Brumen
Brumen sadika was happy. Most happiest he has ever been.
Why would he not be?
This was his first of times when he was finally getting to be acquainted with a true knight, one who fights in a real battle.
Rumours or not, but Jorath was a king.
He only knew sonvar for about one year and he was more than happy to be his companion as one would say.
As both of them had similar interests and similar objectives, the two of them bonded immediately.
When will we go to the capital?
I really want to leave this barren lands and make my way towards a life filled with steel and blood....
They were almost half way towards sover, where a feast was supposed to be held.
"Sonavr, may I ask a question?", brumen said. "It's about your father".
Sonavr nodded. "What about him?"
"He's a noble right?", brumen asked. "A noble of red frost kingdom?"
Sonavr chuckled. "No-no we aren't".
Brumen cocked his head slightly, looking confused.
Sonavr smiled. "My father is just a merchant not a knight. He would rather drink then fight.
Uncle Jorath on the other hand is a different one, he always dreamt of being a knight or a king".
"I always thought your father was of a noble blood", brumen said. "He certainly looks like one".
"No....uncle Jorath was always the fighter, he was quite bored of the life here. So one day he decided to go on a journey, a journey filled with adventures and tales that even after five years, I still haven't heard half of it".
Brumen's eyes widened with excitement.
"And I assume on one of his adventures, he defeated "kroken" the dragon and Frost him up on the kingdom which is now known as the red frost kingdom?"
Sonavr smiled. "Yes the rumour has it that they fought for around ten days".
...
Brumen saw Jorath. He was in shock. The armour that he wore was so huge that even if a battle raged on now, none can Pierce that heavy behemoth of an armour.
Jorath smiled and asked. "And this is?"
Sonavr put a hand on his friends shoulder. A firm but gentle. "This is my companion uncle Jorath, with whom I practice sword, brumen sadika".
Jorath smiled. "Glad to meet you, lad".
"No-no, I am honoured to meet you king Jorath, i have heard so much about you, you slayed a dragon and then you became king of red frost kingdom. You were also in the battle of famsora and this armour, in which of the adventure did you get that armour, and what about that sword-", brumen trailed off...
Jemriah intervened. "We should probably eat. Brumen, you do not have to worry about Jorath, he is not going anywhere. We shall talk in feast".
Brumen's smile faded slightly. "Yes i apologize for the haste".
Jorath smiled. "Don't mind him lad, he is always like this. Snooty old bastard can't have anyone let fun".
Jemriah scoffed. "Go on then, do not mind me. Sonvar I need your help".
Sonavr nodded and brumen watched both Sonavr and his father go in one of the inner rooms.
At a glance, there was no difference between them. One could not be told from the other.
Father and son looked like the same figure borrowed by time, tall and spare, pale-skinned, their shared blue eyes carrying the same quiet light, as though the sky itself had chosen them twice.
Jorath smiled at brumen. "That child will grow up to be whatever he wants, i want him to be a king".
"Can I ask something?", brumen asked. "Did you really defeat kroken?"
Jorath looked at brumen for a few seconds.
His face dark, eyes sharp, and in dim light of sover, he looked like a giant who was about to pound on brumen, tearing him apart like a twig.
"There was no triumph in it," the king said. "The dragon bled like any other beast. Its scales split under my sword, its fire choked into smoke, and when it fell, it screamed,not in rage, but in fear. I kept striking until it stopped moving."
His gaze hardened. "That is what killing looks like."
Brumen was still like a rock, barely even blinking.
"Can you handle it? The killing and politics?"
Jorath asked. "There is no adventure in this world, only in tales of fubatis and elves. The tales are always exaggerated, speaking of Glory and comrades having a drink after slaying monsters".
Jorath sighed. "Unfortunately, this is not true. That's what I think it was but no, real adventure is not about glory and all this grandeur. People die and they die badly.
I know it, I lost all my comrades and some of them did not even get proper funerals, so they could pass on to new gods. No... They were-"
Jorath stiffened and blinked "I.. It's my bad, lad. Do not take it to heart, it's just I remembered old days".
Brumen sighed as if he was suffocating, breathing out a puff of air.
"No it's alright", said brumen. "I just thought...no it does not matter what I think".
"Shall we go have some broth?" Jorath said smiling. "Oh and one more thing, when I slayed that dragon, I also froze him. That was harder than actually fighting him".
Brumen smiled and nodded.
He is really experienced.....
But how did he freeze that behemoth of a creature?
Does red frost kingdoms winters can even freeze monsters?
But he said that he froze that creature....
Uhhhh..... I really want to know about what happened there.....
What about his sword? That is taller than even Sonavr and me, i never saw a sword that big....and his armour....so many questions and little to no answers...
I should probably give slight encouragement to sonvar to ask more questions from his uncle.... He is his uncle afterall...looks like there is some hope for me after all...
I really want to become a knight.
A knight like Jorath.
I also want to be known as a hero.
A knight who slayed a creature.
I want to be like Jorath.
World of sumaka through the eyes of kings-
I want to see that tomb in Aravan forest. I heard the tombs gives you something in return. A power perhaps? Power to change the world? Or a curse? A curse that can destroy the world? Whatever it is, I would like to have it and see for myself. Perhaps I will liberate common folks and make taxes reduce for merchants. Or perhaps I will be a tyrant who will butcher them. Every single king in sumaka have found tombs of different kind and gotten different kinds of power to help them run a kingdom and conquer other kingdoms. I feel like I am nothing in front of these other kings but that's a good thing since atleast amberia won't visit me.