LIONHEARTS OF THE SOUTH (OPEN)
Jan 22, 2015 1:32:06 GMT -8
Post by vnes on Jan 22, 2015 1:32:06 GMT -8
MAGNUS VALERIO
[The Lionheart.]
The winds blew cold still, carrying tells of winter just thawing in the North. The massive river swelled somewhat...a Southern storm had passed not more than a few days ago. No real damage. How much damage can a storm do to the stern and time withering stoneface of the South? The brute himself was likewise a massive galleon to behold, a solid brown figure standing in the face of the evening wind, his pelt shimmering in the fading sunlight. The stallion was a warrior. The bulk of him was built for battle and he had a few scrapes on his shoulder and belly. More would be added to the collection as he contemplated an expedition to the North. Change was in the wind and he was good and ready for it.
The Spaniard had reminded his son that courage was strength, but strength was not all-bearing or enduring. His son did not understand until much later when yet another rebellion broke out between the divided lands. The Spaniard's son was called Remus (the he did bear other offspring within his loyal band) and his son after him was called Zatarra who sired Magnus. The long tradition of warriors has continued down the line, their wisdom and method passed down in tact from one generation to the next. Magnus had been preparing his whole life, planning, scheming, waiting for his time to restore the Valerio clan to its former glory, only Magnus' vision was more reaching than that. He visualized a capital in the North and the South, a family that would rule both fronts. He had been declared a leader, his father having fallen ill with a disease of the bones. His health was frail. With the family crest now on his shoulder, Magnus hoped he might do for his family what none, not even the Great Spaniard could do.
He would have retribution on their Northern rival. Liber had been pestering him about the need to have an heir...should anything happen to him lest the name rest on the unstable mind of Liber. Magnus grunted. That could be the worse case scenario: to instead be the end of my family line because I was too reckless and impulsive. The North will still be there when winter has fully taken off and spring has arrived.
What makes you a man is
what you do when that storm
comes. You must look into
that storm and shout as you
did in Rome. Do your worst,
for I will do mine! Then the
fates will know you
as we know you...
-Edmond Dantes, The Count of Monte Cristo
(Alexandre Dumas)
(Alexandre Dumas)