The Third

Chapter Two - Actions and their Consequences

  Clan Scorpio housed about 1500 people from what i knew of the strange land , which was about 40% less of a population than most of the other 12 clans , but they made up for their low amount of citizens in raw strength and magical power.

The people of Scorpio were most known for being involved in the dark arts and being some of the most powerful witches and warlocks in history , and were incredibly deadly during the Original Blood Wars. 

Argon had to figure out a way to control such a strong mystical population after it had found peace . The Solution would come some time after the council was created and the great zodiac divide began.

Each Zodiac Clan was to have a ruling family made of the strongest bloodline which was determined in a ritual hundreds of years before my time , and this family's job would be to handle any and all chaos with in that clan which made it easier for the council , seeing as how they only had to handle disputes between different clans and not worry about the interworking's of each clan personally , that was up to the clans reigning head family.

Because of the incredible powers of those in Clan Scorpio , their ruling family had to be completely involved in everything just to keep the citizens in check , so here each member of The Saint Vindicta family was in charge of a different aspect of the community to keep things running smoothly. It was said that they had a blood related member in charge of absolutely every detail of the lands even down to the weather and marriages.

Though , there was one job nobody in the family wanted, not even the cruelest of their clan , so according to one the tales I'd read the head of the family and his wife cast a spell on a beautiful , prickly , red rose , and each time the man gave birth to a new son they would prick the small baby with a thorn of the bewitched rose. If the blood of the child dropped red he would be given the next available responsibility open in the clan and gifted the powers necessary to do that job , but for whichever Child's blood came out black they would be given the heaviest burden in the community.

When Anubis was born according to whispers , his father stepped up to prick him with the magic rose , but the drop of blood from the tiny pale babies finger didn't just turn black like it should have , it did so much more , scarring even the Childs own mother.

The blood from his finger after the prick of the rose dripped red causing everyone present at the ritual to take a calming sigh , but just as it ran down the babies thumb the drop began to rot , turning black in front of everyone , the beautiful cherry red rose used for hundred of years wilted and died turning the color of midnight , and for the next three days in the middle of summer the sun did not rise , and at the end of the period of darkness the child began to grown thick black shadows that in the future would cover him 90 percent of the time shielding his face even from his own family ,crowning that small child , This centuries new and most powerful Punisher for Clan Scorpio.

He would be in charge of punishing anyone in Clan Scorpio who acted outside of the rules and with this came a terrifying gift. When he glanced at you he immediately knew how to make you suffer your greatest pain , and he wasn't a fan of just killing outright , no that didn't scar the other citizens into bending to his will enough , he would use his shadows to peer into your soul and glimpse what would hurt you and your loved ones the most and carry it out , that was his job and above all A Scorpion always stung its victim , he just preferred a slow acting poison.

It was said he took his first life at 13 at a public beheading in front of his entire clan.

His job also meant he was in charge of punishing any trespassers.

Like me.

"Are you here to punish me , because according to my research that is kind of your thing Anubis " i said my hands shaking violently as i starred forward at him and began to channel some of Ebony's strength again. She always should have been chosen as the third she would have actually been good at the job , but because it was me , i would die here in Clan Scorpio murdered by this man of shadows and reigniting one of the worst most horrify times in history , my mother was right after all even from the grave , because I was clearly unworthy of this job.