imagine for a moment the desert the shifting Sands the sweltering heat the rising Ash and shaking Earth A Wasteland for many filled with famine and fear but imagine now a city in the dunes dirty as a rock mobile as the sand Marin the Eternal City host to a royal line of sand Mages and the queen who is beautiful a queen who was loved by all and the Queen who was sick now it is said that the two marinian princes no I cannot write this like a bystander me and my brother meant to save her and
so imagine you were me the runt elder brother the failure ask yourself where else could you turn where else but Magic [Music] you wake up in the bumpy carriage ride blink blery eyes to find your brother in front of you looking at you not much longer now he says and you turn away to look upon the dunes as you pass them you stretch out your hands and the sand gains life and animals made of sand to dance in the Dune then you turn around and the Animals turn back to dust you look to the back
of the carriage where your mother the queen lies frail and weak you watch as your brother holds her hand and you pray for her just a moment longer please mother just a moment longer we're almost there and after a moment there it lies on the dust Horizon the pillar of life you your brother and your mother make your way to the pillar you bend the sand to your will skating on the dunes like I and so it does not take long to reach the Colossal Stone piercing from Dune to Star you could not even see
its end you and your brother went through endless Toms Scrolls and artifacts to find this your last hope of saving her all right he says you know the runes and you mark them in the sand the Rune of healing the ru of protection guidance and comfort but then you stop brother are you sure of this he stops too and watches you do you love our mother he asks you and you nod of course and why would you fight for her a tear forms on your cheek and he softens look Nico listen to me I know
I'm being harsh with you but trust me now it'll all be over soon brother you nod and then Mark the other runes in the sand under the pillar the Rune of Decay the the Rune of the Dead the blood Rune after a moment it is time you and your brothers stand on opposing sides of the runic Circle your mother slumps in the center the Sands Rumble in anticipation and the pillar starts to shine a golden hue say the words with me brother you nod and begin from Sand to sand the earthquakes and the Whirlwind of
sand surrounds you and your brother they call upon the Dune Walker the pillar glows like a descending star above you and your brother nods Dune Walker Hear My Call raise up the Fallen sand before you and spare her life the sand Roars around you amidst the shaking Earth and then you see it as you say the words a figure of Shifting Mist descends from the height of the pillar as it falls heat sweltering heat surrounds you and sand whips you like an executioner the dust Quakes and awe of the God's presence the Dune Walker it
looks upon you and to your brother stays there as most do and though it does not speak it asks something of him then he takes a moment an eternity and The Tear falls down his cheek as he raises a finger right at you what Mal what's your eyes go wide in shock as a god extends a hand toward you and the blood in your body begins to move brushing toward any exit it can find your eyes your ears your mouth mouth and rushes toward her cleansing her healing her and as the light starts to go
out and you realize his betrayal tears fall but you smile for at least now your brother can be whole again I love you you whisper as you collapse and when the sand takes you the last sound you hear [Music] is the sand is cool around your skin you try to open your eyes eyes you can feel your time is almost come you look toward the distance you don't know how you're still conscious then you hear it first a slithering in the distance then a ravenous striding underneath the sand something is coming and as you look
upon the Horizon with eyes halfway closed you wonder if the people will mourn you or perhaps sing songs of Joy the Elder failure unchosen by Dune Walker unchosen by anyone on you breathe in and it arrives and looks upon you the sand worm you've heard midst of its Radiance hiding beneath the surface but in person words to not describe what it is in person A fitting end you think a noble end and it swallows you being swallowed is an unfortunate experience digestion will not make for the best of songs you think the acid in the
stomach might also burn but but with being digested always is slow and you feel something even stranger it's like the liquid of the sand worm's stomach is flowing through you like blood it creates pathways through your skin and rides through it and everywhere it goes you feel strange imperfections are healed bruises are forgotten the blue tide reforges you in the crystallin womb of the sandworm you were [Music] reborn living in Marin is hard but leaving the city is even harder especially with all these guards chasing you as you walk toward the city Gates and you're
disguise as a leper people turn away from you and flee at the sight of you and your mouth stretches into a grin almost at the gates almost there finally you approach the checkpoint guard and he looks down at you then snear papers and as you hand them in you make sure to cough on them with the full force of your sickness you extend the hand and he shakes his head just go on you hear guard screaming close it down they call Lord Malachi's orders you quickly Shuffle past the checkpoint guard and he yells stop but
you run and do not stop to see if he is chasing you you don't stop for anything as you run through the desert away from the city and him you frown because you know the only place where he will not catch you is the most dangerous part in all the desert the Dune wild no matter you've braved harsher battles this will not end you and so you go and go and go and after months of travel you finally arrive the Dune wild it's every bit the hellscape you imagine sand Striders and Abyss Walkers you've managed
to avoid them for now but you know it's only a matter of time that's why as you sleep in the hollow cave you made for yourself you frown when you hear the thump outside a single thump think a dune Walker but a thump nonetheless you go outside to see what it is and you come face to face with a man buried in a hollow layer of sand as if encased in a womb your eyes go wide and you get to digging you wake up to water splashed on your face is this death you feel so
strange and in front of you lies a young girl with dark hair and even darker eyes she looks at you are you a mad man or a fool your mind spins and you hold your head what is that God awful thumping do you hear that you ask her okay I have my answer she replies I do you know where you are this is the Dune wild the most dangerous place in all the desert people don't take naps here and have you seen your eyes they're The Bluest thing I've ever seen bleeding sapphires I just need
a moment what's the last thing you remember and my mother wait wait who rules Marin she scoffs and PS out a sword who are you what do you know of Marin you look at her frustration building up why isn't she answering you why your sword turns to sand what her eyes go wide God's above you're Royal I need to go you stand up remembering everything wait she calls for you I need your help I've been looking for you I left the city in search of you you march out of the cave which way to Marin
you ask her she points South I need to talk to you she says talk and walk child the sun beads down above you as you and the young girl Laurel March through the dunes from Marin he's a mad man she tells you Lord Malachi ever since you died Lord that's strange not King no the queen still Reigns you stop she does she does Laurel frowns I do not know what it is that happened to her her but she has never been the same since geez I do not know if we possess a word in our
tongue for what she is know this every month Lord Malachi calls everyone in anyone of royal blood that he can find and they enter a room with the queen and though the queen comes out they never do you scowl Mal Lo it become this and that thumping but then you hear them wrestling sand a croaking in the heat a figure in the Mist sand Striders lauro calls out and you frown you don't have time for this I I think we need to go no no no more running the army of sand strates lunge toward you
bearing fangs but you take that Spear and deflect them carrying blows like the sand Beneath Your Feet you are changed but once would have been a lethal battle simple for you now you glide through the Striders like carving Butter King death to wherever you go your eyes shine a radiant blue and it's like you can see what they're going to do a second before they do it you carve through them all just selding against the Eternal tide of nightmares unable to catch a breath unable to think of anything but the essence of combat but this
is a dune Wild and the Army is unending and you're growing tired ah that thumping it's reached the breaking point now and there's a myriad beasts surround you you reach into your mind toward that thumping what was that you heard that that me and all the Dune wild there it is again the creatures stop one thumb is a mere coincidence three three is time to go and there it lies on the horizon we need to go but you stay something in your heart maybe your heart itself is telling you to stay and so you do
and when the worm arrives and swallows the army of monsters without even noticing them and looks upon you it takes you in and lowers its neck as if bowing and you take it in and step forward you turn around and reach out to Laura take my hand girl she pales in shock and takes [Music] it being King no that's not right being Lord of Marin is tiring every day new petitions protect me gift me heal me as if you were their God cure my failing leg make the maiden love me they can all rot all
but her your mother the queen you look at the time today's the day the day of the offering so as you walk down the castle walkways toward her room the nearby guard regales you with Tales of a rumbling from out near the Dune wild he scoff and laugh it off no one survives there you say don't bother me with such nonsense again you enter the room and make eye contact with your mother so beautiful her skin hangs off her shaking body and teeth as long as the sand Striders fall from her mouth her eyes are
red bloodshot and she growls hungry easy Mother worry not the next reaping is arriving soon you'll get your blood she screeches at you not understanding but no matter she doesn't need to do anything leave it to me mother these past years with her they've been the best of your life mother is your best friend the only one who loves you some might deem her wild and unnatural but they could never know a mother's love where were they when you sought to end yourself nowhere but mother is there a mother's love is sicker than skin it
stretches through time across lifelines and boundaries a mother's love is a promise I promise mother I promise mother you will be with me [Music] forever you stare across the throne room at this month's reaping you Lounge on the throne Made of Stone as you count them eight people of Royal Blood finally he noded to one of the guards and he escorts the first one forward name Leon pel parentage of Adria yard and the guard leads him away to the Queen's room Asha araria Aon giant Bane Dario Gregorio bat theat a final figure approaches cloaked and
Barefoot with sand beneath their feet who are you Nomad you ask and The Voice Answers hello you look upon the face of your daughter Laurel where have you been I've had the whole Kingdom searching for you why so you could feed me to her too don't believe the lies he's here to feed you to a monster to my grandmother keep your voice down child I would never liar just come here I think not you scoff guards SE her they move toward her and then then the door to the throne room opens and sand drifts in
Wild untamed and the Desert Wind follows it along with a man he looks toward you and time stops brother hello Mal Nico that that's impossible I saw you die and here I stand you look to your daughter can you see him or is this I assure you brother this is real a tear falls down your cheek brother how I've missed you you rush toward him and embrace him strangely he Embraces you back I do not begrudge you what you de brother I'm Glad You Weep as he consoles you have good food and and wine where
is she what where's mother you stop she's she's safe the guards tense you turn nervously towards her room but you look away instantly that something tells you that he saw that that he saw you he takes a step where are you going Nico let's eat let's talk after I kill her everyone stops what did you say I'm going to kill her Mal this torture you've done has gone on too long you stop look into his eyes is that pity you regard Malachi your younger brother the King on his strange Stone throne and you have pity
on him he step but the guard Close to You grabs your shoulder his hand turns to sand and he screams brother I will not hurt you but do not stop me in this be brave brother it is time I can't let you do that you stare at him cold Fury will you stop me the swords of all the guards turn to dust at your feet and you look at him not me he says then then your blood drops and you real realize why this Throne is made of Stone from Sand to sand the pillar the
stone of the throne room is made from the pillar of Life which means the rumbling comes quickly and the throne shines with incandescent flame a flame you know well the god comes then Dune Walker M looks at you familiar look as a god turns to him and he makes a silent request pointing at you you take a deep breath and use sand to push Laurel and everyone else out to the throne room it's you your brother and the god beside him the Dune Walker looks down on you and then you call upon the beating of
Your Heart Like A Drum the rumbling intensifies and Screams Come From the lower city as a massive sandb makes its way underneath them tearing foundation and soil alike it breaks through the castle floors and stands beside you you face your brother in the Dune Walker and mount the worm beside you it does not have to be this way you tell him M turns away and you look upon each other for a moment in eternity and sand takes flight tides of sand largest castle walls clash in The gales of your Fury the god of the doomed
is a tall figure and He commands the sand with unparalleled skill but you were twice born once in cowardice and once in the worm's blood through it all you've come to realize that yes you are pray yet has never left but fear is the Anvil of Bravery your brother good a man as he is is blind to that but you take hold of it fear fear can be the mind killer it can also free you take hold of that fear let it fill you consume you then withstand it and be brave that is what she
would want be brave and as you leap off the sand worm and lunge through the air you mold a lance of solid sand in your hand and thrust it toward the Dune Walker and as the sand pierces through you push with all your might and let it come out the other side side the dust settles and you are alone with him you raises his chin up and me first before her please you look upon him and turn away her room is dark and quiet you walk for a moment then you hear her growling near the
corner of the bed and you take in the side of her skin hanging off bloodshot eyes here mother you reach out and embrace her and then she bites into your neck taking your blood you pierce her through with the same spear tears falling heartbeating and you think to yourself be [Music] brave by the way I started patreon please check it out for my scripts or to Simply support the channel so I can make more videos more frequently and of the higher quality this story itself was voted on by the patrons so please check it out
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