Short Stories

Tulu

    I am the last of The Tribe of Syndicate, I am Tulu the protector of the swamps and the endangered species and other creatures that dwell within the swamps of my known knowledge and would love to learn about more endangered creatures outside of the swamps. My race...The Swamped Lizardfolk were slaughtered and poached off by Humans...the only ones who survived were a few from the first attack on our home, as some of us fled I saw from my youngling eyes, the Humans burned down are huts, slashed the limbs of are race apart and caged many of us we were the lucky ones...my parents and a few others counting ten In all five warriors, Two citizens, my mother who was carrying me In her arms and my father. As we escaped farther Into the swamp thinking we were safe we were ambushed by a few more Humans with blades and wicked looks upon their faces. My father kissed my mother and me on the forehead as he encouraged her to run, and so she did...but she only ran only so far and hid me within a swamp bush and put a claw up to her jaws and ran back to the others. I stayed put..but heard the screams and yells of pain from everywhere around me and as they started then ceased as fast. I wandered out of the bush I saw my mothers claw prints In the mush and I followed them to see the slaughtered left behind only the five warriors and my father were left mutilated but my mother was nowhere to be found. The blood of my race...the murder of my father...the captured and my mother...from that day forward I made myself a promise that I would protect every creature and the swamps. As long as I live and breathe I will end the lives of all poachers, by drownings, slashing or feeding them alive to said creatures they were trying to poach. I'd rather not kill any creatures unless It's necessary process for survival.

Once ago, there were three human poachers who sailed through the crocodile filled waters of my swamp looking for a rare wolf I heard of only In legends from my kin folk..Anubis the Wolf of The Dead, said to be the long lost pet of an Ancient God named Anubis The God of Death. The legend goes, A gray and black wolf with dark sunken eyes and pupils of Gold wandered Into the Gods domain upon Its death along with many of It's kin as the death God sent them to the afterlife, he put out a hand and offered the wolf a deal to return to the land of the living and the wolf turned Its head In refusal at first but the God would not take no for an answer and asked the wolf to reconsider. The wolf looked towards where his kin went and thought It over for a moment and gave a nod accepting the deal, not else Is known about why or what reason It was given another chance my kin have three reasons...one: To avenge It's Kin who were savagely killed In mass for no reason at all. Two: To just be given a second chance at life and make It's kin proud. Or three...: To bring the dead to the afterlife assisting the God In Its reason for Its existence. The wolf has been seen all over the realm and others according to my kin, the last of its kind. I assumed when I gazed at It long ago It came to the swamp In need of my protection from poachers. The humans float down the swamp In a medium sized boat with a large steel cage as I watched from the bank Inches away from the water bellow keeping a eye on them as they continue to float down twenty feet from me carrying spears waiting for them to reach me.

As they got closer, I dived Into the water below concealing my presence as the boat begins to pass overhead, I dig my claws Into the side of the boat above the water causing It to rock slightly as I pull myself aboard and stand before two humans with spears pointed at me and another with a bladed weapon In their hands. As the man with the blade says angrily "Overgrown Lizard, I heard all about you, the rumors back at the Tavern were true..poachers like us are never seen nor heard of once entered Into the swamps." I chuckle and say "Well human, your right about that.." The two humans try to jab their spears In my scally body but I open my jaws catching the spears In my mouth pulverizing them with jagged teeth, spitting the spear tips into the waters below as they looked surprised and they shiver In fear. I chuckle as I grab the two humans by their heads with my claws digging them deep Into their skulls causing some blood to drip down the sides of their faces and painful yelling as the third man tries to slash at me but I block with my tail knocking the blade out of his hands, wrapping my tail around his throat leaving him enough room to breathe but not escape. He tries to pull my tail off his throat to no avail. I pull the two humans In my claws close to my jaws as I say "I don't like to kill other creatures unless It's necessary for Survival or Protection of the swamps and all of It's creatures, endangered or not. Endangered you three hunt for fortune and fame..." I roar out "SHOULD NEVER BE TOUCHED!" I Drop one of them Into the water below and I whistle a slight tune as he gets pulled under the water. As a single second goes by a lot of blood covers the top layer of the water. The other two humans look at me with Intense fear and anger within their eyes as I stare back with calm gentle eyes. I shove the man In my right claw Into the water submerging his entire body, keeping his head under as the man thrashes around trying to get my claw off of his head but to no advil and suddenly goes limp, I release his head from my claws and look at the water below to see nothing but some bubbles. I turn my gaze towards the last human I have to dispatch, still trying to release himself but more frantically as I speak "Human, try as you might there Is no escape from your fate, before you reach the final resting place...who are you and your poacher friends?" The Human growls out "Zell was first to fall, Vex was the second and me....Kulls..." I look off Into the swamps and see black eyes staring back at me with golden pupils as I realize The Anubis Is looking back at me with wandering eyes as Its head Is tilted to the side. I Jump out of the boat Into the waters below keeping the human by the name Kulls lifted out of the water to prevent him from drowning.

I jump out of the water onto land as I stand before The Anubis as I gazes at Kulls then back at me closing Its eyes and nods as I pull Kulls In front of me as I slowly crushed his throat as he cried out In pain as his eyes tear up and tries frantically to pull my tail off his throat trying to a gasp of air but a loud SNAP Is heard echoing from all corners of the swamp as I release Kulls's body as It thumps to the ground before The Anubis. I look at the body as The Anubis sniffs the body as I get onto my knees, bowing my head with a heavy sigh as I say aloud "Zell, Vex...Kulls...you know what you were doing was wrong...you came looking for a endangered creature last of it's kind for your own selfish needs of fame and fortune, If the legend of reincarnation Is true, I hope you will return as protectors and not once again a poachers." As I look up The Anubis Is no longer In front of me and the body Is nowhere to be found within my sight as In It's place a few Items lay, A grappling hook, fifty feet of chain and some tools. I look up to the sky and sigh saying "I hope my kin are proud of what I've become and done.." 

(Authors note: This Is the backstory to one of my D&D characters back when I played D&D. Maybe I make more D&D backstory's..Only time shall tell.)