Daily Hero 55

Done for rolled Undead Male Melee Earth Support. Wanted to try something a bit different with perspective. Most of my heros are so in your face and boom and actiony.

The peaceful farm town of windswept was the first taken when the neighboring land of Oreyn invaded. The occupation was brutal and efficient. Townspeople were herded into the town cemetery and forced to dig shallow graves among their dead at gunpoint. They were executed and buried by dinner. The military took up occupation in their homes. When Jack came back to find an army living in his once peaceful town he quickly put two and two together. He ran to the cemetary screaming, digging for his lost family. The invaders gathered to jeer and sling insults along with other more harmful objects. But as he dug and dug the jeers faded. A silence fell to the pained sobs of the lonely farmer. The General sensing the shift in moral walked into the cemetery put his gun to Jacks head and ended it. He was buried in the plot with his people and forgotten....

...Until later that night. The screaming once again woke the entire camp. The General marched through the gathered and visibly anxious troops to find Jack out of the ground and at work once again sifting the soil calling for his lost family. He stepped among the graves and the wailing ceased. The army watched on in horror as countless hands erupted from the soil and dragged their general under. Gunfire erupted, any soldier unlucky enough to set foot on the hallowed ground was dragged beneath.

The invaders withdrew. The war was lost without a single skirmish. The army was broken and they never set foot in that land again. Forest reclaimed much of the town and the screams faded into memory. But in the center of that forest lies a pristine plot of land with a man shaped figure hunched over as if searching, whispering the names of his lost people. If ever you find that lost clearing in the forest and the whispering ceases. Its already too late.