The Silent Prayer
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:40 am
Stephen sits on the log, his castle being built behind him by numerous workers, his eyes set on the flames before him. He thinks of a woman who had entrusted her safety in him, and the future of her family with him. Alli Zelos. He remembers how he convinced her that she needed to flee to Tol Vanima with her twins to be safe from Nalzaxx, he remembers how he had even told Mark Strongarm to keep her safe there, but he did not.
They had murdered her, they had killed the wife of Baurus, the mother of a daughter, the mother of a son, neither more then two months old. She would never see them take their first steps, nor would they ever be read to by her. She would never see them get married nor would they ever be sung to by her again. She would never see what accomplishments they completed and they would never know of her.
And they stole her life, for their greed and their blind hatred. Such evil not even Stephen could comprehend, and Stephen knew he had still been too lenient with them. And so he made then a blood oath, a warriors oath.
"I will kill my enemy. I will destroy any that call themselves friends of my enemy. I will eliminate any that will defend my enemy. I will slaughter all who wish for their mercy. I will show them none and if Malachin himself stood in my way, he would be cut."
Cutting deeply into his palm with a red dagger he said the words and clenched his fist letting the blood drop into the flames. He arose then, to seek out Nalzaxx.
They had murdered her, they had killed the wife of Baurus, the mother of a daughter, the mother of a son, neither more then two months old. She would never see them take their first steps, nor would they ever be read to by her. She would never see them get married nor would they ever be sung to by her again. She would never see what accomplishments they completed and they would never know of her.
And they stole her life, for their greed and their blind hatred. Such evil not even Stephen could comprehend, and Stephen knew he had still been too lenient with them. And so he made then a blood oath, a warriors oath.
"I will kill my enemy. I will destroy any that call themselves friends of my enemy. I will eliminate any that will defend my enemy. I will slaughter all who wish for their mercy. I will show them none and if Malachin himself stood in my way, he would be cut."
Cutting deeply into his palm with a red dagger he said the words and clenched his fist letting the blood drop into the flames. He arose then, to seek out Nalzaxx.