Hylian War
Chapter 1: Two Deaths in the Night
Prince Ralis of the Zoras entered his bedroom in his place. The whole day he had been busy negotiating with the Darbus, leader of the Gorons, the feud between the 2 different races had been reignited when he had been appointed leader of the Zoras. For some reason they believed that he was too young to lead his people. Prince Ralis walked over to his bed, stretched, slipped underneath the covers, and sighed in relief. Now he could finally relax after a working for the entire day. In a moment he had fallen asleep.
A couple hours later the window to Prince Ralis' bedroom slowly crept open, and a shadowy faced poked into the room. It looked around to see if anyone else was in the prince's room. Seeing no one it the rest of the figure slipped into the room. The figure pulled a sword out of it's sheath, and slowly walked towards the sleeping prince. As it got closer to the prince the figure raised it's sword. As it stood next to the prince's sleeping body, the figure brought the sword down.
The sword flashed once in the moonlight shining through the window, then sliced cleanly through Prince Ralis' neck. The young prince died immediately, without a sound. The prince's head slid off his neck, splattering the sheets with blood. The figure climbed out the window and ran out of sight.
Soon after that the guards outside of the room made a routine check of the prince's room. As the checked the room the guards noticed that something was wrong with Prince Ralis. As they walked over to the prince's bed they noticed that the sheets were wet. Then they realized that Prince Ralis was dead. One the guards sounded the alarm, and the rest of them began the search for the assassin.
Meanwhile, in the Goron mines Darbus, leader of the Gorons, was trying to determine the extent of the damage of the mines. It had been a year since he had been turned into a monster, but there was still monsters in the mines. These had to be destroyed, so the Gorons could start mining for the resources that they needed. Without them they could only survive a few more months on Death mountain.
Darbus was weary from negotiating with the Zoras all day long, and now he had to go in to the mines. Even though he was tired he knew that he had to be the one to go into the mines. The mines were dangerous and he was the only one who could fend off the monsters. Darbus decided that he could take a short rest, and pick up his investigation later. He sat down and told himself that in five minutes he would get up. However, Darbus fell asleep soon after he sat down and leaned against the wall.
On top a cliff, a short distance away from Darbus, a figure emerged from the shadows. It pulled out a bow and pointed it towards Darbus' sleeping form. The figure fit an arrow to the string, pulled the string back, and released the arrow. The arrow launched towards Darbus and embedded into the goron's chest. The figure put another to the string and waited to see if Darbus was dead. After it was apparent Darbus was unable to do anything besides groan, the figure hurried off.
A few hours later the goron elder Gor Coron had entered the mines searching for Darbus. He heard a low groan and headed towards the sound, careful for any signs of danger. He turned a corner and saw Darbus, with a arrow sticking out of his chest. Gor Coron quickly headed towards his fallen leader. Once he reached Darbus it was clear that he was dead. Gor Coron was motionless for a short moment, then he slowly headed back towards the exit of the mines so he could tell the rest of the Gorons about their leader's death.