#vorago

"Forgiveness" is the second work in my "Brothers" series, because I need more communication and bonding between those boys.

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"Why?"

"What?"

"Why do I still care about you, you bastard? I watched you die, and that should have felt good. You're supposed to be my enemy. But I just felt cold, and when you came back, I was relieved!" He grit his teeth, eyes flashing with unshed tears. Meliodas parted his lips slightly, face losing its hard edge.

"Zeldris…"

"Why did you leave me??" He finally blurted out. He brought a fist up to his chest and gripped the cloth there, tears finally leaking from his eyes. "Why did you leave me?? Have you regretted it? Even for a second??"

"Pomegranate" is a story in which Elizabeth accidentally takes a step to initiate courting in demon tradition. Meliodas doesn't stop her.

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She shoved a hard, red fruit in front of her, about a foot away from him, and blushed furiously, refusing to meet his eyes. "Ah-" He made a tiny, startled noise, and looked between her and it with wide eyes. She flushed even more, somehow, and wavered. "I- sorry, this was stupid, I'll just, I'll just go." She moved to beat a hasty retreat, but he snapped out of it and reached out, laughing quietly. "No, wait- Elizabeth, hold on." She paused, still embarrassed, and allowed him to reel her in by the gentle grip he had on her wrist. The pomegranate was held half against her chest by her other hand. He smiled. " Thank you , Elizabeth. Pomegranates do grow in the Underworld, last I knew. It's just rare to see them this far North, and I was surprised. Just give me a minute to finish this first, ok? Go ahead and sit down." 

"Vorago" has got to be the one I'm most proud of, so far. Not-Hendrickson releases the demon clan in the middle of Liones, but instead of attacking or fleeing, the demons seem almost... kind.

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They didn't speak, just stared at him for a minute. The silver haired one finally broke the silence, pointing to Elizabeth, who was staring with frightened eyes, hands pressed against the gash in her stomach. "You did this?"

"Yes, Prince Estarossa."

Before anyone could blink, he was hit in the face by a fist and sent flying backwards. The black haired one still had his arm partially extended, glaring at him. "Pr-Prince Zeldris?"

"Shut up. We'll deal with you in a minute."

He went over to Elizabeth and knelt down next to her, putting a careful hand on her shoulder. "May I see your wound? I won't hurt you." She stared at him for a minute, eyes calculating, before finally nodding and shifting, wincing as she did so. She uncurled a little and removed her hand. He investigated it carefully, gently prodding at and murmuring an apology when she hissed. "Good news is no organs are damaged, it's just a flesh wound. Still, we need to get that cleaned and wrapped, and soon." He slid an arm under her shoulder and picked her up, his other arm going under her legs. Estarossa, meanwhile, was glaring down the other demons, ordering them to stand down and await further instructions. 

With a population with a greater propinquity to the radical beliefs of the common Chaos Cults, Kallig needed a reliable solution to up root the radical groups which will inevitably form within his borders, and ideally one which didn’t depend on Kallig’s constant oversight to function. The solution in the form of the Justicar Orders were formed after the onset of the Knightly Revolts by the ever loyal Desolator.

Designed as a form combined security roles, the Justicars could fill any role from overt security personnel for Governors and forming Kill Teams to hunt cult leaders to creating webs of informants and surveillance throughout entire worlds which would all be at the disposal of a few reliable leaders which Kallig could ensure loyalties for. With their wide variety of roles and tasks, the Justicar Orders can as easily recruit a gangster as a Praesidium veteran for their purposes and often work outside the legal system.

The more militaristic members of the Justicars often refer to the Orders as Battalions despite the more free form nature of the organisations. At the head of each order sits a single High Marshal which deal with major coordinations of the Orders and are only superseded by Kallig and his retinues. To allow for a manageable division of the Orders, Covens are formed for individual cities or fields of work such as governmental security and are commanded by Marshals but their authority can be overturned by the higher planetary governors. Further divisions are common but they aren’t as clearly defined.

Technicly this one and the last one were b2b kills :p