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08-24-2015, 05:48 PM
the stormbringer
Spring is reluctant to overtake the greenery that makes the Falls so notable. It thaws with a slow surety, but slow nonetheless. The earth is a giving, gentle thing, but it awakens from its slumber with all the might and laziness of a recalcitrant beast. The sun shines on regardless, stubborn in its rays that melt away layers of snow and ice. It is an amazing thing, for Kaj is on his rounds when one of their frozen waterfalls rails against the solid ice and slams through its restraints. The air fills with the roaring of its success, huge ice floes drifting down the current, breaking into smaller and smaller pieces only to careen off the edge and into the air in opaque, pale colors. The silence that had overtaken the Falls, stifling at the beginning of winter when their waterfalls had been so horrifically stifled, is finally broken. That Kaj is there to see it is exhilarating, and it sends shivers down his spine that make him run wildly to the edges of the land. Throw himself from its balcony of snow and tender grasses and let the rush of freezing spray against his muscled chest awaken him from his own mental hibernation.
The winds rush to greet his outstretched wings, and he rises higher and higher above the scraggly tree tops that shine beneath the sun. They will bloom in time. Everything does. It helps distract him from the chaos of the Blood Falls, the Gods and their machinations that eluded his grasp time and again. He was but a simple, mortal man. He was not meant for their games, and so he was eternally reluctant to play them. Unless he, his family, or Helovia as a whole was put in danger, well...Kaj simply did not have the aspirations to involve himself in such immortal affairs. He was not entirely adventurous, and certainly not to the level where he'd willingly put his nose in the business of the Gods.
He had a job, a singular job that he'd been entrusted to. Rule the Falls. Take care of the land and his family. Everything else? Unless he was called upon to do their bidding, Kaj would stick to his paces. One of which included daily patrols.
Bolstered by having witnessed such an incredible act of nature, and still awake from the cold winds that caressed his damp hide, he set to his rounds early.
The view of his land from overhead, embraced by brisk spring winds, was incredible. His stress melted away, if only for a moment. The world was rough and their ties tenuous, but they struggled against the curse of the land as much as they could. A small but valiant family. Kaj suspected sometimes that they'd be doomed regardless come the future, but he'd do all he could to protect them while he could. So long as he lived as their Czar, he'd fight for them and their ideals.
Whatever haven his mind had found was shattered as he drifted along the borders, eyes catching on an irregularity against the undergrowth. Something he was used to, an equine figure along their markers. However, an unknown one as well. Curiosity and duty mingled in his breast as massive wings folded and twisted to lower him gracefully down through the boughs before her. Landing on the tough ground with a soft thud of noise and weight, he strode forth to meet her. She was a simplistically beautiful sort, like mercury and smoke in contrast to his own sunlight and earthen tones.
"Welcome to the land of the Hidden Falls," he spoke softly, his deep voice warm as it swelled to fill the space between them. Barred wings folded neatly against his sides, chest and shoulders still glistening with water droplets and eyes bright with interest. "My name is Kaj, Czar of these lands. What can I do for you?" Did she have a purpose, a desire? A goal? Or was she merely another wanderer? Perhaps one of the few who'd come through the odd portal during the Time God's battle?
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