Description
Long time ago tribes used to have strong emotional, economical and cultural connections between each other, but since the most magnificent of them all, Barkhid, went berserk slaughtering one tribe after another and claiming their god's relics for yet unknown reasons. Rumours say Barkhid's elder Maar Gul made a contract with a devil in order to gain immortality for him and his tribe.

Nowadays the tribes are isolated and secretive from each other, hiding in the thick mystical forest, hiding from Barkhid.

These legends are being told to me since I was born. Yet for all these years we have lived peaceful lives with no outsiders. I am nearly convinced that the legends are just fairy tales. Yet today, something feels off in a strange way. Chest feels heavy. Concentrating on work is harder than usual. Constant feel of light anxiety...

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My original plan for this Jam was to write three tracks. One track as an intro, second track for forest ambience, third track for noble, orchestral revelation. Unfortunately my productivity was quite lackey, thus I managed to finish only one track, which would be the intro, the moment when Barkhid's tribe eventually attacks protagonist's village and that, in 3 rather intense minutes unravels into runaway into the forest, full of grief and a precious relic on the back.

The deeper you go into the forest the more bizarre creatures are met.
Relic whispers to the protagonist, guiding them thought the forest, in search of something, that can prevent Barkhid's rampage.

At first the track felt very sluggish, but after working on it more, adding more, reworking some, experimenting quite a lot the track came together much better than I expected. Moral story in the end is to not give up and finish your work.

I used Reaper DAW for this track, and actually am planning on staying at Reaper, instead of Ableton. Reaper feels more at home, albeit not so user friendly in terms of UI and stock plugins.

Message from the artist:
Hope you have a good listen! :)

Theme:

Runaway

Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
Runaway, as in escape from killer tribesmen, which may very well be possessed by demonic will.

As the story goes, the tribes reside in the forests, to stay as hidden as possible from any outsiders.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/user-522588936/flock-of-lost-arrows-1