(OoC: This is a TFF Royalty RP, as such only members of the club are allowed to post in the RP.)



The sun was pouring down overhead open fields of crops spreading a vast length around a village. At the center of the fields sat the village of Ithure that maintained all of the fields balanced between the Kingdom of Kithur and Jumin. Ithure was currently part of Jumin due to a raid two months ago, but the Kithur army was not present to fight. It was often that Ithure changed hands between the two kingdoms in the war that raged around them. The village was a little value to either aside from increasing territory and villages owned. Previous the village had been in the hands of Kithur under the name of Hiorit. Every time they were taken over the name changed, but for them a name was not important. They just wanted to keep their way of life, so rulers and soldiers did not matter to them.

It was midday and everyone in the village was in the fields tending to the crops. They had go through areas of the fields rather than the whole field each day, as there was too much for them to cover. The war was nearby, as it always was, meaning that they tried to remain in groups for protection. They could cover their entire land in four days picking the cardinal directions to work in. Today, they were in the east field, the crops already up to the shoulders of most.

Eris sat in a row pulling out weeds and cleaning the path. In the row next to her was Teris, her friend from childhood, and next to her Gurin, her brother and Teris’ husband. Eris had known Teris for as long as she could remember and like most women she was married shortly after she pasted eighteen. It had made her happy to welcome her friend into her family; she had grown closer to her since. She had wished that she was married already, but her Kign wanted to wait. Eris did not understand why he wanted to wait knowing now that she was carrying his child, but she would be patience.

The thoughts had entered her mind as her palm passed over her stomach. It was difficult for her to concentrate on work lately knowing that she had new life in her. Each day she had a new excitement pass through her body and mind with the future in her thoughts. She would enter the family smiling to her often pensive, withdrawn parents. Eris wondered when she would start noticing the changes to her body speaking to the mothers in the village for advice. They had been reluctantly enthusiastic for her, but she was too excited to give it much notice.

“Eris!” Teris said calling out to her. The sudden sound had broke Eris out of her daze alerting her to them. “We’re moving on now. You finished there?” Eris looked around seeing that most of the weeds still needed to be pulled. She began to franticly pull at them not wanting to be left behind. “We’ll be over there. Don’t stay too long.” Teris moved on with Gurin leaving Eris alone. She sped through the weeds to catch up to them quickly embarrassed by her daydreaming, again.

She met up with them as they ended the row and began on another. The sun slowly pulled down in the sky soon to bring a close to the day of work. They were almost finished with all of the fields. Eris had kept her focus through her work pushing aside her eagerness as best as possible. However, her body was sweating heavily suddenly. She ran her hand across her forehead with her dirty hand smearing earth into her skin. Her head was pounding painfully forcing her hand to support her from falling over. Eris collapsed to the ground unable to push back the pressure.

Teris and Gurin looked back to check on Eris to find her passed out on the ground. He rushed to her side checking her body for signs of life. There was still breath. Gurin sighed relief and called Teris to find help. He picked Eris up carrying her out of the field at the edge of the village. Others had already begun to gather around from Teris’ frightened voice. Gurin began to lay her down on the ground when he felt a sharp strike across his fingers. The pain made him nearly lose his hold on Eris. It was a brief moment and though Gurin was confused he did not think upon it with his mind focused on Eris instead.

Gurin managed to get Eris to the ground, but his hand received another stabbing pain causing him to retract his hand this time. He shook his hand and arm to throw off the pain, but it left him feeling numb almost. Gurin looked over his fingers to see if he could see cuts or blood from where he was injured, yet there was nothing. However, there was a sudden snap he heard that broke his concentration. It had come from Eris, but he did not know what had created it. He looked closer at her hoping to find what was causing it and maybe the reason for her fainting. Another noise came from, a spark or a crackle sound. It made Gurin step backwards in surprise.

The other villagers approached concerned by the way Gurin was acting. He looked around at them worried at what their reactions might be or if it was harmful. His arm was still feeling strange from just two strikes. However, the noise passed away returning to the quiet ambience of chatter from the villagers. No one had seemed to hear any of it and Gurin was not certain what he had seen himself.

Eris’ eyes opened slowly to the crowd around her. She found herself on the ground pulling herself up in worry uncertain to the masses that had gathered. Everyone seemed to have a relieved expression on their faces as some of the villagers departed. “What’s going on, Gurin?” Her face narrowed in worry.

“You passed out in the fields. I carried you back to the village.”

“I did?” Two voices calling out from behind the crowd pushed their way closer. The sounds made Eris turn in familiarity seeing her parents break through the wall of people. “Mother…”

“What happened, Eris? We heard you passed out.”

“That’s what Gurin told me as well. I don’t know what happened.”

“Gurin?”


“I don’t know either, she just passed out.”

“It was probably just the heat,” Teris said helping Eris up to her feet. “It has been getting warmer the last few days.”

“Yeah, that’s probably it,” Eris said nodding.

“You go back and rest. We’ll finish up what is left,” the village head said. He was not the elder, but the son of the elder, who was too old to leader the village anymore. He nodded to Eris and her parents letting them go back with her. Gurin and Teris spoke with the village head for a moment before following up behind Eris.

Eris was feeling well enough to walk on her own as they entered the village. Her parents remained close by watching her with worry. She greeted some of the aging villagers who were now unable to work in the fields. They kept an eye on the children that were too young to help out. Eris approached one of the houses, wooden with dried grass for a roof. There were several children of varying ages running around the front of the house playing with each other. The aging woman watched them from her chair in the front of the house.

The children spotted Eris walking in and changed their focus. They all ran towards her with her parents kept their distance, their twisted expressions of concern seemed almost permanent. Gurin and Teris followed in with Eris. All of the children greeted Eris pulling on her clothes and fingers to encourage her to play with them. She knelt down in the dirt letting them pile on top of her.

“Careful now children. You don’t want to hurt, Eris,” the woman said.

“It’s alright. I don’t mind. Where’s little Umino?”

“Oh, he’s sleeping soundly by me.”

Teris walked over to woman picking up Umino out of his bed. She cradled the baby in her arms looking down smiling at him still sleeping. Gurin walked over besides Teris looking over her shoulder. “Thank you for watching him,” Teris said to the woman.

“Oh, its my pleasure. It’s the least I can do with these old bones of mine.”

“Time to go Eris,” Gurin said seeing her on the ground almost covered in the children. The children groaned with disappointment starting to get off of Eris.

“I can stay a little longer right?” The children froze waiting to hear what the decision would be. Her parents stepped up from the distance they were waiting.

“You need to rest, Eris,” her mother said. “You don’t want to have too much excitement.”

“I’m sorry…” Eris said dejected.

“You’ll be back tomorrow?” one of the children said.

“I promise.” Eris joined up with her parents as they all walked to their house. The house was wooden, made mainly of logs cut and stuck together. There were parts of the house that were a little better off than the rough exterior, but it gave them shelter. Eris was passed along to her room where she could lay down even though she wished to stay with everyone else. Gurin insisted though that she rest taking her to her room personally. “But Gurin, I’m feeling better,” she said as she was forced to lie down.

“Don’t argue with your brother. You need rest. It was a long day.”

“What about dinner?”

“I’ll call you when it’s ready. Just rest now, okay?”

“Alright…”

Gurin stepped out of Eris’ room looking through the crack in the door to make sure that she was lying down. He could see her close her eyes and his muscles relaxed. The rest of the family was in the main room waiting for him to get back. Gurin shook his arm nearly subconsciously as he sat down next to Teris, his parents opposite of them. They could tell that he was worried about something, but had been refusing to speak about it openly.

“What is it?” his father said. “What has your face twisted like that and your hand shaking?”

“Gurin?” Teris said with concern and confusion. She had been distracted watching Eris that she had not noticed Gurin.

“Father…I’m not sure, but something happened out in the field.” Gurin looked at his hand that had been injured when holding Eris. He tightened it into a fist feeling the pressure of the muscles in tension. Even after the time that passed it was still left with a strange sensation that he did not understand. “It’s my hand. While I was carrying Eris back something struck me. The second time was much more painful and I still feel its sting.”


“What struck you?”

“I don’t know. There’s no cuts. My hand appears unharmed. But when I got near to Eris once she was on the ground I heard a noise. There was a noise coming out of her, violent and sharp. It sounded almost like the thunder rolling in on the clouds before a storm. That is the best as I can describe it. But it’s gone now.”

“Are you sure it was coming from her and not near her?” Teris said with disbelief.

“I don’t know even know what it was that I heard. All I know is what I said and that it happened. I don’t want to believe that it came from her either, but…”

“That’s enough,” his father said holding the hand of his mother. Her face was slowly cracking fearing the worst. His father held her close trying to give her stability. So much had already happened to Eris that something else now seemed like further ill fortune for the girl. It had affected their mother the hardest when she saw what had become of her child. Then it only twisted her heart further to see that she had completely forgotten what happened making up her own memories. Her brave face could only take so many hits before it shattered to pieces.

“Very well…” Gurin said turning to Teris to find the same failing expression across his wife’s face. “Umino needs his bed.”

“Oh…right.”

Teris stood up and walked out of the room slowly. Gurin looked at his father, both having the same thoughts. He walked away going to begin to prepare dinner. It was several minutes later when his parents entered the kitchen to help in cooking. Teris remained in her room leaving Gurin concerned, but he gave her some space for now.

Eris ate dinner with everyone in an uncomfortably silent room. The conversation was forced and rough breaking before emotions could be allowed through the façade. Eris did not seem to notice, but there was distraction in her eyes and a smile across her lips. It made her mother breakdown eventually forcing her to leave before she became too suspicious. The meal ended eventually and Eris found her way back to her room as the others quietly found tasks to keep them busy.

She was told to rest again even though she did not feel like she needed it. Eris laid back on her bed resting her hands on her stomach thinking about the baby again. It was difficult for her to get it out of her mind and think about other things. She had eventually given up trying to not think about it and just let her mind go. The excitement ran through her body causing her to become warm with jitters. However, time passed and she found herself asleep.

The entire house came to rest and the moon passed overhead. The village had become quiet and most of the lights were extinguished. Clouds passed through blotting out the moon until it became too difficult to pierce the thickness. A rumbling echoed through the clouds darkening them. Then suddenly a white light burst from the clouds sending a massive bolt of lightning piercing the air. The bolt struck Eris’ house waking everyone from the loud crack.

Gurin and Teris were the first to arrive in Eris’ room where there was a bright light expanding beyond the door. When they opened the door Teris could barely hold her breath in at what she saw. Their parents arrived soon afterwards leaving their mother in tears. She retreated out of sight collapsing against the wall. Gurin and his father tried to enter Eris’ room, but there was something in the air that made the hair on their arms stand on end. The air snapped and bit darting around violently unable to stop moving.

Gurin looked inside to the room to find Eris, but the light was too bright for him. He could not imagine anyone being alive in the room, but he did not want to think negatively. Each time he tried to approach his body became numb feeling stabbing pain through out his body. His father was not having any more luck than him. “Eris!” Gurin shouted hoping for something. “Eris!”

The light began to fade away suddenly as did the strange feeling. Gurin rushed into Eris’ room as the light retreated quickly returning the room to normal. At the center of the light was Eris laying on her bed sleeping. Gurin went to her bed quickly shaking her awake, hoping she was still alive. Once the light had completely gone Eris’ eyes began to open to the relief of Gurin. He looked back at his father to signal him that she was alive. Teris ran through the hall to where their mother was resting.

“Eris?” Gurin said questioningly. He was no longer certain what was going on with his sister, but there was a clarity coming to him that made him afraid.

Eris awoke to the stares of her brother with her innocent eyes looking at him confused. “Why are you in my room? Is it morning already?”

“You mean you…” Gurin looked up at the ceiling to see the large hole left by what had struck his sister. He was confused by her absentmindedness and yet more puzzling was that she was completely fine. No one had been able to reach her, but she was alive perfectly untouched. Everything in her room was blackened or destroyed beyond recognition.

“Gurin…what’s going on? What happened to my room?”