Disclaimer: Another Five Things Challenge. I always wondered why some lackey's never waivered in their loyality. Here's what I came up with. Hope you enjoy!
Loyal Above All
Finister
-Set After The Mutiny But Before The Wedding-
Finister sat in his workshop making various clay monsters that would most likely never see the day until Rita came back.
She would come back for him if nothing else. She always did. He had once been an ordinary dog, a companion to the High Priestess, Dimitria of Inquiris. He had a rough life, and Demitria had really never cared about anything except for knowledge. Granted, he never went hungry or got abused, but there's more to owning a pet than just feeding and being nice. One day, Finister, originally named Sam, had gotten lost in the market. He had followed Demitria there, but she had forgotten that he had followed her and left without him. He had gone days without food until he took a piece of meat from the local deli. The owner had nearly filleted him, but he had survived the initial encounter. As he had lain dying, from his wounds far from any normal person's reach, he had completely given up on survival. Rita, however, wasn't normal, not in the least. Hearing Finister's last whimpers, she zapped him with a spell and had almost healed most of his wounds. He dug up some strength and limped to the sorceress.
"I have a spell that will turn you into an intellgent being, but in return; you must swear to serve me for all time," Rita had told him. Finister had sworn and Rita had changed him into what he now was. It was true that Rita sometimes was extremely cruel and heartless, but has all creatures know... Loyality is never a question for dogs.