Weekly Constellation

Nisom Lepus retells the grand story of Nisom, esteemed hunter during the reign of King Diaga. Though a shorter tale, Nisom played a great role in defining the capture and release of Magickal creatures. Out on the hunt with her crew of seven soldiers, she stumbled upon the trail of a large beast, footprints the size of twenty horse hooves. With her magick, she was able to see broken sticks, carcasses, and other rubble left from the beast as if the sun were shining upon them. Belting screams echoed out from the forest as the troop got closer, spears in hand and shields pressed to their hearts. Then, in a single moment, the giant emerged from the thicket. Large tendrils escaped its ears, trailing past a furry, beige body and three long, outstretched legs. However large the creature was, Nisom and her party were prepared, and after a small bout, the beast had been dealt with. The rest of her people cheered and danced lively, but Nisom burrowed through the shrubbery with her spear. Underneath the limp stump of a tree were three small creatures that resembled the larger beast. Their tendrils were knotted like hair and their eyes swelled with tears as they saw Nisom. She let out a sigh and told the others what they had done, though they did not seem to care much. In fact, they begged her to let them slay the babes, but she would not allow it. With these notions, rage built inside her. She lifted the animals and protected them until she returned to the Ἑκάτη Kingdom. As Diaga looked upon them, he felt little remorse and ordered they be thrown out to sea, or murdered for meat. Nisom furrowed her brow and went to Sylvia instead. While they did not understand her wont to keep them alive, she allowed her to raise them under the condition that she would kill them if they should harm others. She took the deal with grace and began to care for the cubs. Hard months of misunderstandings and lessons caused Nisom a great deal of stress, but the beasts were eventually grown enough to care for themselves. In her fear that they might begin attacking others, she asked Sylvia to allow them a place to stay. This would be the start of many reserves for magickal creatures, though there were not many during this era. Nisom would go on to live a long life, caring and treating magick beasts with kindness, while hunting for deer and the like with less-than-adequate mercy. At the end of her life, she was granted a death by old age, something not seen by many Witches. And, for her bravery and stubbornness, her constellation was given a name. This would go on to breed stories, not just of kindness for wildlife, but also tales told to toddlers in an attempt to keep them out of the woods.