silver bloods of the vast lands

Asher knox

Asher knox is a boy with beautiful facial features, often mistaken as a girl, he is the fourth child of the knox family, with three elder sisters.

His father James knox is the second elder of the second elder of the silver blood clan, famously known as the silent spear ' James had trained his spear skills more than his body, polishing his skills to perfection as he gained his name from his path of bloody massacre. Third only to the chieftain in weapon skill.

Asher wanted to be like his father, a master of the spear, being a top fighter among the kids, he challenges Ulrich in a contest of spear skills and equalled. which resulted in other kids respecting him and ignoring he's girlish face.

He had a neutral relationship with Alex, but because of his competitive spirit he asked for a challenge, which resulted in his loss.

His opinion of the battle was that Alex was a natural sword Wilder.

Apart from his eldest sister, the two younger ones were easily forgettable in the family's background, because apart from their facial beauty, they were talentless in every thing else, so their main job was to go to various parties and gossip about interesting stories that may or may not be true.

But his eldest sister, Mirian knox was a different case, currently 18 years and one of the best students of the mystic Craftsman ' grandmaster Leon',a peak level Craftsman adept in building weapons of war, Mirian knox was already a mid level mystic Craftsman,she is the pride of the family and their parents, especially their mothers favorite child or is it Asher (who knows).

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When Asher and his father reached their Manor, though not as big as the cheiftian's, it's good enough to show both power and luxury.

Walking into the sitting room, the rest of the family were already waiting in anticipation they gazed at them ready to hear the good news.

"Take off your shirt", James said while he sat down on the couch.

Asher took off his jacket, which revealed his dirtied white top, he removed his shirt slowly, the rest of the family gasped in utter disbelief when they saw Asher's body, which was amazingly well toned but there were rune upon rune symbols on his body, it covered his torso and stopped at his neck.

And these symbols were flickering with icy blue light, giving Asher a chilling vibe.

"WHAT!, How!... what happened... how did this happen to you!", Screamed his mother like an insane woman, she turned and faced James.

"What happened to our son?!",she shouted again, she felt like going mad this had never happened in the clan, phantom elementals are normal but a rune force elemental,a rare one at that has never happened in the history of blood clans.

Except the blackbloods,they are natural rune force users this is why their phantoms are small in number.

"He came out like that, people were focused on Derek Greene, nobody knew or he may not survive the crowd's fear and anger, rune force users are weapons of mass destruction, known to be crazy Maniacs who let's their magic control them causing mass destruction and death of thousands", James spoke with a sigh.

"But it's not all of them some of them are good", said Miriam.

"Yes there are good ones but who cares,the bad always shines brighter",spoke one of Asher's elder sister.

"I suggest we sneak him out of denerim and send him to valaria, atlest he could be safer there", Asher's mother said when she calmed down.

"No, I will take him to the cheiftian",James said as he did not agree to his wife suggestion.

"WHAT!!", Asher's mother screamed with a higher pitch than the last "you want to kill our son, I thought you loved him!, so you hate your son this much, for what!, looking like a woman or is it because he did not awaken his totem which signifies the credibility of his blood with the ellcrys, so you want to kill him and wipe off the disgrace!. Huh!,James answer me,NOW!".

"I have never seen mom this angry or even shout at dad, I mean he is an elder", one of Asher's elder sister whispered to the other with an alarmed expression as this could be the end of the family.

"This is Asher's fault", the youngest girl said choking as tears filled her eyes.

Miriam frowned as this case was turning into something else, her mother should not have shouted this badly as this is a great offense, should her father report it would mean her mother's death.

But she could not blame her after all he was her child and she could not blame Asher because he can't do anything concerning awakening. she and her younger brother were almost inseperable Asher loves to follow her, she was helpless and could only watch how her father responded.

James sat with a solemn face and he stared at his angry wife ranting while she pointed at him. taking a deep breath he said,"I will be going to plead".

That sentence silenced the entire family, they stared at him shocked including his wife, you should know that this is a warriors clan, begging is the last thing on their minds as it shows ' weakness ' and that word means death in the vastlands.

Should any of the other elders find out!, James would be mocked by the council.

The chieftain owes me a favour, I hope it's enough to help Asher stay in denerim and even join the camp", James uttered words that seemed childish, but these words brought the already shaking family back together.

"So how do we do it, you going there is already cutting off our escape route", Asher's mother spoke.

"I don't know, it's a gamble with our lives at stake and everything to loose",James muttered with a helpless face.

If people could see the mighty silent spear in such a position it would bring shock to the whole of denerim and beyond.

"I mean the cheiftian has eyes and ears all over denerim, how would we escape. secondly he was there in person how could Asher escape his eyes, I'm betting he's waiting for me to report it myself",James justified.

"The cheiftian was at the ceremony?", Asher's mother asked in dismay.

"Of course he was there, his son Alex was participating", James answered as he suddenly stops.

"Alex, that's it, the cheiftian loves and adores his son with all his heart,so he could be our key", James said as a smile blossomed on his face, for the first time since he left the ellcrys.

"Dad!, you want to kidnap Alex and use him as a bargaining chip", Miriam shouted, shocked.

"What!", James stared at his daughter with a dumbfounded expression and began laughing he came to a stop after a while and said solemnly,"please do not joke like that Miriam, you have never seen the cheiftian angry, if we do kidnap the kid then even my corpse will be hard to find for you to bury, if you will still be alive".

"I am very serious on this one never anger the cheiftian, because death will be a sweet release",he cautioned.

"So what do we do with Alex", questioned Asher's mother.

"We make a proposal to the cheiftian, proposing to making his son a great cheiftian who among all the cheiftians of the silver clan is going to have a powerful elemental user as his aide", James revealed his plans to the family.

"Great,this could work", Asher's mother said totally pleased with her husbands brilliant plan. She to her son and said with a lovely voice,"Asher will you accept to be Alex aide, he's a good kid and will treat you as his good friend.

".. I.. will mom..",replied the boy who just went through a rollercoaster of emotions.

"Now, it's down to how to convince the cheiftian and let's hope that the boy Alex has a good view towards our son because it may come down to his decision", James said with a hopeful tone.