Sumdud

Hey, have you heard of a rumour floating around recently?

I heard that there’s this girl walking around, weird, right? She walks and just goes around the place, no one knows who she is, no one knows where she came from. Hell, I don’t think even she knows the answers.

But oddly enough, she never seems to age, does she? Of all the dragons, dwarves, elves everywhere, there’s a simple tale passed down from generation to generation.

Of a girl that does not age.

But...

How did it all start? In this fantasy world, how did this person come to be?

A world where humans isolate themselves within their walls, wary of the monsters that lie outside. A world of magic, a world of fantasy, but nothing seems carefree nor fun.

Dating back to one of the greatest disasters known to humanity, the disaster where many deaths were witnessed, life was made.

Living eternally, forever wandering about the world. Monsters do not attack her, no sickness plagues her, and time becomes irrelevant. Wandering from village to village, eventually, she comes across a group of excited people.

'Hey, take us out to the unknown, we want to see the world!'

This is a tale of finding the meaning of life in a world where nothing seems to go anyone's way.

*(Notice: The first part of the story is a backstory. If you don't really like the theme of the backstory, I understand if you just don't read it.)

Immortal Wanderer

The elves gathered around Letha and got onto their knees to clasp their hands together. A few of them carried spears which they pointed at Lied who was near the door of the cage. He backed away warily, not wanting to be on the wrong end of the spear.

The door was forced open. A couple of elves moved in and grabbed onto Lied aggressively. One snatched the red stone out of his hands. They held onto his arms and shoved him forward and out of the cage. Another elf had gone to Patricia and was dragging her out. Letha waved at Lied.

"They seem nice," Letha commented.

She was walking along with them to the centre of the village where the ground was charred black. The elves were already throwing in wood and leaves into a big pile. Lied saw as a few other elves exited a house carrying the corpse of a deer and a six-limbed creature Lied had seen not too long ago.

S2-11: Elves, Carnivores (d)