Wine, revenge, eyes and a scar.

[Dominik Windslasher ~]

Dominik smiled when he saw Pendar and and elfess inside the tavern. So he played a romantic tune on his lute. Pendar searched for the song and found Dominik by the window.
- Hello, Dom. Come, join us and get drunk - said Pendar.
- Or course! - Dominik agreed.
- I'd like to advise, though, that it isn't pretty when Dominik gets drunk - said the dagger.
- Ah, shush, dagger - said Dominik entering the tavern.
Dominik joined them and sat by the table.
First bottle of wine. He discovered the elfess name was Arkadia and played his lute.
Second bottle of wine. Pendar asked to don't let him speak about love in the case he got drunk and Arkadia stole wine and beer from the tavern.
Third bottle of wine. Dominik adjusted his hat, covering his eyes under it's borders and Arkadia was getting drunk.
After the fourth bottle, Arkadia was making tricks to make wine appear and Dominik was making them "disappear" down his throat and Pendar was talking about love.
Korg joined them later, but he didn't drink. The next to show up was Wiergraf.
Everything went fine until Dominik got silent and his usual grin disappeared from his face. He started to walk around asking about the whereabouts of something.
- It's starting - said the dagger -, I advised you.
- Whats are yous ssearching for, Dom? - Pendar asked.
- My wife - Dominik answered.

Silence.

- I killed her - the drunk Arkadia said.
- WHAT? - Dominik shouted. - You killed Elliria!
- No, Dom, it wasn't her - Pendar said. - Don't say this, Arkadia.
- I rapped your wife before killing her - Arkadia said.
What happened later was a session of staggers and Dominik's tries to attack Arkadia and Arkadia's tries to cast her magic on Dominik while Pendar was between them trying to fix things and the orcs sat by the balcony having fun.
- Har! Entertainment, yub! Fight fight!
Pendar put one hand on Dominik's shoulder.
- It wasn't her, my friend - he said. - Now come, you should get some sleep.
- You should be by my side, Kamik! - Dominik shouted in Pendar's direction. - She killed your mother! - then Dominik turned to Arkadia. - I'll kill you, Rebecca. I'll revenge Elliria! I have been waiting for 16 years to do it.
The drunken fight continued. At a moment, Pendar pushed away Dominik from Arkadia. Dominik fell down and his hat sliped out of his head. Eyes. His eyes were wide open, they had no shine and looked like the eyes of a crazy man. The combination of those eyes and his usual smile were quite sad.
When Pendar managed to get the dagger from Dominik, he passed out moments later. Wiergraf took the dagger from Pendar and gave it back to Dominik.
- Fight, yub!
Dominik started to say odd things about a Rebecca, his wife, the Scarlet Banshees and the conection between them when the drunk Arkadia tried to convince the drunk Dominik that she was, actually, his wife, Elliria, and that she was alive.
It was by this time that another person entered the tavern. The girl lookedlike 15 years old.
- Hello - said Rebecca, by the tavern's door.
The voice made the human Windslasher forget about any other sounds in the tavern. He again started to say things about the Scarlet Banshees and about Rebecca killing his wife during her trainning.
Wiergraf got bored with the end of the "fight" and left the tavern to sleep. Arkadia did the same later.
Dagger in hand, Dominik Windslasher was ready to revenge his wife. That mad expression still on his face. Then...
- Wait. Tis oomie only be a girl, you can't hurt her, she be too young - said Korg.
Dominik punched Rebecca on the face. She feel back, hiding her face with her hands and started to cry. But looking closely, that cry couldeasy be mistaken by a giggle, an evil giggle being hidden by her hands.
Dominik spoke about the Banshees again and about a "SB" tattoo the girl had on her neck. But the tattoo wasn't there, just vanished. Also, Dominik spoke about her being, in fact, a half-elf and that she was 115 years old.
Korg stood between them until he gave up.
- Korg, can you leave us alone, please? - Dominik asked.
- Fine - asnwered the orc -, no more fun, yub - and left the tavern.
Dominik's mad eyes turned to Rebecca.
- Please... sir... don't hurt me - she said ironic.
Dominik was getting on his sense again.
- Damn wine - he said. - Messed up with all my plan.
They stood a lot of time one in front of another. Dominik was speaking, letting his anger acumulated over the years come out. The he drawed his dagger. But Rebecca was faster and grabed a chair and aimed it at Dominik's nose. He was old, but still agile from his young days of adventures and avoided the chair. But when he did, the girl attemped to run and escape.
- No! - he shouted and threw something on her face. Ash.
With her temporary blind, he blocked the door. A pair of elven ears came out of her hair. Rebecca stood unmoved, trying to hear anything. Dominik threw some apples around just to see her attacking blindily in these directions. Finally, he threw a dart. It hit her side.
- This dart was poisoned. Soon you'll be sleeping.
Rebecca tried to run throughte left door and to call for help from the city. But it was too late. The poison made she fall sleep. Dominik took her weaons, grabed her by an arm and started to carry her somewhere.

When they arrived at Elliria's mark Dominik wasn't drunk anymore, the effect of the poison on Rebecca was ending. She already could hear and see him.
- I know you can hear me - Dominik said. - Death is nothing compared with living with suffer. And that's what you cursed me with, murderer. Today, I'll take my revenge.
So he grabed the dagger he found on her and kneel down. With the dagger, Dominik made a deep cut over Rebecca's face.
- I know you can feel pain too - he said.
When he stood, he kicked her near a river, threw her inside the river and got her back. Then he threw her weapons over her and a leather to hide her destroyed face.
- Tell the others Banshees that I will be waiting for them, in the case they want to come after me. Enjoy your life.
By saying that, he left her there. Then he stopped and seemed to remember one thing.
- Nothing will be able to heal this scar - Dominik said. - We should be even by now, but... I could have killed you. You owe me your life, Rebecca. You know I could kill you.
She said nothing when Dominik left.

The next morning, a headache.
- Dagger... what happened? Why are we sleeping in the town and not the woods, as ususal?
- Because it's safer.
- Safer? Safer from what?
- The Scarlet Banshees.