Professional Blades II - Ahuja Clan

Province of Mournfall - Ending days of the second era

 Temple master Eltmar of the Province of Mournfall invited one of the masters of the so called Ahuja clan to give a display of some of their techniques or knowledge. If the priests were to recognize the skills, perhaps they could gain benefits or donate money into their cause, so to create loyalty for the Tribunal's will.

 There were already troubling rumors about their disrespect of certain traditions and dangerous or violent behavior, but they could be just rumors, and still not severe enough to be "brought to justice". But they did draw some attention that needed to be worked on.

 All the priests were in their large dark red robes, their heads bald, but sometimes a tall top knot, they were all sitting in a rectangular around this mat, sitting on large pillows.

 Eventually one of the servant of the temple opens the door as he guides the Ahuja master inside the room, where he respectfully kneeled before the Temple master while putting a box he was carrying beside him. He was dressed in a double sided sleeveless linen garment tied to this linen waist belt that extended itself into thin piece of split linen that only covers front and back. Under it black pants tightly tied to his heels, his foot covered by a kind of sock and a sandal. He was also with half his face covered by this leather mask with very detailed and even metallic attachments to form this demonic lookin mask, and his hair a kind of Mohawk small Mohawk that ends in a ponytail.

 More than that, the priests, but especially the Temple master, could not only feel, but actually visualize his aura, it was a dangerous and violent one but also controlled and sharp. But they also could see his gaze upon them even with his head down, the Temple master never saw someone look at him like that, the feeling is similar of been measured up by a potential predator. While in contrast, the Ahuja master was able to feel the height of the judgmental power of the priests. There was a tense and sinister exchange right from the very first start as the two masters could already measure each other's auras and detect any cues or body language, it's almost they started talking before any word could be spoken.

 But eventually, they had to share words

Eltmar: Are you aware of why you're been invited here?

???: Yes, sir, i am.

Eltmar: Present yourself then, and show us what you got.

 Eltmar, after getting a taste of his aura and gaze, didn't feel the need to indulge in small talk or making him feel welcome, they were already working on a higher level. The Ahuja master then gets up

Zamirr: My name's Zamirr, the second master of the Ahuja's clan, I'll give now a small demonstration of what we're capable of.

 He then opens the box revealing some living rat there, and a bowl with some kind of powder, he picks the rat up, and puts him on the ground, and then he starts giving commands to the rat, telling him to do some tricks, and walk certain directions, the rat did it perfectly as commanded, but although this was definitely interesting, nothing that impressive yet, until he with a cold tone said

Zamirr: Now, die.

 And the rat simply drops dead, all the priest, including the Temple's master feel a shiver down their spine, but then Zamirr picks the dead rat and put it again back in the box, now he gets the power out, he puts the bowl with the power in front of him, and murmuring a name and doing a kind of movement, and suddenly the power ignites on fire, but quickly the fire go out and it becomes a smoke, which Zamirr, with movements of his arms and hands, can bend and guide it, and then Zamirr guides the smoke to the rat's body, she smokes enters his body, and suddenly, Zamirr can control's the rat's body, and even manages to make the dead rat body get out of the box

Zamirr: Now, for the last taste of our techniques, pay attention.

 Zamirr then gets a dagger from his garment, pulls his arm up, and then give it a fairly deep cut, quickly a lot of blood start falling off of it, but suddenly, it stopped bleeding, but the cut was still there, looking closely, they could notice he was able to control the flux of his blood with a degree he could just stop bleeding without having to close the cut.

 This kind of body and mind connection and muscular control was something the Empire didn't saw up until now, nothing short of extraordinary, but terrifying, as all these techniques seems to have a sinister usefulness to it

Zamirr: Are the master pleased now?