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I figured that since I did Barius as a card that I might as well make a trilogy of them for FWA. So, here's Sryinx the young albino deer acolyte from the temple caste.
Sryinx was probably given to the temple in infancy because of his albinism. In this society if a child is born with a deformity they are turned over to the temple for 'care'. In actuality it's a way to insure that people born with defects don't pass them on. It's not a terribly bad life as the children are educated and learn to read and write. The temple makes its money by selling the contracts of the alcolytes for people who need scribes and also to the nobility to tutor their children.
Sryinx was granted Barius' holdings and freedom in return for becoming the equivalent of a living book. He was to tell the tale of Silver and Barius as a warning for people who sought power beyond their caste and station. Considering Sryinx was all of sixteen at the time it was a pretty sweet deal, since the best he had hoped for was a rich contract that he would work off in a couple of decades and then find employment as a tutor or a scribe elsewhere.
Of course he isn't nobility and isn't completely free of his caste. He isn't allowed to marry and if he fathers any children they become the property of the temple and he'll have to pay a very hefty fine.
Still, his life was comfortable and very noneventful after the events of the story, and he did as he was told and made sure that all knew what happens when you try to cross the gods and step above your lot in life.
I just want to hug the little guy
Sryinx was probably given to the temple in infancy because of his albinism. In this society if a child is born with a deformity they are turned over to the temple for 'care'. In actuality it's a way to insure that people born with defects don't pass them on. It's not a terribly bad life as the children are educated and learn to read and write. The temple makes its money by selling the contracts of the alcolytes for people who need scribes and also to the nobility to tutor their children.
Sryinx was granted Barius' holdings and freedom in return for becoming the equivalent of a living book. He was to tell the tale of Silver and Barius as a warning for people who sought power beyond their caste and station. Considering Sryinx was all of sixteen at the time it was a pretty sweet deal, since the best he had hoped for was a rich contract that he would work off in a couple of decades and then find employment as a tutor or a scribe elsewhere.
Of course he isn't nobility and isn't completely free of his caste. He isn't allowed to marry and if he fathers any children they become the property of the temple and he'll have to pay a very hefty fine.
Still, his life was comfortable and very noneventful after the events of the story, and he did as he was told and made sure that all knew what happens when you try to cross the gods and step above your lot in life.
I just want to hug the little guy
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Cervine (Other)
Size 849 x 600px
File Size 434.9 kB
Random thought here: During the events of the story, Sryinx said that he was there to record the events of Silver's "ascension" to at least demigodhood/sainthood, he was likely aware that this was just part of Barius's plot to take advantage of her popularity and secret history. But after bearing witness to her butchering the other acolytes and Barius in a blind rage and cowering before her, something tells me that even if he didn't buy the whole ascension story himself, he probably can't shake that she was an instrument of divine will, sent to punish those who overstepped their place in life due to pride and ambition. I certainly wouldn't blame him for thinking that.
It's hard to say. He had been recently assigned to the temple so he didn't know the people that well. He'd studied the history and the story well enough to chronicle it, but he also survived out of sheer luck. He'd been out of view when the massacre happened and stayed hidden until he though it was safe. By rights he should have been one of the bodies on the floor, and I think that, if anything, is what he attributes to divine will.
Whenever I poke at Sryinx's personality I get the vibe that he's just really mild and quiet. He doesn't have strong opinions about much of anything, which makes him a really great impartial narrator. But I hope I never have to actually write anything about him directly because it may break me.
Whenever I poke at Sryinx's personality I get the vibe that he's just really mild and quiet. He doesn't have strong opinions about much of anything, which makes him a really great impartial narrator. But I hope I never have to actually write anything about him directly because it may break me.
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