God, Man & King: Chapter 2

[Khaos King]

Chapter: 2


And so i wandered through the forest as a man, confused i was lost among the forest for days hoping to reach a clearing and continue heading North. Without my godly senses to rely on i was not sure if i was heading in the right direction. My memories becoming hazy and unclear no longer sure of myself as they sift away from my mortal mind. I felt a new sensation within my mortal body a pain in the pit of my stomach as it growls like an animal, i am hungry, i must eat, i now know what hunger truly is.

A simple enough resolution for a simple problem if i were not against the slaying of life in its various forms. As a god i only took what was already dead as a gratitude for the thoughtfulness of someone preparing a meal. I only took with my own hands the fruit that was already on the ground and ripen, I no longer have such luxury. If i am to live i have to put aside my godly morals and dive deeper into the corruption of mortality.

I struggle through the heavy forested area my body covered in scratches as i push aside branches and finally i hear a running stream, water. It is just what i need. i clumsily run toward it as i fall to my knees upon the bank and cup water into my hand and drink it. Once having my fill i look at the reflection on the water surface and see my blood caked face my beard having been marked by time, already a gray streak appears. I bring the water to my face as i wash it clean, the cuts made by the obsidian mirror still present and in time they will fade into scars, scars that will remain with my now mortal flesh.

I still hunger, my human senses tell me something is near as my neck hairs rise and i hear a small twig breaking. I look up and stare at the woods and i suddenly see a Doe and its two fawn run by. I have to eat but i cannot bring myself to kill the animals but each day it grows harder as i see them more as food rather than my charges. I've wandered the heavy humid forest eating moss and dropped seeds and small fruits on the forest floor. I've tried to avoid the various mortals beings that make their home in the forest as much for their safety and mine.

The nights have grown difficult due to the insects and small creature that come seeking heat and investigate my presence. My once godly nature draws them to me as the residual energy attracts them, I try not to harm them since i cannot communicate with them. i am forced to remove them gently off me while i try to sleep. I am not always successful for when i wake i find myself accidentally having crushed a few, they bite me in desperation as they die.


I'm so tired that i muse to myself, how it would have been a kinder fate had he not simply killed me. But, kindness was not on his mind as he knew mortal life would be difficult and crueler for a god. In time he may still wish to kill me but not till i have suffered all that a mortal can suffer for the world beyond the forest has more to add to my misery............... I sit down on my knees and close my eyes as i try to listen and figure a way out of this forest, I hear insect chirping, birds squawking, most importantly i hear the humming sound of the smallest of birds as it hovers sipping on flowery nectar. I open my eyes and look up and see a band of them in a circle dancing in the sky before heading toward a certain direction.


I take it as a sign and follow them, i feel almost as if they are trying to lead me out. Perhaps i have not been fully forsaken at least not by the creatures of the forest. I finally reach the edge of the forest after many days and nights of wandering having gathered dried gourds as water containers and even dried fruit for my journey across the desert. I leave one place of misery hoping the next is less cruel... I exit the forest as i make my way to the desert with new resolve as an eagle's shriek heralds my journey...... I will find a way to regain what i have lost and make my way back to my people and make the Dark God pay.

I leave behind my foot prints in the soil a reminder to myself that i do exist on this plane of existence and I'm made of mortal flesh like any other, A reminder of my solitude and my trials that lie ahead.


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[Khaos King]

And so i crawl on my hands and knees through the desert sand and hills, The desert heat too much for my mortal frame as it bakes me alive placing me in a delirious state. Images flickers through my mind as the scenery changes to a lush jungle and grass land that was once this desert ages ago. I lie in the desert sands throughout the day only regaining consciousness as the night falls and it's winds cool and caress my body. I slowly open my eyes as i rise up from the desert and it sands fall off my body. I have already eaten through my reserves and the water is all gone. If i do not keep moving i will die here.


Something deep inside me pushes me forward as if there is something i must reach. I clumsily walk through the dark desert floor as i navigate my way out using the stars as i try to keep myself from walking in a circle. As i walk i strain to see ahead of me I remind myself the last time i walk this part of the land. It was another world a different age of man when i traveled this way. They had build a large tower that did reach the heavens before they themselves did destroyed it, they became violent toward each other and had forgotten the main reason for building it. It was a great war and great tragedy they did plead to the gods to choice sides and smite their brothers and sister, i know now that it was the handiwork of he who calls himself my brother, He who is Chaos and Darkness.


The sun rises to greet me not as a friend and ally but as my enemy, i need to find shelter and water or i will not last this day. I hurriedly move forward to escape the coming heat as i walk i hear the shriek of an eagle who flies past me to the horizon. I know that the eagle must have a place to perch and so i run after it hoping its perch is close by. I run exhausted tripping on the loose sand as i run to find shelter before finally arriving to an outcrop and Cacti field , the eagle on top of a cactus as it stares at me before going back and eating the snake it holds in its clutches.. I smile as i see many of the cacti being in bloom most importantly i see Peyotl protruding from the ground.

I head into the outcrop pulling out my ceremonial knife leaning down i collect the buttons from the Peyotl, i am no longer a god but that does not mean i cannot commune with the spirit world or so i hope. I praise the plant for it's small sacrifice and ask for its forgiveness although it will not die i still inflict pain upon it. Filling my pouch i walk to the cacti and notice that they are bearing Tuna, it will provide me with not just nourishment but the precious water my body needs. I use my knife which was once a gift and sacrifice from my followers to me to clean the fruit and remove its spines before eating them.

Already i am forced to harm that which is around me corrupting myself further as i take them off the Cactus before it's time. So full of guilt that i do not notice where i step and realize too late when i am bit by a rattlesnake without warning.. I clumsily fall back from the shock of the bite i can feel it's venom coursing through my veins. Of all the animals the snake would be the last that i would think would strike me. Lying on the ground holding my leg as i watch it slither away after having stepped on it, i feel the fire spreading i cannot die here not now not like this.. I rise to my feet and begin to walk the delirium taking hold once again as i march out of the cacti field, the desert floor begins to come alive the colors becoming vibrant and mixing becoming blurs the ground around me spinning the wind carrying the whispers from the other side between the veil of life and death..I struggle to reach a small rocky cliff overhang to hide myself from the sun to give me shelter in my time of need, i tell myself that it may provide more than shelter but will be my tomb.

As i enter it i fall over as cold sweat pours out from my body too precious a fluid to lose, i curse myself for my clumsiness and stupidity. The Darkness over takes me as my sight starts to go while staring at the small cave ceiling. Is this what it is to die? the last thing i hear is a scuffle something has found me as i lose my sense of self.


I wake and open my eyes seeing i am not in a cave but in an open lightly forested area, This is not the underworld, have i been brought back?

A distant female voice speaks almost as if it were too far away to hear.. i cannot move as i feel something cold and dank over my head.

Voice: "Stranger can you speak? i rescued you from the desert.
It is no place for one such as you, fair of skin, where is your provisions?
Do you have a name?"

I try to speak but the words do not come, i understand her but i cannot speak her tongue.

She patiently watches me before checking my leg already knowing i cannot communicate with her.

you know fair skin i have never seen one such as you.. no one in my village has hair on their face like you or eyes like the color of grass and blue water.
If you could tell me would you tell me how you came to be?

I try to listen to her before passing out once again only opening my eyes when i have the strength each time the scenery changing not knowing f i am being brought back or taken to worse place as a captive, i know all too well how humanity can be. The young woman has dragged me on her own using wooden thick branches, plant vine wrapping and blanket..

Tired she sets me down to rest in a small clearing. i dont know how long it has been simply that it has been several days, this young mortal woman refuses to leave me behind and let me die.. she gathers wood to make a fire while i am resting feeling useless, angry i growl to break free and remove the blanket only to fall over as i try to stand...

she drops the fire wood reacting to my sudden movement... I frustratingly try to sit and bend my legs as she laughs at me and my clumsiness.

" what are you too proud to be saved and carried by a woman? you should have been trying to stand and walk when i found you not days later after the hard walk has been done."

I annoyingly glare at her as she comes to me dropping the firewood near me.

"If you want to be useful you can help build the fire while i look for something we can eat."

I angrily reach the firewood and build a small cone with the branches gathering the ground leafs as tinder.. As i lean down to make the fire twisting twig on a small log trying to ignite the kindling. I strain to keep my head up my neck muscles feel soft as if it were unable to support me. My hands grow tired as i twist the twig between my palms as if things werent worse the throbbing of my head makes it that much harder.


In my attempt i do not notice her return till her feet are right in front at me as she looks down at me in disappointment. Leaning down she takes the items from my hand and easily starts it herself.


"You are really bad at this arent you, were you the fool of your village?"

annoyingly i glare at her once again while she in turn smiles mocking me taking pleasure in my weakness.

You understand me dont you? you just cant speak em i right?

I painfully nod at her in agreement. her face lights up as she answers back..

" that is great! now i can at least tell you what i was doing out there so far from my village. I knew i would find you, well not you exactly but i knew something was out there. i had a dream the night the sun rose and was blocked by the moon. I kept seeing a sunset in the desert and an eagle flying toward it. the dream kept coming almost as if it wanted me to follow it."

"Had i known you be near dead and needed to be carried i would have brought people with me instead of simply up and wandering toward the desert. Oh, well live and learn right?" So what what happen to your face were you beaten?

I had almost forgotten of the scars placed upon me had she not mentioned it. I silently look away from her.

I'm sorry, it is not my business not like you could tell me if you could..

We'll be in my village by tomorrow by sunset, here i brought berries and small rabbit that we can share.

I watch her as she skins the rabbit and prepares to cook it.

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[Crom-Cruach]

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