Role

Chapter 1

A soft musical trill danced across the wind in
concert with the myriad of various buzzings
and chirps. Other odd sounds could be heard
in the distance, a strange mix of different
animal calls seeming to come from the same
creature. Behind you, fading in and out of
the mist, a vast ancient forest. Before you,
seeming to struggle free of the soil itself,
rises a massive construct of stone forming
the expanse of some sort of stronghold.
Men and women robed in a variety of soft
cloth and furry animal hides move along the
building occupying themselves with different
tasks. The length of the wall to your right
appears to be a kennel or cage of sorts made
from the wall of the very building itself.
Here, in this cage, our tale begin to take
shape.

Twisting around to peer into what seems to
be a stable of sorts shows a mixture of wild
animals. Dogs, cows, sheep, goats, among
others all are being held, ready for something.
At times one is lead away, into the buildings
the cages are connected to, to meet whatever
fate awaits it. Far to the end of the line
of openings is the last stall. Looking in
the lazy eyes of a long horned bull stare
out at you, its ear flicks away a fly as it
chews slowly, watching.