Desert secrets

Great Desert of Skulls

Before the cult of the Twins rose among the desert Septs and Sister Locust took The teachings of The Wandering to the Ozainae and even before the Trinity of Life, Death and Fate were worshipped as living deities, the Great Desert of Skull was home to ancient beliefs.

Those few small clans and bands that made etched their brutal existence on these burning sands considered the spirits of their ancestors to be gods. They swore by them and consulted them. After making requests, they slept in their underground tombs to await responses in dreams.

They believed that the men and women who were reported to have been the most righteous and brave in life would return after death to stalk the Sands once again.

The truth of those belief systems was now lost in time but the sight of the Sk'elep a few metres away from Sister Locust was an image to behold. As if ancient times were reaching out to the present, all through the presence of that one immortal soul that for long seemed to connect their lives.

Islana stepped forward as the huge jackal slight lower his head keeping his sharp eyes on her. More and more people gathered behind her to witness the exchange. No one could hear what was passing between the two beings but there was a sense in the air that their minds were touching.

Islana was the first of all the Seers not have control over the two sacred elements to the Ozainae. But her powers were no less impressive as the Sk'elep slowly approached her, dropped down to his front paws as sister Locust grabbed his thick coat of hair with her left hand and heaved herself over his back, striding the jackal.

Sister Locust patter the beasts back. She had her bow, her falcon and now her war mount...