Post by Aceiro on Sept 17, 2016 8:58:47 GMT -5
The new King sat and looked with a stern face at the five lions that were before him. This group had been training for one task that was left unfulfilled since Threid had been exiled. The king sighed as he stood up and stretched, the performance he had just witnessed from the group of trainees was lackluster. While they would be able to complete the initial training, the king doubted that he could get one of them through the final, more rigorous, portions. One of the trainees looked at the king with a confused face, “That was one of our best performances from all of us. We each were able to beat at least two of our three trainers in combat. Why do you seem disappointed?”
The king looked at the individual and responded, “I am disappointed because of the mentality you all held during the scenario. Your task was to get the ‘prince’ from the waterfall to the Sacred Meadow, yet you all took this as a combat practice and were defeated by the last trainer. Thus you all failed in your mission.”
Another trainee spoke up, “Then what were we supposed to do, that final approach had all three trainers and after three individual combats a three on one would have been hard to pull off.”
The king nodded, “This is true. The task was designed to be near impossible but you all forgot one thing, the prince is not powerless, and in the job you are training for you must be able to command even him.”
A third trainee spoke in a confused voice, “What do you mean by that, our job is going to be to protect the king not put him in danger?” the rest of the trainees nodded in agreement, confusion settling on their faces.
The king sat back down in front of the small group, “Let me tell you a story of what this position entails, the true story behind the previous guardian. You are all convinced from the time you are a cub that Thried the Betrayer was one who got us caught in the Gawonii lands, but in truth he did the one thing he could to make sure we would not die that day. This story is unlike any you have heard about Thried the Betrayer, whose name lends him a falsehood and gives him a banishment that is undeserved. To understand the decisions he made and the actions he took we must go back to before he filled the position ad guardian. This is his true story.” As the king began his speech, other lions; huntresses, cubs, and warriors alike, stopped what they were doing to come and sit to hear what was being said.
The king looked at the individual and responded, “I am disappointed because of the mentality you all held during the scenario. Your task was to get the ‘prince’ from the waterfall to the Sacred Meadow, yet you all took this as a combat practice and were defeated by the last trainer. Thus you all failed in your mission.”
Another trainee spoke up, “Then what were we supposed to do, that final approach had all three trainers and after three individual combats a three on one would have been hard to pull off.”
The king nodded, “This is true. The task was designed to be near impossible but you all forgot one thing, the prince is not powerless, and in the job you are training for you must be able to command even him.”
A third trainee spoke in a confused voice, “What do you mean by that, our job is going to be to protect the king not put him in danger?” the rest of the trainees nodded in agreement, confusion settling on their faces.
The king sat back down in front of the small group, “Let me tell you a story of what this position entails, the true story behind the previous guardian. You are all convinced from the time you are a cub that Thried the Betrayer was one who got us caught in the Gawonii lands, but in truth he did the one thing he could to make sure we would not die that day. This story is unlike any you have heard about Thried the Betrayer, whose name lends him a falsehood and gives him a banishment that is undeserved. To understand the decisions he made and the actions he took we must go back to before he filled the position ad guardian. This is his true story.” As the king began his speech, other lions; huntresses, cubs, and warriors alike, stopped what they were doing to come and sit to hear what was being said.