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raven haired beauty was born to the Tuchuk on the
Plains of Turia. She received the name Fyree due to
her fiery nature, and temperment. The elders frequently
chuckled at the fact that her very first word was
'ki'.
Her
father, Renius was a tall, dark, striking man who
wore his Courage Scar proudly. Tenuka, Renius's free
companion was a reputed physician and haruspex. She
was as tiny as Renius was large, with skin that looked
like it was born from bosk milk. Tenuka was sought
out by many of the tribes for her legendary skills.
Fyree spent a lot of time in her mother's harigga
learning the ways of the haruspex and healer. In her
early teen years she was already an accomplished haruspex
and people began to seek her skills as much as her
mother's.
Brash,
haughty, daring Fyree seemed tireless. When the girl
ran free, she would ride kaiila, swim fierce streams,
or herd the bosk. One might often even see her at
the reins of the wagon. Fearless, she often made her
own rules. Despite her pride and her stubborness she
showed a ready intellect, and could be quite charming,
even at a young age. As she grew, so did her beauty.
She steadfastly refused to have her thick knee length
hair as much as trimmed by anyone. No man in the tribe
ever caught Fyree's eye. Indeed it seemed that no
one could tame her.
By
the time she was 16 it seemed she would be destined
for great things.
Along
with thousands of people from the plains, Fyree traveled
with the haggia to the Love Wars. The Year Keepers
had decreed this particular year to be an Omen year,
and therefore, all four tribes would be present: Warriors
of the Tuchuks, Kataii, Paravaci, and Kassars each
walking in a long line behind their respective lances.
The Tuchuk lance that Fyree's family followed bore
the four horns of the bosk carved from wood. Her heart
swelled with pride as she watched the lance ahead
of her. The knowledge that some of her tribesmen would
take Turian slave girls within sight of their own
city did not bother her in the least.
During the Love War at the Plain of a Thousand Stakes,
Fyree was decreed by the unanimous decision of the
judges to be First Stake. Manacled to the first painted
stake, her malachite eyes full of scorn for the Turian
who would fight for her, she watched with no fear
the battle between the Tuchuk and the Turian warriors.
Yet as the day wore on, it seemed to Fyree that the
battle would have no end. She yelled and screamed
her encouragement to the Tuchuk for she had no desire
to trade her riding leathers for the silks, bells,
and perfumes of the slave girl. Straining against
the mancles her heart felt like it would stop beating
when she saw the Tuchuk fall in defeat.
The Turian who won her saw her fire, her pride, and
He swore He would force her to his will, to bend her,
break her. He had her trained to be a trainer, had
her tutored in the arts of dance, serving, food and
drink, but most important to Him, she was trained
to be a pleasure slave. The fire she brought to the
furs inflamed Him, but the harder He fought to tame
her, the harder she fought to stay free of Him. He
continued to call her fyree, for He said it suited
her far too well. She never submitted to Him, and
did everything in her power to thwart Him, suffering
punishments, isolation, and beatings. Still, He could
not tame her wild, almost savage Tuchuk breast.
Eventually, He tired of her antics, and having just
enough love for her to be unable to kill her, He took
her back to the very same stake where He fought for
her. Despite fyree's struggles He chained her to the
pole, locked the bracelets upon her limbs, then placed
the key two horts above her at the very top of the
pole..just out of her reach. "You sleen",
fyree screamed at Him, "You will die the death
of a thousand cuts! Sleen!" He looked at the
whisp of a girl, threw His head back, laughed, then
His eyes went as cold as the gates of Turia as He
told her, "If anyone wants you, they can have
you." Her blood chilled as He spit on the ground
at her feet, turned away and rode off, leaving her
without food and water.
fyree never stopped trying to reach the key, jumping,
stretching, bruising her wrists and ankles in the
attempts knowing she could not possibly survive much
longer. Nearing total exhaustion, and dehydration
and squinting against the brightness of Tor-Tu-Gor
she thought she saw a man approaching her on a kaiila.
He was no delusion for He stopped before her, His
beast looking at her as a possible meal. But before
fyree could utter a word, He casually reached above
her and knocked the key to her feet. As she scrambled
for the key and frantically unlocked her chains, she
did not notice His departure. Knowing not what else
to do, she followed Him.
Every quarter of a pasang or so she would find a discarded
piece of bread or a small half eaten piece of fruit
along His path. Once, there was even a half filled
verrskin bota of water from which she greedily drank.
She always had Him in sight, but could never catch
up to Him. She never found enough food or water for
her to travel on her own, but as she followed, there
was sufficient to keep her alive.
At the top of a knoll on the edge of the Plains of
Turia, littered with supple grasses and some wildflowers,
she finally caught up with the handsome stranger.
fyree looked at Him clearly for the first time, noticing
His piercing green-gold eyes, thick beard, His long
thick hair bound by bosk leather thongs. In that instant
of recognition and undaunted by the fact that He wore
the robes of a slaver, she knew she could not live
without Him.
fyree dropped to her knees, crossed her wrists above
her, lowered her head, and was about to speak when
she heard the animal move. For an instant she considered
she might now be only food for His kaiila, but instead
she sensed the animal moving away, back into the desert.
she knew, that she could not follow, that He did not
want her to, but she also knew that she could not
live without Him. Her eyes remained upon Him until
He was gone, lost into the shifting images of the
plains. Pounding her fists on the ground in frustration,
she started out on foot in the only direction she
could go, towards Ar, living off the land as best
she could, aware of the dangers, both man and beast.
Close to death from exhaustion, she stumbled into
the city of Ar, and stopped in a tavern, not knowing
what to expect. Still the proud Tuchuck, she challenged
the owner to test her skills. The Tavern Keeper was
not a fool, and quickly saw the value of such a slave.
He fed and sheltered her, and made her trainer to
His other slaves. Her reputation as a trainer and
a dancer soon grew, and many knew of her, admiring
her. The tavern owner had His share of offers for
her.
As a tavern slave, she met many Masters, and in each
face she looked for the green-gold eyes she had seen
so long ago. Many kaiila would ride by, she would
find a way to look at the rider on each. Finally,
when sent upon an errand to a hidden room deep in
the lowest floors of an unknown cylinder of Ar, she
knelt before a man in the room's quiet darkness. He
regarded her and the small bundle she had brought
to Him. she, ever the slave, looked only upon the
floor, but she could not help but feel drawn to look
at Him. Something about Him, familiar, known. Daring
a beating and the anger of the Tavern Keeper, she
glanced up, to look into the smiling face and the
green-gold eyes she had sought so long.
For many months she wore His collar, then an unforseen
series of events happened, she had lost His collar!
They were separated for a seemingly endless passage
hand. After an agonizing separation, she found her
way back to Him, swallowed her pride, looked to His
handsome visage for an ehn, and threw herself to His
feet, knowing she would rather reside in the Cities
of Dust then to be without His collar.
She held her breath, her heart thrumming in her chest
as He took her back. How her head swam, her heart
pounded, so much joy was inside her. Then, He addressed
all those present, proclaiming her to be His, challenging
anyone to dispute the fact she was His to do with
her as He wished. Everyone agreed she indeed was His.
He bade her veck, and she did so, standing before
Him.
He then removed His collar from her neck once more!
fyree's heart sank, her vision dimmed, until she heard
His words, declaring her a free woman and asked her
to join Him in a companionship. Overjoyed, she willingly
accepted, and became as you see her this day..LadyFyree.
  
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