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The Blest Thag
A thag was a creature with a dog-like head back legs that resembled those of a caterpillar and bull-like horns. The rest of the body was rather non-descript with the front legs ending in cat-like claws.
In the arena, little Brigid stood. Dressed in a blue two-piece outfit, blue chalk covering her grey skin and golden arm-rings and anklets she felt silly looking. The jeers of the crowd, calling her "barbarian brat" because she was an Evabon hurt more than she could have possibly imagined.
And then the Blest Thag was released.
The jeers stopped and Brigid felt positively horrified as she looked at the Blest Thag. It was gigantic, it must have been… There was no time for that. She had to stay brave. The look of horror was replaced with a look of cold determination.
For a moment the Blest Thag just stood there with its red eyes upon Brigid. The moment then ended as the beast lowered its head and charged.
Still with a look of cold determination, Brigid ran forward. When she and the Blest Thag were only three apart she leapt forward with hands outstretched and grabbed hold of the beast's horns. Immediately, the Blest Thag stopped and shook its head back to shake off the "barbarian brat" and Brigid then let go and somersaulted through the air until she landed perfectly on her feet.
The crowd then erupted into cheers. Cries of "Hail to the Evabon Princess!" and "Make her the sole thag dancer!" The crowd was fickle but that fickleness was completely lost on Brigid as she gave a bow to the crowd, their approval, their clapping and their cheers making her feel like the most important person in the world.
The Nomis, Mother Akakallyz, looked over to Mamez, the man of indeterminate species wearing a thag mask. "What think you, Mamez?" she asked.
"Her ability impresses me." Replied Mamez. "But the crowd calling for this little girl to be named the sole thag dancer does not sit well with me. I had hoped for more Evabon girls to be brought here to learn the dance when she impressed the crowd not for one to replace all of the thag dancers."
"Then what do we do?" asked Mother Akakallyz.
"I don't know…" Mamez tapped his fingers against the arms of his chair. "I must talk with the priests. The King of Gnozzuz making a decision without them is it not them who decide who shall be king?"