[Story] A Tale of Five Bandits

A Tale Of Five Bandits

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After the decimation of her home, Adesewa is forced to live the life of a bandit in order to survive. Soon, she seeks vengeance against those who had wronged her until her path crossed with that of a fellow outlaw just like her, offering her complete immunity from the crimes she had committed.

She eventually discovers that this deal, sweet to the ear as it may seem, comes with a price; her involvement in a political agenda against the tyrannical King.

Forming a cohort with four other outlaws and an herbalist, she partakes in a rebellion against the King.

Now, the five bandits who had once terrorized the Kingdom itself now becomes the very heroes that could save the Kingdom from utter destruction.

1892 AD

The morning sky was clear and bright. The soaring birds chirped and the roosters crowed. The village came alive again with the blissful warmth of a new dawn as blacksmiths hammered hot iron and anvil, potters whistled, crafting pots and dishes and weavers weaved fabrics. Children laughed, screamed and played tag

. Nursing mothers sang as their babies suckled on their breast while their husbands hurried to the farm to see if the gods had blessed them with bountiful fruits overnight.

Then they came without warning. No sound, smell or sight advertised their arrival into their village but once they were there, they wouldn’t leave until every house had been burnt to the ground and every man, woman and child had been killed. They were like swarms of bees in thousands flooding the land with weapons glittering under the newly visible sun. The men brandish their weapons above their heads, promising death and gore.