Dragon Masters (The Actual Role Play.)

This Role Play shall be played on a turn based system. The turn based system is that there is one post per turn, unless you are in a conversation. Which means that I will post first, then the next person can only post once until everyone else has posted, and then I will post again, making a new turn.


I am doing it this way to make it easier and perhaps illicit longer, and better posts since you can only post once per turn.


If any of your have questions about this, please don't hesitate to PM me.


I am so glad that you all have decided to do this, and I hope that this will actually reach its end.


Have fun writing, everyone.


An entire month had passed since Vallarion had slayed the Dragon. She had received a few injuries that could have been fatal had it not been for her bond with Kivarria. Vallarion was quite grateful for her Dragon and her quickened ability to heal. For wounds that would have taken at least two month to heal, just took two weeks. In those two weeks she had sent her subjects to scout out the land, watching for any activity of Dragon Slavers, or Empire. There was one occurrence with Dragon Slaver, but the Dragon fought too much and they decided that it was too dangerous to let live, and they killed it.


It had just been a year old as well. It had actually been a child of two of the Dragons that were bonded to Dragon Masters. The Slavers are very lucky that they weren't torn to pieces by the mother and father.


Vallarion was currently standing at the mouth of the cave that she and Kivarria slept. This area was littered with large caves that many of the Dragon Masters had made their homes. Vallarion used her Elven magic to hide the caves from sight, but sooner or later a member of the Empire would discover the caves and the Dragon Masters would have to relocate.


The sky was murky, looking as if there was a storm was on its way. Vallarion always loved a good storm, but this storm felt different, as if it wasn't natural. She closed her eyes, using her elven blood and connection with nature to feel what was wrong. She found that the Earth was warning her of something bad that was going to happen.


Her eyes flashed open, showing dark red eyes. She turned on her heel and went straight back into her cave, going straight for her little storage area that was just smaller cave off of the main one. In here Vallarion had just a small amount of gold, weapons and her second set of armour. She was wearing the one she liked the most at the moment. She felt tremors in the ground and looked behind her to find Kivarria staring at her with golden eyes. Her head was the size of the smaller caves entrance so she couldn't enter.


Do you feel it as well, Vallarion? Kivarria's soft, yet strong voice echoed in her mind. Vallarion nodded and went back to what she was doing.


“Yes, something is on the horizon, and we must be ready for it,” she paused for a moment, grabbing the first blade that she had ever wielded. It was a fairly simple blade made out of Ironbark, a tree that had wood that was stronger than Iron. The only way to harvest their bark is too wait before they are old and fall themselves. That is why she has always kept this with her, for it was valuable and she wished to not lose it.


She stared at it for a moment before putting it up. She then grabbed two blades that were six inches in length and put them in the scabbards before putting them around her waist, she then grabbed her bow which was made out of Oak. She strapped that to her back as well as a bundle of arrows.


She turned to Kivarria once more.


“I do not wish to make a move, just yet. The danger is not immediate. I will allow my subjects to go about their day, and then we shall call a meeting tomorrow and we shall prepare them for what may come.” She began moving forward toward Kivarria, not intimidated by the glowing eyes of her Dragon. There were many others that would faint at the sight of this beautiful Dragon of the fire Element, but not Vallarion. She supposed it had something to do with the fact that she and Kivarria had known each other for over two hundred years.


Are you sure that is wise, Vallarion? What if the danger does not wait for the day to pass? It would catch our people off guard, would it not?


Vallarion sighed in irritation.


“Kivarria, all will be fine.” Vallarion gave her dragon a loving pat on the nose before pushing on her snout to move. Kivarria let out a sigh that caused smoke to fly from her nostrils and surround Vallarion before she moved away. Vallarion simply coughed a little before walking through the thick smoke. She knew the cave very well, having lived in it for fifty years, now.


“For now, I do believe we should find my husband and tell him what the Goddess has told me so that we may formulate a plan.” She moved to the caves entrance, looking up to see the clouds completely gone and the sun shining brightly down onto the beautiful forest.


“Do you know where my husband went, Kivarria?”


I am not sure where he went. He left early this morning before you awoke, and I dared not question him. You know how he can be with me, at times.


Vallarion let out another sigh before stepping out of the cave.


“Then I shall go on foot to find him. If I am not back within three hours time come and find me, Kivarria.” Kivarria nodded and let out a grunt of agreement. It shouldn't take her more than an hour to find her husband. Vallarion stepped out into the sun, shielding her eyes from the brightness before finally setting off with a pack with a food and a canteen made out of leather and lined with a cleaned sheeps stomach on the inside to keep the water from leaking out.


It was a fairly calm day, now that the clouds had withered away, leaving the sky a clear blue. She breathed in deeply scenting several animals in her immediate vicinity. A wolf in heat, searching for a mate to begin a pack, a family of rabbits that were nesting in a burrow. That would be handy information for her later if she grew hungry, and a single Crow that was currently perched in a tree, following Vallarion's movements.


She wasn't sure why she was always being followed by this bird, this was the third time in as many weeks that she had seen this noble creature. She could hear it hopping from branch to branch, attempting to follow her as silently as possible.


Sooner or later Vallarion was going to have to kill this bird, just to make sure that it wasn't under the control of the Empire. For now, however, she would ignore the creature and see what would happen.


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Morrigan sat in a dark room, lacking in clothing. She had a large, black tome sitting in her lap and her Drow eyes let her see like it was dimly lit in the room. This was something that she did at least every other day. She loved sitting in the dark, able to be free from the confines of clothing whilst she looked over her many spells that she had collected over the years. Some were of a light branch, but most were of the darkest branch from the darkest hells you could imagine.


Her favourite spell was one to raise every creature on a fallen battlefield to aid you in battle. She had only ever used it once, however. She had two reasons why she had only used it once. First: It took half an hour to prepare and an entire body from the battlefield as something that would activate the spell. Second: The last time she cast the spell there had been a Dragon corpse beneath the ground, and raising it brought around casualties from both sides. She just couldn't control an animal with a soul that big. It also takes another half an hour to undo the spell.


Currently Morrigan was looking over a spell that she had not used since her first days of practicing magic. She ran her fingers gently over the page, looking at the drawing and elvish writing that littered the page. Her mind drifted back to the days where she really had no stress, she was loved, in a non sordid way, and her life was overall better. She began shaking, thinking about her mentor and how he had loved her. Her fist curled over the page and she slammed the book closed, tossing it with her magic back into its hidden area that was just by the window on the far side of the room.


She looked into that mirror, finding there were twin streams of water falling from her face. She angrily wiped them away and got up from the bed.


Naur.” She said, waving her hand in front of her. Suddenly ever lamp and candle in the room burst alive with flame, lighting the room entirely. She ignored the pathetic wench in the mirror and went to the small closet in the corner of the room and took out her robes. She smiled at them, imagining how her mother would have reacted to such an outfit. She paused in her thinking to shake her head and growl.


“What is wrong with me today?” She asked herself before donning her clothing and grabbing her magical staff. She waved her hand once again and the lights went out, letting her escape the room without bringing attention to the door. It was her private room, and she didn't wish anyone to go snooping in it.


The second she left her room she could feel something was amiss. She wandered out of the bedroom that she and the King shared, much to her displeasure, and went to the room in the castle that really shouldn't be there. There was no protective quality around it, it was just plain windows. It was for viewing pleasure, that was all. It was set high in the castle, letting a nice view be seen. As she looked out the window she saw cloud cover that had been off in the distance disappear very suddenly. Too suddenly for her taste.


What are they up to?


She had a very tempting idea to send one of her soldiers to investigate, but the last time she deigned to do that the soldier was killed. So, just like Vallarion she would ignore it for the day. She herself would go early in the morning the next day to seek what it was, but today she had somethings to take care of. She had to make a couple of deals with the Slavers, hear the complaints of the peasants, and execute a demon that had been found at the edge of town. She would take great pleasure in killing the creature.


Morrigan's gaze went to just beyond the city limits to where the Dragon Slavers had made camp. She could see a total of five cages in the encampment, all with shadowy figures moving within them. Morrigan let a smile grace her eerily beautiful face. “Five new troops will be lucky, today.” She said before finally turning away to go to the main chambers. There were already many a peasant littering the great halls. She let out a grunt of irritation before plastering a smile on her face and walking to her throne. She was greeted with both cheers of endearment and boos of hate. She cared not what the peasants thought of her, so she paid them no mind.


Her staff made loud clunking noises on the ground every time she set it down. It was a long, drawn out walk to the set of large ebony thrones. She was hoping to see her husband sitting upon the throne, but it appeared as though he either hadn't gotten there just yet, or he was out doing something. She hoped that she would not have to deal with these filthy peasants herself, lest she get into a foul temper and slaughter the lot of them for complaining.


She sat down upon her throne, looking out at the crowd with cold, calculating eyes, but a fake smile on her face.


“Court is in session, you there,” she pointed to a small woman carrying two newborn babes in her arms looking very stressed, “you may come up first.” The woman gave her queen a small smile before coming forward, stopping only when one of the guards set his spear in front of her to stop her path to the throne.


“Well Miss, me babes lost their father to a Dragon and we cannot feed ourselves. We was hoping that you would allow me to work here in the castle in whatever job ye see fit.” She bowed deeply, her eyes filled with a hunger that Morrigan herself had once known. Morrigan let out a sight.


“I shall let you work in this castle, and your babes will be taken care of by a castle nursemaid.” She said, waving her off.


The woman's face brightened and she nearly seemed like a new person. “Thank ye miss, I'll not forget this.” Then she ran off, attempting to find the person who would assign her her job. “You will find the common master in the Kitchen!” She called before motioning the next peasant forward. This was going to take a while.


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Na'vi was currently out in the woods that surrounded the Empire capital, searching for a prize. Something that would put her above the other Orcu currently in service. Especially Oorgk. He was an Orcu of great power and he had quite a high capture number, much greater than Na'vi's, and it annoyed her to no end. She wished nothing more than to rip his heart out through his throat and push it right back in so that he would eat it.


She liked to think of herself as smarter than the average Orcu, and she was, but she still had the temper of one of a lesser Orc.


Currently she was attempting to raise her capture number. She had heard rumours that a great white dragon had taken refuge in these woods, and that she had been pregnant with eggs. If she was able to steal away the eggs her capture number would increase greatly, depending one whether or not the Dragon even had eggs, how high a number there was, and if she could get them away from her.


Getting Dragons when they were still in their egg stage was always a great way to go. You could guarantee that they would succumb to the slaving process. The older they are the harder it is to get them to succumb, and if they are child bearing age they will never give into the slavery process.


She came to a large cave entrance, smelling something foul coming from the cave, the smell of Dragon. Dragon's actually kept themselves fairly clean, it was just that they didn't go outside of their caves to go to the bathroom.


She heard the faint sound of something very large breathing and a very distinct heat blowing out of the entrance. There was a dragon here.


She heard a growl come from behind her and she rolled forward and turned in place, turning to the source of the noise, seeing Oorgk standing there in all of his Orcu glory.


“What are you doing here?” She exclaimed at him.


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Va'len stood in the dark woods that outlined a small village. His black orb eyes stared, emotionless, at the small children that were frolicking and playing amidst the towns center, completely unaware of what was watching them. There were adults at work, and young people learning the trade of the town that he or she wished to. He noticed that some of the women were quite unhappy, looking at the boys who were training for things that would ultimately pay better. Va'len found those little women disgusting. A woman's place was below a man, that was it.


A rage boiled up inside of him, feeling a lack of weight around his neck. Something very important to him was stolen, and he suspected that someone from below had stolen it whilst he was taking a bath in a nearby hot spring. His breath misted in the cool air, his internal body temperature much higher than that of a normal humans. Something that helped him quite a lot in the winter months, but was very uncomfortable in the summer heat. He could handle extreme heat, but he didn't like it, for it reminded him too much of his past home. That was a place that he never wished to go to again.


A low, gutteral growl came from him as he saw the many trinkets that were dispersed throughout the village. One of them was his necklace, he was sure of it. He let out a gasp and fell to his knees, a loud grunting noise coming from his as his beastial side began to try and take him over. He didn't want to lose his mind to it, he wanted to be able to enjoy this pleasure without having to see it through anothers eyes, but the creature was too strong and he let out a roar as his body was taken over.


His red tinted gaze found the village once again. He shook with the strength of the anger inside of him.


Kill!


A voice inside of him roared. He got up of the ground and charged at the village with great speed. It wasn't until he was within the inner circle of the village that anyone noticed him. The village was soon filled with the sounds of screaming and demands to grab the weapons. The first of his victims was a small boy that had just been playing with his toy. Va'len grabbed the boy around the neck and lifted him off the ground. The little boy kicked out at Va'len, tears at the corner of his eyes and silent cries for his parents. Va'len simply laughed and squeezed the boys neck until he heard a loud crack and the boy fell silent. He roared when he felt something large, and hard hit his back. His piercing black gaze looked behind him to see a woman with tears running down her face, effectively blinding her.


“You worthless bastard! You killed my son!” She screamed, coming at him with what looked to me a butchers knife. Va'len simply smiled and brought his long, bladed tail up, making her run straight into it. It stabbed straight into her bulging stomach.


“I killed that one, as well.” He sneered before whipping the blade to the side, cutting her open. She let out a scream and fell to the ground, clutching at the wound that was pouring blood. She wouldn't survive.


The slaughter of the village took merely ten minutes. All that were left were a few small children and their mothers kneeling before him, begging for their lives. That was when he saw it, a small child standing at the edge of town, watching him as something dangled from her hand. He focused on it.


“My amulet!” He exclaimed before running at the child. The child became frightened and ran, the small trinket still clutched within it's soft, small hands. It didn't take Va'len long before he caught up to the small girl. He grabbed her with his tail, wrapping it around her waist and dragging her back to him.


“No! Mommy! I don't want to die! Mommy!” The girl kept crying out, clawing at his tail, trying to get him to let go of her. In the process she dropped the amulet.


“Mommy isn't here to safe you.” He said before constricting his tail around her like a boa. She let out gasps, and whimpers, still crying out for her mother. Then there was the sound of several things with her snapping and her whole body went limp, her spinal column broken. He heartlessly tossed her body aside and picked up the amulet which was an intricately designed amulet with many a different animal carved into it. The amulet was very powerful, and if he lost it, it would truly be the death of him.


He quickly put it around his neck, sighing at the familiar weighted feeling of the intricate amulet on his neck once again. He looked behind him, seeing the red stained ground of the once pretty village. There were very few survivors, and most likely the survivors would not survive. He stared upwards at the entrance to the Village and saw the mark of the Empire upon it.


He simply turned away and walked off into the woods, looking for what he had been searching for before his amulet had been stolen.
 
Max sat up slowly, gripping his shoulder that was sore from playing with his dragon Tarvarius, after that his neck, turns out that he wasn't a great pillow either. He turned his head slowly towards the sleeping dragon as he slowly patted his stomach, trying to wake him up, instead he watched as the dragon's tail came flying around and whacks him in the back of the head, causing him to fall forward a bit. Max shifted back, as he reached to get up saying to Tarvarius.


" Lets go, you can't sleep all day you lazy bones. "


He chuckled for a second as he watched Tarvarius eyes open slowly, the young dragon let out a slight yawn as it began to try to stand up on all four. Tarvarius turned his head towards Max, as Max let out a slight smile towards him, Max turned around and reached for his long sword which was sheathed and placed it at his side. Max looked towards the opening and walked towards it as the daylight began to peak out somewhat, looked like a beautiful day out. Tarvarius began to follow him, as Max heard something in his mind.


Why did you have to wake me up....


As Max walked out he opened his mouth and spoke loudly that the dragon could hear it saying. The dragon was his brother, it was his blood, he loved that dragon and he would not let anyone, or anything harm him. Max watched as the dragon began to approach him from behind, peaking its head out into the daylight, it was beautiful out.


" You know why..... We have stuff that we need to do! "


Max chuckled after he said that, he really didn't know what was on today's agenda, but that didn't matter to him. Instead, he wondered what the other dragon masters were up to.


Tarvarius let out another yawn as he turned his head slowly towards Max and then outside again staring at the surrounding area. Tarvarius was a stubborn dragon, he would think that no race or let alone a human control him, but he let Max choose him, he felt something about Max was right. Tarvarius watched as Max raise his left hand towards him. Tarvarius lowered his head, Max began to slowly pet his nose. Max was stubborn young too, he was seeking glory, instead he sought trouble, and trouble led him to me, it would of worked out in the end eventually regardless.
 
[QUOTE="Sylvan Warrior] Na'vi was currently out in the woods that surrounded the Empire capital, searching for a prize. Something that would put her above the other Orcu currently in service. Especially Oorgk. He was an Orcu of great power and he had quite a high capture number, much greater than Na'vi's, and it annoyed her to no end. She wished nothing more than to rip his heart out through his throat and push it right back in so that he would eat it.
She liked to think of herself as smarter than the average Orcu, and she was, but she still had the temper of one of a lesser Orc.


Currently she was attempting to raise her capture number. She had heard rumours that a great white dragon had taken refuge in these woods, and that she had been pregnant with eggs. If she was able to steal away the eggs her capture number would increase greatly, depending one whether or not the Dragon even had eggs, how high a number there was, and if she could get them away from her.


Getting Dragons when they were still in their egg stage was always a great way to go. You could guarantee that they would succumb to the slaving process. The older they are the harder it is to get them to succumb, and if they are child bearing age they will never give into the slavery process.


She came to a large cave entrance, smelling something foul coming from the cave, the smell of Dragon. Dragon's actually kept themselves fairly clean, it was just that they didn't go outside of their caves to go to the bathroom.


She heard the faint sound of something very large breathing and a very distinct heat blowing out of the entrance. There was a dragon here.


She heard a growl come from behind her and she rolled forward and turned in place, turning to the source of the noise, seeing Oorgk standing there in all of his Orcu glory.


“What are you doing here?” She exclaimed at him.

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Oorgk bellowed with laughter.


"What else would I be doing here? Taking a nap? You're not very smart are you. Out of my way. I have a dragon to catch." Oorgk sneered as he stalked toward her. He towered over her easily and let out a low growl.


"You're that Na'vi Orcu aren't you. Run home little Orcu, you might cut yourself." Oorgk taunted, as he pulled out his weapons. Unlike most Dragon Slavers, who tried to capture a dragon without harming it, Oorgk preferred to beat it to a bloody pulp leaving it with barely a heartbeat of life left. Then he would take it away and the slaving process would begin. That's how Oorgk worked. He easily shoved Na'vi out of the way and peered into the cave, sniffing.


"Ah, dragon. Female by the smell. May be eggs awaiting me in there. Thanks for leading me to the jackpot Na'vi." He muttered.
 
King Ohnex stood on the edge of the Vast Gorge, his eyes closed as half of his mind daydreamed while the other half meditated. It was very relaxing, and the cool updraft from the gorge helped to further calm his mind. Being a king was rather stressful, especially when that king was actually two beings living in the same body.


He sensed his wife and queen approaching, but instead of breaking concentration to address her, Ohnex remained in his daydreaming/meditating state.


I'll just be in this state for a bit longer. Surely Rhiannon can wait. She will understand, in any case. She understand better than anyone. That is why she is the queen, naturally. Among other reasons, of course...


Are you sure? I can sense something is troubling her. Perhaps it is urgent?


If it is urgent, then I suppose I could break concentration to speak with her.


It's touching how close you two are. Her dragon is rather nice as well.


Yeah, Kivarria is all right, sometimes. She's got a bit of an attitude on her, though.


And so Ohnex's thoughts swirled around smoothly like this, like two koi slowly circling one another. It was a state of balance that very few in history had managed to achieve. He sensed his queen approaching closer. At this point, he was surely within view of her.


The King of the Dragon Masters continued his gentle river of thought, while at the same time bracing himself for the break in concentration that was imminent.
 
Today was an off-duty day for the "Bear Cubs." Today they would be free to do as they wish without having to adhere to military protocol. Despite these conditions, Bioran still held a private training session for those in the squad interested learn more of the so-called "Sword and Board" style to fighting. He was still clad in his standard-issue imperial steel armor and wielding a wicked looking wooden stick and a battered barrel cover, circling another imperial equipped with the same gear.


Bioran held his guard up and the stick's end resting on the his makeshift shield. He did not engage on the offensive, opting to wait for his opponent to get impatient and get the first move in. If things were really progressing slowly, he'd resort to crude taunting to get their feet moving. It was in his blood to never make the first move but rather react to whatever his opponent threw at him. That was the core concept of the "Sword and Board" style, reactionary defenses whilst using the shield as a weapon.


His opponent had made the first move favoring a two handed over head strike to over power Bioran's defense. If there was one thing to be noted about his opponent and squadmate, it was that he was a veritable ogre of an orc. Although the brute strength was offset by the lack of speed. Bioran quickly sidestepped the strike off to the left, used the stick on his right hand to help his opponent's weapon finish it's strike quickly and pin it to the ground as the brought the shield horizontally in the motion of a hook from his left hand to collide with his opponent's helmet. Had it been an actual enemy Bioran, would have repeated the shield strike several times to disorient his opponent then proceed to either disarm, maim or kill him.


"You still have a long way to go Garoth if you want to defeat a lighter and faster opponent. All that armor and the heavy weapons you bring along may be better suited against opponents of equal size or speed to yours. Of course, you can leave the lighter opponents to others such as me out in the field. Every bear cub takes care of the other, let's just all do our part out there for the empire and what not." The last part sounded a little too forced even for Bioran himself. Despite his years in the imperial army, all the endless conflict seemed too much of a drag for the fighter. He always harbored the hope that one day both factions would set aside prejudice and stop robbing families of their sons and fathers. As he surveyed the members of the Bear Cubs, he decided to add daughters and mothers to the list as well.


Letting out a sigh, Bioran rounded up everyone. "Why don't we go to the inn to celebrate the end of yet another successful training session?" A roar of approval resounded among those gathered today, most notably Julia Marcellus, the actual squad leader of the Bear Cubs and the woman who bought Bioran's way out of the dungeons. He knew for a fact he could never repay that debt to her.


The Dragon Slayer Inn, located within the military complex outside of town, was the only inn within the military complex. The name was simply a homage to those who lost their lives and those who continue fighting dragons and every other threat to keep imperial citizens safe. On top of that name, they also offer half-prices to the imperial soldiers who would choose to make use of the inn's services. It was that one beacon to the weary soldiers that they are in fact still important and remembered by the imperial populace.
 
Only a few days ago in the village of Otis, a particularly rare event happened. Otis is one of a many villages that make up a line along the border of the Empire's control. Often there is little to no military influence invading the areas, unless a large battle was inevitable to ensue there. The majority of the troops were garrisoned in the larger more defensible areas. Otis was further from all the battling, was barely even a border trade town. Just a small and unnoticed village that very few cared for or even knew about. The fact that the village mattered so little left it to be exploited by anyone who knew how too. No military protection meant they were completely unprotected from outside forces. For instance, if a dragon were to find a home nearby and enjoy gorging itself on the village's livestock, there would be no one to care for the losses and prevent more. The village's people would have to rely on mercenaries and pay for protection. Who would they have to pay? Professional hunters who happen to be passing through the area the same time a dragon took possession of a nearby mountain cave. This rare event was exactly that, a dragon flew through, burned some crops and stole some livestock, and at the same time a hunter that takes expertise in dragons had wandered into the village's tavern.


Today was a simple set up to trap the dragon when it flew over for its usual raid. The hunter had set up a small ballista at an edge of a cliff. The cliff cleared into a small lake below. The plan was simply to shoot the dragon as it approached the cliff and be done with it as it drowned in the lake, unable to swim out due to the pain. It was a simple deal, and why the village would need a hunter to do it was somewhat silly. They paid the hunter and he prepared the ballista on the cliff. The hunter had been doing this for some while now, headed to village to village, making sure that the villages were far enough a part to keep from spreading rumors of him. It was a very easy and rewarding life, even if it was all a swindling con. How was it a con though? Dragons were not actually that common to attack villages so rampantly, especially one after another like it had been happening along the lesser defended border towns. So to see one out here was a incredibly great surprise. The villages would not be prepared, very few hunters would be around, and the farmers would need help asap. While reluctant, they would have to pay the first person who had any experience with dragons. Being as this hunter was the only one and was there at the best timing, his price would have to be paid, even though it was ridiculously high.


The trap was set, the villagers surrounded the hunter as they watched with eagerness. In the distance, a large red object was flapping its wings and soaring towards the cliff. The villagers began to cringe, some nervously edged towards the ballista, only to be stopped by the hunter's foot. "Keep calm." The hunter would say before pressing his attention on the approaching dragon. The dragon was a very scaly and battle born creature. It was a almost orange red, it had a look of permanent anger plastered on its face. There were no arms, only wings showing that it was a wyvern. As it approached, a vicious roar blew right into the cliff side, scaring the villager's onto their hides. At the moment where a majority of the villagers were hiding their faces form the impending doom, the hunter fired the ballista. A large bolt was sent flying right at the wyvern's lower body. Before getting to close, the wyvern caught the bolt with its strong hind legs and held it close, as if it had pierced its skin. Then the wyvern nose dived into the water, as if falling into death. The splash was incredibly large and the bubbles quickly ceased. The villagers cheered as the moment had gone by so fast that they were in pure belief that the dragon was slain. The hunter was paid, and he move don to the next town.


The night after, rumors that a large shadow crawled out of the lake and wandered out and off until flying into the distance. The process would simply repeat until every town was at least hit once. "Wrath, let's camp out before the next town. We should take a break for a short while." The hunter seemingly whispered to himself.
 
Gliriel walked along the plain with Ebenezer following close behind. She could hear her dear friends breathing as he walked close to the ground, an order given to him in order to not attract attention from others if they might be around. Especially if they were from the Empire. Then there would be no questions asked and they would both be killed. That's what the Elf believed anyway.


"Eb, where should we go and what should we be doing? We've been wandering around for days and our food supply is running low."


"Food is plentiful if you know where to look and we can wander around as long as we need to." Eb's deep and gruff voice spoke quietly.


The bipedal dragon stopped and sniffed the air before continuing on walking. Gliriel knew that he did that out of habit to check for danger or food and it was fairly useful. We haven't run into any danger recently so I do wonder what that means. Gliriel was deep in thought before she felt a nose nudge her gently. She turned and looked into her dragons big eyes before he spoke,


"Rest here for a while we shall. I shall go and get us some food before we move onwards."


"Be careful and stay on the ground. I'd rather not have you die since I'd kind of miss you."
 
The dragon lunged, attempting to go for the much larger dragon's neck. It was a bit of a reach, but if it timed it right it would land. Both rider and dragon knew this, and so the greater drake ducked down, going under the earth dragon as if arched over them in it's lunge. It then went upward, it's scissor jaws landing on the dragon's stony underbelly. Wheeling around, it slamed the earth dragon into the ground, but the creature was far from done. It struggled out of the wyvern's jaws and was back on it's feet soon after.


I really fucking hope you know what you are doing, Tooth.


Please, just shut up and do what I say here. This beast is persistant and wont quit until we finish the job.


The Wyvern was easily twice the size of most dragons, larger even than most water based dragons. It was over thirty feet tall on all fours, and despite being such a big man, his rider was minuscule in comparison to the great beast. The dragon they were facing was an earth drake, and was heavily armored. It had red eyes and fought like a cornered animal. Foam leaked from the creatures mouth, it was far past gone. It lunged at the dragon and rider, only for the greater beast to raise it's wings high in the air and push forward, launching the creature onto it's back and the Wyvern back and away.


Damnit! That was too close!


Then light him up, Malice. I have matches.



The downed dragon was very heavy, and was pushing itself up as the wyvern flapped it's wings once again, making it airborne. It opened it's wide jaws and released a large stream of dark smoke like fumes onto the dragon, which began convulsing and coughing, trying to breath normal air.


Do it!


Then fly a bit higher. I'd rather not be blown to the gods thrones by my own dragon.



I'm not your dragon. If anything you're my human.



Is now really the time?



The wyvern flapped it's gargantuan wings like a giant black crow of death. It flew relatively high, out of the cloud's range. The man on top reached into his satchel and took out a match. He rubbed it against the rough scales the dragon had beneath the smoke that covered his hide an lit it up. He looked at the tiny burning stick for a second before dropping it down into the cloud of smoke.


He and his Wyvern were thrown back from the blast, sent far to the side and nearly lost control. The amount of energy released was astounding. Trees had been flattened and anything in the area had been overturned, sent flying, or vaporized entirely. The dragon below them was still alive, but it wouldn't be for long. Because it was so close to the blast, it had lost most of the lower half of it's body. It's tail was gone, and the back half of it's legs had been reduced to bone. Pieces of burnt and shredded flesh hung loosely from both injuries. No blood pooled beneath the dragon, the injuries had been burned so badly.


The wyvern however, was seeminly unharmed. However, it did have several claw marks around it's body that were concealed by the smoke that were already closing. It flew closer, hovering above the ground for a moment before closing it's wings and falling onto it's feet and then onto the small forelimbs on it's wings. It snarled in victory as the small smoky bulge on the base of it'd neck disappeared to reveal a hooded man in armor. The wyvern crouched low in a bow like fashion to allow the man to slide off safely.


Thanks.


No problem at all. What do you propose we do?



End it's life before pain sets in. Making it suffer is not right.



Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that the man was not a man, but instead a Saurian. He was massive for a man, like his drake was massive for a dragon. The saurian walked up to the earth drake's head, and knelt next to it. The creature groaned and limply opened his mouth and closed it in a feeble attempt to snap at the saurian.


"It will be over soon."


He looked over to his dragon, who tilted it's head at him. It walked over in it's strange walking fashion, and waited for instruction. This was the hardest part of his job. The saurian took the greatsword on his back of and moved over to the Dragon's head. "Rest well." The saurian said, and drove the greatsword into the dragon's skull.


It was done.


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Get OFF my head.


No.



You would make a nice dinner.



The raven on the saurian's shoulder ruffled it's feathers and flapped it's wings. It flew off the saurian's head and hopped onto it's shoulder. The blackbird cawed, and squeezed it's talons into the exposed shoulder of the saurian in revenge, who was now in a cave set up for his living area. The saurian hissed and shooed the bird away. The raven cawed and flew away and to a workbench which his armor and sword were resting on. The Saurian, Tooth-in-the-sea (or just Tooth for short) had retired to his place of shelter for the rest of the time being. He did not wear his armor, instead opting to go without a shirt. He only wore a pair of brown rope toed trousers. It could also be noted he wore a brown leather wrist guard that was tightened onto his large forearms with buckles and straps. It was, in fact, a form of falconry gauntlet. The saurian raised his hand in the air and the Raven flew over to the gauntlet, landing on it gracefully. The bird has a five and half foot wingspan, larger than most ravens, and have yellowish eyes. There was no mistaking that this was no regular raven.


You called?


Yes, I noticed a rat over in the corner. Would you mind getting it for-






The bird had already fluttered off at the mention of food. "Thank...you." the saurian said, before returning to what he was already doing. He had been eating some soup he had made for himself. The table and chair almost seemed small compared do his massive size. His tail turned off to the side of the chair so that it wouldn't be uncomfortable. He sipped his soup with the spoon he had in his hand. It was exceedingly hard to eat with the utensile. It had three prongs that the end of it and looked more like it was meant for securing or gripping meat rather than sipping soup or porridge (it's a fork). He had only come to this part of the world recently, as there was no need for him to be in the isles he had lived on. Especially with the dragon he kept around, who was not currently a crow and eating a mouse somewhere in the room. It made the creature much easier to maintain actually. It never needed to go out and kill a large creature and make a big deal of itself. It was quite easy to hide, plus it saved space.


He had spent only about a month or so in this part of the world, so he did not know their customs. He was eating soup with a fork (he doesnt know), not chopsticks. They did celebrations with fire rather than fireworks like he did. Those who lived on the sea did not use compases nor did they have maps that were as well drawn. it was strange. Plus, everyone talked with a slight accent (he sounds like he has a Swahili accent). Some even went as far as to say he's the spawn of the devil. He was usually a head and shoulders taller than some people, if not a head, and was much more heavily built. Plus, the fact that he could 'control' the Raven he always had around with him made him get some strange looks. Many people in his old village knew what falconry was, and while he didn't exactly have a falcon, he knew how to make it look good.


It was too bad the people in this part of the world did not practice falconry, at least not from what he had seen. But he came here because there were other dragon masters. He had associated himself with some... human who could become a dragon who was the king of the faction. He had mixed feelings about this. Several elders governed the tribe with one chieftain that acted more as a people who made sure everyone was doing alright. The elders made most of the decisions and the chieftain carried them out. The many elders made sure no one person would get all the power. But he was willing to give this dragon king a chance. He hoped that was he did today wouldn't get him a reprimand. The explosions looked more like several of his villages largest fireworks all went off at once and didn't go off right. The explosion had left some fire and a half destroyed dragon corpse (which they made sure to dispose of properly). The explosion would've been something the slavers and empire would think is worth taking note off. But he did not know fully that the two factions were at war yet. He merely stopped an insane dragon from solidifying the empire's opinion of them.


He was a strange being he doubted many of the native species had ever seen before. He hoped that they didnt think him a new species of dragon.
 
"Alright Vendetta, now we go on the hunt." Vendetta muttered to himself, putting on a black cloak which completely covered his body from head to knee. Nothing was left to be viewed but his type of footwear, pants, and the designs on his cloak. His facial features, along with any other distinguishable features were completely hidden away by this cloak, making it near impossible to have his face seen unless somebody walked up to him and took off his hood. There was however, and indeterminable bulge located on his back, under the cloak, which made the idea of even using his favored weapon, impossible. It would be near impossible to get it out in time to use, had the situation occurred. "Well, I hope that no 'near death' situations occur within the coming hours..." V muttered, walking to the nearest town, mainly in search of supplies.


He had left Terrasque to have some alone time in a lake. Last time he had checked, it was somewhat deep enough to conceal the over-sized Earth element Drake, but his spines somewhat stuck out from the water, making it seem somewhat of an odd image. Nonetheless, a Drake of Terassque's size, power, and skill, could easily handle himself around particular threats. He was just worried for those that Terrasque could wind up hurting. There was no doubt that Terrasque could be an utter 'caveman' sometimes, so he really only worried for those who he felt could provoke him to the point of bestial rage. Although Vendetta had never witnessed such a thing happen, he didn't know exactly what to expect from Terrasque.


"Alrighty then, if I were a profitable village that constantly supplied goods to those who had the money to afford it, where would I be?" Vendetta asked himself, contemplating where the closest village would be. He really couldn't even find his way out of the forest without Terassque's help. He walked for what seemed like countless hours, but in reality, he had already started relatively close to the edge of the Forest, so it really only took several minutes; eventually finding a dirt road.


"So let's see... If I stick to this road, then I might not get lost as easily... But I'll most likely get my ass ambushed or mugged." he muttered, dragging his feet along the dirt road, the loud noise echoing through the so far, vast loneliness of the somewhat serene background.It felt weird for him to travel without Terrasque, somewhat getting used to the looming figure's shadow providing him shade when it was most needed. "I'll get something for him..." Vendetta thought, checking how much money he had, which was only enough to sustain the both of them for dinner.
 
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Morrigan sat in a dark room, lacking in clothing. She had a large, black tome sitting in her lap and her Drow eyes let her see like it was dimly lit in the room. This was something that she did at least every other day. She loved sitting in the dark, able to be free from the confines of clothing whilst she looked over her many spells that she had collected over the years. Some were of a light branch, but most were of the darkest branch from the darkest hells you could imagine.
Her favourite spell was one to raise every creature on a fallen battlefield to aid you in battle. She had only ever used it once, however. She had two reasons why she had only used it once. First: It took half an hour to prepare and an entire body from the battlefield as something that would activate the spell. Second: The last time she cast the spell there had been a Dragon corpse beneath the ground, and raising it brought around casualties from both sides. She just couldn't control an animal with a soul that big. It also takes another half an hour to undo the spell.


Currently Morrigan was looking over a spell that she had not used since her first days of practicing magic. She ran her fingers gently over the page, looking at the drawing and elvish writing that littered the page. Her mind drifted back to the days where she really had no stress, she was loved, in a non sordid way, and her life was overall better. She began shaking, thinking about her mentor and how he had loved her. Her fist curled over the page and she slammed the book closed, tossing it with her magic back into its hidden area that was just by the window on the far side of the room.


She looked into that mirror, finding there were twin streams of water falling from her face. She angrily wiped them away and got up from the bed.


Naur.” She said, waving her hand in front of her. Suddenly ever lamp and candle in the room burst alive with flame, lighting the room entirely. She ignored the pathetic wench in the mirror and went to the small closet in the corner of the room and took out her robes. She smiled at them, imagining how her mother would have reacted to such an outfit. She paused in her thinking to shake her head and growl.


“What is wrong with me today?” She asked herself before donning her clothing and grabbing her magical staff. She waved her hand once again and the lights went out, letting her escape the room without bringing attention to the door. It was her private room, and she didn't wish anyone to go snooping in it.


The second she left her room she could feel something was amiss. She wandered out of the bedroom that she and the King shared, much to her displeasure, and went to the room in the castle that really shouldn't be there. There was no protective quality around it, it was just plain windows. It was for viewing pleasure, that was all. It was set high in the castle, letting a nice view be seen. As she looked out the window she saw cloud cover that had been off in the distance disappear very suddenly. Too suddenly for her taste.


What are they up to?


She had a very tempting idea to send one of her soldiers to investigate, but the last time she deigned to do that the soldier was killed. So, just like Vallarion she would ignore it for the day. She herself would go early in the morning the next day to seek what it was, but today she had somethings to take care of. She had to make a couple of deals with the Slavers, hear the complaints of the peasants, and execute a demon that had been found at the edge of town. She would take great pleasure in killing the creature.


Morrigan's gaze went to just beyond the city limits to where the Dragon Slavers had made camp. She could see a total of five cages in the encampment, all with shadowy figures moving within them. Morrigan let a smile grace her eerily beautiful face. “Five new troops will be lucky, today.” She said before finally turning away to go to the main chambers. There were already many a peasant littering the great halls. She let out a grunt of irritation before plastering a smile on her face and walking to her throne. She was greeted with both cheers of endearment and boos of hate. She cared not what the peasants thought of her, so she paid them no mind.


Her staff made loud clunking noises on the ground every time she set it down. It was a long, drawn out walk to the set of large ebony thrones. She was hoping to see her husband sitting upon the throne, but it appeared as though he either hadn't gotten there just yet, or he was out doing something. She hoped that she would not have to deal with these filthy peasants herself, lest she get into a foul temper and slaughter the lot of them for complaining.


She sat down upon her throne, looking out at the crowd with cold, calculating eyes, but a fake smile on her face.


“Court is in session, you there,” she pointed to a small woman carrying two newborn babes in her arms looking very stressed, “you may come up first.” The woman gave her queen a small smile before coming forward, stopping only when one of the guards set his spear in front of her to stop her path to the throne.


“Well Miss, me babes lost their father to a Dragon and we cannot feed ourselves. We was hoping that you would allow me to work here in the castle in whatever job ye see fit.” She bowed deeply, her eyes filled with a hunger that Morrigan herself had once known. Morrigan let out a sight.


“I shall let you work in this castle, and your babes will be taken care of by a castle nursemaid.” She said, waving her off.


The woman's face brightened and she nearly seemed like a new person. “Thank ye miss, I'll not forget this.” Then she ran off, attempting to find the person who would assign her her job. “You will find the common master in the Kitchen!” She called before motioning the next peasant forward. This was going to take a while.

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Kalais was in his personal tower, sitting in a chair.


It was completely dark except for the small light of a single candle. Voices were whispering in his head. The voices of his dead father and sister.


Why did you kill us? They would continuously ask them. When they first began, he couldn't sleep. In fact he could do nothing and his cries of rage and pain were heard throughout the castle. But Kalais learned how to deal with it. He just simply destroyed any emotion he ever had for his family. Nothing was in his heart anymore. Only one person. Morrigan.


Kalais smiled faintly in the dark. His beautiful Queen Morrigan. His sister. Kalais frowned. That wasn't right..no Morrigan wasn't his sister...was she?


No. No of course not.


My mind is wandering.. Kalais thought as he stared at the flame from the candle.


Someone knocked on his door making startled Kalais from his reverie.


"What is it!" Kalais bellowed.


"Y-your g-grace. T-the Queen has started the c-court session. Y-your presence is required." A frightened voice said from behind the door.


Kalais smiled faintly. Morrigan. The only one to get things done around here.


"Thank you. Guards! Send this messenger to the black cells. Tell the jailer to make him...comfortable." Kalais said, getting up from the chair.


A loud cry sounded and Kalais smiled as he heard the guards grab the man and struggle to take him away.


"NO! YOUR GRACE PLEASE!" The messenger wailed. "PLEASE!"


The man's wails resonated through the castle and soon became silent.


Kalais lit a trail of oil that connected all of his lamps and candles. The fire traveled to all them, lighting the room.


He went to his wardrobe and donned his dark robes. Kalais opened his door and headed to the throne room, shoving the servants who got in his way.


Kalais entered the throne room and the crowd of peasants immediately hushed. He walked to his throne and smiled at Morrigan, kissing her hand.


Suddenly Morrigan's appearance changed to his dead sister's momentarily. It then changed back to Morrigan once again.


Sister...? No. She is dead..


Kalais banished any though in his mind and took his seat.


"What are you all gaping at? Continue or your wasting mine and my Queen's time." Kalais growled.
 
The room was dark and silent, the only source of light cast from a small torch on the wall. Shadows danced from its low light like tiny demons, accumulating around a figure sitting in the far corner. Up and around the figure they seemed to spiral, tearing at his clothing and shaded white hair. The man-like figure snarled through gritted teeth, raising a sharp-fingered hand to bat off the shadows. There was only one race in this world that was truly conscious of the shadows, and that was the Drow. A dark race of elves the Drow were, boasting the best assassins in the world. In fact, the very one who sat in the low light was one of the Empire's most valued, Verendim Corfolx. Vile in every aspect, he was the perfect assassin, and a deadly opponent to dragons and men alike.


It was in a cave like complex that Verendim resided, built underneath the Empire's castle. His room was but one of many, clouded in darkness and swarming with strange creatures, some all together forgotten by the rest of the world. Few dared to venture so far beneath the castle, usually only the orcs were sent as messengers to the Drow. Verendim boasted of a high position in the Empire, often he was sent by the king himself to do his bidding. The dark elf was disgusted with being ordered around like a pup, but he complied none the less. Banished from his own clan and rejected by the world, Verendim had no where to go and no one to turn to. Of course, he'd rather die a thousand times before letting that change. The ruler of the Empire had money, and with money Verendim could pave the path which would lead to his ultimate goal, the one place in life that he could be happy with for eternity.


"Leave me," the dark elf muttered, bent double over an old tome. The shadows still loomed and crept around his chair, but they didn't dare to touch him now. Silently he turned the pages of the book, his pointed nose and narrow features hidden from the light. His glistening white hair hung lightly over his shoulders, brushing the tips of his fingers as they scanned the surface of each and every page of the tome. He was deeply steeped in the book's contents, filled with arcane arts and unknown magic. It was a one in a million find, something he had never dreamed of coming across. The book had been tucked away in a wild dragon's horde, and after he had dispatched the creature along with the aid of slavers, he had tucked the book away without anyone knowing. Surely the king wouldn't have missed it, and in the end he'd have no use for it.


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Nienna Vardamir stepped through the Empire's town's gate, gasping as the large fortified town revealed itself before her. It was large beyond comparison, filled with an unending number of structures, boasting fantastic designs and emblems. Atop the ramparts of the town, the flag of the Empire flapped proudly in the night breeze. It was a sign of the Empire's sheer dominance and power, and Nienna looked upon it with resentment and disgust. However, her time was precious and now was not the time to let bitter feels take hold of her. She quickly made her way from the gate towards the center of the town, wrapping her cloak tighter around her slender body while taking in all the sights. Clearly the residents here are rich, she thought to herself, though the stabbing feeling of wealth bought with blood nagged at the back of her head. That's right, the Empire didn't achieve all this honestly, like a prospering kingdom, they stole it from other's. Bought with blood, paid for by the sword, wrought with fire, this place is a living example of their evil. The wood elf held her head high and continued on, doing her best to continue playing her part as a lone traveler. She had to accomplish her task here at all costs, she owed it to the other dragon masters, and especially Vallarion.


"Nienna, little one," a voice called, distant and quiet.


"Venillus," Nienna responded back, her thoughts flowing from her mind along the wings of the breeze, reaching the one who had called her name within seconds.


"Are you alright? Are you there safely?"


"Yes, yes I'm fine," Nienne chuckled. "Don't worry yourself so, my dragon. All will be alright, and I'll return to the cave soon."


"I'll do as you say, but please, hurry."
 
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Ka'ill sat astride his Maa'ihi as they flew throughout the empire, his mind linked to hers. All was right with his world, and hers, despite her egg hatching a still-born. She was still upset, but she had her partner on her back. He loved her when he loved nothing else. She loved him like she would have loved the hatchling had it survived.


Ka'ill stared down at the world below, his mind lost in his own thoughts now. They were miles above the ground, and he felt like if he jumped, he'd never stop falling. But he knew otherwise, so he stayed on her back, holding onto one of her spines. He saw something down below in a nearby town, something that didn't look normal.


Invisibilis he whispered, making himself and Maa'ihi invisible as they descended outside the town. He took the spell off and donned his mantle, showing him as an agent of the Empire. He drew his spear and stood tall, striding up to the gate.


"Who goes there?" A guard called down from the towers above.


"Ka'ill, agent of the Empire, Dragon Master, and Prince of the Underground. Open the gates or face my wrath."


The gates opened very quickly and he strode into the city, glaring at the guards with disdain. He would have cause more of a scene by striking one of them, but he wanted to figure out the problem, and that meant staying as discreet as someone of his stature could.
 
Vallarion had been walking for a good forty minutes at least. All the while she had been wondering where her husband had been. He frequented very few places, which assisted her in her search. Luckily, the first place she walked to, was actually the place he was. She had felt his presence very quickly, knowing immediately that he was in meditation. Whenever he was around there were very slight changes in the atmosphere that only she could feel. She supposed it was because of the bond she shared with him. She walked silently, and slowly, trying to not break his concentration. She could still remember the first time that she broke it for something that wasn't important, and she really did not want to go through that again.


Finally, he came into view.


He was a handsome man, a very handsome man. Some days, well, a lot of days really, she wondered why he even asked her to marry him. She was damaged goods. It was a great mystery to her that she hoped to one day, crack.


Once she came close enough to him she simply sat on the ground and watched him, staying silent until he was done. What she had to say wasn't immediately important, anyway. It could sit in her mind for a few minutes more. She decided to even help his meditation by doing something that always seemed to help focus him. She began humming a song, a song of that supported focus and centering of mind and body. It had an ancient, wild Elf magic attached to it. It was one of the first things her mother had taught her, and sung to her. It had lyrics to it, but the singing was an actual distraction, for to focus on the lyrics was to break concentration, so she hummed.


Have you found him, Mistress?


A voice called to her, it was distant and strained. A Dragon Master and his or her bond to her the Dragon does loose effectivness with distance. The maximum distance that a Dragon and Master can move from one another is two hours of travel distance.


Yes, I have.


Is he well?


I believe so.



Do you require me to come and pick you up?


No need, Kivarria. I shall stay with him for a while whilst he meditates. We should be at home cave, soon.


Yes, Mistress.


The connection snapped shut after that, leaving Vallarion with a sense of loneliness.


She looked behind her, up at the tree line, and saw that the bird that had been following her was no longer there. This left her with a sense of worry. She had no idea who, or what, that bird belonged to. She was sure that she would find out soon, though.


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Morrigan sat upon her throne, listening to many a peasant drone on and on about their problems. Despite her appearance, heritage, and personality, she was actually a very fair ruler, and she would normally help those who asked for it. After all, the rule to have a loyal people, is to not abuse them. Her husband seemed to just love abusing them, which made her job better, because if she was just a little cruel the people would still love her more than their King.


Speaking of which...


She heard the faint sound of footsteps in the hallway, footsteps that weren't clad in the metal of armoured guards. A sure sign that it was her husband. And just as she thought, her husband walked straight in through a door. He had an unfocused look to his eyes again as he kissed her hand. She never know what he was thinking of at those times when his eyes became blurry, and looked at her as if he couldn't actually see her, but she really didn't care. She was forced to marry him after she killed his queen. She gave him a strained smile as he sat down and yelled at his subjects.


She turned back to them and kept smiling. Her gaze went to the next in line. It was a tall man that smelled faintly of the forest, and something else that she couldn't place, for it was masked by something. She immediately grew suspicious, her face falling from her face a little.


“My Queen, I have come to ask you to stop attacking Dragons. They cannot control themselves, if you simply did something to scare them off I am sure that they would stay away from the villages, and your people.” He drew back the hood of the black cloak he was wearing, showing the tattoo of a Dragon Master upon his handsome, pale face. Morrigan let out a hiss as she heard a roar off in the distance. “Will you do this, or will we have to kill you?” He asked, as calm as a man petting a kitten. This was a mistake, this whole thing was foolish. Did they not know her true power? Did they not know what power she held at her fingertips?


She rose from her throne, the people in the courtroom already scattering, trampling over each other like the panicked animals they were as they attempted to get away.


“You dare come into my kingdom and threaten me? “ Her voice was nothing more than a hiss, but it carried to the Dragon Rider with ease. “Are you really so foolish?” The air began to crackle with power as her pretty, silvery white hair began floating around her. There was another roar, this time much closer. The Queen had hardly anytime to react as a great, graceful, black beast slammed through the ceiling. The remains of the stone roof fell onto many a peasant, either killing them instantly, or crushing limbs. More panicked screams could be heard coming from her subjects, she didn't care.


Then the beast landed, smashing a few more peasants under its great, clawed feet. He wasn't the largest Dragon ever, but he was big enough to span the length of the courtroom. The Dragon resembled a Dragon from her past, the one that destroyed her family. A white hot rage filled her, her ears going numb to the sounds of pain, stomping feet, hissing, and screams. Her focus was on the beast and its Master.


“Feel the true power of the Empire!” She screamed before raising her dragon tooth staff. “Ram en' ondo!” There was a loud rumbling, a violent shaking coming from the ground. She made several gestures with her hands, her gaze focused on the floor, then a wall of stone erupted from the floor, encasing the Master within. There was a loud cry of rage that came from the Master. The Dragon went into motion instantly, rushing at her, readying itself with a fireball from its gaping maw.


Morrigan simply let out a cruel laugh. “Loomi en gurth .” She called, a brownish, unhealthy looking smoke rushing from her outstretched hand and straight into the Dragons mouth. The Dragon immediately began going into coughing fits, brown smoke coming out at every cough. But no matter how he tried to expel it, more and more just kept pouring into its lungs. It was slowly dying of a poison cloud. “Stupid creature.” She hissed. “Pelekta yassen runya,” she called out once again, this time a whip of flame formed in her ebony hand. She smirked before whipping it at the Dragon, slicing it across the face, digging into the weak scales. This Dragon was very young, not even fully grown yet.


“You would make an excellent candidate for the Dragon Slavers.” She smirked, whipping it again. The Dragon let out a loud hiss, ending in another series of wracking coughs. The whole room was filling with the poisonous smoke, the left over peasants in the room were already dead from it, she wasn't harmed by it because it was her spell, and she had erected a barrier of protection around her husband.


“I believe that it is time to get rid of your pesky master.” She smiled cruelly, letting the Wall of Stone spell fall from the Master. He was immediately enveloped in the poisonous smoke, yet he didn't seem affected by it.


His Dragon must be giving him protection.


“Die foul wench!” He screamed, raising a crossbow with an arrow already loaded into it. Morrigan grinned and shot her whip forward, wrapping it around his throat. He dropped the crossbow, trying to claw the whip away from his throat. It was tightly on there, however, and it was burning his skin. Just was simple tug, and he would be dead.


“You delivered another Dragon into my service, fool.” She hissed, tightening the whip around his neck some more. “I believe I will break this one personally, and with great pleasure.


The Master's eyes went wide and he tried harder to get the whip away from him, but it was all for naught. She let out a cackling laugh before yanking the whip, the flames burning much hotter. He was immediately decapitated. His head rolled to the foot of the stairs that Morrigan was currently perched on.


She winced as the Dragon let out a blood curdling roar before falling to the ground, an odd singed mark now around its neck. The scar of a dead Rider. The Dragon was still breathing as the smoke dissipated from its lungs.


Morrigan smiled at her work for a moment, feeling weak from the power she had just used. She looked back at her husband, her eyes going unfocused.


“Dear, would you get the Dragon Slavers to take this Dragon to a cage for me?” She asked softly before falling to the ground, fainting from exhaustion.


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Na'vi let out a very frustrated growl, watching as he edged closer to her find. She would not let this happen, she just wouldn't. It was her find. It. Was. Hers!


She ran forward, her long legs taking her farther, faster than most. She whipped her small dagger out and came around Oorgk's front and shoved it right in between his legs, hissing sharply at him.


“I will not let you take this find you brutish thug.” She pushed it slightly, just to make sure that he knew it was there. “And are you really so stupid to think that Orcu is the female term for our species? It is the proper plural!” She hissed at him some more. There was a disturbed hiss coming from the cave and she froze, afraid that she had woken the beast, but it's breathing went back to normal.


“Why don't you go back to camp? I am sure the other unintelligent people are feeling mighty alone without their leader around.” She hissed again. Her whole body was tense, staring up at him. He was much bigger than her, but that would play to her advantage if he decided to start combat.


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Va'len was covered head to toe in blood, and he didn't care. He had always heard that blood was quite good for a demons skin, and he was part demon, so he would probably look fifty years younger if he kept it on. His face wasn't in a smile, however. It was somewhat scrunched up, like he was deep in thought. Which he was.


Why would someone risk stealing from a being such as I? Why would they risk me seeing them just to take a small amulet and not my purse?


And why didn't I smell them earlier?


All of these questions were rolling through his mind, and he couldn't place the answer. Surely no one could know that he would value such a trinket so deeply, surely they could never know what powers it held. He let out a frustrated growl and just decided to push those thoughts away for a different time. He was on a mission, and he had to finish it, else he wouldn't get paid.


Va'len was a mercenary that worked for both the Empire and the Dragon Masters. He didn't think that either side knew that he worked for their mortal enemy, but he was sure that sooner or later someone was going to find out. And when that day came, it would mean a glorious, and gory bloodbath. He was sure that he would fall in the battle, but he would die in battle, which has always been the way he wanted to die.


At the moment he was traveling to the Dragon Master caves to get work from either the Queen or King. Either one he would be happy with, but he preferred to deal with the Queen, for he was quite sure that the King did not like him very much. That was just fine with Va'len, he wasn't too fond of the King, either.
 
Max walked outside, embracing the nice day out as he felt a slight breeze. He wanted to go for a walk to scout out the surroundings, he didn't want to ride Tarvarius because it might attract too much attention. Instead, he watched as Tarvarius walked out from the shroud of darkness from the cave into the glimmering sunlight as his scales began to glow an emerald green. He turned around and chuckled for a second as he looked at Tarvarius in the eye, saying this next sentence.


" I'm going to scout out the area, stay here just in case. We can't allow the slavers to get closer.... "


Tarvarius nodded his head as he sat down on his hind legs and watched as Max walked off into the forest, concerned about something. He was still in relative distance for him to talk to him. He could sense far enough when Max was in danger, but he couldn't communicate with him past a certain distance.


Be careful....


Something is wrong..






Max smiled as he brushed aside the vegetation, gripping his sword hilt just in case as he looked around. He heard the message, Tarvarius was concerned about something, he usually never was. However he had to make sure him and the other dragon masters were still relatively safe from the Slavers or the Empire. He didn't like this hiding and running crap, but as long as Tarvarius was still alive, he didn't care. He continued on throughout the forest as he hit thicker vegetation, however he rubbed his nose as there was a stench, a weird stench. It was getting nastier and nastier, as if something died nearby, the question was what. He scrunched his face as he covered his nose as he continued to shrug off the heavy vegetation. He looked around, there were blood stains on nearby trees, he knew something was definitely wrong.... Quickly he came upon an opening in the vegetation as he halted himself. A dragon, his master wasn't nearby, he didn't want to let him notice. However if he made any sudden movements he would figure that it would hear him. The dragon wasn't much bigger than Tarvarius, however he didn't think this was a Master as it was just openly feeding on animals....


Tarvarius... I need you... Now





He couldn't hear me, we were out of range.


Shit....



God-damnit... Is this a Slaver or a Master






Max told himself multiple times, trying to discover why they were here, but the next instance he watched as the dragon raised its head and looked around, noticing Max. He instantly froze for a second as his smiled disappeared as instantly. He felt something was behind him as he heard rustling, he jumped out of the way but not fast enough as a sword struck him in the shoulder and then in the leg. He quickly grabbed his sword and pulled it out as he swiped away another swing from his blade and backed up into the vegetation. He felt the bleeding increasingly, he was injured but not severely. The dragon and the slaver were following him as he tried to move as fast as he could.


Tarvarius felt his pain as he roared for a second, he knew that Max was in trouble as he extended his wings out and began to flap them immediately, gaining lift. He could sense Max getting closer, his pain increasing as he needed help. He had to get there quick, he was going as fast as he could however. Tarvarius skimmed the trees looking for his Master.... The one he cared about dearly as a brother. Flying as low as he could as he wasn't trying to attract much attention than he already was. Instead he looked down as a Human was being chased by another human, and not far from him a dragon. Instead he swooped down towards the opening at full speed and rammed the dragon with his body causing it to fly backwards into a bunch of trees. Tarvarius landed softly on its legs and looked at the Slaver carefully, and roared quickly trying to scare him away. He knew he was outmatched, so he ran.


Tarvarius looked at Max, who was barely conscious on the ground, bleeding heavily from his wounds. Max smiled as he looked at Tarvarius for a second and said.


" Late... Aren't you.... "


Tarvarius slowly lowered his back as Max threw himself on him and leaned his body against Tarvarius's back, about to pass out, feeling pain shoot all over his body, he raised his right hand and looked as his hand was stained in blood as Tarvarius began to fly back towards the cave, he had to find someone who could heal him quick.


Hang on... You will.. Be alright.
 
Ohnex smiled warmly when he heard the elven song. Rhiannon had sung it many times for him before. It was one of his favorite songs. He slowly let his concentration slip, opening his eyes and standing up from his spot on the ground to face his queen.


"Good morning, my dear," Ohnex said, taking her hand, "you have something which you desire to speak with me about?"


He usually tended to prefer not being interrupted, and rarely broke concentration to speak to people unless it was urgent. However, King Ohnex was in a particularly good mood this morning, and smiled warmly at the sight of his wife.


She did not think herself special, Ohnex knew, but to him, his queen was everything. She was pretty, yes, although maybe not as much as other women. But Ohnex saw past all of her outer qualities and straight into her soul (with the help of his knowledge of forgotten magics). Rhiannon was twice as beautiful on the inside. She was so much more than her appearance; she was caring, gentle, and compassionate, but when she needed to be, she was just, skilled, bold, and courageous. Ever since he chose her as his wife, Ohnex could not fathom of a better choice for the throne of the Dragon Masters.


"I sensed you have something which troubles you. Please, indulge me on the matter."
 
Kalais lunged forward to catch Morrigan.


"Sister?!" He gasped.


"Guards! Bring me the healers! Send them to our chambers. Also find the Dragon Slavers!" Kalais shouted, not realizing his mistake. He held Morrigan and swiftly brought her to their room and laid her on the bed.


Healers quickly ran in and examined her.


"It's alright my king. She is only exhausted. A good rest will fix her up." The main healer said and he departed with the rest.


Kalais watched his Queen fearfully. He couldn't lose his sister again.


No wait..I haven't lost Morrigan before..


Kalais slammed his fist into the wall, with frustration.


"GUARDS!" He screamed.


Guards ran into the room, fearfully. "Yes m'lord?"


"Who was on duty today?" Kalais asked, very quietly. He almost smiled. Almost.


"The...the first battalion..sire." They answered, slowly.


"Execute them." Kalais ordered.


They all glanced at each other in fear. "S-sire?"


"DID YOU NOT HEAR ME? I SAID EXECUTE THEM. KILL THEM ALL." Kalais roared.


They all quickly bowed and ran from the room. The dungeons would run red with blood tonight.


Kalais found a chair and sat next to his beloved Queen.


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"Bah, Orcs, Orcu who the hell cares about that anyway." Oorgk said, wincing as Na'vi stabbed him. He grabbed her arm and pulled out the weapon.


Grabbing her by the neck, he slammed her into the ground, his face inches from hers.


"Listen wench. Here is how it works. The strong kick the shit out of the weak. I'm the strong. You're the weak. I'm in a good mood so go be a smart girl and beat it." He growled, throwing her into the rock wall.


He grabbed his weapons and started to walk confidently into the cave.
 
When business was slow, often the hunter took short breaks and spent some time in the capital. The capital was not overly interesting, but in comparison to the country side the capital was the center of entertainment. When out at the country side the hunter often had to entertain himself by reciting verses from minstrel's songs and conversing with the locals. Usually the only conversation was that of gossip and news that has been heard by the hunter's ears more times than he could count. The hunter would need to at least hear some new songs, new information, and generally anything to grab his attention when he was feeling especially bored.


The hunter did this often enough that he and his comrade knew where to meet and where his comrade would be hiding and resting while the hunter was spending the money in the city. Aside from the merry making that the hunter enjoyed in the city, he was sure to spend his money wisely. The money first went to resupplying his traveling tools and equipment, and then he would spend a good amount on some treats for his comrade. The rest of the money usually went to pleasure and entertainment. He did not stay in the city long, just until a certain amount of his coin was gone, at that point he would begin making his way to where his comrade was staying.


On arrival he was greeted with interesting news. Apparently another assassin attempt was commenced on the queen's life. Another failure of course, leaving the hunter doubtful if the queen was killable. Of course, he knew very little about the queen, at least nothing more than any other citizen. He knew what he should, maybe a more but he kept to himself about his views on the political affairs of the Empire. He would only spend the night here as usual, then head back to the countryside.


For some time, he waited in the inn he intended in staying and sleeping at for the night. He was not going to stay there for long, for he had other plans prepared for tonight. For now he was going to wait for night to come, drinking and conversation would be enough to satisfy him until then.
 
They counted themselves lucky and were able to find a seat in the cramped confines of the inn. They were simple one group of soldiers in the many groups that gathered there that morning, all the brave souls of the empire keeping the dragon menace and every other threat from reaching the civilian populace of the empire. It felt thankless as there seemed to be a more specialized unit that exclusively dealt with dragons or so Bioran had heard from the lips of a passing sergeant. At the very least he felt as if they were the wall that was deterring the slave camp nearby from marching on to the capital, sacking it and enslaving everyone. Several skirmishes had broken out a week prior to this day, though whether or not they were fight slavers was another issue entirely.


Bioran's gaze swept across the table he was seated in, all of them men and women he had fought shoulder to shoulder with at one point in their lives. Although, the 10 of them gathered was simply a fraction of their entire unit and only 20% of their squad's gathered strength. So far, being pulled from the frontlines and sent to settle domestic disputes was beneficial to all of them, it may hurt their pride but in the long run it'll keep the morale up, no one needed to see more mounds of bodies stacked one on top of the other. He was broken out of his train of thought when his squad was forcefully encouraging him to join in the merriment that seemed to be happening in the inn, all the soldiers were in song for some reason and Bioran thought it proper to lend his voice to the chorus.


As the chorus died down, everyone went back to breaking their fast this morning. A while later and everyone began filing out to attend to their respective duties or to enjoy their off-duty day. Bioran himself had returned to the barracks and swapped out his armor for in favor simpler apparel. He intended to go see the capital of the Empire and break the monotony of seeing soldiers dressed in armor, looking bored yet alert at the same time, he had already finished his training session with those of the unit that were willing and he would bet that the rest are already in the capital doing heavens know what in there and others who had homes nearby would be visiting their relatives. For a while the Cubs would taste peace.


Unfortunately, Bioran had to move to the capital now or be short on time. He did not have stature for horse and would be walking towards the capital, thankfully it wasn't that far from the camp but it still was an hour of walking at best. He would have to get ready quickly and start his little journey if he means to arrive and still have reasonably sufficient time to do as he wishes.
 
A strange shape off in the distance caught Nienna's eye, forcing her to focus in on it from her position in the Empire town. It was black, yet it still stood out against the night sky, its giant wings beat gracefully in the air and it held its head proudly. With a sudden dive, it blew its way through part of the Empire's castle, causing instant commotion in the town. It was a dragon. Nienna froze in her tracks, nearly getting pushed aside by some hurrying guards who were on their way to the castle. Panic yells filled the cobblestone streets as Nienna darted off in the direction of the massive fortress, her hood slipping away from her face. That was a risky move, if anyone saw and recognized her Dragon Master tattoo she'd be dead within a minute. She didn't seem to care, but kept on running as fast as she could. Her nimble feet carried her along the streets much faster than that of the armored guards, and after darting through a few back ally ways she was well ahead of them.


Roars could be heard coming from the castle, unmistakable dragon roars. They carried on through the air, echoing loudly and powerfully. Nienna tried her best to identify whose dragon it might be from its voice, if she even knew it and its master. Quite suddenly, the roars died out. The wood elf stopped dead in her tracks, her heart beating rapidly.


"Nienna?" her dragon's voice sounded through her head. "What is wrong?"


"I-I... do not know... something has just happened here, I still don't fully understand."


"Something bad?"


"I'll be back soon, Venillus. I can explain then."


Quietly, she donned her hood once more. The commotion was already dying down, though there were still hurried whispers and guards clanking about. It was about time that she reported back to Vallarion, so, with relief, she snuck out of the town.


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A loud and irritable knock sounded on the ancient door enclosing the room in which Verendim sat. He rolled his eyes in annoyance, slamming the old tome shut and gliding towards the door. Turning the ancient latch, he swung it open to reveal a fat old orc, covered in boils, with a demanding expression on his face. "Care to explain your sudden and rash interruption?" Verendim snarled, taking a step out of the room and forcing the orc to withdraw a few paces. The creature kept his gaze fixed on Verendim, refusing to show any signs of fear or worry.


"You are needed. An assassination attempt has been made on the queen by a Dragon Master. What more there is I cannot tell."


With a slight nod of his head, Verendim stalked back into the room to ready himself. The only time that he was ever summoned was to do some dirty work, more often than not with the Slavers. He slipped on a dark tunic, and over that a suit of light elven armor. The armor spanned across his chest and arms, leaving the legs exposed but still protected by a suit of chain mail. Taking two dark blades, both forged with magic, he strapped them to his waist and strode confidently to the upper chambers of the castle; his companion, the orc, lit the way.
 
Renshii had awoken just before the sun had broken the sky. It was still glowing orange across the lands shaping with it as well as casting darkness about the lower areas. He enjoyed getting up early like this, everyone was generally in bed still, or at least they were in his cave section. The male lazed about on the ground for a moment only to stare into the darkness of the cave studying the dark area closely although there didn't seem to be much to look at but it was enough to capture Renshii's thought process and give him thinking space.


After looking to the sleeping ice dragon that had curled itself next to him Renshii smiled softly patting her head. "Silver lets go, morning walk." His words were soft and quiet but did the job, the dragon had opened it's eyes which were as green as a farmers field. Silver only glanced up to the man nosing into his hand as if asking to be petted and was granted with it shortly after. Renshii shifted and sat up stretching softly listening to the soft pops of his stiff joints. The young boy grunted softly standing up looking about only to mutter a single word 'Toma' The room soon began to brighten up slightly as his red eyes began to hold a soft glow to them showing his eyes were seeing as a dragon would. Renshii used this to grab his cloak he wore at most times and the mid sized bag that could hide Silver from sight if need be. Renshii then slipped on two bracers with a pouch on the bottom of each one and proceeded to sheath the two daggers into the pouch, both sitting beside where the bracers once were.


Closing his eyes his hues soon reverted back to the plain red colour they once were before and Renshii was off to the outside of the cave where he would begin the walk. Silver sort of hopping after him in a speed to catch up only to jump and dig her claws into the cloak scurrying up and onto Renshii's shoulder.

' Where are we heading to this time? '




Renshii could hear the words echoing inside of his mind showing the dragons words connected with his thought pattern. "I don't know Silver, you know this. I don't think where to go. I just kind of head out and wander. I may go on a scout look out so be careful and eyes up." Renshii nudged the side of the dragon with his cheek and continued to walk down the path leaving the caves proceeding on a simple walk.


Hours would go by as the sun would raise up high into the sky. It was noon already, maybe later, Renshii could see the clouds in the distance a small shiver going up his spine causing Silver to peak her head out from the bag she had dormed in to take a small nap.

' I see you feel it as well don't you? '




The voice had raised in his mind again. If anything Renshii enjoyed the sounds of his dragons voice. It was kind of soothing to him. "Aye, I have felt it. The clouds over there shout out trouble. Thats a known fact. But how long before they reach?" He said then glanced back towards the dragon who was just barely peaking over his shoulder. "Glad to see you awake as well."


Renshii stopped in his tracks hearing a small group of chatter amongst a couple of guards. They were no doubt taking a patrol walk around the area. He was near one of the small villages that seemed to have atleast one patrol about it. "Quick, in the bag." He said as the dragon had ducked her head just in time. The guards were just coming around a small set of trees and Renshii would adjust the bag only to start walking once more humming a soft tune kind of staring off into nothing. He always felt on edge when guards of the Empire were nearby. It irked him and gave him an uneasy feeling but they would pass and continue on their way.


(@Sylvan Warrior if you wish something to play out differently with the guards feel free to control them or something :3 And yes I know. No OOC in the rp but I feel like it's needed this once.)


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Jack sat in the barracks of the castles Empire, just glancing at one of the books he kept on a small end table. His feet were kicked up onto the table and he slouched in the chair. His mind ran through multiple occasions of dragons he had encountered, where they stayed and the places he had found them. He even let his mind. He soon gritted his teeth as he remembered the last dragon he came into a counter with, this beast was an average size and it was a monster. Breathing fire and clawing at him trying to rip Jacks right arm off, and he has the cuts to prove it. The beast had won the battle but Jack had obtained the left eye of it.


Jack shut the book marking his place now to angered with his thoughts at losing to a single dragon, he hated losing any form of battle especially one to a single dragon that he should have handled with ease. Jack had claimed many heads of many beasts, even kept a single scale from each one he killed. They were a nice decoration as they sat upon a shelf just above the foot of the bed he slept in. Even had enough left over to place in a chest below it. Standing up he picked up a jar filled with water and the eye he took staring at it closely studying it really gritting his teeth at the angered thoughts filling his head.


A few minutes passed and he placed the jar back on the table and headed to a nearby cabinet pulling out the basic light armor of the militia. He then began to gear up grabbing his sword only to set off towards the training area for the guards. He would hopefully find someone to spar with and practice his technique. Maybe even improve on a few things, or possibly even learn something new. It didn't matter really only that he became stronger and able to strike a foe down with a single swing from the two blades he carried.


Jack stopped mid way towards the training grounds only to look off in the distance towards the closest village. Something felt off to him as well as speaking to him telling him to leave the training for later. He wished to disregard the idea of leaving it but something seemed to push him towards doing so. The man had simply sighed softly and headed off towards a pathway leading off to the villages. Hopefully his mind would be right about doing so if not then he would be simply angered.
 
Amongst the company of himself, Kilian found it to be very hard to enjoy travelling without Terrasque by his side. He knew he was close to the maximum distance one could stay away from their dragon, but he knew that he couldn’t just simply bring him along for the ride. That would just put them both in danger. However, he knew that he was going to be able to reach the village; it was just a matter of when. He knew about bandits and how they preferred to stick to the main road. Everybody traveled on the main road, being from the most harmless of peddlers and travelers, and even the most dangerous and battle hardened criminals. He did not know whether or not someone would be reckless enough as to try and ‘loot’ from him, but he knew that he wouldn’t let them. Not without putting up a fight.


But. Just as he had expected, it was not long until he had heard the noise of shoe, silently following him, stopping when he stopped and waking when he walked. He didn’t want to take the chance of a bandit thinking they would get it easy, so he gave the bandit a glimpse of his large collapsible scythe; and continued on his merry way. But something had changed, the sound of slightly silent feet, had turned into a loud roar of footsteps. Which, judging by the loudness of the footstep, could determine that they came in great numbers. He looked back, the cloak still covering his face, to see not one, but rather a group of bandits, which greatly outnumbered him twenty-seven to one; and they were all armed to kill. He looked round at the faces, taking in their appearances. The group was comprised of both genders. The males outnumbered the females three to one and were more physically suited to do the more, heavier work. The female, who were daintier and not to mention more clean compared to the men, had their swords and other light-weight weapons in hand, ready to strike “I suppose the option to kindly leave and never speak of this event is out of the question?” Kilian asked, receiving a mélange of loud laughs and snorts from the bandits, who found his question funny.


He decided that he could probably try to outrun them and get Terrasque before things got uglier than they already were, and made took one step to the side. At that moment in which he made one step to the side, the one person in every group fired an arrow that barely grazed his knee. Things had just went from bad, to worse; and like a rat backed into a corner, Kilian had no choice but to retaliate. He acted as if he was going to give the bandits all the money from his pouch, which was locate on his side, but in reality, he went for his only an most trusted weapon in which he knew, could get the job done. With great speed, Kilian removes the scythe from the bonds on his back and held it out, so that it pointed out directly at his opponents. This only earned him several more laughs, which in truth, on seemed to irritate him. There was a sudden silence, and then the crowd parted. At that moment, an impatient bandit rushed for Kilian. A grave mistake on his part. With fast footing, the bandit attempted to meet his blade to Kalian’s ski, but couldn’t even land a scratch on him. In one quick seep, Kilian had knocked the bandit’ feet out from under him, making him collapse. “I guess I could say that your stance was off…” Kilian taunted, striking the bandit on the side of his head with the staff of his scythe, knocking him unconscious.


Again, there was another great silence filled the area, aside from the serene noise that the river and cicadass made in the background. Then, just as he had expected, the crowd of bandits rushed at him, almost stampeding. At that moment, he gripped the staff of his scythe extremely tight. Then that's when when the markings glowed a luminscent white, which triggered the scythe's blade to pop up. He could hear the bandits conversing about who got what. Whether or not they would keep the scythe or sell it. Who would get the clothes or keep Kilian as a slave. However, he decided that he would never let any of those things happen, instead taking his scythe and hooking it to one of the bandit's side. He continued to pack the bandits onto his scythe's blade, one, two, three, four. At the fourth bandit, he put more force into his swing, the scythe sclicing through the four bandits, separating their top halves from their lower. Afterward, he held his scythe in a fashion, where the blade of the scythe curved over his shoulder. The blade itself,was beginning to glow a translucent white, which matched the color of the marking on the staff. He then moved the scythe in a backwards motion, striking the ground in an arced sweep, sending large shockwaves towards his enemies, blowing several bandits away and slightly confusing others.


Within several minutes of the group's pitiful and rather miscalculated attempt to 'loot' from Kilian, their numbers dwindled from twent-seven, to eighteen. Then, from eighteen, to thirteen; and from there it dropped to six, until coming down to just one. The last living or conscious member, was a female; appearing to be in her young teens. She was awkwardly stanced with a dagger in her hand. She had obviously never used it before, however she did try to show no fear, despite the fact that she had seen the rest of her 'comerads' picked off. But, she did shiver occasionally, either in fear of thinking the same thing that happened to the others would happen to her, or in hatred of Kilian and wat he did to the others. However, Kilian simply walked up to the young girl, grabbing her hand when she made a pitiful attempt to stab him with her dagger. He held it tightly until she dropped the weapon in pain. A look of fear beginning to form on her face.


The last thing that Kilian would do is hurt a child. He then dug into his pouch and pulled out a handful of gold pieces, continuing to throw a gold ring into the mix, and placed it in her hand. He continued to dig in a pouch located on his other side and pull out a fruit. He placed it in her hand along side the pile and bent down to retrieveher dagger, placing it in her hand along with the fruit, taking her other hand and placing it over the items Kilian had given her, as to not drop it. "Word of advice, your hanging with the wrong crowd. Now go, before the others wake up and decide to take what you have." Kilian muttered, releasing the girl's hand from his grip. He managed to catch a glimpse of what seemed to be tears, welling up in her eyes, but they were quickly wiped away. She nodded, stuffing the items into a small pouch located on her side, the dagger going into it's appropriate sheath. She then ran off in the opposite direction of where she was currently facing.


Kilian then took his weapon and cleaned the blood off of it with one swipe, collapsing the blade and using the staff as a type of cane. He continued to head in the direction of the village, leaving the bodies of the dead and unconscious bandits behind. He knew he was relatively close to the village, but something felt off the closer he had gotten to the village proximity. He didn't know if it was just a lingering feeling from the effects of battle, a straggler amongst the group of bandits, or a dragon close within range, but the feeling he felt was that of sadness.
 
@ShadowWang @Original Hylion @Rifleman @Kiro Akira @The Villain King @Sol The Hastag @Akihito @Xenomorphic


Vallarion had been singing for a few minutes now, just waiting for her husband to come out of his meditation by himself. In truth, she should not have bothered him. Once she had seen him meditating she should have turned away and gone back the way she had come, waiting until later to tell him, but more things than that cloud were bothering her.


“There are a few things that I am concerned about at the moment, my dear.” Her voice was lyrical, just like any of the woodland folk, only hers was rough and hardened. This was due to the many things she has done, has had happened to her, and will have to do.


“One of the Dragons that belong to us had mated with a wild Dragon, Goddess knows why, and it seems that his mate actually lives in a cave not too far away from us. She is with eggs, and I am worried about the danger of having such a creature living so close to us. She could have the madness, and if she does, she could kill the children we have living with us.” The Dragon Masters was also a safe haven for orphaned children. Some of them had joined their ranks, and some were simply helpers.


Rhiannon was not delusional, however, she knew that one or two of them could be spies for the Empire, but she always had an eye on them, never leaving one of them alone. She had even assigned one of the Dragon Masters to 'guard' them.


She went silent, her gaze becoming unfocused as she began thinking about things that had been bothering her over the last month. Ohnex and her hadn't been married long, and she still wondered why he chose her over many other women who would have been much better leaders, or who were more beautiful. Why would the being, who may be the most powerful being on Earth, beside a Dragon, choose her?


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When the King said the command to execute those who had been on duty when the Dragon had attacked, Morrigan woke up and clutched her husband by the throat, growling at him.


“When will you learn that killing things isn't the only way to rule a kingdom?” She hissed into his ear, her grip light on his throat, but tight enough that he knew it was there. “If you killed every single person that did something wrong, or didn't do anything, you wouldn't have a kingdom.” She leaned in closer to him, her black orbed eyes shining brightly. “You are the reason the revolt happened last month. If you hadn't killed those children just for playing a game, we wouldn't have lost half the population of the kingdom, and therefore, half the income!” She threw him onto his back, making sure that he landed on the bed so she didn't hurt him, and quickly got up.


She wobbled for a moment, before regaining her balance. “One of these days, the peasants are going to kill you, and then I will have to rule this pathetic excuse for a kingdom myself.” She quickly went to the door and called out. “Cancel that order!”


Her hearing allowed her to hear the messenger let out a sigh of relief. She smiled a little at the sound and closed the door to turn to her husband.


“Why must you always kill something? I swear, if I wasn't here you would have killed the entire kingdom by now.”


The old Queen must have been happy to die.


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Na'vi was thrown against the wall, the impact taking the air right out of her. She laid there for only a few moments however before she was on the move. She grabbed her two ebony daggers and ran forward, getting in front of him easily.


“If you take another step,” she started, hissing, “I will scream and wake the giant beast up, then neither of us will have a kill.”


There was yet another rumble that came from behind them, but Na'vi didn't falter, she simply stared the larger Orc down.


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(Va'len skips a turn until Xenomorphs character finds him.) 
@ShadowWang @Original Hylion @Rifleman @Kiro Akira @The Villain King @Sol The Hastag @Akihito @Xenomorphic


Vallarion had been singing for a few minutes now, just waiting for her husband to come out of his meditation by himself. In truth, she should not have bothered him. Once she had seen him meditating she should have turned away and gone back the way she had come, waiting until later to tell him, but more things than that cloud were bothering her.


“There are a few things that I am concerned about at the moment, my dear.” Her voice was lyrical, just like any of the woodland folk, only hers was rough and hardened. This was due to the many things she has done, has had happened to her, and will have to do.


“One of the Dragons that belong to us had mated with a wild Dragon, Goddess knows why, and it seems that his mate actually lives in a cave not too far away from us. She is with eggs, and I am worried about the danger of having such a creature living so close to us. She could have the madness, and if she does, she could kill the children we have living with us.” The Dragon Masters was also a safe haven for orphaned children. Some of them had joined their ranks, and some were simply helpers.


Rhiannon was not delusional, however, she knew that one or two of them could be spies for the Empire, but she always had an eye on them, never leaving one of them alone. She had even assigned one of the Dragon Masters to 'guard' them.


She went silent, her gaze becoming unfocused as she began thinking about things that had been bothering her over the last month. Ohnex and her hadn't been married long, and she still wondered why he chose her over many other women who would have been much better leaders, or who were more beautiful. Why would the being, who may be the most powerful being on Earth, beside a Dragon, choose her?


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When the King said the command to execute those who had been on duty when the Dragon had attacked, Morrigan woke up and clutched her husband by the throat, growling at him.


“When will you learn that killing things isn't the only way to rule a kingdom?” She hissed into his ear, her grip light on his throat, but tight enough that he knew it was there. “If you killed every single person that did something wrong, or didn't do anything, you wouldn't have a kingdom.” She leaned in closer to him, her black orbed eyes shining brightly. “You are the reason the revolt happened last month. If you hadn't killed those children just for playing a game, we wouldn't have lost half the population of the kingdom, and therefore, half the income!” She threw him onto his back, making sure that he landed on the bed so she didn't hurt him, and quickly got up.


She wobbled for a moment, before regaining her balance. “One of these days, the peasants are going to kill you, and then I will have to rule this pathetic excuse for a kingdom myself.” She quickly went to the door and called out. “Cancel that order!”


Her hearing allowed her to hear the messenger let out a sigh of relief. She smiled a little at the sound and closed the door to turn to her husband.


“Why must you always kill something? I swear, if I wasn't here you would have killed the entire kingdom by now.”


The old Queen must have been happy to die.


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Na'vi was thrown against the wall, the impact taking the air right out of her. She laid there for only a few moments however before she was on the move. She grabbed her two ebony daggers and ran forward, getting in front of him easily.


“If you take another step,” she started, hissing, “I will scream and wake the giant beast up, then neither of us will have a kill.”


There was yet another rumble that came from behind them, but Na'vi didn't falter, she simply stared the larger Orc down.


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(Va'len skips a turn until Xenomorphs character finds him.)
 
Renshii entered the village on the boundary line seperating the two fighting sides. He looked like a normal teenager to most and his dragon was well hidden so this made things perfect. Silver silently peeked from the bag glancing about for a guard before hopping up onto Renshii's shoulder. The boy would soon look back to his dragon and sigh. "You know you have to be aware out here, and that sitting out on my shoulder like this isn't a good idea, you might get spotted by a guard or something."


Renshii ignored the snarl his dragon gave him and smiled as he continued on down the path into town. If any situation were to come up then he would do his best to fight and get away from the guards, maybe send his dragon off to the sky. Renshii knew the dragon would be able to clear herself from the guards and maybe Renshii would to as long as there wasn't many. Sighing softly, he went towards one of the stores hoping to find some food. "Silver in the bag while I make deals with people, don't want them saying anything and getting us in trouble."
 

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