Brutalis stood far above the rest of his fellow demons, his eyes
filled with their usual bloodlust, and he clenched his fists. He
wanted so much to be in the heat of battle, to be leading legions
of beasts with his torch and Greatblade, to be cleaving his
opponents in half, or to be tearing apart phalanxes with only his
glare and roar. He hungered for the looks of terror his opposition
gave when they discovered him in underground tunnels, attempting to
sneak in, how they cried out and told their forces to turn and run.
Instead, he was reduce to attempting to build a settlement, to
dwelling in this other world, this mud patch. His wings snapped
open, his massive jaw opened, and his mighty roar bellowed across
the lands once more. Planting one foot on the ground, he launched
himself off the cliff and flew, hardly needing to flap his wings.
Landing with a force that shook the area around him, he glanced at
his surroundings, at the other poor monstrosities that had been
left here, their acceptance of the situation nearly unbelievable.
Clenching his left fist, the one he wielded Greatblade with, he
drove his fist into an innocent tree standing in the wrong place at
the wrong time. It splintered around his blow, and bark flew from
it moments afterward. The leaves were left fluttering in the air,
and the half log flew through the air, landing some distance away.
Ah, so you, O Mysterious
and Curious Soul, have come to seek answers in the abyss?
Do you know what lies beyond?
Do you want to?
Or has your curiosity reached a nervous end?