Year-One

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"There was so much fire and death. Everyone was scrambling to find their love ones and Una'lak well he found his daughter or at least the remains of her. The moment he touched it her body she turned to ash. He was angry raving about how his wife "volunteered" for the argoians fight but is dead, even with one their kind(he means the purple child) in fron of him he couldn't avenge his wife's killers. All he had left was his daughter now she too is taken from him. He cried for a while before his wails turned into roaring of seething anger. That was when he turned on me, shouting how the only way they would have known our village location was because of a traitor. He blamed me for their deaths, saying that I betrayed him because he killed my father. Which is a lie, as you know my father was the former chief but went mad because of his enslavement. But that didn't matter to him.

He flew into a rampage, he swung his axe at me multiple times but in those moments he wasn't the disciplined fighter he once was but instead a rampaging beast only acting on instinct. I realize I'm not the strongest warrior and i don't hold a candle to Una'lak normally but even I could easily dodge such wild attacks. I tried to cut his tendons so we could restrain him but used Ki on his axe to make ragging flames surround him. When I tried to retreat he went beserking at another family. I was able to pounce on him and use his horns to guide him into a burning building before jumping off. When he came out dragging a corpse of one of our clansmen I knew he had to die. So used my Ki to enhance my speed and attacked. Of course he couldn't keep up but I my attacks couldn't strike deep enough for a fatal blow. After some hit and run attacks he caught my tail and slammed me into the ground. I of course got the wind knocked out of me. He didn't miss a beat and raised his axe to kill me but I was able to recover quickly and use this opportunity to roll out of the way. When his axe impacted the ground his axe lodged itself too deep in the ground. Normally he would have Ki to strength himself to pull it out but he wasted too much of it on his earlier rampaging. I was able to close the distance and slit his throat. It was a desperate attack so I lost my footing afterwards and fell. I thought I ended it and let down my gaurd, unfortunately for me it didn't quite end nicely like that. He was able to hang on and grab my leg and slam me into the ground again. Notcing i was unable to recover he slammed his fist into my stomach. I spat blood and heard bones crack. He stumbled forward with the momentum, I knew I didn't have time to waste screaming in agony so I grit my teeth and madd one last desperate attack. I used all my remaining ki to lift his axe out of the ground. He noticed and charged me, but I was able to swing the axe with all my remaining strength and cleaved his head off.
I stood victorious over him although it was a bitter moment, I thought it was over and I could rest I guess because of the adrenaline and exhaustion I didn't feel or notice the blade coming out of my side until it was to late. I looked over my shoulder to see Calian, and well after that I woke up here with five chieftains staring at me waiting for answers."

Elu says bandaged and bruised retelling the past events that lead to this moment.

"So you mind telling me what happened after?" Elu says

The five look at each other and Bastet steps forward.

"To put it simply your people brought you here, it seems after you fell unconscious that Calian fellow tried to seize control but was rejected by the clan. He took a dozen warriors and left into exile. Oh yeah you've been out for a week." Bastet says

"I see...has anyone stepped up to be our clans next leader?" Elu questions

"Your Clan made a group decision and appointed you the next clan leader." Bastet says

"Excellent I should pay my respect- wait what? Me? Clan leader?" Elu says surprised

"Your really surprised by it? You were groomed to be the next clan leader when you were young if not for Una'lak breaking tradition you would have been clan leader. You also have support of the people and put respect. Isn't natural to select the best candidate for the job." Cernunnos says

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