The mighty lord of the Smokers couldn’t remember the last time he was so excited.
Even though he knew she wouldn’t arrive until the last minute, he was waiting for hours. And it was so close now. She should arrive before midnight. For the first time ever, a BLESSER, a goddess of light, would step inside his dark castle … and it would be as a slave!
Ahh the glory! The joy! He almost couldn’t believe his luck. He could thank the gods, if it wasn’t HIM the most powerful god. Besides his brother, of course.
For so many millennia he was living on his brother’s shadow, just waiting for the right moment, for the perfect opportunity. And after all, it was so easy.
Since the creation of everything he knew, the Architects, the creators, ancient entities that even he didn’t quite understand, assigned the two god brothers to rule this world.
So different between them. Tyr and Kaput, yin and yang, light and dark.
One mostly human, handsome, long white hair and beard, wings of a white dove. The other, devilish, red thick skin, long horns, and bat wings. In common, a very strong body, and the size, 10 feet high, both of them.
At first they tried to rule it all together, but it was impossible. They hated each other from the beginning. A separation was inevitable.
So, each one, along with the families they created for themselves, built theirs homes, created their herds. The Blessers and the Smokers. A castle on a mountain, Skybless, and a castle on a volcano, the Gray house.
But who was to rule the land? Who was to rule the mortals and the world? War was inevitable. Long, bloody, savage. They almost destroyed the world. That was when the architects intervened. They quickly stopped everything. They stopped time, and set the rules:
Only one against one, god against god, and the winner gains control. The looser can not be killed, since yin can not exist without yang. The winner must always be true to his word. His reign is to last for 10 thousand years, after that a new dispute would take place. A violation of those rules would be punished by the cease of existence, and replacement by a lesser god.
The duel can not be described, but at the end, only one was standing. Only Tyr.
That was almost 9 thousand years ago.
Both of them learned a lot about power since that.
And now, with a simple trick, with kid’s magic, the master of the smokers have gained as a slave, as a faithfull servant, for one thousand years, the blesser's princess herself. The most beautiful and favorite among Tyr’s daughters. Bound to serve and obey him, by her father’s word, which can never be broken.
Almost midnight, as he predicted. His closest relatives and servants by his side, inside the big, almost empty throne hall.
He could smell her sweetness a mile away. Getting closer now, escorted by his lackeys, from the front castle door, until the throne hall.
The lord of the dark gods, excited like a kid.
The hall doors opens. He raises from the throne.
That exact moment lasted forever.
His strong, guttural voice echoed through the hall:
- My precious slave, my servant, my new toy … my Riverah.
Even though he knew she wouldn’t arrive until the last minute, he was waiting for hours. And it was so close now. She should arrive before midnight. For the first time ever, a BLESSER, a goddess of light, would step inside his dark castle … and it would be as a slave!
Ahh the glory! The joy! He almost couldn’t believe his luck. He could thank the gods, if it wasn’t HIM the most powerful god. Besides his brother, of course.
For so many millennia he was living on his brother’s shadow, just waiting for the right moment, for the perfect opportunity. And after all, it was so easy.
Since the creation of everything he knew, the Architects, the creators, ancient entities that even he didn’t quite understand, assigned the two god brothers to rule this world.
So different between them. Tyr and Kaput, yin and yang, light and dark.
One mostly human, handsome, long white hair and beard, wings of a white dove. The other, devilish, red thick skin, long horns, and bat wings. In common, a very strong body, and the size, 10 feet high, both of them.
At first they tried to rule it all together, but it was impossible. They hated each other from the beginning. A separation was inevitable.
So, each one, along with the families they created for themselves, built theirs homes, created their herds. The Blessers and the Smokers. A castle on a mountain, Skybless, and a castle on a volcano, the Gray house.
But who was to rule the land? Who was to rule the mortals and the world? War was inevitable. Long, bloody, savage. They almost destroyed the world. That was when the architects intervened. They quickly stopped everything. They stopped time, and set the rules:
Only one against one, god against god, and the winner gains control. The looser can not be killed, since yin can not exist without yang. The winner must always be true to his word. His reign is to last for 10 thousand years, after that a new dispute would take place. A violation of those rules would be punished by the cease of existence, and replacement by a lesser god.
The duel can not be described, but at the end, only one was standing. Only Tyr.
That was almost 9 thousand years ago.
Both of them learned a lot about power since that.
And now, with a simple trick, with kid’s magic, the master of the smokers have gained as a slave, as a faithfull servant, for one thousand years, the blesser's princess herself. The most beautiful and favorite among Tyr’s daughters. Bound to serve and obey him, by her father’s word, which can never be broken.
Almost midnight, as he predicted. His closest relatives and servants by his side, inside the big, almost empty throne hall.
He could smell her sweetness a mile away. Getting closer now, escorted by his lackeys, from the front castle door, until the throne hall.
The lord of the dark gods, excited like a kid.
The hall doors opens. He raises from the throne.
That exact moment lasted forever.
His strong, guttural voice echoed through the hall:
- My precious slave, my servant, my new toy … my Riverah.