For months T'banyin had circled the keep. The vacant housing on the upper walls, that was once used for the guards provided him as home after his cousin T'Gaoth dissapeared.
T'Banyin had watched from these heights, all the 'small folk' occasionally climbing the large meeting tree too, and observing in silence from its branches.
He watched the small folk, and even the kits of these humans, just incase to see his friends Poppi and Cale, but alas they were gone..
The Panthran moved across the rooftops until he was perched above where the chiclren played, when he spied it...
" N'Daeros!!" the panthran muttered as he dropped into the shadows.
The devil-god, enemy to all panthran was what he "Saw" before him, this one was the enemy of N'Tabbish, the deity that protected his kind.
A Dark and shadowed man, approached, and the jackal-headed beast turned and fast as lightening, attacked!!
The sounds of battle drew terror from the children, and the flash of thunder and lightening sent them screaming for thier homes.
T'banyin dropped down on the back of the jackal " You Die to me!"
the muscled beast rippled its shoulders and turned quick, but only to fling the small panthran from ist back, it turned its attension back to the human.
T'banyin slipped into the shadows of the building, and circled, coming out again stabbing for its back.. Once again, he was evaded, only tiny scratches appeared ont his creature..
he knew the dogfaced deity ( in his mind atleast ) was near invulnerable to mortals, and he must do his best to attack and defend these helpless ones.
His attacked continued until the human fell..
Unlike legends N'Daeros slowed hsi attack, and stopped fighting, until the two shamans began casting magicks.
T'banyin attacked again, drawing blood, and the shaman brought back to life the downed human.
The Human began his assail on the beats once more, and it turned, lightening flashed, and burned the earth where N'Daeros was, leaving a scorched march and knocking all back.
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The Warden spoke about duty and honor and things, another dark one was there, this one was the " Eyes man" as T'banyin thought of him, he knew talking to animals like T'banyin, he knew sneaking like T'banyin, but used those 'devil eyes' above his head to spy on T'banyin.. it made him very nervous.
THe shamans spoke to the Warden, and papers the Warden said were special for killing "Jackal" as they were calling N'Daeros/
T'banyin needed one of those, he had learned in the underdark to read some of the things, taught by one of the drow slaves, oen that wasnt as evil as the ones thatt captured him and his kind.
Perhaps he needed to read this scroll to the beat and it woudl leave?
The Warden continued talking, as a new woman came in "Brynn" they called her and she seemed to possess what Poppi called " honor" .
T'banyin slipped to the edge of the table, unseen by anyone, and grabbed the parchment, then forgetting his hiding, rushed to the edge of the room.
The young shaman asked them " Why does that dark little man run and hide? " But the others were too involved in the Wardens words to notice.
Only the eyes of the shadowed man, turned in the direction of T'banyins hiding place. Those eyes made him very uncomfortable.
Leaving towards the tree, he waited, since he heard they woudl see the Elder wizard, he needed to know more about this devil-god that they would be fighting, and perhaps if he could he woudl lend hsi own blades tot he fray.
the Shadowed mans 'evil eyes' floated above his head, and he looked into the shadows of the tree, " Coming little spy? " the mans said as he headed towards the old humans shop. T'banyin growled, and the human growled back mockingly and walked on laughing.
That man did not understand panthran protocol.. woudl he ever learn?
In the old mans shop they all spoke of 'jackal' and the elder man told of a picture-book of 'jackal' T'banyin could not help it, he finally stepped from his shadows, " is not a good thing is N'Daeros!, is a dark and evil, is a Deity thing!!"
Some of the group were slightly starteled, others asked small questions but now, they spoke of Bordermarch.. and finding a paper thing.
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T'banyin talked occasionally, he followed and hid, but he didnt sense a threat anylonger from these, and if he had to help them defeat this dark deity, he must let them see him.
the "brynn-woman" showed T'banyin the book, T'banyin told her of N'Tabbish and of N'Daeros, but then seeing the pictures and listening to Brynn's tale fo the Kit of this picture book, his understandings of what happened, began to come clear.
Seeing the book's final pages and the drawings of Vor and Vor's emblems reminded him of the paper things he saw while bathing in the " big stone hut, in Skara Brae"
He conveyed the information to Brynn and the others, and their journey began to Skara Brae.
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More talking, and T'banyin explained how the thing fought to one of the monk-people, then they saw the hin, which was not Cale.
THe Hin said to hurry out because the beast-jackal was there it would nto fight the hin, but it did fight the first Dark man.. like a bandit, from the story.. yes it was all becoming clear to the panthran.
As the Sun rose, lightening flashed, and the hin's attempt at communication stopped...
Two dragons, that took human form, always being annoying always rude, always running too fast...
The Blue one attacked Fawn of the Isle!
She fought back and eveyone began to fight the blue dragon, the Red dragon ( how could they be kin? ) stepped in and fought saying he protects his brother, T'banyin thought this all extremely foolish, since the jackal-thing, which was not N'Daeros, shoudl have beent he focus, again, a demon woman appeared tot he aid of the foolhearty dragons whom were now felled, soon she woudl be fallen as well, The monk bound them and bade the shaman girl to bring them back.
He told them to leave and not return.
Into the Monk-people's stone hut, with the big bath, they went again.
Talk of the picture book was to come from a boat soon.
T'banyin listened, and talked some on this, he would go to the stone village again, and watch the kits of the humans close, and see if this 'jackal' returned..
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Note: rushed for typing her eon my lunch break, excuse the flow since I am typing fast hehe, and excuse the typos please