Passing on the Kihagh

by Smul'ash

Smul'ash glances up at the sky when she emerges from under the canopy of Trees. "Bah anuddur sunnie muun" She mumbles under her breath as she shakes off the last of her sleepiness. Upon reaching the Fort Smul'ash notices a new Gruntee named Grulg'dush standing there quite naked. "Wut happen tu lat?" She inquires after smacking his shoulder roughly in a friendly greeting. "Me got dead" Was the young Gruntee's only reply. Smul'ash snorted at this as that much was obvious but with a sigh she looted some nearby dead shardies gathering things for the young one to re-equip with. She realizes she does not know his bloodline and soon learns he is a lusk'r like her. After nodding her head and quickly finding him a shardie lusk she tells him to follow her. Together through the woods they go, heading for that scared place beloved by all Lusk'rs. After all what better way to set a young Lusk'r off than by helping him understand Kihagh and the orgins of the Lusk'rs. With a reverance, Smul'ash guides him to the heart of the shrine and tells him the long told story that is told all Lusk'rs..... "Lung lung agu. Wen klan wus new, nub urk uzed weepuns. Jus dem grubbers. Az lat kan imagine, urks nub libed tu bery old agez bak den. Dem die tu eeasie wit nub weepuns ur bubhosh weys tu defend demselbes. Wel der wus dish ash young Urk whu wus owt gatherin stuf fur da klan wen ah Dub hed fund em! Bak den Dubheds weer much biggur den dem am nuw. Bud dis urk nub libe su lung kus em wus ah kuward nub wey! Em libe su lung kus em ash uf da bravest en whule klan! Aniweys em eyeball dat dubhed agh drupped entu ah grubbur stanze. Uzing em smurts em leed dat Dubhed un ah merri khaze alweys dancen awey lazt sekund agh gitten en ah few guud kickz ur punchs. Aniweys em wus duin wut em meent tu du, leeden dat dubhed awey frum da Klan. Bud den dat dubhed git en ah lucki hit agh da young Urk wus sent reelen! Em wus hurt bad agh purdi kluse tu dyin. Knuwen wen et time tu stey agh clomp agh wen et time tu run, em run tryen tu eskape dat Dubhed. Bud wit em hurt su bad et wus likee em wus runnen throo mud. Seemed likee nub maddur huw fazt em run dat Dubhed wus still sluwli bud sureli gainen un em. Em blah loudli tu da Wargod...ELP ME WARGOD!!! Da sekund aftur em blah dat em tripped ober da ruinz uf sumethin agh fall flat un em face! Em groan kus dis knuck em breff rite owt agh em knew dat der wus nub mur time tu run run, dubhed tu kluse. Em knew en em hart unli ash wus guin be walken awey frum dis plaze. Did em snivel agh cuwer wadin fur da deff em knew wus der? NUB!!! Em determined ef em had tu gu see Wargod em wus guin tu gu wit hunur agh pride! Wit ah mitey kry uf baddle em lept tu em feet preparing tu kharge dat dubhed. Jus den sumethin shiny un da Uzg kaught em eye agh em stare en awe at da lusk lyin der un da uzg. Wit nub anuddur thot em snatch et up. Ah stranje thingy happen wen em had dat Lusk en em pawz. Em eyez filled wit ah bluud red agh em sweer em felt likee em had gruwn HH feet! Wit ah yell uf victurie em swing dat lusk wey bak, su far bak da sun's rayz glinted uff da sharp blade blinden da dubhed fur ah mument. Den screemin em praizes uf da Wargod whu em knew had giben em dis weepun, dat urk let da lusk swing back arund! Wit a bare sizzlin uf sund dat Lusk slice kleenli throo buth heds uf dat Dubhed agh dubhed drup tu da uzg ded. Dat lusk'r knew likee me blahed dis weepun kame frum Wargod, so az suun az em seen da dubhed wus ded, em drup tu em kneez agh uffuered up dankees tu da Wargod. Tu shuw em appreciateiun em spreed da Dubheds bluud all ober agh left da plaze tu return hume karryen wit em da furst weepun uf da klan." Smul'ash then explained how the place the first Lusk'r got his Lusk was in the very same place they now stood and how the strange things that happened to him when he picked up that Lusk was the Wargod filling him with what is known now as the Kihagh or Bloodlust. She makes sure the gruntee understands the Kihagh is not something you can hold in your paw, but something all Lusk'rs are born with. She hands him a Ruby and explanes how Lusk'rs use the Ruby to focus the Kihagh and that it is sacred to the bloodline. After explaining to the gruntee that they never leave the shrine without offering up tribute to the Wargod for all he has given the bloodline, they set out to lead things to the shrine to kill. She makes sure they smear the blood all over and then drops small piles of gold all over the shrine and before leaving quietly she drops a finely made Lusk in reverance to that first Lusk'r. Together she and Grulg'dush go back to the fort.