the hunt

Through out this continent's history many wars have occurred over various things. Some as petty as a simple insult, some as major as an assassination attempt by an opposing city-state. This gorgeous and thriving continent has come to be known as

LENDOYERON

This name has an unknown origin but has come to be the name of this great land mass which now is inhabited by millions if not billions of creatures of varying intellects. One such creature among them is the main character of our story. A boy untouched by society. untainted with the cruel imperfections which lerk behind every man, women, and child that resides in the multitude of cities and towns. This child has dubbed himself Fentret, he has never known a mothers loving embrace but for the kind and gentle cushion off the forest floor. He has never experienced the strict and immovable lessons of a fathers rules. Fentret has resided in a valley through many winters past alone. While previously, he was constantly on the never ending hunt for game and forage when he found this valley. This sanctuary of isolation but plentiful freedom. Fentret is a toned and muscular boy of 17 years. His skin caked with mud and padded with thick calluses was wind beaten and tanned like an amber stone. the mud like camouflage in the forest made him a shadow in the night, a specter to the surroundings, a passing wind in the busy wood. the tall figure sulked through the under brush as slow as the silent leaves drifting from treetop to trunks. low to the ground he crept crawling like he had seen the great cats do. Silent, slow, precise he drew a large shard of flint with a stout handle thrown together with bamboo and processed plant fiber. With his makeshift blade in hand he crept closer and closer. his prey now just fewer then twenty yards away. The innocent stag stood arrogantly in the brush eating the precious flowers. The oak and birch trees spread throughout this forest waved in the wind like a sea of green wearing white caps of glaring moon light. the moonlight could not penetrate in great enough quantities to light the inescapable threat that this ignorant stag faced. inche by inche, step by step, hand in front of foot the lurking Fentret moved snake like through the low bush and grasses. The mud cloaked boy now a mere three feet from his unsuspecting prey. Fentret contorts his body in a strange stance positioning his weight perfectly for the coming lunge. without a moment's hesitation he leaps from his place among the grass straddling the back of the stag as he quickly impales the panicked animals leg severing the tightened and taut tendon rendering the leg incapable of movement. Swiftly ,as the powerful beast started to run frantically, Fentret pulled leaning all his weight on the horns turning the frantic monster strait into a tree. With a crash the animal was stunned. Fentret like so many times before swiftly in one arcing motion penetrated through the stags eye and into its skull, twisting the blade as to ensure the timely demise of the rithing creature. The lust drained from the once panicked eyes into a dull blank stare towards the eerie canopy of leaves above. The ferocious focus still burning in the emerald eyes, the blood stained handle gripped by the maroon mudcaked hands slowly pulls away from the skull. A river of cascading blood trickles down the large head of a once proud stag. The cold glare of his emerald eyes pierced through the surrounding woods. Constantly watching his surroundings he heaved the heavy stag over his shoulders in a firemen carry. the bloodied boy stumbles away from the battered scene off into the dark forest now a man.

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