you see Xeor has a peculiar problem when it comes to directions, but he makes up for it with his great instinct and talent at tracking. Well at least that helps him sometimes to find his way but he does get lost a lot. The ones most happy upon hearing his roar however were his parents whom instantly recognised his voice. Two months had passed and Xeor''s roars had now become a daily occurance cause he roared everytime someone tried to enter his hunting spot or left it. Many males in particular had begun to grow tired of it while guarding their homes. 12day of Purple Rain year 187 In a small dark hole a young lionman aproached his father, it was short and looked rather weak but with mischievous eyes (young lionman)-Dad why doesn''t someone shut him up already its been two months already. (Dad lionman) well he lives quite far away and the women have not problem with it so why should anyone challenge him, not that there''s anyone who would like to claim his spot anyway (young lionman)-Why don''t you just give him a lesson? (Dad lionman)-Well you see Jix, he is even younger than you as it seems, so why don''t you yourself go give him a lesson Jix''s father Rath said with a smirk on his face (Jix)-Why not, I will make him shut up and run back to his mommy (Rath)-That''s my boy, be careful of boarmen out there they can be rather nasty if they gang up on you Jix left rather hastely without hearing his father''s advice. (Rath)-What will I do with that boy, if only he was a little taller I could have been proud of him but if he defeats that Xeor, maybe everything will solve itselfStolen story; please report. Far away in the forest Jix was running as fast as he could through the forest and thought out loud. (Jix)-That old man he never liked me one bit, he always makes it sound like I am weak, I''ll show him by defeating that lion brat how strong I really am Funny family don''t you find, well in a society where the strongest have the best treatment and the weak live under their shadow. Not much different from modern society but even so in this era of beasts the law of the fittest is the one and only law. Well it''s not in my rights to judge them. Wait, Jix has now entered Xeor''s territory and a great roar froze him in place, the same moment he took a single step beyond the trees marked with Xeor''s claws. The roar was unexpectably stronger up close and left Jix frozen for at least a few seconds but Xeor was nowhere to be seen. Jix silently and carefully looked around expecting an ambush but he could find no clue leading to one. He moved stealthily closer and closer to the roar''s origin. While moving around a tree he caught a glimpse of Xeor who was ignorantly eating some animal he had just caught. He tried to come a bit closer but Xeor jumped from his place and rushing at him swang his mighty fist, scratching the tree. Jix was lucky to be short cause if he were a bit taller his eyes would now be blind, unlike how he just lost some hair and Xeor surprisingly stopped his attacks. (Xeor)-Are you kiding me, what''s a kid doing here (Jix)-I''m no kid I am a warrior even older then you (Xeor)-Hard to believe, but as If I care, beat it kid you transpassed into my territory! (Jix)-Not without a duel and I''m not a kid Jix swang his claws at him making Xeor jump backwards in response. (Xeor)-Well since you are still a kid I will beat you with just my paws The fight would have been on if Fren hadn''t just showed up out of nowhere. (Fren)-Xeor, I came looking for you, your mother told me to bring you some food cause you do a great job even my mother agreed to it (Xeor)-Can''t you wait a bit, I''m just to having a mock fight with this kid who wants a duel (Fren)-Xeor you know, that''s not a kid, aren''t you Jix the shorty? (Jix)-Don''t you dare call me that. Jix jumped towards Xeor swinging his claws at him, but he was just evading them as if he was fighting with a child (Xeor)-So what, I don''t even need to use my claws for someone so small and weak as you! (Fren)-I don''t know Xeor, he is said to be quite a good fighter at least among his age (Xeor)-Well I don''t really care about rumors but enough of words already I think I should start (Jix)-Fight already, you numbskull! Both lionmen charged at each other. Xeor was being pushed back at first cause Jix used his claws quite well, but Xeor patiently waited for an opening and once Jix scratched him with his claws once. Xeor kneeled and jumped at him and just in one moment Jix was on the ground and Xeor''s paw at his neck. (Xeor)-Well you didn''t fight bad for a midget, maybe if you get a bit taller you will be able to fight equaly against me one day Jix pushed his paw away and stood up with one hop (Jix)-Don''t think you won yet, I will be back! (Fret)-But you lost and pretty badly at that, he could have just ripped your neck with his claws you know (Xeor)-hey Fren don''t scare the kid he might start crying Jix left irritated and crying in the inside, on the way his voice was heard by both Xeor and Fren. (Jix)-I will definetly win next time! (Xeor)-You see now Fren, you made the kid cry (Fren)-Well, you might be right I really didn''t think Jix would lose to you so badly, he is quite famous for his fighting capabilities after all (Xeor)-As if that kid was a warrior, such a crybaby will need years of training before he can call himself a warrior of our tribe (Fren)-Ah shut it Xeor, you lost to Gulf who''s lost to almost everyone in the village after you left, making you look as the weakest warrior of all (Xeor)-What, how the heck did that happen? (Fren)-Well he was boasting that he had beaten you many times and many wanted to see how strong you were but they all used their claws making Gulf into a punching sack, well you know how duels are (Xeor)-How come non has come to challenge me? (Fren)-Hello? Are you an idiot you leave miles away from the village, even finding your territory is difficult you could at least had chosen a less dangerous spot than next to the boarmen (Xeor)-What do you mean dangeous, even animals seem scarce in my territory (Fren)-That''s cause you roar too much even the lionmen in the village can hear you through thousants of trees, why wouldn''t the rest of the animals (Xeor)- Nah, you''re just Jealous, cause I have become a real warrior (Fren)-You are right and most of all of that great luck you have, how can you even be alive after two months, thinking of it makes me wonder (Xeor)-Well there''s a river nearby so I can fish and If there''s a problem I can always hide in the forest so it seemed perfect, why would anyone die here? (Fren)-One of these day you''ll see how perfect it is being neighbor with the boarmen (Xeor)-Don''t make a big deal out of them, they are as weak as any other animal , they even need to group in order to hunt, right? (Fren)-Don''t take them lightly, they will probably sent full grown adults and we are still young, with time they will seem like nothing but can you beat even one adult from our village (Xeor)-Don''t know, non has dared enter my turf (Fren)-Don''t get too cocky Xeor, no respected adult would leave his lair to come to the borders to fight a youngster (Xeor)-Oh, don''t be such a killjoy, I''m sure they will appear eventualy (Fren)-Just don''t try anything stupid with the boarmen, I must leave now so good luck, warrior Xeor ,heh heh Fren left after giving him the package as fast as he could. Well truth be told the boarmen had become a bit more hostile due to the huge increse in population, they became more expansional in their ways and it wouldn''t be strange if they attacked them any time soon. A year passed like a breeze as Xeor became more and more famous in the forest and many young lionmen lost to him cause of that but nothing had changed in young Xeor''s life. I would like to Stray from the story once again and talk to you a bit about the boarmen. I know there was a lot of talk about them and probably this is not necessary but I insist. Boarmen as the name implies have the head of a boar, a lot of fur and most are fat, they can eat anything but they prefer meat. Their legs have trotters instead of normal feet and they tend to be slow at running but in the many years they have adopted to a strange Jogging style of running. Although they look fat, their endurance is something else, they can even ran for more days than a lionman but not as fast of course. They are rather agressive and boorish in beheaviour. They hunt in teams and live in three large tribes. The closest of the three is the "Green fur" tribe who live close to the river, next is the "Snot deaths" tribe and last and almost near the edge of the forest are the "Bloody tusks". The lionmen mostly fight with the "Green fur" and the the "Snot death" Tribes. The Green fur tribe uses leafs as a camouflage, from there comes the name, and hunt in large groups. Their Tribe is mostly composed of many tiny villages each of which about fifty boarmen big. They are not very hostile but they do multiply at a threatening pace. The Snot deaths are located arround the northen edges of the forest and they even leave the forest from time to time to hunt. The name comes from their attitude to exhale forcerfully and many times at their enemies, before they die, most of the times. The Bloody tusks are located at the eastern edges of the forest and like the "Snot death" tribe they live in one big city. They only hunt outside the forest and tend to rush at any enemy piercing him with their tusks. Known to be real stupid. I will end here for now. 5 Damsel in distess In times of peril as long as you try your best, you will never feel despair, although failure might break you, defeat might humble you and mistakes might cause you to rethink what you''ve been doing, doing your best is all that you can do. 14day of Blue sun year 188 This specific day Xeor was hunting as usual near the river when a strange feeling of irritation and anger overtook him. Well it could be cause there was nothing to hunt or cause his life was quite boring or it could even be that he lacked something but didn''t know what it was. He just blindly started hitting the trees with his paws and scratching them with his sharp claws, it took awhile until it all went silent. In his mind he was fighting with his father and Zifarang as he didn''t feel ready to take any of them on. In that irritated state he heard a cry for help coming from nearby, probably within his territory as well. He sneaked closer and saw among the trees a liongirl being chased by a group of boarmen. She looked pretty at least for their standards. Without much thought or planing he came out of hiding and roared so loudly they were all paralyzed in surprise and probably fear as well. Both the liongirl and the boarmen were stuned by the loud road and their ears hurt a little. The boarmen felt fear, well at least until they saw he was but a young lionman. (Boarman leader)-Leave us alone lionling she is at fault here, she hunted in our ground and injured one of us as well (Female)-Hel... (Xeor)-Silence you are both in my hunting ground , you go back to your territory or die and you girl don''t even think of running away (boarman leader)-Funny ,haha ,I saw some claw marks but I thought no one used marking anymore, but we are five and you one If you die, your territory will be ours by your l... Before he could end , Xoar had reached him with his claws . The boarman tried to evade by ducking but Xeor''s target were his eyes. With a single strike of his claws Xeor had blinded their leader and instantly went for the next on, this time targeting his leg and then for the next one''s neck and so on. As if in a drunken frenzy he made them sqeel from pain and run from fear as he killed their leader by cutting his belly open in a most gruesome of ways. As it all had ended he looked for the girl but she had already left. He laughed for a bit and went on hunting. The next day he used the boarmen heads and body as a threat for the boarmen and went on his normal daily routine as if nothing had happened. I think I should talk a bit about Rot, well you see in allastar the disposal of the dead body happens in a bit of a different way. They are called the "thought eaters" and they are tiny micro organisms all over allastar, they make forgotten things dissapear. If of course they are entirely forgetten about, it''s existance for them to simply disapear as if it was never there. Thus food almost never disapears and dead bodies seldomly do, as long as someone unconsiously knows or remembers them. As long as something is remembered it will remain to exist, of course magic artifacts are an exception. 17day of Blue sun year 188 Words of Xeor''s death travelled fast around the village as he hadn''t roared a single time the past three days. (he had no reason to and wasn''t in the mood) The rumors started by the girl and became a huge topic for conversation. This day his friends finaly decided to find out if the rumors were true, mostly cause nor Xeor''s mother nor anyone else knew the way to his territory and only Fren had a hunch about the way but wasn''t entirely sure himself. Xeor''s mother had roamed the forest for the past two days without much success, so Fren talked Gulf in accompanying him. They traveled fast, full of frustration, they really didn''t want to believe Xeor died so easily and if he had, they decided they would try and avenge him. Don''t ask me how, I really doubt they knew themselves how but ain''t the thought enough. They had made this exhausting trip only to find him over several bodies of dead boarmen, covered in their blood. To us it would probably seem gross, but to them he looked like a true warrior. Gulf went closer to see if he was alive but took a hit right in the jaw, making a great fall on his own behinds. Xeor was really exhausted, he could barely communicate with his surrounding, Gulf tried a second time to lend him a hand to stand up and Fren laughed as they both fell down out of exhaustion. (Xeor)-What brings you, huh , to my little, hunting spot? (Fren)-Just yesterday we heard rumors you died fighting five boarmen to save a girl, you lucky bastard (Gulf)-Bullshit, I said and we came here (Xeor)-That little ... left without even a thank you kiss (Fren)-Hah , you are lucky she did (Xeor)-What? (Gulf)-That''s our Xeor, trying to mate with the chief''s daughter, that in itself takes guts. Instantly bursting in laughers. They left almost as fast as they had come, without a care in the world. That same day, or rather closer to night another lionman appeared before him. He was tall and strong and reeked of might. Xeor became nervous as he saw a full grown warrior coming with such a bad timing. It smelled like a challenge but before he had a chance to react, a lion roar even greater than his froze him in place. (Lionman)-Insolent young man, are you trying to start a war with the boarmen or are trying to impress my daughter? (Xeor)-I am not trying anything other than this He rushed at him only to see the sky as he was punched so hard he fell like a log to the ground. (Lionman)-this territory is now mine and think of me letting you live as thanks for saving my daughter Zifxi Xeor kept lying on the ground and looking at the sky as the chief of their tribe left back to the village, that warrior no doubt was Zifarang. (Xeor)- Must be great being strong, I can''t wait to fight even more warriors 8day of Blue sun year 188 The next day he desided to go back to the village thus he grabbed the boarmen heads and went home for the first time after a year of training in the wilds to where his parents were. The road was long but Xeor was somewhat special he could run for a day and not even understand it, I know it sounds strange but it was a really strange trait of his. When he arrived home his parents welcomed him with open arms. (Kor)-Welcome back son, your mother will be back soon (Xeor)-Whatever, I just want to know if there are any good warriors to test my skills (Kor)-Well that won''t be too difficult, you''re just in time for the chief''s youth tournament (Xeor)-What''s that supposed to be (Kor)-Well the Chief decided that in honour of his newborn son he will hold a feast and a fighting event (Xeor)-That''s interesting but will fighting youngsters make me any strongerUnauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. (Kor)-Well you see Xeor, if you win you will probably be the next chief without even lifting a finger (Xeor)-As if I care, the next time we fight I will surely win Xeor left leaving his father wandering about what he meant by that. However in contrast to his words Xeor would never lose such an event, a chance to fight the strongest youngsters of the tribe. Fren and Gulf were waiting for him a bit further from home (Fren)-Xeor will you also be joining the tournament (Gulf)-Say you do, I want to at least have one sure win (Xeor)-What do you mean Gulf, you think I''m as weak as I was a year ago (Gulf)-Well you see after you left I haven''t won even once, everyone comes to challenge me to see if they can also win against you, as you know you never won against me (Xeor)-Sorry Gulf but this win will be more difficult to get than our childish duels, I am a real warrior now(six human years old) (Fren)-Well it''s not like Gulf and I haven''t trained as well but don''t think too highly of yourself just cause you beat Jix (Xeor)-Whom? (Fren)-Don''t bother, I heard you had your ass kicked by the chief himself (Xeor)-Big deal, next time I''ll make him cry like a baby (Gulf)-Big words for a loser Xeor didn''t answer and left somewhat angry. (Gulf)-Why is he so down all of a sudden isn''t the chief the strongest lionman (Fren)-Well a loss is a loss (Gulf)-I don''t get it... The day passed normaly and Xeor returned home walking halfheartly thinking about his loss, when he felt little prick from his foot, he looked down and saw numberous Ziks (small ant-like bugs) fleeing from under his feet but one little Zik was trying to attack him, Xeor lifted his foot and squashed it like a bug, with this he felt better and went home. At night his mother was overjoyed from his return and had a feast ready in their lair. There were many rumors circulating for the passed few days that made her heart race, but since he returned alive she now felt relieved sleeping in their home as a family once more. The next few days were Xeor''s welcoming party as many lionmen and lionwomen had come to see him, the most promising of the young warriors and probably the future chief of the tribe. 22day of Blue sun year 188 That morning an annoyingly loud voice could be heard from outside their lair. (Jix)-Xeor! Come out! I have come to challenge you to a duel (Haki)-What are you shouting outside our house you rascal (Kor)-Dear who is it? (Jix)-I am Jix son of Rath and I''ve come to challenge your son Xeor (Kor)-Why so early in the morning? (Jix)-Don''t you know every young warrior hopes to beat Xeor, whose name now rings throughout the village (Xeor)-Aaah, What is going on dad? (Kor)-It seems you have a challenger (Xeor)-Really? Xeor popped out of their lair and seeing Jix (Xeor)-Crap, why is it this kid again? (Haki)-He''s not a kid, this midget is older than you are so show some proper manners (Xeor)-Yes mom, what do you want, what was you name again? (Jix)-It''s Jix son of Rath you ignorant brat (Haki)-Stop badmouthing one another and decide on the duel already (Kor)-I''d love to see a good fight (Haki)-Weren''t you against fighting (Kor)-Well I kind of not like to fight but thats different than spectating... Xeor and Jix stood across eachother and Haki stood in between (Xeor)-So how will we fight, child-like without claws or you became a man in one year (Jix)-Claws and teeth that''s the only way a warrior fights Xeor smirked and revealed his claws which were sharper and longer than Jix''s, he then took a few steps back and both now were in combat mode they didn''t hear Haki''s voice trying to make them reconsider their choice but it was late now. They were now walking in circles looking for an opening, thinking of ways to crush their oponent. Xeor was over-excited at the chance to fight dispite his mother''s protests, while Jix felt decieved into a terribly dangerous situation and it would have been if Zifarang the chief of their tribe hadn''t shown up at that moment. (Zifarang)-What are you two doing? (Kor)-Can''t you see they are having a duel (Zifarang)-This duel is made void right now, I forbid the use of claws for small fights and personal duels, we need everyone to be ablebodied and ready to defend the village (Xeor)-What do you mean defend the village? (Zifarang)-Well it seems some ignorant brat killed enough boarmen to make them angry enough to attack us (Xeor)-Why even worry they are weak as an ant (Zifarang)-Don''t boast of your stregth to me kid! But before he stopped talking Xeor had charged at him and while he tried to armbar him as he moved, Xeor was too fast for him to handle, Xeor could have killed him if he wanted to at that moment. (Xeor)-Well It seems you are right, if they try a surprise attack we might have to tell the village goodbye, but as long as there are warriors in our village I doubt they will dare attack us Xeor left leaving both Jix and Zifarang furious and at the same time overwhelmed by his skills in combat. (Kor)-Well I think my kid''s right (Zifarang)-You don''t know what you''re talking about Kor (Kor)-Well at least he can live up to the rumors circling around town don''t you agree chief (Zifarang)-We''ll see at the festival, and you Jix (Jix)-Yes sir (Zifarang)-I expect much from you and your gang (Jix)-we will try to meet your expectations (Zifarang)-thats the spirit now go and train, the festival will be held tomorrow morning, Kor make sure Xeor comes too, it will be a good way to amuse the old and train the young. They dispersed shortly as everyone went on to their daily lives only Xeor felt lost in the village, as he longed for the excitement of living in the wilderness, he couldn''t even roar in the village as it would draw too much attention and unwanted troubles. The day of the festival was close and Xeor hadn''t come home that night, his parents were worried for him but they couldn''t do much to find him, he was a warrior after all. 23day of Blue sun year 188 It was really early in the morning more like in the middle of the night, everyone was present in the center of the village the chief and some other warriors stocked up branches of dead trees and the elders lit them on fire, the fire raged as the festival had begun, everyone was there eating as the tounament had begun and young warriors fought (without claws) for a place in the village and to become more popular with the ladies but before the event begun the Chief made an announcement. (Zifarang)-I thank you all for coming, I can recognize many of you and many of you I don''t but we are all lionmen, brave and proud warriors whose might echoes through the Milewoods, this festival is to celebrate on the happiness that I felt for the birth of my first son Meur and the tournament is to marry my beautiful daughter Zifxi, to the strongest lionman youth of our tribe, I only hope we can always remain as happy and united as we are now Countless cheers and applauses made the dark night merry and the fire was lit after that. (you know they don''t normaly use fires but on special circulstances and only the elders know how to light one, fires are more like a calamity than a useful tool to them as the rivers are far from their village, half a day for a fast runner like Xeor, a day for Gulf and Fren, thats the main reason they don''t use fires at night) After the fire was lit and the young lionmen and warriors came to the fire out of curiosity, only one of which was missing and yes it was Xeor who came late carrying a huge Mawufang (a wolf-like creature known to instill fear to the young and trouble to seasoned warriors) (Xeor)-sorry for being late I was too absorved in hunting and before I knew it night had fallen (Zifarang)-No worries young Xeor, you are just in time for the fighting event (Xeor)-well is there a reward or something if I win (Zifarang)-Well the winner has the honor of marrying my daughter and will prove his ability to the whole village (Xeor)-And the rules for those fights (Zifarang)-Of course no claws and fight as well as you can (Xeor)-I knew it wasn''t worth my time, well take this as a gift for your son''s birth and goodbye everyone, I''m going back to sleep (Voice)-Where do you think you are going (Xeor)-Oh you again, whoever you are (Voice)-I''m Jix, and here I thought you were going to fight but you are nothing but a coward (Xeor)-Fight, you call those sissy mockfights duels fights, you think anyone fears your fists, It''s your claws that rip opponents apart its your teeth that cleave the flesh off your prey. If any of you is ready to die he can come and challenge me anytime he likes The mood had become awkward as non dared question the chief but fighting to the death only to show who is stronger sounded like madness, well he was Kor''s son after all. In the confusion Jix charged at Xeor with all his strength only to find himself on the ground as Xeor pushed him with his paws, many more youths charged at him but non was left standing. (Xeor)-I would love to challenge the chief one of those days, I think he is getting too old to rule Xeor left after having beaten all the best young warriors without even using his claws and even challenging the authority of the chief. The fighting event was ruined but the feast went on in a strange fashion as the winner of the fights was Jix who fell like a fly before Xeor, Zifarang couldn''t give his daughter to him at least not yet, not till he beats Xeor. 26day of Blue sun year 188 Three days later Xeor went to challenge the chief to a duel, but he was told he wasn''t feeling so well these days but he wasn''t ill on that day. In truth he was afraid of losing, the last time he almost couldn''t react and his son was just born a few days ago, losing ones life at a duel for the strongest was too much for him at that moment. He even let him live the other day and now he highly regreted it, but there was a way out of it, two ways to be precise. First would be if he maried him with his daughter but Xeor looked to him like an Idiot and it was too risky as he could reject the offer and then he would have to fight him for her honor, the second was tricky but had better chances to succeed. 6 Leaving the Milewoods 27day of Blue sun year 188 the next day Zifarang secretly called the elders outside the village. (Zifarang)-I called you elders of the tribe to discuss an iminent threat to our tribe (The elders became uneasy and surprised as they couldn''t think of any such grave matter) (Zifarang)-A war with the Boarmen is at bay (The elders listened carefully although some took it as little of a threat, well the boarmen were weak and had no reason to do so) (Zifarang)-I know you think little of them but think of the children and women of our tribe who go hunting around this hour (Elder Tiu)-What threat could a few stumpy weakling pose (Elder Max)-Haven''t you heard the last news of a young boy killing what, like twenty of them (overexagerated rumors) (Elder Owang)-My son is right, you old fools, I have heard the boarmen these day are uniting and expanding their hunting grounds, If a war occured now, the young ones won''t be at the least prepared for it and the number of elders is only Increasing. (The elders begun an uproar as to what to do but without an answer until Zifarang''s Roar covering any sound they had been making) (Zifarang)-I have an answer to this problem (The elders listened carefully and relieved now) (Owang)-that''s my son, come on say what it is (Zifarang)-We exile the Instigator of it, the young lionman Xeor (Booing and displeasure was sounded by most of the elders) (Owang)-Come on son you can do better than that (Zifarang)-Are you all fools! its for the boy''s own good (The elders were left dumpfounded as they couldn''t see any good in being exiled unti one rose with a strange questionable explaination) (elder Tesuar)-Do you mean to save him if the boarmen ask for his head in exchange for peace (Zifarang)-Exactly, tomorrow the boarmen might arrive, do you want to fight a war unprepared (the elders were sceptical about it but decided on something) (Elder Max)-Listen up Zifi my boy, we thought about it and decided tonight at dusk you will fight with the young boy and beat him up, after that, you will kill or exile him, we leave that at your own discretion (Zifarang)-I will do as you said They all left home, leaving Zifarang with a rather bad expression. That night was dark as Zifarang invited Xeor to the borders of their territory of the forest. (Zifarang)-Xeor, I know you always wanted to be aknowledged as the strongest but it is imposible now (Xeor)-What bullshit are you... (Zifarang)-Listen carefully, the elders told me to kill you in order to avoid a full confrontation with the boarmen, I know that you think they are weak but many of your breathren are not as strong as you (Xeor)-Why do you say all that if you can, try and kill me (Zifarang)-You fool!, did you think I want you dead (Xeor)-What? (Zifarang)-I have other plans for you (Xeor)-What plans are you talking about? (Zifarang)-Somewhere to the north live our cousins catmen, they are not as strong as we but I want you to go and ask for their help, they might even outnumber the boarmen in population. (Xeor)-I will do as you ask but don''t think you got your way out of fighting me (Zifarang)-Go now! and don''t return without reinforcements (Xeor)-Okay, Okay Xeor started runing without looking behind at Zifarang who was laughing as he noticed Xeor had went the wrong direction. He then left and as he was returning found a sleeping Mawufan and strangled it in its sleep, afterwards he scratched it many times and did the same on himself. 28day of Blue sun year 188 It was around dawn when he reached the village and shouted for all to wake up. They saw him beat up and the dead beast next to him, a beast that normally can kill many of them before dying, but from his sad expression the elders understood everything. (Xeor was dead) All the village mourned the loss of such a fine warrior, but the sadness didn''t last long as from the woods behind them an army of boarmen emerged like bugs to a flame. The boarmen leader who could be distinguished by his red mohawk and great tusks, he looked strangely at all the lionmen and asked (Urkhehe)-Give me the head of the young lionman who killed my brothers and I will leave you in peace Zifarang was really surprized as his imaginary scenario had become reality but the only answer to the boarman''s demand were the weeping sounds of the crying parents and Xeor''s friendsThis tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. (Urkhehe)-Are you all stupid, where is he? do you see him Ukhik? A boarman came out of the bundle of hundrens. Ukhik was one of the group Xeor had attacked who had managed to run away but he could not find him in the group of weeping lionmen. (Urkhehe)-Where is he! Zifarang lifted the huge dead animal and threw it at them knocking at least twenty of them off their feet (Zifarang)-Look in this guy''s stomach And the boarmen ran away in terror as they Saw what that beast was (Mawufangs like to hunt boarmen the most as they are slow and easy to catch and many of the barmen fall to those beasts'' claws). The beast''s corpse was given to Xeor''s family and life in the Milewoods went back to normal. As we know Xeor Instead of north, went west and it truly was in his best interest as to the north lied the territory of the Hawkmen, who are said to be as proud and agressive as the lionmen between their race(birdmen). Truth be told Xeor had considered going back at the begining but his pride drove him even further away. Good luck, bad luck and talks of fate may be suitable for this situation but you should agree Zifarang was a pretty damn good actor. At the dusk of the day Xeor exhausted had finally managed to come out of the western reach of the forest, only to see endless plain grassland to where the eye reaches, thinking at last "did I take the right way?" but he was too tired to go back to ask ,he laid down looking at the stars. A tear went down his face as he thought all of the people he had left behind and without even noticing it, he fell asleep. 29day of Blue sun year 188 The gentle blue sun woke him up and the cold winds sobbered him fast as next to the forest, it was the farthest he had ever gone. Before he wouldn''t have even thought of travelling out of the woods but now he had a mission to accomplish, he went on to the west going up hills and walking in unknown territory, until a strange earthquake shook him, throwing him off his feet. He had never experienced an eathquake before and this one wasn''t the real thing either. It was the Madorths, large bunny-like monsters that hop all the time and a large group of them can create such little tremors through the ground. Xeor seeing them felt his hunger awakening and a moment later he was lunching on one of these large fluffy ones. Thus his journey continued through the numberous days of walking across the endless grasslands seeing animals he had never seen before and eating them. It happened fast as he was walking and the night''s breeze refreshed his thirst as water was a luxury he had not, as the grass under his feet had long begun to scarce and the few trees he met protected him from the rain. 1day of Fertility year 188 Suddenly a scream froze his blood, as he was resting, he saw many big two-leged lizards(grawlers) hunting after a herd of Wufangs (the most vicius predators he knew back home, although there they had no need to make hunting packs). If they had seen him he knew he would have the same fate as that herd he just saw being killed right before him but how could he run away before even fighting it. Truth be told he had his due share fighting Wufangs but they always ran away when they saw it was too much of a hustle to kill him. Now he wanted to try it himself, he aproached them while they were eating without being noticed and caught one of them by the neck mounting on it''s back and trying to split it''s neck with his claws. In his reckless attempt one of his claws broke by the beast''s hard skin throwing him off balance and to the ground. He had now started running with a grawler on his tail. Fortunetely for him the others seemed not to care and went on eating the carcass of their preys. After a missed bite or two at his feet, he mount it once more with a swift jump and good timing but before he knew it they were before a a huge cliff. He jumped off the beast''s back the last second saving his own skin while condemning the beast to a painful dive into the rocky cliffs. It was his first time seeing a river that big almost endless and a little Island in the distance. His near death experience was enough to make him laugh for a long time until he heard the grawler''s scream from down the cliff and started running anew. At least now he knew, if you hear a grawler''s scream just run at the oposite direction, claws are no good against their tough scaly hides. 7day of Fertility year 188 now his journey west had led him to a tremendous river that cut his path and to the east a waterfall could be seen flowing down the steep cliffs he has been walking by the side of the cliff for days as the sea breeze gave him one hard time after the other, rains and even small storms. There was no way to go to the oposite side of that overflowing river and he didn''t want to go back emptyhanded, he followed the riverbank to the north and now next to the raging river he felt his own weakess against the powers of nature. The grassland was mostly washed away close to the river, most animals now stayed far from to the river. He had some fights with beasts but nothing worth mentioning, till he saw it. A huge tree-made bridge and small wooden huts, with wooden roofs, surrounding it. He spied on this little village for a few days, hiding near to the river and on stormy days he went closer to investigate better. It''s inhabitants(human) wore strange animal skins kept together with small ropes, they looked weaker and shorter than the lionmen and maybe even the boarmen and lacked the mighty claws or tusks of a beastman. They talked to eachother in an unknown to him language and used strange sticks to fight and hunt animals. The short sticks which were all different had many uses(clubs,torches,knives) but the long sticks(spears) just one, they were thrown at the beast to prevent it from fleeing and then they finished it off with the short ones(Clubs). The fiery short sticks(torches) looked quite useful but then again in his forest they would be as useless as it got. The first two days he really thought nothing of them but how weak they were but the third day made him hide in fear as a small group of them riding on motues (horse-like creatures with six legs) came to the village, they carried strange sticks with them(arrows) and a long stringed stick(bow). They said something to the people of the village and left as fast as they came, he tried to catch up to them but he couldn''t the motues were far faster than he was, well it wasn''t the first time he saw one of those beasts on the plains and he always failed to catch them. 8day of Fertility year 188 He was in the middle of nowhere while chasing after the riders but he could faintly see the river and went back to the village to spy some more only to see small wufangs tamed by the villagers, although in reality they were frix a doglike being found only on Anchora''s(continent) plains. They were few but in his eyes now those beings(humans) were too dangerous to be left alone. Under the cover of the night Xeor tried to get into the village, his plan was to set it on fire and then disappear in the darkness but he was quickly found and barks from an old frix alerted the whole village. Due to the village being quite small in one moment all the villagers had assembled with weapons at hand and aiming their sticks at him. He knew something like this could happen but Why hadn''t they attacked him yet. He saw them making strange sounds as if communicating among themselves. He couldn''t make out what they were talking about but that made him really angry. Truth be told he was the first lionman they had encountered, they knew a bit about beastmen but most beastmen just left them alone as they tried not to get in their way. Now they had a scary beastman trying to crawl through their village normaly they would just try to make him leave but in the midst of them one little kid not knowing what fear was threw a stone at Xeor. (stupid kid) Xeor Roared and slaughtered the whole bunch and the rest of the village that night. He cut their spears with his mighty claws and their wooden clubs were like fists from any lionman, only the ones who jumped into the river survived that horrible massacre. Afterwards Xeor went through the bridge killing anyone on his path and then slaughtered anyone on the other side of the river, where a similar village stood. After crossing the river Xeor left farther to the west towards the Orklands(another Continent). 7 Ancient city of Drogan 14Day of Fertility year 188 Xeor was walking at his own pace as he Happily thought he had destroyed a future threat for his people and on his journey he encountered something large on his way towards the mountains. In the distance it looked like a small rock in his path but as he came closer a gigantic city unvailed before him or more precisely its huge walls and gate. It was the Ancient city of Drogan(ancient cities were build by the god of creation himself at the creation of the world) but as he aproached and entered the collosal city he heard strange noices from the structures and before knowing it he saw humans swarming from the buildings around him, surounding him rapidly but staying at a safe distance. They were the Drogan barbarians as they will be called in the future, they are rough brutes who love fighting. Xeor didn''t know what to do, they had the same sticks(weapons) but looked more like warriors than the previous ones he had met, but what he couldn''t understand was their laughers as they looked at him. Suddenly the ones in front of him made way and a really large mascular man came forth. He was as tall as himself and carrying a scary black beard that swang left and right as he walked slowly. The crowd was going crazy Shouting "Ogro" , The big man stropped and using body language challenged him to a duel, it was a duel between men, even Xeor could understand that. The man lifted a large white warhammer made of stone(it was made out of whitestone and was decorated with strange sculptures like tiny statues of men and women and strange trees and clouds) which he was draging behind him. (probably found it in the city itself) He slammed the ground to intimidate him by making the dried dirt come flying towards him. Xeor had never faced such an opponent before but still rushed towards him, he felt his blood rising as the barbarian kicked him back without fear of hist claws, although he wore no armor. While flying backwards Xeor dug his claws in the ground, the crowd around them had widened the ring to give them more space and Shouted "Ogro", all with one voice. It was the last thing he could remember before losing his conciousness from a direct hit by the Ogro''s hammer to his left side, as he had skillfully charged at him in an instance of his own distraction. The next thing he knew, he was in a prison cell and his ribs were broken but had some strange herb all over it numbing the pain. In the cells next to him he saw many other prisoners, the closest one was a hawkman with a broken wing and the other next to him was a pantherlady. Even if he wanted to he couldn''t talk with the hawkman (knowing that he was a birdman and they talk a different language) but as he tried to talk to the pantherlady, He heard the Hawkman talking in a bit strange but beastmen dialect. (Hawkman)-I see you lost to them pretty badly lionman (Xeor)-Did you lose as well? (Hawkman)-Are you stupid, I tried to escape and they broke my wing (Xeor)-What are they? (Pantherlady)-They are called humans, they don''t travel much but when they do they move in large groups pillaging and killing (Xeor)-Why do such a thing? (Hawkman)-Are you stupid, how did you even survive in this desert in the first place (Xeor)-I''m not from around I just came from the other side of the river to find the catmen Both the Pantherlady and Hawman laughed and when he asked why irritated, they laughed again. (Pantherlady)-Do you even know where our catmen tribe lives? (Xeor)-North? (Pantherlady)-Little boy you have been had, our tribe is at the other side of the river and yes it is north from your forest after the Hawkmen tribe''s territory, where you were sure to die if you had gone ain''t that so Glori (Glori)-Can you stop calling me that already I told you my name is "iiikiiiikikik" (Pantherlady)-alright glori, I am Kihina (Xeor)-I am Xeor son of Kor and Haki (Glori)-Big shit loser and an Idiot Xeor was enraged if he could brake the Iron bars or the chains that bound his cell''s door he would have torn him to pieces right then and there (Kihina)-Cool down little Xeor in a few hours you will see what happens to those that misbehave down here (Xeor)-What do you mean? (Glori)- you think you are so special lionboy, I have seen beastmen Stronger and smarter than you dying like dorths(bunnies) (Xeor)-Don''t know, if all hawkmen are as weak as you then I could have passed right through your whole tribe Glori laughed (Glori)-Don''t tell me I''m the first Hawkman you have seen (Xeor)-Yes you are (Kihina)-Xeor don''t tell me you didn''t know he''s the same age as you (Xeor and Glori)-what? Kihina laughed at the expression of both their faces as the young hawk thought Xeor was an adult lionman as they almost never leave their forest and the hawkmen only hunt in the plains. The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.They stopped talking to eachother till the door opened and many men came in carrying a gravely wounded bearman. (Kihina)-Look Xeor this is Grour and the girl in that cell is Fifi Xeor couldn''t take his eyes off of her when he saw her, you could call it love at first sight or whatever. Fifi was a deerwoman with two small antlers and animal like legs, meaning no feet. Well all deermen are like that anyway although males have large antlers. Now lets see where was I. (Kihina)-Fifi is Grour''s wife Xeor didn''t really care if she were as in their village the stronger one takes whatever he likes but when he saw Grour after the men left, he was gigantic, he was huge even bigger than their tribe''s chief. (Xeor)- How did they manage to capture him? (Hawkman)-It is her they caught (Xeor)-What''s she doing now? he told as he saw a strange lights coming from her hands and traveling towards the bearman (Kihina)-Oh that, it''s magic, a healing spell that heals minor wounds (Xeor)-Magic? (Kihina)-Haven''t you ever heard about the gods? (Xeor)-Gods? (Kihina)-Well they call them Elves they can use these strange powers that can revive the dead or even kill you without touching you (Xeor)-And how come she has those godlike powers? (Glori)-Her tribe lives in their forest and they learn a thing or two from them but don''t get your hopes too high, she will faint after casting that spell and its so weak it will only take your pain away for a little while Xeor saw her fall on the floor as the lights disappeared and felt angry. He was lovestruck for sure as he wanted her but couldn''t have. They say another person''s thing is always better than yours, even if it is the exact same as yours, ain''t that right. 20day of Fertility year 188 Xeor now had fully healed, he learnt that the barbarians used the prisoners in their arena to train their warriors(the arena was originaly a semicircular ancient theatre). He now was taken out of the cell for his first arena fight and probably his last. He didn''t try anything as he wanted to fight the big one called Ogro once more. He was now walking through a dark tunnel(stairs) up to the surface and the light blinded him momentarily the guards were pushing him to go somewhere, it took awhile to open his eyes again and saw the city once more. The redish walls of the houses(made out of redstone) and walked on a strange hard floor(commonly known as road). He was now at the theatre where large ornamented columns stood and the theatre''s seats were flooded with people waiting to see the fight. His oponents were two weaker looking guys than Ogro but they wielded Iron spears (which they had probably found in the ancient city as well). Xeor leaped at the closest one evading the other one''s spear and caught his face in his claws and the other hand he wraped around his body. With one move of both hands the man''s neck was snapped. The other one was frozen with fear as the lionman caught the dead man''s corpse by the neck with his teeth and charged at him. The spear pierced the corpse and the second warrior was now being slashed to death by Xeor''s claws. The barbarians hadn''t anticipated him to be that strong but even after that it was just the turn of the next challenger. He was a huge guy like Ogro but he had no weapon or at least, probably couldn''t find one, he wore on his head a horned helm and heavy gauntlets on his arms. Xeor without losing time leaped at him but ate a heavy blow to his face. He felt a bit hazy but as soon as he came by he saw his opponent rushing at him with his horned helm. Xeor roared so loud that his roar could even be heard in the prison cells. His opponent was paralyzed for a second and xeor grabbed his hands and bit his neck as hard as he could but was thrown aback by his opponent who fell on his back piercing him with his helm''s horns and threw him away. The match was stopped by the guards and Xeor was taken back to his cell wounded. he knew thought that had they continued victory would have been his. That night in their cells Xeor and the other prisoners had a long talk after a long time. (Kihina)-You scared the shit out of us today Xeor (Grour)-Kh that''s for sure, I was sleeping at the moment and grraaar it went and I thought I was about to be attacked by some wild beast and then I remembered I was in prison (Glori)-It was nothing that big I have heard better from where I come from (Kihina)-If you say so, how did it go today (Xeor)-Only killed two though they were quite weak (Hawkman)-You mean you killed them? (Kihina)-I think you don''t know what you did, do you? If you killed one it means you will take his place tomorrow (Xeor)- Then I''m lucky tomorrow I will bite the big horned guy''s head off (Kihina)-You don''t understand tomorrow, you will be fighting seven guys like Grour there, but don''t be afraid, I''m sure Fifi here can heal you up till tomorrow, remember , one thing if you stay down you lose (Xeor)-What? (Kihina)-I do it all the time, after the slightest of injuries I just fall and pretent to faint (Hawkman)-Yes, just surrender like a good scared kitten (Kihina)-Who cares about pride, as long as you live you can win some other day (Xeor)-I don''t really care, tommorow there will be seven corpses (Kihina)-that''s my boy, oi Fifi aren''t you done yet White lights healed his wounds and Fifi collapsed (Grour)-I hope you have better luck than me (Xeor)-Why how many did you defeat (Grour)-none, I tried to protect myself and was beaten to a pulp The next day He and Kihina were taken from their prison cells and taken to the arena where seven warriors were ready to fight him all at once. The horned guy wasn''t there but his helm and gauntlets were now in the hands of three diferent people. I don''t know if I should say it but the guy died right after he was taken away and his things were taken by his sons. Two of them also wielded the Iron spears of the other dead guys. It all happended too fast as Xeor run towards one of them and in the chaos the man was pierce by the Iron spear as they tried to save him from Xeor''s grasp. The second one fell too fast as his eyes were scratched and he couldn''t see anything. One spearman fell as Xeor drew closer to him and hit the spear wounding another fighter. The guard tried to stop the fight but Xeor was unstopable now. He cut their necks open in a flash of a second. Ogro who sat high in the middle of the theatre had lifted his hammer and went at him, but this time was not the same as before. Xeor by Evading the hammer lightly scrached Ogro, whenever he saw an opening, he did so again and again, he didn''t go for the kill like before and Ogro was now paralyzed in fear as he was about to lose his life and at that moment Kihina with her huge claws slashed his neck open. (Kihina)-Don''t look at me so annoyed , I owed him far more defeats than you (Xeor)-Just take his large stick and lets free the others (Kihina)-No need for the weapon Grour can open his cage even without it (Xeor)-What? you must he kidding then why does he stay in that cell, does he like the food or something? (Kihina)-You sure are dumb, can you escape this place unharmed? come to think of it you seem to be, but that''s not the problem here The rest of the people that were there scrambled and hid in the many buildings. Xeor and the others left the city without any further delay. (Xeor)-anyone knows where we are going? (Kihina)-No, I was dragged here during a raid (Glori)-I flew and believe me it''s a lot faster than walking (Grour)-Let me see, the sun sets over there, we could go to the elven forest, and me and Fifi''s home (Xeor)-and where is that? (Grour)-To the north (Xeor)-Great I was suposed to go there anyway Kihina and glori laughed while neither Xeor nor Grour understood what was so funny about it. The next few days they traveled towards the river and from there they went further north until they reached the elven forest which was still green although everything around it had dried out and fallen. (I might have forgotten there were more prisoners but don''t mind that cause most of them are from Grour''s place and they simply followed them in escaping) 8 The hundred trees 2nd Day of Gods year 188 They had now entered the Elven forest, a sea of trees now surrounded them and first of all Grour took them with him to his house. (Xeor)-Is your Village Far away? (Grour)-It''s not really a village (Xeor)-If it''s not a village then what is it? (Grour)-You will see when come are near it (Xeor)-Whatever... Shit what is that? (Grour)-Welcome to "the Hundred Trees" In the horison he saw countless treehouses, made of wood and rope, some on the ground and some were even hanging from the trees. It was a whole city where many different beastmen species coexisted, he even saw boarmen and catmen, but no lionmen at all. On his way Grour fell on a Rhinoman who was as big as him. (I might not have said it sooner but Grour looks close to a werebear as he is as hairy as a bear, most bearmen are like that, cause of that its hard to distinguish a bearman from a bear) If this was Xeor''s village they would have had a fight but the Rhinoman Ignored him and went on his way. The roads (well more like gaps between houses) were crowded and the sun was setting Grour and Fifi let them stay at their place, a large hut at the base of a tree. It had three sections like rooms as in the center was the tree and thin wooden walls seperated the rooms, there were no furniture but there were some strange wooden bowls where some fish and fruits were held. They went to sleep without eating but the next morning after having breakfast Fifi took them to see the elves, while Grour went for some business that he had to do. The elves could always be found near their sacred tree.(A magic tree that can sustain a whole forest under it''s care and causes forests to expand rapidly in Allastar) Seeing them Xeor mistook them for humans and was about to attack them but an arrow froze him in his tracks, Fifi bowed to them and so did Kihina and glori, only Xeor didn''t and stood alone, in front of the elf guard who upon seeing the Hawkman''s wing was injured, cast a small healing spell from his arm and hundreds of small lights surrounded him making his wing like new. Xeor still wasn''t convinced they were gods. (Xeor)-Are you a god, human? And the elf answered him in flawless beastman language (Elf)-No we are nor humans nor gods young beastman, we are elves, a more powerful race than yours and devoted followers of the gods of Light and life (Xeor)-So they were all lies after all, there are no gods here, and they probably never existed to begin with (Elf)-Do you really think you can make them angry at you with just that, if you want want to learn about the gods or their true power why don''t you try learning magic like Fifi here, although she''s just a priestess she has a small link to Althea (Xeor)-Is that even possible for me to learn magic? (Elf)-All is possible, but you better go to Fifi''s race for that cause beyond this point only death awaits any being but elves. Glori left first riding on a magic wind the elf created for him, as for Kihina the Elf told her how to reach her tribe safetly but she preferred to stay for the winter and went back with Fifi and Xeor. The next day although Xeor and Kihina overslept, when they woke up Grour had brought many fishes for them to eat, and they all talked while eatingThis content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. (Grour)-You are brave Xeor but you should know that the gods exist and the only way to cast spells is to do their bidding like Fifi here (Xeor)-Then what bidding of theirs is she doing (Fifi)-I am a priestess of Althea the goddess of health, who heals the wounded or soothe their pain, I help all who are in pain (Xeor)-Then Is there a god of war for me Fifi Smiled (Fifi)- I don''t know but we could ask the Head priest at the Temple of Althea, it''s a little further Only Xeor and Fifi left as Grour had a job to do and Kihina wasn''t at all interested in Xeor''s quest of finding "Gods". The temple was a small stonehedge-like structure made of normal stones. Many young and older beastmen sat there listening to an old Beaverman and as they went closer he stopped the preaching and smiled at them. (Beaver)-Fifi I haven''t seen you for around a year, everyone was afraid you were taken by those brutes and killed like many others, even Grour who went to look for you has disappeared (Fifi)-You are half-right but we were saved by this brave young man (Beaver)-May Althea heal all your wounds, ah how curious a lionman, I thought they secluded themselves in the milewoods, but what brings you here (Fifi)-Xeor this is Denim Davis the head priest of our temple of Althea he is the only beastman to have seen the godess and he was granted her favor as well as the ability to cast the healing spell(Heal light wounds) (Xeor)-I didn''t come to make friends, I want to know if there is a god of war and how to earn his favour (Denim)-There is no such god but the one responsible for it would be the god of destruction, known as "the Destroyer" or the goddess of misfortunes (Xeor)-Tell me more about "the destroyer" (Denim)-I don''t know much, however earning the destroyer''s favor is impossible, as he wants everything to burn and die, no mortal creature could gain the destroyer''s favor (Xeor)-Whatever tell me how do you cast spells and I''m out of here (Denim)-You should come tomorrow at dawn and you will learn what you seek cause today the theme of the sermon Is the beginning of the world Xeor left before Denim started preaching again, Fifi would have stayed if she hadn''t to escort Xeor back. Xeor couldn''t wait the next day he asked Fifi many questions most of which she didn''t know the answers for and lastly they went to sleep. The next morning even Kihina and Grour came as Xeor had piqued their interest with all the talks about magic. They were the first ones to arrive at the temple and Xeor waited for a few minutes until Denim arrived and the Seminar begun. (Denim)-Magic as some of you might already know comes from the fifteen gods, four of whom rule over the four elements composing our world, Earth that houses us, water that quells our thirst, air that refreshes us in the summer and fire that burns at summer. (Xeor)-How are you sure they exist? (Denim)-You believe that magic exists no, so why no the ones who give us that power, so where was I, oh yes, the next four are the gods of creation who shaped our world. (Xeor)-Can''t we just skip to the important part? (Denim)-And what might that be young Xeor? (Xeor)-What is magic and How can we use it? (Denim)-Okay just for you Xeor I will explain, Magic is the power of creation and destruction, with it you can make any element manifest or wounds heal but all this is only possible with the favour of the god responsible for that type of magic, which are Earth, water, air, fire, life, death, creation, destruction, order, Greed, health, misfortune, light, darkness and space. (Xeor)-woo now you lost me, you had me and you lost me (Denim)-Look here to cast a spell, first you need the favour of a god and secondly you need to know how to cast it (Xeor)-fine till now but how do you do it (Denim)-I only know two spells and both are healing ones but the rest of the spells are cast the same way so listen carefully, First you Imagine the form of the spell, mine for example is in the form of a light that heals wounds, next you focus on the thought of casting it, I for example think about kindness and the pain of that person and third I think of how to help the person best, for example how the wound closes or the blood loss stops like that, but all I can do is cast the healing spell "heal light wounds" as much as I like but I can also cast another more powerful spell "Heal wounds" which leaves me unconscious for a day or two, Fifi can only cast "Heal light wounds" and faints just by casting it once but in ten years from now she won''t faint anymore, So would you like to try? (Xeor)-ready and able Denim called Xeor next to him, he closed his eyes and he thought of the most terrifying thing he knew it was fire, he thought of burning and he saw the black smoke in his mind he opened his eyes and it was the morning of the next day, Grour and Fifi told him he had collapsed before even casting the spell so nothing really happened, it seems he hasn''t the favor of the god of the element of fire. It was quite a scene as a small spark of fire appeared and he collapsed as if hit on the head but at least he knew how to do it now. Xeor didn''t give up the next day he woke up after learning he hadn''t the favor of water god, the next of air and the next of earth. He then tried the death god''s spell and fell asleep for three years and if not for Denim''s help he would have been dead in a week. but for now he sleeps in a comma as days fly him by. 9 Xeors Awakening 2Day of Gods year 188 They had now entered the Elven forest, a sea of trees now surrounded them and first of all Grour took them with him to his house. (Xeor)-Is your Village Far away? (Grour)-It''s not really a village (Xeor)-If it''s not a village then what is it? (Grour)-You will see when come are near it (Xeor)-Whatever... Shit what is that? (Grour)-Wellcome to "the Hundred Trees" And in the horizon he saw countless treehouses, made of wood and rope, some on the ground and some were hanging from the trees. It was a whole city where many different beastmen species coexisted in harmony, he even saw boarmen and catmen, but no lionmen at all. On his way Grour fell on a Rhinoman who was as big as himself. (I might not have said it sooner but Grour looks close to a werebear as he is as hairy as a bear,most bearmen are like that, cause of that its hard to distinguish a bearman from a bear) If that was Xeor''s village they would have had a fight but the Rhinoman Ignored him and went on his way. The roads(well more like gaps between houses) were crowded and the sun was setting Grour and Fifi let them stay at their place, a large hut at the base of a tree. It had three sections like rooms as in the center was the tree and thin wooden walls seperated the rooms, there were no furniture but there were some strange wooden bowls where some fish and fruits were held. They went to sleep without eating but the next morning after having Breakfast Fifi took them to see the elves, while Grour went for some business that he had to do. The elves could always be found near their sacred tree that was visible from far away as it stood out from the forest. (A magic tree that can sustain a whole forest under it''s care) Seeing them Xeor mistook them for humans and was about to attack them but an arrow froze him in his tracks, Fifi bowed to them and so did Kihina and glori, only Xeor didn''t and stood alone , in front of the elf guard who upon seeing the Hawkman''s wing cast a small healing spell from his arm and hundreds smal lights made his wing like new. Xeor still wasn''t convinced they were gods. (Xeor)-Are you a god, human? And the elf answered him in flawless beastman language (Elf)-No we are nor humans nor gods young beastman, we are elves, a more powerful race than yours and devoted followers of the gods of Light and life (Xeor)-So they were all lies after all, there are no gods here, and they probably never existed to begin with (Elf)-Do you really think you can make them angry at you with just that, if you want want to learn about the gods or their true power why don''t you try learning magic like Fifi here, although she''s just a priestess she has a small link to Althea (Xeor)-Is that even possible for me to learn magic? (Elf)-All is possible, but you better go to Fifi''s race for that cause beyond this point only death awaits any being but elves. Glori left first riding on a magic wind the elf created for him, as for Kihina the Elf told her how to reach her tribe safetly but she prefered to stay for the winter and went back with Fifi and Xeor. The next day although Xeor and Kihina overslept, when they woke up Grour had brought many fishes for them to eat, and they all talked while eating.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. (Grour)-You are brave Xeor but you should know that the gods exist and the only way to cast spells is to do their bidding like Fifi here (Xeor)-Then what bidding of theirs is she doing (Fifi)-I am a priestess of Althea the goddess of health, who heals the wounded or sooths their pain I help all who are in pain (Xeor)-Then Is there a god of war for me Fifi Smiled a bit amused (Fifi)- I don''t know but we could ask the Head priest at the Temple of Althea, it''s a little further. Only Xeor and Fifi left as Grour had a job to do and Kihina wasn''t interested.The temple was a small stonehedge-like structure made of normal stones. Many young and older beastmen sat there listening to an old Beaverman and as they went closer he stopped the preaching and smiled at them (Beaver)-Fifi I haven''t seen you for around a year, everyone was afraid you were taken by those brutes and killed like many others, even Grour who went to look for you has disappeared (Fifi)-You are half-right but we were saved by this brave young man (Beaver)-May Althea heal all your wounds, ah how curious a lionman, I thought they secluded themselves in to the milewoods, but what brings you here (Fifi)-Xeor this is Denim Davis the head priest of our temple of Althea he is the only beastman to have seen the godess and he was granted her favour as well as the ability to cast the healing spell (Heal light wounds) (Xeor)-I didn''t come to make friends, I want to know if there is a god of war and how to earn his favour (Denim)-There is no such god but the one responsible for it would be the god of destruction, known as "the Destroyer" or the goddess of misfortunes (Xeor)-Tell me more about "the destroyer" (Denim)-I don''t know much, however earning the destroyer''s favour is impossible, as he wants everything to burn and die, no mortal creature could gain the destroyer''s favour (Xeor)-Whatever tell me how do you cast spells and I''m out of here (Denim)-You should come tomorrow at dawn and you will learn what you seek cause today the theme of the sermon Is the begining of the world Xeor left before Denim started preaching again, Fifi would have stayed if she hadn''t to escort Xeor back. Xeor couldn''t wait the next day he asked Fifi many questions most of which she didn''t know the answers for and lastly they went to sleep. The next morning even Kihina and Grour came as Xeor had piqued their interest with all the talks about magic. They were the first ones to arrive at the temple and Xeor waited for a few minutes until Denim arrived and the Seminar begun. (Denim)-Magic as some of you might already know comes from the fifteen gods, four of whom rule over the four elements composing our world, Earth that houses us, water that quells our thirst, air that refreshes us in the summer and fire that burns at summer. (Xeor)-How are you sure they exist? (Denim)-You delieve that magic exists no, so why no the ones who give us that power, so where was I, oh yes, the next four are the gods of creation who shaped our world. (Xeor)-Can''t we just skip to the important part? (Denim)-And what might that be young Xeor? (Xeor)-What is magic and How can we use it? (Denim)-Okay just for you Xeor I will explain, Magic is the power of creation and destruction, with it you can make any element manifest or wounds heal but all this is only possible with the favour of the god responsible for that type of magic, which are Earth, water, air, fire, life, death, creation, destruction, order, Greed, health, misfortune, light, darkness and space. (Xeor)-woo now you lost me, you had me and you lost me (Denim)-Look here to cast a spell, first you need the favour of a god and secondly you need to know how to cast it (Xeor)-fine till now but how do you do it (Denim)-I only know two spells and both are healing ones but the rest of the spells are cast the same way so listen carefully, First you Imagine the form of the spell, mine for example is in the form of a light that heals wounds, next you focus on the thought of casting it, I for example think about kindness and the pain of that person and third I think of how to help the person best , for example how the wound closes or the bloodloss stops like that, but all I can do Is cast the healing spell "heal light wounds" as much as I like but I can also cast another more powerful spell "Heal wounds" which leaves me unconscious for a day or two, Fifi can only cast "Heal light wounds" and faints just by casting it once but in ten years from now she won''t faint anymore, So would you like to try (Xeor)-ready and able Denim called Xeor next to him, he closed his eyes and he saw fire, he thought of burning and he saw the air burning in his mind he opened his eyes and it was the morning of the next day, Grour and Fifi told him he had collapsed before even casting the spell so nothing really happened, it seems he hasn''t the favour of the god of the element of fire. It was quite a scene as a small spark of fire appeared and he collapsed as if hit on the head but at least he knew how to do it now. Xeor didn''t give up the next day he woke up after learning he hadn''t the favour of water god, the next of air and the next of earth. He then tryied the death god''s spell and fell asleep for three years and if not for Denim''s help he would have been dead in a week. but now he sleeps in a comma as days fly him by. 10 The KInship 29day of Yellow sun year 191 After a long but safe journey Xeor arrived at the Catmen tribe or kingdom or clan but they called it "the Kinship". It was a group of villages united under one rullership of a few elders, one from each village. As he aproached the orb vanished from his side, it could be that the light went off as it was night all around. A Catman welcomed him to their village as he was of their kind anyway. (Xeor)-Oi guys can I ask you something? (Catman)-Whatever you like ask it in the morning now just go and sleep somewhere quietly (Xeor)-Okey, see ya tomorrow The next day he woke up the whole village was in an uproar. Xeor grabbed one of the panicked running catmen and asked. (Xeor)-What on earth is happening here (Catman)-The Canine Empire is about to strike here so everyone is packing up... And "he" sliped through his grasp and left, Xeor just waited till they all were ready to leave and followed them but as he went further the villages retreated one after the other till they reached the Iron river as it is called. 8day of New bloom year 190 Xeor had now reached the great city of the Kinship called Fapur where all the elders were, there by chance he fell on Kihina, the panther lady if you remember way back. (Xeor)-Long time no see (Kihina)-Did it really took you three years to reach us? (Xeor)-I don''t really want to talk about that (Kihina)-I have heard of people who get lost frequently but you my friend are something else (Xeor)-Less Idle talk please, do you know how I can find the elders? (Kihina)-Are you on about the help request, wake up , three years have passed, it is impossible for your village to still be there after all that time (Xeor)-We lionmen are the strongest, don''t you dare think we would fall do easily (Kihina)-Cool down I will arrange a meeting but don''t await much we ourselves are going to war as it seems (Xeor)-Don''t mind the trivialities just go and do it I will wait for you right here Kihina left after laughing for a bit histerically and in a few minutes a few guards came to fench him, he was now in the presence of seventy old men and Kihina was there too and a lot of strong catmen and panthermen and other strong warriors.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. (Xeor)-I came to request help for my people in the Milewoods but as it seems here you have a war of your own as well, so I well offer you a deal, you will help us deal will the boarmen and we will help you deal with the dogmen (Elder)-You know your help will be trivial to the whole picture of the war don''t you? Xeor Laughed (Xeor)-You think I came here cause we need your help to defeat them, I can defeat them all by myself but seeing as how all you people do is run with your tails between you legs all the way to the capital, I think it is you who will need our help. The warriors snaped and one turned his claws against him only to recieve a humiliating defeat in the form of a kick in between the legs. (Xeor)-At least some are men enough to try taking me on... And even more rushed at him, but they collided when he evaded (Xeor)-No teamwork at all, I could take all your warriors on but that would only worsen your situation, so what''ll it be? (Elder)-I see you are young and hotblooded but even with a hundred of you we have not the time to save your tribe, of course if you could buy us the time we need we would with pleasure assemble an army and help in your little predicament (Xeor)-Sounds reasonable, so what do you want me to do (Elder)-Just go and kill the enemy commander, the Wolfman Sherror also known as the cateater. (Xeor)-It will be done but when I return don''t forget the deal... And Xeor left. (Elder)-Now we see Kihina why you warned us of this young one he seems quite arrogant but since we don''t need his tribe''s help I think we had to sent him to an early grave (Kihina)-You''re underestimating him too much my dear elders if he is even an inch stronger than before the task you gave him he will accomplish (Elder)-It''s good to vouch for someone but where does all this confidence come from? (Kihina)-If in our Kinship there was a warrior who could beat ten men by himself I without a doubt would have vouched for him (Elder)-Very well but tell him this, he only has three days to accomplice that feat, the days till the empire will be upon us. Kihina left without a moment to catch up with Xeor who withought a doubt would get lost again. 10day of New bloom year 190 Xeor and Kihina are near a village where the dogmen camped, a village he had passed before. (Kihina)-you know Xeor, most of these villages used to be theirs to begin with, each time we just amass armies and one of the sides retreets most of our wars are like that, since non wants to die for a piece of land anyway (Xeor)-are you telling me they will just retreet anyway when you army gets ready and how long do we have? (Kihina)-one day, I think by tomorrow night our army will have gathered and they will sound the retreet (Xeor)-So you are saying the elder sent me to a fool''s errant And he roared so hard the who village must have heard him he then went down to the village. As the sun rose Kihina went down to check on him but found nothing but corpses, of dogmen and mutilated bodies of catmen. It wasn''t strange for the prisoners to be killed in their wars but she couldn''t find Xeor until from afar she heard him roar. He was in a village not so far from there no doubt fighting to his heart''s content, she left back toher tribe as she could do nothing about his crazy personality. The next day the army was ready to leave, they marched slowly due to their numbers but as they passed through every village Xeor was one step ahead of them, many went sick from the carnage he left behind him, others tried to find him mutilated somewhere but he wasn''t there. 11 Hero of the Kinship 20day New bloom year 190 The catsmen army heard the lionsmen roar in the midle of the night as they were camping from outside the village but their leader couldn''t gather the courage to go to that village in the middle of the night, the next morning Xeor was already long gone, but that day they encountered him on the road to the next village, he was full of wounds and looked exhausted but he was still walking. The catmen leaders of the massive army, gave him an honorary position in their army as the "hero of the Kinship" and told him to try and gather his strength together as not long away would be a massive dogmen army and Sherror. on the 22day they had reached the borders where Sherror waited for them with an army that was no smaller than theirs. (Sherror)-I don''t know what beast you unleashed upon us the last few days but it all end now, You will pay for all the lost dogmen... A roar was heard from the catmen side (Xeor)-You dare call me a monster you cowardly mutt, who stayed so close to the border, does your life cost as much as five hundred warriors (Sherror)-Who on earth are you? (Xeor)-I am Xeor son of Kor (Sherror)-So Xeor son of Kor are you Implying that my men have all been running away from a small runt like you? (Xeor)-Why don''t you take me on yourself, or is losing hundreds more, more to your liking (Sherror)-Why not, non shall interfere in our fight! Just step forth into my camp and the duel is on! Xeor without even a thought jumped into the enemy camp without a spec of fear, those that had run from him were now trembling as they saw him again but Sherror was different he had his own pride as a warrior and though he was late to come to the war due to private reasons, he was more confident than the commanders whom Xeor had killed without even knowing. The catmen just sat as Xeor went to the enemy camp, they hadn''t even planned to help him even if he lost, they would just have sat and wait till the dogmen retreeted. Kihina who was there just sighed and went to sleep as she couldn''t see so far into the enemy camp. The Wolfman Sherror was small in size but had a large jaw that made it perfect to rip his oponents to shreds, but his true pride was his wolven tail. (Sherror)-Before we start why do you even fight for the catmen (Xeor)-What is it for you (Sherror)-Just curiosity (Xeor)-our Tribe''s chief sent me on an errant and I''m killin time (Sherron)-Good one ,you know if you weren''t an enemy we could have become good friends but, who cares! Sherron rushed on Xeor and when he tried to backstep he leaped towards him slashing him with his claws and continued leaving himhard pressed to retreet, but as he went farther behind him a wooden wall blocked his escaped and Sherror pierced him in the left side, but as soon as he did that Xeor bit his arm so hard Sherror was the one who cryied in pain, he then started the counterattack, he kicked him back and climbed the wall and from high above fell on the If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.suprised Wolfman who hadn''t enough time to think anything he kicked his hard with his legs shooting him towards the wall that fell at Sherrror''s direction finding him in the arm. Xeor as fast as he could went inside a hut nearby and Sherror went after him, they went from hut to hut trashing the entire village , they fought for around an hour until both were exhausted and full of eachother''s blood, till Xeor sudenly roared and fell on him he was ready to kill him when another dogman kicked him, he then rushly ran seeing as he couldn''t fight anymore, but the blue orb showed him the way once more, through the enemy lines, the only way to survive, it was strange but noone else seemed to see the blue floating orb. The next day Sherror came towards the catmen''s army alone and full of wounds he surredered himself to their mercy. (Sherror)-I lost fair and square but my subordinates still tryied to cheat, I surrender myself to you and have instructed my army to retreet at least for now (Catmen Commander)-You know that surrender means death don''t you commander (Sherror)-Full well (Catmen Commander)-Then... Suddenly loud noises could be heard from behind as Xeor came close (Xeor)-Where is he? (Sherror)-I''m here! (Xeor)-I knew you would come for revance after losing on your ground (Catmen Comander)-not exactly he came to surrender (Xeor)-Surrender? You mean the thing where you fall and die (Catman Commander)-Yes that one (Kihina)-not exactly, when you surrender you let your opponent do whatever they like to you (Xeor)-You mean like in the arena, he came to become our bitch, that''s just sick lots of laughers could be heard but Sherror was enraged he had never been insulted so much in his life (Sherror)-Kill me already or I won''t be able to control myself much longer (Xeor)-and why is that, you came to become a bitch and now you want us to kill you, go back to your army to do these sort of sick things, here we have only true men although I cannot say the same for that one... And he pointed his hand at the Catman commander (Catman Commander)-Why you bastard? And a second wave of laughers started with the wolfman at a lose for words, as he realised he had lost to a child or an idiot. In the end after the misunderstanding was dissolved Xeor decided in spite of everyones disaproval to make Sherror his underling. 3day of full bloom Year 190 Xeor and the catmen army had reached Fapur city where the elders awaited his and Sherror''s arrival. He was now once more in their presence as they looked surprised at the outcome of their war. (Elder)-If you who could by youself beat an army still need our help we are inclined to give you one, after all you are the hero of our Kinship (Xeor)-At last you say the right words, I don''t need a large army just gimme the guys who attacked me here the other time and another small group of three or five will be just fine (Elder)-are you crazy, you call that an army, that dosn''t even qualify for a unit of our army (Xeor)-Did I ever ask for an army? Sherror who was sitting behind him had burst in laughs and many elders as well (another Elder)- well he did say help but never mentioned an army thats for sure (Elder)-okay, gather your suicide squad and please leave us alone please You could see tears of frustration come from the elder''s eyes as he didn''t understand the situation one bit, why fight hundreds to gather a group of ten and why did he even come to them to gather such a small number and on top of that why only pick the generals of their army for his team. In truth Xeor thought that their generals were something like their commanders, the strongest of the warriors or something but reality was that they were weak, but let me explain better in detail. In the kinship there is currency and it is meat or any kind of food so the ones who give the most bribes to the elders become the generals who are the ones who decide battle plans etc, but the most important thing they decide is who will be drafted into the army and in order not to be drafted a bride is in place and so their world goes round. But now Xeor took those useless chumps in the wilds, and even took Kihina cause she knows where the Milewoods are but their greatest problem now were the hawkmen whose territory they had to pass through although they just passed through them by following the blue orb (In the end he didn''t even need Kihina). 12 The triuphant return They now walked in the Milewoods which once he called home. Although he was three years late his timing couldn''t have been better as the Boarmen had just gathered their men and were ready to attack the village when Xeor appeared before them and surprised they ran as fast as they could, It was morning and most of the villagers were asleep and a thunderous roar woke them all up. Who''s the Idiot roaring this time in the morning, what has happened this time, were their questions as they came out of their holes. But the most surprised of all was Zifarang who hadn''t expected him to survive the task he had given him but he couldn''t see any army with him just a group of weaklings and a strong wolfman. (Xeor)-My Brethren, I Xeor son of Kor am back (Kor)-Is that really you my son (Xeor)-cut the crap already where is the chief, he owes me a duel (Zifarang)-Did you bring the catmen (Xeor)-I brought their mightiest comanders with me now fight me Sherror was trying not to laught at his words (Zifarang)-Okay, after we trash the boarmen a bit we will have our duel as you requested for the place of the chief (Xeor)-as if I need anyone to beat up a few boarmen I''ll just take the catmen and show them a bit of our might (Zifarang)-I will gather a few men and see how you will fare and if needed we will help (Kor)-Oi Zifarang how comes he''s alive ? but before he could say anything Kor gave him a hit soaring him off the ground. (Kor)-This is for lying to my wife and meStolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Noone said anything and they all went their own ways. 13day of Full bloom year 190 Xeor''s and Zifarang''s group were now in front of the Boarmen''s village Which was a collection of hills made of dirt full of holes and Boarmen. It only took Xeor one roar and all the Boarmen were out and flooded around them . (Urkhehe)-How dare you lionmen and Catmen invade our Territory (Xeor)-I Xeor of Kor came to conquer and unite the race of beastmen everyone behind him was shocked as they originaly thought that they came just to shake them a bit but now it was an Invasion (Urkhehe)-hahaha You think a joke like this will save your life (Ukhik)-Boss It is him (Urkhehe)-Him? (Ukhik)-He is the one who murdered five of our breathren three years ago the one we wanted dead (Urkhehe)-So after hiding for three years you finally apeared before us Xeor was so Irritated he just walked with slow intimidating steps towards him, they could see a strange smork in his face that made them feel an earie feeling, the boarmen made way out of fear for their lives, Urkhehe wanted to ran but he couldn''t cause if he did It would throw them all in disarray. Urkhehe made the boarmen to make room for him and he run down the path towards Xeor who now did the same. The boarmen now begun making a huge ring around the and just looked, Xeor didn''t even take out his claws as he toyed with the Boarmen who tried with all his might to pierce him with his tasks. But Xeor was just too strong for him alone. (Xeor)-I have a good Idea, Oi Chief Zifarang Why don''t you group with him against me, it will make this fight a bit more worthwhile (Zifarang)-You arrogant brat And Zifarang rushed against him. And Now Xeor fought against both of them as if they were nothing he could have kiiled them two or three times but the two chiefs mostly obstructed eachother as they had no teamwork at all, it was their loss and everybody could see it till Xeor drew out his claws and both chiefs froze in place. Urkhehe gave up but Zifarang had his pride to defend, only his death could maintain his honor as a Lionman, but Xeor had another plan he evaded his attacks and gave him one sctatch each time he found an opening, in a short time he was full of wounds, but Zifarang still stood, the boarmen were terrified as both were dyed in his blood, That was the last day of Zifarang''s life as he fought like a real beast and died from the loss of blood as he suddenly fainted and afterwards died. (Xeor)-Now I am , the leader of both lionmen and Boarmen and next I will conquer the Hawkmen to the north The boarmen kneeled to him but one Urkhehe charged at him with all his strength and met his own death with inspiration, unwilling to see themselves becoming underlings of the lionmen, whereas before they were equals. Xeor had now become the leader of Milewood''s beastmen, but his real Intentions were far deyond that. Uniting the beastmen was but the start of his road in becoming one of the greatest heroes of his age, the age of Beasts. 13 Expedition to the north 15day of Full bloom Xeor and his company, Sherror the wolfman,Kihina the pantherlady, the catmen generals and his two childhood friends Fren and Gulf as well as Ukhik of the Boarmen were now in a meeting conserning the conquest of the Hawkmen Under his rule. Normally they would just challenge their leader or champion and the matter would have been oven but the hawkmen didn''t speak their language, If only he could find Glori the hawkman he thought and saw in the distance the blue orb guiding him to him, at least that''s where he thought it would guide him to. But the night stars and the ample time he had made him lazy, he just layed on the grass and looked at the moon in the sky, It was the Golden moon that shines a kind and gentle light upon the land. Why do I have to do it anyway, I know that there are other races that gather all together and fight as one like the Boarmen and Humans but I still can''t forget the peaceful life in the Hundred trees city, a life without worries and danger day and night, no enemies but stupid beasts, but mostly he wanted to see Fifi again although merely two and a half months passed but he felt years had passed. Xeor Now had decided on their next Action. (Xeor)-I gathered the Lionmen and Boarmen to announce my actions as of Now, Gulf will rule in my stead until I return and Fren will gather a group of warriors and huntresses who will come with me The elders were annoyed that he didn''t even consult with them but seeing as gulf was as good a chief as a puppet in their hand they kept Silent (Xeor)-Ukhik will govern the Boarmen in my stead and if they need help he should talk with Gulf about it, but if by the time I return I find unrest or war among the two races both Gulf''s and Ukhik''s as well as any Instigator''s heads will be rolling in the floor of my hole The elder of the lionmen and Boarmen were mostly displeased but what could they do. (Xeor)-Lastly I will leave the catmen here in order to educate you in the ways of currency in the world, as we have no such values yet and you Kihina and Sherror will look after them and If any of them misbehaves only you ywo have the othority to act noone else, everyone anderstands that (Elder Max)-All that sounds good but why only taking men from our tribe, and not boarmen as well if you aregoing to war, the more the merrier (Xeor)-What war are you talking about, I am just going to show them our might, and I only need the strongest warriors, so that all will fear the possibility of an army of us (Elder Max)-But what if it makes us targets instead (Xeor)-elder max do you know what humans are (Elder Max)-No first time I hear of them (Elder Owang)-I know, they are weaklings that have nor tasks nor claws to fight and they hide like moles in strange structures (Xeor)-You are half right, yes they have no tusks nor claws but they are nowhere near weak, they use stange sticks to wound and kill and can even throw them at us from afar and in my journey I even encountered sticks stronger than teeth or claws or even the boarmen tusks and although I killed the one who had it another will just take his place holding the same stick The lionmen and Boarmen felt as if a future threat had appeared but till now no human dared step into the wilderness of the Milewoods. In this manner he united the two races and prepared to leave to the north. In these few days he helped the lionmen and boarmen unite as one through trading, and although their trading system had many flows, as meat dissapeared after a month or more.(In allastar the microorganisms wait for a time and when they detect death they like pirranhas devour the thing in seconds, but it takes long enough for them to find it and even if the dead meat is next to eachother it might still take them a long time to find it, there is no rotting in allastar, just fast and efficient dissapearance of the corpse, of course bones still remain but they have other ways to dissapear) 21day of Full bloom year 190 Fren finished gathering warriors after a small tournament that lasted three days and the three best warriors were chosen to come with them, First was Dwen a big tough lionman who could take a beating and not even feel a thing he came first and although normally he would be first, Second place came Felion a weird guy, who doesn''t speak he mostly uses body language, yes he is a mute lionman, the winner was a young lionman around Xeor''s age or even a bit older, his name was Jix and he was quite smallframed, but clever as a fox. Our small Invasion force was now near the exit of the forest when Large shadows passed them by, Fren had a bad feeling about it but Xeor didn''t seem to care but there was one more person who had a really bad feeling as if his danger instinct urged him to do something, He was Sherror who was shouting out orders to the lionmen as if thry were all grunts in his army, even the elders were in no position to talk back as those days the young one were getting really lazy. (not that they weren''t prior to that but how would he have known that) The lionmen village was now like a millitary camp, as Sherror educated them in strange tactics most of which they already knew instinctively, and in the middle of this a signal came of an incoming air raid by the Hawkmen.You know the idea, best defence is offence, right but when the Hawkmen found the village noone seemed to be there, they went to see into the holes they called homes and not one Hakman returned the panicked Hawkmen tried to flee but from the trees hidden lionmen leaped at them taking them down, not a single one was left alive and Sherror had them hold a Victory Celebration, the first they ever had and they liked it. While Sherror was getting popular at the lionmen village Xeor guided the Invasion group towards the Hawkmen Village or town but in reality they had multiple nesting grounds which they used at random. Under the guidance of the blue it didn''t take long to reach but before that, (Fren)-I don''t doubt your leadership and stength Xeor but do you know where we are going? (Xeor)-Don''t Fret we will find it (Fren)-How come you are so sure, have you even seen their village before (Xeor)-Who cares, as long as you have me you won''t get lost Fren didn''t say a thing as he went a bit farther from him and Jix came to him (Jix)-Sorry to eavesdrop on you and Xeor but is he crazy or something (Fren)-If you think, his father is a wellknown crazy lionman but Xeor used to be alright at least before he left (Jix)-If things come to the worst, I have been leaving signs to find our way back (Fren)-Good job (Jix)-I only hope he doesn''t kill us in our sleep (Fren)-Xeor would never do that, he would first wake you up and then hack your head off your shoulders hahaha (Jix)-very funny we''ll see who will be laughing if it''s your head that''ll be on the ground in a puddle of your own blood with your eyes wide open and your tongue hanging out from your mouth Fren did''t speak to neither Xeor nor Jix after that and tried not to stay too close to Xeor at night. It''s not so strange to think he wwas crazy as his way of navigating through the plains was merely based on his instinct, he looked and went as if he was following an illusion and they had to follow him to unknown territories. Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. 24day of Full bloom year 190 Xeor and his group reached a place that seemed to be a desserted Hawkmen nesting ground, Xeor went fearlessly forward while the others with careful steps scouted the nearby nests. (Fern)-Xeor are you mad, can''t you see we are in their village, where are you going? (Xeor)-Why do you always have to be such a scardycat, they aren''t even here lets continue our way (Fern)-But.. the nests.. are here But Xeor had started moving away and was waiting for them to follow (Jix)-Good thing we didn''t take the females with us, ain''t it scaredycat (Fern)-Shut up midget (Jix)-If you want a fight It''s all yours Dwen and Felion who saw them tried to stop them but then Xeor came back (Xeor)-Why didn''t you say you wanted to have a duel right here? The mood became really awkward as they both looked at him as If they wanted to kill him (Xeor)-What did I do? They both answered in one voice (Both)-You lead us to madness (Fren)-You walk carelessly in an enemy village (Jix)-You lead us as if you are daydreaming not even looking at the surroundings (Fren)-You don''t even know where we are going and yet you are sure we are going right (Both)-You are driving us nuts (Xeor)-Oh why didn''t you say it sooner, you see I have a blue light that onlyI can see and It guides me wherever I want to go. Silence only silence cold be heard for a strange amound of time as the other lionmen tried to comprehend what he had just said and suddenly they all burst of laughers and Fern even fell (Fern)-You don''t really mean that do you Xeor? (Xeor)-Do I seem to be lying to you? (Fern)-Okey guys I am going back to the village, anyone who wants to follow me can come too, right Jix (Jix)-I don''t think so, I think the leader has the last saying in this he said with an evil smirk on his face (Xeor)-You know Fern the Dwarf is right you have to duel me to death if you want to be their leader (Jix)-Dwarf, me I request a duel with you to the death (Fern)-Me too (Xeor)-Okey but not to the death as I will need both of you to accomplish my Plans (Dwen)-Sorry chief but we think you are not in your right mind (Felion)-I too think you are unworthy to lead us (Xeor)-You know something, I might change my mind and kill you all here and now and return to the village and report thet you died an honorable death trying to become chiefs of the village, would you have liked something like that? (Fren)-You think you can threaten us, you are just one and we are four even If you beat one or two of us you will be killed by the others (Xeor)-So you''d rather die than belive me, then why don''t we make a bet, If you win you can go back but If you lose you''ll have to follow any and all my comands even if it''s a death sentence (Fren)-Why should we... (Jix)-What do you have in mind? (Xeor)-Since it seems hard for you to belive the blue light thing why don''t we just bet on that? (Jix)-I have a perfect bet for that, now listen chief how it will go The three of us will leave first and after a day has passed you will have to go to our destination before us and Fren here will stay and prevent you from cheating (Xeor)-One day let me see... (Jix)-Is it too much for you? (Xeor)-No let''s make it three, cause you''re in an unfamiliar territory and I wouldn''t want you to say It was too easy for meor that it was unfair (Jix)-Right, as you like good luck Xeor and Fren try not to hold him back too much As soon as the deal was made the three lionmen left following the tracks Jix had left and covering them so that none can find them afterwards. A day had passed and Xeor wasn''t worried one bit he just waited as the day passed did some workout hunted some animals that passed by but returned to the same place and waited there at the abandoned nesting Ground. On the other Side Jix had some problems as some of his marks had dissapeared and the plains had many small hills that all looked the same, now they were roaming blindly in the dark not knowing where the sun comes and sets but they couldn''t just wait for the day to come. The next morning found them lost in the midle of a valley and no tree or hills could be seen, they walked scared slowly and carefully as they didn''t know when the Hawkmen will find them or any unknown beasts of the plains when suddenly the earth begun to shake and they fell to the ground trying to remain unseen as a herd of dorths(rabbits) passed them by, they laughed at their own insecurity but when they looked again at them a group of wufangs(Wolfs) had already devoured most of them. Normaly they could take them on as they weren''t large yet but it was the first time they saw so many of them inone place. In their Panic they ran as fast as they could and kept running till nightfall. I know you are thinking how comes night falls so fast it might be the lionmens'' great endurance or the fact that in Anchora day lasts only for 5 to six hours although normally it lasts seven in this world , Seven hours day seven night but it''s not so bad believe me they are not like us they only need four hours of sleep anyway. But our friends now have lost a whole day getting lost and the night they couldn''t sleep in fear of death. On the other side Xeor and Fern waited another day idling at the nesting grounds. The last day of their advantage they walked aimlessly and hopelessly thinking they would never see their homes again when Jix found a track he had left behind, If you could see their happy faces that were once more full of life, now they went following the traces and at the sametime burrying them so that Xeor wouldn''t find them, they worked diligently till nightfall and peacefully went to sleep. The Next morning it was Xeor''s turn to act but he just waited at the village, Fern had begun to think Xeor was mad until with his own eyes he saw Jix, Dwen and Felion comimg down the hill and laughing as they saw Xeor waving his hand , telling them to come. (Xeor)-You know something Jix, even if you had taken ten days, you would still end up here (Jix)-What shit, are you saying you knew we would end up here again (Xeor)-You see when I saw the orb that would lead me to your destination it showed just where you are standing now, Three days ago (Jix)-As if you knew It was shear luck that you was sitting here looking at I don''t even know what. (Xeor)-You know something your destination had changed three times since then but in the end it ended up right here, I don''t know What you did but since last night It was exactly where you are standing now, but if you Jix can''t even keep your word I permit you to leave, you can go back lying chapion of the village as I will conquer the Whole world under my feet. (Jix)-Very funny, as If I even know the way back... (Xeor)-Don''t cry, after we conquer the Hawkmen I think we would love to escort you back to your cave Normaly Jix would have tryied to bite his neck off but in his condition he did nothing but remain silent, he must be the first case of lionman in depression in their short history. Whatever since they had no other choice they all sat and feasted on the meat Xeor had stored for them and left following their Crazy leader. 14 The Lion King 28day of Full bloom year 190 The group reached without any farther delays at the Hawkmen village, who full of surprise and fear surrounded them. They where about to attack when Glori the young Hakman stopped them. (Glori)-Is that you Xeor? (Xeor)-Oh Glori, how''ve you been (Glori)-I have repeated it many times never call me that (Xeor)-Chill out man, I didn''t call you a Chip(chicken) (Glori)-Whatever, what the hell are you doing in our territory? (Xeor)-You see Glori.. (Glori)-Don''t call me that (Xeor)-Ok okey, you see I have a dream, of uniting the beastmen tribes, and here is the deal, your tribe is in the middle of our unification so you have a choice (Glori)-Are you even serious? And I didn''t want to believe the elders when they decided to send an army to estroy your village but as it seems their fears were true (Xeor)-Whatever, now listen (Glori)-Listen to what, your village probably lies in ruins and all lionmen except for you five are dead (Xeor)-Yes , now listen I will either fight your chief for leadership over the hawkmen or I will be forced to kill you all Glori seemed to laugh as he heard what he said and told something to the others in birdmen language and they laughed too but all the laughers stopped when Xeor Roared Paralizing all the Hawkmen in fear he then walked towards Glori in with a wicked expression on his face any Hawkmen that went in his way he killed in a stroke of his arm, Glori was terrified as the Hawkmen were now being slaughtered by him and the four lionmen behind him. Normally they would have taken flight immidiately but now they had to buy time for the Women to gather their eggs and children that couldn''t fly yet. A strange cry was suddenly heard and Glori now took flight as did the others leaving the wounded and dead behind. Xeor didn''t idle there for long he took hisgroup and went after their destination again and again. Of course they flew faster that they could run and were always first but they couldn''t find rest for more that a night. That kept on for a week or even more till the Hawkmen understood he could find them even in their best hiding spot, as if he knew where they were going and then Glori remembered about magic, the miraculous light that made his wing to regenerated. If by some means Xeor had aquired the power of magic, then it is possible for him to find them like he did. 8day of Final bloom year 190 Xeor appeared out of the horizon and Glori was waiting for him (Glori)-Is it magic that enables you to find us? (Xeor)-Yes (Glori)-So I was right after all, but we will never lose to anyone, we are the proud Hawkmen (Xeor)-What are you waiting, running from place to place , thinking your army will come back and fight for you? they are all probably dead by now , haven''t you found it strange that you haven''t seen them by now (Glori)-You are probably right but we will never follow you commands (Xeor)-As if I asked you for that , What I want is a world where beastmen and hawkmen can fight back to back against common threats but if you are treacherous backstabers then thenwhy evenbother (Glori)-Take that back it was you who attacked first (Xeor)-An army, ruin you village strikes even worse I came to challenge your Chief with just a small group of men and you sent a whole army, was that to challenge me? (Glori)-That''s because you and your people are dangerous, you will doom us all with your greed (Xeor)-Come on how many men did you send to kill me ten twenty or maybe a hundred (Glori)-You fool if only you lionmen had stayed in your forest non of this would have to happen (Xeor)-Oi you hear that guys If we had stayed in the forest we would have been losers like this guy here (Glori)-I don''t care what you think about us but by now the others have already left, only I remain here (Xeor)-You know something I don''t care, I can just return to the village and get more men and station them in every one of you nests, but you see I have a deal for you (Glory)-You think I will ally miself with you (Xeor)-If you want them Hawkmen to keep existing you will, you see I am bored with hunting you and it''s been almost a month now that I left so here is the deal, You will become the leader of your people and teach them our language and we won''t hunt you down we will all be like a big family, an alliance of beastmen that will trade and prosper but in order to attain peace and tranquility you will have to send two of your people one to the north and one to the south to see how the other beastmen races live and afterwards to advance your people, you can call them whatever you like but they will repreesent your race to the boarmen and catmen who don''t really know you. Glori flew away as Xeor ended and he let him go as he wanted to hear a possitive answer the next time they returned. 11day of Final bloom Xeor and his group found the Hawmen at last after a lot of long travel and as they aproached the big dark cave eleven elderly hawkmen flew down from above. (Elder Aiiieie)-We are the elders of the Hawkmen and we now can''t deny that only magic can have brought you this far, this Is a sacred cave to us as from here we appeared (Xeor)-At last someone with othority and knows our language too (Elder Aiiieie)-I am Aiiieie and I am one of the Communicators of our tribe, we are few in number but we have saved our race from many misunderstandings (Xeor)-Cut me some slack I only care If you agree , a yes or no is enough (Aiiieie)-First I would like to know if you truly are the leader of your tribe (Xeor)-You can ask the silent Idiots behind me, Am I your chief (Fern,Jix,Dwen and Felion)-Yes, although we hoped otherwise (Aiiieie)-I see, so you are a person of authority yourself, normaly we would have challenged you to a duel but after you trashed three of your sister tribes none seems to believe he can defeat you (Xeor)-Come on a yes or no please (Aiiieoie)-Don''t be impatient, We discussed the matter and found it agreeable but only under the condition that our territories will remain as they are (Xeor)-I have no problem with that but you won''t be attacking any beastman trying to pass through them either alright? (Aiieie)-Alright we will now call our new leader and the two representatives out so that you will see him at least before leaving. Three others came out with elder Aiieie (Aiiieie)-This is Eyiiiiie he is the chief of our tribe, as the two chiefs from the two other tribes never returned from the raid to your village and one you slayed without even knowing when you first stepped in iiikiiiikikik''s tribe (Xeor)-Who''s iiikiiik (Glori)-It''s me that''s my name (Xeor)-Oh hello glori didn''t recognise you immidiately sorry (Aiiieie)-You know iiikiiiikikik? chief of the lionmen (Xeor)-Didn''t he even say how I saved his life from the humans (Aiiieie)-So you are the rumoured crazed lionman who could slay... oh sorry you see he did talk about his imprisonment and about you and you are truly as the rumors say (Xeor)-Cut the flattery I have places to conquer yet (Aiiieie)-Could you not call it conquer and call it more like "ally" (Xeor)-Nah I only Invade and conquer and now you are part of my empire that in no time will stretch till the elven woods (Aiiieie)-As you like but remember not all are as understanding as we were many more will fall victims to your misunderstandings Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.(Xeor)-Whatever who are the Representatives (Aiiieie)-Ah yes here are iiikiiiikikik and ekeiiie (Xeor)-So its Glori and Ekie (Glori)-Don''t call me that (Xeor)-You know something I don''t care cause you have been conquered Glori now lets go As Xeor left (Aiiieie)-You know something Eyiiiiie, If he wasn''t crazy then we might have really been conquered (Eyiiiiie)-I think we already have been, we just don''t know it (Aiiieie)-It seems we were closed to ourselves for far too long, while the world around us changed too much (Eyiiiiie)-No it didn''t it is probably us who have changed, we became to hooked up on traditions and our pride. 18day of Final bloom year 190 Xeor and the group reached his villaged , but what he found was not what he awaited as there were two lionmen guards blocking their entrance. (Guard)-Please Xeor don''t go inside yet or he will kill us (Xeor)-If you won''t let me pass, I might kill you how is that better (Guard)-Please Stay for a bit the Chief is now coming in just a bit (Xeor)-What Chief? I am the damned chief Xeor Roared in anger and a bit farther Gulf could be seen coming to meet him with Sherror (Gulf)-Xeor oh yes, good work guards he can pass (Xeor)-Good work? they didn''t even let their own chief pass (Gulf)-Oh you didn''t know, In the catmen tribe, you must have a reason to enter a different village than your own (Xeor)-But this is my village (Gulf)-Don''t fret the details,they are still training but who are they (Xeor)-Ah yes this is Glori and Ekie (Glorie)-It''s iiikiiiikikik and ekeiiie (Gulf)-Glad to meet you, so you really did conquer them, you see Sherror here had this bright Idea to Imprison the hawkmen that invaded us, at least as many as we could (Xeor)- Ah so can they still fly home (Gulf)-Nope anymore they can''t (Glori)-Bastards (Xeor)-Shut up Glori at least they aren''t dead (Gulf)-So where are you going next? (Xeor)-Well I will go leave Ekie at the Boarmen''s Tribe (Gulf)-Which one, they have five you know (Xeor)-How on earth should I know that (Gulf)-Well Ukhik''s is the closest so I think you should go to his (Xeor)-Whatever just get the prisoners here and the catmen, I will escort them home (Gulf)-About the prisoners I think they will gladly leave but as for the catmen I think they won''t leave they say nothing awaits for them back home, you know they are not even generals there anymore (Xeor)-Is it like me and you who suddenly saw it that I''m not the chief anymore (Gulf)-Don''t be stupid, you are no chief anymore you are a king, the first king of all beastmen (Xeor)-Hmm you know I rather Like that, Xeor the Lion king yeah (Gulf)-"Idiot" hehe (Xeor)-Ah yes Sherror I will need you too, in order to conquer the Dogmen (Sherror)-I''ll gladly come Xeor after taking the hostages and the representative explained to them their sircumstances they left to the Boarmen tribe of Hogfoot as it was called, the other three were Snotdeath, Greenfur and Bloody Tusk, which had not yet submitted themselves to him. Drawing closer Xeor could smell smoke that normaly means wildfire but it was not yet the month of destrution so they rushed to the source of it and saw the boarmen puting meat into a fire and then putting it out and taking the meat somewhere. (Xeor)-What the hell are they doing? (Sherror)-Don''t make such a fuss it''s a technic used to preserve the meat longer, that way it lasts at least for a year and the taste''s not so bad although I like mine juicy (Xeor)-Is that so (Ukhik)-Oh as if it isn''t Xeor, our greatest of rulers how''s the conquest thingie goin'' (Xeor)-Pretty well I think the hawkmen are now part of my empire and this is Ekie he will be translating for you their language, he will be staying with you for now (Ukhik)-Great knews indead but I have bad news for you, the Greenfur tribe is okey to be under your rule with a bit of diplomacy by my side but the snotdeaths and Bloody tusks are against you it would be no surprise if they attack us right now (Xeor)-Why don''t you look after my guests while I go and have a talk with them It won''t take long, I think (Ukhik)-Okey I guess but do you know how to find them? (Xeor)-No need I see theim coming out of that way in a few minutes (Ukhik)-What? And they truly did come they were many and ready for battle but as soon as their chief appeared Xeor rushed at him biting his neck off The others were now in total panic but one Roar by Xeor stoped them all In their tracks. (Xeor)-Do you still think I am not your King? The boarmen didn''t know what to do even the Blood tusk''s leader who had just arrived seeing how his fellow chief and leader of the campaign fell like he was nothing he just gave up, thus all boarmen were subdued in but a moment. (Uknik)-Great show if I can say so but how did you know who their leader was? (Xeor)-It was magic, something gods use Ukhik fell on his knees and praised him as if he was a god (Xeor)-You Idiot I am not a god, the gods are far more powerful than me and never do that again (Kihina)-Oh Xeor didn''t know you had returned, I heard the boarmen had some problems here was it you? (Ukhik)-Insolent don''t you dare badmouth our magical king (Kihina)-Oh you learned some magic, which god''s is it? (Xeor)-Well basicaly its just a tracking spell but it is quite useful (Kihina)-Well better than nothing I guess, what brings you here? (Xeor)-Oh yes, I am about to go conquer the catmen so I wanted your help or any of the others if they want to return home (Kihina)-Well I''d come but you see me and the others like it better here (Xeor)-How come no catman has missed home yet (Kihina)-Well you see here we are someones, representatives of our race, important people, If we returned now nothing great awaits us back home just a work and endless days of boredom and war with the dogmen ain''t that so Sherror (Sherror)-Do you know the reason he is going to your homeland (Kihina)-Yeah the conquest thingie, where you go to them and say if they cincide to you as ruler they will have peace, Ypu don''t even need me for that you already are the Hero of the Catmen so they will probably just agree and the end of it and then you will go to the dogmen who upon seeing you or Sherror will probably do the same (Xeor)-Bullshit I''m sure they''ll have some fight in them right Sherror (Sherror)-Don''t really know about catmen but the canine empire won''t concide so easily we have an emperor after all (Xeor)-See that''s what I''m saying adventures await us and even Glori is here (Kihina)-What, where''s the little rascal (Glori)-I have told you a hundred times don''t call me that (Kihina)-I see the same as ever (Glori)-Ehh What is she doing here was she a boarwoman or something? (Xeor)-Good one Grlori And a punch went at Glori''s face as Xeor skillfuly evaded it (Xeor)-Why so angry Kihina, did that hurt your feelings or something (Kihina)-Well have you ever seen a boarwoman Xeor (Xeor)-Now that you say It (Kihina)-Well, believe me you wouldn''t want to (Ukhik)-Now you are even badmouthing our race, You are now exiled from our village and don''t ever step back here (Kihina)-Xeor!!! The exiled Kihina now had joined the group in their travel to the Catmen city of Fapur 15 The Lion God 5day of the Red sun year 190 Xeor,Glori,Kihina and Sherror had reached the city of Fapur after a long and cumbersome journey as the Hawkmen were not so good at walking but after they escorted them home they quickly reached the city and now were before the Elders of the Catmen and the new generals. (Elder)-Now we will not surrender, we don''t need peace with the Empire we will just destroy them now that the old emperor died and the tribes are in chaos for his Succesor It will be our chance (Xeor)-See Kihina I told you It will have fun (Kihina)-Elder you do know who you are talking to, don''t you (another Elder)-We do know the hero who destroyed Sherror''s army and now has Sherror as his Follower, but that''s old news now (Kihina)-Don''t be Idiots you are telling you want to fight an alliance of lionmen,Hawkmen and boarmen rather than make him your king? (Catman General)-Precisely, we have estimated that the three tribes together don''t even sum up to half of our army and thank''s to the previous general''s messages we now know that the lionmen are too few to actualy pose a threat and as for the boarmen, we heard they are rather weak to begin with although they are many you have only one tribe under your control (Xeor)-I see news travel quite slowly And as they were talking a messanger came to the general and wispered something to his ear (Catman General)-As it seems now you have the whole of them but that doesn''t make up for them being weak not to talk about the Hawkmen who turned to be the weakest of them all (Glori)-Say that again if you dare (Catmen General)-The weakes.... A Roar Interupted their conversation (Xeor)-You talk too much you know, why don''t you fight Glori here to see by youeself if he is weak or not (Catman General)-He should fight but not me I am but a strategist a guy who know how to think, he should face a warrior whose job is to fight battles (Xeor)-Why not but only under the condition that if your warrior loses you will meet his fate (Catman General)-Then how about If He wins you will just leave as you came (Xeor)-If you want to fatten it up, then how about If Glori wins the whole Kinship will belong to me (Elders)-No! (Catman General)-You see the Kinship belongs to its people not just me , you can''t make it yours just by beating one warrior (Xeor)-Then how many warriors does it take (Elder)-Prepostrous, we will not give you our Kinship even if you kill us all (Xeor)-So just seventy elders are all that needs to die right? (Catmen General)-Okey I will agree to your proposal but it won''t be a one on one It will be our most capable warriors against you four, and they amount to at least a hundred how about that (Xeor)-Sounds reasonable (Kihina)-What, why are you agreeing to that? (Xeor)-Why not I can kill them all just by myself now (Kihina)-I know you are good at fighting but why me too, I don''t want to die..... (Xeor)-Come on don''t cry if you like you can stand and just watch from the sidelines as we trumble them (Glori)-I don''t think she likes the idea of you killing her breathren (Sherror)Hahaha (Catman General)-Whatever, my name is Deatlan and in a week you will have your battle in front of all the catmen, so that non can question your your leadership if by chance you win (Xeor)-Great we will have a huge audience The elder didn''t say a word as they could do nothing but hope that he dies in the battle to come, but knowing how he destroyed the dogmen alone made them tremble in fear. Deatlan also had a few problems at his side as noone was crazy enough to give his life for a fight against the Hero of the Kinship and most would happily make him king if he liked to be one but his worse problem was that even if he won their best warriors would be cripples or killed so the campaign to destroy the empire would become even harder to accomplish. Now while Xeor and his companions were sleeping in their tents Deatlan was walking back and forth in his wooden hut, under the complete cover of darkness he tried to find a way to Save the Kinship. Deatlan was a normal Catman but his mind was that of a cunning fox and while others called him weak, he schemed his way to the top and even if Xeor hadn''t taken the former generals he would still have gained the position by talent.It was to his merit that the secret ops were established, as he planted spies and sent catmen to gather Intelligence about the other races movements, he had even eyes on the humans who seemed quite weak by his specs. he had eyes everywhere on their side of the great river till the Iron Mountains where the Canine Empire''s capital was. Now that clever cat was about to match wits with a lion, but in that darkness a glim had lit in his eyes as a plan so devious he had come up with that it scared even him. The next day all the kinship knew about the fight that would take place but not could think of an Idiot who would challenge the Hero, although many wanted to have a match with him few dared to fight him to death. Hopefully for Deatlan in their society he could buy warriors with the right price on the line and so the next days he went from town to town gathering warriors by promising riched and fame. But the most important part was his meeting with Salmar the most infamous cugarman in the kinship, who was exiled one or more times, coming back everytime with a new name and identity but the reason of their meeting I will not reveal. Salmar was weaklooking and old in age but he travelled a lot and in one of his travels he found something that changed his life, it was catnip a herb that to catmen works as a drug, just by chewing on one their mind stops working and they feel good but when one becomes too addicted to that happiness they will do anything for it. But what Deatlan wanted was not that, it was another herb Salmar had in his possesion, that works as poison but not many catmen are crazy enough to eat grass, so Salmar had used it many times just by dyeing his claws in it''s extract he had killed many foes and even escaped death.The deal was now closed and each took his own path and only two days now remained till the match. 9day of Red sun year 190 It was late at night and Xeor was right about to go to sleep in the hut he was given to stay then at the door he saw the orb it glowed an earie red light.Xeor didn''t think twice before saying "Why now?" and following it, on his way he stumbled on someone and went faster under the cover of the night. He couldn''t think as the light went faster he also went faster he saw it leaving the town gates and went after it Ignoring the guards who were half asleep themselves, they didn''t even budge as they thought of him as an illusion of their sleepiness. Xeor followed the orb for a long time till it dissapeared before a small forest and the god''s voice could be heard from the sky although he could not see the hand in the darkness of the night. (Creator)-I see you are good to your promises (Xeor)-I did as you asked, I am here now (Creator)-Yes you are and I am glad about it, but there is a reason for you to be here Xeor, This is the enchanted forest within which Lies the School of gods My last and greatest creation (Xeor)-School? what''s that? (Creator)-It''s a place where people will be trained and educated but in this precise school each god will mold their own champion for the incoming games of war which you so much like (Xeor)-Do I have to be trained now cause I''m a bit busy at the moment uniting the beastmen (Creator)-Don''t be afraid the first preparations will only take a day or two, you will be back in time for your match and with a bit of my magic this time (Xeor)-I will do anything you ask of me I would even lose the match for magic (Creator)-Don''t say that, you know I made your race in a most exquisite of designs, a battle machine but for you to win the fight you will need more than just magic, as we speak the other gods are still deciding on their champion but I have chosen you cause you might be a savage but your potential for creation is as high as your fighting spirit, you can make cities of stone or wood or even dirt, you posess a mind that non of your mortal friends can understand, you have dreams that in time you will realise Xeor was out of words and a bit confused at the many and complicated things but he knew it was a good thing by the god''s tone of voice. When the sun came out, in the city of Fapur an aproar begun as a catman was found dretched in blood dead by falling on his own claws, non knew him but one person Deatlan.The death was written down as an accident as he was quite old but Deatlan knew it wasn''t as he had paid that old fool Salmar a lot in order to have him poison Xeor and taking the blame for it as he was a wanted beastman anyway so it would seem like an accident, he even told him where Xeor''s hut was and he died in the middle of the road with his claws soacked in poison by impaling himself to death and on top of that his spies managed to lose Xeor''s whereabouts in the middle of the night when they were exchanging shifts and non had seen him leave the city. In Deatlan''s tent that day he and his chosen champion Akish and the Intel gathering leader Shordax were talking about it. (Deatlan)-How can he have just vanished? (Shordax)-I know but they just saw him ready to lay down and then he vanished without a trace (Deatlan)-Why didn''t they check he might have just run away (Shordax)-But they did, you know we ctmen can see in the dark and my spies are the best eyes and ears of the kinship but they were too scared to aproach his hut to inspect more closely and thought he had just fell asleap, only in the morning did they realise he had evaded them. Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.(Akish)-So either this Xeor fellow is a genius or the luckiest fellow in the world, you know they found the most dangerous of criminals dead this morning heading towards his hut, probably to rob someone but word goes he was killed by Xeor in that way because he wanted him to die of his own poison (Deatlan)-As if Xeor knows what poison is, he''s just a forest pumpkin (Shordax)-Are you sure about that, my sources say he had faked his own death just to evade a war with the boarmen, and even united the boarmen in just ten minutes of time, not to exclude the potential that he is a god in disguise, as we heard the boarman chief calling him (Deatlan)-Those are just rumors If he was that smart he would just call it an alliance and then with our help conquer the entire continent, but he chose stupid words like conquer and invade and even threatened to kill the elders than bribing them (Akish)-But wouldn''t that leave him with a thorn in the back, he did intent to become a monarch, no? (Deatlan)-Idiot, even the Canine emperor had to ask fo the elders'' support to rule the dogmen (Akish)-But if he makes it won''t that make him a true Emperor of the beastmen, and ruler of all (Deatlan)- Fool do you think any of the races he conquered so far would even think of avenging him if he dies? (Shordax)-Well, it seems the boarman chief could be one, his friend the chief of the lionmen might as well so two, then there is the problem with you insulting that wingman so I thing all the races so far might come at us, but you didn''t even think of that possibility did you oh great strategist (Deatlan)-shut up you Idiot, do you think the Boarman would care to avenge the slayer of their previous chiefs, or his friends who behind his back call him crazy and an idiot and as for the Hawkmen they have already been destroyed by Xeor so why help him, and as for the insults, they will never hear about them and if they lose in a duel all the more reason to be called weak (Akish)-So three against a hundred is now called a duel, sounds more like a lynching to me (Deatlan)-What do you care all you have to do is beat Xeor before the others do and the title of the strongest will be yours (Akish)-Is it the stress of betting you life on the line or have you grown stupid Deatlan who would call me strong if I gang up with the others if its not in a duel non will even recognise me as a warrior, I don''t know how you found all those idiots but lump me with them (Deatlan)-You are the stupid here, If I thought you could beat him I would have asked for a normal duel and you would have become the new Hero of the Kinship but like some other time before I had to resort to all sort of foul play again (Akish)-Foul play and again? (Deatlan)-Well do you remember how you became the champion of the arena? (Akish)-Yes I beat that weakling Fuur (Deatlan)-And didn''t you find it stange that you beat him so easily? (Akish)-Well I was stronger than him so he lost (Deatlan)-And it didn''t even pass your mind that the duel was staged, did it? (Akish)-Preposterous, who would do such a thing? (Deatlan)-Well you see some ex-general and I had a huge bet on the winner and he had selected the winning champwho was sure to win, so I did many things to ensure your victory, like strange rumors about your incredible strength or the insults the champ said about you and other things as paying the chump somuch meat that he could live for ten years without even coming out of his hut (Akish)-Impossible (Deatlan)-Oh and I was about to blackmail you with that if you refused to fight in the match but you turned to be an Idiot so listen, If Xeor doesn''t die you will die either in your sleep or outside in the wilderness exiled for something you didn''t do, do you get it now Akish didn''t say a word and was just trying not to cry preserving the little selfesteem he had left (Deatlan)-Now back to you Shordax, you imbecile do you think a god would just challenge us to a fight when he could just destroy us? (Shordax)-Well there are many god as to speak (Deatlan)-And who would he be the god of idiocity or maybe oh yes surely he must be the god of creation, the great creator Xeor hahaha The rest of the day Deatlan passed throwing insults at Xeor although in reality it was all pure jealousy cause Xeor did that ,which he wanted to do Years before he had come, Deatlan''s Ambition was to become an emperor like the canines'' Emperor and he was so close. He only had one step, destroying the canines and become a Hero but that plan was thwarted not once but twice now and the first time was when Xeor fought alone against Sherror, he was the commander Xeor ridiculed that day and probably didn''teven remember him but Deatlan was sure not to forget that, but the second time was even worse as he had staged it so that the previous generals would try and unsurp control over the elder and he would be the one to save the Kinship and now after he had the emperor assassinated Xeor appeared once more to steal his spotlight once more and unite everyone under himself. If Xeor is left alive he will probably rule the whole continent as Akish stated but the worst thing would be he would lose any chance in becoming a ruler of the Kinship forever as Xeor might be a fool but he didn''t stike as a tyran or corupted in the least by greed and no weak spot to make him crawl at his feet, it was as if he was a divine emmisary trying to united the scattered and warbound beastmen tribes and did it with such ease as if it was something normal. But enough of my introductions lets go to Xeor''s groups'' meeting (Kihina)-Anyone seen Xeor today? (Glori)-I did Five rounds all around the city and he has just vanished (Sherror)-I could have tried tracking his oddor but I''ve got no subordinates now who can do that, but if he only had a dogman tracker we could have found him quite easily (Kihina)-He couldn''t have just vanished with just one day left before the fight or could he (Glori)-Nah he probably went hunting or something to relief his boredom (Sherror)-I don''t even care as long as he''s here in time (Kihina)-And if he left with his tail between his legs All three laughed together even Kihina couldn''t believe he would do something like that, after all he had crushed a whole army single handedly. The day passed them by as they were now waiting at the arena entrance for Xeor to show up, well he couldn''t have lost his way since he had his tracking spell, but the arena was now full and all the other warriors and the crowd were getting impatient (Kihina)-Now what are we going to do? (Sherror)-Well no big deal, they did anounce it as Xeor''s team so it doesn''t have to be Xeor Who fights his team is enough (Glori)-No trouble those weakling won''t survive for long anyway lets go Kihina (Kihina)-But I don''t want to... Inside the arena an aproar of Boos was being directed at Deatlan who had organized the whole fiasco and he himself went out to end it (Deatlan)-Xeor you freaking coward come out here and fight me, I know you are afraid of the hundreds behind me but now its just a one on one you and me That he said loudly so that all could hear in the arena and even if Glori so wanted to kill him now he couldn''t.Deatlan had played his cards fluently as he knew perfectly well that Xeor couldn''t hear him as he wasn''t even in town and now he could become the hero of the Kinship If the sky hadn''t suddenly darkened as a colossal boulder fell from the sky nearly killing him, and stopping right before him and as Deatlan took a breath of relief he saw the boulder cracking and ran away as fast as possible. In a few seconds the boulder exploded sending fragmends in all directions hitting and injuring many beastmen warriors and spectators and as the smoke cleared out in it''s place was Xeor, who Roared out of delight (Xeor)-that was one heck of a ride he said and went to where his group was with a satisfied face as if he made it in time for the match but after his entrance not only the opponents but even his "friends" were left paralyzed with fear, he made everyone think that he was a god all begun kneeling before him all but Deatlan who shouted (Deatlan)-He is not a god, he can''t be a god , Xeor come here and fight me now you and me (Xeor)-Why would I want to fight you and why are they all kneeling, where are my opponents? And he Roared in anger as he went through a lot to get back in time just for this event and now it is all ruined but by his attitude even Deatlan fell down on his knees trying to blend with the others, with only one though, If I can''t be his enemy then better be his underling than dead meat. Despite Xeor''s displeasure about how he conquered the Catmen he was now seen as a god and no catman would dare fight him and he left Dealtor and Kihina to Rule over the Kinship in his leave as he went with Sherror and Glori to conquer the Canine empire to the north. The reason he left Dealtor in charge was simple, he was the only one whom he remembered in the balk of people, although he had forgotten who he was but he did remember he had seen him somewhere before, not so strange since he only saw him at the elders'' meeting for a while and he stroke to him that he had balls, wanting to go against him was quite an intresting thing and he did hate boring things. 16 Broken Empire 17day of red sun year 190 Now Xeor was travelling to the north once more, towards the Iron mountains as they will be called in the future and Sherror guides them towards the empirial capital, through a small path he knew was safe to travel and in not time they would find themselves near the northern lake where the capital was. (Sherror)-Oi Xeor are you sure you are not a god? (Xeor)-Do I look like one to you? (Sherror)-Donno haven''t seen one before and never seen any other lionman come out of rocks so you might be (Xeor)-You know the whole rock thing wasn''t my doing, it was the Great creator''s power, he gave me a lift in a boulder just took the rock put me inside and threw me away (Sherror)-And how does he look like (Xeor)-Donno only seen his hand and it is gigantic, big enough to crush you with just a finger (Sherror)-Then better not offend him right? (Xeor)-right hehe (Glori)-All good that end good but why leave that idiotic weakling in charge (Xeor)-Why not, he was brave enough to challenge me before they all branded me as a god (Glori)-You could have let me fight him you know (Xeor)-Didn''t know you liked fighting weaklings so much (Glori)-Fuck you! And thus they went on towards the next step to unify the beastmen. (Xeor)-Do you wanna see a magic spell I can do now, you see that stone there, kabing And the stone became a statue of Xeor posing his muscles (Sherror and Glori)-Was that hard to learn hahaha (Xeor)-But it took two whole days to learn, don''t laugh guys I''m even planing to leave thousants of such sculptures to show my greatness to the future generations, oh and the ligh is not a spell after all but something called a golem (Glori)-Can''t you just realise you suck, you spent two days and nearly lost the deadline just to learn something useless (Xeor)-Don''t know what you are telling but I like it and after I''m done conquering I''m going to travel and make lots of those (Glori)-You are crazy Sherror said nothing and just laughed and they all did with him. The same night they were at the gates of the "capital" that looked like the rundown wooden catmen city, nothing special at all, you may have the question, how come they have wooden walls and huts without the use of tools, but they have tools, the animal furs, the stones on the roadside the animal teeth, are used to cut down trees and trim one end to put it in the ground, the huts are mostly made of tree brunches placed one upon another to make a beaver-like home but with furs to cover the holes, quite ineficient but works for the climate of Anchora. (Guarddog)-Who goes there (Sherror)-Finaly a soldier, I want a meeting with the Emperor (Guarddog)-State your name and business (Sherror)-Stand Attention! Soldier when talking to Supperiors (Guarddog)-Can it be, General Sherror Sir? (Sherror)-One and Only (Guarddog)-At last one good new, everyone thinks you as dead (Sherror)-Really, well that''s not not a surprise after I went after Xeor (Guarddog)-Who''s Xeor? (Sherror)-Don''t mind about him, I want to know who''s in charge now (Guarddog)-Well Since the Emperor hadn''t chosen a heir, his twelve sons have been causing chaos all over the empire with the help of the elders who have been divided in five groups supporting only the most capable of successors who are five but if you ask me Wilgam will become emperor, he has locked himself in the Imperial capital and even without a single elder''s support, we have already emerged victorious twice (Sherror)-Is there a way to see him? (Guarddog)-After the Emperor''s assassination he sees noone, not even you would have a chance to speak to him (Sherror)-Oi Xeor how do you believe you can make them your allies if they are like that and don''t think about duels, Emperors are not generals they are rulers granted the right to rule by divine authority and even you wouldn''t have liked to displease the gods (Xeor)-Okey, Since it''s come to this I can just show up tomorrow torn the gates down and slaughter them but that wouldn''t do would it, Lets just stay outside till morning and let me do the talking this time. (Sherror)-As you like (Guarddog)-Why stay outside just come in already (Sherror)-Believe me you don''t want that to happen, just trust me on that (Guarddog)-Okey I guess Early in the next morning Xeor appears at the gates and an uproar can be heard from inside the walls, as the lioman begins to shout Inside (Xeor)-I have come to conquer the Dogmen as I have done the Catmen and the hawkmen before them and the Boarmen before them but I want to talk first so call your leader here to hear me out otherwise I will damage your walls and leave (Dogman)-Stop anything but that, if the walls fall everything I''ve worked for will be over (Xeor)-Oh I hadn''t thought of that and who may you be (Dogman)-I am Wilgam the rightful heir of the Canine empire and the Eldest son of Emperor Flipxis (Xeor)-See that''s how it''s done Sherror (Wilgam)-Did you say Sherror? (Xeor)-Don''t give me questions I only want answers, you see I have this problem of mine, I came to duel the Emperor or his champion or whatever makes him kneel to my feet faster and I hear he''s already dead (Wilgam)-You Insolent lionman the emperor would never do that (Xeor)-Oh yeah I heard he was made ruler by the gods, which one exactly granted him rulership? (Wilgam)-The god of creation himself (Xeor)-Oh that''s perfect cause I happen to be his champion, I should ask him, about who should rule you the next time I see him (Wilgam)-Your Insolence has gone far enough, soldiers open the gate and attack at your discretion (Sherror)-Stop this foolishness my highness, this lionman is indeed the champion of the god of creation, and if what you said is true then it migh be a once in a lifetime chance to stop this foolish war for succession (Wilgam)-So you did survive Sherror and allied yourself with the murderers of my father, but don''t think that your words will find root here or anywhere else you traitor (Xeor)-Sherror, why even try ,let''s just rough them up a bit and all will go smoothly to peacetalks (Sherror)-You don''t understand the meaning behind his words do you, Xeor (Xeor)-Is there a meaning behind him calling you traitor? (Sherror)-It has, they are not really chosen by a god nor they nor their father was, ain''t that so Wilgam? (Wilgam)-You Traitor shut the fuck up (Sherror)-Xeor I think I now know who the next emperor will be could you on my mark make a sculpture of me (Xeor)-Ah sure (Sherror)-Soldiers of the City of Gawrve If you want to know the truth will shock you (Wilgam)-Don''t listen to him? (Sherror)-I too am a son of the deseaced king and Heir to the right of rulership but I have with me the champion of the god of light who will prove my claim, now Xeor This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.Xeor did His spell and A Giand carving of his face could be seen through the other side of the door as the seperate wood became one and a Wolven head could be seen forming towards them. The soldiers terrorized opened the gate and kneeled before him. (Sherror)-Now brother why don''t we have a duel for succession, don''t you think it''s more fun that playing with the soldiers'' lives (Wilgam)-No you are not my brother go away you demon, soldiers protect me he is not my brother (Sherror)-Why are you running, I''m sure the gods will protect you and the rest of our brothers Sherror took Wilgam''s life as swiftly and painlessly as he could and all hailed for the new emperor. (Xeor)-I see so there was that way too, but what are we to do about the rest of the sons (Sherror) well one or two will be here shortly so I will need your help in welcoming them and yours too Glori (Glori)-I thought you had forgotten about me (Sherror)-Soldiers from tomorrow welcome anyone In even If they see you as enemies because tonight the god of creation will be making us a Palace (Xeor)-aren''t you overdoing this just a bit, whouldn''t a statue be enough (Sherror)-No , you like making things no, so why not doing me this one favour That day must have been Xeor''s worst as Sherror wanted him to make everything to his liking, he wanted something that would strike awe in the face of the insolent successors who tried to usurp the empire''s throne and both the workers and soldiers were awestruck as the wood they brought changed shape as Sherror wanted, but with Xeor''s power. The next day was a calm one as rumors begun speading everywhere that the war for succession was now over as the God himself had sent his emissary, and blessed his reign as the new emperor and no successor could dare ignore the threat. In a ten days all eleven successors and the elders suporting them were united as a single fist against the usurper as they called him and all though it was Wilgam the idiot who had barred himself in the Imperial capital while the others were fighting for succession, even the elders thought so as their army Marched towards the capital they found the gates open and the guards welcoming them as if there was no war at all there, their own soldier started to lose faith in their own lords'' claim for rulership, but everyone lost it when they saw the New Imperial palace decorated with sculptures made of wood no mortal could made and real wooden walls without holes covered by rugs and as they went in the floor was smooth as it was made of furs for them to step and In the darkness was Stood a throne where someone was sitting. (Successor)-I am Froom and the throne should be mine (Voice from the shadows)-Are you now, what do the other ten behind you say, Is he the real successor (another Successor)-No It is I Yiiilka (another Successor)-You fools it is me Wellfang (Voice)-I have a good Idea I will give this throne to the one of you who wins in a battle, between yourselves, the last man standing will become the emperor (Froom)-Who do you think you are? (others)-Yes show yourself Wilgam (Voice)-Wilgam?, I am not Wilgam I am Xeor! And light shone through holes that didn''t exist before revealing the lionman who was now sitting on the throne and next to him stood Sherror and Glori trying not to laugh at their surprised expressions. (Froom)-Who are you and where is Wilgam? (Xeor)-I told you, I am Xeor but what I didn''t tell you is that I also happen to be champion of the god of creation and as for little poor Wilgam he wasn''t emperor material don''t you think so too? (Yiiilka)-So you baited us here to tell us who the true one Is (Xeor)-Honestly Speaking, No (Successors)-What do you mean , no? (Xeor)-It''s as I said no, I baited you out to tell you that the next emperor of all beastmen is me Xeor the lion king and if any of you wants to differ why not try to fight me or even try leaving this building if you can as I have blocked the only exit just no, oh yeah and hitting the walls is rather futile it''s quite steady (Wellfang)-If you want us to kneel we will just spare our lives (Froom)-Speak for yourself, some of us prefer to die with pride (Xeor)-Don''t be so fast as I said before, I am the Emperor of all beastmen but I can''t be everywhere so one of the successors will have to rule in my stead as I travel throughout my lands, you might not know but under my rule are all lionmen,boarmen,hawkmen and catmen and I want all under my rule to live in peace (Froom)-What has that got to do with anything? (Xoer)-but it does, you see I want you successors to fight among yourselves and the last remnant to become the canine emperor A real dogfight could then be seen among the successors who bit and kicked and scratched and weeped as their elite soldiers looked at them fighting like thugs among themselves, In the end only Froom remained standing but he was back stabed by Yiiilka''s claws. (Yiiilka)-Now I am the emperor right? (Xeor)-There is one more successor left, right Sherror Sherror went in front of Yiiilka and caught his head and strungled him (Sherror)-Nah I just lied I''m not a son of the old emperor but my claim for rulership is more real that the previous emperor''s right Xeor? (Xeor)-as if I know ,Your taste is surely not to my liking though, too rough Sherror laughed and so did everyone still alive in the room thus the conquest of the canine empire came to a close and everyone hailed Sherror as the true emperor and by his degree a peace was to be made with the catmen, but before anything else he wanted to show something to Xeor, farther to the north next to the Iron mountain was a gnomish village, gnomes are tiny people who live in small hills next, their heigh reaches only the knee of a grown man. (Sherror)-These, Xeor are gnomes, they lived here as long as we remember, but they can make the best beer there is, and maybe they are the only ones who know how to make it, they don''t talk our language but if you go next to them they will give you their gnomish beer a nectar made for the gods themselves although it might not be it''s season yet but as Xeor went near their houses a little gnome came out of his house terrified and offered him a barrel of beer, but for Xeor it looked more like a Mug of beer, he drunk it all and left the empty barrel down (Xeor)-It was awful I think an... and he fell down asleep (Sherror)-You sure can''t take your drink and he carried Xeor back to the capital. In his dream Xeor saw fifi and the elven forest but he also saw his parents and the former chief whom he killed and the boarmen he killed and the dogmen he had killed and in the end he saw the humans whom he killed raiding his village and destroying Fapur and Gawrve till it was but cinders and ash but the worst was that he was powerless to do something about it as he was running after the red orb to save his own life. 17 Hidden threat 12day of Withering year 190 The weather was quite good in the canine empire where refreshing cold winds came from the north, Xeor was staying in the Imperial capital as he had already conquered most of the known races, but this stange nightmare he had was driving him crazy as every night he saw himself running behind the red orb, unable to stop even if he so much wanted to. The stress and strange thoughts drove him to a sense of unsatisfactory as his campaign to unite the beastmen was drawing to its end. But this day a strange black catman came to him bowing before him informing him that he from that day had a brother, a small tiny brother back in the lionmen village. Xeor wanted to see his brother too but he also had a wild desire to see how the Iron mountains looked up close or more like something was there a strange intuition told him that something was there and he had to find what, he imagined that in those mountains humans had made cities and multiplying as days passed him by and as in his dream they would storm the whole valley destroying anything in their path. Of course he had no proof and he couldn''t just search randomly in fear of ridiculing himself, Imagine building an army and storming a bald mountain where none lives and the tracking golem can''t show where Humans are as they don''t live in just one place and if he tried to go to the closest it could as well take him beyond the great river. So Xeor consulted Sherror and glori about what to do (Xeor)-As you both know only the city of the hundred trees remains in my conquest list but those mountains behind us keep troubling me (Sherror)-What''s so great about them? (Xeor)-I suspect someone or something is living there but I can''t come to find a reason to invade it, do you Sherror know of any race that calls those mountains theirs? (Sherror)-As long as I know the mountains have been devoid of intelligent life at least, as there are those really dangerous monsters the Grawlers that live there (Xeor)-How do they look like (Sherror)-Well, giant lizards that walk on two and screem at the top of their voice (Xeor)-Oh that''s what they''re called I''ve fought one once, tough bastards (Sherror)-don''t think you have, they are quite persistant on their prey and always hunt in groups (Xeor)-Yes I know, it was pure luck that I made it out alive, I even broke a claw while riding it (Glori)-I believe you both had your own experiences in handling them but don''t they normally leave the Iron mounts during the summer (Sherror)-How do you know that? (Glori)-Well they do appear seldomly in our territories but only in the summer around this time (Xeor)-Glori you are a genius, If the grawlers aren''t there we can explore the mountains as much as we like (Sherror)-Or we could just send Glori here Both stares were now on glori asking if he would go or not on this scouting mission alone. (Glori)-Alright I''ll go but don''t wait too much from me I''ll only go for an hour or so And Glori left flying through the sky a little clumsily at first but alright in the long run, Xeor and Sherror waited for an hour, a second one and Glori was nowhere to be seen, bad thoughts clouded their minds as Sherror called for a meeting of their best warriors and trackers. (Sherror)-The five of you will go with Xeor, and find out if there is any malicious intent hiden in the Iron mount, While I will be putting together an army capable of halting an Invasion from the north, cause if we fall, all the other races will fall afterwards, by this unknown threat we are facing (Wolfman Tacker)-Leader what makes you think there is something there? (Sherror)-State your name and rank before talking! (Wolfman Tracker)-Sina the best tracker the empire has to offer (Sherror)-Shina today in the morning I sent a scout up there and he is missing, what do you make of that? (Sina)-Bullshit no scout of ours is so fast (Sherror)-My scout was a flying Hawkman, they can go back and forth in an hour and if there was nothing there I see no reason for him staying a minute longer up there (Dogman Warrior)-Fourga general of the empire wants to ask , why did you sent him to scout (Sherror)-Have you got any Idea who lives in those mountains (Fourga)-No sir (Sherror)-Neither do I but what if the ones living there know about us and we don''t, won''t that give them an opportunity to strike us from behind as all our defences face the oposite side (Dogwoman Warrior)-Pyrra commander of the empire wants to ask why do we need the lionman with us on this scouting mission? (Sherror)-Have you fought a Grawler and survived (Pyrra)-No (Sherror)-Any other... (Pyrra)-But I don''t believe he has either (Sherror)-Just shut up Xeor doesn''t lie when it comes to achievement and has no reason to (Silly looking Dogman)-Who will lead the mission Sir (Sherror)-Your name and rank (Silly looking dogman)-Flint Hersh a mere soldier (Sherror)-How come you have two names and How did you even end up here? (Flint Hersh)-You see your Highness ... I ... my parents had a hard time choosing on a name so I got two, and as to why I am here It''s because I am a veteran who had survived a battle with the lionman there (Sherror)-Xeor does he bring you something to mind? (Xeor)-Don''t know but I like him, would he like to fight me again maybe? (Flint Hersh)-I would have to decline your offer emissary of the god of creation (Huge Wolfman)-What is he really the one in the rumors (Sherror)-Yes he is and who might you be? (Huge wolfman)-I am Pretor the champion of our race and the best warrior after you left us (Sherror)-Oh you mean the ranking battles which the previous emperor created, very well, The leader of this scouting mission will be Xeor and subleader will be Sira the tracker (Xeor)-Make it Hesh, I think he has more spank for it (Sira)-What? (Xeor)-Oh or do you maybe want a duel between yourselves to end up with Pretor here as the leader? (Sira)-Ah whatever, lets just end with it (Sherror)-that''s my men, so any other questions (Pyrra)-If the lionman got tracking skills why do we need another tracker (Sherror)-Well you see my friend Xeor likes to dissapear sometines so as a precaution, you will need someone who can track him down If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.(Dogmen troops)"Just perfect he''s an Idiot" (Sherror)-Well I bid you good luck and hope you find nothing dangerous in the mountains (Dogmen Troops)-Thank you Sir (Xeor)-Do they have to call you that (Sherror)-Well it was my nickname so why not (Xeor)-So you want me calling you that as well (Sherror)-Nah it''s more fitting for soldiers and you are a King so just go and have fun while I''ll try and straiten those lazy butts The next morning under the leadership of Xeor the scouting group left for the Iron montains. Of course little did he know that in those very mountains his whole life would change. You could say it was only a hunch but it must have been his fate to blame.Oh whatever Xeor''s group was now climping up the mountain which would be quite easy if not for the iron nuggets under their bare feet, Xeor went after the orb that showed him where Glory was and the others followed after him with no Idea as to where they were heading, but they wouldn''t dare ask he was their leader for now, but one did anyway. (Flint Hesh)-Oi Leader do you even know where we are going as it is growing colder and colder the farther up, good thing I brought these furs foe everyone (Xeor)-Of course I know I''m going to where Glori is (Flint Hesh)-Glori you mean the scout? (Xeor)-Who else could he be, stupid questions (Flint Hesh)-But wasn''t he flying, what traces can you probably find on the ground, haven''t seen a single feather yet (Xeor)-Don''t be an idiot, I''m using magic to track him down (Flint Hesh)-Do all lionmen have such an ability called magic? (Xeor)-How should I know haven''t seen the others in a while (Flint Hesh)-What didn''t you have this ability by birth? (Xeor)-Nah magic is something you can get (Flint Hesh)-And how do you get magic? (Xeor)-As if I know, I just got it by chance, was lucky I think (Flint Hesh)-But weren''t you sent by the god of creation (Xeor)-no the Giant hand just appeared and made me its champion but nothing more did it want me to do at least for now (Flint Hesh)-And what would happen in case you died let''s say by a grawler (Xeor)-Donno haven''t thought of dying yet and don''t plan to (Flint Hesh)-And what powers do you have except of the tracking spell (Xeor)-Just look, Kaching And a large iron nugger in their path turned into a statue of his (Xeor)-Sweet don''t you find The dogmen were amazed of how idiotic his power was all but Flint (Flint)-You know It is an interesting power but can''t you make something more useful with it like making a living being into a statue or something (Xeor)-Donno never crossed my mind but I think it would be quite gross don''t you think (Flint)-So you can, no (Xeor)-I think so but why would I want to do somethink like that? Xeor hadn''t realize but the dognem had become terrified by the mere potential of the power he had and went wasted on him, If any being other than him had such power he would be a King of the known world by then. (Xeor)-So what do you normaly do for fun in your village (Flint)-You should better ask Sina who isn''t a soldier as our daily lives goes by guarding their safety (Sina)-Cut the crap I know we trackers are not regulars of the army but you too spent most of your time playing tricks on eachother out of boredom (Fourga)-What do you mean, we Generals have the hard duty to support our tribe (Sina)-By speeping all day and drinking gnomish nectar (Xeor)-Eew how can you drink that stuff its as if you drink your own pee Laughters filled the place of discord as the begun saying funny things they heard on duty, till night fell, now they wanted to stop but Xeor wanted to go on, normally they would have no arguement but they wouldn''t be able to follow him easily. Xeor gave in easily thinking they must be really weak to be afraid to travel at night. The next day Xeor''s pace went even faster as he was full of energy, They spent three days marching up the mountain, they could now feel the cold freezing their toes. (Flint)-Xeor we should better go back there is no way your friend is here (Xeor)-no he went through here (Pyrra)-Why''d we stopped Xeor? (Xeor)-The traces stop here, everyone look around A strange sound canbe heard between the cold winds (Flint)-Anyone seen Xeor? (Pretor)-I think he dissappeared like Sir said (Flint)-Sina, where''d Xeor go? (Sina)-Over here,there''s a hole here, I htink he fell in (Flint)-Lets go in at least it might be warmer inside The group went down the steep cave going deep inside the mountain, and as they went to the bottom of the hole they saw Xeor unconcious on the ground with many scratches and Injuries. (Pyrra)-Is he dead? (Fourga)-Just unconcious but I think he won''t live long with a wound like that And as he told that strange light orbs surrounded him some even passing through him, Flint tried to catch one but his hand passed right through him. Xeor before waking up so but an image of the hand of the creator talking to him"Now you owe me one for saving your life so when you go back home you will have to build me a temple equal to your gratitude" After saying that Xeor woke up and the orbs dissapeared (Xeor)-Fuck now I have to build him a temple but why? The others were looking at him strangely as if he was some kind of undead, waking up all healed up after such a long fall. Is he not mortal anymore? (Xeor)-Guys, anyone knows what a temple is? None but Flint seemed to know (Flint)-It is a place where people worship their god and give him offerings (Xeor)-Are you sure? (Flint)-Most certainly am, as we are seeing one such right now And before their eyes they saw hundreds of lizardmen dancing around a strange altar and glori was laying on It. (Xeor)-What the fuck are they doing Flint Flint gave him one behind his neck and Xeor fell unconcious once more and flint Shoured (Flint Hesh)-Intrudersssss! We have Intruderssssss! and before the dogmen eyes Flint turned into a lizardman, of the chameleon tribe, whose temple they had just entered. (Flint Hesh)-And I am not flint my name is Hesh The rest of the lizardmen surrounded them and knocked them all unconcious 18 Utter Defeat The next time they opened their eyes they were all in a strange cave with Glori only flint wasn''t there which surprised Xeor (Xeor)-Where''s flint? (Pyrra)-He was one of them, but how on earth did he infiltrate our city? (Glori)-You think its just your city, I heard they are trying to take over the world but they first send spies and then when all the spies come back they will storm all over the world enslaving the other races in their path (Xeor)-What''s enslave means (Fourga)-It''s making someone work for you without any free time and food (Xeor)-And How do you exactly do that (Fourga)-Well you just threaten that you will kill them I guess (Glori)-No it''s not that Xeor its more like... (Pyrra)-Nope its exctly like that and the one doing that is called a Tyrant and is hated by everyone, we had one such successor but he was one of the first ones to kick the bucket (Glori)-So you hear Xeor, enslaving people is bad, real bad (Pretor)-Hey you don''t act like he''s some kind of Idiot (Xeor)-Thank you Pretor, but I think I also want to be a tyrant, at least until the temple is built (Pretor)-I take it back he is an Idiot (Glori)-Only now did you understand (Xeor)-Glori, If I didn''t know you and weren''t your friend, you would have been dead and If not by the humans then by me surely (Glori)-Wow big guy as if you are so great, there''s something in the mountains go look what it is Glori, and the next moment I know rocks are flying at me and I crush, good thing I didn''t die from the fall (Xeor)-Oh now the mighty Hawkman is not so mighty, but the unlucky victim of my curiocity (Pyrra)-Guys! stop it, you know we are in some kind of prison (Xeor)-no problem, where is the door (Sina)-Up there and he showed him they were deep inside a hole in the ground (Xeor)-Fuck, Glori go up there and try to bring help (Glori)-are you an idiot, If I could do that I would have done it (Xeor)-Now you have made me real angry, calling me an Idiot all the time Xeor roared as loud as he could and small rocks begun to fall at them as the rocks around them seemed to shake and they stated wispering (Glori)"Idiot do you want to bury us alive" (Xeor)"Stop calling me that" (Pyrra)-You both shut up already, Fourga has a plan to escape (Fourga)-Listen carefuly, I want you Xeor to make with your powers a path that goes up there, you should be able to, although that''ll take a long time to make It''ll get us all out of here, Glori you will be the lookout as you Hawkmen can see up there (Glori)-Nope can''t see a thing, it''s too dark (Xeor)-See he''s useless after all (Fourga)-then how do you think we will be able to find out if they are guarding us or no (Glori)-I have a better plan, Xeor makes a tunnel out of here and you Fourga be the lookout (Pretor)-Good one, but where should it go (Xeor)-I don''t care And Xeor begun making a tunel to some random direction gradualy going higher and higher till light could be seen at it''s end and after they were all out Xeor closed the exit with bars like the ones in the Ancient city (Xeor)-Anyone knows where we are (Sina)-nope but I think we are at the oposite bottom of the mountain (Fourga)-Glori, you should go inform Sir about what you saw in there and tell him they have even planted spies in our midst and Flint was one of them, that you can do right? (Glori)-Only cause the situation looks dire otherwise I wouldn''t even consider being a messanger Glori flew away in hopes to avert this crisis (Pretor)-We should get more Hawkmen ,they make fine delivery boys, what are you all staring at me it''s true (Xeor)-I know how you feel (Pretor)-No I''m not like him guys (Xeor)-Don''t be like that, be a man Xeor looked where the orb pointed but crossing the mountain was out of the question so Xeor decided to do a little exploration to the north, they walked for a day or two till they reached a strange frozen field, It was strange as there was a line passing through which, they felt cold and the temprature dropped real fast unnuturaly. That was the fault of the Ice god who froze with his powers the whole of northland into an Icy hell where most creatures were unable to survive, Xeor and the others didn''t dare go further in fear of dying from the extreme cold. but none could blame them for turning back cause they didn''t even have to go there in the first place, now their journey held to the south where a new obstacle awaited them. 24day of Withering year 190 Xeor and the rest encountered a Lizardman (Hesh)-So here you are, we waited you for a long time so we decided to come after you, you have no way to reach Gawvre, you should surrender and save us and yourself from farther sufering (Xeor)-Is this supposed to scare me (Hesh)-Not really, I just stated the obvious (Xeor)-As if we''d lose to your threats right guys? But as he looked behind him all the others had been caught by the lizardmen (Hesh)-Didn''t you even think why I appeared before you talking like that, it was to buy time for my friends to catch yours (Xeor)-Good one and you think I won''t kill cause you hold them? (Hesh)-You see Xeor although normaly we would have killed you in your sleep, you hold something we want (Xeor)-Funny and what could that be? (Hesh)-Magic Xeor, we want thet mysterious power of yours (Xeor)-Do you think you can earn the favour of a god by ways of cowardice? (Hesh)-You don''t seem to understand it seems, our god is the destroyer, he whose will is for you to die but if I kill you now I will never learn about magic, as the destoyer never answers our calls (Xeor)-But don''t you already have magic (Hesh)-Do you mean this... And he changed his face into a lionman''s although he looked a bit funny (Hesh)-This is not magic, its our skin that can take the looks of anyone whose head we ate of course it''s not perfect but most of your kind don''t understand the difference If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.(Xeor)-You mean you, kill them in their sleep right? (Hesh)-We don''t even need to, you kill youselves everytime you do a duel we just eat the corpse and gain it''s form (Xeor)-So you are maneaters (Hesh)-Who cares we already have our agents near every leader of your alliance, and your friend glori may already be dead by now (Xeor)-And what if I just kill you all and then kill your agents as well? (Hesh)-A fine Idea but how will you hold your own against them If you can''t even beat, me And Hesh rushed at him while crawling at all four, his speed was so great that Xeor failed to avoid being pushed to the back, Hesh was fast Xeor''s attacks were avoided and countered nearly Instantly, It was the starting to get interesting for Xeor as he tried to outsmart him and failed again and again, although fast Heshes punches were nothing as he had no claws but it still was as Irritating as possible. Xeor had now gotten bored, as Heshes begun repeating himself and Xeor just kicked him with all his strength. (Xeor)-You are good Hesh but you should train a bit more, your punches are like mosquito bites (Hesh)-You see Xeor, I had a fealing that if I did that you wouldn''t use your claws, but if you haven''t still understood what I was trying to do then you are truly naive (Xeor)-What do you mean (Hesh)-Come find me in the mountain if you want your friends back And he ran away as fast as he could (Xeor)-come back you coward The next few days Xeor was nowhere to be seen, non knew where he was. 28day of withering year 190 At Sherror''s palace Glori had arrived safely and had told him all that had occured, a great purge was then done and many lizardmen fled or lost their lives afterwards, Glori went south to warn the catmen of this new threat and now at 28day most of the lizardmen had been caught or killed as they tried to reach the Iron mountains. Sherror''s army was ready to march and he even found the entrance to their Base by tailing one of the fleeing lizardmen. He was ready to march forwards when Xeor appeared (Sherror)-Where''ve you been, and why do you look so tired (Xeor)-Eh wait for me to take a breath, I''ve been travelling all around the mountains trying to close all their exits, I left only one big enough for a person or two, I think I will take them a lot of effort to try coming out of their cave (Sherror)-Donno Isn''t that them marching with an army of their own behind you? (Xeor)-How the... Hesh Shouted at them from afar (Hesh)-Give up! We have killed your best warriors and trackers and your little plan Xeor, while brilliant! it was too simple (Xeor)-How did you find the Exit? (Hesh)-We weren''t even there from the start, the cave complex just helps us to move faster from one village to the other but you didn''t see the villages did you, of course you didn''t as we had already started to gather by the time I ambushed you north of the mountains (Sherror)-who is that someone you know? (Xeor)-He''s Flint or rather Hesh is his real name (Sherror)-That''s why I didn''t like him one bit the first time I met him, a person with to names had to be a traitor (Xeor)-So how''ll it be Hesh we fight and the loser takes it all or do we clash with numbers and you race disappears from this world if you lose (Hesh)-You see Xeor, we have already won if you look behind you more carefully your friends have arrived before you haven''t they? Xeor looked and He saw Sina, Pyrra,Fourga and Pretor standing among the soldiers and looked a bit off. (Xeor)-What the fuck Sherror How did you let them join your army (Sherror)-Well you seeee And Sherror himself turned into a Lizardman the troops were shocked and confused as others among them turned into lizards and killed the ones next to them (You would think why tun back to lizardmen, well they they wouldn''t like to kill their fellow lizardmen would they) making the city into a chaotic battlefield (Lizardman)-I am Zorsa their leader and while you were covering caves we had moved on the main course, of couse it''s a pity we lost our agents in the catmen kinship but we shouldn''t be greedy Zorsa was nothing like Hesh he was strong and although th same size as Sherror or at least close, he had large claws instead of fingers on both hands and feet and with one swing of his hand overgrown arm Xeor''s right hand was at his feet and right eye went blind all of a sudden, Xeor In his panic ran as fast as he could, he couldn''t fight a whole army by himself an the dogmen army was almost gone, It was nearly miraculous how he escaped the lizardmens'' trying to block his path. It was the night of the same day and Xeor was walking while bleeding from his hand and eye, he could hardly see and fell down following the orb to home, the last thing he saw were humans , they were laughing but not with him they were talking about something, one of them saw him, they seemed to take pity at him and one of them a Woman with golden hair cast a healing spell at him, the then turned around and flew away as they had wings on their backs, Xeor then fell unconcious and woke up in the next morning seeing his wounds had healed at least his eye was alright, he still missed his hand but the wound had closed, he now had a scar across his face starting from his eye that had turned red rather than its normal yellow colour. Of course he himself couldn''t have seen that but the scar he could feel by touching his face, he started having regrets attacking those humans long ago but they didn''t seem to havee wings like the ones who had saved him.(Truth be told they weren''t humans they were the winged humans, people in allastar call them Angels as they fly happily all around the world helping any injured in their way with healing magic but they always travel never staying in one place for long thus they are a mysterious race whose magic is said to rival that of the elves) 19 Alive and kicking 1day of destruction year 190 The red sun reigned high above him and his footsteps were slow, In his mind he had lost it all, Sherror was dead,Glori was probably dead as well and with his hand he lost the will to fight as well. He was walking aimlessly trying to go home to his home village, but he was still in the Canine empire that now rapidly fell in the hands of the Lizardmen, no dogman liked him as he wasn''t one of them after all, so he walked and walked, hungry and exhausted waiting to die as the loser he felt to be.Yes this is that period of our lives where we stuble on the great wall of china, when for the first time we see something we think we can''t overcome even in a hundred years.My advise ,just try a bit harder but who am I to advise you my dear readers in these times only our dearest of persons can help us overcome obstacles that we can''t overcome by ourselves. In these times a godly intervention would be great don''t you think but nah that''s not gonna happen, the gods like strong people ones that would overcome any ordeal even if they have to risk their own life for that purpose. But even so Xeor was now lost in his defeat, which wasn''t his first but it left him crippled, in his way he encountered a lionman child who He was even younger than him when he left the tribe. (Xeor)-Kid are you lost? (lionman child)-No I know exactly where I am going (Xeor)-And where might that be? (lionman child)-The Canine Imperial City Gawvre (Xeor)-And what''s your business there? (Lionaman child)-Non of your business and stop following me (Xeor)-And where are your parents? (Lionman child)-If I tell you my story will you stop bothering me (Xeor)-nope, but you can try boring me to death, that might work The child laughed a bit (Lionman child)-You see mister I am Meur son of Zifarang If you know who I am talking about (Xeor)-You mean the previous chief, oh good old times (Meur)-Did you know him? (Xeor)-Well everyone knew him he was one of the strongest chiefs of our tribe (Meur)-Probably before Xeor murdered him (Xeor)-What are you talking about, I murdered noone (Meur)-What, so you are him (Xeor)-Yes I am Xeor son of Kor and I dueled him fair and squere, I even gave myself a handicap (Meur)-Don''t tell me you haven''t heard of the new laws? (Xeor)-What laws? (Meur)-Now it is forbiden by law to kill anyone even if it is a duel so typicaly cause that happened before the law was made you are not yet an exile but anyone who kills another beastman is now called a murderer and Is exiled from the tribe (Xeor)-Was that Gulf''s Idea when I get back i''ll fucking kick his ass (Meur)-Sorry but you won''t be going anywhere, as I meur have come to challenge you to a duel, I have heard that you were In Gawrve but since you are here that makes it even faster (Xeor)-Do you think cause I lost an arm I will lose to a child, how come your mother didn''t stop you (Meur)-You will pay for my father''s death with your life The little lionman charged at him with all his might but it amounted to nothing and from his stance he could tell he didn''t even know how to fight Xeor just lifted him up with one hand and made a small cage on the ground and put him in (Xeor)-So lets start it from the begining, how come you are not with your mother? The little lionman was crying as he talked silendly as tears fell from his eye (Meur)-She abandoned me (Xeor)-Impossible, why would she do such a thing (Meur)-It was a catman who talked her into doing so, he looked funny but he was ... he killed her and I saw him becoming a lizard, but non believed me cause everyone hate me, even grandpa who was an elder is now but a useless lion who only knows how to sleep, The lizardman took her form and now I don''t even know what to do, If only father was alive, nothing of this would have happened (Xeor)-I believe you on that, your father was wise but if he was alive I wouldn''t be so I can''t help you on that but what I can help you with is training you I can make you a warrior stronger that me but I have a condition (Meur)-Why should I believe you? (Xeor)-Lets say I can kill you here and now but that gives me nothing, you have no one and I too have just had my ass kicked by those dirty reptilians If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.(Meur)-Where there many? (Xeor)-Only one or two hundereds of them (Meur)-You lie non could fight a hundred and survive (Xeor)-Who do you think I am? I am Xeor the lion king, at least was before... whatever I changed my mind kid you can go wherever you like just don''t mendle In my business And the cage fell apart as if it was made of sand and Xeor left as gloomy as he was before he met the kid. Xeor walked faster now but still didn''t have the will to hunt, he was hungry as he reached the border town of the catmen, It was quite lively and non recognized him as many lionmen begun to travel the past few months. (Catman)-Oi lionman you forgot you kid (Xeor)-I don''t ha....Is that you Meur are you following me or something (Meur)-Well It was dark and I don''t know the way back so you could at least help me a bit here (Xeor)-Whatever (Meur)-Do you ever eat? (Xeor)-Now that you mention It, I haven''t gone for a hunt for days (Meur)-What do you mean hunt? It''s prohibited to hunt in other tribe''s territory, you have to give something in exchange for food (Xeor)-What''s that now? (Meur)-Where have you been living In a cave or something (Xeor)-Well let me see, I could just go and hunt as if anyone would find it (Meur)-Are you an Idiot, even If you go now what could you possibly catch so late at night, most animals are sleeping in their holes (Xeor)-Don''t mind about that, I do have something in mind Xeor left the city for two hours and suddenly at the entrance of the town a big crowd had gathered. (Meur)-What has happened? (Catwoman)-Someone just caught a grawler and he even went alone (Meur)-What''s a grawler? (Catwoman)-Well it is the most dangerous beast in the wild, claws can''t pierce its hide and its teeth can ... I don''t even want to think of it (Xeor)-Oh Meur, I caught us a little something now he can eat a feast, anyone else wants to try? The mood was strange but Xeor was one of a kind he used his ability to skin the beast of it''s scales but made it look as if he was doing it with his claws.The meat wasn''t very good but with the scales he thought of making a weapon or something in place of his lost hand. The next day rumors about him started speading around the catmen villages about a lionman who slew a Grawler alone, It didn''t take long for Deatlan''s spies to catch up to the rumpr and after a few days a few soldiers from the capital came to the Village. (Catman Commander)-We came to escort Xeor our king and living god to the capital who knows where we can find him (Village leader)-If you mean the one armed lionman, he is playing with his son (Catman Commander)-No I mean Xeor the Hero of the Kinship (Village leader)-Then I can''t help you although there was that one other lionman who went to the neighboring village, but he didn''t seem like a hero at all, you must probably want the one armed lionman and his pup (Catman Commander)-Men we are leaving for the neighboring village asap, huh one armed lion who needs a cripple like that The next day Rumors circulated that Xeor was back at the capital, but as we know he was still in that small village now teaching Meur a thing or two about fights (Xeor)-Not like that, do it harder, first you go for the weak points like joints or the eyes, not like that... (Meur)-Are you sure you are "the Xeor" (Xeor)-What do you mean? (Meur)-Well rumors say Xeor the lion king has just returned to the Capital city (Xeor)-As if I ever cared about rumors, he''s probably some imposter (Meur)-Well If he is a Lizardman, wouldn''t that be bad for us (Xeor)-Now that you mention it, he could be but... Okey you have a point, we should make a quick trip to the capital as fast as we can (Meur)-I still think you look more like the Imposter, come on you look nothing like the giant Xeor, who trashed the dogmen army single handedly (Xeor)-Believe me if the imposter is a lizardman you will see how fast and painfully he dies Xeor took Meur on his shoulder and rushed to the capital with all haste , Meur felt as if he was flying as the speed Xeor ran. 20 The fake Three days later they had reached the capital, and were now stuck outside cause of the guards. (lionman Guard)-If you have no bussiness go back to the village and take the pup with you (Catman Guard)-Good one bro, you see the last few days we had many pretending to be the lion king Xeor and you just came at the wrong time, normaly we would have let anyone pretending to be him enter but now that he''s inside the trick''s ended (Meur)-But he is the real one (lionman guard)-Don''t badmouth the great lionking or you will both be in trouble (Xeor)-Okey we are leaving but could you please give me your name, just out of interest (Lionman guard)-I am Foom and he is Loom, and who may you be? (Xeor)-Just call me Xeor the two of them laughed and send him away (Meur)-Why didn''t you beat them up? (Xeor)-Why should I, they are just doing their job, Foom and loom they said I''ll remember that (Meur)-Then How are we going to enter now? (Xeor)-Like this And Xeor opened a hole in the wall passed inside and closed it again (Meur)-What was that? (Xeor)-Nothing important (Meur)-How could that be nothing important, you are the true one aren''t you (Xeor)-Didn''t I say so, now lets go to find Kihina, and ask her what''s going on (Meur)-Who''s Kihina (Xeor)-just an old friend Xeor followed the orb but once more guards blocked his path (Catman Guard)-You cannot pass any further, is the property of Queen Kihina (Xeor)-I''m an old friend of hers, who just came to meet her, just tell her that "the real one arrived" and she will come here herself One of the guards left to inform her and the other stayed to look after them (Guard)-Is that some kind of secret code orsomething like that (Xeor)-More like a reunion The second guard returned (Guard)-She told me to tell you to go sell your lies somewhere else Xeor Roared with such power that the whole city was in an uproar, most catmen thought someone had angered the lion king but Kihina, jumped from her house and ran all the way to where the quards were she was surprised at how Xeor now looked but recognised that roar quite well, who else would dare Roar in the Capital city with the lion king Inside (Kihina)-Why didn''t you say it was you, come Inside and she brushed the guards away telling them a good friend of hers had just made a joke and took Xeor and the kid Inside (Kihina)-Who''s the lucky one looking at the kid (Xeor)-Nah he''s not mine (Kihina)-a relative or something (Xeor)-Nah he''s just the only one crazy enough to challenge me to a fight (Kihina)-haha Are all you challengers so cute nowardays, you know glori was here a few says ago, for the same reason like you, to see if the imposter is a lizardman or not, well he isn''t, you see Deatlan heard this rumor probably your doing, now that I think about it and grabed the first lionman he found, probably noone will recognise you with the scar and red eye and eek what happened to your other arm. (Xeor)-Well you see there was a little problem in the north you probably have already heard about it Sherror is dead and the lizardmen are about to storm the whole valley (Kihina)-Well not anymore, you see when the Imposter arrived all healthy and full of vigor, all lizardmen movements halted in the north, It seems they are more afraid of you than we first thought, of course doing that was Deatlan''s Idea, he now has him locked In a golden cage (Xeor)-Why would he lock him In a cage? (Kihina)-It''s just an expression, it means he cannot leave the temple Deatlan built for you, It''s not something big but he lives like a king in there, although I wouldn''t get too close to him he''s some kind of pervert (Xeor)-How can I meet Deatlan (Kihina)-That''s impossible, he sees no one in fear of the lizardmen even his spies haven''t seen him in days, he might even have died But in reality Deatlan was in his bed the moment the roar was heard and thought someone angered that Imposter but then again why would he roar now of all times and not when they needed him to, he called Immediately all his spies (Deatlan)-Does any of you know where the roar came from? (Shordax)-It came near Kihina''s place (Deatlan)-Did Xeor go to visit her? (Shordax)-Nope it was an one armed lionman with a little lionman child on his shoulder probably some old friend of hers (Deatlan)-I would like to meet that friend of hers ass well, could you all leave now and make sure Xeor stays In his temple at least till winter comes When they all left Deatlan talked to himself "Good thing no one knows he''s an Imposter but if Kihina found the real one, my plan to negotiate with the lizardmen for peace will go to nothing, and how could Xeor even be alive after the Slaughter in Gawvre, but what am I saying he is Xeor, if he could escape just by loosing an arm from a thousant lizardmen, it would be no surprise but what if he goes and tells that the one in the tempple is an Imposter, my status as king may be at stake, I must meet him as fast as possible before he destroys it all" but in the shadows one of his most trusted spies the black catman Shordax had heard him and dissapeared, with a smirk on his face. (Kihina)-So what do you plan doing next, now that you know he''s no lizardman? (Xeor)-Well I would like to meethim at least and If he doesn''t pass the standard requirments to be me Just tell Deatlan to find a better one (Kihina)-Is being crazy also a requirement (Xeor)-Nah its a necesity And they lauthed telling jokes all day and night. The next morning Deatlan came to visit them by himself (Xeor)-He''s fast, do you think he will be happy to see me (Kihina)-Probably (Xeor)-you should had said sure (Deatlan)-Is this truly you Xeor? (Xeor)-Yup, don''t even ask for the full story we spent hours trying to figure out how it all came to be (Deatlan)-Your highness I have come to ask for your forgiveness (Xeor)-I too have a favour to ask (Deatlan)-I have soiled your name by finding and supporting an Imposter but you must understand everyone had you for dead, and the lizardmen were ready to Invade, then I heard a rumor that in a border village an extraordinary lionman had appeared at first I thought it was you but when the soldiers brought him I had no other choice I told everyone he was you, If you could just spare my life, I did it for the good of your empire, our empire, you are a symbol, a god If you disappear our peaceful days will be over pleasee... (Xeor)-Okey, okey stop whining like a girl I wanted to meet the Imposter before leaving, you see I don''t longer care about the empire, not that I cared before but there are so many problems involving lizardmen that I don''t even care anymore, but you see I wouldn''t want a Sissy taking my name I want at least to see if he has balls (Deatlan)-I don''t catch your drift your highness (Xeor)-Just do what I''ll ask you to do but first I want to see him, don''t even dare say to him who I am, I want him to challenge me in my current crippled form to a duel, I want to see if he is good enough to Impersonate me but if he cowers I will kill him without a second thought, that should be fair since he''s using my name and title don''t you think, you may then announce that you found the real one and all will be over (Deatlan)-but what if he fights you and wins (Xeor)-Then he is the real one no? (Deatlan)-As you wish your highness This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.The next day Deatlan and Xeor went to the Temple of Xeor as they called it, and looked a bit from afar when Meur suddenly shouted (Meur)-that''s the exiled Xeor Impersonator fromthe village, you see Xeor he has the same name as you and used to be my sister''s husband but that was only because she thought he was you and many others fell for the same but his dirty lies ended when chief Gulf saw him and exiled him as an Imposter, poor sister was so sad she married the chief instead (Xeor)-He doesn''t look bad (Deatlan)-you find him to your liking? (Meur)-What are you two talking about? (Xeor)-Well he seems a bit weaker than me but he is taller and gives a something, not bad at all (Meur)-you can''t be serious (Xeor)-Who cares at least he isn''t an ungly lizard Suddenly as they were talking a strange crowd of people burged in the temple, shouting "Die, Imposter, Fraud" Deatlan wanted to stop thembut Xeor blocked his way (Xeor)-I want to see how he will handle them, If he can make them believe he is real then I will have no worry in leaving him here (Meur)-You can''t be serious, why would you do that? (Dealtor)-this is grown up stuff (Meur)-You can''t mean that Xeor is nowhere near grown up yet (Dealtor)-Xeor is a god and do mid your words about him The talk was Interupted as the Imposter Roared to stop the raging crowd but it was nowhere near enough to stop the horde of catmen (Imposter)-Do you dare defy my might, come here if you dare but know that my claws crave for blood this time of the day The crowd steped a bit farther all except their leader Akish, (Akish)-Don''t cower he is just a phony like I once were, but I have changed I know cause I was there in the arena when the boulder fell from the sky and the real one emerged from within ............. (Xeor)-that''s a difficult one to deny (Deatlan)-Why don''t you just show yourself and end this farce (Xeor)-Nah I want to see what he''ll do next ............ (Imposter)-I would be a fake of course if you yourself weren''t a lizardman spy The crowd grew warry of Akish and went farther away from him Akish was left alone looking at the imposter rather surprised and turned into a lizardman (lizardman)-How did you notice (Imposter)-It is magic, I now have the power to see through you people I can even tell that the two over there and there are also of your kind And he was right as they both turned into lizardmen and went to cover fake Akishes back ................ (Xeor)-You know he is good, he even makes me think he''s the real deal (Dealtor)-But how is he doing it (Xeor)-I think he looks at their expressions, the most worried and anxious ones are probably lizardmen and the ones who are surprised are probably the catmen, well I think I will help him here, just look ...................... (Imposter)-Now go back to your master and tell him that I am the one and only real Xeor or you will feal my Wrath (Fake Akish)-As if you are, I don''t know what trickery you are using to see through our disguise but you didn''t find us all and five more lizardmen came out of the crowd (Fake Akish) now I''ll show everyone that you are a fraud by killing you in front of everyone The Imposter closed his eyes and tryied to block as the lizardman drew near him but at that moment, the lizardman started twisting in pain and fell down everyone was torn from the inside alive and as the gruesome scene ended he was turned into a throne, made out of lizard bone and skin, as his meat was lying on the floor The Imposter opened his eyes and saw that the lizardman disappeared and not knowing what to say roared and the lizardmen ran as fast as they could he them exhausted from the stessing experience sat on the throne without even looking as his feet were drenched in blood. The catmen dissappeared as well in order not to feel his wrath and then laughers could be heard from behind a door to a hidden passage not too far behind him. (Imposter)-Who dares laugh with the great Lion king (Deatlan)-Cool down Xeor, haha it was just such a good performance that we couldn''t but laugth in the end, also you should look where you are standing The imposter looked down and saw a pool of blood and organs on the floor (Imposter)-Holy shit where''d all this come from (Deatlan)-Hahaha, why don''t you ask your throne The imposter looked at the throne behind him and nearly had a heart attack as the eyes of the lizardman were looking at him from the middle of its top (Imposter)-Who was the sick bastard who made such a thing (Xeor)-It was I your Highness hahaha (Imposter)-And who is he suppossed to be (Deatlan)-Just the real one (Imposter)-And what is the real one doing here, no wait, you mean the real Lion king don''t you? The Imposter fell on his knee before Xeor and Pleaded (Imposter)-Please don''t kill me I didn''t want to do you nay harmI just wanted to live a good life please... (Xeor)-Just shut up, lets clesn this up a bit first, and with the asme spell he made a jug out of lizardman dryed meat filled with his blood (Xeor)-that''s better, now lets talk about more important matters,you see Xeor or how I don''t even know how to call you, you see I have many problems like let''s say Rats! And a lizardman fell from the ceilling, and turned into a trunk full of his own blood (Xeor)-you see now, no personal space at all spies everywhere, just the moment something happens,come here yourself if want to hear us so much (Shordax)-How did you know I was here (Xeor)-Well Hesh I knew you were And Shordax turned into the lizardman Hesh (Xeor)-Well you see I have the same power as my friend here, we can now see exactly who of you are lizardmen, and tomorrow all your spies will be found and killed or I can make them furniture for my temple (Hesh)-you are bluffing, you have no such ability you must have tracked us with your tracking spell but good try (Xeor)-oops you found me, isn''t that what you want me to say, but how do you say my friend here did the same, It''s a pretty simple magic but now it doesn''t matter anymore you see your disguises have a great flow (Hesh)-Bullshit! And Hesh rushed out as fast as he could (Deatlan)-Why didn''t you kill him (Xeor)-Cause it was he who gave me the Idea to use the spell like that so why kill him like that, I want a more fitting end for him (Deatlan)-Whatever what did you want Xeor? (Imposter)-You mean me or ..I see (Xeor)-Well We can make a song festival to the god of creation I want every village to do it and anyone who doesn''t work for the festival, is to be sent to the palace, It doesn''t matter be they lizardmen or catmen or even lionmen or Hawkmen anyone who doesn''t help will be brought here, but this is just the first part of my plan. The next few days all of the races under Xeor''s so called rule were making preparations for the biggest festival they had ever done, very few were crazy enough to be send to the palace in reality only two one was Kir an old lionman and the other Millox a crippled boarman without arms.They were never seen leaving the temple. The days passed without any worries for the lizardmen as word went that after the festival all lizardmen would die by magic and that it was in realitysome magical festival to bestow power for the god of creation to destroy those infidels.