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Khajin smiled inwardly at the mans response....a pragmatic one huh.





He felt the cold steel of the blade against his leg and watched as the group came in to defend their leader. His blade was still pressed against the man's throat. "I can survive loosing a leg ... hell its happened before, could you survive loosing your throat?". The heat from the fire blazing behind the throne felt welcomed. Khajin loved the cleansing power of flame.


" Unfortuntely for you this isn't some random holdfast that you've found, this castle is the capital of a major city of the kingdom and is still under the direct rule of the High King."
 
Nexus laughs loudly, and his face contorts into a maniacal smile, and his eyes show the insanity in his mind. "We have no King! Every major city has been destroyed, and where has our 'king' been? Hiding with his wenches and his swimming in his drink. Our king is worthless, and i am well aware who this castle belonged too. I lived in this town, and the the people need a leader who isnt afraid to get his hands dirty." Diablo wraps his tail around Khajin and moves him back, then lets him go. "This is my castle, and these are my people, i am will help them rebuild and then... and then i will over throw the king."
 
Khajin sheathed his weapon as he city and looked at the dragon in the eyes. "Touch me again without my permission and I'll send you to the Spirit World and leave you there."


It was half a bluff ... he could force beings into the Spirit World but to leave them there without an accompanying monk was against the laws of his people.


He turned to the bandits surrounding him, "that also goes for the rest of you."


Khajin then looked up at nexus. "Your speech while quite moving is lacking in facts. Firstly Dunnath is the first and only major city to fall, all the others are still safe, this is simply a matter of bad luck ... this force is originating from the south and Dunnath is the southernmost city. Secondly the King is doing something about it. That's why me and my companions are here, our mission is to secure Dunnath and its remaining citizens and investigate the attacks."
 
"Oh i am aware, i got the letter from our 'wondrous king' but then again i don't care. Our king didn't send us to this place, the queen did. The king is as i said, trust me on that i have people everywhere. Our beautiful queen is doing all the work, and i am on a mission from her directly. You people do your investigation, and i do my own." He hefts one of his scythes and looks at the man. "And a bit of warning for next time, you threaten my partner or my men again and i will send you to your spirit world without a head. Now then if you will be kind enough to leave me to my investigation." Diablo huffs at him and Nexus sighs deeply. "Fine fine, come with me friend. I have some things to show you." Nexus motions towards Khajin to follow and heads off down one of the hallways.
 
Khajin's brow furrowed at his story. What's this now? The queen acting autonomously? He wasn't sure he believed Nexus' story but he also wasn't attacking him so there was that.


He saw a flash of silver as Lunos went soaring by one of the windows, their eyes connected for a second, a quick second but it was enough for them to communicate. Stay close. Khajin made his way past the group of brigands and followed Nexus down the hallway. He kept the tear open, ready to Spirit Step the moment he sensed foul play.


As they walked Khajin spoke, "You realize I'll need proof of your story right? You make big accusations against the King and you'd better have proof the you are acting with the Queens authority."
 
Nexus hands him a letter, which explains that he is too report every and all information to the queen, and it is signed by her. "This is what i got, one of my men protected her from an assassin a few years back so we keep in touch. It also says what the king is doing through her eyes. She was always the observant one." He leads Khajin to the master suite and opens the door. "The duke and duchess of Dunnath castle.. Killed with a look of sheer terror on their faces. I suspect some sort of darkness magic. But that is just a theory. My men are attempting to get information from some of the workers that luckily werent in the castle when it was attacked. I don't have the heart to touch these two, they always treated Dunnath citizens with kindness." Nexus closes the door and then turns to look at Khajin. "That is all i got so far, you have anything at all?"
 
Khajin took the letter and read it. He verified it immediately, having been sent plenty of letters and orders from the regalty. He folded it back up and stuffed it into his breast pocket. This isnt good .. the king and queen cant trust each other at a time like this? He listened to Nexus' story silently and when he was done Khajin walks up to the corpses ... he touches each of them on the forehead and says nothing. He steps back and looks around the room...it feels just as sickly and diseased as the rest of them.





"One moment", he says to Nexus as he opens the tear and slips through. In the spirit world the room is empty and dark. He had hoped but know he probably wouldn't find souls. Khajin looks at the corpses and is shocked to find parts of them glowing. He reaches out and touches them and confirms what he'd been fearing. These are bits of ..... soul matter....sh*t.





He reaches out into reality and into Nexus' chest grabbing hold of his soul gently and pulling it and his body into the Spirit World with him. Once safely in Khajin points to the remnants of the dukes and dutchess' souls.


"You and I had the same theory and it looks like we're correct. You see that? Where theyre still glowing faintly? That's what's left of their souls .... something ate their souls ....that's not supposed to be possible but that's what this looks like.", he said to Nexus in a vibrating voice that was normal when in the spirit world.
 
"It is as i feared." He walks up to the bodies and inspects the soul matter a bit more. "Hmmm, does it look like something small did it, or is that just me? There are bite makes and it is of a smaller mouth, not a large one. But this is again a theory, we only confirmed a bit of it. Now we need to see if we can figure out who, or what did it." He scratches his chin stubble and sighs slightly. He rakes his mind thinking of anything, and before long he snaps. "Corruption."
 
Khajin takes a closer look. "Yeah....its like a bunch of tiny bite marks..."


He knew this had to be dark magic but devouring souls? He'd spent days in the Capital Cities' libraries when he was training. He'd read up on all the magics in the world and never heard of this.


At Nexus' exclamation Khajin turns to him. "Corruption?"
 
"Darkness corrupts, everyone knows that. Someone got corrupted and did this." He sighs heavily and shakes his head. "But we can do nothing as of yet, keep this between us don't go sharing something this important with everyone. Not until we know for sure."
 
Khajin took Nexus' shoulder and pulled them back into reality. "I can think of several reasons why someone would do this...but the main one is power. Souls are pure energy, the purest form ... if one were to injest enough....well he could very possibly make himself a like a deity.....they'd be nearly unstoppable.


Khajin reached up and untied his dreads and shook them out. "I agree we shouldn't report this just yet, I'll try and find out more when I meditate tonight .. might be that I can reach one of my clan."


"In the meantime..." He turned to Nexus and gave him a weighing look for a moment then stuck out his hand, "....it looks like we aren't foes afterall"
 
Nexus raises an eyebrow and smirks faintly shaking his hand. "It seems so. I'll keep you posted and i expect the same in return. Now i have some excavations to do, and hopefully I'll find out more about what happened."
 
the torches in the castle lit it up like a big red bulls eye. if there was any sign of a disturbance it would be but seconds before the castle started to burn.
 
Khajin nodded at Nexus, "same here, I'll find you if I find anything out" he said as he walked out of the room.


As he walked down the hallway his head was spinning with what he just found out. This is new evil...someone trying to upset the balance of the living and the spirits.. He stopped and leaned on a large window pressing his head to the surface. We aren't prepared for this at all, I have to find out if anything like this has happened before.. He considered flying back to Hammerfall ... surely one of the elder monks there could give him guidance but it was too far. To fly there from Dunnath would take days. I guess I'll have to try to reach them through meditation after all. He didn't relish the idea; most monks of his linage could communicate with each other when in meditation be he was never good at it...and at such distances..


There was a low rumbling as Lunos landed against the wall of the castle, gripping the sides with his metallic silver claws and looking into the window Khajin was at. The rider smiled and opened the window and Lunos' serpentine head poked through. Khajin gave him a scratch under the chin. "I supposed we should alert the others about the turn of events huh.." he said to his dragon.
 
Sol and Nidhogg wandered away from the group. Since Nidhogg was just going to complain. Sol walked up to a strange part of the Area.


Sol set his sword down and looked closely at it through his unsee through mask. "This land has be tainted ,Nidhogg. Its not safe for us to be here." He said in a metalic voice. Nidhogg agreed. "Best if we fly off......" Nidhogg's voice went lower than his normal tone.
 
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