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Silently, they walked by the dunes. What he had first thought were white stones from the distance revealed themselves, uncovered by the wind.

Whitened bones and skulls, staring at the sky with their empty sockets.

His companion hadn't even given them a second glance, but he stalled at the scene.

"There are skulls in the dunes." he finally said, loud enough for his companion to hear.

"The desert is littered with bones. Let's continue."

But despite his words, his younger companion continued to stall. He noticed the long, pointed teeth. Orc skulls.

"One thing are the weak who weren't able to face the desert. This wasn't the desert doing." he said. Many of the skulls had signs of having meet a violent end. "What happened here?"

His older companion turned. His face was dry -as many of the old men of the desert-, his skin having a greenish tone. His tusks, protruding from his lower jaw.

"Nobody will be able to say for sure" the old man said to the younger one. He too had pointed tusks, but his beard spoke of a mixed heritage. "But blood had watered these deserts. A recent war, or a conflict lost in time? One of the untold wars of elves and orcs? Nobody will remember, nobody will know. The elves, who could know, had choose to forget instead.

To forget their sins, and the sins of their fathers. To forget how they invaded and enslaved, taking everything for their own.

We don't know, but we shouldn't forget either.

Look at the skulls of the dunes and remember. We too will end like them, as is the destiny for everybody, to be forgotten and turned into sand, blown by the wind...

but don't forget -Never forget!- What the elves had done to orcs."

The half orc nodded at the words of the old orc. For the world was old, but not old enough to forget the old grievances. There was still blood to be spilled before the thirst of the desert would be satisfied...

Day 13 of Inktober2020 (Dune) and Orctober2020 (with SOTWORC prompts: Skulls).

Edit 22.02.2021: Finished!

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Description
Previously, on Orctober:

Silently, they walked by the dunes. What he had first thought were white stones from the distance revealed themselves, uncovered by the wind.

Whitened bones and skulls, staring at the sky with their empty sockets.

His companion hadn't even given them a second glance, but he stalled at the scene.

"There are skulls in the dunes." he finally said, loud enough for his companion to hear.

"The desert is littered with bones. Let's continue."

But despite his words, his younger companion continued to stall. He noticed the long, pointed teeth. Orc skulls.

"One thing are the weak who weren't able to face the desert. This wasn't the desert doing." he said. Many of the skulls had signs of having meet a violent end. "What happened here?"

His older companion turned. His face was dry -as many of the old men of the desert-, his skin having a greenish tone. His tusks, protruding from his lower jaw.

"Nobody will be able to say for sure" the old man said to the younger one. He too had pointed tusks, but his beard spoke of a mixed heritage. "But blood had watered these deserts. A recent war, or a conflict lost in time? One of the untold wars of elves and orcs? Nobody will remember, nobody will know. The elves, who could know, had choose to forget instead.

To forget their sins, and the sins of their fathers. To forget how they invaded and enslaved, taking everything for their own.

We don't know, but we shouldn't forget either.

Look at the skulls of the dunes and remember. We too will end like them, as is the destiny for everybody, to be forgotten and turned into sand, blown by the wind...

but don't forget -Never forget!- What the elves had done to orcs."

The half orc nodded at the words of the old orc. For the world was old, but not old enough to forget the old grievances. There was still blood to be spilled before the thirst of the desert would be satisfied...

Day 13 of Inktober2020 (Dune) and Orctober2020 (with SOTWORC prompts: Skulls).

Edit 22.02.2021: Finished!

More on the sands of the deserts of Zarhuy:

Mature Content

A version in colour!
twitter.com/shabazik/status/13…

Next on Orctober: