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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 4:27 am
by veralion
Veralion looks up from the ground, as blood drips from his face and his body. He blinks and what used to be two red eyes change. His left eye gleams a hazey bright green, and the other a red darker than any blood. Veralion smiles a twisted, sinester smile and looks at his clansman. He nods, and they both look back to Kalamon.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:08 pm
by Callith
Callith curses in the oldest form of elvish. "Sevious, find out if this city has catapults." He tells Sevious before turning to an elf beside him "You, take thirty men and bring the elven oil barrels, with luck. If this city has catapults, we can burn their seige engines to the ground, if they don't have catapults..... We will have no choice but to release the Flagelents..." Says Callith with a deep sigh of regret. The elf beside him nods, before taking thiry elves to the ships and carries back, large barrels of oil. "Keep it away from the walls, if one of those explode in town it will be a disaster, water can't put the fire out. Remeber that." Callith shouts down to the elves carrying the barrels. Before turning to find Sevious back with news "Sevious, order the civillians to be ready on the ships, we can't hold this wall for more than a day, if the enemy attack with no breaks, they need to be ready for a swift retreat, tell who ever is in charge of this town, that once the wall falls that they head to the ships, once the wall falls we can not defend the castle, or any other place in the city, reguard less of what they may think." He tells this to Sevious then surveys what is in front of him "Ok men, listen up. Many of you will die, but you will die fighting for peace, freedom, and honour, we can't win this battle, and I wont lie to you, many hero's will be born in the comming day, and many will die, each and every one of you, have your chance here today, if you be, human, dwarf, orc or elf, to be a hero, I want each and every one of you to kill at least three orceans, if you want to kill more, go ahead, and if any of you want to leave the wall, I tell you this, for each and every one of you who leaves, each person who remains will have to fight that little bit more harder to make up for the loss, we can only hold them here today but, we hold them, so the rest of the world, has that precious extra time to prepare and defeat Kalamon, each of you find a battle brother, once you have one, look after each other, only the best warriors can defend their backs, and fight someone infront of them, as a persons battle brother, it will be your job to make sure your brother gets help, when he needs it pair up, and get ready, the enemy will come soon." Callith gives his speach to the combined forces, and they let out a cheer of defiance that travels accross the field of the slain to the army of orceans, they look at each other confused at the sound , then back to the city, waiting for the order to attack.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 2:55 am
by Sevious Helios
Kalamon looks over at Veralion and nods. "Good to see you have chosen the right path. Unbind their hands Grunakin.", Kalamon says. "As you wish my lord.", Grunakin says as he walks over to Veralion and his clansman. He unties their hands and walks back over to Kalamon's side. "Now...to show me that you're going to follow me. I want you to do this. Mount the Kangliers over there. And ride into battle with the orcaens. Kill as many humans as you can. I don't really care much about them dwarves but those elves are troublesome. Their damn arrows don't stop many of us. They think that if they stop a few of us that the rest of us will fall...they think wrong...every one they kill....five more come to take his place.", Kalamon says. "Now charge them!", Grunakin says to Veralion with an evil look in his eye.
Sevious looks over to Kalamon and says,"I know for a fact they don't have any catapults...you can use that oil though...somehow.if you heat it up...we can dump it down on top of the orcaens....and burn them to death. This city...has barely yet alone if any defense...these walls are about all the have." Sevious looks down as the orcaens come charging up to the wall. Some more ladders came flying up towards the wall. Sevious bends down by a dead evlen archer that had been struck by an orcaen crossbow bolt that had hit his head and picked up his bow.
Sevious aims down at an orcaen and fires the arrow. The arrow flys right into his neck. The orcaen falls back and soon so does the ladder. It hits a group of orcaens underneath it and crushes them. Sevious looks over at Callith. "That was a lucky shot...get your elven men ready with swords...or whatever weapons they carry. I want you to give them a volley of arrows on your word. The orcaens are climbing up the ladders now. They're goign to be hard to push down so I suggest we don't waste time trying to push them down.", Sevious says to Callith. Sevious looks back down and sees more and more orcaens climbing on bored the ladders.
Sevious drops the bow and draws his sword again preparing to engage the upcoming orcaens. "Here they come", Sevious says as the first orcaen jumps up over the wall. Sevious shoves his sword into his gut causing him to fly backwards. Sevious looks around him and sees other Orcaens getting up onto the wall. The begin to fight the elves, dwarves, and humans up on the wall. Sevious looks to Callith and says, "They're up here....let's do our best.", Sevious says waiting for him to reply.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 4:50 am
by veralion
Veralion snatches his sword from Grunakin and snarles at him. "Don't think because I am with you I'm going to lay off of you..." Veralion says. Kalamon, Crainter, and a few other Orceans laugh as Grunakin is embarrased. Veralion and his clansman get on to the krainglers and begin to ride towards the city gates.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 9:01 am
by Callith
Callith shouts "Archers, when they reach the top of the ladders shoot them off, if they fall they might take a few of their freinds with them...Fire, don't let them take the wall." He looks down at the ladder infront of him and boots an orcean in the face breaking his jaw, and causing it to fall taking four more with it. "Bring the oil up here, and pour it on the ladders" He shouts and ten elves leave the walls and gather the oil barrels pouring it on the ladders and the orceans on them. The orceans laugh thinking the elves are trying to make them slip, " Light your arrows and fire!" Callith orders and elves release flaming arrows, onto the orceans and ladders, causing them to burst into flames, and the attack falters for a while at least, because orceans at the bottom of the ladders have been set on fire, and are running around setting more on fire. Callith goes to Sevious "I'll be back in tem minuets" He says before walking off the wall towards his ships, he walks into them and looks at some dark figures in cells. "You have an enemy to fight, and your orders are to sneak amongst the fallen, and get to the enemy war mahines, make them inoperable, then move onto the next one, once your revaled, you are sure to die and you will only have a short time to carry out your orders." They let out a collective cheer, and Callith lifts a pannel filled with huge flails, before walking to the end of the corridor, and cutting a rope causing the cell doors to open, and thirty crazed elves walk out, they all grab a flail and Callith leads them to the gate, covered in dead, opening it just enough for them to pass under he shuts it again, and when he looks with his eyes, the elves have dissapeared amongst the corpses, slowly heading to the siege engines.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 2:47 am
by Sevious Helios
The orcaens don't give up that easily. The clear back from the wall as if something is about to happen. Sevious peers over the horizen to get a better look. He gasps and shouts,"They are loading the siege weapons!" The orcaens down on the ground pull out cross bows out and aim up at the combined forces. The suddenly let out a volley of bolts causing elves, humans, and dwarves to fall down over the edge. Sevious picks up the same as before and puts the arrow into place. He aims and lets the arrow fly far. It hits an orcaen in the eye causing him to fly back onto the ground into another. Sevious says to Callith,"This wall is about to fall. Tell your men to get ready to retreat. As soon as this wall does fall....they will overrun us...Is that Veralion?!", Sevious says as a familar orc rides on a kanglier towards the wall.
Sevious squints a bit harder. "It is him...what is he doing?!", Sevious asks. Suddenly some flaming rocks come flying from over the distance from the trebuchets and hit the wall. Sevious plants his feet firmly in the ground as the wall shakes. Suddenly the battering rams come up to the and the orcaens in it take the ram and ram the wall with it. Some stone flys down to the bottom as the wall begins to crack. Sevious suddenly loses his grip and begins to slip over towards the edge. As another flying rock hurls through the air and hits the wall he slips and begins to fall over the edge. He quickly grips edge of the wall with both hands as he hangs dangling off over the edge. An orcaen from below takes aim at him and fires a bolt. It hits his right leg in the back. "Ahh! Callith!", Sevious shouts in pain as he hangs onto the ledge. His left hand then slips and his weight goes further down into his body. He hangs on to the ledge with his right but barely......
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 10:05 pm
by Callith
Callith jumps and grabs his arm, while mentally counting "5....4....3....2...1....Now" He shouts, and pulls Sevious up, and at the same time thirty elves jump up at the crew of the nearest trebuchet, killing them with large flails, the elves quickly demolish the trebuchet before splitting up into two groups of fifteen, and one group goes to the nearest trebuchet on the right while the other group go left. A group of Orceans run to stop a group but, are crushed by flails, they reach their next targets and take them down, three remain, and there are only six of the insane elves left, and about them, large ammounts of dead Orceans, they split up into groups of two and head to the remaining trebuchets, one group gets surrounded by Orceans, and are killed, before they reach the target, but the other two groups make it safley and take down their targets, before a volly of crossbow fire takes down the group furthest away from the last trebuchet, and the surving two start their run towards it, they get caught and surrounded, but one scarifices himself, to create a gap for the last one to run through, and just as he reaches the final trebuchet a bolt hits his leg, screaming with rage, and a final swing of his flail snaps the wood of the trebuchet and caues it to topple and fire into a section of Orceans readying themsleves near the wall. The dwarves and humans cheer as the final trebuchet falls, but Callith and the rest of the elves sya, and do nothing, they pick up their bows and Callith shouts "Fall back, all forces to the docks if you want to live, we leave now!" Callith, and the remaining elves, pick up their weapons and leave the wall. Callith breathes deeply and looks very bad, the zombie bites has become infected, and he staggers aboard his ship, and gets into his room before collapsing, they elves start to pack their ships, but wait to see if anyone will leave with them.
Awakening...
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 12:38 am
by Bloodhearte
In the heat of battle with several oddities of creatures, Bloodhearte feels exhausted by the amount of flames he created from his own raw energy.
Suddenly, everything freezes...he looks around, finding that everybody, including Sevious and his party, is frozen while still in poses of attacking...not Fortinbris, however. The face of a lich with a dark, dark face appears and grins in the face of Bloodhearte...
Bloodhearte awakens in a place that's only filled with darkness. He can't see any floor, any walls...nothing. A voice speaks...
Fortinbris, you are becoming biased on the side of 'light.' You have the potential to become a high priest for Moshran, and I can't simply let that spoil...at the same time, you disappoint me by turning down my offer and siding with that fool Sevious. You will face death beyond death, and reborn as according to my will!!
Scared, and being hurt at the same time, Bloodhearte lets out horrid screams that echo as if several men rather than just himself are screaming. The screaming becomes loud, and very deep yet soaring. It will not end, it will not subside. Suddenly, a demon with large fangs and a huge, mauve body attacks Fortinbris.
The beast swings his large claws, but Fortinbris manages to dodge them; barely. He is scratched hard in the stomach simply by coming in contact with the ferocious weapons. Fortinbris, obviously no match for this unordinary demon, cloaks himself in hopes that he confuses the demon. While cloaked, he holds his hands together attempting to create an ice bolt three times larger and more concentrated. The chanting becomes louder, and he blasts the demon with it as the demon bites at him from a distance...the bolt is thrown in and successful with the hit, and it falls...Fortinbris barely notices that he suffers yet another serious wound, across the side of his face...
Still stuck in the dark world, memories of everybody that he met flash in his mind, friend and foe, neutralite and even Moshran himself...he holds his arm tightly...his body is still bleeding very badly...
He limps a few yards, then stops. Fortinbris looks up into the darkness...suddenly, he is back on the battle field. Few are still fighting, but many around look at Bloodhearte and make shocked but questionable faces about his sudden wounds. He looks up again, blood running on the side of his face, stained on his dark cloak, and says...
Life...is only an illusion. I will be awakened.....
Wounds from the travel, battling beasts, the claws and bite from the demon are simply too much for a frail, human body to handle.
He falls to the ground, face first...there is no sign of breathing, or life within him. Fortinbris Bloodhearte, aspiring high priest of Moshran, is now dead...
Meanwhile, in the town of Trollsbane, many bright stars make the silent night sky hum with sight. One of the more noticable and distant stars flashes once more, then suddenly disappears. Also, on the shores of Trollsbane, the body of a human washes ashore. The body is alive, and stands back up...his face is grey and pale, his eyes are a dark hue of red. The face looks like that of Bloodhearte, except that Bloodhearte still lies dead on the battle field...a large, but evil smile grimaces on his face and he laughs so low to the point where it's a sound that isn't of this world...
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 1:17 am
by veralion
The kraingler stops dead in its tracks. Veralion notices the allied forces falling back, and the orceans overrunning the city gates. His clansmen stops shortly behind him. Veralion looks to the top section of the wall and sees Helios almost fall to his death. He sniffs the air, pauses, and then again for some sort of reassurance. He looks down and sees the motionless body of Bloodhearte. He grins and gets off the kraingler. He picks up the body, throws it on the back of the krangler, and mounts it again. Veralion looks back in the direction of where Kalamon was, and notices they are gone. He dazes off, thinking to himself, and begins to zig-zag through the orceans and dead bodies. He works his way to an open area in the wall, away from the orceans. He notices everyone getting on the elven and human ships. He notices his sitting on the far end of the dock, and decides to ride to it. As he is riding, he passes Helios and puts his hand on the butt of his sword, considering whether to draw it and end it there, or wait. For a brief moment, he blinks, and they make eye contact. Veralion turns his head away and continues riding to his ship.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 2:35 am
by Sevious Helios
Sevious looks down at Veralion as he sets his hand down on his sword and thinks. "Perhaps...something is happening", Sevious says aloud to himself. He then peers back down the wall and sees several orcaens scaling it again. The battering rams hit it once more and finally it cracks and then flies open. Sevious falls down with it. He doesn't move but just falls. He lets himself fall as if he doesn't care. Suddenly he hits the soft roof of the stable in the courtyard of the castle. He lands softly on the ground and looks around. Some orcaens come running in as some humans fight them. Suddenly Shezar comes running down to Sevious from the battle. "We're being overran! What are we to do?", Shezar asks Sevious.
Sevious looks over at Shezar and shrugs. "Do what you want...it's not like anything matters anymore...Kalamon....is achieving his goal...I can't do a damned thing...let's just face the facts...we are going to lose...what I suggest...if you want to leave with your lives....get your fellow dwarves and board the human ships with the others....there will be plenty of room...the orcaens are about to burn this place down...see..", Sevious says pointing at some flaming arrows flying through the sky. He slowly gets to his feet and brushes some dust off of himself. "There's nothing left here for us...let's get going...I've failed....", Sevious says to Shezar. Shezar nods and shouts,"Fellow dwarves! Follow me! We're going to leave! Head for the human ships!" The dwarves suddenly all turn around and run as some humans are left fighting.
King Prean then walks up to Sevious and says,"This is it? Isn't it? We are just going to abandon my kingdom to such vile beasts?" Sevious slowly nods and says,"Yes...all kingdoms will be like this....get your remaining men and head to your ships...sail east and stay there...my kingdom will need your help...head for Darishnia." King Prean sighs and then looks at Sevious. "Fine...retreat!", he shouts with a bit of a tremble in his voice. All the humans begin to run past Sevious towards the docks and then to the ships. Ezorock and Boremier run past him as well towards the ship. Sevious looks at Hevana and says,"Go on girl...head towards the ships with your master. Perhaps I may see you another day." Hevana looks at him with a bit of a sad look and then trots off with King Prean.
Sevious turns around and watches as the orcaens come charging in and the humans and dwarves run past him. Sevious turns around with the crowd but does something else. He walks instead of runs towards the docks. The orcaens chase all of the humans including Sevious. One runs up behind him and then falls down after Sevious pulls his sword out of his gut. He keeps walking and does the same thing as more try to get him. He finally arrives to Veralions ship and walks up into it. As he sees some unlucky humans falling to their knees with Orcaens pulling their weapons out of their corpses.
"Veralion...let's go....oh...and do what you want. I sense something is happening to you....", Sevious says laying his sword down before his feet. "Is it my life you wish to take?", Sevious asks Veralion. He waits for a response as his orcish crew begins to work and gets the ship to set sail. After five minutes they are a bit away from the city. It is in flames. "Tell me Veralion...is it my life?", Sevious asks again. He awaits for an answer. Bormier and Ezorock walks over to the edge to do their own things as well....
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 2:50 am
by veralion
Veralion looks down and says something to himself under his breath. He looks over at where he layed Bloodheartes body on top of a table and then back down.
"I don't know.. I don't know anything right now. I can't feel anything..."
Veralion suddenly grips his fists and snarles as he punches a hole in a cabinet. "Leave me Helios! You don't understand. I...GAH!!!" Veralion says before he begins to snarel and scream and yell, knocking things over. He turns to Helios as his left eye flames with a light green color, of poisen and evil. "Your life..." he says as he trails off, mumbling... "Go..."
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 3:13 am
by Sevious Helios
Sevious looks up at Veralion and then to the hole in the cabinet. He slowly nods and says, "As you wish...I'll leave you alone...to think." Sevious bends down and picks up his sword. He then turns around and slowly heads out towards the top deck. He finally gets there and looks out at the sea and then at the sky. "A storm is coming...", Sevious says. He then looks back at the tiny dot which is now the burning city of farnduvan. "I'm sorry...for all those lives lost today because of me...I pray that they rest in peace....", Sevious says. Lightning flashes across the sky and begins to pick up pace with howling wind.
The ship speeds up a bit as Sevious walks over to the edge of the ship. The other ships of the humans are headed east but the ships of the elves sevious does not know. He peers over the edge as rain begins to hit the deck. He shakes his head and pulls his cape up over his head. He walks down to the lower levels real quick and takes off his armor and puts on normal clothes with his father's cape. He looks down at an amulet that was given to him. It has been finely crafted by perhaps an elf and has a beautiful design. Sevious grasps it in both hands and walks back up into the storm. He covers his head up with the blue cape.
He then walks to the edge again and looks out at the wild waves in the sea. They grow restless as they hit the ship. Lightning is now flashing all around the ship. Sevious stays up there even though it continues to flash across the sky. Behind someone comes up in a heavily disguised dark cloak and waits. Some lightning suddenly hits the side of the ship right by Sevious causing the edge to fall off and hit the water. The figure then moves in for the kill...
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 3:20 am
by veralion
The figure walks up behind Helios before he falls and grabs the neck region of the cloak and pulls him to his face of he can whisper.
"Goodbye...Old friend.."
The figure releases his grip and as he does, Helios goes plunging into the wild and violent waves of the sea. Lightning flashes accross the sky again and the figure is gone from the deck. One of the Bloodskull crewman run to the side of the ship and begins to shout, "Helios has fallen overboard!" ...
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 3:28 am
by Sevious Helios
Sevious falls down into the water without even trying to grab onto anything. "Good bye...", Sevious says as he hits the violent waters. The water splashes up as he gets swept under. The ship about him tosses him around under the water. Sevious tries to hold his breath as long as he can. Suddenly he starts to go down and deeper into the water. Suddenly he gets thrushed back up but finally he lets the air up out of his lungs. The air bubbles float to the top. Sevious finally hits the surface. He grabs ahold of the piece of wood that had fell off from the side of the ship. He holds onto it as he moves farther and farther away from the ship towards the South...
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:16 pm
by Boremier
Boremier did not see what happened to Sevious but he walks towards Veralion and says : "Veralion what happened to Sevious?"
Boremier waits for Veralion to answer.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:38 pm
by veralion
Veralion looks down, hiding his grin... "Lightning must have got him when it hit the ship..." Veralion says. He turns and head to his quarters...
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:46 pm
by Boremier
Boremier is shocked at what he hears and then says : "I see....Veralion...how long until we reach trollsbane?"
Boremier is saddened at loosing his friend to the tides.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:48 pm
by veralion
Veralion doesnt say a word as he continues to walk below deck.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:04 am
by Boremier
Boremier watches Veralion walk away.
Boremier walks back to where Ezorock was standing and explains what has happened to Sevious.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 9:51 pm
by ezo
Ezorock turns to Boremier with a look of shock..." Struck by lightning!....It cannot be!" Ezorock shakes his head in Disbelief " Did you see this happen?"
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 9:54 pm
by Boremier
Boremier looks at Ezorock and says : "No not me...but Veralion saw it."
Boremier then says : "We...should be...reaching trollsbane soon...at least we can try and take our minds off of what happened" Boremier looks at the ocean.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 9:56 pm
by ezo
Ezorock walks below deck and notices Veralion sitting down " Surely we should turn the ship around!...we went out here for Sevious and we are comming back without him!? this is mad!"
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 10:01 pm
by Boremier
Boremier follows Ezorock to Veralion and says : "I agree with Ezo Veralion Sevioua would do the same for you"
Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 6:39 am
by veralion
Veralion chuckles with an erie tone. "Came to get him, we did. We got to him, and made a stand against Kalamon... And we did fail. We tried to finish it all, but Kalamon is all too powerfull. And anyways, you want to try and find Helios in this storm?! Good luck to you. He should be at the bottom of the sea now...I dont even know where we are going with the winds like this..." Veralion glares at the two for a breif moment, his hazey green eye seeing through them. He then gets up and announces, "Well, I'm beat, that lightning almost took me as well... Im going to bed." Veralion gets up and stretches. He goes in to his room and standing by his bed, he thinks to himself, "I wonder what happened to him..." He directs his thoughts to Kalamon. "Kalamon! I have done your deed...Now, you must hold your end of the deal to me!"
As Veralion sleeps, Ezo and Boremier remain on deck, trying to see if land is near through the storm. "Out of the way, fools! Crewman shout to them as they work amonst the ship. "Look what you have done to master Veralion!" Many times they are yelled at and pushed. Not many hours later, the storm stops suddenly. It is dark and quiet and only the creeking of the ship can be heard. Suddenly, a loud sound can be hear. -CRASH!!-- the ship has hit land. A Bloodskull is heard as he shouts, "Trollsbane!"