Emerging from the depths

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Nasono Castle

Standing there on the platform before a jeering mob, Shago couldn’t help but wonder how things got to this point. A piece of rotten fruit hit him on the side of the face. Damned old woman. The anticipation was immense, he was to die, a tragic martyr for his country. The words rang hollow and offered little comfort. They did not assure him his family was safe, nor that it was fair. His eyes closed.
Ready!
Muscles tensed.
Aim!
Face contorted, a single tear came to his eye.
Halt!
Shago’s head jerked up, and turned to face a single man on a horse.
The King has requested his presence.
The captain of the squad scowled, but ordered that Shago be released from his bonds. A horse was quickly fetched and given to Shago. Riding off into the sunset, Shago suddenly wondered if perhaps death by firing squad would have been better than what lay in store for him. As they passed along the roadside, dead bodies appeared periodically, unmoved since the fighting had ended two days ago. And to think he had once believed in the same trash they had believed in…

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Norgono 1 year earlier

The land of Madric had been at war for as long as anyone had remembered. Scattered tribes fought one another for control. Every new generation was depleted as the young men were sent off to war, and few would come back to prolong the tribe’s existence. Eventually, it came down to 4 tribes. Two were sister tribes and rarely fought one another, the Anwe (pronounced On we) and the Dogon (pronounced Doe Gun). The two remaining tribes were the Majorca and Mogadishu. Bitter rivals, they used every available opportunity to attack and damage the one another. The war was finally nearing its completion.