To the East....

Moathia · Post by **Moathia** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:09 am

"I've never seen anything like it, thank you Sevious, for bringing me here, it's wonderful." She says and kisses him, before looking to the horizon, and seeing a coloum of about fiftey people with her sharp eyes. "They are making better time than I had thought." She says and kisses Sevious once more.... Oh, where are we sleeping by the way? I mean, is there somewhere for us to sleep, I have a chest of equipemnt, and I need to know where to have it sent to?" She says and smiles slightly.

Sevious Helios · Post by **Sevious Helios** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:20 am

"You can stay here in the castle. And you're welcome. There is a bed chamber downstairs. I'll take you to it. Follow me. I'll have your things brought there for you too. You just go on and get some sleep. There's only one bed chamber available right now. I guess I'll have to share with you. I hope you don't mind.", Sevious says. Afterwards he gets one last glimpse at the sky and takes her downstairs. He leads her down the hall and into a bed room. In it there is a silky bed covers. Sevious lays Moathia down onto the bed and says, "You go ahead and get some sleep. I'm sure you're tired." He walks out of the room and goes down to the elves that she had spotted before.

"Where's Moathia's chest?", Sevious asks one of them. "Here sir. Why?", one of the elves ask. "I'm going to take it to her room. She's sleeping in the castle. She's safe. There's no need to worry.", Sevious says. He picks up the heavy chest and takes up into the courtyard. Sevious goes through the hallway and slowly opens the door up not to mack to much noise. Moathia is sound asleep. Sevious takes the chest over to the bed's front and sets it down and whipes his brow. He unstraps his sword and shield and sets them over against the wall. He takes his helmet off and sets it down next to the Wrym's tooth and his shield. He walks back over to Moathia and takes off his boots. He hesitantly pulls the covers over and gently picks her up and scoots her over to the side. Sevious kisses Moathia's forehead and lays his head down next to her's.

He finds his arm around her and head against the back of hers. He slowly drifts off to sleep thinking about many things. His future, his past, and the battle to come.

While Moathia dreams, the same man appears before her. "You want to know some other things?", the man asks. "I will tell you.", the man says again as he turns towards her in his ghostly form. "The army of Kalamon is coming. They march 31,000 strong towards your location...be prepared is my best advice...and as I said...in the future...after this is over...if Sevious survives. He may make a decision that may hurt you. Be forewarned...I must go now.", the man says as he waves his hand in front of his head and disappears quickly.

Boremier · Post by **Boremier** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 7:41 pm

Boremier and Myers gallop towards there destination. As they ride Boremier begins to think to himself : "How big will this army be? Can we really survive this? Father I shall avenge your death I will kill that man with your own sword!"

Moathia · Post by **Moathia** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:15 pm

Moathia rolls over in the bed and mumbles why to the man, just after he dissappears, and she wakes up and looks down at Sevious beside her, she kisses him, and goes over to her chest, and takes out some clean clothes and puts them on, along with her cloak from the day before, she wanders quietly out the room, and begins to walk around the city, talking to some people she meets, and then goes over to an elf, in the middle of a market place, she talks to him for a while, before traveling around again, she buys an apple from a stall, and hands the vendor, an old looking lady a gold coin for it, and continues to walk around town, looking at it, and eating the apple.

Sevious Helios · Post by **Sevious Helios** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:36 pm

Sevious stretches one moment opening his eyes slowly as the light from them flows out. He pulls his feet out to the side and brushes the covers down to his side. He shakes his head holding it again as a thought hits his head again. He gazes over at the wrym's tooth again and then back at his own hands. He slowly stands up and walks over to the window. Outside he hears the normal hustle of the usual crowd outside. "Funny...no one is really panicking...even though these days may be their last...", Sevious says. He observes the fluffy white clouds as the float over the sky ahead. Sevious turns back and looks back at the sword.

Some vision flashes in his mind quickly. Kalamon...Kalamon and his sword staring at Sevious in the middle of a battlefield. Sevious clutches his sword and stares back at him again. "Heheheh.", the voice of Kalamon laughs as it echoes throughout his head. Sevious holds his head. He stares back down at his chest again and wonders. Kalamon's sword comes flying at his chest as he Sevious jumps in front of something or someone.

Sevious stares at his shirt again, and slowly lifts it up. There's nothing there. Sevious sighs and drops his shirt back down over his chest. He peers back at the sword. He walks over to it and picks up his helmet and puts it back on. He pulls up his shield and slides it back on as well. Then last he picks up the Wrym's tooth and gazes at it. He slowly sheaths it after a few moments of staring at it. He blinks once or twice as his hand glows a blueish color and then rubs his eyes. His hand stops, if it was, glowing. Sevious walks out of the room and closes the wooden door. He walks up into the throne room to speak to his king. King Sirean looks down at him after pulling his head away from King Prean's ear and Shezar's. "Ah hello Sevious. How are you?", he asks. "I am fine my lord", Sevious says.

"ah good good. Well. I have a huge task for you. Seeing of what King Prean here has told me. You're an eligible general. I'm giving you command of my armies. You will be leading them against Kalamon when the times come. It is up to you to decide their fate.", King Sirean says. Sevious looks up at him and slowly nods. "Such a big responsiblility...but I will do it.", He says to King Sirean. "Good luck to you Sevious. You'll need it all. I'm counting on you...", King Sirean says. "Oh and by the way. An elf claiming to know you came in here earlier by the name of Armil. He was requesting a position with either you or Moathia. I don't care what you do but do as you wish with him.", King Sirean says going back to talking with the other two.

"As you wish my lord...farewell for now.", Sevious says turning around and back out into the courtyard. He walks out of the castle grounds and into the street. Elves and humans litter the streets all around. Elves in armor and human soldiers as well as citizens. The city is growing more crowded every hour as more citizens come in from small towns. Sevious manages to spot Moathia in the middle of the crowd and walks over to her. He puts his hand on her shoulder and says, "I've something to ask." Sevious takes her to the side of the street and begins to talk to her. "What will you do and where will you be when the battle begins?", he asks curiously. "I don't want you to get hurt.", Sevious says again. He awaits her response. He gazes around for a moment and spots Boremier and Myers riding in. He waves at them and turns back to Moathia.

Moathia · Post by **Moathia** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:40 pm

" I'll be where I'm needed most Sevious, where ever fiftey of the best elven swordsmen are needed, I'll be there, don't worry about me, I'll have my gaurds with me at all times. It's you that has to get to Kalamon and beat him." She replies, and takes another bite out the apple.

Boremier · Post by **Boremier** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:46 pm

Boremier dismounts his horse as does myers. Myers tells Boremier she is going to take a look around and come back later.
Boremier makes his way over to Sevious.

Sevious Helios · Post by **Sevious Helios** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:47 pm

"I guess so. Worrying is something I can't really stop...Well. I'll try my best to get to him. I'm sure I'll have a hell lot of fighting to do.", Sevious says. A small pure blonde boy runs into Moathia all of a sudden almost knocking her down. Sevious steadies the boy and pulls him away from Moathia. He looks up at both of them crying. "That...that bully over there is chasing me!", the boy says pointing to an alley. Sevious gazes over at the alley and sees several vague figures of four men standing there. "What'd they do?", Sevious asks. "They...they stole my money! I was going to go buy bread for...for my mommy...but they stole it from me!", The boy says crying as he holds onto Moathia's waist. "Please help me get it back!", the boy says. Sevious looks to Moathia and down to the boy. "What should we do?", Sevious asks.

Sevious gets a glimpse over her shoulder as Boremier approaches. "Hail Boremier.", Sevious says.

Moathia · Post by **Moathia** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:55 pm

Moathia looks down at the crying boy and smiles a little, "Here, take this, and buy yor bread, I'll get your mommy's money back" She says and hands the boy a small bag of gold. She then walks over to the men smiling. " Thats little boy said you stole his money, and I would like you to give it back." She says smiling one hand holding her staff, the other sliping round her back, and resting hiden in the cloak.

Boremier · Post by **Boremier** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:57 pm

As Boremier walks over Sevious says to him : "Hail Boremier" Boremier replies with : "Hail" So how long do we have?

Sevious Helios · Post by **Sevious Helios** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:59 pm

Sevious turns and peers at Moathia. The men all grin and one man looks at her. He appears to be the leader. "Is that so miss? Why would such a pretty little thing like you be back here alone?", the men say. The three men beside the man start to surround her grinning. One man walks up behind her and begins to put his hand on her bottom and touches it. "A nice body as well.", the man beside her says as he begins to starts to shove her to the ground. "And by the way. We don't give money back.", the leader says nodding to the others. Sevious draws his sword and begins to run over to them as soon as he realizes what they are doing. He says to Boremier real quick, "Probably about two days..."

Moathia · Post by **Moathia** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:03 pm

Moathia smiles, " Hmm, I was about to warn you not to do that, but oh well." She says and brings her staff up crashing the blue stone end into the mans head in a spin, and brings her sword and cuts another man in the stomach, she rolls under the leader and hits him in the back of the knees with her staff, and looks at the last one standing " I've not killed anyone yet, don't make me start." She says with fire glowing in her green eyes, and he runs off, she turns the leader over with her staff, and smiles sweetly at him. " The money. Now!"

Boremier · Post by **Boremier** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:08 pm

Boremier runs over with Sevious to Moathia Boremier says to Sevious : "What pitiful excuses for men!"

Sevious Helios · Post by **Sevious Helios** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:11 pm

The leader shivers a little but then shakes his head. "I think not miss...nothing is going to happen. If you kill me you'll have a whole street gang after you! The ironmen!", the leader of the small group says. He slowly gets to his feet and brushes himself off. He grins and says,"It's time for you to learn a lesson." The man pushes something with his foot on the ground and a door right under Moathia opens up. She falls down about fifteen feet and hits a soft ground. Suddenly a dim light lights the area. On the ground several snakes and spiders scurry away from Moathia startled. Some rats roam by. She's in the sewers. Down at the end of the right side some sounds rattle the dim sewer. The door up above quickly closes. Some thing scurries across the wall. And a second later another thing does. Four things, two on either side of Moathia, appears dimly before her, each with eight hairy legs.

Sevious runs up to the man after Moathia falls into the sewer. "Where is she!?", Sevious shouts at the man. "What? Who?", the man says touching his cheek from where Moathia had hit him and rubbing the blood off. "The elf!", Sevious shouts. "Calm your voice. I don't know who you're talking about.", the man says lieing through his teeth. "You lie!", Sevious shouts grabbing the man's shirt and throwing him up against the wall. "Tell me!", Sevious shouts. "Hmm...", the man says staring at the same thing he had hit before on the ground....

Moathia · Post by **Moathia** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:21 pm

Moathia curses, thinks, and surrounds herself with a wall of flames, so the giant spiders can't get to her, looking at them carfuly, she studies their weak points, and throws a dagger into the eye of one that jumped at the barrier of flames, causing it to screech loadly in pain and runs off, another one jumps through the flames and screeches in pain as it gets put on fire, and Moathia puts her sword through it's head, killing it, as another jumps onto her, landing on her back, she uses her legs to throw it off her and into the flames, as the last oone bites her leg, she screams, and she hits it with the staff, and it backs off a little, and she stands up, breathing heavily, she points her staff at it, and manages to say the words, Ra Luk, and a flash comes from het staff, sending a green cloud onto the spider causing it to screech in pain as it's face gets burned off, using her staff, she walks around trying to find an exit, and finds an old wooden ladder, she begins to climb it, and pushes a metal lid off to find herself in an alley, she replaces the lid, and collapses into unconsiousness.

Boremier · Post by **Boremier** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:26 pm

Boremier walks over to the sewer hole "Sevious!" shouts Boremier "Do you think she could be down here?

Sevious Helios · Post by **Sevious Helios** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:34 pm

The man gazes at Sevious again to see if he is really paying attention. Sevious stares at him and says,"Why do you try these tricks on me. Now isn't the time you fool." The man shrugs and says,"Well I'll tell you some truth. You're elven...love...or friend...is dead. She fell down into the sewers just as where you are going!", the man says pulling the rope. Sevious jumps off over the cover and pulls the man up quickly. He sticks his sword to his throat and says,"You'll pay for that. Tell me where she went!" "She's dead I told you! Why do you not believe me?! The sewers here have giant spiders in them. She'd never escape them. Besides. If she got out she'd only found herself in another alley. It's not any safer there than it is down there!", the man says laughing.

"You deserve to die for that!", Sevious shouts in the man's face angrily. Sevious hits the man in his gut with his metal gauntlet and the man falls down to the ground coughing up blood. Sevious lifts his foot up and thrusts it down on the man's back. The man goes uncounscious from the pain. Sevious looks down in the sewers and jumps in. As he falls he lands in a crouched position letting out a grunt. He stands back up and peers at the flames that still burns. He sees the body of a dead Tantula and curses to himself. A trail of blood trails down the sewer through the flames. Sevious jumps through them and slowly begins to follow them.

Meanwhile up where Moathia is, Several men bulky, but rather ugly men, run up to Moathia and bend down next to her. One quickly lifts her up and runs into the door of the building that leads out into the alley. The man throws the uncounscious Moathia onto a bed and laughs. "We got another one. She'll be good enough for Zen. He'll be pleased to learn we have another 'toy' for his pleasure.", the man says laughing. "Indeed", says the other grinning. In the same room are other men sitting down playing cards with light leather armor on and rusty daggers in their sheaths. One man has a pouch across his left eye and the other two have scars all over their shoulders and faces. Four men guard the door from the alley way who are the bulkiest. They have rather large axes and maces on them.

In another room the sounds of something horrible fills the air lightly. "Did you fead that Lurker yet?", the man with the patch asks. "hmm...yes. I fed him the morsals of a rat lately.", the man responds back. "Hmph...that's not enough to fill him up...oh well.", the man says. The two men over by Moathia gaze at her body and grin to themselves. "I wonder if Zen will mind if we get to touch her some.", one man says grinning. "Let's just watch her. He'll have others here for us when he's done with them.", the man says. "Maybe we'll get this one later. It all depends on if he keeps her or not.", the other says.

Moathia · Post by **Moathia** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:43 pm

Moathia groans in pain, and opens her eyes, and then bolts up she realises that she's not where she thought she was, she looks at the men in the room, and then down to her bleeding leg and curses in elvsih. "Which gang are you?" She asks, and tears off the arm of her dress, and wraps it round her leg, as a make shift bandage.

Boremier · Post by **Boremier** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:48 pm

As Sevious jumps down into the sewer Boremier decides to watch the thugs. As Boremier stands at the Sewer edge he lifts his fathers dagger up out of its holster round his back he notices in the reflection of the dagger one of the thugs is slowly moving away Boremier then says "I would not do that if I was you!" The thug says "Do you what" Boremier then says in an angered voice " Do you beleive me to be stupid YAHHH!"
He quickly tunrs around and throws the dagger into the thugs hand impaling it to the wall.

Sevious Helios · Post by **Sevious Helios** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:52 pm

The man with the patch looks over at her and says,"Why would you want to know? Does it matter?" He looks back down at his deck and goes back to playing cards. The two men next to her take her staff and dagger away from her before she can do anything as soon as they notice them. They throw them over to the guards at the door and one bauld man looks down at her and grins. "You've a very nice body. Zen is going to have fun with you.", he says running his hand down her thigh. The noises get louder again as the lurker in the other room keeps banging on his cage. "Ah shut up you stupid lizard!", the man says shouting at the lurker. The noises grow a little softer but it is still pretty noisy.

Sevious, down in the sewers peers around. He looks at an opening in the top where the blood goes up. He quickly runs to it. He begins to climb but it seems a few men hear him. "Intruder! Quickly! Close the hatch!", one guard says. The sewer's lid comes down over him and Sevious falls down into the mush from the door. He holds his head and stands up slowly. "Damn...I've got to find another way.", Sevious says. He runs down the sewer again peering around for another way up....

Moathia · Post by **Moathia** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:59 pm

"It matters greatly if your in a street war with the ironmen, and if any of you touch me again, I swaer I'll break your arm" She says looking at the big man, that just touched her. She stands up, and tests her leg incase she has to make a run for it, but she sits down again, after checking it.

Boremier · Post by **Boremier** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:02 pm

As Boremier walks over to the thug to retreive the dagger in his hand the other charges at Boremier from behind using his quick reflexes turns around and hits the other thug with his sheild as the thug falls to the floor Boremier walks over to him and says "You give our race a bad name you waste of air!" The man with the dager in his hand finaly pulls it out but drops to the floor with a loud thud. The dagger falls form his hand and Boremier walks over to the man and takes the dagger away and slides it back into the holster on the back of his belt.

Hermie · Post by **Hermie** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:04 pm

Back in Illarion, a bored Halfling creates a model of Boremier using soil. Standing to attention he salutes it.

Sir Yes Sir!

He looks at the model, missing his friend.

Boremier · Post by **Boremier** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:05 pm

The man that had the dagger in his hand had fainted from shock and the other would be nocked out cold for a coule of hours. Boremier thinks how he could keep them here incase they wake up and run away.

So Boremier grabs some rope from his bag and ties both the thugs up.

"Now where could Sevious be?"

Sevious Helios · Post by **Sevious Helios** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:07 pm

"What's wrong? You don't like men touching your body?", the man says laughing. "You'll be touched eventually again by zen. The Ironmen aren't anything compared to us. Zen is our leader. You won't be able to break his body with your little bones!", the man says laughing. Suddenly through another door a pretty human woman comes flying in half naked. Her shirt is ripped up and her pants go all the way up to the top of her legs. "Ooh another one.", the bauld man says walking over to her and picking her up. He begins to kiss the brunette human's neck. She has tears running down her cheeks but doesn't try to get away since she knows it's futile. The other red haired man standing next to Moathia grins at her. "Zen may keep you or give you back to us. If he does I get you first.", he says grinning.

Sevious finally spots light through a crack in the wall. He kicks at it and the wall falls in. Behind him a Tantula runs up. Sevious quickly thrusts his sword in it's face and it runs off squiling. Sevious hops through the crack and looks around. He is in the basement of a building. He takes some crates and places them in front of the crack to keep out the horrors of the sewers and walks up the ladder steps. He lifts the lid up and peers around. Several men with skulls on their arms are talking to eachother. He waits for the right moment to move in. He peers down at his chest and covers up his symbols of Darishnia.

Moathia · Post by **Moathia** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:11 pm

Moathia looks away from the youg human lady, and takes a deep breath falling into a trance where the only feeling she has is that of being touched, so she don't have to see or watch the poor woman.

Sevious Helios · Post by **Sevious Helios** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:20 pm

"Don't do that here you oaf...take her to another room.", the man with the patch on his eye says. "Fine you fool..", the man says walking over towards a door with the young female human's hand in his jerking her along. The man with the patch looks over at Moathia and says,"What are you doing? Trying to dream up an escape? It's almost time for you to go see Zen. He has two people before you.", the man with the patch says. "She won't be going anywhere.", the man next to her says. "If she does try I'll use some force on her.", he says again.

Sevious opens the door up deciding to go take his chances. He walks up onto the floor and sets the lid to the basement quietly down. He walks over to a group of three men talking and listens as he pretends to fit in. "Did you hear? We have an elven girl in the back! Zen is going to be very happy!", one man with a missing eye says. "I know heheh. We're all going to be rewarded. Twenty more gold than normal!", the other man with his eyes in a squint says. Sevious let's out an angry sigh as he hears this and looks around through the scummy walls. He walks into a hallway and hears a noise. One man from the three group notices Sevious and says,"Hey you!" Sevious stops dead in his tracks.

Moathia · Post by **Moathia** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:23 pm

Moathia opens up her eyes and sighs again "If you let me go, I'll pay you triple what this Zen person is, I have the money, if you don't on the other hand, well, I'll just have to send the elven army in town into the dung hole, and have you all killed." She says and looks around while taking her cloak off.

Xantam. · Post by **Xantam.** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:24 pm

As Boremier stands thinking, more men coem around the corner, hearing the commotion they hurried.

All the men there surrouned Boremier, at the same time a tall lizard also with the ironmen mark on his arm walks around the corner, he looks around at his fellow gangmembers and asks "Are you the one who did this" Boremier replies with a smart remark "whats it to you" the lizards laughs "heh, i guess you got a point". As Xantam talks on of the gangmembers say "Should we get him?". Xantam replies "Hmm..? O, i guess so, just dont lose"

The men quickly run it at Boremier, and they manage to pin him down after losing a few men. "Took you that long? jeez, you guys are worthless" Xantam says. "Well hes kind of strong" Xantam ignores hima nd walks to Boremier "So, you managed to take down all those other men... that doesnt mean your too good... why are you here?"

Xantam waits for a response.

Boremier · Post by **Boremier** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:27 pm

As Boremier tries to wiggle free he responds to the lizard "I would not tell you anything anyway so what makes you think I will now?!"