Role

Chapter 1

Sivane was raised within a tribe of primitive humans in
Verun. The tribe lived off the earth, shunning most
things of civilization. His early days were normal, but all
events previously lead up to the great hunt. Sivane
always had a lust to be great and was always very
ambitious. So Sivane finally comes of age and the
day of the great hunt arrives. Sivane participates in the
hunt as the boys of his tribe seek to become men. The
hunt is a rite of passage among the tribe and Sivane
participates along with 4 other males around his age.
The hunt last 2 days and the 5 boys each get there kills.
All of them are filled with pride and excited for the
feast and pleasures that will come next.

The boys return and show there kills to the local elder
shaman. The shaman orders the boys locked in a small
cage and they are made to wait. They wait nearly 40
hours in the hot humid air in their village in Verun.
Finally at midnight, when the moon was full the elder
summoned them to the after hunt ritual. A great fire
was set up along with a circle of spirit totems. Ladies of
the tribe lined the outside of the circle, ready to pick
their mate and consume a night of great pleasure. The
elders took turns dancing to music. Soon one of the
boys in the hunt was overtaken and starting dancing in
the circle and was overtaken with the spirit of the
boar. A woman of the tribe grab him and claim him for
her own. A second boy was soon compelled to the
circle and taken with the spirit of the jaguar. Another
woman came and claimed this second boy that was
soon to be a man. The third boy then started dancing
and was taken with the spirit of the tiger and another
woman claimed him. The fourth was taken with the
spirit of the bear and yet another woman claimed him.
Several hours passed and Sivanes lust soon turn
to disappointment when no spirits came to him. The
elders and other members of the tribe soon turned their
joy to disappointment as well for if the spirits shun
Sivane then all of the village must shun Sivane. After
two more hours and still no spirit for Sivane, the fire was
put out and everyone went to bed. Sivane was so
heartbroken that he could not sleep. He stayed up
wondering why me. It was at the coolest point in the
wee hours of the early morning, when Sivane felt a
damp chill enter him. For a spirit had finally come, but it
was unlike the others. The spirit was not a spirit of a
warrior, like a tiger, bear, boar, or jaguar. The spirit was
a spirit of ice. The spirit was not able to enter Sivane
until the coolest point of the night, long after the fire
had died and everyone left. Sivane had his spirit but did
not have any respect among the tribe and did not get a
woman like the rest.