[The Hunter of Jahanna]

Part 2:

In the deepst part of the forest the hunter buried Ersebeth at the foot of an ancient redwood.As soon as the last shovelfull of earth was turned the Hunter felt the slithering presense of the forests darker spirits again. They whispered of vengeance and bitterness. They offered power in exchange for service.The hunter resisted at first,but the evil of the forest was cuning and had watched the hunter for years. The dark spirits knew all his weaknesses and exploited them all. They new of his deep desire for revenge. He was assaulted with visions of happieness and his yet unborn children , only to have them replaced with the laughing faces of the druids."She is not of the forest" kept ringing in his ears allong with the sounds of laughter. In the end the hunter was no match for the combined need of the evil in the forest. He agreed to the spirits wishes. In exchange for the power to have his revenge he would have to destroy the wards the druids placed on the evil shades.
The transformation from man into forest demon was painfull to the point of driving the hunter mad. The spirits flayed away his flesh and remade him from the inside out. Every cell of his being was imbued with the raw power of the elements. Everycell was also twisted to a dark purpose. When they were done the man no longer existed. He was a beast of unstopable power with complete dominion over the elements of fire,earth,air and water. In a rage the hunter unleashed his new powers on his once beloved forest.He fired vortexes of wind down forest trais uprooting trees and killing anything that couldnt get out of the way. He called down great pilars of flame into the trees turning the woods into an inferno.The hunter made the earth itself churn like and angry sea killing anything that dared to show itself in the face of his grief. He saved the greatest part of his fury for the druids who had turned his forest against him. He rode into their enclave encased within a cyclone. THe druids sentrys were encased in living stone that flowed up over them like water. Some of the druids were torn apart in small cyclones ,others were incinerated with elemental fire. The Hunter created javelins of ice to drive into the backs of any druid who tried to escape. He finaly saw hs prize as the Grand druid came into view. The hunter had the ground swallow the Great druid up for safekeeping as he killed the rest of the Order of the Oak. When the hunter was done all that remained of the forest was the redwood that was Ersebeths head stone, the stone seal on the spirits cavern , and the Archdruid.
THe hunter said "look what your arrogance has cost you. For killing my love and turning the forest against me I have destroyed it and you are next".

"This is the exact reason we did what we did!!"the druid shot back," Dont you see how that womans sorcery has twisted you? Even in death her taint remains!"

"SILENCE!!" the Hunter roared."Open the seal you set upon the cavern of the spirits so that my revenge might be complete".

"never"was all the druid said.
In an instant the Hunter scooped the Archdruid up in a gust of wind and proppelled him at the seal with such force that the stone seal was shattered with the broken bodie of the druid.
As the Spirits of the forests dark urges left their prison behind they gave the Hunter a warning.
"remember who you serve when we come calling"

The Hunter woke up from his dreams screaming.He had a forebodeing feeling that things were going to start changeing for him in his verry near future..............