The Master looked over to the remaining four. “Who is next?”
Solgar pushed Jade back and stepped forward.
When the ceremony completed, the Master called forth Quinn, who bowed before the Lord of the Underworld and awaited his touch.
The master could feel her hate. She will make a good mate, his price for the power she demanded. Her power would be greater than those of her five. She would have a harder time holding to her image of herself, a reminder of who—what—she had become. He could smell the delicious rot that was consuming her. Soon, she would be consumed with the power and the anger. He doubted the gods themselves could stop this one. She would be briosaid, an ancient name for sorceress he had used but once before, a long time ago. He knew better than to get personally involved in their battles, but it would be—how should he say it—amusing to watch.
He ran a hand down her neck to her breasts and felt himself stir with longing. He took her there on the marble floor, in front of her five dark wizards. She screamed as he forced himself into her, her body too small for the bulk of his frame. He pounded her relentlessly. The five newborn dark mages chanted and reveled in her torture.
At his moment of release, he reached deep into his chest and pulled free the darkest piece of his heart; a piece he reserved for those who would become part of his inner circle. It was sickly black and glowed with dark power. It sprouted tendrils and they wrapped themselves around his fist. He shoved it into her chest as she arched her back, being filled with both his seed and his evil power. He screamed her new name.
Quinn cried out, but no sound came forth. Her eyes opened and became dark as night as she wrapped her legs around him and pulled him deep into her womanhood, feeling his explosion. She moaned and laughed out loud, having become twisted. Was it pleasure? She hesitated to call it that. She felt…power filling her and the rune she had drawn on her abdomen burned.
She felt the memories she held of who she was and her journey fading away. She relaxed and rocked her hips to his rhythm. Her ears extended and the stubs of wings grew. Her fingers elongated and claws replaced her finely manicured nails. Yet, she retained her looks. She was both more and less, but cared not about what she had lost. She felt all powerful. She dug her claws into his buttocks, causing him to grunt and scream out in ecstasy.
Quinn, the scorned lover Aareon, forsaken of the Keep, cursed of the races, and denied by the dragons, ceased to be.
Baol, the briosaid was born.
Glossary
Every effort has been made to accurately translate the Torren language, however some terms are not well suited to English and their nearest equivalents are taken from Gaelic, Norse, and Latin as needed. These are contained and explained below.
Ægis - protection/protector by a strong force or terror (Norse) derivative of 'terror'
Æsir – The God(Gaelic)
Àilleachd – beauty (Gaelic)
Alzær - also the Fire of Alzær. A region to the north where the ground burned and at times glowed red. A place where the earth was sick and belched the rock from festering sores (Norse).
Ardisia - Coralberry or Marlberry
Attorlaðe – Cockspur (Old Gaelic)
Aontaithe – ‘united’. Pronounced: ain-taha (Gaelic)
Bakree – an elven loin cloth
Balandrana - a wide cloak worn by travelers in the 13th and 14th centuries (Medieval English).
Banail –female (Gaelic)
Baol – dangerous (Irish-Gaelic)
Beachdachadh Mountain – the Mountain of Knowledge. (Ancient Gaelic) word for observation, thinking, or studying. Where the Keep is located.
Beul-aithris –oral tradition of storytelling(Gaelic)
Bingeweed – a herb used by the elves to cure hangovers caused by Elvenrude.
Braies - short underwear tied at the waist (Medieval English).
Briosaid – powerful sorcerer (Gaelic)
Bovate – an amount of land which could be worked by a competent team of oxen in a year (Medieval English).
Darkhalla – the fourth plane demon capital, where Warvyn rules
Dubh – dark, black (Gaelic)
Catomen – a cat-like demon, single eye, very large, demon of the first plane
Chape – a long heavy woolen cap/jacket(Old English/Norse)
Chausses – baggy pants made of wool or cotton(Old English)
Cliste –wise (Gaelic)
Comharraidhean – marking (Gaelic)
Epitoga - wide, un-gathered robe, belted and sometimes with sleeves, mainly worn by academics in 13th century (Medieval English).
Ewaiyi – ancient chains of servitude
Fades – Sprits of captured human beings.
Fan láidir – ‘stay strong,’ the name of Bal’kor’s sword(Gaelic)
Fasah – a debt of honor
Fille – Thyme (Old English)
Finule – Fennel (Old English)
Garterobes – a latrine built into a castle wall overhanging the
ground or water below
Growling – a beast from Darkhalla, a large worm creature with sharp teeth that lives in the pit, chews on its captives slowly sucking out their fluids.
Halla – most often used in an expression much like ‘go the hell’
Hauberk – a chain mail suite that reached mid-thigh
Hephaestus – The God of fire
Ilmenite – an ore used in the making of weapon grade steel, a titanium iron oxide
Mægðe – Mayweed or Matricaria (Gaelic)
Maslin – course bread made of stone ground rye and wheat (Medieval English).
Mattock – a weapon preferred by dwarfs, half axe, half pick
Miasma - a heavy
vaporous emanation or atmosphere
Mōnaðs – these are the long months, typically 35 days
Mucgwyrt – mugwort(old English)
Naan – To’paz’s realm, across the I’jean sea
Nænýa – baby in the Elven tongue
Olc'Corryn – ‘Man-spider’ (ancient Gaelic)
Patten - wooden plates strapped to the shoes to keep them from getting wet and muddy (Medieval English).
Pau amarello - an exotic hard wood.
Pavise – a narrow shield with stakes in the front and a strong brace to the rear, shaped somewhat like an easel. Used by crossbow archers who hid behind them while reloading their bows (Medieval English).
Quintal - a hundred weight, 100 lbs. or 4 stones (Medieval English).
Særaffe – a tightly woven elfin cloak
Saki'char – ancient forbidden rite of taking life from another
Scrying – using an enchanted pool to see the future or current events
Skree – a demon of the second plane used to clean the battle fields, classified as a hard shell, has some magic. A basic eating machine.
Skry – the art of divining, usually by looking into a pool of liquid
Smallclothes – the underwear of the day
Spawn – half demon, half man, creation of the dark magi
Stiðe – Nettle (10th century Old English)
Stone - a unit of weight, about 30 lbs. (Medieval English).
Stonker – a huge ‘something’
Stune – Watercress (Gaelic)
Tharseo – to face with courage (Ancient Greek).
Tirfafe – a small elven curved sword
Ululates Umbra – shadow demons used to poison things that grow
Wegbrade – plantain, the mother of all herbs (Saxon English)
Wergulu – Crab Apple (Olde English, Germanic origin)
Wolven – wolf/human like demons of the second plane
Zylliac – ethereal creature that controls all magic
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