Son of Sigmar, Ulric and Myrmidia
Chapter 1
The Nightmare of the Old World
Jedi Temple, Coruscant
1:00am GST (Galactic Standard Time)
Carter Von Kessel (P.O.V)
It was cold, snow on the ground, snow falling on the ground, and the sound of marching soldiers lead by one man. He was dressed strangely he had a large hat on and some kind of trench coat both were brown, he had a primitive looking gun in his other hand. The Soldiers behind him carried large spears weapons, Halberdiers I believe. They were clad in armor but some wore loose clothing baggy pants that were yellow and brown. I watched a few of them march by before walking beside them, I stayed in the trees. I could feel the bite of the cold and the wet snow as it hit my face. I could hear nothing besides the men marching, it was quiet to quiet.
"You are far from home witch hunter" a dark evil voice said
Where did that come from? My eyes drifted looking for the voice but I could see no one, surly none of the men in this marching unit said that
"Show yourself Von Carstein" I heard the man in the Brown Trench coat say out loud
The Soldiers came to a sudden stop, as did the man in the Brown Trench coat. He saw something as did I, Head Stones a lot of head stones, but amidst the head stones was a floating green figure….is that a women? Floating Green creature was whispering something but so faint I could barely hear it. Green floating object turned slightly, then turned all the way around and screamed so loudly I thought my ears my start bleeding. Then all of a sudden skeleton arms came shooting out of the ground. Soon full bodies were rising out of the ground. The Soldiers and the man in the Brown Trench Coat reacted quickly. The man in the Trench Coat brought his weapon around and fired at one of the skeleton warriors. Killing it or at least putting it back into an dead state. Soon Skeleton warriors began to surround the group and the Soldiers and man in the Brown Trench Coat began to fight for their lives.
"I am here mortal and I bring your end" I heard that voice say again. I turned back towards the head stones and walking through them was a pale humanoid creature walking with a sword and a staff with sickle at the end of it. He was walking towards to battle between the Soldiers and the Undead Creatures…..he must be behind this
"For Averheim will soon fall and the rest of your pathetic cities will follow" The Pale Creature said in the dark voice, that sent chills down my back. I could not help but watch it walk towards me; I knew he could not see me. I knew I was not there in reality but I could not help but feel fear. I broke my gaze at that foul creature and turned to see the man in the trench knock a skeleton to the ground, the man in the Trench Coat then looked in my direction but he too was looking through me, he was looking at the monster approaching him. I turned back around to look at that monster
"All those that oppose me will die" He said as he killed two soldiers easily by swiping his blades across there chest cutting there armor, there blood spilled forth as their bodies fell dead to the floor
"And rise again as my puppets" He spoke once more
He continued to walk towards me and the man in the trench coat. He brought his sickle staff across another man's chest
"The Undead fear nothing"
He then jabbed his sword into another soldiers gut before continuing to move forward. I turned back around to see the man in the trench coat bring his pistol up, he aimed it at me or more less aimed it at the creature walking towards us. He fired but a skeleton warrior got in the way blocking the shot meant for the monster
"Where are thy allies, hiding beneath the Mountains? For the Dark is my realm, the grave my throne" The Monster said once more
Before I could even realize all the Soldiers were dead and I and the man in the brown trench coat were surrounded by skeleton warriors, the main in the trench coat had his weapon raised but he then realized it was pointless and lowered it
"You have much to fear, for I am the true and rightful ruler of the Empire" The monster said as we walked around me and the man in the brown trench coat
One of the Skeleton warriors then knocked the man in the brown trench coat down to his knees, by hitting him with the wooden part of its spear.
"Fine brave corpses will make a fine addition to my army" The Creature said facing away from me and the man in the Trench Coat. In front of us were all the soldiers that the man in the trench coat were leading they were all dead. The creature then began to glow in a light green tint, it got brighter and brighter and began to turn purple until a shockwave was released, a purple shock wave shot out and spread across the area. As soon as the purple shockwave hit the corpses they started to get back up….zombies he made them into zombies.
I shot up in my bed with a cold sweat, a dream another one of those damned dreams…I slid out from under the covers and sat at the edge of the bed. I sat there for a moment. What did I just see I thought, a few things stuck out….Witch Hunter, Von Carstein, Averheim….Undead and The Empire? I got and walked over to a small table that was in my room in the Jedi Temple. On it was my personnel data pad were I kept records of all my dreams and all the words and terms that stuck out to me during my dream. I picked it up and turned it on, the screen lit up. I scrolled over till I got to the file with my dream information. I then had a long list of terms on my screen in alphabetical order ok first, Averheim. I clicked on it and the notes opened up.
City of the Empire of man, one of the provinces of the Empire of man, Capital City of the Province of Averheim. Close to the lands of the Vampire Counts and Undead, Sylvania.
The soldiers and the man in the trench coat must have been from Averheim which is a city in the Empire….the creature called him a Witch Hunter. I closed the Averheim file and went down to Witch Hunter. Witch Hunter a human who is trained to root out the corruption of Vampires and Chaos…..so this Witch Hunter from Averheim must have traced the Vampric corruption to this Von Carstein…..a name I have heard before in my dreams before. I close the Witch Hunter file and went to Von Cartstein….one of the ruling family of Vampires in Sylvania….the Witch Hunter was after a Von Carstein but which one. There is a family of them.
I yawned…..it's too late to do all this thinking I will have to piece the puzzle together in the morning. I shut the data pad down and went back to my bed. I slid back under the covers and turned over on my side facing the wall…ok Carter try to sleep…..at least try damn it
I closed my eyes, but I could not see black. Images of my dream flashed into my eye lids…..but not just that dream other dreams as well. I guess I am not sleeping tonight.