The world wasn't alway so cruel, but but as resources and benefits begin to be hogged by the strong, the weak begin to become smarter in order to survive. That's what people call evolution, but how can one discover with science something that is purerly spiritual in nature?

15Day of the Red Sun Year 187

Its a hot summer day and Xeor now roamed in his little territory, a small kingdom of his own in the middle of the collosal woods. Xeor heard a small noice as if someone approached his Territory as without a second thought he roared and shouted.

(Xeor)-Who dares enter my territory, Show your self!

His friend Gulf appeared frightened out of the forest behind him.

(Gulf)-Sorry Xeor...Hey wait a moment! what do you mean your territory, this is a hunting ground far away outside the village!

(Xeor)-Not anymore, I have marked the trees arround here, that makes this my terrirory!

(Gulf)-I don't think anyone does that anymore Xeor, I think my great grand dad said it was pointless and plainly stupid

(Xeor)-I don't care, if you want to hunt in here, you have to fight me

(Gulf)-Why not, lets go!

(Xeor)-Draw your claws then, this is not like the fake duels we did before be a man already!

(Gulf)-Are you for real who would want to get scratches all over just for fun and say that to anyone else and you'll see what will happen

(Xeor)-Why exactly did you even come here for if not to hunt

(Gulf)-Well I wasn't really hunting so I don't think we have to fight but are you sure that you would fight anyone, you know there are plenty of warriors stronger than you in our village

(Xeor)-Chicken, you just don't want to fight, now go back to your mommy!

(Gulf)-Well you will regret what you said for sure, when everyone hears about this there will be plenty of trouble for you Xeor!

(Xeor)-Just quit your loser talk and get out of my territory! You overgrown baby!

(Gulf)-You'll see I will get my own territory and you will not be welcome there

Said Gulf as he left angry and thrustrated since he was scolded the other day by his parents for coming home too late in the night, Xeor roared as Gulf left as if he had achieved a victory or something, truth be told his roar could be heard a long way and made quite an impression on many lionmen.

Most lionmen don't roar cause it scares the animals away making it harder for the females to hunt but his roar froze every animal in the forest in fear. Those close to his location begun running away and that day the women had a great hunt. Although Xeor himself was left hungry.

Lionmen can stay hungry for a day or two as if it was nothing and even thirst strikes once a day or none. Xeor had selected a strange spot to settle as it was close to the river and quite far from the village, making it quite a dangerous spot for hunting but since his roar would only scare the animals towards either the boarmen's side or the lionmen's both didn't seem to care much about him.

You'll probably ask how come he is not near the village as he said. Well you see Xeor has a peculiar problem when it comes to directions, but he makes up for it with his great instinct and talent at tracking. Well at least that helps him sometimes to find his way but he does get

lost a lot.

The ones most happy upon hearing his roar however were his parents whom instantly recognised his voice.

Two months had passed and Xeor's roars had now become a daily occurance cause he roared everytime someone tried to enter his hunting spot or left it. Many males in particular had begun to grow tired of it while guarding their homes.

12day of Purple Rain year 187

In a small dark hole a young lionman aproached his father, it was short and looked rather weak but with mischievous eyes

(young lionman)-Dad why doesn't someone shut him up already its been two months already.

(Dad lionman) well he lives quite far away and the women have not problem with it so why should anyone challenge him, not that there's anyone who would like to claim his spot anyway

(young lionman)-Why don't you just give him a lesson?

(Dad lionman)-Well you see Jix, he is even younger than you as it seems, so why don't you yourself go give him a lesson

Jix's father Rath said with a smirk on his face

(Jix)-Why not, I will make him shut up and run back to his mommy

(Rath)-That's my boy, be careful of boarmen out there they can be rather nasty if they gang up on you

Jix left rather hastely without hearing his father's advice.

(Rath)-What will I do with that boy, if only he was a little taller I could have been proud of him but if he defeats that Xeor, maybe everything will solve itself

Far away in the forest Jix was running as fast as he could through

the forest and thought out loud.

(Jix)-That old man he never liked me one bit, he always makes it sound like I am weak, I'll show him by defeating that lion brat how strong I really am

Funny family don't you find, well in a society where the strongest have the best treatment and the weak live under their shadow. Not much different from modern society but even so in this era of beasts the law of the fittest is the one and only law. Well it's not in my rights to judge them.

Wait, Jix has now entered Xeor's territory and a great roar froze him in place, the same moment he took a single step beyond the trees marked with Xeor's claws.

The roar was unexpectably stronger up close and left Jix frozen for at least a few seconds but Xeor was nowhere to be seen.

Jix silently and carefully looked around expecting an ambush but he could find no clue leading to one. He moved stealthily closer and closer to the roar's origin.

While moving around a tree he caught a glimpse of Xeor who was ignorantly eating some animal he had just caught.

He tried to come a bit closer but Xeor jumped from his place and rushing at him swang his mighty fist, scratching the tree.

Jix was lucky to be short cause if he were a bit taller his eyes would now be blind, unlike how he just lost some hair and Xeor surprisingly stopped his attacks.

(Xeor)-Are you kiding me, what's a kid doing here

(Jix)-I'm no kid I am a warrior even older then you

(Xeor)-Hard to believe, but as If I care, beat it kid you transpassed into my territory!

(Jix)-Not without a duel and I'm not a kid

Jix swang his claws at him making Xeor jump backwards in response.

(Xeor)-Well since you are still a kid I will beat you with just my paws

The fight would have been on if Fren hadn't just showed up out of nowhere.

(Fren)-Xeor, I came looking for you, your mother told me to bring you some food cause you do a great job even my mother agreed to it

(Xeor)-Can't you wait a bit, I'm just to having a mock fight with this kid who wants a duel

(Fren)-Xeor you know, that's not a kid, aren't you Jix the shorty?

(Jix)-Don't you dare call me that.

Jix jumped towards Xeor swinging his claws at him, but he was just evading them as if he was fighting with a child

(Xeor)-So what, I don't even need to use my claws for someone so small and weak as you!

(Fren)-I don't know Xeor, he is said to be quite a good fighter at least among his age

(Xeor)-Well I don't really care about rumors but enough of words already I think I should start

(Jix)-Fight already, you numbskull!

Both lionmen charged at each other. Xeor was being pushed back at first cause Jix used his claws quite well, but Xeor patiently waited for an opening and once Jix scratched him with

his claws once. Xeor kneeled and jumped at him and just in one moment Jix was on the ground and Xeor's paw at his neck.

(Xeor)-Well you didn't fight bad for a midget, maybe if you get a bit taller you will be able to fight equaly against me one day

Jix pushed his paw away and stood up with one hop

(Jix)-Don't think you won yet, I will be back!

(Fret)-But you lost and pretty badly at that, he could have just ripped your neck with his claws you know

(Xeor)-hey Fren don't scare the kid he might start crying

Jix left irritated and crying in the inside, on the way his voice was heard by both Xeor and Fren.

(Jix)-I will definetly win next time!

(Xeor)-You see now Fren, you made the kid cry

(Fren)-Well, you might be right I really didn't think Jix would lose to you so badly, he is quite famous for his fighting capabilities after all

(Xeor)-As if that kid was a warrior, such a crybaby will need years of training before he can call himself a warrior of our tribe

(Fren)-Ah shut it Xeor, you lost to Gulf who's lost to almost everyone in the village after you left, making you look as the weakest warrior of all

(Xeor)-What, how the heck did that happen?

(Fren)-Well he was boasting that he had beaten you many times and many wanted to see how strong you were but they all used their claws making Gulf into a punching sack, well you know how duels are

(Xeor)-How come non has come to challenge me?

(Fren)-Hello? Are you an idiot you leave miles away from the village, even finding your territory is difficult you could at least had chosen a less dangerous spot than next to the boarmen

(Xeor)-What do you mean dangeous, even animals seem scarce in my territory

(Fren)-That's cause you roar too much even the lionmen in the village can hear you through thousants of trees, why wouldn't the rest of the animals

(Xeor)- Nah, you're just Jealous, cause I have become a real warrior

(Fren)-You are right and most of all of that great luck you have, how can you even be alive after two months, thinking of it makes me wonder

(Xeor)-Well there's a river nearby so I can fish and If there's a problem I can always hide in the forest so it seemed perfect, why would anyone die here?

(Fren)-One of these day you'll see how perfect it is being neighbor with the boarmen

(Xeor)-Don't make a big deal out of them, they are as weak as any other animal , they even need to group in order to hunt, right?

(Fren)-Don't take them lightly, they will probably sent full grown adults and we are still young, with time they will seem like nothing but can you beat even one adult from our village

(Xeor)-Don't know, non has dared enter my turf

(Fren)-Don't get too cocky Xeor, no respected adult would leave his lair to come to the borders to fight a youngster

(Xeor)-Oh, don't be such a killjoy, I'm sure they will appear eventualy

(Fren)-Just don't try anything stupid with the boarmen, I must leave now so good luck, warrior Xeor ,heh heh

Fren left after giving him the package as fast as he could. Well truth be told the boarmen had become a bit more hostile due to the huge increse in population, they became more expansional in their ways and it wouldn't be strange if they attacked them any time soon.

A year passed like a breeze as Xeor became more and more famous in the forest and many young lionmen lost to him cause of that but nothing had changed in young Xeor's life.

I would like to Stray from the story once again and talk to you a bit about the boarmen. I know there was a lot of talk about them and probably this is not necessary but I insist.

Boarmen as the name implies have the head of a boar, a lot of fur and most are fat, they can eat anything but they prefer meat.

Their legs have trotters instead of normal feet and they tend to be slow at running but in the many years they have adopted to a strange Jogging style of running.

Although they look fat, their endurance is something else, they can even ran for more days than a lionman but not as fast of course. They are rather agressive and boorish in beheaviour.

They hunt in teams and live in three large tribes. The closest of the three is the "Green fur" tribe who live close to the river, next is the "Snot deaths" tribe and last and almost near the edge of the forest are the "Bloody tusks".

The lionmen mostly fight with the "Green fur" and the the "Snot death" Tribes.

The Green fur tribe uses leafs as a camouflage, from there comes the name, and hunt in large groups. Their Tribe is mostly composed of many tiny villages each of which about fifty boarmen big. They are not very hostile but they do multiply at a threatening pace.

The Snot deaths are located arround the northen edges of the forest and they even leave the forest from time to time to hunt. The name comes from their attitude to exhale forcerfully and many times at their enemies, before they die, most of the times.

The Bloody tusks are located at the eastern edges of the forest and like the "Snot death" tribe they live in one big city. They only hunt outside the forest and tend to rush at any enemy piercing him with their tusks. Known to be real stupid.

I will end here for now.