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Kaisa held the paint brush in her hand, glancing at it and how the tip was covered in hints still of the slave girls blood. Glancing towards the girl, she could see the judgement in the poor things eyes. The pleading in them to save her and not to help the beast that was doing her great pain. Kaisa knew that the symbols upon his skin were not meant to harm. He had taught her a tiny bit of his arts and simply knew that they were for the protection of the land, not the destruction of it. But that girl did not understand. No one understood, which made being Tarok's helping hand and friend hard at times. Reluctantly, she started to follow the lines upon Tarok's back as he had asked of her, her hand not as steady as always yet not were near as shaky as the slave girl's would be. You are right about that. The vow's ceremony with Calder grows ever closer yet has been slightly delayed all the same. Father is sending Calder and his men out to patrol the western borderland. He fears their may be a coming war with the barbarians over the rights to that land there. Once he stomps out the resistance however, then we are to be joined upon his return. I am afraid after that I will no longer be free to go where I wish when I wish as I am now. Calder certainly will not wish me to be here.
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His shoulders tensed a bit when she mentioned her betrothed. Ah, Calder. A fine warrior and provider. I imagine your life with him will be happy. She couldn't be anything but, he surmised. She was the daughter of the chieftain. She was smart and strong. She would live her life, give Calder many children, and be happy. He didn't expect to have any place in her life after she was joined anyway. It wasn't his place to be involved with a life such as that. If he ever did have children it would be with a slave most likely, though preferably one with a stronger stomach that what he had now. He stepped away from her brush and turned around, hand going to her shoulder and pulling her close to him. I could do it you know, he whispered in her ear, eye looking to the slave to ensure she couldn't hear him. Rarely did he ever hide what the tribe, at least when asked, but even he was cautious at what he suggested. He would never have offered it to anyone else, just her. Only her. Calder does not have to return. There are ways. Methods I know to ensure this.
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Kaisa's eyes went wide, the brush in her hands dropping to the floor. His words have truly shocked her. In all the years she had known him, she knew such things were likely possible but one would need to dabble deep into darkness. A place that other has gone before him and never found the way about again. It was a place she had long hoped he would never dare to travel to and yet here he was, all but telling her that for her he would go beyond the bounds of darkness and dance with death, bending it to his will. Tarok... you... you can't go that deep into the darkness. No, I don't want you to go into the darkness like that! You can't take a life Tarok! It's- her words were cut off as the distant sound of what sounded like fast moving booted feet caught her ears. The sound of angry voices added to it as she realized the sounds came from the hall. Her heart froze as she turned toward the door, realizing that her fears were coming true. They have come for you...
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The look of horror on her face told him everything he needed to know. He had seen that look on the other members of the tribes when they looked at him, he had even reveled in it a bit, but had never wanted to see it on her. Her words filled him with shame though he did not have long to dwell on it as he too heard the steps of guards rapidly approaching. The sound of so many men echoed strangely in the hall. It was if the stone walls had been so unused to that many travelers at once that they had forgotten how to reflect the noise correctly. Tarok looked to Kaisa, the slave girl, before looking back to Kaisa with a nervous laugh. Kaisa...make sure that girl made one of the temple slaves and not placed in someone's harem. I promised her as much, though I don't think she beveled me. He wasn't sure why he was asking her that. He would be alright of course. At most he may be whipped but they would never... The guards stepped into the entrance of his chamber, hesitating at the sight within. Carefully the first of them, large muscular men tanned from the sun and brandishing short spears, stepped into the chamber and began to circle the pair. Tarok stepped between them and Kaisa instinctively, one arm pushing her back behind him. Do not touch her! one of them shouted. On his head lay the skin of a jaguar, a testament to his rank as their leader. You will not harm her witchdoctor. We have been sent to put a stop to your magic and bring you before the chief for your crimes! Tarlok narrowed his eyes at the man, his mind already reaching for a spell that could have burnt away his eyes. What joke is this? I have done nothing wrong! That was a lie. He had performed blood magic and other forbidden crafts, but never for evil intent. If the chief wishes to see me have him send a messenger as it has always been. Not a pack of feral do-! He didn't get a chance to complete his insult as one of the guards came up beside him and smashed a club over his head. The witchdoctor's eyes' widened in shock as he stumbled back against Kaisa once before toppling to the ground. The bowl in his hand broke as soon as it hit the stone floor, the black paint spilling around him forming disturbing images upon the stone. The green pit seemed to churn faster from the commotion and the guards moved faster out of fear, gathering Tarok and binding his hands while the captain took charge of Kaisa and the slave girl.
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Kaisa looked on in shock and fear for this was the moment she had some how always known would arrive. Tarok dabbled in things that no one in this tribe would ever understand and things they could not understand, they feared. Things they feared had to be destroyed. As Tarok pushed her behind him, she moved out of the way, watching the scene before her unfold. Horror filled her and she thought to herself over and over again, ' Please just let him vanish. Flee Tarok. Do as you said you would. Flee with your life. ' Yet the thoughts never rose to the surface and with a cry of agony she watched him crumble to the ground. Kaisa lunged out to try and kneel at his side but was grabbed from behind from one of the guards, and held back from him. No Kaisa! Do no go near to him! He has already tainted your soul with his evil enough! We do this to protect you! Come away milady! Come. That guard spoke as if he gave her a choice yet at the same time he was pulling her from the room, struggling the whole way to try and go to Tarok's side. She watched as he was bound and dragged from the room behind her. Another guard had untied and ungagged the slave girl, the sounds of her annoyingly high voice and cries filling the air as he helped her along. They were a ways down the hall when she could hear the sounds of glass breaking and things begin destroyed in Tarok's chambers. Even though she could not see it, she knew they were destroying all of Tarok's work. She tried to yell a warning to them, No! You don't know what you do! You can only do more harm then good now! Leave the room be! But they did not listen as they let potions be mixed upon the stone floor which didn't seem to be harmful now, but as they left the destroyed lair, locking and bolting the door behind them, there was not telling the backlash that could come from behind that door one day. The slave girl was left in the temple to be tended by the healers while Tarok and Kaisa were taken through the streets and straight to her home. She knew they would have to stand before her father and while she had no fear for herself, for she was far more valuable to her father alive then dead, she did fear for Tarok. Thoughts raised through her mind on how she could bargen for his life even as they entered into her father's throne room. Tarok was dumped before the powerful leader, while she was held back and off to one side, only able to watch the scene unfold before her.
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Kaisa watched in horror just as everyone else did. Everyone about her clearly waiting for the climax to come. They would all rejoice in watching the witch doctor die for all the sins they thought he had committed when Kaisa along knew that it would be the death of an innocent man. Well, maybe not a total innocent but he was not guilty of all they claimed him to be. As the moment drew near, she could feel a commanding presence come up along side her. Turning, she found her betrothed Calder standing at her side suddenly. He looked down upon her, his eyes judging her and while Tarok was facing her father, she was facing Calder in a whispered conversation. You have let the man tempt you and taint you with the devil Kaisa. You are wrong Calder. Tarok may dabble in dark arts but he would never cause me harm. He would cause no one here harm. I will have your silence. I am to be your husband and it is time you are to start obeying me. This is my first command as your future husband. When your father passes his judgement, you are not to say a word in protest, he reached for her and took a firm hold on her arm, squeezing and holding tight to her, threatening to bruise her from touch alone. And when he is gone, we will purge you of his vile influence at the temple. Only when you are stripped of the darkness he had placed into you will you be fit to be my wife again. Speak a word, and I promise you that you will be punished. Some call you a witch Kaisa. Some call for your life as well. Only our union will save you now. Kaisa stood strong, staring him down and completely prepare to defy him. Let them call her witch. Let them burn her at the stalk. She would rather die for something she stood for then live a life that is a lie. She turned her attention back to her father, about to pass judgement upon Tarok. When the word banish left her father's lips, Kaisa gave a sigh of relief. He was not going to die. Tarok would live! She did not realize that this sentence was in fact a fate worse then death for him. All she could see was life instead of a painful death. As the guards started to drag him away, her heart ached hearing him call out for her. She stared to move, to part her lips to speak for him when Calder's hold on her arm tightened and pulled her back to his chest. He whispered into her hear harshly, Not a word to him Kaisa. Turn you face away or I will have his sentence changed to death. You know I can have it done. The girl looked across the room to meet Tarok's gaze. Her eyes filled with a heartbreaking sadness as she held onto his eyes for a moment longer, before she turn her face towards the floor. Good girl, whispered Calder, who smiled across the way in trumph at the prisoner, holding Kaisa to him and making sure that Tarok saw it. She belonged to him.
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Tarok saw her at last as she was turning her back to him. In his eyes he saw none of the pain on her features, just the willing embrace she fell into with Calder. The warrior met the witchdoctor's gaze with an look of supreme arrogance letting him know that he had won. Kaisa was his, now and always, and the Tarok had no place in his life. The betrayel cut worse than any executioner could have and Tarok screamed in rage and frustration, ancient words forming on his tongue before he was suddenly gagged once more and dragged away from the palace. The boat tread quickly over the water as several burly oarsmen heaved their oars in and out of the lake. Tarok had gone still soon into the trip but not out of acceptance. One only had to look into his eyes and they could see the terror that filled them as he looked into clear waters below them. Shapes were moving down there, neither animal nor human, taking one dark form before changing to another. Tarok knew the others couldn't see them, knew that he would be completely alone in what he would soon face in the jungle. And yet he couldn't look away. When they hit the shoreline his guards lifted him by his arms and proceeded to drag him further into the jungle. The trek was long and hard, Tarok's legs becoming cut and bruised from the rough treatment. He had prayed they would simply kill him when they were out of sight of the city. Unfortunately these men were far to loyal to go against their orders. Hours later Tarok was dumped in a small clearing, nothing but thick green jungle foliage around him. The canopy blocked most of the sunlight leaving him in a twilight he wasn't sure was real. They cut his bindings and removed his gag, hurrying off before the doctor could curse them with his foul magic. As shadows began to dance amongst the trees cursing his guards was the last thing on his mind. Fear had gripped him, memories of his father's death coming back to him as well as thousands of illustrations of what demons could do to a person. He almost gave up there. Almost fell to the earth and accepted that horrible fate. Then he thought of her. His friend. Kaisa in the hands of her betrothed. She had turned so quickly on him when things had become hard. Hadn't tried to save him. Had he been nothing but an amusement for her? A place that Calder would now fill for her and in an image that brought a snarl to his lips he thought of the two lovers as Calder filled her repeatedly Fear was gone as he got to his feet and scrambled for the jungle. Now he was angry and angry he could deal with. Anger could keep him alive. Grabbing the sharpest rock he could find he brought it down on the palm of his right hand and cut a line over it. The crude blade hurt but he had felt worse. Making a fist, his own red blood dripping between his fingers, he raised it towards the darkness of the jungle. He was a witchdoctor and held the knowledge of countless numbers of his kind before him. Alright, he spoke into the darkness. Come for me if you dare.
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After Tarok's banishment, Kaisa found Calder was very true to his promise that she had to be purged of the so called darkness that was within her from Tarok's magic. She had to be purified and her soul saved, given back to the gods and goddesses of the light once more. The process was one that had her wishing instead for death. He was not even man enough to stay by her side through the painful days and nights of her cleansing at the temple. Simply left her in the care of the priests and rode off. He promised her that as long as her soul was saved when he returned from his trip, then he would still make her his wife. That day never came, for Calder never returned home again. The battle for the land along the border was lost to the barbarians and half the warriors lost their lives. The arrogant, overconfident Calder was one of them. When news returned home of his fate, Kaisa could not help but wonder... was it Tarok? He had spoke of willing such an event to come to pass and now it had. It left her without a husband and from after the relationship with Tarok, no man would have her. Even when the priests of the temple declared that her soul was clean, her prospects vanished. There was nothing left of her when it came to hopes of a marriage or a family. The only choice left to her was to enter into the temple and devote the rest of her life to the gods and goddesses now that her body and soul had been delivered up to light. And so it came to pass, Kaisa gave up her former life and entered into the teachings of the temple. It was a late start, but she found herself to be a fast learning. In time, she no longer felt the same loss for a life she would never truly come to know as when first she entered the temple. Perhaps this had always been the path she was destined to travel. Her life simply took a round about way of getting there. Still, even as years passed by, she though of Tarok often. Dreamed of him in the night. Wondered over what life had come to pass for him. While no news ever reached her of him him, she knew in her heart that he was not dead. Kaisak just knew that it Tarok was dead, she would feel it in her heart. Knowing he was out there, somewhere, left her feeling as if in some way, the pain she had suffered was worth it.
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It started slowly. It's insidious nature appearing in increments across the land in every corner and field. No one could place exactly when it started, so subtle was its first movements, but soon enough the entire tribe was gripped in a state of fear as the curse spread its grip over their lives. The farmers found their crops withering and dying. What was once healthy vegetation would turn grey and sickly. One touch would cause it to collapse into ash, spreading its noxious smell in the wind. Animals, both wild and domestic, seemed to go mad as something gripped their minds. Dogs would attack people in the streets while birds flew into homes and pecked people to death. Even the jungle itself seemed to suffer from this dark force, the people reporting dark figures moving through the jungle at night. Bonfires would seems to glow off in the distance with strange voices echoing from them but when investigated no trace of a fire or the people who made it could be found. But worse was what happened to the people. Dreams were blood-soaked nightmares that left many screaming themselves awake. Then that were those that grew sick, collapsing in the streets as their body burned from the inside. Nothing like it had ever been seen before, the victims vies would turn black underneath the skin and from every orifice they seemed to bleed a black ooze that burned at the touch. The healing quarters of the temple were soon overrun and now patients were being laid out in anywhere their was room. The scent of sickness was heavy in the air. It has during this time that Kaisa was summoned back to the royal palace. The golden walls had lost some of their shine in these trying times, the splendor of it all dimming when faced with such horror. Brought to the throne room her father had her standing before him. The very same spot that Tarok had stood when he had been banished. Daughter, the chief gave her a nod as befitting one of his children though there was little affection behind it. After Calder's death she had lost her one point of usefulness for him. No other male wanted her leaving him with a black stain on his bloodline that he couldn't remove. He had left her to her temple duties since then, pretending she didn't exist. The fact that he had summoned her at all was a great shock. The priests tell me that our people grow worse every day, he brow knitted in anger. He was used to enemies he could fight with strength of arms. It was no secret that the other tribes were mobilizing and could renew a war any day now. That none of your prayers or sessions have done anything to stem the curse that blights our land. He leaned forward and she could see how much older he looked now. Time and his rule taking its toll. My advisors...have suggest that Tarok be allowed to return. Now her reason for being brought before him were clear. She was the only person who had known Tarok, the only one who he had ever really trusted. Allowing him to return was only way to save face from saying Beg him to return. She was the only one who might know how to convince him to come back.
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Kaisa had been forced to sit by for years now and watch the people around her suffer from this curse. Due to the ritual that had cleansed her, it seemed to have left her protected from the effects of the curse now. All she could do was stand by and watch person after person overcome by the darkness that Tarok had been trying to hold back. She saw now better then ever that Tarok's work had indeed been for the good of the tribe. Others still did not see it that way. Many said this was from the wrath of Tarok whom still plagued them even from a distance. Kaisa knew though that he people brought this upon themselves. The few times she had dared to slip into the bowels of the temple and visit the door to Tarok's old chambers, she could feel the darkness radiating from within. The magical seal placed upon the door was the only thing likely keeping the land from imploding upon itself now. When she found herself summoned by her father, Kaisa already knew what would be the topic of conversation and he certainly started right into it as she arrived to stand before him. Listening to all that he had to say, she sighed and shook her head, What father? No welcome to your daughter? No friendly greeting to catch up with one another? It's been 5 years since we have last spoken to one another. Since the day you banished me to the temple. She knew such statements would only anger her and so she just continued onward with the answers her sought from her. You don't need me for this. You already know the answer and just wish that I can give you another option to keep you from having to humble yourself. The only way to convince Tarok to return, IF you can even find it, is to get down upon your hands and knees and beg for him to return. You humiliated him and made him an outcast when he was only trying to protect this land and this people. My best suggestion to you, dear father, is to prepare to beg and fulfill any and all demands he may make of you.
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Her father was on his feet instantly and looking down on her with all the rage he could muster. INSOLENT! I would have your tongue cut our for such remarks if you weren't of my flesh! But do not think I would not have you flogged and shackled in the pits until the next full moon! He stood there, breathing heavily and slowly gaining control of himself. But you are lucky. As it is I finally have a use for you 'daughter'. Slowly he moved back to his throne, twin servant girls quickly moving to his side to fan him. You have misunderstood why I have asked for you. I am not looking for your advice on the matter for you see I already am catering to his demands by summoning you here. He waved one of his large hands forward indicating for one of his servants to approach with a small box. We have been keeping tabs on him. When the curse first became apparent I sent warriors after him. They did not return. As the servant knelt in front of him the chief opened the box and removed a strip of tree bark from its contents. I sent two more small parties. Only one returned from the second with a message. I warned you. So, earlier this week I sent a messenger asking him to return. I was given this. He held up the bark for her to see. It was covered in small, messy letters that was so typical of Tarok's handwriting. He has already agreed to come before us, provided that you are here when we speak. He turned the bark around to read it again, eyes looking over the letters carefully. That is his only demand other than we provide a boat for him to cross the lake. You are not to speak to him when he arrives and are to stand by me while we negotiate. He quirked an eyebrow at her. What do you make of this, daughter?
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Kaisa looked genuinely shocked by this news. She stood up and came forth to look at the message closer, not waiting for he father to grant her the permission to do so. She reached out and ran her fingers over the three bark, letting her fingers feel the carved letters. She shook her head as she stepped back once again, I don't know what to make of it. Tarok was always a mystery, even to me at times. There was a bond between us, but.... things have altered over they 5 years. You know that just as well as I. Banishment can change a person and there is no telling how he has been altered by this. The man I use to know then could very well not exist anymore because of you. She held her head high though, But I will be here at your side as he requests if that is what is needed to save our land and our people.