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Gavort's Dale... a small town sitting on the edge of the Kingdom of Arya, along the foothills of the Ashtop Mountains.. Usually a place of isolated solitude have as of late, seen an increase in witch activity. Young girls from the surrounding villages have gone missing.. Even some lads. For a whole year the Church of Iolos had been scouting the region.. gathering intelligence. Then it was the time to act. A command of Inquisitors lead by five Vaan's was dispatched to make quick work of the Witches who called themselves the Soulrender Covern. An easy task, especially with the presence of the Vaan's; skilled inquisitors without equal amongst their peers.
It has been two weeks since the group of inquisitors had passed by. There has been no sign of the inquisitors nor of any witches. But the villagers knew something was not right. Then a body floated downstream, blooded and mutilated beyond recognition, carrying nothing but a tattered journal... and they knew that they were in a very dire situation... They waited.. and waited... but nothing came. No rush of blood hungry hags leading packs of grotesque abominations. Even the witch sightings stopped overnight. Days lead to weeks. Then months.
The Church of Iolos, concerned at what might be seen as a failed and costly operation, publicly declared the Inquisitors successful martyrs, victorious in the name of Iolos; of course, there was the customary sweeping of truths under the rug. The whole affair was then aptly named Gavort's Sacrifice, in 'honour' of the fallen inquisitors.
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Inquisitor Vitka de`Mordred. Or should I say, Vaan Vitka de`Mordred. You see, it isn't every day that a young ordinary inquisitor gets the privilege of facing off in a duel against his superior. Of course, it wasn't as if he had a choice in the matter...
Rather, if it wasn't for the fact that Vitka was so full of talent, and hence, full of himself, then he might not have challenged that conniving bastard to a duel. Well, at least that's what his fellow inquisitors would say; that Vitka.. always pushing his luck. He should be careful less it pushes back!
But ask a local, and they would tell you of a brave soldier, standing up to a pompous fat greedy Vaan for bullying and threatening to arrest a poor young boy.
In actual fact... said young boy had just stolen a little something of value out from under Vitka's crooked nose. Alas, the young lad snuck away and had almost outran Vitka but instead bumped into the potbelly of... hello! The fiftieth Vaan in all of Arya! t'was Vitka was in a dilemma, should that kid be arrested by fat Vaan, poor Vitka would lose the only possession most dear to him. There was no doubt what le fat Vaan would do if he found the amulet on the young boy. The thought of his precious wrapped around a pudgy neck spurred Vitka forwards, thus he stood up for the innocence of a young boy. What happened next is history. The tales of his extraordinary feat often bloated beyond the proportions of even the stomach of the former Vaan Lukhouse rang out in the local taverns for days on end. The stories ranged from Vitka playing dirty with dirt-to-face tricks to Lukhouse falling over his potbelly and landing on his own sword.
Nevertheless, he was now the new number Fifty, by way of 'fair' challenge. This created a plethora of problems as it now seemed that becoming a prestigious Vaan seemed all too easy. Add a gang of jealous, rich, noble spoiled brats and what you end up with is the new Vaan being assigned on a new task, 'worthy of a Vaan'. Of course, it was plain obvious said task wasn't going to be easy, even the word 'doable' was pushing it. Needless to say, the other Vaans weren't going to stand up and defend their fellowman, afterall, nobody thought he deserved the 'upgrade'. Entrepreneuring bureaucrats, seizing the opportunity, decided to offer Vitka a compensation. We'll assign you a royal alchemist, to help you get the job done. A certain young lady, daughter of a certain noble, very talented! So much so that she became the youngest royal alchemist ever. Of course, she was also the last of her line. Her parents had no other children, see... it was convenient.. pitting two young talented individuals together to prove their worth. Two birds with one stone they said.
Their task? Return with solid proof that the Soulrender Coven is no more.. should be pretty easy. Whoever's heard of the Soulrender Coven anyway?
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~There is a certain.. Order... to unlife, in as much as life is the natural way of things.. but the path is narrow.. precarious on the ridge of chaos for the River of Life is turbulent, even as it flows in one direction and that those who seek to reverse its flow.. should be wary less he descend into chaos. Such is the sojourn of Maferath, his ways often misunderstood in a journey he willingly undertook on his own~ Nefari the Arcane |
Day 16, Fall, 20th Year of Peace. The air is still as I waited for the other Vaan's to arrive.. We are in the era of peace they called it.. yet I feel no rest.. The stillness, more like a lull before a storm. The lines have been drawn and treaty's have been made, yet I still sleep to the sounds of battle and the cry of men in my mind. We have but temporarily settled our childish bickering in the playground only to return to sort the mess back in our homes.. mere children, in the scale of things.
Day 17. The last of the Inquisitors have arrived. Thirty in all, lead by us five Vaan's.. that in itself is a rare sight these days. We are told that Number One won't be joining us... off on a mission.. period. We are led by Number Five and Number Eight. Vaan Elise the Swift and the infamous Blood Baron: Vaan Goldach the Cruel. Almost legendary for his creative ways of torturing his victims. Elise the Swift is a beauty of a woman, yet there is more austerity there than I am comfortable with. Rumour was that she and the now defamed Vaan Sebastian the Dread, former Number One, were lovers; I cannot imagine how such a cold woman could be capable of love. Elise and Goldach.. they barely tolerate each other, the tension is unmistakable.. the Baron especially; but he defers to Number Five. It should not take long. The Coven of Soulrender's is large.. but now that we have enough intel, even they have no hope against us.. We will purge the Emperor's land off their evil filth.
Day 20. The last few days have been uneventful. What little stragglers we have found after leaving Gavort's Dale have been kicked aside like the pebbles under the hooves of our horses. The younglings are eager, their enthusiasm barely held checked by our presence.
Day 24. We draw ever closer.. Resistance have more than doubled. They are cunning.. their path harder to track. We lost three men.. their lives will be avenged when the Fire of Iolos descends on the witches' pitiful existence.
Day 25. Ambushed! Vaan Goldach is missing.. the men say he was injured and taken. There were many.. too many, and we lost more men. But we prevailed! Number Five is injured.. but she says it is minor.. We press on! The Coven cannot stand against us.. We have killed the Soulrender's Mistress.. her blood stains my blade.
(Nothing could be read in the following entry. The remaining pages stained with patches of mud and the slight rusted tint of dried blood)
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Gavort's Dale... a small town sitting on the edge of the Kingdom of Arya, along the foothills of the Ashtop Mountains.. Usually a place of isolated solitude have as of late, seen an increase in witch activity. Young girls from the surrounding villages have gone missing.. Even some lads. For a whole year the Church of Iolos had been scouting the region.. gathering intelligence. Then it was the time to act. A command of Inquisitors lead by five Vaan's was dispatched to make quick work of the Witches who called themselves the Soulrender Covern. An easy task, especially with the presence of the Vaan's; skilled inquisitors without equal amongst their peers.
It has been two weeks since the group of inquisitors had passed by. There has been no sign of the inquisitors nor of any witches. But the villagers knew something was not right. Then a body floated downstream, blooded and mutilated beyond recognition, carrying nothing but a tattered journal... and they knew that they were in a very dire situation... They waited.. and waited... but nothing came. No rush of blood hungry hags leading packs of grotesque abominations. Even the witch sightings stopped overnight. Days lead to weeks. Then months.
The Church of Iolos, concerned at what might be seen as a failed and costly operation, publicly declared the Inquisitors successful martyrs, victorious in the name of Iolos; of course, there was the customary sweeping of truths under the rug. The whole affair was then aptly named Gavort's Sacrifice, in 'honour' of the fallen inquisitors.
. , ; ' ` ~ * ~ ` ' ; , .
Inquisitor Vitka de`Mordred. Or should I say, Vaan Vitka de`Mordred. You see, it isn't every day that a young ordinary inquisitor gets the privilege of facing off in a duel against his superior. Of course, it wasn't as if he had a choice in the matter...
Rather, if it wasn't for the fact that Vitka was so full of talent, and hence, full of himself, then he might not have challenged that conniving bastard to a duel. Well, at least that's what his fellow inquisitors would say; that Vitka.. always pushing his luck. He should be careful less it pushes back!
But ask a local, and they would tell you of a brave soldier, standing up to a pompous fat greedy Vaan for bullying and threatening to arrest a poor young boy.
In actual fact... said young boy had just stolen a little something of value out from under Vitka's crooked nose. Alas, the young lad snuck away and had almost outran Vitka but instead bumped into the potbelly of... hello! The fiftieth Vaan in all of Arya! t'was Vitka was in a dilemma, should that kid be arrested by fat Vaan, poor Vitka would lose the only possession most dear to him. There was no doubt what le fat Vaan would do if he found the amulet on the young boy. The thought of his precious wrapped around a pudgy neck spurred Vitka forwards, thus he stood up for the innocence of a young boy. What happened next is history. The tales of his extraordinary feat often bloated beyond the proportions of even the stomach of the former Vaan Lukhouse rang out in the local taverns for days on end. The stories ranged from Vitka playing dirty with dirt-to-face tricks to Lukhouse falling over his potbelly and landing on his own sword.
Nevertheless, he was now the new number Fifty, by way of 'fair' challenge. This created a plethora of problems as it now seemed that becoming a prestigious Vaan seemed all too easy. Add a gang of jealous, rich, noble spoiled brats and what you end up with is the new Vaan being assigned on a new task, 'worthy of a Vaan'. Of course, it was plain obvious said task wasn't going to be easy, even the word 'doable' was pushing it. Needless to say, the other Vaans weren't going to stand up and defend their fellowman, afterall, nobody thought he deserved the 'upgrade'. Entrepreneuring bureaucrats, seizing the opportunity, decided to offer Vitka a compensation. We'll assign you a royal alchemist, to help you get the job done. A certain young lady, daughter of a certain noble, very talented! So much so that she became the youngest royal alchemist ever. Of course, she was also the last of her line. Her parents had no other children, see... it was convenient.. pitting two young talented individuals together to prove their worth. Two birds with one stone they said.
Their task? Return with solid proof that the Soulrender Coven is no more.. should be pretty easy. Whoever's heard of the Soulrender Coven anyway?
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