07-08-2009, 02:50 PM
Despite his deepest desires to help these men who just went through a violent ship wreck, Atreides managed to convince himself that he must first find out something about them so he wouldn't be killed running a fool's errand. And so, with deep remorse at not being able to help them, Atreides watched them from the dark shadows provided by the thick jungle surrounding the area where they came ashore.
Atreides continued to watch these men for some time to try and learn their habits before approaching them to ask if he could be of assistance and what business they have here. More importantly he had to find out what distant land they came from dressing so strangely. Where they came from was the most important question because Atreides had to know if they could have been the ones that sent the monsters to destroy his homeland.
*Several hours later*
After having observed these men for several hours, Atreides picked up the names of the different men and was able to determine the ranks they each seemed to hold in their society; Myrial was a member of the ruling class, Ghazul and Crelak were apprentices of multiple disciplines, and from the way the others acted towards him, Atreides judged Andrew to be a teacher and a rather famed warrior.
Atreides continued to watch these men as he contemplated each of their roles in their society and tried making a comparison to those of neighboring provinces and even his own. After some time he couldn't think of any neighboring provinces with a similar culture so he began thinking of his own...
What he found strangest about these men was that one of their ruling class was traveling without a compliment of highly trained soldiers. This was unheard of in his society where even the lowliest aristocrat was commonly seen with an armed guard. Perhaps these men came from a much more peaceful society, surely a good sign.
More so then a teacher Andrew appeared as a warrior, much like Atreides so he thought this would be the best person to approach and Atreides decided to focus his attention on this man.
This left the puzzle of Ghazul and Crelak... Never in all his years had he heard of people being apprentices of multiple disciplines all at once. In his homeland it was tradition for each child to follow in the footsteps of their parents and thus each parent knew what their child would be. An aristocrat's son would himself be an aristocrat, a tailors daughter would become a tailor, a blacksmith would raise his son to take over his shop, and so forth. Everyone was content with their lives as they knew they were doing their share for their country. As a young boy, Atreides himself first spent several years in the stables getting to know different animals, then he worked in the fields for a short time to learn how to get the maximum yield from his crops year after year, and what wild vegetation was good to eat in case he were to ever be stranded. Finally Atreides spent many long hard years training to join the army so loyal to the king of his land that in all the years of his country's existence, no soldier had ever been bribed.
After coming close to drifting off and day dreaming of his homeland, Atreides heard one of the men, Andrew, say âGhazul and Myrial, stay here. Get a campfire started. Crelak, youâre coming with me, we need to know something about our surroundings!â. Atreides took this as a sign to leave these men before they found him and thought he was spying on them. Hopefully, they wouldn't notice the bushes he disturbed by sitting in one spot for so long a time...
Atreides continued to watch these men for some time to try and learn their habits before approaching them to ask if he could be of assistance and what business they have here. More importantly he had to find out what distant land they came from dressing so strangely. Where they came from was the most important question because Atreides had to know if they could have been the ones that sent the monsters to destroy his homeland.
*Several hours later*
After having observed these men for several hours, Atreides picked up the names of the different men and was able to determine the ranks they each seemed to hold in their society; Myrial was a member of the ruling class, Ghazul and Crelak were apprentices of multiple disciplines, and from the way the others acted towards him, Atreides judged Andrew to be a teacher and a rather famed warrior.
Atreides continued to watch these men as he contemplated each of their roles in their society and tried making a comparison to those of neighboring provinces and even his own. After some time he couldn't think of any neighboring provinces with a similar culture so he began thinking of his own...
What he found strangest about these men was that one of their ruling class was traveling without a compliment of highly trained soldiers. This was unheard of in his society where even the lowliest aristocrat was commonly seen with an armed guard. Perhaps these men came from a much more peaceful society, surely a good sign.
More so then a teacher Andrew appeared as a warrior, much like Atreides so he thought this would be the best person to approach and Atreides decided to focus his attention on this man.
This left the puzzle of Ghazul and Crelak... Never in all his years had he heard of people being apprentices of multiple disciplines all at once. In his homeland it was tradition for each child to follow in the footsteps of their parents and thus each parent knew what their child would be. An aristocrat's son would himself be an aristocrat, a tailors daughter would become a tailor, a blacksmith would raise his son to take over his shop, and so forth. Everyone was content with their lives as they knew they were doing their share for their country. As a young boy, Atreides himself first spent several years in the stables getting to know different animals, then he worked in the fields for a short time to learn how to get the maximum yield from his crops year after year, and what wild vegetation was good to eat in case he were to ever be stranded. Finally Atreides spent many long hard years training to join the army so loyal to the king of his land that in all the years of his country's existence, no soldier had ever been bribed.
After coming close to drifting off and day dreaming of his homeland, Atreides heard one of the men, Andrew, say âGhazul and Myrial, stay here. Get a campfire started. Crelak, youâre coming with me, we need to know something about our surroundings!â. Atreides took this as a sign to leave these men before they found him and thought he was spying on them. Hopefully, they wouldn't notice the bushes he disturbed by sitting in one spot for so long a time...