Editing Primordial Evolution Game/Central Legends (section)

==The VKB Kidnappings==
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Due to the wormgod's demands, the Zu-nul send new scouts to the south. They are ordered to keep an eye out for the landworms. Zhen'qual wants to know everything about them.

The scouts wings were shredded by ambush houzi, but they were swift on feet, and the bladed talons of the houzi gave them no purchase in the sand. Escape seemed to go well until artillery Houzi began bombarding the area from a distance, one scout was lost, another injured, still they fled, and escaped the slow beasts.

Setting up camp for the night and nursing their injuries they were ambushed by VietKoburrong! The bastards were even using sacred weapons gifted from the worm! Undoubtedly stolen!

The scouts were subdued by the ambushed. When they awoke they were tied to a pole with the Ry'lai elder Kthulo, who had been missing since the raid on the Ry'lai. He bore many recent scars and was missing a limb.

Kthulo is angry and bitter. Being exiled and suffering VKB interrogation, he is convinced he has been abandoned by his people in favor of a new leader. He holds strong enough to keep Ry'lai secrets to himself, giving the VKB nothing but what they already knew. His ways will die with him, not given to barbarians.

The raid leader beats Kthulo to silence him, and then turned to the scouts shouting, "YOU TELL US WHAT YOU HERE FOR! YOU TELL NOW! NOW!" The scouts were dumbfounded they they even knew their sacred tongue. They listened to its mangled accent.

He grabbed a scout and cut its flickering tongue off. "THAT ONE NO SPEAK! YOU TALK! YOU!!!" It pointed to the next scout, already horrified that his companion would never speak to the worm again. Looking down they saw another scout already dead and missing his wings and arm.

After days of grueling interrogation, another scout is murdered and they have revealed the location of their sacred Zhen'qual. One of the scouts has used its chitinous exoskeleton to work the ropes loose.

The scout quickly helps his friend out too. After she is freed too, the scouts begin to asses the situation. They are unable to fly, as their wings have been shredded, but they must find a way out. They also decide to free the other prisoner.

As they spot the sacred dagger on the brutish infidel, grim determination sets in their mind. They move towards him, and with one sting, of their paralyzing poison, they attempt to kill him and loot the dagger. Their stings had little effect. To keep the guard quiet they choke the Koburrog to death.

The koburrog had some explosives. With a bit of poetry they spark a light and quickly escaped. A moment later there is an explosion. A few days later the scouts return to Zhen'qual with the Ry'lai elder.

The scouts are tended with care, and the one whose tongue wasn't cut out, connects to the Hazuvaat. The memories Zhen'qual extract show the brutality of these infidels. A deep hatred for these insolent creatures forms within her mind. These barbarians dare to harm the servants of the desert gods? This will not stand. However the tribe was too weak for vengeance, and the summoning ritual does not attract anything.

The strange guest the scouts brought with them is also tended by the suzumou, at least to the best of their abilities. By an off chance, one of the tenders connects to the nerve endings of the creature with her tongue, melding their minds for a moment. As the creature is alien to the suzumou, the connection isn't as clear cut as the one between the worm or other suzumou.

The Ry'lai elder Kthulo communicates surprisingly well in ideas. They learn of his displacement from the Ry'ai tribe and of his suffering, and of his race. It is determined that the worm god itself should interface with the creature.

The strange creature is brought to one of the Hazuvaat's chambers. There, his tentacles are placed upon the open nerve flesh of the wormgod. The worm peers to the mind of the floater. The worm learns all there is to know about Kthulo without mentally dominating it. The Worm knows its name and language, in turn the worm teaches Kthulo its name and language.