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Atrio
The
Nostalgic XotlOwner:
LavabeastAge: 2 years, 11 months, 5 days
Born: May 21st, 2021
Adopted: 2 years, 11 months, 5 days ago
Adopted: May 21st, 2021
Statistics
- Level: 6
- Strength: 48
- Defense: 10
- Speed: 10
- Health: 10
- HP: 10/10
- Intelligence: 2
- Books Read: 2
- Food Eaten: 0
- Job: Unemployed
The war was already coming; of that much I was sure, but I wish I could say I was as confident with my role in it. I had heard so many opinions, but my brother's words still rang loudest in my head. The echo of "you will save lives," lingered most of all.
It was hard to think of a drought saving lives, but at much as it disturbed me, he had a point. How many soldiers and civilians would die on both sides of this conflict if these decades of turmoil came to a head? Reclaiming a land soaked in blood is not a true victory. It could be so much gentler. Without rain and crops, the people would be forced to abandon their homes, an no army could hope to cross such a vast, inhospitable land.
And yet, I could not help but wonder if this is what the gods intended when they wove a thread of their power into me. Not for the first time, I worry about this talent that is both my gift and my curse. What is it to have the sorcery of the gods, but none of their wisdom? Should I seek their guidance, or do they trust me to use their power honourably?
A breeze stirs my hair, and in it, I sense the world. I smell the salt of the oceans to the east, the sweet grasses all around me, and the exotic spices of the west. I feel peace. I feel the heartbeat of the earth, and beyond that, the stirring of all life. For an instant, I am everywhere; I swim below the waves, soar the skies on feathered wings, and crawl in the dirt with dozens of legs.
A bee visits a flower nearby. It too carries the vitality of the wold, but its wing beats boom like the drums of war; just like that, my moment of calm is gone. All of the dread and fear that I had left behind fills me, and I am pulled violently back into my body.
Opening my eyes, the sun in sinking below the horizon. It paints the plains in vivid gold; I see nothing in the distance but the grasses blowing gently in the wind. This is my land, the land of my ancestors, the land my brother fought to unite, and the land that will soon welcome my only nephew.
I will do anything for it.
It was hard to think of a drought saving lives, but at much as it disturbed me, he had a point. How many soldiers and civilians would die on both sides of this conflict if these decades of turmoil came to a head? Reclaiming a land soaked in blood is not a true victory. It could be so much gentler. Without rain and crops, the people would be forced to abandon their homes, an no army could hope to cross such a vast, inhospitable land.
And yet, I could not help but wonder if this is what the gods intended when they wove a thread of their power into me. Not for the first time, I worry about this talent that is both my gift and my curse. What is it to have the sorcery of the gods, but none of their wisdom? Should I seek their guidance, or do they trust me to use their power honourably?
A breeze stirs my hair, and in it, I sense the world. I smell the salt of the oceans to the east, the sweet grasses all around me, and the exotic spices of the west. I feel peace. I feel the heartbeat of the earth, and beyond that, the stirring of all life. For an instant, I am everywhere; I swim below the waves, soar the skies on feathered wings, and crawl in the dirt with dozens of legs.
A bee visits a flower nearby. It too carries the vitality of the wold, but its wing beats boom like the drums of war; just like that, my moment of calm is gone. All of the dread and fear that I had left behind fills me, and I am pulled violently back into my body.
Opening my eyes, the sun in sinking below the horizon. It paints the plains in vivid gold; I see nothing in the distance but the grasses blowing gently in the wind. This is my land, the land of my ancestors, the land my brother fought to unite, and the land that will soon welcome my only nephew.
I will do anything for it.