Uktar 12 1372, Year of Wild Magic
Prologue
The Selunite Sentinel named Edmind DiViro slowly walked through Waterdeep's dark streets in the late hour. His grey cloak covering most of his massive dragon-like body, except for the leathery wings that protruded from his back. His small yellow eyes watched the dark alleyways, while his clawed hands gripped the pommel of his great sword, in case any bandits decided to make him a target of their nightly muggings. Though he stood at six feet in height, a small force of thieves could still have a slight chance of overwhelming him.
Edmund walked past a small puddle of water, but then stopped. He slowly walked back and stared into the water. Selune's glowing moon floated in the night sky, providing the light for Edmund to see himself in the clear puddle.
The sentinel lifted the hood of his cloak, revealing his reptile-like face. Bronze colored scales replaced what would have been skin. He wore silver linked chain mail that was made to fit his large body. "I must remember to clean my armor later," he whispered as he stared at his reflection.
Pulling the hood back over his head, Edmund continued his journey to Blackstaff Tower, where there was a party for being held him and his fellow Moonstar agents. Lareal Silverhand had told the sentinel that there would be two new Moonstars visiting Waterdeep.
Just as he rounded the corner, Edmund heard a man crying for help.
Muttering a prayer to Selune, the sentinel fled to where he heard the man's screams. When he arrived, Edmund's eyes spotted the man lying on the ground, with several cuts on his face and arms. Three broad shouldered men, who stood over the man's body, dressed in leathers, looked at Edmund and drew their blades.
"Well what do we have here?" one of the men asked in a taunting voice, holding a dagger in his hand. "If you know what's good for you lizard man, you'll leave."
The sentinel glanced over at the dead body, He was a middle-aged human dressed in grey robes. Around the man's neck was his holy symbol. Edmund recognized the seven stars carved into the man's symbol.
"So you decided to attack a defenseless priest of Selune," Edmund growled, drawing his great sword.
"The priest had something we wanted," answered one of the other men," Do you have something against that?"
"Well, gentlemen, being a holy warrior of the Moonmaiden, I believe I do," the Selunite replied, holding his blade in front of him.
As soon as Edmund was done speaking, the one man who had kept silent the whole time, leaped at Edmund. The sentinel easily sidestepped the attack, and then swiped the tip of his sword across the man's neck.
The bald mugger, who first spoke, jumped at the creature who had just killed his friend. Edmund dropped his weapon and caught the man in mid air. With a smile, he threw the bald mugger hard at the wall to his left. The last mugger took one look at Edmund, then turned tail and ran for his dear life.
Edmund was just about to go chase the mugger who had gotten away, when a woman screamed," Guards! A monster has killed those three men." The sentinel looked back, seeing members of the city watch, armed with long swords and clubs. Edmund quickly jumped onto the wall of the building on his left, then began climbing to the roof.
"He's on the roof," one of the watchmen shouted. Edmund glanced at the watchmen, then heard the screams of the woman who had made the accusation that he murdered the three men. "It's only half true," Edmund muttered as he left from the rooftop he stood on. He then jumped onto the next roof before two of the watchmen started climbing.
He hoped to get to Blackstaff Tower, before Waterdeep's city watchmen got him first.