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In the ancient times,there was a gem of life held by a brave warrior. The gem purpose was to bring life, prosperity, peace ☮️ and send evil far away from the land of kauran.
A curse was placed on the land which made the land infertile and full of sickness, all kind of sicknesses without cure. But luckily for the land of kauran, their hospitality brought them good luck.
There was a certain woman lost in the woods been chased by some dark coven, the brave warrior went into the woods for hunting and he met a woman in the woods and ask her what she was searching for. At first she was scared and became frightened and immediately she screamed for help. Luckily for her the brave warrior helped her out without knowing who she was and also help her cross the boundary. He took her to his home and gave her shelter, unknown to him she was a witch but a ***good*** witch.
Later on she went on explaining her predicaments and the way she got her self into the woods and how she get to this very moment.
Throughout her stay in the brave warrior's house,he has been very nice to her , irrespective of her predicaments.
After some period of stay, she then open up to him and told him that she is a witch but a good
witch.
*** Sabrina*** is another character who was endowed with numerous magical power which made her the powerful witch but she was not into dark magic. Instead of practicing or exercising dark and evil deeds with her power,she rather love using her power to help and save life's. Sabrina was an orphan raised and nutured by some dark coven after the dangerous war between witches which led to the loss of her parent lives.
Sabrina was often envied by her peers because of her powers but unknowingly to her, Sabrina was only raised by the dark coven so she can work with them and use her as a medium to absorb some magic power from her too.
One fateful day Sabrina woke up one morning and realized she was losing some of her energy,she went on to ask her parents fro reasons,but unfortunately for her she found out that it was caused by her parents and some of their fellow colleagues and coven workers.
Sabrina was so shocked and scared,she asked why they were doing that to her but there was no response from the parents nor the coven workers. After much pressure ,the decided to let the cat out of the bag. They told her everything and the reasons why they decided to raise her. Sabrina could not believe her ears.she got angry and use her magic to distract them so she could flee and never return to them. She did as she planned but unfortunately ,she was chased by some of the dark coven officiates and she got lost in the woods. She was in the woods for two weeks and also trying to escape for that two weeks in the woods and that was how she met rayn the brave warrior. As usual she explained her predicaments and he helped her out and she was grateful.
Due to his favour,she then asked him to wish for one thing because she won't be able to stay long in his house because the dark coven officiates will come looking for her anytime soon,drain her magic and then kill her.
Rayn thought closely about all his needs but his desire to see his village(kauran) prosper was his major priority . He thought about all the sicknesses the curse and all the suffering and then he decided to have the wish to help his village.
He wished that everything was well for his village so they can be free from every siege. The powerful witch Sabrina poured out her powers after some incantation and turned them into an orb shaped gem and told him to guide it with all his life no matter what might occur. Rayn promised to protect it at all cost and Sabrina gave up the ghost.
Rayn performed her last rites for her and buried.
Years went by,Rayn was ageing and the land of kauran was prospering and as the gem of life was still intact
The land of kauran was envied by other neighbouring lands because of the fertile land and peace and so on. Some selfish villages visited other neighbouring villages to ask for their men and army to help wage war against the land of kauran since they all know about the gem of life, they wanted it to themselves. The other neighbouring lands accepted and joined forces with them to help them wage war against kauran.
They invaded kauran without informing them of the war coming and started destroying things,properties and lives of many victims. Rayn was angered and surprised at their rebellious and traitor act
He decided to save the gem and fight back,he has a maiden who has diligently worked for him since her young age and was faithful and straightforward to him. He handled the gem to her and told her to flee from kauran and protect the gem of life and she did what he exactly asked of her.
Rayn fought together with all the powerful men in the land of kauran and destroy everyone of them but the pressure from them was also alarming, so inturn,they all lost their lives as heros including rayn.
Years went by, the maid grew from young to old. She came up with a brilliant plan to protect the gem of life. She now splits the gem into two parts. She kept one with her and the second part was kept in the land of kauran. After doing that she disappeared. As of that moment , nobody know her whereabouts.
The land of kauran blossomed and has started experiencing peace ☮️ until. After some years, the gem misfortune stuck and the gem started loosing it's light and life which led to problems in the land of kauran.
The consultation of a priest in a far away land will reduce the expanse of their predicaments ,that was the thought of the villagers.
The priest said that they should find the other part of the gem so the life and light can be restored into the gem orb or else calamities will strike.
In fear, they went back to their land and they organized a search party for the maid and not forgetting the missing part of the gem of life. They were asked to choose seven men to go to the land of evil and find the woman. They will have to go through serious series of trials and transgressions.
The land of kauran could only find five men who are fit for the journey. While all these was going on,there was a stranger who visited the village and pleaded with the red cap chiefs to be among the men who will partake in the search party.
He was given a chance to join the crew. Making the crew a total of six.
They all marched down to the forest and were left alone with few instructions and warning which were don't listen or associate with any stranger even if he/she seems familiar ,work together in harmony, Avoid conflict and crises or noise making at night. They all agreed and went on with the journey hoping to be the best and smartest.
As the journey began. They went deep and deep into the forest in search of the gem of life,along the line two men engaged in a fight to take the lead role in the crew. No one choose them so they decided to part ways and fin the gem them selves. They went separate ways and fell into the trap of the spirits and died
The remaining four were terrified after seeing the corpse of the two men in front of them lying helplessly. Their hope began to drop bit by bit but was later lightened up by the stranger who pleaded to join the crew with his words of encouragement.
Days went by and yet they were not even quarter close to the place where the gem was kept. The journey became more tiring as the proceed into the deeper part of the forest,until they got to a cave. They entered the cave and has done rest and then plan for the journey ahead.
One of the went deeper into the cane and saw a lot of gold,silver diamond, precious stones.etc and decided to steal some for himself.
The moment he touched them, the cave began to crumble and the three men escaped from the cave while the cave crumbled along with the coventeous man.
The three kept moving and going deep and the stranger didn't stop in encouraging them. They got to the place where the***gem of life *** abodes. But to take the gem one has to sacrifice himself and his blood the. The gem of life will be taken .So they got to the point where one has to sacrifice himself, they kept steering at each other until the youngest one sacrificed him self for the gem.
Finally the gem of life was released from the place where it abodes. And their joy knew no bounds.
As they journey back home,a thought came to the other man to take the gem and get all the praises and also to be crowned king,so he plotted to kill the stranger but luckily,with the help of the gem and the power of light his plan backfired and he died. After all this,he paved his way through the bushes and shrubs and journey to the land as fast as possible.
He received a heart warm welcome from the villagers and the people of kauran for the success of the journey and also performed the last rites of the man who willingly gave his life for the land.
The gem was put together and peace was restored to the land of kauran.
Mean while, nobody knew this stranger until he introduced him self as the only son of the Maid who protected the orb from invaders,and his name is Karen. He further explained that his mother told him to come help the village after some month after her death and said she was grateful to them for entrusting her with the gem of life.
The people of kauran rejoiced and repay Karen kindness by crowning him as the first king in the history of kauran. Karen was made king and the people of kauran never knew sorrow again. They made peace with all the neighboring Villages which made them powerful in one way or the other thanks to Rayn hospitality, their bravery and gem of life which made them more powerful
The end..
In co-operation with @cool08 and @mrenglish and @tozill