Sky Temples
Fantasy, Adventurous, Fictional, Emotional.
Once in the African continent, there are two villages: Naminy and Lauriny. The two villages are on opposite sides of the Tina River.
The Tina River is full of life {active & cool} and has a strong flow. The region’s rich flora and fauna are a testament to the abundance of water and nutrients provided by the active river. The river’s water is clean and clear, and it provides the perfect environment for plants and animals to thrive. The forest on either side of the river is thick. The cool river breeze kept the forests cool, misty, and foggy. The forests are always covered by fog making it difficult to see more than a few feet in any direction. The cool, damp air is filled with the sound of running water and the occasional cry of an owl. The mist and fog that shroud the two villages also serve to create a sense of mystery and magic. The forests that are on either side of river are called as Magical Forests.
The two villages are plagued by a series of mysterious deaths in the forest at night even from their last generations. The villagers believe that the other village is responsible, and tensions between the two villages escalate. In an effort to prevent further deaths, the villages agree to ban their people from entering the forest at night. However, the villages remaine at odds over the use of a shared river, and they continue to distrust each other.
Every once in a year the two village heads of Naminy and Lauriny conducts a peace meeting to stop the rivalry between people of the two villages. Decides to put marks to identify themselves from their last generation.
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The people of Naminy Village marks their right hands with permanent scars as a way of identifying themselves as Naminines.
The people of Lauriny Village marks their left hands with permanent scars as way of identifying themselves as Laurinines.
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[Happening in Lauriny]
On a fine morning the mist rose from the river like a gentle fog, enveloping the forest in a blanket of white. The sounds are the chirping of birds, eerie sounds of forest, branches snapping and occasional splash of a fish jumping in the water. A young girl with long, flowing hair walking through the mist, her friends following close behind. They are laughing and talking, enjoying the beauty of the morning to pick some flowers for the ritual in Lauriny village. The girl is beautiful, with dark eyes and a endearing smile. She is wearing a simple white dress looking like a forest angel. Her friends are playing in the river splashing.
Suddenly, a boy stumbles through the forest, his black cape stained with blood. He looked exhausted and injured, and he could feel the cold seeping in. He was gasping for breath. He lay there for a few minutes. Then, he heard a noise.
He looks up and sees a girl standing there, staring at him. She has a look of fear on her face.
“Who are you?” she asked.
“I’m Harold, I’m not from here.” the boy said. “I was attacked in Naminy”.
Her eyes widened in fear as he truly was from Naminy. She confirmed by looking at his right hand scar [They must not talk to each other]… but.
The girl looked at his cape and in fear “You’re bleeding” she said. “You need help.”
The boy nodded. “I know” he said. “But I don’t know who to trust.”
The girl hesitated for a moment, then she reached out and touched his arm. “I’ll help you,” she said. “But you have to promise me that you won’t hurt me.”
The boy smiled. “I promise,” he said.
The girl helped the boy to his feet and called out her friends and told everything. The girl and friends led the boy to their secret hut in the forest on the near edge of the river. She gave him some food and water, and then she cleaned his wounds.
The boy was grateful for the girl’s help and started asking her. “What’s your name?” boy said. “My name is Eliza” she replied. He started narrating his story
“You must believe me, I’m the son of Naminy head. When I was child, I overheard some conversation that thick forest of Lauriny was a place of mystery and wonder. They believed that it was home to many secrets, including the secret gates to the Sky Temples.
The Sky temples were said to be ancient structures that were built by a lost civilization. They were said to be located in the clouds, said to be accessible only through the secret gates in the forest.
The both [Naminy and Lauriny] villagers had been secretly searching for the secret gates for generations, but the had never been able to find them. Some people belived that the gates were just a myth, but others believed that they were real and that they would eventually be found. One day I decided to go into the forest to look for the secret gates. I had heard the stories all my life, and I was determined to find them.
UNFINISHED…
