Inheritance
Chapter one:
Prelude
The Celtis docked with a small shipping port called doru-onia. Named after the wife of the original pirate that started the shipping yard. A shorter then usual Archear (are-she-air) slowly walked down the plank onto dock 6. He stopped and sniffed the air full of the scent of human and other species, hating each and every one of them. He took a long drag of the air, and smelt the scent that would change his life forever.
The young archear's name was Vidin in human years he was 17 years old, but in the Archear culture he was already a man. The archear race was of peoples that resembled very pointy long eared humans, their ears being extremely fine and long struck straight up. They had fine, slim, emotionless faces and usually they had long light colored hair. Vidin however had curly jet-black hair, another reason why Vidin was unusual, he was very short, Being 5'6. Usually men of his race where averaging 6'3, the tallest of them were 7'2. Another lesser-known fact about the Archear race was the men had tails. In their race the tail is considered a sexual representation, like the breasts of a woman. So the men will always hide their tails under their clothes.
Vidin was on a mission. He belonged to an organization that hunted money, and did odd jobs all around Kunothia, the troupe was called "The Brundanko Bandits" (a name that started as a joke made by the leader of the group, Brundanko.) This was by far the riskiest mission ever attempted by TBB.
Vidin was walking down the pier looking for the right bar he was to enter. As he walked he watched as passers by shot him ugly looks, the Archear race was not a well-liked one. Many people blamed the Archear's for being a drag on society.
Saying that most Archear's cant make a decent living even if they tried. It was true however that the many Archear's where thieves and nothing more, Like Vidin for example. However it was humans that forced him to steal. He was ridiculed by his own race for his height and the odd coloring in his hair. Vidin never knew his parents. Although he suspects he is part human himself, given his bizarre hair color, and short stature.
As Vidin walked and scanned above him for the right bar, he continued to receive evil stares and whispers. Many times he would receive a look as if he where a dangerous insect which should be squashed immediately.
Finally he found the right bar, "The Creed Fountain" Vidin stopped outside the bar and felt the burning stares of others on his neck. He stared at the broken down shambles of a bar, and wondered if this entire island was created from garbage and excess materials found on the shores. He walked into the bar where the first thing that anyone said as his eyes adjusted to light was "Filthy Archear! YOUR KIND A'INT WELCOME EER!" Vidin lowered his head and continued threw the bar till he met up with Korks, a fellow member of TBB. Korks was a Shasy, another off race. Considered to be the filth of the earth. Shasy's are however able to blend in a lot better then Archear's, the Shasy race where renowned for their strength. They are great blacksmiths, and all Shasy's are completely bald. And very short averaging 4'6 to 5'1.
Korks leaned in and said in an undertone, "don't let them get to you Vid." Vidin said in a less then strong voice "I hate being around people." Korks ordered a pint of beer and continued with the conversation. "You aren't going to snap like last time are you?" Vidin ground his teeth, "I had no choice Korks, I was attacked!" The waitress brought over the pitcher and while putting it down looked at Vidin nervously. Vidin lowered his gaze from hers, Hating humans all the more. "Well Vidin last time you blew our cover, Brundanko was so pissed off, and anyway I have information." Vidin leaned in, what have you got for me. Korks leaned in close and went on with his Intel "this is what I got, as you well know tomorrow at castle Andréa its is the queens birthday. The security around the treasury will be extremely thin. This is just what Brundanko will want to hear. You already know that we are planning to take out the guards and break into the vault using a set of cut keys we got from our outside man. But we weren't sure how many if any guards and personal will be posted around the area. Today I found out all we need to know. There will be no more then six armed guards at the vault, given we don't alert them on the entrance. There will be a play going on, diverting everyone's attention. But I gather that the captain of the security and guard forces is annoyingly diligent. So I say we further plan to get our guys in and knock out the guards with sleeping potions." Vidin thought for a moment, "we don't have enough time for further planning, we are lucky to have this window open. I say we storm in." Korks looked at Vidin and sighed, "I figured you would want to do it that way. Well how are we going to do it? Armed combat will alert every sentry in to castle to our being there." Vidin half-heartedly laughed, "Do you forget who your talking to? I can just nip in there for a few minutes and knock out the guards with sleeping darts, it will work on the spot and the only noise will be the thud of them slipping into dream land." Korks looked shocked "Vidin are you insane. You cant just 'nip in' this needs to be carefully planed-"Vidin cut off Korks "look I'm leading this thing besides, unless Brundanko says your right, then what I say goes" Korks sighed heavily "Brundanko will have your ass if you screw this one up. This is our big pay off. If we can break into the vault we wont have to work again for our entire lives. And you can go buy that remote island out in the middle of know-where where there's no people that I'm sure you have wanted for a long time" Vidin laughed "well that island is a good idea." Korks laughed and started to feel the work of the beer kicking in. "Well I guess that's it, we sleep here tonight, I got you a room in a hotel just upstairs, your room is right across from mine." Vidin leaned back feeling a bit more loose "damn Korks, are you telling me that incase I have a bad dream?" Korks and Vidin laughed.
Threw out the rest of the night Korks and Vidin drank their beer and talked a bit more about their plans. Korks was one of the only people Vidin was comfortable enough to talk to. Vidin was raised by Brundanko, by the age of 5 (human years) Korks joined TBB, at the time Korks was only 7 years old, but he was a master thief. And was quickly recruited. Upon being a master thief Korks was also a master strategist, he came up with allsorts of ingenious and flawless plans to get his hands and other peoples hands on riches. Vidin however was pure stealth. In a pure white room, with 30 guards in every corner Vidin could probably sneak by them all. He was quick, quiet, and agile. His weapons of choice are two daggers each with a 12-inch blade, daggers being very quick and easy to use. Korks however liked the pure strength and crushing power that a large Maul provides (a large steel brick on a wooden pole) when forced to fight, his attacks are slow but the sheer power would disable anything with one swing. Vidin although sometimes will use a sword in heavy combat, rarely though as swords are bulky and inconvenient.
However the sword is great for putting some distance between your enemy and you. While standing outside his room, swaying back and forth slightly. Korks (threw much difficulty) told Vidin that tomorrow Scout would come by and call on them. After ward Korks stumbled into his room, and Vidin was pretty sure he heard Korks pass out and hit the floor before he reached his bed.
Vidin not feeling the effect of the beer quite as much as Korks, thought to himself that Scout was probably the only human Vidin can stand to be around, and also noted that Scout was the only human besides Brundanko (who was only half human, like Vidin) who was ever nice to Vidin. As Vidin took off his pants and let his jet-black tail out of its caged entrapment he relaxed feeling free from the judging eyes of many.
And slowly Vidin slipped off to a relaxing sleep...
Chapter one:
Prelude
The Celtis docked with a small shipping port called doru-onia. Named after the wife of the original pirate that started the shipping yard. A shorter then usual Archear (are-she-air) slowly walked down the plank onto dock 6. He stopped and sniffed the air full of the scent of human and other species, hating each and every one of them. He took a long drag of the air, and smelt the scent that would change his life forever.
The young archear's name was Vidin in human years he was 17 years old, but in the Archear culture he was already a man. The archear race was of peoples that resembled very pointy long eared humans, their ears being extremely fine and long struck straight up. They had fine, slim, emotionless faces and usually they had long light colored hair. Vidin however had curly jet-black hair, another reason why Vidin was unusual, he was very short, Being 5'6. Usually men of his race where averaging 6'3, the tallest of them were 7'2. Another lesser-known fact about the Archear race was the men had tails. In their race the tail is considered a sexual representation, like the breasts of a woman. So the men will always hide their tails under their clothes.
Vidin was on a mission. He belonged to an organization that hunted money, and did odd jobs all around Kunothia, the troupe was called "The Brundanko Bandits" (a name that started as a joke made by the leader of the group, Brundanko.) This was by far the riskiest mission ever attempted by TBB.
Vidin was walking down the pier looking for the right bar he was to enter. As he walked he watched as passers by shot him ugly looks, the Archear race was not a well-liked one. Many people blamed the Archear's for being a drag on society.
Saying that most Archear's cant make a decent living even if they tried. It was true however that the many Archear's where thieves and nothing more, Like Vidin for example. However it was humans that forced him to steal. He was ridiculed by his own race for his height and the odd coloring in his hair. Vidin never knew his parents. Although he suspects he is part human himself, given his bizarre hair color, and short stature.
As Vidin walked and scanned above him for the right bar, he continued to receive evil stares and whispers. Many times he would receive a look as if he where a dangerous insect which should be squashed immediately.
Finally he found the right bar, "The Creed Fountain" Vidin stopped outside the bar and felt the burning stares of others on his neck. He stared at the broken down shambles of a bar, and wondered if this entire island was created from garbage and excess materials found on the shores. He walked into the bar where the first thing that anyone said as his eyes adjusted to light was "Filthy Archear! YOUR KIND A'INT WELCOME EER!" Vidin lowered his head and continued threw the bar till he met up with Korks, a fellow member of TBB. Korks was a Shasy, another off race. Considered to be the filth of the earth. Shasy's are however able to blend in a lot better then Archear's, the Shasy race where renowned for their strength. They are great blacksmiths, and all Shasy's are completely bald. And very short averaging 4'6 to 5'1.
Korks leaned in and said in an undertone, "don't let them get to you Vid." Vidin said in a less then strong voice "I hate being around people." Korks ordered a pint of beer and continued with the conversation. "You aren't going to snap like last time are you?" Vidin ground his teeth, "I had no choice Korks, I was attacked!" The waitress brought over the pitcher and while putting it down looked at Vidin nervously. Vidin lowered his gaze from hers, Hating humans all the more. "Well Vidin last time you blew our cover, Brundanko was so pissed off, and anyway I have information." Vidin leaned in, what have you got for me. Korks leaned in close and went on with his Intel "this is what I got, as you well know tomorrow at castle Andréa its is the queens birthday. The security around the treasury will be extremely thin. This is just what Brundanko will want to hear. You already know that we are planning to take out the guards and break into the vault using a set of cut keys we got from our outside man. But we weren't sure how many if any guards and personal will be posted around the area. Today I found out all we need to know. There will be no more then six armed guards at the vault, given we don't alert them on the entrance. There will be a play going on, diverting everyone's attention. But I gather that the captain of the security and guard forces is annoyingly diligent. So I say we further plan to get our guys in and knock out the guards with sleeping potions." Vidin thought for a moment, "we don't have enough time for further planning, we are lucky to have this window open. I say we storm in." Korks looked at Vidin and sighed, "I figured you would want to do it that way. Well how are we going to do it? Armed combat will alert every sentry in to castle to our being there." Vidin half-heartedly laughed, "Do you forget who your talking to? I can just nip in there for a few minutes and knock out the guards with sleeping darts, it will work on the spot and the only noise will be the thud of them slipping into dream land." Korks looked shocked "Vidin are you insane. You cant just 'nip in' this needs to be carefully planed-"Vidin cut off Korks "look I'm leading this thing besides, unless Brundanko says your right, then what I say goes" Korks sighed heavily "Brundanko will have your ass if you screw this one up. This is our big pay off. If we can break into the vault we wont have to work again for our entire lives. And you can go buy that remote island out in the middle of know-where where there's no people that I'm sure you have wanted for a long time" Vidin laughed "well that island is a good idea." Korks laughed and started to feel the work of the beer kicking in. "Well I guess that's it, we sleep here tonight, I got you a room in a hotel just upstairs, your room is right across from mine." Vidin leaned back feeling a bit more loose "damn Korks, are you telling me that incase I have a bad dream?" Korks and Vidin laughed.
Threw out the rest of the night Korks and Vidin drank their beer and talked a bit more about their plans. Korks was one of the only people Vidin was comfortable enough to talk to. Vidin was raised by Brundanko, by the age of 5 (human years) Korks joined TBB, at the time Korks was only 7 years old, but he was a master thief. And was quickly recruited. Upon being a master thief Korks was also a master strategist, he came up with allsorts of ingenious and flawless plans to get his hands and other peoples hands on riches. Vidin however was pure stealth. In a pure white room, with 30 guards in every corner Vidin could probably sneak by them all. He was quick, quiet, and agile. His weapons of choice are two daggers each with a 12-inch blade, daggers being very quick and easy to use. Korks however liked the pure strength and crushing power that a large Maul provides (a large steel brick on a wooden pole) when forced to fight, his attacks are slow but the sheer power would disable anything with one swing. Vidin although sometimes will use a sword in heavy combat, rarely though as swords are bulky and inconvenient.
However the sword is great for putting some distance between your enemy and you. While standing outside his room, swaying back and forth slightly. Korks (threw much difficulty) told Vidin that tomorrow Scout would come by and call on them. After ward Korks stumbled into his room, and Vidin was pretty sure he heard Korks pass out and hit the floor before he reached his bed.
Vidin not feeling the effect of the beer quite as much as Korks, thought to himself that Scout was probably the only human Vidin can stand to be around, and also noted that Scout was the only human besides Brundanko (who was only half human, like Vidin) who was ever nice to Vidin. As Vidin took off his pants and let his jet-black tail out of its caged entrapment he relaxed feeling free from the judging eyes of many.
And slowly Vidin slipped off to a relaxing sleep...