On the Fringes of the Pagan Woods

Near where the mountain pass leads down from the high desert and into the green forest, there is a skirmish. A general is taken prisoner.

How did this happen? Is it an incursion into unknown territory, possibly an undercover mission? Or was the General in battle against another Army in the High Desert near the mountain pass? Was a defeat imminent? A rout of the General's forces? Or did he retreat with a handful of his men, seeking refuge in the mountain pass where it is easier to hide. Did they, seeing the unusual water sources, creeks unlike anything in the high desert, follow the pass down as it became ever more verdant into the Forest below?

The general's men fan out from a makeshift camp in search of food. And just at the wrong moment, a band of fighters from the forest, Bjarg's men, finds the camp. They engage in a brief skirmish, capturing the general. Familiar with the landscape, they mmediately melt into the woods with their captive.

Stripped to the waist and bound to carrying poles, the general can do nothing but stare at the leaf canopy overhead, until he is led into a cave, unceremoniously dumped onto the cavern floor, his bonds cut, and left to explore on his own. The place is dimly lit by a few sputtering torches. The walls show the dyed prints of many an eerie ancestral hand, left there over generations.

And then the general receives a visitation from the owner of the cave, Bjarg, demigod and spirit of the woods. This quickly becomes an interrogation, in the course of which the general's upper arms are cruelly threaded round a pole, and his wrists tied across his belly. The god laughs and goads the general, intent to discover the purpose of the incursion, as well as more about the strange contents found in the general's backpack.

The general, proud, stubborn yet securely bound, reveals nothing. So the god punishes his prisoner by tying the pole to a ring set high in the cavern wall, forcing the general to stand uncomfortably on the balls of his feet. The heartless interrogator leaves, grumbling about the incompetence of his man who had not bound the general tightly in the first place.

Left alone in the dim light of the cave, the general seems to chant or pray and, by mere coincidence, a low-burning torch flares, sends a beam of light across the ceiling as if traveling in search of its past.

time passes

0:56 Bjarg the Demigod
As Barg makes his way deep inside the Cavern for the first time in days. He had left the care and feeding of this captive to another.

10:57 minotaur21560
Eyes caked with sleep, blinking, malnourished, the general wakes at the sound of entry by the Forest Sprite

10:57 minotaur21560
"You... have not forgotten me..."

11:01 Bjarg the Demigod
"No, Dark General, I have not forgotten you. But it appears that my man has, in all but the most essential respects, abandoned you. You look starved and dehydrated. He must have turned over your care to the one who when you were first captured, set you down unbound with free run of the Cave.

11:02 Bjarg the Demigod
That one will be banished from the Forest for his incompetence.

11:02 minotaur21560
"I dreamed... we spoke of warriors fighting... ritual combat in the high desert... of heroes who meet untimely ends.... of my desire for you."

11:03 Bjarg the Demigod
Can any survive in the High Desert.

11:03 minotaur21560
Maybe those two will be forced to fight... maybe they were the ones I saw.

11:04 Bjarg the Demigod
I suspect you were having dreams induced by some of those ingredients we found in your pack.

11:04 Bjarg the Demigod
They are all very mysterious.

11:05 minotaur21560
"And which were probably mixed with the water your man dribbled into my mouth..." *the general clearly continuing to hallucinate*

11:05 Bjarg the Demigod
You are much more than a warrior and General to that King of yours. I think "Dark" is only the beginning of your metaphysical powers.

11:06 minotaur21560
I dreamed... of my evil washed away, that I sat naked on a mountain top singing hymns to the Sun and the clouds, an ascetic's cord across my chest...

11:06 minotaur21560
*The general looks at the forest sprite - watching to see if this story rings true or is at all persuasive...

11:07 minotaur21560
But the one truth not to be dissimulated, the tenting at the general's loins...

11:07 Bjarg the Demigod
And do you expect me to believe your dreams portend the future?

11:09 minotaur21560
And do you completely disbelieve that i might be devoted to you?

11:13 Bjarg the Demigod
The demigod chuckles, "Yes, I think that is a reasonable conclusion to draw about an enemy who was captured infiltrating the Forest. Who has a band of men still roaming undetected in the Forest, scheming to conduct any number of terrorist acts the least of which is your rescue.

11:16 minotaur21560
The general draws himself up, as much as possible against the painful bonds that raise him on his feet, his arms still curled around the pole. He screws his eyes closed in concentration and begins: "There are certain mushrooms, in your forest. Wise men believe they are the source of the entirety of some ancient hymns, long passages about boiling oceans of men's piss, of Soma, that gives birth to visions, of the Fly Agaric, eaten by deer, then eaten by men who would converse with spirits. You who would punish me, if i do not punish you... you who bind me that I do not bind you, have you stepped into things deeper than you bargained for?"

11:20 minotaur21560
*the poets speak of 'thump', a rhythm like the pumping of blood, that turns words into incantation. And it throbbed here underneath the General's speech, making the cave tremble, raising dust.

11:23 Bjarg the Demigod
"I do not fear stepping into anything that might be associated with you. I proceed with caution, however, until I know exactly what I am dealing with. You speak of mushrooms and potions ... I have heard of some of these through the Seers here in the Forest. And there are others which I have experienced personally. Some of these are responsible for my transformation to demigod.

11:24 Bjarg the Demigod
"What is it you now try to conjure as you are still bound? I see your desire in the tenting of your trousers. But there is something else brewing."

11:26 minotaur21560
It is natural in an epic, that a hero seeks to subdue a spirit and subvert the natural order of worship. You suspect me of worse ?

11:34 Bjarg the Demigod
"You are a high ranking officer in the army of a neighboring kingdom that is not allied with the Forest. A leader. My suspicion is that you would recruit more men and demons and attempt to overthrow the natural order of the Forest

11:34 minotaur21560
*The natural order of a forest is wandering, like the trajectory of the flight of birds, or the animals' paths through brambles. The general's mind in just this way loses his thread. He had invoked this spirit as "you who would bind me that i do not bind you." And as he thought of this, he became confused. Where was the path he had lost? That he would recruit this masterful spirit to do his bidding? That he would become a king of the woods?

11:36 minotaur21560
"And Spirit, if not you, who will save me?"

11:37 Bjarg the Demigod
Yes, the Order wanders, but with a Purpose. Your purpose, goal, is not consistent with the Order. Nor is it my purpose to save you in your current condition or state of mind.

11:38 Bjarg the Demigod
But you can possibly save yourself.

11:39 minotaur21560
*The general's head lolls, almost drunkenly, but he wills it to look back at his captor. "How?"

11:44 Bjarg the Demigod
" I guess that you would recruit Forest denizens to serve your purposes ... and that I might even figure into those plans .. I'm not far wrong, am I? But I assure you, those plans will fail. If you are to survive .. and your men when they are captured .. I would have you convert to the Order of the Forest. I would have you to lead your men as well as others of the Forest against our enemies."

11:46 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg walks up to the Dark General with the flask of water, freshly filled from the alcove ... and reaches into his own pack for some dried meat, roots and fruit.

11:47 Bjarg the Demigod
"Now eat and regain your strength so that you might do more with your magic than just raise dust in this Cave."

11:47 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg looks down at the General's manhood still tenting his trousers.

11:49 minotaur21560
The General drinks gratefully, the water spilling onto his chest below. Then he tears into the dried provisions held to his mouth by the Spirit. He eyes his captor, without animosity. "Thanks, spirit..." He says it quietly.

11:51 minotaur21560
Pride and humility roughly balanced, but still roll back and forth. And his pride asks, "Bjarg, do you have need of one such as I?"

11:51 minotaur21560
the tone is almost hopeful.

11:54 Bjarg the Demigod
"Yes, you are no fool to recognize my need. I would be the fool to have killed you on sight. You are of considerable potential value to me and the Forest. And you know that."

11:56 minotaur21560
"And how would I prove that I am your subject?" The general glances down, then back at his captor.

11:58 Bjarg the Demigod
Trust will be earned in time, Dark General

12:07 minotaur21560
The General eats, gnaws on the dried food, knowing his captivity, feeling himself vulnerable, yet also pleased to show off to his captor.

12:09 Bjarg the Demigod
When the General has finished, Bjarg gives him one more long drink of water to wash it all down. Then, setting the flask aside, he undoes the General's trousers and pulls them down to his boots.

12:11 minotaur21560
The captive inhales, feeling the atmosphere shift. His chest rises and falls. His gaze resting on his captor.

12:26 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg eyes the military issue underwear and scoffs. "You would think that a King of his means would provide his army, at least his officers, with more comfortable underwear." He takes hold of the flimsy, cheaply-sourced army boxers and rips them off.

12:27 minotaur21560
The General exhales now... still silent... tense.... exposed.

12:28 Bjarg the Demigod
"Especially to contain such splendid manhood"

12:29 minotaur21560
Breathing shallow, engorged below

12:31 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg reaches for the General's manhood and grips the thick, veined shaft. He strokes it a few times watching it throb in anticipation.

2:31 minotaur21560
Mouth open, the general cannot help thrusting slightly.

12:33 Bjarg the Demigod
"Strung up like this must have been ... ah ... difficult for you. It's been days since you left the company of your men and were captured."

12:34 minotaur21560
Breathing heavy... "Yes... it was hard. You try to break me."

12:35 Bjarg the Demigod
I recognize all men, especially Bulls, have needs.

12:36 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg moves his hand from the shaft to heft the heavy low hanging Bull balls.

12:37 minotaur21560
The General's mouth opens again, in desperation...

12:48 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg takes a long leather thong from his belt and stretches it between his hands. Looping one end and placing it around one of the Bull's large seed factories, Bjarg begins to separate the two massive balls..

12:53 Bjarg the Demigod
Then Bjarg senses something unsettling in the recesses of his mind ... he tightens the thong separating the nuts ... tightens it HARD, not exactly knowing why, but it feels good.

12:55 minotaur21560
UNNNNNNH... The general's head thrown back, hairy chest straining on the rack of the pole.... knowing danger.

12:56 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg wraps the cord around the sac above the separated balls tightly, finishing with each end of the thong running through the loop then down between the balls. Next he unties the General's boots and removes them.

12:59 Bjarg the Demigod
He pauses and looks at the captive. "You know what comes next, don't you?"

13:01 minotaur21560
I look down, wildly, defeated, yet frantic with desire and pride... "You want to break me, to test me.... Yes I know it.... am I not the Dark General?" And his weapon throbs.

13:03 Bjarg the Demigod
"Indeed you are, but without access to your backpack, your powers are somewhat limited at the moment. This will be a test, but I'm not sure to break you would be the right course. I think "convince" might be a better path. Get you to see the pure Light."

13:04 minotaur21560
Almost unable to speak, the General's mind feels battered by wave after savage wave of both light and dark and pleasure and pain... and he looks back at the spirit with desire.

13:06 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg ties first one boot to the end of the loose thong, and then the other boot to the other thong.

13:07 minotaur21560
The General looks down, fighting panic; as the new waves of pain buffet him, cannot suppress a groan... and the name "Bjarg"

13:09 Bjarg the Demigod
"Ah yes, it becomes clear to you now, doesn't it? and it will eventually produce such a nice set of low hanging bull balls."

13:10 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg begins to scoop up dirt and pebbles from floor of the Cave dumping the handfuls into one boot and then the other.

13:10 minotaur21560
HAAAAA

13:11 Bjarg the Demigod
"How does that feel, my fine horned Bull?"

13:13 minotaur21560
Flickering across the mind of the dark general, the knowledge that his balls will not yet be taken in order that they may serve as playthings, that their torment will rise like incense as an offering to the cruel demigod... But from his mouth, only a strangled cry...

13:13 Bjarg the Demigod
"Oh, you say it is almost pleasant?"

13:14 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg returns to the flask, fills it with water and empties it into one boot and then the other.

13:14 Bjarg the Demigod
"I think that will add some weight to the matter under consideration.

13:15 Bjarg the Demigod
He stands and admires the boots slowly rotating between the General's legs.

13:16 Bjarg the Demigod
"Now, what shall we do with this weapon of yours?

13:16 minotaur21560
The General's eyes wild, panicked as they twist below him, then looks up at the god, at the god's crotch, tenting below the loincloth. "Let me see..."

13:16 minotaur21560
"you..."

13:20 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg unties the thong holding his loincloth and stands before the captive.

13:22 Bjarg the Demigod
His enormous balls and nine inch cock ... the products of the transformation to demigod ... exposed for this dark mortal to comtemplate.

13:23 minotaur21560
Minot looks... eyes focused yet somehow vacant... lost, and below him the boots, swinging, tugging between the legs he holds open, straining against the bonds...And then, he pushes his head back, straining his muscles, chest thrust out, arms threaded over the pole...

13:25 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg reaches down and grasps the weapon, not his but the captive's, and strokes it a few times. A drop of precum oozes out of the slit.

13:26 minotaur21560
Words bursting over his brain... Can I not prostrate myself before the god? Can I not lick the ground where he walks?

13:27 Bjarg the Demigod
He leans down, reaching into his pack again and draws out a container of oil. Pouring some into his hand, he puts the container back into his pack and applies the oil to the captive's weapon.

13:33 Bjarg the Demigod
Stroking it slowly ... feeling it begin to throb and grow even harder in his hand.

13:42 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg stares into the eyes of his captive ...

13:42 Bjarg the Demigod
"Now we shall see what you are made of."

13:43 minotaur21560
Rolling his head in desperation, the General is lost, barely able to look back at the one who destroys him. He stretches his hairy chest against the bonds.

13:43 Bjarg the Demigod
He leans down and picks up a handful of sand from the floor of the Cave.

13:45 Bjarg the Demigod
... and grasps the weapon again ... stroking very slowly from the base of the shaft to the glans .. where he spreads the oil and sand slowly.

13:47 minotaur21560
AAAAAAAAAAH FUCK. *The General writhes, desperate, and sees before him the deviousness of this so-called creature of light who is as much his brother in darkness as any that can be imagined...

13:53 Bjarg the Demigod
Ah, the captive finally admits that there is a dark side to this demigod. Perhaps now he will recognize that there is darkness even in the purest of light. There is always shadow in the presence of Light.

13:53 Bjarg the Demigod
Sometimes we simply cannot, do not, wish to see.

13:54 Bjarg the Demigod
But that is another story.

13:54 minotaur21560
Straining to hold legs open, in a vain attempt to relieve pressure on his aching balls, looking ahead, blankly, mimicking the blindness the demigod describes...

13:55 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg continues to stroke ...faster now... feeling the sand grate against the throbbing flesh.

13:56 Bjarg the Demigod
"You know there is only one way to stop this edging, don't you?

13:57 minotaur21560
The head thrust up, neck muscles bulging, eyes closed, jaw clenched, the defeated general, scraped, like a tanned flailed hide, excoriated by desert wind....unable to process the sounds that strike his ear drums. Then he turns back as the feeling stops...

13:57 Bjarg the Demigod
"But the longer this goes on, the harder it will be for you to stop it.

13:58 minotaur21560
Mouth opens, yet cannot form words, an empty question mark...

13:58 Bjarg the Demigod
And the stroking continues ... slowly then faster again.

13:59 minotaur21560
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He screams

13:59 minotaur21560
Losing all pride now.... "STOPPPPP"

13:59 Bjarg the Demigod
The plea falls on deaf ears.

14:00 Bjarg the Demigod
"Reach into the recesses of your evil mind and summon the will to do it"

14:01 minotaur21560
The General eyes the hugeness of the Forest God's cock, with eyes pleading, knowing he has nothing of value to propitiate the god, yet searching, desperate, rifling through his mind... What can it want, this Demon? "Let... me.... serve..."

14:03 Bjarg the Demigod
Ah, this once intelligent General has suffered much from lack of food and water. His mind fails him, Bjarg thinks to himself.

14:03 minotaur21560
"Let me.... give them to you..."

14:05 minotaur21560
"oh.. not... those..." there is a strange yellow light in the recesses of the General's mind...haunting him

14:05 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg continues to stroke the hard weapon slowly.

14:06 minotaur21560
A vision of light the color of dirty dishwater, on the edges of the horizon... in the General's mind... yes... he wants this...

14:06 Bjarg the Demigod
Another string of precum oozes from the tip.

14:06 minotaur21560
The light becomes deeper, golden, like mead...

14:07 minotaur21560
"The... Yellow... Gem.... take it. I am enslaved."

14:08 Bjarg the Demigod
"Ha, why do you think I would want that Gem? You are indeed enslaved as its guardian. It will be safe here in the Forest under your care. But I shall not become enslaved by it. No, I want something else."

14:09 minotaur21560
"You will not free me of it?" the General's eyes starting with tears, tears of pain, confusion...

14:11 Bjarg the Demigod
"Correct .. you and the Black Knight are destined to be its guardian until the gods will otherwise.

14:12 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg strokes the captive's weapon faster now.

14:12 minotaur21560
"Noo...." it is a sigh... and then a wave of rage. "I spit on my service to the dark king, to the black knight... I will throw the gem into waters, watch it sink to the depths of the sea."

14:12 minotaur21560
AAAAAAAAAAAH!

14:12 minotaur21560
WHAAAAATT???

14:13 minotaur21560
The General thrashes in desperation, ripping himself worse against the onslaught, and below him, the boots swing, disastrous pendulums tracing senseless shapes...

14:14 Bjarg the Demigod
stretching those magnificent Bull Balls even lower

14:15 minotaur21560
"I am yours...Command me"

14:17 minotaur21560
The General feels it... this sadistic pattern... this demon of the forest... laying down the gauntlets... asking questions... placing traps in my way, asking me to put my foot inside, or lay my balls down... so the trap will SNAP shut on them...

14:18 minotaur21560
"whatever knowledge I have, the music of my voice, the sense of it... take these..." And below... the swinging boots, inevitable

14:20 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg strokes faster ... until he feels blood in his hand .. and stops. Mystified by the futility of his assault. "Alright, captive. Enough of this." He leans down and retrieves his knife from the side of his loincloth.

14:21 minotaur21560
Mouth hanging, slack-jawed, the General watches almost with relief, expecting his ball bag to be severed at last, for one pain to be replaced by another.

14:22 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg wipes his oily, sandy hand on the general's trousers and stands facing him.

14:24 minotaur21560
The general's shredded cock, dangling, in defeat...and injury. He faces this captor in failure, and on his face, the sense of his loss is written. "How can I propitiate you, spirit. I am cast out... rejected..."

14:25 minotaur21560
"I will be ejected from these woods..."

14:25 minotaur21560
"left to wander, mindless in the desert..."

14:25 Bjarg the Demigod
"No matter, it is late and the Goddess moon sinks towards the horizon.You will not be cast out to wander the Forest, or return to the High Desert."

14:26 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg raised the tip of his knife and points it at the captive's hairy chest.

14:27 minotaur21560
Minot's eyes widen...

14:30 Bjarg the Demigod
Beginning at the top of his broad, hairy left pec he starts to shave the hair until it is smooth.

14:30 Bjarg the Demigod
Wiping the sharp blade on the captive

14:31 Bjarg the Demigod
captive's abs, Bjarg begins to carve an elegant "B" into the meat.

14:32 minotaur21560
The General cranes his head, open mouthed in astonishment...in shame, seeing the mark of ownership take shape.

14:33 Bjarg the Demigod
"Perhaps this will help forge your new identity. If not, then it will serve as an identification mark, so that you may be returned if you should become "lost".

14:34 minotaur21560
The General looks up... despairing...

14:34 minotaur21560
wanting...

14:35 minotaur21560
The blood dribbles down from the marks, scattering over the sandy floor.

14:35 Bjarg the Demigod
Bjarg carefully carves the letter embellishing it with a flourish ... befitting a General and future Leader. He doesn't want it to look like some common prisoner brand.

14:36 minotaur21560
Watching it take shape, like a banner on the field of battle. His glance shoots up... "I am to fight for you??"

14:37 Bjarg the Demigod
Finishing the "B", Bjarg licks the blood from his blade turns satisfied with his handiwork. "You will not bleed out, and it will scar nicely I think. I will be back tomorrow to see how it is doing."

14:39 minotaur21560
The General lets his head fall forward, with the collapsing tension. "Yes, Bjarg...yours to command. And I will fight loyally."

14:40 Bjarg the Demigod
""We shall see, captive. We shall see." And Bjarg walks quickly towards the entrance to the Cave.

12:23 Bjarg the Demigod
Almost forgetting he is naked, he immediately turns and retrieves his loincloth, then secures it around his waist and sheathes his blade.

23:08 Bjarg the Demigod You are becoming delusional from being held here too long in the dark with barely adequate food and water.

23:08 minotaur21560 it's true the bugs taste like shit here, after patiently waiting, when i reach for them with my mouth

23:08 Bjarg the Demigod Bjarg looks down at your bull balls

23:09 Bjarg the Demigod Your precious balls are hanging much lower now I notice.

23:09 minotaur21560 *glances down and remains proud of hairy chest, strong arms threaded round the pole and the ability to withstand ball pain)

23:10 Bjarg the Demigod In fact, I would say they are probably just the right distance to qualify for excellent low-hanging bull balls.

23:11 minotaur21560 Does this please you, Lord of the Wood?

23:11 Bjarg the Demigod You stretch out so nicely.

23:11 minotaur21560 A Dark General is veteran of many battles

23:14 Bjarg the Demigod Bjarg takes his knife out of its sheath and walks closer to the captive.

23:15 minotaur21560 *I look up, trying to control my breathing

23:23 Bjarg the Demigod "Yes, take a deep breath now." I hold the blade at your ball sack.

23:23 minotaur21560 Haaaaaaah *breathes in*

23:29 Bjarg the Demigod The blade moves closer above your bull balls next to the extended sack. 23:29 minotaur21560 I look into your eyes....

23:35 Bjarg the Demigod Bjarg draws the blade across the taut skin.

23:37 Bjarg the Demigod a drop of blood appears beneath the sharp blade.

23:38 Bjarg the Demigod Bjarg takes a deep breath and blows against the boots causing them to sway back and forth dragging the low hanging ball with them.

23:39 minotaur21560 UNH!!!! *head shoots back in pain

23:43 Bjarg the Demigod What's the matter, my captive. Does this hurt. Surely you have experienced worse in your adventures.

23:44 minotaur21560 *gritting teeth proudly* "You are lord.... here"

23:46 Bjarg the Demigod Yes, I am. Thank you for acknowledging that.

23:47 Bjarg the Demigod Then suddenly without warning, Bjarg sweeps the blade fast from left to right.

23:48 minotaur21560 *eyes widen, my head craning down towards the shooting pain

23:49 Bjarg the Demigod The boots drop rapidly to the dirt floor.

23:49 minotaur21560 *sweat beading on my forehead

23:50 minotaur21560 *waves of relief battle waves of pain as blood begins to circulate again to my proud ball sack

23:54 Bjarg the Demigod Bjarg straightens up and looks at the "B" on the captive's left pec. "That's healing nicely if I do say so myself"

23:58 Bjarg the Demigod He moves behind the General and cuts the bindings, then pulls the pole through the captive's arms.

23:58 minotaur21560 *refuses to look at the god, and is angry

23:58 minotaur21560 *but then grateful at finally being released

23:58 minotaur21560 *i rub my aching arms

23:59 Bjarg the Demigod "Stretch out ... you will be fine.

23:59 minotaur21560 *is aware of being completely naked before a god

00:02 Bjarg the Demigod "Don't get any grandiose ideas of escaping, my General", he uses the man's title for the first time..

00:03 minotaur21560 *I look up, also noticing this, still feeling naked

03:45 Bjarg the Demigod
We need to get you some appropriate clothes soon.

Published: 2021-11-03, viewed 84 times.