• tarakia by andrew linares
    In the mystical land of tarakia there are many stories that have been made over the milleniums and many heroes that have come and gone this is one of those tales.
    Once upon a time there was a boy named avara he was adventerous fearless and brave for his age one morning he left early to go wandering in the counrtyside he resided in and it later became lunchtime so he sat down and ate then out of the corner of his eye a shining object glistened in the creek he went to retrieve it and it was a medallion with a red circular ruby in it and suddenly a minotaur grabbed him by the neck and was about to crush his throat but suddenly the meddalion was glowing and the minotaur was nothing but bones his flesh vanished no trace of its blood shed on the trail.
    he returned home and it was in ruins in an errie green blaze a horde of zombies feasted on the villagers and destroyed the shire in tears and anger his heart turned black from that day he became the evil lord Avara.through the years he became worse and his misdeeds more vile until he became the overlord of tarakia and thrusted the land in a beige lifeless shadow that instilled his despair upon the slaves to his mad lust for power and evil.
    for 100 years it remained this way until a baby named eli was born he was born out of light to shift the tide and bring balance to tarakia.when he grew up he waged a war on his monsters and Avara himself on sight the enemy blew into dust and avara knew he was soon to die but would never let eli get his prized possession he split the ruby and amulet in two and commited suicide but before he could take both pieces his soul leapt from his body the haze dismissed and tarakia was free.Or so they thought for his soul never passed on but lived in the medallion.
    50 years had paseed since the war and the land had seen little violence except for human error here and the king of tarakia had two children their names were Lauren and seymour.