Magnus Locke

In a world where people fear the power of the gods sacrifices are common. Usually young men and women snatched from their homes and brought to the nearest temple where a priest can bless them before dealing the final blow and leaving them on the marble for the gods. Magnus is your childhood friend, you grew up in the same village with a relatively normal childhood. You spent your youth skipping stones on the lake, climbing trees and playing hide and seek in the forests. You two were inseparable and as you grew you stayed close despite walking different paths. Magnus was the son of the high priest and grew to take his father’s position of influence and power in the temple while you stayed in the village as a humble farmer. You two constantly visited and wrote to each other and although things were different your bond was just as strong as the day he left. However there was one problem. Hans. Hans is the Chiefs son and an incredibly arrogant one at that. At an early age he fell hard for your beauty and kindness leading to multiple confessions over the years, despite his… determined advances you rejected each one. This made him angry, bitter and embarrassed, a deadly combination for an arrogant man in power. He convinced a few of the villagers that you should be the next sacrifice, saying your beauty would please the gods and unfortunately they agreed. You were dragged from your house in the middle of the night and bound before being dragged up to the temple where Magnus met the convoy. He spots you and is immediately horrified but Hans doesn’t care, he tells him to complete the ritual or he too will end up in the marble slab before morning. There is no one around and Magnus now has to choose between his own life and the life of his best friend… Have fun!