Year 292.5
It was not long, a few years at best, before the great spined viper was fat upon the blood of its brethren. Its breadth had grown long indeed, as had its unnatural lust for blood. Yet so too in turn did it come to value introspection, and as the serpents turned inward their esoteric knowledge grew.
They found little bits of olde lore in between the cracks of their growing minds. Piecing together their origin, their mother of slate whom birthed and gave them their thoughts. And it was through this collectively knowledge that the snakes were connected.
The spined viper, far more monsterous in size now knew full well that supping upon the flesh of lesser serpents would do it little, greater prey with greater vitality would be needed. And why? It asked itself this question but could find no answer other than, 'it must!' To grow and ascend was merely its birthright, granted by the dark Monolith. Or so it believed perhaps in delusion.
In this realization, it halted its wanton feasting, coiling about the lake isles with a regal gaze. ' βασιλεύς' ( Basileus ) it named itself, called so by their unmet stone progenitor. And to its kind, the viper granted them the name, ' βασιλίσκος' ( Vasilikos ) after itself. The domiance among the serpents of the lake by βασιλεύς was unchallenged, and so, fearing its venom and fang alike, they bowed their heads in gathering.
Though perhaps one could not call the serpents a 'nation' in the most direct terms, nor were many even aware of their newfound sapience, certainly it could not be argued that the snakes banded together 'neath the shadow of their lord.
The gaze of βασιλεύς now turned elsewhere.
(( I appreciate the summaries, I read every post but they really do help me keep the pure simple facts in my head as I move forward. I think they're very useful! ))
(( Also just wanna say that though I keep messing with these snakes, I dont mind at all if they're meddled with. I wanna leep up the spirit of the game of course, so everyone should feel free reign over anything I do. That probably doesn't need to be said. Either way I'm loving this~))