Skywraith

There was a time, not long ago, I would have given anything to be something else. Ever since I was little I wanted to be an animal.  It didn't really matter what animal, as long as it was an animal.  Animals were beautiful effortlessly, it seemed to me, and oh so deserving of love, admiration, respect, and affection.  I was not.  I was less than perfect, unlovable as a little girl, and so I sought to be an animal.  It had to be better than being a human, especially a chubby little girl who nobody understood. As I grew, I centered my life around this belief, that it would be better to be other.  At first it was unicorns and horses, then it w

Maragor was the kingdom of the Marags, and these names were derived from the name of their god, Mara. But this people was not to last, for the greed-driven Tolnedrans invaded (Religious crusade, they called it, But really, it was for the abundant gold in the land) They massacred the people, but somehow, They never got much gold. Now, some are still tempted by the yellow glittering thick in the streams, But of those who seek it, few return. And all those who do, Come back utterly, Irreversibly, Insane. They say Mara wails endlessly in his empty temple. They say the massacre replays eternally at his will. They say the dead never s