<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=194985.msg9484928#msg9484928">Quote from: A Mighty Lion on January 20, 2014, 11:51:03 pm</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Tradition was strong, it was the blood of the village and of the people. to break it was to turn one's back on their people. That was what many thought. Perhaps they had forgotten about Ogun and what he stood for. He was never a traditional leader, always allowing chaos in his ranks but always winning a battle. Perhaps letting his warriors drink during battles kept their faith in him, or it kept their allegiance to him. It was not to say he was lacking as a general, it was to say that he did not follow what people believed was an ideal warrior. It was true that not many women prayed to the Orisha in the hopes of finding a teacher of war but it sparked the interest of the Ogun. Perhaps there was somebody as unruly as he was, a woman no less. Before Zeya had finished her plea, Ogun was already in action. Zeya would need to expect a surprise by morning.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>After her plea of help she knelled there for several minutes before her breath came out in a rush. She didn't know if he heard or even considered her call upon him but at least she tried. She was at the end of her rope by now. There were no more teachers that she knew of. They all rejected her for what she was. Maybe he would send her a teacher from a far off land that wasn't afraid to break the traditions of society.<br/><br/>Standing she went into her tent and undress from the leathers. She put on her nightgown. Although she yearned to be a warrior she still wanted to be a woman at night, at home. To be an independent woman was something she wanted desperately. To protect herself and others without the need of a man but to have a choice of whether to take a man or not in marriage. And if she ever decided upon children she would be able to protect them if she needed to. With a sigh of exhaustion she laid down on her thin caught and tried to sleep.