Chapter 1 - The Conspiracy
One of the albino mudokon hunters said in a nervous voice, "sorry, we didn't think you needed any help. But if you want we can show you to our humble village." The hunters consindered the vicious paramites to be easy game, but the albino brute had already got them trembling. The brute replied, "Good, i have an offer for your chieftain." The hunters quickly went to pick up the paramite corpses, they each carried one. The brute was eager to show his strength, so he slung a large paramite over each shoulder. The hunters gazed in awe at him. After the brute made a loud coughing noise, the hunters quickly darted off to the village. The brute easily kept managed the hunters' pace. When the party arrived back at the village. All the natives stared in wonder at the large brute. The hunters laid their paramites at the said of a large hut, the brute also did the same. One of the hunters made a hand gesture to the brute, indicating him to follow. The rest of the hunters went into the large tent, which they had placed their paramites agaist, it was the armoury. The brute and hunter entered a large bone hut. In the hut was a three mudokons, one wore a large bone mask. An other a small bone crown and a necklace, while the last was large sturdy mudokon who had a large rock malet under his paramite leather belt. There was no guards in the hut. The hunter introduced himself first to the brute, he was Varki chief of the hunters. Then the mudokon wearing the bone crown and necklace introduced himself and the mudokon next to him, he was Cirjuv Chiefain of the village and the masked mudokon was Tergiki the village shaman. Finally, the mudokon with the rock mallet introduced himself as Ravrin, village bone-smith and chief of the village marauders. The four of them stared at the brute until he said in a deep voice,
" Im Grish, Slayer of the paramite lord of this region and his kin. I have lived alone on the edges of the cavern for over seven years now. And I have a proposition for you."
"What is your propositition, oh great slayer of the paramite lord and his kin." Said Ravrin sarcasticly.
"Be kind to our brave and noble guest, Tergiki has told me Grish speaks the truth." said Cirjuv in a loud but noble voice.
"Sorry, noble slayer of the paramite lord and his kin. Let me craft you a weapon that is worthy of you. It would be my honour." Said Ravrin in awe.
Grish said in his rough deep voice,"it would be my honour to have a weapon made by such a talented craftsman. And my proposition is that your village's army will help me besiege the mudokon fortress. It is through the forest and across the grassland. There is large deposits of gold and silver in the underground caves beneth it. There are also miles of spooce farms that stretch across the grasslands, you could enslave the fortress' natives and force them the harvest the spooce. Think of the profits. You could sell the spooce to the mudokon villages, or sell mudokon slaves to glukkon factory owers."
The four albino mudokon natives discussed the proposition. Finally Cirjuv said in his noble voice,
"The Village may help but what do want for your part? And do you mean we have to go through the paramite invested jungle and face a heavily defended fort? And even upon victory, wouldn't the nearby mudokon villages try to drive us out the fortress."
"Paramites. They are no threat to any of our villagers, unarmed or armed. I've seen the way Grish fights, and with his help no fortress of the lesser mudokons can stand. We are far stronger, more experienced and better equipt than those weak creatures, that call them selfs mudokons." Said Varki in a loud inspirational voice.
"I for one, will be honoured to fight along side such an awe inspiring figure. And if the time calls for it I will give my life to protect his." Said Rarvin in his deep voice.
"Thank you Rarvin but im sur that will not be necessary. All I ask for for my share is my own hut and to be the one to kill the fortress' chieftain, and to keep his head as a prize. I know of a secret passage leading into the heart of the fortress, I could lead an elite strike force through the passage and into the fortress. This would be distract the bulk of their army, making it easier for Rarvin and his marauders to assault the fortress. I would like Varki and his hunters to accompany me in the strike force." Said Grish a booming voice.
"Then it is agreed, Varki And Rarvin prepare your forces. We attack in two moons." Said Cirjuv in the deep yet noble voice of his.
Varki and Rarvin Marched out, obeying their chieftain's orders.
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