Welcome everyone. In this story, Llud is our lead in this swashbuckler tale. Now this is something I have not done in a while but I will be returning to mentally casting voice actors. For Llud I have mentally cast Alexander Ludwig, for Regynald I have cast A. J. Henderson and for Nara I have cast Gaia Weiss who has acted alongside Alexander before. I welcome suggestions for others. Enjoy and review.
Regynald Gets The Point
Walking along a forest path with his young cousin Balor the Gardite called Suppiluliuma, better known as Llud threw a piece of fruit back and forth between his hands. He was very much like Gard had been at the age of eighteen in appearance except he was devoid of any scars. Llud's attire consisted of a blue loincloth, a gold belt from which hung a sword and upon his head was a red headband.
"Why do you not take in the spear throwing competition?" asked Balor.
"I have grown bored with competitions, Balor." Replied Llud. The Champion of Wilusa who had proven himself through competitions now found himself bored by them. "The battles I have been in brought me no thrill. I have known barely anything of the world, barely anything of adventure. Barely anything of romance… I feel empty."
"You don't get out of Wilusa that much do you?"
"Speaking of out of Wilusa, shouldn't you be at your lessons with Piyamaradu?"
Upon realizing was Llud had asked, Balor's eyes widened and ran back in the direction of Wilusa. The moment he left, an Evabon woman Llud's age with pink skin, yellow hair, green eyes and clad in a very brief two-piece blue outfit with a single blue earring hanging from her right ear. She was a very frightened woman… She was a very beautiful woman.
"Please, sir, aid me!" she pleaded, her voice as soft as honey. "The labinnac are after me!" The labinnac! Those monsters ate the flesh of their dead! There was only one certain thing to Llud's knowledge that the labinnac could want with this woman.
"Aid you I shall!" said Llud. What would he be if he did not aid a girl in danger? "How far away are the labinnac?" It was at that moment that three labinnac came running onto the path. They had been that far away. Drawing his sword, Llud stood between the woman and the labinnac. "Alright, whose first?"
"Move aside!" said one of the three labinnac, a fellow with a broken nose.
"And let you feast upon her flesh?" asked Llud. "I'm no fool!"
"Feast upon her flesh?" asked Broken Nose. "We are to burn her at the stake for favor from our deity the Devilry Lord!"
"Well then in that case…" Llud quickly slashed with his sword causing the labinnac's nose to become little more than a slit. The labinnac went running away, his claws covering the bleeding spot. "Anyone else?"
"Regynald has gotten your point." Said one of the other labinnac. "And we aren't eager to have a slit for a nose! Take the woman but she has to return to her clan eventually. And when she does we will burn her eventually." And with that the two labinnac followed after Regynald.
With the labinnac gone, Llud turned to the woman. "They shouldn't be bothering you now."
"Oh, thank you!" The woman stood up and kissed Llud's cheek. "I am Nara of Braki, one of Wilusa's western clans."
"I am Llud, one of Wilusa's Gardites."
Upon hearing that, Nara shrunk away from Llud. "A Gardite? My chieftain Alxanda says your kind are not to be trusted since Gard murdered his ancestor Alpyn."
"Alpyn!" exclaimed Llud. "Why he murdered Gard's wife Rua! Everyone knows this!"
Covering her mouth in shock, Nara come closer. "Alpyn's descendants have Braki's chieftains for over two-hundred years! They must have been demonizing Gard and the rest of your family!"
"That tears it then!" Llud place his sword in its sheath. "I cannot allow my family to be demonized!"
"And I shall lead you to Braki!" said Nara. "Such dishonor cannot be allowed to continue!"
Llud gave a chuckle. "That is all very nice but I can find my way on my own. I just go west."
It was then Nara's turn to chuckle. "If you do that you might end up in Yvanhoe lands." She walked up to Llud and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Besides, you wouldn't let a girl travel alone would you?" She gave a coquettish smile.
"Wouldn't think of it."
Nara turned away and began to lead Llud to Braki. It was nice to see a man that was gentle instead of rude to women and who was bold instead of cowardly.