Rowan Gunsoul placed his fingers on Arome’s neck, releasing a breath of relief when he realized his new employer was still alive. He raised his head to look at the carnage that had been wrought by the Blights. There has never been an attack of this scale from those two, and of the attacks they have carried out in the past, none of them had failed. There was a lot to be said by how much could change just because of one mitigating factor, and in this case that factor was Arome. But this was far from over, Rowan knew the Mistress enough to know that even with her daughter accepting her, and knowledge that the children she felt her sister stole from her, were still hers, would not be enough to placate her from evil. Now she just has another obsession to plan for.But considering how thoroughly she was dealt with here, he doubted anyone would be hearing from her anytime soon. The main problem he has though, would have to be with the attention that Arome has drawn from hell. Rowan had been

SOMEWHERE ON THE NUBIAN CONTINENTTHE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF IDUANCESTRAL TEMPLEThe eerie sounds of chanting could be heard coming out of an ancient Ziggurat like building. The exterior of the temple was built from clay, being one of the only few structures within the kingdom that still carried pieces of its original structure. In this case, the ancestral temple has never been renovated before, it was empowered by extremely powerful magic that has made it endure not just the ravages of nature, but the ravages of time also. It has been home to hundreds of high priest and priestess, and they held significant power within the border of the Idu Kingdom.High above, at the very top of the ziggurat, which could also be called a pyramid. A middle age woman was kneeling in front of a wall of carved traditional masks. In her hands was a calabash filled to the brim with blood, by the side a dead sheep could be seen, it’s body hanging over an internal plumbing system that would let it’s blood dr

After introductions were made, it was not too long until a doctor was allowed to come in and see Arome. Even more so when that doctor also came along with the Temple guards. Rowan had to admit that the Idu Kingdom’s way of doing things could be a little overbearing, but then again even if they have lost a significant amount of their prestige and wow factor, these people were still one of the most influential in the world. Their dwindling natural resources has made it so that the only thing they could ever truly offer to the world, were Lion themed superheroes every thirty years. And sure Tue Star Lion has been a staple and a force the world could rely on in times of crisis, but in a world where there were new heroes every generation, the same one returning every thirty years has got to be boring. But that was not the bone of contention right now, Arome was being given a comprehensive look over by his nation’s doctor, the fact that they would not trust anyone else to look after Arome s

Arome did not have any of his devices with him, all those were probably ruined in the initial explosion that set off the whole attack on Falcon-Eagle Industries. So there was no way to check his accounts until he was back home. But still…he was a millionaire? A week ago he was broke as hell. A Prince with barely anything to his name, and now he had enough money to put many of his plans into fruition. It seems like a consolation price for everything that he has gone through, but you couldn’t put a price on a life. He knew that now, he understood it so much more now…the value of a life. Even as Kemi and Rowan led him outside of his hospital room, they and the remaining temple guards in high vigilance, Arome remained lost in thought.One of the temple guards had a massive case in his hands, within lay his ‘gear’ as Bert and Bertha now called it. He didn’t trust them one bit, so as soon as possible he would have to get experts of his own to look at the suit and helmet. He did not want th

Arome smiled, it was one thing to know what you want to do, it’s another to have the steps you have to take outlined for you. Many of not almost all of the things required in this post could be solved by money. And since he’s come into a significant amount of it recently, then perhaps the universe has provided in his hour of need. He moved his attention away from his system back to Aunty Kemi and Luna. Both women it seems had become fast friends, but that came as no surprise to Arome, aunty Kemi has always been someone that could easily relate to the people around her. Nevertheless, they needed to make plans. Or he needed to make plans, but all of that would also be meaningless until he uses his eyes to see just how much these bounties had gained him. The ability to establish himself without using his family’s money, was not something he could take for granted.“Commander Kemi, you might want to buckle up a bit. Surveillance has spotted a small convoy of assault vehicles following us.