User:Nextoy/Mythos/Virston

A Day in Virston
It's early morning. Light shines through holes in the ceiling. A low grumble bounces off the walls, and you're off to appease your stomach. The things you pass worthy of appreciation, but they've became too familiar now.

It's late morning. The pools glisten in the faint light. Rays bouncing off of them, and back onto the walls. No wonder the nomads and travelers stop and stare at it all.

It's high noon. You've risen into the desert above. What few plants and animals pass, you judge for the next meal. After all, you'll never know when the next earthquake will be.

It's mid afternoon. Back into the caves and recesses of the world. Staying up in the desert is far to risky if you take too long. For that, good sir, is where the giants of old dwell now.

It's evening. One last trip to the storage's for the day. The haul your group brought from the desert should make up for your consumption. Though your just happy you could eat, unlike those who have gone missing in the past week.

It's night. You lay in your bed, the lights gone from the walls. The thoughts of the world flow through you, but not all of fear and sorrow. Many people worry of the giants above, but is it really as much of a threat as they claim?

Not that you'll ever know. You do live here after all.

Giants of the Desert
Legend states that we all now live in these underground reservoirs because a thousand years ago giants began wandering the land above us. While they may look like men, do not be mistaken! They are foul beasts that formed from rocks and sand, becoming living beings of the land itself.

As I said before, they first arrived a thousand years ago. Back in a time when we had grand cities that lied above the ground. But when these giants appeared, they destroyed everything.

However, some could fight them. Heroes known as "Titan Slayers" arrived as suddenly as the giants did. These brave heroes could take down the giants with ease, driving their swords into the beasts as if it was nothing thicker than water. A great war raged on as the Giants and the Slayers fought.

Of course, the fate of this is obvious. If the Slayers had won, we wouldn't be here today. And now we have no choice but to wait for another hero to arise. What baffles me though is that nobody knew where the Giants or the Slayers came from. The legend does state that the Slayers have been chasing the Giants for some time, so we believe they came together.

But until we know that the Giants are gone, we stay down here in our tunnels. The giants are still running around, after all. Many stories of people going up to the surface and never coming back, with even more of people coming back down within a short time for fear of these creatures.

So remember kids, if you HAVE to go up to the desert: get your food and get back down here. We grow and raise what we can, but sometimes we have to bring people up to the surface to look for supplies.

If you ever get sent out into the desert then be brave; but above all else, be unnoticed. Now that's enough stories for today, better move back onto your chores children.