The first in my installments of Radiata Stories fics. They'll usually be short, and all of the chapters will be named after a character. That way, you can just jump to the person you want to read about. Eventually, I'll have one chapter for every character, and I'll probably be adding stories onto the individual chapters as I go. Hope you guys like them!


Useless Sacrifices
Rated - T
Angst


Ring around the rosie...

The girl was dying. There was nothing to be done. As Lord and overseer of this domain, it was in his best interest that she not die on his land. And so he had healed her spirit, merging it with that of an elf. A union between two races.

Pockets full of posie...

It hadn't taken long for her to recover. Young, virtuous. She was back on her feet in mere days. He, on the other hand, could feel a weakening, strange and unwelcome. He hoped for the best, expected the worst.

Ashes, ashes...

His brother, he knew, was preparing for war. After the brutal and savage attack on the dwarves, he couldn't really expect any less. But... To kill all of the humans was an impossible feat. How many would die before the blood-thirsty were satisfied?

We all...

The skin on his shoulder began to harden, darken. He knew he was fading. Knew that there was nothing he could do. The war continued to build, more were dying. The ball had started rolling. It would never stop.

Fall...

His body felt impossibly light, his mind only a haze. Cephied was gone. Dead. The elves would follow. It only suited this path. More humans, more non-humans. Peaceful times seemed too far away now. His eyes closed, his body breaking apart. His death would not be remembered.

Down.

After all, there was no one left.