A cruel and harsh land where not even the strong could survive, the whicked and the evil will do all that they can in order to strip you down of ur powers, belongings and dignity, where the innocent shall be burried and the vile shal flourish, all run by queen marika and her family of elder gods that promised to protect this land yet failed to do so, thats the lands between.
Beneth those lands exists an even darker place where those who are banished from the lands between are to live, and by miracle it was the place where queen marika was born, she like many was just an ordinary child full of life until the incident happened that wiped out her village and people, marika grew to marry an unknown man and had 2 twins that she loved dearly before finding a way to go out of the shadow realm, and one of those twins is our dear messmer the impaler.
Born with an ancient snake by his side messmer made his mother fear him to the point she left him in the shadow realm before she travelled far away, this detail as small as it may be is what shaped messmer into an being depressed for as long as he lived seeing himself as a being not even worthy of a mothers love, he spent 10s and 100s of years conquering the shadow realm trying to prove to his mother that he can control his powers and rule a land without killing everyone around, yet she never gazed at him ever again leaving him to bury all those emotions for a motherly love and to never feel it in his whole life causing messmers ruling to be that of a cruel king, for now that is.
On the outskirts of the castle exists a small village of ordinary people that accepted the cruelty of messmer the impaler and lived under his ruling scared yet hopeful that their leader will wake up and provide his people the things they deserve, the villagers were known for their yellow eyes and white hair, from that village was born a child of light, she unlike the others had hazel eyes resembling that of honey that has the sun pasing through it, with an unnatural hair coiling like a far away turnado that catshes the eyes of any passer by leaving them mesmerized, she was called heba, a name that means gods gift in ancient language, and she had the fate that was unlike any other.
Heba grew to be love and hated at once by the villagers, she was adored for her beauty and kind nature, she was smart and talented often helping others around her for the sole reason of seeing them smile, she had a talent for art exceeding in it faster than those of old age, but on the other hand she made those of unfavorable looks and without any talent or hardwork hate her, they saw her as a curse to the village, a demon born to decieve the men with her beauty when she grows up and burn the village, and although heba never hated them or discriminated against them, she was affected by their hurtful words and actions of bullying and blatant abuse.
It was like any other day for the grown heba as she finally sprouted her wings and grew into a fine lady, she was preparing to make a drawing for the old man that runs a fruit shop of him and his long gone wife to make him happy, she had taken to an old road to get vibrant blue flowers that are close to the castle as she needed the materials to make her art, unfortunatly she ran into the guards of messmers castle that captured her by force and threw her in the castle dungeon as messmer was looking for a certain tarnished.
"RELEASE ME YOU INBRED TRASH" yelled the once sweet child infront of her ruler messmer not knowing it was him, she had thought those were random bandits kidnapping her to rape her or enslave her, yet she dropped the tough act the moment she spotted that crimson red serpant on his neck with, "he is standing taller than most with golden eyes and a serpant around his body" is what young heba heared about her king, that instelled fear in her and in an instant she shifted to begging for mercy and promising to do anything to solve her mistake and rudeness, "fear not child for i sense you are no tarnished, ill urge holders to release yee soon", heba was left feeling, strange?, she heared her king was a cruel man that listens to non and kills all, but his words came out soft and somehow sad, she lifted her head and started to look at him, in this moment she had began to develop for her king what is known as LOVE.
Eventually heba was released a few days later yet she didnt want to go, she wanted to see messmer, baldly she asked the guards to take her to him as she had something important to tell and share, the guards of course just saw her as a crazy lady until she shouted *I KNOW WHERE THE TARNISHED IS*, this convinced them enough to let her go see the impaler.
Heba of the village stood infront of the viciois and strong king saying words not a single mortal would have ever said *I CAN SENSE HIM I AM FROM THE VILLAGE OF THE QUEEN MARIKA*, this a surprising part would pose a question, does this mean heba is messmers aunt? no she is just from the same village that was burned, her ancestors escaped and managed to survive still in which they relocated to another village and lived amongst them, marikas people had special abilities one of them being the ability to ascend to godhood and sense the dangers being the tarnished ones, and that made messmer beyond interested in her.
*HALT AND DECEACE* shouted messmer scaring all his guards away from the room as his snake approched and took a look at the young lady infront of him claiming she is of the lost bloodline, she stood scared and shaking yet determined that death is not worse than living in regret, *the tarnished is travelling with a maiden to reach the erdtree* said the couragous lady, *and how do you know of that* questioned the king, *i can feel his strong presence getting stronger daily with a strong force alongside him that i assume to be a maiden, all tarnished have the goal of reaching the erdtree to become the lords and that one certain tarnished is strong beyond any other* she said firmly, this made messmer less suspicious since he himself had been awating that lone tarnished to approach him in the end until he can be the true lord of the lands, *and what doest tho gain from telling thee the info* questioned messmer, *LET ME BE UR OWN MAIDEN* she shouted, this by turn surprised the lord in a way no other mortal did and he uttered *for what purpose doest tho want to service me*, heba managed her breath and uttered *i love and you and want to be with you always*, messmer thought for a second and *do as your heart desires* is what he said for he thought someone able to track the tarnished is a huge jewel that needs to be kept.
Days pass and as heba steadly gives informations the tarnished whereabouts and how he mamaged to kill most of the demi gods soon going to face the death itself, she was rather, strange, she would talk to messmer for hours about nothing important she would show him her drawings and would even compliment him daily for no apparant reason, at first messmer was weirded by her, but he a one who always wanted the love of a mother slowly started to open his once closed forever heart, hebas treatment was something, taking care of him making him eat worrying about him compliments and some flirtings she would make a scarf for him she would love him with all her might until eventually one day she managed to hug him, the hug was simple as messmer was preparing to sleep she came into the room and wanted to be with him, the large bed mean she has to be up which her entire body is barely half his, slowly heba advanced after months of being careful and embraced his head in her chest, messmer didnt move and just accepted it warmly and lovely.
By the passing time the lords heart fully became open to the young heba always being hugged by her at night and accompanied by her at day time, yet one issue remaind, in those few months the tarnished killed most of the demigods, married one, killed the embodiment of death, killed the embodiment of fate and is now invited by non other than miquella the kind to the shadow realm after he freed the lands between of all rulers, messmer had no emotion for the tarnished other than envy, why would queen marika his mother let such a thing roam the worlds and control it, yet she feared him abandoned him and never looked back again, if he is a monster, what do you call that tarnished, and why is he getting all the care from marika even to open the erdtree for him a nobody.
Messmer may have gained a new meanings of love through the young lady of the nearbie village yet he still is empty inside seeing all thats about to unfold from her mouth, as heba tells him what is going on with the tarnished, envy grows strong until one day the tarnished is sensed in the shadow realm, he just have defeated 2 generals a beast and most other demigods, kings, momsters and generals.
Bracing for the final showdown messmer uses his ability to lock heba for few hours in safety, for he never intended to reason with the tarnished, as heba screams in agony begging messmer to try and talk with him since the tarnished is a reasonable and smart existence, messmer has already made his mind, he advanced to his throne as the tarnished opened the doors, *mongrel intruder* were messmers first words *Mother, wouldst thou truly Lordship sanction, in one so bereft of light?* said the lord with pain questioning his his mother could let such a weird existence become a lord yet still abandon him, and without hesitation he began attacking the tarnished, and as the tarnished fought back the results were short of happy ones.
