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I'm at a loss. The person I trusted the most tried to save me. I just hope his efforts are not in vain."

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7th year of the Reign of Balor

The Cave dwellers of middle east are still within the clutches of the North. Forced to mine the capital wealth. Balor seeks to reach farther then what he has until he has claimed until he can claim no more. for that he needs more then one heir.

Balor fears his eldest son Aswad plots against him for secrets not yet revealed to Aswad. So Balor has kept watch of one known as Fein. Fein works in the water channels of his homeland caves along with the child in his care known as Tenryu.

Fein has kept his head low but again and again the watchfullp eyes of Balor have fallen upon him for being the so called "leader" of the oppressed. He once again feels and fears for the child so much like his own brother. In an act of desperation leads Tenryu far within the channels of the caves and watches as the young one washes away.

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The people of Qamar are hidden deep within the woods of the west. The west is riddled with posionous plants that threaten to consume any person who goes within it's clutches. The people, trapped from any escape live out their lives with their best ability wondering if anyone even knows they still exist.

Once a few have ever gone through these woods alive and not contracted any of their poisions. But some people are desperate enough to risk their lives and enter. Sometimes for information. Sometimes for legend and face. But two people have entered and survive. One unknowing and one willing just to keep their own lives. This is where our story begins.


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Name: Shahi Tenryu

Age: 15

Likes: Sleeping, using his senses to "see" things, reciting to himself, making pottery, and being around his friends.

Dislikes: Water, bees, loud noises, people who assume him to be less than he his, and feeling frightened or worthless.

Profession: Beginner Potter

Personality and Description: Shahi is a little shorter than average height for his age, but he is strong-willed. Being blind, he cannot get around easily like the others, but it does not stop him. He counts his steps and remembers where he puts things for later use. He is soft hearted and gentle, a very soft spoken boy, but is easily frustrated at people who think him handicapped. He has short tossled hair as of now, but it will grow quite long in his later years. Shahi often wears a knit cap to cover his ears from the loud noises of the others. His skin is tinted a light brown from recent weeks in the sun, and the hairs on his face have finally started to grow, showing his path to adulthood. Not physically strong, he doesn't participate in the games of the other boys, but prefers to spend his time in the pottery house with the man who took him in and cared for him.

Bio: Coming from the north, he was raised by a man called Fein, who cared for him deeply. But Fein feared for Shahi and sent him down the river to the west. If the poisonous plants didn't get to him first, then the wild animals would. Shahi is terribly afraid of water, so Fein drugged him before putting him to sleep one night, then pushed the boy unto a small canoe-like boat and sent him downstream. When Shahi awoke, he heard nothing but water and birds, and felt the gentle rocking of the bowl he was in. He then realized what must have happened- Fein had already explained to him his plan, and despite Shahi's desperate pleas, he had done it anyway. After several hours of cursing at the birds and the breeze, Shahi finally sat and rested, weeping silently to himself. For several days he drifted in the boat, finding the food that Fein had packed for him and one night while he slept, the boat hit the shore somewhere deep in the poisonous forest. There was a small tribe of people nearby who found him and took him in as one of their own.
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Name: Ibrahim Fawzi

Age: 19

Likes: Calling the adhan at fajr, sword fighting, annoying people- but only to see where their breaking point it is, joking around, and crafting his own weaponry, tools, and ornaments.

Dislikes: Waking up, sand storms, arrogant people, being away from family, and messing up.

Profession: Professional swordsman, Journeyman craftsman.

Preferred Weapon: 2-handad sword or claymore.

Personality and Description: Ibrahim has long layered black hair that's been bleached from being in the sun so long; something all his family members have. He is tall and muscular, very strong and active in his field. He has blue eyes, something rare in his tribe, but something they try not to faun over. He has a goatee, also bleached from the sun. In the colder months he allows his beard to grow fully to keep his face warm.

Bio: Coming from a rich fighter's background, Ibrahim has grown up with strong roots in his family and his fighting abilities are natural to him. His family travels with the water; and each town they come to they put on a show of sword fighting for the people. His family are also very strong in their religious beliefs, practicing Islam to the best of their abilities. Right now there is a drought in the oasis, forcing his family to travel northwestwards toward the rain forest. They aren't too pleased about the idea, being so used to sand, but they must be able to feed and water their animals and family.
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Name: Rishid Wahad

Age: 19

Likes: The warm, dessert storms (at times), books, old scrolls, animal bones, usually being alone, a chance to sleep soundly, water, pottery, jewelry, tarps, rare objects.

Dislikes: People who bully on the weak, wasting water or food, sand in his nose and eyes, birds, and the forest because it’s loud.

Profession: Freelance Fighter

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Rishid six foot 3 inches and still growing. His skin was darker while he was in the desert but lately he's lightened up because he's been hidding in the woods. body wise he is very fit and muscular from the years of training and fighting. He's got scars on his back from when he was captured by a tribe and falsely accused of killing his son in a drunken fight. When actually Rishid was trying to help the drunk from falling on his face. He also has a scar on his left eye lid from when the drunk tried to swip him with a dagger. Rishid dodged in time. Rishid's pretty light hearted and has a lot of tolerance. He does his best to be a good muslim but it's hard to stop and pray when you've got people thrusting a sword in your face. He's mostely silent and has only one expression most the time which can confuse people about what he's thinking. Never mess with him when he's trying to sleep (which he doesn't get much off). His facial hair has yet to come and full blast but what little is there he shaves. it's probably from all the stress. He's very repectful towards women and is very uncomfortable when he's in a room alone. He's had woman and other people charge him of false tales. Rishid will protect himself if he feels he has to, never second guessing himself. Carrying around a giant staff blade gets people attention.

Bio: Rishid is from one of the two royal family who protect the secret of Golden Tide. His tribe of Wahad was a merchant/ trader tribe of nomads who controlled the caravan routes of the desert and east. They where onle of the few tribes that can cross the desert without stopping for water and survive.They are simimar to the tuareg of the sahara dessert. They never stayed in one place to long. He has 2 little sisters one who is now 13 named Jana and another who would have been 8 named Hajra but she was killed along with their tribe. When rishid was 10 and Jana was 1 a couple of their tribe members in secret took them to separate places. Rishid was taken to an island off the coast of the west which is now consumed by the posion forest. Rishid was trained by the member of the the tribe with a black crytal staff like blade. Because it was heavey training started young so his body would be able to weild it. He stayed there until he was thirteen and moved back into the desert where they found that his tribe was dwindling in numbers because of the attack Balor had done a year after rishid and jana had left. He stayed with the now almost gone tribe that had gone into hidding in the desert until he was able to pick up the black crystal weapon at age 15. He left and wandered trying to gain information on his sister so he could find her and in the proccess, find information on Balor. He heard stories of the west how no man ever entered and left alive but Balors heir was on his tail and he wouldn't risk being captured. The best place would be the place noone would look. Rishid never expected to find living people in the forest.






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Name: Jana Wahad

Age: 13

Likes: Plants, forest, flowers, not wearing any shoes, rain, salty food, nectar, watching the forest, and night time.

Dislikes: That there are no other kids besides one boy her age on the Isle, field training, getting up in the morning, and poachers.

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Isle of Ikzer Protector, (Still In training)

Personality and Description: Jana stand at 5 foot 2 inches.Her skin is naturally dark and her hair is naturally white. A genetic trait that runs through her fathers side of the family and is rarely shown. Jana being young is curious about the world outside of the Isle. she's never been beyond it's bordering waters. In her heart she feels like there is something more out there. Her "Mother" (who is actually her caretaker) Rafia had taught her some of Islams basics but lacked the knowledge to teacher Jana more. Rafia herself had gotten so caught up in the Isle Monks teaching that she had strayed. Jana still believes in Allah but does not know how to follow him or what he even wants and this upsets her. Jana uses the isle's nature and rare plants and animals to teach her about Allah and what he might want her to do. She "Prays" by sitting and listening to the life around her and gives him praise. She still feels as though something is missing. Jana is quiet, but her eyes can pull you in as she does not have a wavering watch. She's kind to animals but thinks the worst of people including the monks even though they had taught her alot. Her weapon use to be her mothers. 33 green sturdy beads a little smaller then a gulf ball with a 2 times bigger then her hand at the end that curves.

Bio: Jana's history is not much different from Rishid's. Jana went through the same thing as Rishid just about. Once she was split up and taken to the Isle she was raised by her "mother" Rafia. Rafia was a woman from Janas tribe and the woman who brought her there. Rafia taught her navigation, reading and writing some dead languages, and how to listen to everything around her from animals, to plants, to the sound of water. To observe how everything works together. At the age of 10 her trainer as a poacher catcher started. People would hear about the Isle of Ikzer and come to claim some of it's rare treasures for fame, power, or wealth. The monks of Ikzer protected the isle and made sure none of it's rarities where taken. Jana was always told by Rafia that she had an older brother. Rafia didn't know she was priming Jana up for the Secret of Golden Tide, she was just doing as the chief had instructed. Jana never once left the Isle though she had dreamed of it.



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Name: Kisii Abane

Age: 16

Likes: Sand, Warmth, sweet fruits, dates (the fruit) Being left alone. Watching the shows, practacing her weaponing.

Dislikes: cruel people, people teasing her, prunes, watching animals being slaughtered, blood, being left alone with men in the room, sleazy men.

Class/Profession: Servant Girl

Personality and Description: A quiet kind of girl who doesnt say much, but she observes much, soaking it all like a sponge. Islam is something she loves. Its the only thing that gives her self repect. She doesn't talk much to the other girls. though she finds herself wanting to. Shes a tall, extreamlly slender girl standing at 5 foot 11. Taking after the father she never knew since her mother was small. Her bad habbit is bitting her nails. She takes pleasure in the little things in life, such as running sand through her fingers or an animal sleeping. Seeing miricales in all these small things.

Bio: Kisii never knew where she was born. Her mother was a prostitute that travelled from caravan to caravan. Being that no matter what one believes in there will always be weakness in people. Kisii's mother had been thrown from many tribes and had traveled with her daughter to many places of the desert. Kisii always knew what her mother did. She use to get beaten by people of the tribes they would be visitng because of it. Kisii almost got "taken" several times but she would fight them off and hid in the desert till morning. Kisii's mother gave her a tatto on her face, saying it would protect her, after attempting to disfigure her daughter, not wanting the lifestyle she had for her daughter . When kisii was 9 one tribe couldn't take the corruption of her mother any longer and tied her to a burt tree of the desert and set it a flame. They left her their as a warning. Kisii was found, by the tribe she now lives with, trying to take shelter under her mothers remains. At first they thought she was a jinn.









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Name: Tamarind Šhalboba

Age: 30

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Profession: Desert Bandit Leader/Chief.

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Name: Balor "The One"

Age: unknown (looks about 50)

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Profession: Ruler of the Nothern Lands + Parts of the Middle East

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Name: Aswad Balor
Age: 28

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Profession: Heir to all his father owns

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Name: Fien Clhaum (to shahi +tribe) Yad Balor (aka to everyone know)

Age: 25
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Profession: Adopted Hair to Balor

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Name: Halima Nouran

Age: 14

Likes: Helping others, caring for her animals, watching the tribe practice for shows, sewing, riding horses, and collecting small bits of metal and glass.

Dislikes: Her elder sister sister Nusayba, sweet things, glamorous things, worrying about others, spiders, feeling left out, and deep discussions about boring things like politics.

Profession: Apprentice Seamstress

Personality and Description: Halima is very petite for her age, standing at about 4' 3", and very skinny. Her mother worries she will blow away with the wind and always encourages Halima to eat. A shy person, she tends to stay quiet during children's games and conversations, quickly leaving her feeling left out. She's just starting to wear hijab, and while she likes it, she misses the freedom of letting her hair out anytime she likes. She dislikes her sister very much because of her bad attitude toward the others, and her weakness of faith; but she still prays for her. Halima's dark hair has already started losing its white streaks from wearing hijab.

Bio: The cousin to Ibrahim, she hangs around him to watch him fight. He always makes sure to make her feel included in his practices, and it makes her feel good. But their relationship is platonic. She knows nothing of sex and relationships with boys. Growing up, Halima has always tended to be very shy and obedient. She wants nothing more than the happiness of her family.


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Name: Nusayba Nouran

Age: 17

Likes: Fighting, getting stronger, being accepted into the boys' groups, picking fights, showing off.

Dislikes: Girly things, doing what others say, being reprimanded, scolded for not acting more like her sister.

Class/Profession: Journeyman Rogue

Personality and Description: A rebel, Nusayba is quick to pick fights and has a bad temper. She doesnt follow Islam except to pray maghrib, though she still believes in Allah. She gets crushes on guys all the time, and right now it's on Ibrahim. But she shows her feelings through fighting, and has yet to beat him in a practice. She's average height, with slight muscle build from her workouts and fighting routines. Since hse doesnt wear hijab, her hair has become very bleached from the sun. She has no plans to start wearing it, either. Her fighting style is that of a limber boxer. she mixes fluid body movement with fierce punches and kicks. She has quick eyes that tell her whats going to happen before it does.

Bio: Growing up, she was always a bit hardy and tough, much to the dislike of the elders in her tribe. After her sister was born, people quickly started comparing her to Halima, asking why she couldn't more 'innocent' and 'feminine', which pushed Nusayba to become angrier and breaks things. The tribe's sheikh could see she was having difficulty with this, so gave her his grandmother's fighting gear- spiked knuckles and elbow pads, leather armor, and small daggers she could fit in her boots. She took great care of these things, even adding a but of her own tidbits and pieces to it to make it custom for her. During her fights, she is quick to pick out the strongest of a group. So far it has been Ibrahim, who she's been unable to beat as of yet. It's how she developed her crush on him. When she sees her sister hanging around the fighting grounds she quickly becomes jealous, losing her concentration on her fights, causing her to lose. The elders are very careful about who marries who, and wont allow first cousins to marry, lest the blood becomes too close and their children are born sickly; it is also in Islam that couples dont do this. But despite that, she is sure he will fall for her one day and they can run away together.
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Name: Ahmar Asad (Red Lion)

Age: 21

Likes: Kittens, attractive women, gambling, being in power, and shiny new weapons.

Dislikes: Girls who act "cute", people who don't do what he tells them to do, bland food, the desert, bugs.

Profession: General for the Northern army

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Name: Buthayna (Bunny) and Jihadi Wahadeen

Age: 16

Bunny Likes: Reading poetry, reserching and writting essays on islam, calligraphy, painting, walking in the garden, spending time with her brother playing chess and listening to elderly peoples tales.

Bunny Dislikes: Water near any form of paper, pranks, lies, jokes, ignorance, kids crying, and old people being ignored.

Jihadi Likes: Battle tales, practice fights with his mentor, watching his sword being polished, ridding his pet tevved carabou, archry practice, and laying in fields.

Jihadi Dislikes: people who start fights for no reason, arrogance, salty foods, embarassing himself in front of fighters, people who mess with his sister.

Profession: Future Leaders of Qamar

Personality and Description: Jihadi is of average hight as well as Buthayna. They both are kind hearted but where bunny is hard working Jihadi is pretty carefree. Jihadi has the bad habit of scraching his beard and Bunny hates it when he does it on her bed. jihadi gave her the nickname bunny when he was a child. Their connection is very close where one is seen you can soon see the other after. They love islam with all their hearts and practice it daily.They're known as the prince and princess in qamar and looked upon with repect for their kindness and knowledge and many people come to their family with questions

Bio: Buthayna and Jihadi's past is tied by their mother Salma. Balor had heard from his wife of an animal that resided in the posioned woods. She heard it had medicinal properties in it's blood to counter act posions and by drinking it's blood would allow him to resist any posion attacks on him. He sent someone into the forest to find it. Instead they cam across Qamar and assumed it's people where even better then some animal. he people of Qamar never went into the posioned woods it was a rule to enforce that everyone was kept alive and safe, but Salma broke that rule in order to keep her and her children that she was pregnat with safe from the attackers that riddled their home. So she hide in the forest till she heard her husband and a couple of people calling her name. She gave birth to twins 3 months later. Salms died soon after giving birth as the posions had effected her body to much for her to heal properly. the symptoms of the posion didn't show up in either of the twins till the 8th year of jihadi's life when signs of it spread on his chest. Bunny never showed signs of the illness. Jihadi and Bunny went through the same classes and teachings on islam and running the town of Qamar. Bunny learned the Secret of Golden Tide that resided in her necklace whilte Jihadi was clueless of it's existance. At one point Jihadi decided he didn't want to lead anyone but only enforce while Buthayna ruled feeling that she was more fit for it then him. Their lives are fairly peaceful Never expecting outsiders to come within their circle and make new friends.
Jihadi was never the social “people person” that his sister was. Buthayna’s innocence at the way she viewed the world was something he could only partially share even though they are twins. Buthayna was life, Jihadi felt he was only death and could bring happiness to no one if he didn’t last long enough. His illness seemed to rule his for front of thinking as it spread more and more every year. In a way he was glad that he was the only one to gain this poison in his body. Feeling his sister could only do more good while he could only do more harm and tears. He loved his sister and she loved him, they share a bond that can’t easily be broken or manipulated. It goes beyond the fact that they are twins. They where all they had when their mother died. It wasn’t like they didn’t have a bond with their father, but he was always busy running Qamar, trying to figure out how to keep the poison forest at bay, and how to cure Jihadi.

Jihadi took off his kufi and shook his head, feeling the cool breeze wash through his hair. He wasn’t supposed to be there in that meadow so close to the poison woods. Yet he was and he went there almost every day when the sun was at its highest right before Asr. He was supposed to be studying with his sister, but instead worked on strengthening his ill willed right arm. The poison sometimes made his arm weak or numb, unable to use some days. It didn’t come often but it would urk him every time. True he wasn’t supposed to be so close to the woods, it could infect him even more, but he would go into them to claim a seed that was freshly birthed. Catching it before it would fall to the ground. His sister hoping it’s secrets would reveal a cure to jihadi’s weakness. The winds from the nearby sea would keep the forest at bay, but for how long has always been the question.

His arm was bleeding again. It always would when he worked his arm that much. The bleeding was a good thing though. It would release some of the built up poison, allowing fresh clean blood into its veins before the process happened again. Day in day out the same process. Jihadi really wasn’t surprised if he lived past 25. Every year it seemed to spread faster. It worried him because then who would take care of his sister? He always figured his role was to take care of her. That is why he gave up the leading position to her. She would last longer than him. With his left hand he rubbed his right shoulder before going into his cloth bag and pulling out a rag, dyed by blood it had so many times before washed. Sweat dripped down his neck and shirtless back. He was fit and lean for his age because of all the training he’d done with his uncle Salem, his mother’s brother.

Jihadi looked at the poisoned woods as he walked away from his stuff lying on the fielded ground and towards the river. That was one thing no one could quite understand. The river flowed through the forest but came out pure and clean. They all assumed the poison would contaminate it but instead it has done the opposite. He could hear the sounds of animals the thrived in them, able to live, and immune to the forest. Hearing the water he looked ahead as he approached it’s banks.
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Shahi had washed up on one of the banks, completely covered in mud, blending right into the banks; there was a small ring on his finger that glinted in the sunlight. It was a miracle he hadn't drowned.
Jihadi slide on the mucky banks of the river careful not to let any of the blood leak onto the ground but by allowing it to drip down in forearm into his cupped hand. He dunked the rag into the river. Don’t worry he made sure to clean that rage thoroughly before. The water felt cool and crisp as he made sure to get the rag dripping wet. He moved quickly into the grass and cleaned his right arm. Jihadi moved back to the river to pour some of the water to make wudu. Once he started on his arms he noticed something out of the corner of his eyes across on the other side. What was it? He wondered. It sparkled and gleamed like jewelry. He stood up and squinted till he made out a shape within the mud. What really made his heart beat with nervousness was when he noticed a bare foot. He yelled at the top of his lung in a panic. “TORAK!!!!!!” jihadi didn’t dare get into the water with fear of contaminating it with his blood but he paced the bank trying to get a better look of the person across the bank, but failing. “TORAK!!!” He yelled again and looked around for the creature. He spotted it galloping his way. His pet who species they called Tand got the sound their large hooves make on the ground. A saber toothed deer, the size of caribou, like animal with medium sized antlers and large hooves. This was torak.

Torak slowed down as jihadi skillfully jumped on his back and rode across the river which didn’t take long as Torak’s strides are wide. Jihadi leaped off, sliding in his knees next to the person. His fingers digginto the mud as he turned the other over onto his back into jihadi’s arms. He whipped some of the mud away from the strangers face and felt for breathing by his nose. Jihadi’s heart was pounding. Who was this person? It wasn’t anyone he knew from the village, but then again he was covered in mud so he wasn’t quite sure. There hadn’t been outsiders here ever since he could remember. He slapped the others face a couple of times. “Hey? HEY!?” He was breathing that was good thing.
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Shahi was dreaming about.. something.. wolf-bears. Wolf-bears chasing after him. His mind created his depiction of the creatures- huge beasts that growled and had stiff bloody fur. They were bloodthirsty creatures who killed for sport. In his mind they were large furry balls with limbs and huge snarling mouths. He felt them creeping up to him, closer and closer, until one trapped him and he fell on his face. It turned him over and shouted at him, "Hey- HEY!"

He awoke with a start, jumping at the feel of someone shaking him. Shahi sat quickly, trying to slide backwards to get away from the person, his hands feeling around for something to grab unto. "L-leave me alone!" He muttered dryly, feeling scared. "F-Fein?" He called out, turning his head back as though expecting his mentor to appear suddenly. He found a tree root and grabbed unto it, pulling himself away from the person, though not realizing he had barely moved away at all. "I'm not- I'm not afraid of you.." He brought his knees up as though shielding himself from the young man. His head moved on its own, twitching left and right, while his pale eyes weren't focused on any set thing.
“Wait! Wait! Wait! It’s okay.” He held his hand up in the air to show he didn’t have any weapon. Torak shuffled a little in the mud. Good, jihadi thought. He doesn’t seemed hurt or anything. Yet he definitely was someone from the outside. There was noone named Fien here. “I’m not gunna hurt you. I promise. Okay?” He reached out for the other wonder what had happened to him. “I just wana help you. okay. okay?” The mud squished under him as he shifted off his left knee and onto his right. Torak sniffed his hair and Jihadi’s free muddy hand smacked the wet nose away.
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Swallowing, Shahi felt something brush against his head but he didn't move. He felt weak from lack of proper food, water, and exercise, but his adrenaline levels were a little high. "Where am I?" He asked, ignoring the boy's hand and not letting go of the root.
Jihadi was really worried for this boy. He sat on his butt in the mud, figuring it was best to calm him down before taking him to his house. “You’re in Qamar.” Torak moved to the grassy area with a snort and started munching on some grass. Jihadi noticed out the corner of his eye and clicked his tongue to call him back, afraid the Tand would eat the grass he rinsed his arm on.

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