Post by sekraktaa on May 6, 2007 13:31:41 GMT -5
(Important notice: I recommend every future player to first read the "Courages Vermin Wanted" thread in the Want Ads.)
It was late in the morning though the day was still young. Salamandastron, capital city of the Mossflower Kingdom, was already wide awake. Various woodlanders passed through the streets, going about their daily business, some of them even dressed in the clothes of commoners, others in the fancy clothes of nobles. Not the sole lizard who hurried through the streets, carrying a small basked in its claws however.
The lizard was, in fact, a very young monitor lizard whose clothes were worn and tattered, a clear sign of the young lizard's poverty. His scales had, due to his poverty, a dull and dirty colour and were unable to shine the way the healthy scales of a 16 year old monitor lizard could. Not that Aliks'andre minded. He was used to being unclean and dirty, having lived his whole life like that.
He was an orphan, his mother had died while laying the egg of his younger brother. His father had died when he was ten, an event that Aliks'andre prefered to forget. Aliks'andre's older sister, himself and his younger brother were the only family he had. Which is the reason why Aliks'andre hurried down the streets, carrying a basked in his claws and searching for food.
Neither of the three siblings had a job to earn some money, and their little home only could be described as a small hole in the wall. It had been like that for some time now. Although they had managed to survive until now, they knew that their time was running short. Until now, they always managed to snatch something edible when some merchant wasn't looking or they met another vermin kind enough to give them some, but their luck was slowly starting to run out.
Aliks'andre needed to find work or something like that, anything to earn him enough to at least buy some food for himself and his siblings. If not... Aliks'andre didn't dare to think of the alternative.
Eventually, Aliks'andre halted. There, down the road, was the marketplace, his desired destination. However, there was one obstacle he had to cross to reach it. And this obstacle was none other than the Execution Sqaure. Aliks'andre swallowed nervously. He dreaded this place as it marked the hatred and death against his kind. Against vermin.
Aliks'andre closed his eyes for a moment, swallowed the moment of dread and continued his way as quick as possible. He tried to keep the gallows in the centre out of his sight, for he knew very well that the criminal from yesterday's execution still hung from it. A sight, which Aliks'andre didn't want to see.
He was extremely relieved to have managed to cross the square without getting a look at it and breathed a sigh of relief. He tried to regain his composure, clutched the basked tighter and started his almost desperate hunt for food.
It was late in the morning though the day was still young. Salamandastron, capital city of the Mossflower Kingdom, was already wide awake. Various woodlanders passed through the streets, going about their daily business, some of them even dressed in the clothes of commoners, others in the fancy clothes of nobles. Not the sole lizard who hurried through the streets, carrying a small basked in its claws however.
The lizard was, in fact, a very young monitor lizard whose clothes were worn and tattered, a clear sign of the young lizard's poverty. His scales had, due to his poverty, a dull and dirty colour and were unable to shine the way the healthy scales of a 16 year old monitor lizard could. Not that Aliks'andre minded. He was used to being unclean and dirty, having lived his whole life like that.
He was an orphan, his mother had died while laying the egg of his younger brother. His father had died when he was ten, an event that Aliks'andre prefered to forget. Aliks'andre's older sister, himself and his younger brother were the only family he had. Which is the reason why Aliks'andre hurried down the streets, carrying a basked in his claws and searching for food.
Neither of the three siblings had a job to earn some money, and their little home only could be described as a small hole in the wall. It had been like that for some time now. Although they had managed to survive until now, they knew that their time was running short. Until now, they always managed to snatch something edible when some merchant wasn't looking or they met another vermin kind enough to give them some, but their luck was slowly starting to run out.
Aliks'andre needed to find work or something like that, anything to earn him enough to at least buy some food for himself and his siblings. If not... Aliks'andre didn't dare to think of the alternative.
Eventually, Aliks'andre halted. There, down the road, was the marketplace, his desired destination. However, there was one obstacle he had to cross to reach it. And this obstacle was none other than the Execution Sqaure. Aliks'andre swallowed nervously. He dreaded this place as it marked the hatred and death against his kind. Against vermin.
Aliks'andre closed his eyes for a moment, swallowed the moment of dread and continued his way as quick as possible. He tried to keep the gallows in the centre out of his sight, for he knew very well that the criminal from yesterday's execution still hung from it. A sight, which Aliks'andre didn't want to see.
He was extremely relieved to have managed to cross the square without getting a look at it and breathed a sigh of relief. He tried to regain his composure, clutched the basked tighter and started his almost desperate hunt for food.