Splinterlands Community Engagement Challenge - The Cursed Axemasters

This week's Splinterlands Community Engagement Challenge is to Explore and Expand Splinterlands Lore! This time round, I went through my list of favourite cards and decided to attempt a write up on Axemaster, which is one of the Epic Water cards.

The first part is the Existing Lore, while the second is my Expansion for this interesting card - does Axemaster does anything like a Water card? Haha.

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Existing Lore

The mysterious clan who call themselves Axemasters are perhaps the most peculiar group of people in the whole of ΛZMΛRÉ. They live under the moist ground in cave dwellings in the eastern thickets of the great Jungle, somewhere between the Palace of Eld and the treacherous tree known as Sligbough Oak. For many generations, they have protected the treasures of Eld from intruders, raiders, and even pirates who are unfamiliar with the legends of the curse. Some scholars claim that the Axemasters consider themselves the stewards and true owners of the treasures of Eld, but if you could get close enough to an Axemaster, they would tell you that they are merely protecting the people who would be foolish enough to touch the cursed treasure.

Genetically, Axemasters are a hybrid race called Meru that was created by merging Human and Mer (with a touch of Chaos magic) into amphibious creatures. Mer stories say that these demon offspring were ousted from Poseidar long ago, that they were not welcome anywhere under the water. As a result, they found the surface and made a home for their clan on the shores. In the years since, the clan has continued to migrate further and further from the water, where their Mer enemies are plentiful.

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Expansion

Generations went by, the Axemasters have grown from strength to strength and the Great Jungle was beginning to run out of space for the Ranged masters. One day, the Leader of the Clan decided that it was time to reclaim the right place in the Great Sea.

The Great Sea was much bigger, but the Axemasters knew that dangers lurked in every corner. But first, they need to find a way to bring along the treasures of Eld. After so many generations, no one actually knew what the treasure chest contained.

The Leader of the Clan gathered the senior members and went into the inner caves to seek out the treasure chest. It was a huge treasure chest, and it was amazing how a chest of such size would make its way to this spot.

"You got to think twice before opening the chest! We don't know what's inside!", one of the Axemasters shouted.

"We have no choice. My Axemasters, stand ready!", the Leader of the Clan replied.

Armed with his axe, he accurately swung it to slice the padlock into two. The chest shook and it seemed to have awakened something inside it.

Without any warning, the chest broke into two and a huge creature emerged. It gave a loud hiss as it scanned the surroundings. All the Axemasters held their breath as they wondered what to do. They did not expect a living creature to be able to survive in the treasure chest for so many years.

"What should we do?" one of the Axemaster whispered.

The Leader of the Clan seemed to look very calm. He quietly said, "This creature is the Serpent Of Eld. It will follow and protect whoever that broke the lock of the treasure chest."

The Leader of the Clan raised his hand and summoned the Serpent of Eld and it glided immediately to him.

Feeling excited, the Leader of the Clan exclaimed, "Let's head to the Great Sea!"

The Axemasters cheered loudly! One by one, they started to leave the cave.

Just as the last Axemaster was about to step out, he heard a voice calling out to him. He turned around and saw that the chest was not there anymore. This time, the voice came out louder, "RUN!"

THE END

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That's all I have for this week! Let me know if you have any thoughts too!

As always, thanks for reading and have a pleasant day ahead!

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