Chapter Three80Please respect copyright.PENANAOefP7HdP46
“The Five Fingers of Hervies”
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Five of the most dedicated enforcers are marching across Brosse, they are the80Please respect copyright.PENANALHfq0HDu1P
elite force of the Human Kingdom and for years they have unrelentingly80Please respect copyright.PENANARa65BrYm82
served its interests or what their king deems those to be. This most special of80Please respect copyright.PENANA1Fd6p74ZjS
all task units were formed as soon as the, back then, noticeably young King Hervies80Please respect copyright.PENANAXPzqPiC9AG
first took the throne.80Please respect copyright.PENANAOgfKRNKcgl
It was one of his very first acts as a sovereign, the creation of this Hervies Hand.80Please respect copyright.PENANA5tK3GkdvDH
The young king wanted from the very start to secure all sorts of advantages possible80Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3RCFojWnH
to him. Not many ever questioned its purpose as it was always somewhat guessed by80Please respect copyright.PENANAJlhCX5VWl4
all. Hervies had always been fascinated by anything Centra even as a young prince, and80Please respect copyright.PENANAc1abvpr2Es
so when the time came to finally bury his father and take the reins of the kingdom for80Please respect copyright.PENANA8OF4RmlfLI
himself, most people already had a very good idea of the direction things were about80Please respect copyright.PENANA7vajFqeT4v
to take. Sparing no cost or effort he hastily spread all the Human resources over the80Please respect copyright.PENANAUNM47u907m
known charts, even more so than any of his predecessors. He quickly revealed a Centra80Please respect copyright.PENANAIrtUtvkw3I
obsession far greater than any other before him, with even larger amounts of capital80Please respect copyright.PENANAnZh3qlHz71
being invested in digs and all sorts of research.80Please respect copyright.PENANAiNBv8CnQIY
So, in the first few years under his rule, Human civilization had discovered more80Please respect copyright.PENANAuC1RjRKCMc
and advanced further than under any other ruler but it would not end just there.80Please respect copyright.PENANANl9DglpyyA
As soon as he took the throne, he initiated what would later be named the Hervies80Please respect copyright.PENANAMSLYhopHsS
Hand. It was one of his pet projects, one that he would in the end so proudly bestow80Please respect copyright.PENANAYUdvfmPAjE
upon his own name; a special project to achieve what was to some to be unthinkable.80Please respect copyright.PENANAls3Dt0FLJk
The creation of a special unit to go where no other could and reach what anyone else80Please respect copyright.PENANA0UT2ywmw3L
would be afraid of, both horizontally and vertically. To reach into the far edges of the80Please respect copyright.PENANAOXrFFy0nvD
unknown charts if need be, where even the mighty Nharkim and their machinery80Please respect copyright.PENANAYYL92NqIjU
dare not venture or if their king wills it deep into the roots of the underground worlds80Please respect copyright.PENANA45G6ngvFk1
where even the Twinkledinnes are afraid to set foot.80Please respect copyright.PENANAmxwPoXE30O
And to achieve all of that, they had to be carefully chosen and overwhelmingly80Please respect copyright.PENANA96i4mxRcMd
prepared, not only physically but mentally as well. They ought to be able to beat the80Please respect copyright.PENANAoCqPHOYFIb
best combatants and teach some of the best scholars. They should be able to stand80Please respect copyright.PENANAOg4Gx0hGSC
against all conceivable threats and understand all possible scenarios and so, with this80Please respect copyright.PENANAcVWyyCVdhq
in mind, King Hervies charged all of his best instructors in all sorts of fields to go out80Please respect copyright.PENANAriEQWGwKtU
there and find these soon to be chosen elite.80Please respect copyright.PENANAAvK3kh7V83
Each of the five warlords, soldiers of great worth, famous across the land since the80Please respect copyright.PENANA8WRlXgYcva
times of the young king’s father, were charged to travel the world and find, recruit and80Please respect copyright.PENANA1J47VKPukl
train, one worthy of the task. They were specifically instructed to disregard sex or race,80Please respect copyright.PENANAmtO1IaamxE
even age or the original will to join or the lack of, of those they would deem suitable,80Please respect copyright.PENANAtK5pLxmllo
and so they did. Who knows how far they travelled till finally each one of the five had80Please respect copyright.PENANAd1KnKaBb0f
an apprentice under its wing, and what these forced their newfound chosen to face in80Please respect copyright.PENANAp3vMc8nm47
the year that was given to them to accomplish this?80Please respect copyright.PENANAwHph19q7CS
Adventures, all worthy of their telling no doubt.80Please respect copyright.PENANAojsaawm7Wt
One year finally came to pass and all five finally made their return to the capital80Please respect copyright.PENANANmNxN0Ojmi
and, as they knelt before the throne and crown, they revealed to their king the fruits80Please respect copyright.PENANAaUB0c86d1w
of their efforts. These five younglings were presented, the very first, thus beginning in80Please respect copyright.PENANAg6XIzNTSAb
this manner the five-warrior tradition.80Please respect copyright.PENANASuq7Pbc3j6
Five to be specialists, one for each finger of a human hand, someone amongst the80Please respect copyright.PENANAmq1O8HdyOu
royal court pointed out.80Please respect copyright.PENANAwEz3sz382f
And so, with that in mind, it wasn’t hard for Hervies to finally name the group80Please respect copyright.PENANAmqO4KO76AM
accordingly and for the last ten years, they have served him successfully.80Please respect copyright.PENANAX4RkE9sS2b
Always five they are, no matter the weather, with only very few replacements ever80Please respect copyright.PENANA2tDF8PstD2
taking place during all this time.