Risible Adventures of Rita Arthurs

Chapter 1 ~ Obscurity

The Chronicles of Bournemouthshire: Amber’s Story Arc 

The Risible Adventures of Rita Arthurs

Chapter 1

Obscurity

  Many many years ago, there was a tale of the ancient prospering village of Glenton of Bournemouthshire – an ancient Chronicle written to tell the Tale of the Great Rebellion and the events which have changed the lives of the residents forever. The legend has it that the powerful Tribe Leaders rose against the corrupted so called ‘Order’ which has tormented the villagers for too long. This tale, however, consists of one of the Tribe Leader’s early life and how they came to be who they were – none other than the honourable Amber Tribe Leader – Rita Arthurs.

  The proud Amber Tribe was a powerful tribe full of great warriors and healers known across the land; most infamous of all were the holy paladins and knights who served the Amber Tribe’s Central Cathedral, in the service of the Sun God. Honour and justice were the main principles of any Amberian while deception and slyness was scorn upon. The lands of the Tribe were known to be blessed as the Tribe’s and the village’s most prized possession were the Gardens of Eden located there which were believed to be the gift of the Sun God themself full of crystals and wondrous yet fascinating vegetation and flora blooming inside providing Amber Tribe’s part of Glenton with all the light and nutrition required.

  Unexpectedly – the tale of the Leader-to-be did not start of a young girl or lad dreaming of one day protecting the village, in fact, it did not begin in neither Amber Tribe lands nor Glenton or Bournemouthshire at all. It all began on the outskirts of the Sixth Realm which resided near Bournemouthshire; there – all the scum and outlaws usually resided. Young Rita Arthurs was brought there when she was of a mere age of 9, not knowing who or where her family was nor how she got there since one day she awoke in the Great Forest with no recollection of who or where she was only remembering the name of Rita and having a single mere dagger by her side which reminded her of the name Arthurs.

 Although thieves were always known to be the villains and rejects of society, Rita has come to know that it was not always the case. Many people in the Sixth Realm did not have a choice of life and chose the life of crime in order to look after their families. Every midnight, there were parties of brigands who went out into the night to find their next targets of the night hunt for gold or food; many have not come back and very few always returned unscratched and well – this was no job for the weak. Rita learned from these people that you should not always judge everyone on their outer appearance since despite their looks and reputation, the people there took her in and raised her as their own. She learned the basics of deception, weaponry and of course how to move stealthily through the shadows of night. Once in a while she would even sneak with the raiding parties into the streets of nearby towns and cities, lending a helping hand. Some knew these people as ‘The Rebels’ for two reasons: they never abided any rules and they would go anywhere they were forbidden.

  Of course not all the residents of the Sixth Realm were like that, some people here were corrupted and only desired infliction of harm to others and gold; these were known as the ‘Serpents’ due to the similarities of snakes – sneaky and always striking when least expected. There was even a rumour that some of these were former spies, assassins and ninjas of the Topaz Tribe’s ‘Serpent’s Den’ who have become corrupted beyond recovery. Whenever the Rebels have found such lowly creatures, they would always try to rid them of this world no matter what as they were dangerous and stained the Rebels’ names to be believed to be the same as the likes of the Serpents. The feeling was mutual from the Serpents as the Rebels often plagiarized the Serpents’ targets and managed to outrival them meaning that they ended up with no loot for themselves. Many troubles came from this rivalry and hatred in the future.