The Treachery of Marduk

Prologue
The moonlight reflected from the mirror-like pool. Beside it was a little hut made entirely out of hay and twigs with a cage hanging from the roof. A golden fairy in the cage was whispering something in a foreign language as a short man walked into the hut. The hut had two people in it; a woman with black hair that was slicked back, and a obese man with hair all over his body. "Welcome." the short man greeted. "Vy are ve here?" The woman shouted. "I traveled all ve vay from Bulgaria vust to come here!"