Great wolf in the sky
September 5th, 2007, 09:33 PM
Calling of the guardians
The World spirit looked over the vast earth before him.The humans were fighting again,and this time,he feared that there would not be an end to it.The end would only come when the lay crimson and strewn with bodies.Already the forests were littered with so many bodies,it was as if a giant child had left their toys throughout the green of the leaves.The world spirit sighed.He was getting far too old for this.Already he had seen men come and fall,and it seemed as it would continue forever,until eventually there was no one left.The world moved on,and the people moved with it,forgetting the mistakes of the past,simply replaying them over and over again.The time had come for the World spirit to step in,and stop the destruction.There was a problem though,The World Spirit did not know what to do.And then he saw the answer.Amongst the dead,picking over the spoils of the humans rampage,there was a single raven,picking at the eye of a fallen human.That was the answer.The raven had shown The world Spirit the only way to stop the carnage.
The animals of the forest were assembled before The World Spirit,all confused as to why they had been called here,to The First Tree.They had been told that they were here to help stop the blood shed that the humans were causing,but they did not know how coming here would help them end it.Then The World Spirit did something unprecidented in the history of the earth.He called the spirits of those dead back.He turned to them,and spoke in their minds,for to hear The World's Spirit's true voice,was to go mad.He spoke in the animals minds as well,and this is what the assembled dead,and the animals of the earth heard:
"My friends,both dead and alive,from the forest and the oceans,from the mountains and the frozen north,the time has come for the blood letting to cease for good.For too long have I sat by and let your kind,"he waved and arm at the dead,"destroy all that I have made for them.Too long have they fought amongst themselves,and for what?How many of you can truly say that you are happy with the way you lived your lives?Who among you can say that you are happy with the lives that your descendants are living?Who among you would,if given a chance,change the world so that your descendants could live better,more peace filled lives?"He looked at the faces of the long dead,eyes sunken in their sockets and the skin rotting on their bones.He could see the contempt in their eyes,the oppossal to his plan.But among some of them,he could see that his words had reached them.He could see that now they would be willing to go where he led.
He turned on the animals now."And who among you has not felt the destruction of your homes by these humans?Who among you has not had a brother or friend killed so that the humans could fashion more weapons?Who among you can truly say that you are happy with the state of the world?Who among you can say that you enjoy being hunted?Who among you can say that you are happy to lay down your lives so that the humans can play their games of life and death?Who among you wishes to change all that is the current,and create a bright shining future?"The World Spirit could see,that just like the dead,the animals were divided.Some believed that there could not be any change,while others knew that,with help,there could be a change.The time had come to show them what they would have to do to change.
"All of those who would change the world for their descendants,for the good of their descandents,and for the good of their souls,step forward and join my ranks."He looked expactantly at the rows and rows of dead,and for a long time,no one moved,until eventually,a young boy stepped forward.The courage of the young boy seemed to shame the rest of the dead.The World Spirit saw many that had seemed to opposse his plan hang their heads,and step forward to join the ranks.Eventually there were only a few left in the original group.He called out to them,"Are you to be the only ones to stand against my plan?Are you to be the few that will regret not joining when the rest have joined and are putting you to shame?Are you weaker than this young boy?"The World Spirit had hoisted the young boy up onto his shoulders,so that he would not be lost in the crowd,and he had been a symbol to the dead.That one boys courage had shown the rest of the dead how couragous they could be.But the remaining dead seemed to need something more to bring their courage to the fore front.So he called out to them again,saying,"You shall be returned to earth if you join my ranks."This brought shock to their faces,and they quickly joined.
The World Spirit turned to the animals now.This was the crucial part of his plan,it could not be done without them.He called out to them,"Friends,I cannot do this without you.It may have been possible without the dead,but without you,my plan will surely fail.Who among you will join us?"Like the dead,they were reluctant to join,but finally there stood the dead and the animals together,with only one group of animals who had not joined.He looked at them,then called out,"You have chosen not to join.You have shown the cowardice in your nature.For that,you shall forever more run from others.You shall run from the animals who joined,and from the humans.You shall be forever hunted,and shame be on your heads for not having the courage to join.You are banished to earth."He waved his hand,and they were gone.
He turned to the ranks of dead and animals."Thank you my friends for joining.You shall now know my plan.You shall become guardians for the people.You shall watch over them,and stop this bloodshed.This is why you have joined."
The animals and dead were joined,and created the guardians.They went forth and created clans for the humans.That is the story of the beginning.
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And thats it ladies and gentlemen.It's 999 words not including the title.It was originally suppossed to have been much more violent,and the clan guardians were actually cursed into helping and they were blood thirsty and thats why you had to give them a slice of the meat from a kill etc etc,but it got toned down a lot in the end up.Sorry to anyone who prefers the original story line :S
The World spirit looked over the vast earth before him.The humans were fighting again,and this time,he feared that there would not be an end to it.The end would only come when the lay crimson and strewn with bodies.Already the forests were littered with so many bodies,it was as if a giant child had left their toys throughout the green of the leaves.The world spirit sighed.He was getting far too old for this.Already he had seen men come and fall,and it seemed as it would continue forever,until eventually there was no one left.The world moved on,and the people moved with it,forgetting the mistakes of the past,simply replaying them over and over again.The time had come for the World spirit to step in,and stop the destruction.There was a problem though,The World Spirit did not know what to do.And then he saw the answer.Amongst the dead,picking over the spoils of the humans rampage,there was a single raven,picking at the eye of a fallen human.That was the answer.The raven had shown The world Spirit the only way to stop the carnage.
The animals of the forest were assembled before The World Spirit,all confused as to why they had been called here,to The First Tree.They had been told that they were here to help stop the blood shed that the humans were causing,but they did not know how coming here would help them end it.Then The World Spirit did something unprecidented in the history of the earth.He called the spirits of those dead back.He turned to them,and spoke in their minds,for to hear The World's Spirit's true voice,was to go mad.He spoke in the animals minds as well,and this is what the assembled dead,and the animals of the earth heard:
"My friends,both dead and alive,from the forest and the oceans,from the mountains and the frozen north,the time has come for the blood letting to cease for good.For too long have I sat by and let your kind,"he waved and arm at the dead,"destroy all that I have made for them.Too long have they fought amongst themselves,and for what?How many of you can truly say that you are happy with the way you lived your lives?Who among you can say that you are happy with the lives that your descendants are living?Who among you would,if given a chance,change the world so that your descendants could live better,more peace filled lives?"He looked at the faces of the long dead,eyes sunken in their sockets and the skin rotting on their bones.He could see the contempt in their eyes,the oppossal to his plan.But among some of them,he could see that his words had reached them.He could see that now they would be willing to go where he led.
He turned on the animals now."And who among you has not felt the destruction of your homes by these humans?Who among you has not had a brother or friend killed so that the humans could fashion more weapons?Who among you can truly say that you are happy with the state of the world?Who among you can say that you enjoy being hunted?Who among you can say that you are happy to lay down your lives so that the humans can play their games of life and death?Who among you wishes to change all that is the current,and create a bright shining future?"The World Spirit could see,that just like the dead,the animals were divided.Some believed that there could not be any change,while others knew that,with help,there could be a change.The time had come to show them what they would have to do to change.
"All of those who would change the world for their descendants,for the good of their descandents,and for the good of their souls,step forward and join my ranks."He looked expactantly at the rows and rows of dead,and for a long time,no one moved,until eventually,a young boy stepped forward.The courage of the young boy seemed to shame the rest of the dead.The World Spirit saw many that had seemed to opposse his plan hang their heads,and step forward to join the ranks.Eventually there were only a few left in the original group.He called out to them,"Are you to be the only ones to stand against my plan?Are you to be the few that will regret not joining when the rest have joined and are putting you to shame?Are you weaker than this young boy?"The World Spirit had hoisted the young boy up onto his shoulders,so that he would not be lost in the crowd,and he had been a symbol to the dead.That one boys courage had shown the rest of the dead how couragous they could be.But the remaining dead seemed to need something more to bring their courage to the fore front.So he called out to them again,saying,"You shall be returned to earth if you join my ranks."This brought shock to their faces,and they quickly joined.
The World Spirit turned to the animals now.This was the crucial part of his plan,it could not be done without them.He called out to them,"Friends,I cannot do this without you.It may have been possible without the dead,but without you,my plan will surely fail.Who among you will join us?"Like the dead,they were reluctant to join,but finally there stood the dead and the animals together,with only one group of animals who had not joined.He looked at them,then called out,"You have chosen not to join.You have shown the cowardice in your nature.For that,you shall forever more run from others.You shall run from the animals who joined,and from the humans.You shall be forever hunted,and shame be on your heads for not having the courage to join.You are banished to earth."He waved his hand,and they were gone.
He turned to the ranks of dead and animals."Thank you my friends for joining.You shall now know my plan.You shall become guardians for the people.You shall watch over them,and stop this bloodshed.This is why you have joined."
The animals and dead were joined,and created the guardians.They went forth and created clans for the humans.That is the story of the beginning.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
And thats it ladies and gentlemen.It's 999 words not including the title.It was originally suppossed to have been much more violent,and the clan guardians were actually cursed into helping and they were blood thirsty and thats why you had to give them a slice of the meat from a kill etc etc,but it got toned down a lot in the end up.Sorry to anyone who prefers the original story line :S