Calamitous Birth

Golem

The corridor was utter Chaos. People screaming and running, guards rushing into positions. A forest of people ran towards the nearest exit, but the girl had other plans. She had seen a small chest containing some precious documents. She pushed through the wave of people, struggling into the throne room. Yharim wasn't there. She rushed over to the chest and hauled the lid, but it didn't budge. She swore, and ran to Yharim's throne, where his cloak still lay. She found the keys in his pocket, and rushed to the chest. She had just opened the lock, when the floor behind her imploded, and a giant stone Golem leaped up to the floor, with Yharim hot on its tail. A vicious battle was going on, with Yharim seeming to slice with beams of energy, and attempting to break the Golems head off. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the girl escaping with his documents.

"YOU!" he screamed. "YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS"

The girl sank into the crowd, and ran out of the temple.

When she was a safe distance away, she sat down on a log and opened the document. It seemed to be a contract, to someone called Signus. It was pointing towards two names Braelor and Statis. It didn't take a genius to figure out that these two would be sworn enemies of Yharim, so she would find them, and she would do everything to help them defeat the tyrant king.

Yharim lay in the smoldering remains of his throne room. The broken corpse of the Golem lay in front of him. "

CURSE YOU, CALAMITOUS WITCH! CURSE YOU TO THE PROFANED CRAGS!"

normal curses would be harmless to the average person, but when Yharim curses you, you'll be lucky to avoid it. the girl may have been far away from him, but the curse still affected her; worming its way into her mind and altering her thoughts, subtly at first, but gradually they would increase in strength.