Role

Chapter 2

Oringus, enraged by his father's weakness, stepped out of the crowd and
advanced towards the warrior whipping his father. He savagely kicked the
torturer in his ribcage and snatched the whip from him as he dropped to
his knees in pain.

A pair of the king's bodyguards charged towards Oringus, thinking that he
was trying to rescue his pitiful father.

*CRACK*

*CRACK*

The bodyguards stopped short. As soon as Oringus had disarmed the
torturer he rained down two savage blows that knocked the wind from his
father's back. The entire cavern became deathly silent.

Again Oringus whipped his father, and a chunk of flesh cartwheeled into
the air. The cavern stayed silent. Even the other two torturers stopped
their ministrations and turn to watch the young boy whip his father.

Again and again the whip snaked and cracked as Oringus continued with the
flaying of his father. Traditionally these whippings were never meant to
be fatal, the purpose was to humiliate and injure, and then to serve as a
living warning to those who might wish to defy their king in the future.

But Oringus did not believe that his father deserved such a lax
punishment, for that punishment would never lift the taint that his
father had brought upon his name. Oringus rained down blows with such
fury, that his father lost consciousness after the 37th blow. But
Oringus did not stop. Nor did he stop on the 104th blow when it was
clear that his father was no longer breathing. Oringus did not stop. He
did not stop until the 200th blow smacked wetly onto the now skinless
back of his death father.

Oringus was covered in sweat and panted heavily when he calmly took in
his surroundings. He said nothing, but quietly coiled up his whip and
placed it on the ground. He turned to the king, bowed deeply, and exited
the cavern. He knew he'd never rise to power within his clan, there was
too much bad blood associated with his name. He gathered his sparse
belongings and retreated from the warren. He would go elsewhere. He
would go to the surface world, and carve his own path in life. A path of
strength, and a path where he could leave his tainted family name behind.