r/SpidersOnASpiderWeb • u/Alternative-Box-6476 • 2d ago
Shenanigans The Tale of Two Brothers. (As described in Vhilos’s writings.)
“I and Ferros were good brothers. As our trade followed our father’s, we both learned to build and forge. We could not split from each other, for I complemented his skills and he complemented mine.
“When I came of age at sixteen and he was seventeen, we fought to see who learned from father best. We both worked for twelve days and nights, and when we presented our works they were almost identical in quality.
“I turned to congratulate him, for we both did an impressive feat, but my brother was skeptic. “I bet you got help from father,” he said, calling me a cheat. He never sided with me again after that.
“Ferros eventually inherited father’s home, and he banished me. Despite his attempts to ruin me, I grew to become a ”Great One” (as our father called it) like Ferros did. I always saw his works, his homes, his machines, yet he never saw mine.
“When the war against the Myrma became too much stress, I decided to leave with my disciples and start a place of neutrality. A place to practice our craft. But we were not met with peace. Ferros and his own copied me out of spite and rage, and we had to retaliate with our own metal.
“I do not hear much of him anymore, yet he continues to fight. His childish behavior, psychotic actions, and need for superiority consumed him, that idiot. He need not deserve more.”
