Venom of Truth

With all the Warrior's gathered, Aetri hammered his plan into their minds, every person had a role and a responsibility "Every Man, Woman and Child have a part to play. if we fall out of Sync then we're dead, Understand?" He spoke to everyone clearly, concisely, this would be his first big battle, a true test of whether he was just an Outcast or something more.

"This is insane, how the bloody hell do you come up with these things? if we do this right..." Tyrg spoke, a hundred times more field with life after Lee had treated his wounds more thoroughly and given him something for the pain.

"...Then our enemy will be crushed mercilessly, this is cunning, boy." Lee smiled

"I was taught by the best." Aetri grinned "Come on ladies and gentleman, nobody stops until nightfall, let's get to work!"

The Uld showed their craftiness in following Aetri's instructions to the letter, the Women gathering as much Hay and straw as their arms could carry, Black-Crow assisting the children in sharpening and tapering every arrow they could before giving Aetri a nod and vanishing to do her part.

Lee spoke her instruction to the Uld Warriors who painted their faces and sharpened their axes, ready for War. "These are expertly trained Royal soldiers with better training, better arms and castle forces steel, your attacks need to be quick and well placed; weak spots are the underarms where the ringmail is weak, the gullet above the Gorget, the Knees and Groin. keep to the shadows and whatever you do, don't engage directly, attack like wolves." She explained strongly.

"What about the Dragon? can we really expect it to be so preoccupied that it will not attack us?" Tyrg asked brightly.

Aetri patted Tyrgs shoulder "He'll have talons too full to deal with us, trust me. But when we do push it back to the river, Keep, Back. Leave it to me." He would not lose anybody else, not today.

The Warriors sounded their understanding, looming death in their eyes as they hungered for their enemies.

Lee pulled Aetri aside "Go and Check on them... I... I cannot stomach seeing the Lodge right now." She admitted.

He bowed respectfully "Yes Mentor" Aetri didn't have the stomach either, but he'd spare her having to see her home in ruin.

Saddling up Mystery, he stroked the black steed's long mane of wavy black hair as she grunted fiercely "Been a while since You've ridden into battle, eh Mystie?" He whispered. The Mare blew air through her dark lips "oooh don't get too excited, we'll be riding into worse than this soon."

"Who are you talking to?"

Aetri had heard her approach but darkened at Kara's voice. "I talk to my Horse." He said.

The Fiery haired huntress stepped forward, her hand tracing the carved body of his bow, still slung over his shoulder "Your the loneliest man I've met, who is never alone." She said, looking into his eyes, seeing a darkness so bright that it shone like Black gold.

"Then You better come with, and relieve me of my pain." He spoke with a sunny tone, but she could feel the wrath hidden in his tone, and as He helped her into the back of Mystery's saddle, she hugged close to his back, the two darting through the woods, towards the ruin that would be Lee's lodge.

The Off-grey afternoon rode away with the coming evening, the stormy clouds continuing to linger, spraying the earth with a plummeting sea of ice-cold rain. Aetri drove Mystery on the writhing hills of Svarga, the outskirts of the Village where the Lodge once stood proud.

But as the Outsider galloped to what had been his home for nearly a decade... the home he had returned too, was a cold, blackened ruin. The Entire thatched roof was burned away, most of the second floor's foundation had caved in, its ground floor held up by the scarred beams that resembled matchsticks, as opposed to the carved pine beauties he'd known since he was a boy.

Looking on with Grim eyes, He dismounted, assisting Kara down in turn, and approached the desolated frame of the Lodge, still sizzling in parts as the rain kissed the smoking wounds.

"I'm so sorry." She muttered, gripping his hand tightly.

The Young man reached out and touched the dilapidated pine, his head resting on it affectionately "Thank you." He breathed. "Come on, I need to check on the Oxen."

The Two moved towards the corrals. "Where were You, during the assault?" He asked while walking slowly, taking in the air, feeling the rain drip through his braids.

He watched her face carefully, her nostrils flared, her fingers rubbed together "I'd hidden when the Skjal rode from the North path, bastards would have caught me if I hadn't dived into the underbrush." She watched his nod, Aetri wondered if knew he knew she was lying? "This plan of yours, You know you're going to need an insane amount of luck for it to work?"

"The thing about luck is that if you learn how to make it..." The Two crossed around the tall trees, and Aetri smiled as He saw the Oxen, still lounging around... a few with blood human splattered into their furry but hard heads "...You never run out."

"Blood?" Kara asked as Aetri hopped the fence dextrously to stroke one of the female's coat.

"Takes a lot more than a few fools with swords to kill you a great beast like you, eh Girl?" He muttered, the Oxen blowing air out of its nose as it licked his hand affectionately. The ground trembled as from between the Oxen females, stamped the heavy form of Alfred, his huge horns painted with red.

Aetri approached the Huge beast slowly, luckily he looked like he had plenty of fight in him. Alfred snotted as Aetri stroked the soft fur on his muscled neck "ready to play one last, Alfie?"

The Bull grunted, growling with conviction. "Good lad."

"Aetri, the place looks like it's about to collapse!" Kara had followed Aetri back to the Lodge, the Oxen stomping at their side, Alfred keeping the Females close at his side.

The Outsider merely smirked and ducked into the building through the scorched arch-way. He walked through the ashes, peering at the shell of his home sparingly as He stepped over a fallen beam to get to his room.

Aetri paused, seeing the fuck-fest that was once his room, the Hay in the mattress made ashes, the walls blackened "Even more of a shithole." He lamented, moving down on one knee and pushing aside the black sticks and piles of ash to grasp at the black box which remained intact, warm to the touch.

He'd opened it, and stared for a moment at the contents. The Beads, the Hair-Rings, and the golden Signet band. The Time had come, his mind buzzed with the faint memory of the images that haunted his dreams, waking and resting. "No more running."

The Greenstone beads tied around his wrist, he still recalled getting frustrated as a boy, his wrists too small to fit the emerald stones. But now they fit like they were meant to be there.

Reaching into his satchel, Aetri removed a small chain, valuable polished silver from the old days. The Ring slid down the links as He clipped it around his neck, tucking it safely away out of sight. He acknowledged it no more, no less.

But the Hair-rings of obsidian, he fiddled with curiously... His father's voice lingered on his mind.

"Life is a ring, My son. It goes around and around like a chariot, but always finds itself back where it started. This is the way of the world, an endless cycle, the Circle of Life. But these are the laws of man, My son, and we are not men, sometimes it takes a beast to Break the Cycle. One day you'll have my rings of obsidian, and when you do, I want you to remember that. Promise me."

He pocketed the rings and stood tall, He'd make good on his promise.

Moving back into what was once the living room, His eyes caught on Kara flicking away by the hearth with flint and steel "What are doing?" He asked.

"If we are waiting for Nightfall we can at least have a fire." She spoke, embers flying into the pile of hay and wood.

Aetri's skin flushed with goosebumps, screams echoing in his ears "N-No fire." He muttered.

The Redhead sighed "Don't be silly, I'm freezing with this rain."

"NO FIRE!" Aetri Exploded, shivering manically, fear filling his bones as Kara jolted.

She puzzled at him sadly, watching as He rubbed his eyes with quivering hands "Who are you, Aetri? Why do your fear flame you do? What did you whisper to Frigg?" Her voice became strong as He shook his head.

"I can't see it, I can't feel it, not yet, not until I'm prepared. I'm not me... I'm there yet, what do you want from me? For eight years I trained for this, but light a candle and I will fall? Fucking bullshit." He spoke half to himself, half to her, the torture of past hammering in his mind.

Kara lept to his side, touching his face, holding him close "I know you're afraid, I know you're in pain, but I'm here, I'll always be here. Because I love you. But it is like loving a ghost... who were you, Aetri? please just tell me your name?" She pleaded.

His dark eyes lingered on her, maybe....

"It is not yet time. You are still fractured. Only when you are completed, may the world remember who you are."

"You... you are watcher. Your brother; Ruler..."

"No, what is my name? what is my true name?"

"I cannot tell you, not yet." He admitted, "But for now, I can try and show you."

Leaving her embrace, Aetri walked over to the corner where he drew away the singed carpet and threw open a small trap door. His hand tightened around the metal handle of the heavy bucket withing, pulling it up for Kara to see.

She watched confusedly as He reached up, unbinding the Uld-knotted braids from his hair, sliding away the feathers to unleash his long wavey mane of shoulder-length dark hair, which kissed his lean shoulders.

Opening the bucket, revealed a pale foul-smelling liquid "What is that?" Kara said, covering her nose in disgust.

Aetri took a handful of his hair, and... dipped it into the substance, making his eyes water a little "Redland White Vinegar, imported from Redtower." He explained, "Just watch."

The Liquid seemed to... melt, the colour from his hair? Kara was confused, watching as the brown dripped, his fingers rubbing it into his scalp, pulling out the colour to reveal... Rich brown hair the colour of a proud oak, dark at the roots, unfurling into curled locks of brilliant golden blonde at its ends.

His nose creased in protest of the sharp smell "Hair Dye, changes the colour, They make it in StarWater, in the Marshlands. Ugh, and here's the worst bit." He groaned, tilting up his head and reaching into his pack.

Drawing out an ocean blue vial, he frowned boyishly, gods He hated doing this "What's that?"

Aetri uncorked the tiny vial and held it high, pushing open the lid of his left eye... and allowing a single drop to slash against his iris "Msssht." He hissed, the pain crackling through his eye, the right one was even worse.

"Eugh, you put that stuff in your eyes!?" Kara cringed in disgust.

Aetri felt a rumble under his eyelids, a writhing disgusting feeling. Bloody tears dripped down his cheek, as He turned to Kara and opened his eyes of deep, bronze-gold, the amber of the setting sun.

a sharp breath came from the Huntress, beholding this man... who was not Aetri... "The stories, Golden eyes... There are only one people who have eyes like that--"

"Hush," Aetri muttered, moving in close, touching her sleek hips, watching her red lips keenly "Not yet."

She smiled, shaking her head "By the gods, this can't be real, You're... You're him, You're actually him. The Fire... the Fire could not burn you." the shock set in just as he thought it would, The Huntress laughing in disbelief as He grinned.

"Ignix flame is weak, but greater flames, they do damage. although, blood running hot in your veins does have its advantages." His hand ventured down her waist, touching the soft exposed skin, He could feel her arousal, the dam had been broken. "You're shivering..."

"It's... cold." She muttered, flustered by his hypnotizing golden orbs.

"I'll keep you warm." His whisper carried to her lips, where he tasted deep of her kiss, the two sprung into an amorous flurry, clawing at one another's clothes widly, unbuckling belts, sliding away furs.

Aetri grasped at her breast wraps, practically tearing them free, making Kara yelp and giggle as her breasts fell free, two glistening globes, tipped with wide magenta nipples. He kissed those too, it made her coo and groan like a beast, his mouth coaxing each nipple into rock-hardness.

His hand, however, had its own journey, the fingers marching down her smooth abdomen, brushing her belly button "Ummm that tickles." She whispered, biting her lip.

Further down her smooth groin, where his fingers found lips dripping with desire. To say that He didn't waste any time, was an understatement.

"Uuuh that's it..." Her moans filled the shack at first, his fingers pulsating within the warmth of her snatch. That was until her Moans of desire turned to a surprised yelp, her lean form being whisked up, legs spread wide, where Aetri could root himself within.

Her back hit the wall, it creaked and groaned in protest and the two gazed up, luckily it stopped "What if the place caves in?" She asked in a low, cock-hungry tone.

"Dying for the sake of finally fucking you after years of restraint?" his cock throbbed, its heavy shaft rubbing against her netherlips as Kara groaned louder than the bloody ceiling "Worth it."

The Gates to the heavens opened, they were wet, warm and tight as vice "Ooooh gods, you're inside, mmm you're actually inside!" joy and pleasure lept in her voice, feeling his rod push deep into her sex, stealing away her virginity, which now would forever be his.

The Girl trembled in his arms, her legs held wide apart as Aetri drew back, slithering out of her folds, only to rocket back inside, The Redhead's eyes rolled back as she yelped "That's so fucking deep!" she melted into him, Aetri growling primally as dust fell from the groaning ceiling.

She felt so good, her soft skin, the heat rising in her muscles, the clapping wetness of her lips on his hips filling these ruins with the sounds of ecstasy.

Aetri pounded that pussy raw, delivering Kara into a delirious trance, lost in arousal. Her nails dug into the skin of his back, shaking like an earthquake as her orgasm struck deep within.

This was incredible, He'd never felt anything like this before, the heat, the lust building with each pump, he could feel the head of his cock slamming against her womb as her juices splashed out unto the floor.

...This was a little, too good, beyond what he imagined Sex would be like. In every stroke, every minuscule touch He felt stronger, moved faster until Kara bounced on him like a spring. Boom, Boom, Boom, the walls shook, and Aetri became lost in the Intoxication, his eyes widening as the storm inside.... begun to scream.

He pumped harder "Oh fuck!" and harder "Fuck me, fuck me!" Kara yelled, grasping at his neck and... she looked on, at his eyes, bloodshot and wild. "A-Aetri? Augh... UH! Slow down!" She cooed.

But Aetri answered only with a snarl, pulling Kara down to the ground, pushing deeper inside of her as she yowled in a mixture of pain and pleasure "S-Stop, just calm d-Ooooough! Uuh!"

The Shadowed beast that had replaced Aetri clutched at her throat, lost in a hurricane of lust and power, the redhead squirming as she came and came rivers that sizzled against the still embered floor.

The roar from within was revealed in full, Aetri's eyes opened wide, and with one final merciless pump, making the plump flesh of her thick rear ripple with his violent thrusts, Aetri came bucketloads, absolutely filling Kara's inside with streaks of endless white, painting the entirety of her womb.

Things became... odd, still... the silent roar of the dream beckoned, singing in a choir of music, culminating in a single question, carried by Blackwaters, and whispering silence.

Forename: Kara
Surname: Unknown
Birthplace: Unknown
Ethnicity: Unknown
Age: 20 years
Advantages: Swift, light-framed, experienced Warrior, high intelligence, sharp-eyed, healthy gene pool, Good liar
Disadvantages: Secretive, Sensitivity to sunlight, Slightly longsighted, consistently deceptive.
Conception: Rejected.

Kara opened up as if he had dived into her like an ocean of actualisation. But the waves were unclear, the whisperings incomplete... and yet revealing.

That was until reality crashed in, the venom of truth circulating in Aetri's veins, His senses returned, the sound of the rain flooding in along with a deep sense of foreboding.

Crawling back from her, confused and dazed by the Venom of truth, He looked on at the heavily breathing, lost form of Kara, who gazed back with a half-serving of Fear and post-coital bliss. "Y-You came inside... I told you to calm down... I--"

"Who are you?" He asked, stumbling up to his feet as he nursed the headache that rumbled his mind like brain freeze.

She raised an eyebrow, contemplating the mixture of clear and thick cum that spilt out of her hole. "What are you talking about? Aetri, are you... you look sick." She spoke softly, In concern.

_"Secretive, consistently deceptive... I'm going mad, what was that? I... felt her, I knew her, completely... what is this?" _His thoughts raced, oh how the darkness writhed within.

Kara pulled on her underclothes, and stood, walking to him and attempting to reach out. He could not help but flinch in his state. "I-It's okay... I can get Milk of the Oasis, it will undo the... accident." She spoke with a light smile.

Aetri peered at... Kara... "There will be no conception." He whispered, unsure of why he knew that no babe would be born of their intimacy.

She grinned "That isn't quite how it works."

He shook his head "No... it isn't."

Kara huffed and moved in, embracing him warmly "Just be more gentle next time, I was not prepared for you to be so... vigorous."

Aetri listened to the rain, he heard the beating of his heart in the quiet, there was change in the air... after tonight, Aetri and everything he was, would be gone.

And just a quickly as his senses had returned, his eyes fluttered, the strength in his body waivered, as a deep, unnatural sleep overcame him. He felt himself thump on the ground, Kara rushing to his aid... be he was already away, he was already dreaming.