[LORE] BED OF THORNS
They say that everything comes with a price, that those who mess with powers beyond their control will pay for it in ways no human can imagine. Most die gruesome, painful deaths. Others, however… ☯ CHILDHOOD I grew up in a little village along the fringes, areas of sparse vegetation that bordered the entrance to the sacred valley. As a child, I was told tales of the powers that lay within the valley — mystical healers with spiritual powers beyond human comprehension, strange sounds that could be heard if you dared venture close enough to the border, special plants that could keep you from death. Or bring you closer to it. My parents were simple farmers, they owned a plot of land large enough to grow wheat for the entire village and, for the first few years of my life, that's all I knew. My parents taught me everything there was to know about tending the fields. I learnt when the best time to sow and to harvest was, I could tell if the harvest was going to be full or if we were go