[SWP] ACT I: The Trembling of a Distant Land

[Atreus]

ATREUS

so give me life, give me fire
cause I'm drowning in the ocean of you and I

The height of the cliffs have never gripped him with fear, not even when he traipsed along its thin ledges as he uprooted the delicate flowers which grew there. From his adolescence until now, he had never once taken a false step, but today that would change.

Below him the waves crashed relentlessly against the Praistigia Cliffs, far more violently than Atreus recalled them ever doing in the past. At first he paid it little mind, disregarding it as the changing of the season or the shift of tectonic plates far below the surface. And so he continued with little care, until the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled with the force of a whale colliding with the rocky cliff itself. There was a loud ’crack!’ as a fissure formed, and the area the poison master had been standing gave way and crumbled into the raging sea.

His feet scrambled for purchase, his rear half slipping and nearly dragging him to an early demise. Wings splayed and beating against the buffeting winds, his hooves scrapped the rock sending smaller section careening downward, but with effort he managed to find all four of his feet back on the ground once more. Hurriedly putting a good twenty feet between himself and the ledge, Atreus heaved a breath, his heart pounding like a war drum against his chest. He had nearly died – and would have if not for his heritage.

Casting his marred gaze out across the water, the Champion’s lips pulled taut. In the distance lightning flashed against a backdrop of apocalyptic black sky, growing in size right before his very eyes. Not many things had frightened Atreus during his lifetime, but this… this was otherworldly. This was entirely out of his control and could not be stopped.

Without a second thought, Atreus turned and ran faster than he ever had in his life, faster even than when he had fled the city that had wanted him dead, with only one thing on his mind – Fiona.

"Speaking."

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***STAFF EDIT
@Atreus has rolled a 4! He has been awarded +80 signos