Iskhala's Short Story: The Bog

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Iskhala was born in a small town in the Fey wilds just a half a days walk from a large swamp; in her town it was titled _The Bog_. Growing up she was told of a tale of a forest druid who wondered into _The Bog_ and never returned. Being taught to never trust druids due to their "dangerous habits" of exploration and it drives them into insanity. Iskhalas parents noticed her peeking interest with the ways of nature and curiosity of what lives in _The Bog_. So they did everything in their power to get her mind out of _The Bog_. So they had her training for hunting and to learn to be one like the Rangers that guard their town. But her interests still was still within that bog. One night she went out on her own, being only a child with a spear larger …show more content…
She tried to convince her parents that being a ranger wasn't for her, considering her asthma her breathing is hard to do extremely physical actions and controlling her breathing while arching. Then she brought up the idea of becoming a druid and explained everything in _The Bog_ and cast Druidcraft to make leafs appear to show how neat it is and the potential of her excelling in it. Her parents were very furious and upset of their only daughter exploring the ways of druidic when they made every point to avoid that; next thing they know she'll be gay too! (Actually... she hella gay). So they told her she cannot carry the family name of Tallshard and be a druid as well because if the town knew, they'd be brought shame so they told her that she was not allowed to go back to _The Bog_ and if she did and they knew, she wouldn't be allowed to come back home; and being 165 years old (elf years) she had to make this decision for herself. So she gathered her things and went and gathered food and survival equipment and said goodbye to her town Havadue and relocated into the swamp and went into more intimidate training into her druidic