The Meteor touches down (invite only)

Garganoth quietly stood, watching the skeletal man think. He took awhile to start, but Garganoth was used to long waits. As most of his kind would live for longer than 1200 years of activity, even longer through periods of stasis, Garganoth was more than patient. After choosing to sit down, his host began the story. Garganoth listened intently making sure to hear and remember every detail. It listened to the wisdom that this immortal being had to share, and it learned. It listened to the meanings between the words, the hurts that had left their scars, the loneliness that filled this creatures void. Garganoth heard this and sympathized. It felt a connection that he had never felt. It's creator had never given it this camaraderie, this level of empathy. When the storyteller finished the story, Garganoth shifted from listening, to telling. Garganoth checked that The Womb was ready and began...

"A long time ago, about three millenia, there was a planet full of my people called Chrystera. Everyone was united, everyone worked toward common goals, and everyone hold each other upright. It was at that time that there was an accident. The planet's Great Crystal and it's advisor were the heads of two main branches of families on the planet. They were alone, checking on a report that someone was trapped in a gorge. While out something has happened that has never been verified. The only report was from the advisor as The Great Crystal never returned. The advisor had told a tale of a attempted rescue of an alien being that had gone awry. The alien being had been saved but had tricked The Great Crystal into it's ship and had kidnapped him. No one ever found a trace of this alien being, and when we die, we return to the crystal so we couldn't verify if The Great Crystal had died or was taken away. Either way, The Great Crystal's family considered the advisor a liar which the advisor took offense to. Instead of being reasonable, a great war started. Weapons were developed at alarming rates for our people and the world was split between the now two allegiances. Eventually, the war came to a standstill. For centuries, my creator worked on a secret invention for The Great Crystal's army. I found out what it was. It was a disintegrator. Now, my planet's atmosphere is much thinner than this planet, the gravity much less. When the army got a hold of the weapon and began using it on the enemy, their particles drifted into space. Since the remains were leaving the planet, instead of rejoining the crystal, Chrystera began to lose mass. With the loss of mass, the planet eventually loss it's orbit and began sinking into our star. Everyone left jumped into space to seek their new destinies."

Garganoth stood for several minutes, stemming the rage it felt. It looked as though there was more to the tale, but nothing more of the tale was said. Instead, Garganoth said to The Womb, "I am here to stop a great divide, to stop the great war that will destroy your planet as mine was. I will join your legion to drive out this evil faction. I will join you to temper the hearts of humans so they might see peace as my ancestors once knew." Garganoth kneeled before The Womb, "Teach me the ways of this planet. Use me as you see fit. I am your hammer, and this world is your anvil. We will strike the hearts of your kind until they are hard as steel."

Womb stood, moved at Garganoths' gesture. "Rise Garganoth. You will not kneel to me. You are a brother in arms, that is all. All I ask of you, is your loyalty and your trust. in return I shall give you mine. Although i act as leader for this faction, I more of a guide. Directing the hand that strikes. And each one of its members a finger. None of us can do without the other, and so we are equal." He strode about, in a strangely regal manner. "Your first mission is to recruit new disciples to the Legion of Womb. Once we have enough fingers, we can start gauging some eyes. So go be gone, I too shall be on my way executing the same task. If there is anything you need anything you wish to speak about or any question you need answered, do not hesitate to call on me or any other member of this Legion. We are brothers now. We will help you. I shall call upon the Legion very soon for a formal meeting. Whereby we shall discuss our first mission. Our allocated roles and positions. In the meantime, find your footing and scout me some new recruits." With that the Womb simply left the shack. Not even glancing behind him to see how Garganoth reacted to his speech. In Womb's mind, the beast could fend for himself and he learned quickly. In Womb's mind, there was no need to worry for him. This is how deep The Womb's trust lay in his brothers in arms.

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