Friday, January 7, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Winter Jam's comeing
Then there's my trip to Ethiopia i want to go but i don't know if i can (Money issues meaning i don't have any) but it hope i can i think that would be fun and really awesome.
Vampires Rant warning!!!!
Props go to a friend Erin Glosser who wrote a vampire book called Scarlet rain (Look it up) its really good. (She gave me a copy so nice)but after reading it well i thought about vampires and started to really wanting to write my own. (Yeah vampires are drugs)
But seriously there is so much Vamp fiction out there Twilight, (Look its on the list becuase guess what it gave a bunch of Teen age girls vampires) Circdue freak, (Its okay not the best but okay) and Vladimer Todd (Okay these books are like awesome).
But alot of vampires change down the original idea of vampires which is EVIL soulless creatures who's only pleasure is destroying the life of humans. They are tortured by them being doomed to a life that never ends. In this respect a lot of books fall short with a lot of characters being good guys or not evening drinking human blood. I don't mind this as much as other stuff because no hero no story.
Then there are the other things they forget/don't add for example Vamps have to be invited in (What!!!! yeah guys its true) but or they don't like Crosses (Showing there soul less ness) they can't cross water by them selves, Garlic, charming people, turning into a bat, wolf, gas and the to be all to end all not showing up in mirrors. Just thought of some more Coffins (most don't even say why they don't go nighty night in them), How to become a vampire (now a days its said that its a big sucking thing but before if they bit and killed they came back as a vamp to but under the orginals control well till he died) but also with other ways Black cats for example not being buried.
There are reasons these things happen or at least where thought of the reasons are that when vampires where thought of as soulless they couldn't touch a cross (Holy symbol no soul you do the math), Mirror or picture (They thought mirrors showed the soul no soul no image), Water separated them from the ground in which they where connected to.
Now another changing subject is how to kill them. The sun usually does them in but not always (Twilight why?!?!) sometimes they sparkle others (Half vampires usually) aren't effected. But wait folks there's more some have the stake which kills them (Pretty standard) or only freezes them (D&D had this Moonlight had this as well) when the stake is removed they go back to doing what ever. Then theres more um aggresive methods like choping off there head filling it with holy waffers (Crackers or something of the sort) and tossing it in a fire/river. Then there are Vampire protection. Garlic is usaully the main idea here (Sometimes it works Vladamire Todd for example) sometimes it dosn't (None come to mind). But there are others as stated above hideing in your house works becuase they can't come in unless invited (Most writers don't include this) public places won't work though. Then there's the finale method which is to either bury them the other way Vertical not Horizantal (Can't get out now can you) or leaving seeds around the grave the Vamp counts them and by that time the sun comes up and it has to go back to sleep (This isn't in there either).
And then there's the blood. Do they kill the victim or simply suck some out or are they "vegan" *Shuder* or do they drink donated blood or what. Well D&D has them suck life energy which i think works fore the Evil vamps but fore Heroic vamps i'll say any mix of Human and Donated adds a intresting mix. Vladimer Todd for instance has it so when you suck you make them a Drudge but you can un Drudge them to so most vamps either kill or Drudge un Drudge. Vlad drinks out of bags but later the hunger gets to strong and he starts sippin that human. (Joke)
Yeah sorry had to enlighten people on all the myths about Vampires just felt it was time to unload that baggage. ON TO WEREWOLFS!!!!! just kidding in general Were wolfs have an easier time staying true to there origins and in some of the older text they don't even change with the moon they change with a cloak or other item put on. So there!!!!
Rant warning over.
Lost years part 3
I set off from the town waveing good by to the others. The soon faded into the horizon on there horses. I had Lionday and he could not ride a horse so we had to walk. It was no problem the walk was only 3 days. I whould have to travel two days to get to the western forest where my people where. We traveld fast and light but it was easy enough. The trail was scarece this was where the orcs where usually. They whouldn’t bother a lone man though nothing to gain plus they saw I was armed. But I still camped off the trail in a cave. We soon made it to the edge of the fields the western forest. It was mostly pines and Maples. I started in with Lionday at my side. It whould take a day to get to the city but I figured whe’d stop after a while have a little break. The air smelt like old leaves and I remebred it was auttum. The leaves where a dark reds and bright yellows they fluttred down and swirled in the wind. I walked silently Lionday was behind me sniffing for mushrooms. I heard a squeal and a chomp he had found one. My thoughts drifted to what whould happen when I got home Saria whould be there had she waited she wrote saying she did but was the spark still there. Then there was my dear friend Linus he whould be swooing over the ladies as usual. My brother the king of the east woods, would he welcome me with open arms or with swords drawn. My mind drifted back to days many years ago back before I started to adventure before I met the team. I was a young prince my father was still alive and I was to be married. It was arranged like most but I loved her. She was beautiful like a goddess. She was a commoner infact we had grown up together it had been said that we whould be married even when we where babbies. But we only thought it ment that we could play forever. I loved her even when I was a small boy but I didn’t tell her I thought no reason to but I didn’t relize she did to. As the years went on we grew closer together. I knew I whould mary her one day but I still thought about my future. I whould mary her then what live a life of a day to day rutine. No I wasn’t going to become another stay at home elf. There was nothing there for me every day people died in the world and I had to help or at least do something. This thought mulled in my head and finally it conviced me on the last night the night of my wedding. At elf weddings the two men and woman aren’t as important as the idea of them. So its common for people to mary dead fiancés they never got to mary. This is what happened here I left leaving a note telling her I loved her and because of that I couldn’t take her. I left with my bow and sword and a week of food. I dare not take more for I knew this whould be an embaresment to my family. Later I got a letter from her saying she understood and that when I felt it was right I whould return. So as I walked under the shade of the trees my thoughts turned to her. Her brown hair blowing in the wind that swepted through the forest like a wave.
“Lionday lets take a rest” I said placing my pack down on the dirt. It was almost night and we had been traveling for many hours. We where by a river I knew the river it ran through my town. It ran the length of the forest and was what kept the forest alive. My village was another few hours away but i wasn’t stupid and the last thing I wanted to do was to get lost in the forest at night. I sat down on a rock looking through my pack finding a tin of food. I opened it and ate the stale tastelest bread then chucked a few maggots at Lionday who ate them with a smack of the lips. I pulled out my sleeping bag and set it down I wans’t afraid to sleep out in the woods I knew the sounds of the predators and they also never went to the water at night. That’s when the nymphs where out and they hated monsters and the monsters regared them the same. Nymphs are spirts of the river and lakes. They are connected to there water and it is connected to them they guard it from polutures and others who whould hurt there stream for if it dies they die and vice versa. They aren’t usually serious but when threatended things got nasty. But I knew this water spirt we where friends as helped my father long ago fight a war against a ruthless tyrant and since then they had formed a pack. I knew she’d keep me safe so I began to drift off the stars turning into pictures as my eye lids closed till I heard the noise. It was a gurgleing splashing in the moon lit night. I rolled over my eyes wideing in horror as I saw a beast rise from the river. It had glowing yellow eyes and it was made of spongy sludge. It was a blob of a creature with only vague tentacles that might be arms. It rose out of the muck and began a slurch towards me one of its slimey appendages pointed at me. It made a horrible wail as it appuroached. I jumped up and whipped out my sword in lighting speed. It drew back and I heard a familer voice. It sounded horse full of regret and sorrow “Rafel.... is that you thank god….. Rafel something terrible has happened…. The water its been poisoned…..The village you must go warn them….. run NOW” the fallen Nymph said in between fits of gasping and coughing. I looked at it horrified “What will happen to you” I said knowing the answer. “If the posion continues…….I shall die” It said solomly. “Please my friend go now” it said sinking back into the depths of the river. I grabed my pack and yelled “LIONDAY!!!!!” the boar came crashing out of the brush. “Where going where gonna have to run” I said. Its furry body became ridged and it sighed.
Feet pounding faster than lighting. We ran quick as an arrow blasting through the sky. The elf village was on an old temple to a long forgotten god. This temple was also built on a strange rock cropping. The place was sunken in to the forest a huge massive dent in the earth except for a island which is where the town is. Its right in the middle and the only way there is to cross the bridges. My feet barely touched the wooden planks as I dashed across one of the many bridges to the center. We quickly passed through the bridge into the town full of bussiling people. Except it wasn’t barren nothing. The village looked the same with giant tree houses lineing the outside and in the center a grad temple but no one. There was a cobble stone path leading towards the temple and I hestintly walked down it. Every last creature was gone nothing no sound not a word. Then I walked out of the trees. I saw the old limestone building I grew up in a temple with a giant onion shaped top that pointed toards the sky. The coble stone led to one of the four stairways inside the building. The stairs where old and grass and moss grew inbetween them. “Lionday wait here” I said “If I don’t come back soon well” it looked at me and snorted. “Right buddy” I said drawing my sword I walked into the building. The four stairs led up high into the sky and to four large wooden doors made of an old oak. The door I faced was the east door it had a silver knocker. I cluched it and slowly pushed it open a long creak echoed as I stepped in. The place was cold a cold that got into your bones like no heat had ever been here. Not a wet cold that comes with snow but a dry stone cold. The doors all connected together by a long square shaped hall that then connected to many rooms. However there was the room I knew somebody whould have to be at. The room was the alter of the forest. When the elfs found the place the alter was there and it was said to contain the most pricous thing to the forest the wand of purity. It was said to clean all impurits to stop any posion. It was above in the onion dome all I had to do was climb another set of stiars up. The stiars where in the middle the exact middle of the temple. The hall I was in connected to it and I walked towards it. The hall to the stairs was long but as I came to it I found something I knelt down it was something odd. There was blood a long trail of blood old dry but still blood. It cracked as I felt it I couldn’t tell if it was elf or something else but it scared me. I sprinted down the hall and into the stair room. As I entered I felt a cold not the same cold warmer, like it had life. Then I saw it, it was a little girl an elf she wore a mad look and she said “You should not be here”. She was pale white and faded in and out of the place. “You’re a ghost” I said. She had long white hair that seemed to defy gravity as it floated up “I don’t know how long I’ve been dead, they came in hundreds in the dark, they came with steel killing all they found then they they killed my parents they killed me” the figure stammered fadeing “Please sir don’t go up stairs don’t go” she cried ghostly tears forming and floating to the gound. “Why not” I asked. “Do as you may” with that she was gone only a puddle of tears remained.
I needed to know what had happened I needed to know so I climbed the stairs each foot step echoing throughout the halls. There was a door at the top of the stairs to the dome a stone door I pushed aginst it using the steps to give me support. It buckled and slowly slid and as I did I was gretteded with the worst sight ever something that made my heart break. A long crie “NO!!!!!!” echoed it wasn’t human or I should say it was verey human. It was the sound of a breaking heart something every man and woman goes through one day I made mine that day.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Lost years part 2
Chapter 3 Kings and Queens
We set off that mourning on our horses. We travled out of the town the villigars went about there life. It was funny they had no idea that if we failed there lives might all be ended in a single second. They had no idea what we where about to do. There was some talk of the orcs attacking a man or to but mostly the talk was on a up comeing fair. We entred the farm land and saw road through the crops of weat and corn. Borrow was in the front I was behind her Alegred was behind me then Sedrick then Mitos and finally Elacron. Alegred began to sing as we trodded along a tune about giant wemon who where summoned by a wizard. Like most drawfish tunes it was dirty and I dare not repeat it. After a short ways we entred the eastern forest it was safe to travel in the day but at night it was where the monsters roamed. We passesed several merchants whe whould say a passing word or two and move on. As we entred a darker part of the forest Alegred and Elacron bursted into another song of a jolly seaman killing a water dragon with only a cannon ball. There singing echoed through the forest and I was nervous that we might attract unwanted attention. But nothing came to pass we we made it out fine. The woods slowly led way to hills the hills of Manic Manson. “Why do they call it Manic Manson” I asked Alegred. The drawf eyes darkned and his voice was cold “A man named Manson a long time ago killed thousands and let there bodies rot they say the hills where made of there dead bodies”. “Really” I asked. “No not really stupid boy, They call it that because a general Manson lead a battle here his title was Manic so Manic Mansons Hill” he laughed slapping me on the back. The hills got steeper and soon whe where in the mountains.
As we troded along Borrow said “We don’t have time for this we need to go through the mountains”. “What child are you serious the mountains are crawling with orcs and far worse things” the Alegred said as he rode. “Look we can go around the mountain or we could go through the pass in the mountains. The pass takes only a day while going around will take us 3” She said. “She’s right we don’t have much time if we want to hit them before they become to powerfull” I said. We had been rideing for hours Me, Alegred, Borrow, Mitos, Sirthik and Elacron. However the pass loomed before us and the sooner we got through it the better. We spured our horses as they dashed towards it.
The pass was a narrow streach of patchy rock held up only by the fear of falling down the abyss. On your left was the abyss the sloop was steap and if you made a misstep you’d wind up plummeting down it. On the right was a beautiful stone wall. It was about as tall as a person but on a horse you could see that it was flat for a good distant then it crawled back up the mountain.
The air was thin and a dense fog was comeing in. Borrow was up front speading along of us. Her silver hair matched her white stead named Zoe. Borrows cloack flapped in the wind and what might have been a smile crossed her face. Then I heared a twang and saw a dark rod peirce into Zoe’s side sending the horse rearing. Borrow jumped off the horse as the rock it was on broke to pieces and Zoe tumbled into the abyss. Its cry was heared for a long time slowly growing faiter till we heared a soft thud. Borrow landed on my horse I was behind her in the line. Her soft supple leather touched my hand and she griped onto me. I heared Elacroon yell “ORCS THERE SNIPEING US” as arrows began to pelt us from the other side of the vally. Alegred yelled “A AMBUSH WHERE SITTING DUCKS” with that he spured his horse as fast as he could. Elacron quickly shot out a bolt of dark energy. It looked like a dark arrow that sped through the air and hit one of the orcs. They where so far away they looked like little green specs though those little green specs where trying to kill us. There was ten in all well counting the one that was now gone due to Elacrons dark bolt.
I felt Borrow press into me and I quickly ran through my head all the spells I knew. Yes that will do I thought. I shouted out a old magic tounge it translated to burn the land boil the sea. I pointed a hand at the wall of rocks where the orcs where and a huge bolt of energy shot out and slammed into the rock. There was a giant boom and a huge section of the rock face plumted crashing into several orcs. There where only four left but we had no way of takeing them out. I could only use that kind of spell once a day.
We had to get out of this pass but there was no turning we had to run and fast. Our horses ran faster than they had ever before but the arrows rained down. Most of the time we whern’t hit but Elacron’s horse was shot in the leg. It flinched and fell down. Elacron was in the back and Mitos looked back. The horse was struggling and it was about to fall down the abyss. Elacron tried to get the horse stable but it was no use the horse was going to fall. Mitos jumped off his horse and ran over to Elacron. He lifted up the horse with one hand and carried it shielding Elacron from the arrows. Mitos was shot in the arm he howled in pain but kept running. They where falling behind and Mitos was now starting to look like a pin coushin. The horse was now raining blood onto the two of them Elacron then shouted “ITS DEAD MITOS leave it”. With that Mitos looked at the horse and chucked it at the orcs. The beast flew through the air like a rag doll slaming into a orc. Mitos then started to charge grabing Elacron and running straight at us. He was gaing and the end was in sight but we relized Mitos was not going to stop he was going to ram us if we didn’t hurry.
I said “Borrow hold on”. She nodded wincing in pain. I spured the horse it bolted bursting out of the path in a giant tumble. I forgot the pass ended in a giant hill that rolled down the mountain. We began to tumble bumping into each other and the horse. Sedrick and Alegred where able to ride down. Mitos and Elacron bursted out full charge and fell down the hill Mitos wraping Elacron in his big hariy arms.
We hit the bottom of the hill with a thud the horse struggled to get up. I jumped off and helped it up Barrow then said “WILLIM WE NEED TO GO” I looked up the hill and saw Mitos tumbling towards us. The horse dashed forwards while I tackled Borrow towards the ground. She looked at me her silver eyes shiny “You saved me”. “Only from a giant teddy bear” I said getting up shakeing off more than just dirt. Mitos hit the ground as the other two came down on there horses. Sedrick came up to Mitos “You did good here let me heal your wounds” he streached out his hands and a energy came out that entred the arrow wounds and pushed out the arrow and made them close up. “Sorry about your Zoe Borrow” I said. “Don’t worry she lived a good life” she said I saw the sadness but I also saw something else. Elacron was released from Mito’s death grip and he gasped saying “That was the worst thing I’ve ever done” he passesed out falling into a unconscious sleep at the feet of Mitos. “Well guys lets set up camp a few ways down from here common lets get moveing unless you want to set up camp at night” Alegred said beging to walk.
Happy new year!!!!!!
Wait I'll tell you what i got for Christmas YAY!!!
1. A wii (Not a repaired one a new one T.T was it really that hard to fix it)
2. A scanner (Hahahah now you can see my drawings or at least will see them.
3. Super Scriblenauts (Beat it in like two days)
4. Magical d20 soap (Soap with a d20 in it)
5. A sonic screwdriver (All blog post now are in sonic as well)
6. A light up d20 (From think geek of course)
7. The Dudgeon Master Guide (2cd ed Oh man read through the whole thing im so lame)
8. A wii game (The sequel to tales of synphoniah)
9. OH i kinda got my brothers phone (He got a new phone so hand me down time)
10. A new sketch pad
11. A bunch of new mechanical pencils (Like 50 a weeks supply)
12. 100 pounds (Dang cookies!!!!)
And a partridge in a pair tree. See what i did there 12 and 12 days hahahahahaha I'm funny.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Lost years
Forword
My eyes slowly adjusted to the bright mourning sun as I stired up from my bed. I wiped my eyes trying to get the sleep from them. My mind slowly rembered the events of yesterday finding the sword Frost Biter in a destroyed castle. I looked at where I had put it under my bed in its sheath. Its rough leather was pleasant under my fingers. I slowly put it back on my belt as I pulled on my pack. I looked around the room this might be the last time I ever see this room. I knew I whould not return to this place there was work to be done. I walked out of the room closeing it one last time. My boots clanked on the wooden stairs as I made my way down. I had lived in this room for almost 2 mounths doing odd jobs to make ends meat. However I had met a group of others like me we teamed up to take down more evil.
However my friends are almost all gone now and I must leave this place for good. I will never return to this land I’ll go back to my home town in the woods of Rosier. As I walk I mule over my past and how I came to this. I decided to write down my story in hopes one day I may pass on my story to my children.
Part 1 the rise
As we walked down the trail away from the city I noticed something in the distant. “Is that a castle” I said excitedly. The building barely hung together. It looked like the only thing keeping it together was the will of the building not to fall as if it had an important load that it could not drop. As we approached it I could tell that it had seen a battle. I turned to my companion a girl with blonde hair that draped down in waves. Her skin was a peachy white and she had a bounch in her step but in a flash her hair was white and her skin a grey. Her name was Barrowind she was a changling. The changling are a race descendent of dopple gangers who due to mixed breading have lost some of there shape shifting powers. Barrowind said “Willim is falling behind”. I turned to look at my other copanion Willim. He was a skinny man with sacs under his eyes. He looked timid and he leaned on his willow branch staff when he walked. He was a powerfull mage from a noble family. His robes flowed as he strode trying to catch up. When he got to us he said puffing “This trail is getting to long”. I smilled at him “You could always ride Lionday” I gestured to the boar at my side. The boar had long ivory tusk and was snorting loudly. It walked over to Willim took a big sniff and then turned away and made a body gesture like it was getting ready to be sat on. Willim looked at the boar with if its fur like a brown jungle full of bugs and twigs and dirt and said “I’d rather walk”. Lionday came back to me and we continued on to our castle. We made it to the old gate there was no moate and the gate was rusted over. I kicked it down and we made our way in. The inside had almost completely fallen to pecies with many buildings completely leveled. We where on the out skirts of the castle so there where few places there was a big rotten tower with a bell at the top. There was two more buildings there use I could not tell. However there was a man there by now it was getting close to night as the sun set. I grabbed Willim and pulled him into the shadows. Barrowind disapered she usually does this shes a rouge and she probally goes and looks for treasure.
I put my hand on Willim’s mouth and told him to shhhh. My ears heard a raspy voiced man and deep voiced man. “Will you leave us?” asked the rapsy voice. “Yes I have achived enlightenment I don’t need the hive any longer.” The deep voice said. “I see how it is you’re a traitor you intend to kill us.” The raspy voice said his voice getting deeper. “No I don’t intend to but I am leaveing.” The raspy voice said. Then there was silence. I lifted my hand from Williems face and began to come out of the shadows. I saw nothing and proceded to look around. I was about to walk into the watch tower when I heard a rumble.
The verey earth tore apart as a slithering mass of flesh came out of the hole it had dug. It crawled its way out its fleash tearing. Willem screamed “Oh god zombies”. “No I said, not zombies these are shadows they posses the bodys of the dead. That’s all I’ve heard.” I said. I drew my bow and armed an arrow. I started to back into the tower relizeing there where at least 5 in the tower. I shot one down a clean shot to the head. “Lionday you know what to do!” the boar charged into the one that had just appeared takeing it down as it began to eat the body. “Your boar is absolutely disgusting” Willem said. “Shut up about the boar and focus on the enime. Willem barely doged a attack by one that had just appeared. There was now 10 and we had been backed into the watch tower. Inside I saw a long tower climing around the wall up to the bell plat form. There was two on the stairs and one near the bell. There was two more on our level. “Willim take the ones out side me and lion will take the ones in here”. Willim nodded and chanted in an old tounge forgotten by the ones not trained in the magic arts. He shoved his staff into the ground and fire errupeted near 3 of the shadows sending them into a firey chaos. Once the fire died down they where nothing but chared bodies. However due to the spell leaveing him defenseless a shadow rammend into Willim.
There was one shadow near the stairs and the other was running full speed at me. I took the blow to my arm and said “Lionday sneak attack” The boar had been standing behind the shadow and pounched onto its target. The shadow tumbled and after a painfull crunch it stoped its stugles. I quickly shot the other shadow in the body however it wasn’t falling. I heard a yelp and I turned to see one of the shadows attempt to drop down onto me it however miss calculated and slammed into the ground It didn’t get up. Willem tried another blast but this one was less affective only 2 went down. More appered over near Willem one shot what seemed to be a bone at Willim hitting him in his arm he grabbed at it as the red blood flowed. The two shadows on the stairs ran up to the plat form with one riging the bell. The last shadow on the ground floor came charging at me its claws on its rotten arms slashed into my hand and I went down. I cluched at my hand as the blood stained my armour.
My bloody hands making the arrow slippery I armed my bow and shot the creature point blank it fell to its knees and I kicked it over. Lionday began to charge up the stairs. As it charged up the stairs one of the shadows ran down to stop it. Lionday blindly rammed it the monster exploded from the emmense charge with its pecies raining from the stairs. Williem cried “Rafel there’s something big comeing and I’m not sure how long I’ll last”. With that I ran out side and saw that there was more monsters around 10 and another loaming mass in the distance it whould be upon us verey soon however. I backed into the building and I heard another shuffle and I saw the finale creature inside the tower drop from the plat form. Once again it missed but it wasn’t dead. Willim ran back in but he was badly hurt. He panted “I’ve only got one more shot In me” With that he unleashed a black bolt that stuck 4 of the monsters down. With that he collapsed on the floor. I lefted him up and began to run up the stairs.
I made it up the platform and I set Willim down and peared out and saw several of the creatures where comeing in. Lionday looked at me as if to say “you owe me one” then he jumped off tusk force like a blazing comment. He hit the first monster to enter splattering it into nothing but a smear. The rest of the monsters came into the tower. I shot them down for a bit and lionday took the rest down. We where covered in blood then we heard the roar. The creature was the size of a barn and it stood on 4 legs. It had a large sac on its back and it had a giant mouth. “Lionday kill it” with that lionday ran at it the boar jumping tusk ready. The monster waved one of its arms and slaped the boar into a wall its body crumpled to the floor. Don’t worry I told my self you can shoot it down, Lionday has gotten bigger beatings. Then I heard a giant rumble and I ran to the edge of the plat form stareing down at the wall and saw the beast climbing the wall. “Oh sweet elf king” I cursed as I shot an arrow at it seemily doing nothing.
The thing made it to the top of the wall and slapped me into the bell. My body felt so weak my eyes began to close my head felt faint but I saw the thing about to eat Willim and anger surged through my veins. It made me raise my bow had fallen but I still had my sword. I pulled it out and ran at the monster yelling a war cry. I stabed it and it roared in pain yellow puss spurting out of the wound. It fell down the tower but it was still alive. However a man came out of the shadows. He wore a long cloak and he carried a sword. He said in a raspy voice “Mother your time has ended I have relized you cuase to much evil”. With that he slashed into the beast lobbing the head clean off. I truged down the stairs carreing Willim on my back I stoped to check on Lionday he was still alive. I patted his wet fur and walked out setting Willim down.
“Who are you? What are these things? What in the name of the abyss was that monster?” I said exsasperated. The man drew out his cloack revealing a disfigured face with his flesh in paches. “They are the hive, they are shadows they collect the dead and use them to make more of them. They where created with dark magic long ago that monster was the hive mother. She gave birth to all those shadows. I am a hive mind I am what occurs when a shadow breaks from the hive. We gain self thought and independence. My name is Sockratz.” He said bowing. “I have a world to see good bye my friend may I see you again.” He said fadeing away. “Wait you don’t know my name” I yelped. “Its Rafel you have a big destiny lets just hope it turns out better than what I’ve seen”. “Wait what desinay what are you talking about” I yelled but he was gone.
I sat down letting them rest. I looked at one of the shadows and my stomach rumbled. I walked over to the monster and peeled back the skin and I saw they where covred in maggots. They squirmed and squished but I picked one up and eyed it. I grew up in a forest where we had to scavage some time for food this might envolve eating worms or lavara so this was not new for me. I slurped it down and as a bit into it its guts spwed into my mouth I gacked but then I stoped. It tasted like wine from my village. I quickly grabed my pack and took out a small bag. I started to shove the worms into it knowing it whould hold a lot. After 3 shadows worms had been shoved into my bag it finally reached its limts. The bag was know as a bag of holding it can store way more than it seems. In laymans terms its bigger on the inside than the outside. I put the sac away and with drew a small clay flute. Its called a ocarina given to me by someone a far ways off. I played it for a long while and the sun finally set and I drifted off to sleep.
I awoke to a smileing old lady “Who who are you” I asked. The old lady was full of wrinkles she walked on a small staff and she seemed oddly familir. “Do I know you” I asked. “I hope you whould whe’ve been traveling together for almost a mounth now” said the old lady as she became a young grey colored woman. She wore a dagger on her hilt with leather armour down her body and a cloak. In this region changelings wheren’t well liked and one found it best to not draw attention to them selfs. She beamed a smile at me “Big battle I see” she said noteing the rotteing corpses. “Yeah you could say that.” Lionday was already up and was nibbling Willims arm. “Bad lionday don’t eat him he’s to stingy.” The boar moaped off. Borrowind noted “Hes not looking to good. But you need to see what I found.” She said her hand brushing her white hair from her silver eyes. I got up from my bed “Yeah whats that?”. “I found an entrance but we’ll have to go take Willim back to the town.” She said disappointed. “No need I have a healing potion.” I rummaged in my pack and un coarked the bottle. It was a red liquid and it smeled awfull like rotten fish combined with rat piss. I shoved the bottle into Willm’s mouth and hoped it worked. He coughed and stired up. “What was that?” he cried. “A healing potion your welcome” I said lifting him up. “Oh thanks”. “Can we go now” Borrowind said her face getting pouty. “Lionday where going comeong.” I said. I had hardly got the sentence before the mattered fuzz ball had tackled be and licked be with its bad smealing sloobery tounge.
We slowly walked towards the main area. This whould be where the king whould be and as we walked I saw giant mushrooms sprouting from skeletons. There gastly white faces where scattered all around. The biggist one was what looked like a dragon I cringed something verey evil had been here. We saw the main gate into the inner sanctum of the castle. I cringed as we hacked into the big wooden doors there wooden thunks echoed into oblvioun. I looked around and relized that Lionday was gone. I nervously scaned the area and found him eating one of the mushrooms. “You stupid boar don’t eat those!!!” He jumped an ran over to me. We finally got pass the big doors and into a musty smealling chamber. Our boots echoed down the hall as we walked. The light slowly faded and I pulled out my tourch and lit it. It cast a orange glow on the walls. The walls where slowly over taken by the fungus as we walked. Then we entred what might have been an old kings chamber. The fungus had creped over the windows and the chandelier was covred in fungus. There where several large mushrooms in the room. “Lets take a break guys I’m getting hungry” with that the mushrooms moved and jumped ontop of us.
“Mushroom men” I yelped pulling our my sword. Barrow faded into the shadows why Willim hastly started to chant a spell. The mushroom men had a large mushroom cap on there head the rest of them looked like one giant human root. They where warty and two carried spears another had several vials on a belt he wore. I slashed the cap off of one of the mush men he groanend and fell over into a dieing slump. Lionday bore into another and began having lunch. Willim cast a spell on one of the mush men shocking it but it was still standing. The two with spears began to carge me. I dodged one but another grazed my arm. Borrow appeared behind the one that missed me and slashed it in the back. It cried in pain but didn’t fall.
I grabed the other spear mushroom man and ran him through with my sword he didn’t cry out he slumped over and died. Lionday took down the other non spear mushroom man. Willim tried to hit the mushroom man with the belt however he missed. The same mushroom man with the belt broke a potion over Willim than ran into the fungus. Borrow slashed the last spear mans arm off. This time he fell into a big pile on the floor. Willim cried out we ran to check on him. He was on the floor cluching his arm. There was what looked like a giant green burn on his arm. His veins pulsated green. “Whats happening to him” Borrow asked. I looked at the wound. “Posion he’ll die in an hour unless we can find an antedote” I said sollomly. I heard a crack and I looked lionday had been pulling at a fungus patch. “Lionday noo” the ground crumbled as we fell the floor had given way. We screamed as the rocks and fungus began to cover us. We hit the ground and we saw we where in a room. It was a warrior’s baraceks a well of one at that. There was a small white light that floated above our heads. It slowly formed into a human who was white and had a large gash across his chest. He wore old old armour at least a century old. “You have disturbed my slumber.”He said in a raggedy voice. “Please mister we didn’t know a ghost lived here” Borrow said quickly changing into a human female. “Don’t trouble I needed some help. There is something I want you to get from below. Its fairly important get it for me and I’ll tell you why I wanted it.” He said. “Our friend is poisoned can you cure him” I asked. “Don’t worry I have an antidote here” he said to us gesturing to a chest. “We had a many of fights with those mushroom men back in my day so we kept a vial or to when they started using posion.” He said. I opened the old chest it was a small vial of pink liquid. “Just pour it on the wound” he said. I unstobed the vial and poured it on the burn. It sizzled and slowly the green stopped. “I’ll look after him you 3 go down.” He pointed towards some stairs. “Why cant you go” Borrow asked. “There is a barrier stoping all beings of magic you can pass because you aren’t tied to magic this mage here couldn’t go down either.” He said. With that we creaped down the old stairs.
We came into a wide open room. In the center was a large rune with a series of small runs circleing it. Inbetween the runes was seven circles. “Wow how old are these runes.” Borrow said stooping down to touch one. As she did the glowed yellow there faint yellow light filling the room. The seven circles began to glow. “I think where suppose to step on one” I said timidly. “Yeah your right come on lets go” She said pushing me on one Lionday jumped on one and Borrow steped onto one. The room melted away to reveal we where on a wall of the castle. We saw a huge army attacking and people on the wall running and screaming. We saw a man rideing a dragon with a giant axe. He roared “STROM THE CASTLE LET NO ONE LIVE!!!!” then a man with a sword the color of ice lept onto the dragon and slashed it. The dragon fell out of the sky crushing a good deal of the enimey army. The rider tried to stop the man but was struck by the sword. His arm fell of and then he fell down the dragon and was impaled by his own armys weapons. Then a giant armoured figure walked towards the man with the ice sword. “Give up old man your castle will fall. I shall win” the man said waveing his own sword this one had a giant blade and was black with a red tint. “Frost biter don’t fail me” The old man said as he began to attack the armoured man. “Borrow they cant see us this must be a vision” I said. “Yes your right” she said. The old man sliced into the other mans blade. However the armoured man pushed the old man down and yelled “THIS BATTLE IS OVER!!!” he slamed his heavy blade into the mans chest and blood shot out. The old man slumped down and he said quietly “I’m sorry frost biter I failed you” with that he made a sign and the blade disappeared. The gate broke under the armys wheight and we heard army men yell “There in quick battle positions, there to strong, the captins dead, tell me wife I loved her.” Then the armoured man appared before us. “Its okay Borrow he cant see us.” The man then lifted his blade and struck lionday full force. “LIONDAY” I yelled as the boar was flicked off the wall. “You entred this vision now leave” the man said. I pulled out my sword and ran at him “YOU DON’T TOUCH MY PIG” I yelled clashing into his weapon. My blade broke in two as I ran right into his blade. I felt a huge pain and I saw a yellow light I flew out of the circle back in reality. I slamed into the wall and slumped down. Lionday was near me and he came and licked me. My blade was shattred on the circle. After a minute Borrow faded back into her circle she slumped down and she slowly came two. “What happened I asked” she slowly said shakeing “I ran he chuaght me and then he slit my neck.” She said. “Why did it take so long” I questioned. “Because I’m fast you should no” she said playfully. “Well lets not do that again. We looked around the room and found 3 doors. We opened one and we saw a small room. There was a big pit in the center with a small platform that held a crystal. “that’s strange” I said. “I’m going to get it mabey its valuable” Borrow said as she made her way over. She ran and jumped onto the platform skillfully. Then she tossed me the crystal it was light and it was a dark red. It looked like it had a liquid inside of it the way light bounced off of it. Borrow lept back over and picked up the gem. We made our way into another room. In that room was a giant stone statue.
The statue was of a warrior holding a sword his shield had a purple stone in it similar to the one we already had. Borrow exclamined “That’s a royal guardes shield” pointing at the shield design. “Wow who was this guy” I said aloud. I noticed the base of the satue had writing. I began to read it “Those that wich to claim the sword Frost Biter must pass the 7 trials”. 7 trials I wondered and read more “Here lies the captain of the guared Broom who wielded the sword when he….” I stoped the rest of the text was to faded to be read. I heard a click and stone chipping. I turned towards Borrow and saw her with a dagger in the stone pulling out the crystal in the shield. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING” I yelled as she pocketed the gem. “I’m getting the gem out it could be valuble” she said. “This is a grave” I said. “Well then he wont need it” Borrow said. “Keep the gem now why don’t you. Just defiled a mans burial no respect.” I mumbled as we walked out of that room.
Be hind the third door was a room with two alters. One was a firery red color it had golden trimming that gleemed with a inner flame. On it was the another gem like the two we had. The other alter was a wodden alter with a small wooden box. On the far wall was a message it was carved into the wall and said “Choose the right gift and your way show be opended but chose the wrong gift and you’ll be lost”. Borrow said “We should take both we could take both.” She said. I thought for a moment I’m not one to just take when I’m giving something espically in a maze made to stop people. I walked over to the red alter and studied the gem. It was almost exactly the same as the ones we had there where marks that might have been from the same tool. I sat down my sword and my ocarina on the alter. I then picked up the gem. There was a booming sound the right wall slowly pulled up. Then magic swirled through the air as two giant lips appeared on the message “Congraguations you have chosen to give not to recive the way is opened” the lips then disapered. We walked through the path.
The next room was a circular room with was lit by tourches. The tourches formed a huge circle however one was un lit. There was red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple in the circle. They made a rainbow of colors on the walls daceing around. “What do we do” Borrow asked. “I think we light that torch on fire” I said gesturing towards the unlit tourch. “I think where suppose to light it red” she said. “Yeah that makes since the gems are red so should the light” I said. We both grabed the red tourch and lit the tourch in the middle and nothing happended. The tourch was red as the embers formed. Nothing no giant explosion nothing. The fire however swirled together churning and churning till the flames where compacted into a sphere the size of my hand. Then the flames stoped swirling and froze. The gem fell into the tourch. The flames had formed into a gem. Ammazed I touched it and relled my hand it was burning hot. Borrow laughed “Duh its hot stupid here let me show you how its done” she took a rag out of her pocket and picked up the gem dumping it into her sac. “There no burns” She said cheerfully. However as we sat the red tourch back into its place the unlit tourch turned white. It shot white flames these white flames turned into 6 figures. 3 men 3 weamon figures they wore the other colors. The girls had long flowing dresses of red, yellow and orange while the men wore Blue, Green and Purple. They danced with eachother a slow ball room dance. Then as me and Borrow stood there amazed music played. I stood up and offred my hand saying “Care to dance”. She took my hand “I definitely would”. We danced together with the flames in a circle. We hopped partners and ended up with the flame in the orange. The flames dind’t burn instead they felt like they healed my body I felt deep wounds heal wounds time had forgot where there. Then the music stopped and the figures began to fade I smiled at the orange figure “Thanks” I said. The figure waved good bye as it broke apart. One of the walls had fallen and another passage had appeared. Borrow cam up from behind me she whispered “Don’t you just love magic some times?”. I looked up at her face she wore her actual face lf you could say that “Yeah yeah I do”. With that we headed down the new passage.
This room was also a giant circle in the middle was another statue. This one was of a man with a long flowing cape who had a staff with a crystal in it. He was an old man and had a long beared. It had a pointy hat and at the base of it was another message. The massage read answer me this question what does a man make but never uses for him self, all men rest in and is built only to never be seen, what am I? “I know it’s a coffin” Borrow said. With that the wall behind the statue fell apart and the stone popped out of the wizards staff.
We entered the next room and there was a pedastool with the gem on it. I began to walk over to it when I heard a whosh. I looked in horror as a large blade came flying out from the ceeling. I jumped down and rolled. I heard several more blades shoot down but they missed me. I grabbed the stone and yelled “RUN!!!!!” we all began to run towards the door that was opening. Lionday easily made it past the sliceing blades and jumped through the door. I had several close calls but I made it with only a few minor cuts that where only skin deep. Borrow nimbly jumped over blade after blade however only inches away she jumped over a blade but was met with the returning end of a blade. It got her arm and she collapsed onto the passage. The wound wasn’t that bad and I pulled out a bandage from my pack. “Don’t worry you’ll be fine but this will hurt” I said pulling out a vial and dumping it on the wound. She yelled as the mixture bubbled. I wrapped it up in a bandage and said “There now we can keep going”. With that we set off.
The passage entred into a room that was cresincet shaped. The far wall had a giant door. It was old and made of stone. On the door was runes I could never read however there where 7 slots. We slowly placed our stones into each hole after we where all done there was still one missing. The 6 red stones made a circle around the empty one this one was bigger than the other red ones. However as we slowly sat down to wonder what we did wrong I heard Lionday snort. I turned to him and saw that he was sniffing at something that wasn’t there. “What you got there boy” I asked walking towards him. Lionday nudged the nothing with his snot and I heard a scuffling. I felt into the nothing ness and bumped into something. I felt it and it felt like a button of some kind I thought for a second and pushed it down. The invisible button clicked and the wall behind us fell apart revealing another pedestal. It had a big white gem on it and I picked it up and placed it in the gate. “Those crafty archintect building a invisible button” Borrow said as I placed the gem. Nothing happended I said “Mabey we need to say something Coffin” I guessed. “Open sesame” Borrow wadgered. Still the stone stared at us and we stared at it. I then heard a loud grunt and lionday came crashing into the white stone. He smashed into it and a the stone glowed a spoft white. The stone it self was cracked down the middle by Lionday’s tackle and the doors revealed a room covred in the red stones. In the middle of it all was a single pedastol. I walked up to it and saw it held a blade. The blade was long and thin it had a white metallic blue to it. It was cold to the touch as if holding snow. It gleamed in the light. “Is this what we came here for a sword” Borrow said. “Yeah, I think I’ll keep it I left my other sword at the alter remember” I said my eyes transfixed on its magical blade. As I held the blade a name popped into my mind “Frostbiter” I said aloud. “Frostbiter” Borrow said critically “Isn’t that kinda taken”. “What” I said. “Yeah the guy in the statue was said to weild frost biter” Borrow said. “This must be the blade that he used” I exclaimed. “You keep your blade I’ll keep mine” Borrow said holding up her dark blade. It was a pitch black blade and it had a small red gem on the hilt with a another beady black gem inside of that one almost like a eye. I shuddred “that blade gives me the creapes” i said. We began to walk off when we heared a crumbeling sound and then we began to run.
“WHATS HAPPEING” Borrow yeld as we ran down the halls. “I think the place is falling its like the thing holding this dump together just got taken” I then proceded while running to slap my self on the forehead “Duh” I said. We ran though the halls I think I ran faster than I had ever ran before. We skidded out into the tourch room the tourches where all out and the room felt so hallow. As we dashed out Lionday knocked over a tourch. It clattred being lost in the rumble. We finally made it to the stairs up and the ghost once again appred.” You got it?” He asked. “Yeah I got it” I said panting as we chugged up the stairs. “Good now lets get out of here” with that the world melted away and was replaced with a new one. I tumbled to the earth in the grassy plane. The ghost floated above us. “Let me see my sword boy” he said. “Your sword” I asked amazed “You where that man down in the dudgeon. You where the captain of the guard?” I exclaimed. “Yes son that’s me” the ghost said. I showed him the sword the ghost looked hard at it. “I’m sorry boy but I have to ask you to do something of dire importance. See a long time ago 7 warriors became arrogant of there powers. They belived they could become gods. They killed a god and absorebed its powers. The kingdoms of this nation rallied to stop them but there powers where to much. In one last epic battle the warriors where imprisoned by thousands of wizards. However I fear there imprisonment is about to be broken. I fear they might succed this time unless you stop them before they regain there full powers.” The ghost said. “How can we do that” I asked. “There human for now just stick them with a sword like the one I gave you” the ghost said “ I don’t have much time boy my job is done” he said. “Where can we find the demon lords” I asked. “I don’t know just ask the sword boy” he said “Oh and before I go that bow of yours could use something special as well” with that a piece of the ghost tore apart and mixed into my bow. My bow changed into a crystal bow. With that the ghost was gone. “What do we do now” Borrow asked. I thought for a second then said aloud “Where are the demon lords” a thought then popped into my head *There is only one awake right now his name is Yogath he is commanding a orc army* then the message died out.
“What now” Borrow asked. I thought for a moment then I relized something “Where’s Willim”? Even before the words escaped my mouth the frail body of the wizard staggred to us. “What happened guys I remember the battle we had with the mushroom men but then it’s all a blur” Willim said leaning on his staff. We explained all that happened and what our new mission was. “Seems to me we need to get the party back together” Willim said. “If that’s the case then we need to get a move on” I said dusting my self off. With that we made our way back to town.
Chapter 2 Getting the band back together
The inn was crowared with villagers and adventures alike. They busily slurped down there mead and laughed and talked. The door slambed open and the entire bar stoped and stared. In the door frame was a hulking mass of brown fur carrying a war hammer the size of a man. The beast had huge curling ivory horns and wore thick metal armour. He jingled with every step as he took a seat in one of the big tables that was used for parties of people. Instantly the people sitting there dashed off in a haste. The beast grunted out “Mead” and the bar tender had to use both hands to carry the cup of mead to the beast. The beast was a minotaur half man half bull. Beside this monster of a man was a smaller man. The man’s eyes moved around the room as if scaning for danger. After the man had scoped out the room he relaxed. He also wore a heavy plate mail armour however at his side was a large sharp spear. The man had long black hair that flowed down the shiny armour like black rain on a steel mountain. His teath where long and sharp but he rarely showed them off. He simply said to the bartender “A glass of water if you please”. I was sitting in a far corner upon seeing them I walked towards there table. “Welcome old friends” I said sitting across from them. The minotaur’s face lit up and he said “Rafel is that you wow you’ve changed” with that he gave me a big furry hug. I saw the whole taveren look on amazed at this uncharacteristic display of love. “Nice to see you to Mitos” I gasped out as he hugged me. The other man shook my hand and said “How have your travels been friend”. “Verey good and what of you Sidrith” I asked. “Verey well we have even set up a church in a neighboring village” the man said. “Ah your Deity must be smiling on you” I said. We all sat down and Sidrith asked “Where are the others”. “Don’t worry they’ll be here in good time however let us talk and enjoy the food” I said cheerfully. With that we all took a swig of our drinks.
A while later the door opened once again this time a small man entred. He was about up to my waist but verey thick. He was dirty and had a long black beared that seemed out of place due to his lack of hair on the top of his head. The man was also dark skinned. He sat his axe down on the table as he told the bar tender to get him the strongest drink he had. A minute later the bartender came back with a big tin cup that had a black liquid. The small man drunk it and sat it down “I’ll take another” he said whipeing his mouth. “Drawfs and there livers i’m sure that whould have killed me” Sidrith said. “Yes but if you’d be a drawf I’d be a pixie” the Drawf said as the next drink appeared. He grabed it and swallowed the mixture down. “Now Rafel will you tell us what we be waiting here for” the drawf said setting the tankred down. “Not yet Alegred we must wait for the others” I said. “Then bartender get me another and add a leg of beaf to that as well” Alegred said.
Just as he said that another man walked into the bar. This man was human but he was a small one. He was older in years than most but he had a weight to him that told others he was not to me messed with. The man wore a black cloack but I saw the glint of a dagger under the black fabric. He walked past me bumping into me as he walked past. “Elacron my pouch back please” I said as he sat down. “Hahahaha the elf senses of yours are no match for me” Elacron said slideing my pouch over the table. The man took off his hood and revealed his ageded face. He had a slight black beared and he had a head almost baled. He sat down as Willim came into the bar. He timidly sat next to Elacron his hands in his pockets making sure greedy fingers didn’t pry out a coin or two. “Willim you’re a face for soar eyes.” The drawf said takeing a chunk out of the meat. “Hello Alegred hope you had good traveles” He said takeing a bow to the drawf. “That I did boy that I did say who’s missing” the drawf said as a attractive young woman came and sat the table. “Drop the act missy we all know its you” Elacron said. “Guess I’m not as good as I use to be, Rafel tell them the story” Borrow said changing into one of her regular forms. With that I said “As you all probally know this region is having problems with a orc kingdom that has risen in a area near by. We have reason to belive a great evil is controlling them and we must destroy it. Any questions”. “Yes how are we suppose to fight off a kingdom of orcs” Alegred asked. “Good question we plan to go to the king and see if he will lend us military forces” Willim said. “My question is who is willing to try and take down there leader with me?” I asked. Slowly all there hands raised Mitos gave a harty shout. “Just like the old times” He said hammering his chest. With that our quest was beginning to be accomplished. However it whould take a week for us to get to the kings castle. Probally longer for the forces to be prepared. So then I told the group something “I’ll also be leaving to go and amass elfish forces” I said. However my main reason was to see Saria before the fighting began.
The next mourning i set off Lionday with me as we rode to my old forest. We had to make several stops on the way but we made it before night fall. However the village was deep in the forest and it would take me two days to reach the village. So I set off to get there.
Chapter 3 Kings and Queens
We set off that mourning on our horses. As we troded along Borrow said “We don’t have time for this we need to go through the mountains”. “What child are you serious the mountains are crawling with orcs and far worse things” the Alegred said as he rode. “Look we can go around the mountain or we could go through the pass in the mountains. The pass takes only a day while going around will take us 3” She said. “She’s right we don’t have much time if we want to hit them before they become to powerfull” I said.
