Fire and Ash

[𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖌𝖚𝖘𝖍 2451]

 

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The wind whistles as it pushes through the dying blades of grass disturbing the silence of the long night. Headstones litter the area covered by a withered tree darkening the words and making it difficult to read the text upon the stones. An Orc passes through the unfamiliar lands that used to once be a Shamanic Campsite called the Angathgûl, though many have disappeared and faded from the camp leaving only gravestones in it's place. The Orc approaches the shade of the tree scanning over most of the headstones attempting to read the writings upon them seeking a specific headstone. As he moves swiftly between the graves he settles upon a single grave covered in decorations of the Shamans that had previously lived there.

 

Zlash'Lur withdrew the hood and began circling the tombstone seeking any sticks or branches that might had been on the floor in order to start a campfire. He drops the bundle of sticks before the gravestone and presses a flint and steel together illuminating the campfire through the shade of the dead trees. He reaches over the fire sweeping the dust from off the tombstones embedded words "Here lies Vorgo of the Clan Yar". Zlash sighs as he looks somberly at the words but stands and moves along the campsite hunting small animals to have some sort of snack that would subside his hunger. When he returns, Dash, the Lur Wolf is huddled beside Vorgo's gravestone darting his alerted eyes towards Zlash as he approaches the fire but relaxes as his familiar scent creeps towards the Wolf's nose.

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[!] Wild wolves hiding in the blankets of snow surrounding the Angathgûl campsite.

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Zlash looks through the flames towards his father's gravestone while meat slowly roasts above the fire, he takes a moment to take a few breaths and speaks "Father, it has been so long since you have disappeared from the Mortal Realm but it still feels like yesterday you were here". He frowns as he feels a stab towards his heart speaking his suppressed feelings "Many a time did I almost fall down the same route towards Stargush'Stroh, but here I stand walking in the same footprints you have left, away from our people". The Orc laughs lightly at the irony looking back through the fire "Though I do admit, I have seen much more than most in the short lifespan I have lived and it still puzzles me how I still survived to this day" the flames spark and crackle shooting small embers towards the sky but quickly turn to ash "Perhaps Ghorza has blessed me with the fortune of life". He leans over the campfire watching the incineration of the small rodents and vermin while he slowly turns them for a perfect roast. Zlash grabs one of the vermin and reaches his fingers into it's deceased mouth in order to remove any excess bones before he eats it until a low growl is heard by Dash as he glares into the darkness surrounding the fire.

 

As the shroud of darkness lingers over the two, growling and snarling would be heard from the vast blackness from what would seem like every direction. The Lur Wolf arose in a defensive manner as an Alpha-Wolf of it's pack approaches from the darkness facing Dash as if to appear more dominant in the territory despite the Lur Wolf having greater size. Within a moments notice, the wild Wolf leaped after Dash smashing its paw into the Lur Wolf to try to throw him off his balance and take a bite at his neck. Instantaneously, the Orc rose to his feet dropping his food into the fire and prepared to defend himself and his Wolf as the growling slowly got louder and louder from the opaque darkness. As the two Wolves battled, Zlash closes his eyes in order to focus on a mental schematic of his current surroundings and under his breath he chanted and mumbled with a quick pace.

 

As the darkness flared it's fangs at the ongoing battle the fire crackles louder and louder as the wolves beyond draw closer. Dash regains composure and bucks the wild Wolf off of him and leaps onto it's flipped body biting at any area that was vulnerable of defense but a tough fight the wild Wolf was putting up. The wolf pack slowly closed in their snarling faces finally beginning to fade in from the shadows with their mouths watering with great hunger for flesh as it began salivating down their canine mouths. Dash eventually pins down the Alpha Wolf and locks its jaws on the neck pulling with great ferocity causing blood to splatter across the floor and the Lur Wolf's face. The Wolves close in on Dash as their leader is defeated until a large and bright flame begins sweeping the edge of the shadows aiming for each one of the wolves burning the minions fur and killing them through torturous heat. 

Zlash ceases his concentration and growls underneath his breath as he watches his Lur Wolf feast on his opponent as the dominant Wolf of the territory "One day soon the flame will burn a bright path before us and we will allow no contest to those who insult and think us beneath them. We will be guided through fire and ash and represent the people, our people, in great vitality and strength."

[tea with Gwyn 218]

(Dark Souls III, 2016)

 

Only joking. Your post is written well and I like the idea, if not for the sheer volume of 'ash and fire' this server already has. Still, keep up the good work!

[PraiseTheLord 868]

Meanwhile, another Uruk standing in the shadow left behind by his parents works on some crafts in a Forge, thinking of the last time he saw Zlash. "Mmm. .."

[gandalfo 1452]

Moved to The Great Library. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.

 

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