Dark Drow Chapter One
A small Drow peeked its head out of his mother's womb. His mother Matron Banere's face was in total concentration. The other high priestesses pulled the baby the rest of the way out. The baby looked at it's surroundings it was not as warm as the place were it was before it was more dark and more crowded, he wish he could just crawl back up that tight compact canal and go back to that squishy burrow that he knew as home.
"Look at his eyes." The priestesses murmured, "They are not red like ours what is wrong with this Drow?" The baby looked back at his mother's face, it was now relaxed and calm. "What is a matter with you?" The Matron barked. "I am cold and hungry!" The priestesses immediately ran and started yelling commands at the servants and 'motivating' them with there snake headed whips. There was still one of the child's sisters still standing there looking at the baby. Her head turned to the Matron, "Don't you still have to name the male Matron Banere?" said the high priestess in a harsh tone.
The Matron looked at the oldest female and said, "Yes, I do Dalka that is true very true, child. I shall name him..." Her face went into straight concentration as she thought of the new name of her new child. The Matron could hear loud footsteps from outside the door. A male slammed the doors open and rushed to the matron. It was the Matron's son and second boy of house Banere, Daniel. "Yes second boy?" asked Matron Banere.
The man panted in vigorous breaths he started to speak, "Matron Banere we are under attack by House Vin Carla!" Banere rose from her seat all the high priestesses started in a motion movement she never thought the eighth house would make such a move on House Banere. "Rally the forces get in preparing positions and do not let them through!" Daniel ran swiftly out the door and up to the tower to ring the alarm bell. "Now daughters we can see if we are in Loial's favor."
All the high priestesses of the House of Banere stood in a circle around a spider statuette resembling the queen the drow's god. They summoned to have a council with one of the maidens of Loath and the Spider Queen. The high priestesses chanted in their ancient language. A green smoke rose formed out of the statuette.
There stood a drow looking at the Matron. The Matron bowed to the drow and the drow asked, "Why have you asked to have council with the Loath most favored Matron Banere?" The Matron looked up at the maiden and said, "Are we in Loath's favor?" The maiden nodded. "Of course you have treated the Spider Queen as the true deity she is but there is one thing that angers her." The Matron's face went pale. "What is that?" "Isn't it obvious? You haven't named the child." The Matron's face went horror stricken of course the child! Why hadn't she thought of him? "I will please the Spider Queen." The green light faded.
Daniel had finally reached the top of the tower he grabbed the rope and pulled the bell rang and he saw the soldiers rushing out grabbing there weapons and running. Daniel rushed down the stairs he slid down the railing taking his long sword out he saw up above a catapult had taken out the bell tower he knew that if he was there a few minutes before he would be with that wreckage. Daniel ran to join the eight hundred soldiers coming out of the barracks there were still two more barracks to go. Daniel led a quarter of the Banere army in front of the mithril gates. The gates burst open the attackers weren't prepared what the first house had in store for them.
Matron Banere rushed down the halls to the baby child sleeping. The Matron shook the drow child and he regained consciousness. The baby stared at his mothers face reaching for it how he was having such wonderful dreams but he dare not cry he already knew what his sisters could do and the smart child didn't really like the idea of those snakes.
The Matron looked intently at the drow child, "I will name him..." She chanted a few words and she said, "Hysperea Banere son of Matron Banere. He shall forever serve the Spider Queen."
The battle was at an end Daniel stood there he remembered when he slaughtered the Do'Urden family how easy it was he felt like today history had repeated itself. He took his long sword and cleaned it off by whipping it off on warrior woman's chest how he loved doing that even though the woman were stronger than the men in the drow race nobles were highly respected and protected.
He walked off to meet with his noble brothers and sisters...
In the central chamber of House Banere there stood Matron Banere looking intently at her new drow son. She had noticed that he had swampy green eyes not common for a drow. All of the nobles of house Banere stood in this central chamber the Matron raised her eyes from the babe and looked at her other children. Three little drow were bowing and looking at the floor.
"Poison, Bard and Felon raise your eyes at me." The three were surprised to hear this but they quickly reacted fearing the devious snake headed whips the drow high priestesses held on their belts. "I have named the new drow that has entered House Banere. His name is Hysperea Banere." The drow children smiled but the high priestesses frowned a new child meant someone had to train him for ten years. That meant who ever was picked had to throw away their studies and train a male drow.
"Danielle come here." Danielle the youngest and newest high priestess ran over to meet here mother. "Yes, Matron Banere?" said the high priestess. "You are the one who will train the young one for ten years." Danielle frowned ten years of baby sitting, ten years of whipping and no studying.
"Yes Matron."