Legends of Belariath
Hush
Nude and barefoot, young, more curvey and buxom then most of her kind, yet standing only a mere 4'-3" tall. Her hair and skin tinted almost a glowing pale blue, much like that of the whitest whites under a blacklight, a result of the high mineral content of the hot spring she has always known as home. Upon the left side of her neck is a mark made up strange group of symbols in the anchient language of Dragon almost forming a celtic knot...the mark of her Patron and master of all her life... The Hot Spring Dragon. www.geocities.com/k2kellyirie/tli/Hush.jpg
Hush of the hot spring, a young nymph that has never known family of her kind. Almost as though born into it, she has her entire young life served Korgewrath, one of the anchient dragons, a Guivre, almost serpent like yet massive, his head and scales however having the definite characteristics of Dragon...heavy and spiked, horned and bearded, long fangs filling massive jaws. The master of the deep forrest hot spring and all he surveyed including Hush. Amusingly, her never named, but assumed from the great dragons soothing word of Hushssssss 'child.
As in most such relationships however, their roles had reversed. Hush being the young playful nymph she was, Korgewrath old and wise taking on the role of her patron and guardian amused by her innocence. Almost curious at her wonder of all things, and ignorance of all things evil, the great dragon took it upon himself almost as an experiment to keep her innocence intact, her wonder of all things coupled with a lack of judgment of. Her entire life has been spent within the high moss covered walls of the mineral rich hot spring. Basking in its warmth, exploring every niche and cavern, playing in the treasure room of the great dragon.
One of her favorite games being that of 'Water Hushsss' where she was to turn into a water form...hiding till he found her, never knowing that it was not a game but his way of shielding her from any intruders and outsiders near, and the swift violent resolution of such trespass..be they thieves of his treasure, a knight on a quest to vanquish a dragon, or the foolhardy wandering to near the hot spring. Partially to keep her ignorant to the outside world, but mostly ignorant to his swift focused violence in the defense of his realm.
She is for all purposes absolutely innocent to all the ways of any other beings. She has never known sadness, yet never joy. She knows nothing of nor has ever seen violence, greed, passion, lust, birth, death or any other act, motivator, or emotion. She has never frowned or cried, yet never laughed and been filled with joy....she is the epitome of purity, like a newborn in wonder and knowledge of others, yet now grown into a young woman. And so the day finally came when another game of 'Hushssss Water' began, her quickly melting into the steamy pool not knowing that it was due to two knights upon a quest to conquer the hot spring for their queen and slay the mighty Korgewrath, a fools quest to be sure his victory secure.
This time however she knew she could hide longer if she just slipped out into one of the creeks that flowed from the spring... As she drifted, and minutes turned to hours she noticed for the first time in her life an unpleasant change as the water now far from the spring cooled in the night air. As the sun began to rise, unknowing of the value of patience, so did Hush from her watery form, only to find herself in a strange and new world she had never seen, each bush or butterfly and bird drawing her further from her home in her curiosity of something new.
Hours of exploring had turned to days, till she left the creek behind something she had never seen before. A cave of wood and stone, with all manner of new never seen beings about, The Lonely Inn. The greatest wonder and curiosity of them all thus far, forgetting her promise to never stray, that she must stay near Korgewrath to eat of his heart upon his death so all his anchient wisdom and knowledge would be hers, and not knowing of the 'Dragons Sight' she possessed from her many years with him. Just here now, something new and odd..her purity and innocence to all things about to change...as she enters The Lonely Inn.......
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