'What had happened to me? I don't remember much, just that I had to do something, something important...something I could tell no one about. I know why I carved the runes into my head, it is a rite of passage amongst my people, but what else happened?'

I tried to remember what had happened, but every time I got close, it became...dark, and a pressure builds in my head forcing me to stop pursuing the memory. I focused back on Natasha, her eyes boring into mine, and her mouth set thin. She was waiting.

"I don't know Natasha, I know I carved the symbols in my head." I gestured to the fresh scar tissue that poked past the shaven sides of my skull in intricate patterns. "But that's all I know."

She sighed and put her hand to her face. "WHY did you carve the symbols on your head?"

I smiled a little, relishing the chance to tell my team of my people's culture. "It is a right of passage for my people, it is to signify when one comes of age, and has begun their life. we carve these certain symbols because our legends state that the Great King Akaviah proclaimed it to be."

She rose an eyebrow, before letting loose an exasperated breath " I can't deal with this right now, you and your culture, your family must be fucked up in all sorts of ways. Now, get your ass dressed and into lunch, the team needs our heavy hitter to be well fed."

I nodded quickly, and as soon as she left, I pulled on some clothes and headed out the door.

Lunch was nothing special, I went into line, and piled anything I could onto my trayn before heading back to the table. The entire team was there, Natasha, Sadie, and my good friend and partner, Reuben. As I sat down, and began shoveling food into my face, Natasha asked me more about Akaviah.

Swallowing my food, I began to explain.

"Akaviah was the first king of the city of Akaviah, and her surrounding provinces, it is said that when Akaviah was a young boy, he split the skull of a grown man with his fist and devoured his stomach to gain his power."

Sadie blanched and pushed the tray of food away from her, her makeup doing little to cover her now green complexion. Reuben looked at me inquisitvely, and after shoving a biscuit down his throat, asked me a question.

"Why the stomach?"

I smirked a tiny bit, pulling a pork chop to my mouth and biting off a chunk.

"We believe that the stomach contains the power of the individual, like when we eat food, it goes to our stomach, and we get power from it, so eating the stomach would mean taking that power for ourselves."

Reuben nodded In understanding of the morbid logic. I took a sip from my soda, and continued explaining.

"Akaviah faced many trials, the stone giant, the maiden of ice, and the bone Gnawers, but his greatest trial had yet to happen."

It was now Natasha's turn to speak. "What was it?"

"The Dragon - Queen Priscilla."

Everyone, Sadie included, looked at me like I was an idiot. "The Dragon- Queen?" Natasha rolled her eyes "Right."

"Tis true! Akaviah had heard tales of the Dragon- Queen, people said that she was merciless, and nigh unbeatable, that she had killed over a hundred men alone! There were tales of her frightful visage, of rows of teeth so sharp, they could pierce through plate armor, of the monsters that she commanded, and that she would eat the hearts and minds of all those who dared approach her!"

Sadie shook her head, trying to dispel the images. "She sounds scary."

"Well, when Akaviah heard this, his lust for battle exploded, and he swore that he would find the Dragon Queen! For months he searched, only finding empty castles, and after receiving more stories from an innkeep, he set out into the frozen north, towards the ice wastes, hehe encountered beast and demon, and he sle-."

"Demon?"

The voice was not of my friends, but rather a black haired girl with a bow on her head. She and her friends had overheard my story, and after they introduced themselves as team's RWBY and JNPR had gathered around our table to listen to the rest of my tale.

"Yes demons, or the Grimm as you know them."

"Oh, I think port mentioned something like that."

"Anyway, Akaviah slew everything in his way, and gained much power and knowledge from these encounters, but after a decade of searching, he finally found the Dragon- Queen's home. When he entered, he was immediately beset by horrors, shapeless things that defied him at every turn."

I downed the rest of my drink, getting in to telling the story

"After slaughtering these abominations, and making his way deeper into her lair, he found what he was looking for. In the deepest part of the Queen's home, he found her, but she was not as he expected. Instead of a raging beast of fire and fury, he found a beautiful woman, with a dragon's tail no less. Akaviah was immediately smitten, and fell in love with her. He asked the woman her name, and she told him it was Priscilla. He decided that he would take her for his wife, and together they had many children, and from these children, the Akavian's were created, a fierce and hardy people."

The girl, Ruby, I think, giggled and spoke up.

"That's cool, but basically a knight saves the princess kind of thing."

I chuckled, such an idea for such a man was ridiculous.

"Akaviah was no knight, he was a angry man, who slew many without mercy, and brutally."

Ruby's face fell. "Oh, why was he so mean?"

Amir smiled and leaned his head back, his finger pointing in the air as if speaking to a higher power.

"I will make my Mark on the world with blood and sword, so that even creation itself will know of my might. Let all burn before me!"

Sadie's eyes narrowed. "What was that?"

"Proclamation of the First King. Taken from the Book of Akaviah, my religions holy book."

Suddenly, the bell rung, signifying the end of lunch and the beginning of afternoon classes. The group sighed, and went their separate ways.

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