Livior Origins

Chapter 3

A New Beginning

Livior walked away from his new friends with tears streaming down his face crying softly when he met up with one of the sentries who recognized him instantly. The young forest elf looked to be in his twenties with green hair like his mothers and brown eyes wearing a dirty green tunic. The sentry started to ignore Livior until he stepped up to the sentry and tugged on his tunic. The sentry looked down in an indifferent way and said "Yes what is it boy?"

Livior said "The orcs killed my mommy and daddy what do I do?"

The elfs expression changed from contempt to such sadness and pity then to kindness. He knelt down and put his hands on Liviors shoulders reassuringly and said "Tell me what you can of what happened ok Livior?"

Livior shook his head and recounted the story to the sentry who looked horrified and amazed at the same time. Livior was surprised by the time he finished the sentry had pulled him into an embrace and was crying himself. The sentry then said "My name is Shriv and if you would like to you may live with me. I promise you will be safe do not worry."

Livior said in a weak pitiful voice "Ok Mister Shriv."

Shriv responded "No, it's ok you can just call me Shriv.

Livior then smiled a little and said "Ok Shriv.

Shriv smiled warmly at him and said "That's better."

Shriv took off his outer tunic and wrapped it around Livior and said "Are you hurt anywhere?"

Livior shook his head and said "No, mommy, daddy and the forest animals saved me."

Shriv called for another guard who was a female forest elf and recounted the story to her and she also embraced Livior and said "Hello Livior my name is Genia. I'm Shrivs wife and we will make sure nobody is ever mean to you again ok?"

Genia was slightly shorter than Shriv and had hair the color of autumn leaves and eyes as dark green as the pine needles that hung from the trees around them. Her face resembled his mothers which instantly made him trust her. She wore a leather sentry outfit like Shriv only smaller. Then Genia smiled warmly at Livior and said "You see Shriv and I are married, you can live in our home with us if you would like to. I know we cannot take your parents place but we will care for you as if you were our own if you will have us."

Livior replied still crying "I am all alone I have nothing to offer you in return. Most people here hate me why would you do that?"

Genia had tears in her eyes and said "They do not hate you, they just do not understand you and refuse to give you a chance. Don't worry we will make them give you a chance or they will have to deal with us. We do this because you are an innocent child and you need someone to help you and if I am being honest we need you as well. We never hated you or your parents Livior, we were jealous. You see Shriv and I have tried but we have not had any children of our own. I think the gods sent you to us for a reason and saved us for you. We all need each other now. So will you give us a chance to be your friends and maybe even...family?"

Livior looked up at them and for the first time since leaving his animal friends felt happy and said "Ok you can be my friends."

Shriv ran and got a replacement sentry and then the three of them started walking through the city. People started gathering around giving him dirty looks as they saw who he was and Genia stopped cold and in a yell loud enough for the entire city to hear said in an angry tone "Hear me now! Kent and Meauv are dead killed protecting their beloved son Livior. Let it be known to all forest elves that Shriv and I have taken him in and if I hear from him that ANYONE has been unkind to him I will personally put an arrow through their heart, man, woman or child. He is innocent and has been through enough. I will not tolerate him being caused any more pain so long as I live."