Chapter 1: Jona
The cobblestone walls were stained with rust, water and blood fell from the wooden rafters, each drop echoed across the cell with each splash. A man sat silent, his arms stretched out on both sides, chained to the walls. His blonde hair was darkened with dirt and stained with blood; his head hung low as a chain descended from his neck onto the ground, anchored by a weighty ball. The man's face was hidden behind his hair. Shouts of the prisoners could be heard past the light of the torch, within the murky darkness of the corridor. Rats dug through dirt and moss, in hopes of uncovering food to feast upon.
The shouts down the corridor suddenly silenced, footsteps thudded against the floor of the corridor. Getting closer with each step, they soon stopped right outside of the cell. A shuffling of keys and tumblers rolling drew his attention, a large husk of a giant walked in; its yellowish skin was scratched and torn. it wore leather bracers upon his wrist though they were ripped and torn in places, his loin cloth draped down to its knees, that too was torn in places. Its face was over shadowed by a large hood pulled over, only a snarl of crooked and broken teeth were revealed. It approached; each step cracked the cobblestone beneath its yellow feet. It grunted and spat on the ground before the man. It hissed and sneered at him. "The mighty Jona, chained down like a dog. How miserable is this? I expected more of a fight from a human, but I guess your will was broken." It advanced on Jona, each step seemed to ring throughout the cell. Soon the giant was upon him. "You truly are weak, not even a snappy comeback."
Jona looked up and smirked, "why do you, a lowly jailer talk to me in such impudence? You would not match my strength, yet you talk to me as if you do. Your kind, they truly are a cocky race!" The jailer glared at him from under its hood and laughed,
"I'm not the one chained up like an animal, Human! Your Disrespect will be your downfall!" The jailer raised its hand; Jona opened his eyes and gripped the chains binding his arms to the wall. He grunted and pulled the chains from the wall in time to catch the jailer's punch, Jona sighed in relief as he caught the boulder like fist. He smirked and lifted the jailer up in the air and threw it across the room.
"Do not compare me to animals or Humans, for I am neither, worm! " Jona crushed the chains holding his legs back and broke the chain around his neck with ease. The jailer clambered to its feet and grabbed a pike from the hall, it charged at Jona. He yawned as he sidestepped the Jailer and grabbed the wood handle of the pike, it splintered in his hand. The Jailer tripped over itself in confusion, Jona took long strides with half of the pike, and he stepped on the back of the jailer and stared at the sharp tip of the broken pole. He smirked and thrust it deep inside its head.
He grabbed the keys hanging of its belt and walked out of the cell. Jona stared down the dark corridor and disappeared into the darkness.
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