Fiction #2: Trial of the Huntress

Source: Jade Warrior (film)

Source: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/DZqbe

The story about two lovers - one a chieftain's son and another the village huntress - as they seek to find redemption in a world devoid of morality and dignity. Will the son convince his people of her innocence or will she take matters into her own hands?

ISHANTI, Xissan (15 Urmon, Tae 2985), The Principalities of Aramyss

Eoyan licked the edges of her feathered arrow and gently drew it to her heavily-carved bow.

She flicked her bone-braided pony-tail aside as she tiptoed across the soggy earth, underneath the soothing whistle of tall, heavy bamboo trees. Against the foreboding chill of a trailing mist seeping into her multi-ringed ears and flared-up nostrils, she crouched lower as she released a trail of vapor into the air, waiting for the thump of her heartbeat to match the patter of the earth. She wasn't wearing any shoes; she had decided to abandon them when she left Ishanti village, and as she curled her toes ever slightly against wet leaves and grass, she knew it was the right choice as she sensed imminent danger ahead.

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