Brant's Rants

Kekthau – the spy-assassin sent to find the whereabouts of the plans for the energy conversion unit.

(kek-tha-u) he received the k on the end of his first syllable in his name because he foiled a plot against his faction at the age of 15 as he overheard his uncle speaking to warriors of another faction. He ran to his father who would not reveal the news to the high council of Jurn. So he bravely went to the council himself to tell them of the movements against them. He knew that it would definitely result in the death of his uncle, and probably the imprisonment and death of his father. This did not bother him. It only gave him an opportunity to surpass his father who had already shown too much mercy in his life. This was evident by the fact that his father, even in his aged state of 35 years had only two syllables in his name, and both of them ended with soft sounds to represent his weak and soft heart. Keyh, as he Kekthau was known then, Would surpass his dad in honor by placing a hard ‘k’ at the end of his name forming Keyk instead of the soft, novice name of Keyh. So, it was with these thoughts that he used every ounce of stealth that he had so carefully trained into himself in the last 10 years at the assassin’s academy to approach the meeting of his uncle on that afternoon so long ago. Continue Reading »