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The lineage of Warriors passed back fifteen recorded generations from the youngest Warrior of the Darkke Family of Treve. The second child of Bryden Darkke and Lady Arabella Darkke, both of the Caste of Warriors. Born on the twenty-ninth day of the month of Camerius, the young Warrior's scream filled the cool spring air. The second son born to Bryden and Arabella of Treve, he had dark hair and clear blue eyes, inherent in newborn children. The young infant grew up into a rambunctious child, oftentimes practicing with wooden swords with his older brother Kayden, who was thirteen years his senior. When he was four years old, his mother gave birth to his sister, the beautiful Esabella, a Trevian free woman of the finest bloodlines and family. It was when he was six years old that the High Initiate of Treve paid visit to the Darkke Family Estates, offering a gold tan disk that the family's eldest son, Kayden, pay hommage to the Sardar Mountains, that sacred home of the mysterious deities of Gor; The Priest-Kings. Kayden consented to go when they requested and with a hand, he had departed on his journey, one that every young person of Gor must take. Four years passed and no word of Kayden returned back to the magnificent scarlet crags of the impregnable Voltai Mountains. Bryden, Arabella, Kryxon and Esabella mourned the loss of Kayden, their son and brother. During the fourth year of Kayden's disappearance, Warriors of Treve organized a raid on a caravan from the City of Glorious Ar. Bryden led this raid on a treasure caravan carrying jewels, kajirae and riches for a free companionship ceremony between a Lady of the Caste of Scribes of Ar and a Warrior of Ko-ro-ba. Bryden and thirty-two tarnsmen of Treve set out from the Voltai Mountains in the cover of night, all on sable tarns to further conceal their presence; War Tarns. It was during this raid that Bryden Darkke ventured to the City of Dust. The raid, much successful, increased the wealth of House Darkke and Treve considerably, was to be Bryden's last. His tarn, wounded by the bolts of a guardsman was grounded. Bryden fought with his life, by the sword. It was taken by a Warrior of Ar, hired to guard the Lady within the caravan. The family once more mourned the loss of a Warrior, leaving Kryxon as the only male of his Household, he was forced to grow old beyond his years to protect his Mother and his beautiful younger Sister, his beloved Esabella, the light of his life. Kryxon was ten years old when his Father died. His Mother, Lady Arabella, unable to take of her two remaining children and the Family Estates and House, closed the House fully and moved her youngest son and daughter to another House in Treve, raising them there. The years passed quickly, Kryxon trained and was accepted as a Warrior and Tarnsman of Treve, gaining his own tarn, a broad winged sable mount bred from the bloodlines of Thentis, famed for her tarn flocks. Upon his eighteenth birthday he took up position in House Savant under Nikolis Savant and his free companion, Lady Emma Kallak. He was a House Sword there, spending his extra time practicing and participating in raids. While serving there, he met an extraordinary young Physician, Lady Jahanara Selvi. He was taken with the young Lady, so innocent. She was unlike anyone he had ever met before. Near his nineteenth birthday, Nikolis, whom he now considered his close friend, set out on a trip and did not return. It was later found out that he had been killed during the flight. It was the first time since his Father's death, that another Warrior, had died. It was hard for him to deal with and he left the serive of House Savant and returned to House Darkke, determined to return his Father's House to it's former glory. Finding his Father's family ring, he placed it upon his hand. The red metal processed from the Voltai Mountains had a raised "D" upon it. It had been worn by Bryden when he had been killed, it was now his. One evening at the arena he ran across a man who looked familiar though he could not place where he knew him from. When the man noticed Kryxon's family ring, he questioned it and the procured a matching ring that had once belong to their Grand-Father. The man whom hesaw was none other than Kayden Darkke, his Brother. With the Brothers side by side, House Darkke was officially reopened and went under extensive renovations by the newly hired House Builder, the eccentric and enigmatical Lady Nadia Sih Brued. House Savant was duly closed down by Lady Emma and both she and Lady Jahanara came to House Darkke. It was then that Kryxon truly realized the feelings he had for Jahanara but he said nothing, waiting for the right moment. That moment came, but not under the circumstances he had hoped for. He had been seriously injured by the men of Port Kar while fighting alongside his Ubar, having been nearly blinded and killed. During the time of his recovery, he spent much time with the Lady Jahanara, who he vowed would be his Free Companion and the night she had removed the bandages from his eyes, he asked for her hand in Free Companionship. She accepted. His wounds healed fully, save for the scars which now plague his body, both on his left shoulder and around both eyes. Kryxon Darkke and Jahanara Selvi were joined in Free Companionship on the First Day of the Second Hand of the Eleventh Month in the year 10,151 C.A. After their companionship the men of House Darkke were venturing to Port Kar under disguise to seek out information. On the day that they left, a little over one month after their Companionship, Jahana told him the news that she carried his child. He was elated and went to Port Kar singing in glory. They returned as quickly as possible to the City of Treve, longing for Her walls and flags. Kryxon and Jahanara spent every waking moment with one another until another test was given to them. His required pilgrimage to the Sardar Mountains as was commanded by the Initiates of Treve. He left her side once more, unwillingly, and began his journey. He went by tarn, riding the trusted steed whom had seen him halfway to Port Kar and back safely and made the trip. Luckily it was uneventful and he returned to the City of Treve six months after his departure. By that time his the Lady Jahanara's free companionship had long expired and he, excited about renewing the joining, attempted to seek her out but she was gone. There was no trace of her inside the City nor in the surrounding areas. Both she and his child disappeared as if taken into thin air. He searches now, relentlessly for her, putting up notices for her safe return to him, for she is his love. He will not rest until she is safely back with him, should she choose that as where she wants to be... A Warrior's Story will continue.... |
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