Belaruda's+Legend

Legend of Paputok and the Gates of Belaruda.

A long time ago, members of the Nazario colony (Ancestors of the Zuzar colony) were out hunting among the forest circling Paputok. Here was where they typically found the most rare and delicious of prey due to chemicals from the erupting volcano causing mutations amongst the species. Hunting as if it were any other day, a few of the hunters moved closer to the volcanoes edge, thinking that they may have spotted some food. When they took another step closer, the ground floor below them began to rumble. The hunters were confused because it was not the Dying Time and that was when Paputok normally erupted. Unsure of what to do, the hunters climbed the tall, dense trees to the very top to wait out and see what was to happen. Once the leader of the hunting pack counted all the hunters to make sure they were safe in the trees, he saw another man walking on the ground floor. He did not look like any man he had ever seen before. He was paled skin and was wearing clothes out of fabric he had never seen before. The leader knew at once that this man was an outsider, and in panic, he jumped from the tree and ran to the man telling him he must get to safety before the volcano erupted. To the leader's surprise the man simply smiled and said, "Oh it won't erupt, I just came through there to settle some business with someone." //Through there?,// the leader puzzled. //He came from the volcano?// "Sorry to confuse you, sir, but I am perfectly safe here, and I must get on my way. There is no harm being done to anyone. The volcano will not erupt." The strange man gave a bigger smile and walked away into the dense forest. Curious as to how this man came to be amongst the land of Belaruda, let alone from inside the volcano, the lead hunter, of strong build and fearlessness, climbed up the volcano and looked inside. With his fellow hunters waiting at the bottom of the volcano, confused yet intrigued by their leader's actions, they heard the leader yell, "There's a beautiful golden gate in here! It glows against the molten lava bowling around it. I have never seen a gate more beautiful in my life. This must be where this strange man came from." The hunters laughed at the leader, thinking the gaseous fumes from the volcano must be getting to his head. How could there possibly be a gate within a volcano full of molten, deadly lava? During their laughter, the lead hunter began to try and lower himself in the volcano to reach the beautiful gate the entranced his gaze. The hunters laughter soon turned to yelling in horror as they saw their leader jump into the volcano and belt out a horrifying scream. "What was he thinking? There is no gate in their! He practically just took his own life in that pit of instant death!" Without being able to find him in the volcano to pull him out and try to save him, the horrified and grieving hunters went back to the colony to tell the tale of the day. The story of the strange man and the lead hunter has been passed down for years and years, and although people always share that it was thought that the lead hunter had lost his mind and jumped for his death, some people still go to the volcano looking for this beautiful golden gate. No one has come out alive from taking this venture to this "gate", yet people claim that they have seen a strange pale man walking amongst the dense forest near the Paputok.