(hello and welcome this story tells the lives of the four kings before the abyss i have been working on them for a while so enjoy these stories of babylon,vincent,eldous and delphi)
the four kings first king Babylon
we were once great warriors of the lord gwyn, but we lost ourselves when our hunger for power consumed us. the abyss is a quiet place nothing really moves or makes a sound,atlest untill he came. i turned to see a undead warrior he wore a white clothe covering armor underneath, he weilded a black great sword and wore a gress shield on his back. the warrior fought hard,before i knew it my brother and sisters were defeated only i was left, too weak to fight back he leveled his blade at my throat"may death rest your wrongs"he said before seperating my head from my shoulders, i smiled this curse, the curse of a wraith lord was over.
velka watched their souls depart for the afterlife, she smiled and grabbed them"this world has already lost four of its great warriors perhapse we should give you four another chance"she said before blowing their souls back into the world of mortals but each went to a different world"if you all wish to find each other again you must complete the task known as being a chosen undead"she called out to them, she didnt care wether they heard all she knew is that this would entertain her for a while.
many centuries ago we were nothing more then orphans of anor londo, we had no home and had no where to and eldous my sister helped keep our brother vincent and sister delphi alive, my friend artorious helped by sneaking bread crusts from the squires kitchen. our lives changed one day when we ran for cover from the rain, we went into the darkmoon tomb. guards saw us come in and chased us deeper into the tomb, we ducked behind a pillar in the hallway."where did they go?"one demanded, the other shruged,"what are you doing here" someone demanded. we were shocked but it wasnt us the person was talking to,"some children ran into here lord gwendolyn"the guards answered. gwendolyn one of lord gwyns sons, his brother disappered so he came here to mourn. "i assure you if any children came through here i would know" gwendolyn said and dismissed the guards. he moved over to the pillar we were hidding behind"now what should we do with you"he said looking at us. i steped forward"its not their fault, i led them into here so we could escape the rain"i tried to remain composed but my voice cracked half way smiled at us, and turned around and began to move away he glanced back at us"follow me children and keep pace"he said.
we followed this strange prince, he wore all white except for the half sun on his head, he taught us in the ways of edicate along with magic,eldous didnt take to it and couldnt use it, me and vincent could use normal magic very well but he couldnt use pyromancy where as delphi excelled at it. when he was certain we would be of use to the great lord he brought us before the lord gwyn."father"he said bowing, we did the same,the great lord looked at us then back at his son"what are they doing here gwyndolin?" he asked. gwyndolin walked before each of us and said"these children show great potentional, they could become great warriors of your army, i have tested each and even though some need alittle more help"he said glancing at eldous"they would do great" he ended. lord gwyn got off his thrown and walked over to get a good look, when he was close it felt hard to breath the raw power of the man was massive. he looked at me"so boy, what is your name" he asked, i shook my head"we dont have names"i said trying to keep my voice from breaking, he nodded and began to walk back to his thrown."names are important, names hold a mans reputation, and how would someone know who you are without a name?" he asked. "they wouldnt" i said softly closing my eyes, this was it all that work for nothing we will be thrown out of anor londo"Babylon"he said sitting down, my eyes opened and i looked confused."your name shall be babylon" he said pointing at me, his finger slowly pointed at each of us"eldous,delphi,vincent"he said giving us each a name. he called one of his silver knights over"get squire artorias to show them to their rooms"he said, the knight nodded and ran off to find artorias."well done gwyndolin, you have found great future soldiers"he said praising his son, gwyndolin bowed"i will return to the tomb" he said excusing himself.
artorias showed us to the squires courters,"this is where we sleep"he said "and on behave of the other squires we welcome you"he chuckled"babylon" he said. a girl and a red haired boy came up to artorias"who are they"the boy demanded, the girl elbowed him"be nice to him" she ordered,"orinstine,cairan these are new squires babylon a friend of mine vincent his brother,eldous his sister and delphi his youngest sister"he said introducing everyone. orinstine looked babylon up and down "what could the great lord see in you"he said shaking his head and leaving them, cairan sighed"dont mind him"she said before heading to her bunk. we all went to bed shortly after.
our days of training were hard more so on vincent, he was better with socery then sword play but eldous excelled at it. about 3 months in delphi was sent to train with the witches of izalith and vincent was sent back to gwyndolin for more magic training and to better himself. we kept seperating one day carian and eldous went joined the lord blades, only me artorious and orinstine remained. its was the same everyday train for a few hours and be left to our own devices because we were the best of the squads,orinstines leader ship,artorious's sword play and use of the darkness, and me? well i was more of the one to rush in and cause chaos in their ranks giving opening to the other two.
one day the three of us walked the streets of anor londo, we had just ate some roast to celebrate our one hundreth victory in the squire war games. orinstine was yelling at artorious about him eating too much will slow us down, i was looking around until a white cloth caught my eye, it was being chased by a group of men each wearing white as well they were called the painted warriors,they protected the great art works of the legnendary ariamis. i rushed them, they had no reason to be chasing this person so far from the art halls. it was over in mere seconds their weapons lay on the ground, they looked at me"what are you doing boy"one demanded, he had a metal strip going over where his eyes would be this showed he was the commander of the group. i leveled my blade at him" this person is not under your jeristiction"i said glaring at him, a hand grabed the shoulder of my armor i looked and saw this beautiful face, her hair was white, and her face pale, her eyes were like blue crystals, her forehead had white horns. i lowered my weapon not breaking the stare"she is a abomination boy were are escorting her to a painting to remain their for the rest of her life"he said moving me aside, she handed me something bound in white cloth"i was meant to give this to you"she said, her voice was as beautiful as she was, the painted warriors took her to the lift leaving me their watching them leave. artorious wraped his arm around my neck"what was that about?" he asked, i shook my head rejoining reality just in time to get half of orinstines lecture about not screwing with the painted he was done i looked at the gift she gave me, i unwrapped it and found a silver dagger, its handle looked like it was to a rapier but the blade itself felt alive almost like it was speaking to me.
after my stunt with the painted warriors lord gwyn yelled at me, let me tell you when a guy that can level a entire town with a yawn yells at you, you feel like pudding after words i have actualy seen guys faint after gwyns yellings. years had passed since i saw her that girl but her face remain burned to my mind, when we were told to choose a part of the army i took the chance to join the painted warriors, we were sent into the painting that held real life to bring food and water. but the commander kept me away from a certain painting and i hadnt seen her in any of the others. then one lucky day he called me over"look boy"he said growling at me,"we have had our differances but this painting has grown to be the most dangerous we have lost countless warriors to it but the solo surviving prisoner needs food and water"he said his tone growing strangly soft and kind,"i want you to guard this painting and make regular dives into it to bring supplies to it"he said walking me over to a giant painting, it shown a castle ruins on top of a mountain, and a bridge looking like it would come out of the painting if it could. the dagger she gave me felt warmer at my side, the commander nodded and shoved me forward, i hit the painting my hand touching the canvous"hey what are you doing" i demanded, he chuckled"unlike the others the painting sucks you in"he said laughing as he turned and left me, i tilted my head confused. i tried to walk over and grab the food and water but couldnt move, i looked at my hand it was sucked into the painting. i desperatly tried to pull it out only to be drawn in faster until it consumed me whole. i opened my eyes to find myself inside the painting on the bridge, the wind hitting my face, i walked forward my dagger at the ready. the front door was locked a undead standing infront of it, the moment it saw me it charged. it gave a sloppy swing of its sword, i stepped to the side and drove my dagger into its back at the spinal cord ether killing it or paralizing it i didnt care. the commander sent me in here to die like the others, two more came from the side running at me, they flailed their blades at me, i parried their blades and dispatched them and moved along the side. i was in a run down part of the castle, i looked around a pyro mancer undead threw a flame at me hitting the floor before me, i chuckled and began to take a step towards it but stopped when i heard the floor groan. it gave way, i fell about ten feet to the hard ground.
i layed there for a while before i could move my legs again, when i got up, and heard a cry behind me, i turned holding my dagger up ready to fight. but it wasnt a hostil but another warrior, his legs were broken twisted in terrible ways, i walked over and kneeled before him."well if it isnt babylon"he said chuckling softly, it pained me to see him like this we were taught to see each other as brothers and sisters. he looked at me"i failed i need you to take my mission and bring the supplies to it"he said pointing a shaky hand at the creates near by, i nodded. i was about to get up when he grabbed my arm"i wont last much longer, when i die i want you to take my armor, brother"he said pulling me down to eye level"wear it and dont fail like i did" he said pleaing to me. he died not minutes afterwards, i wasnt giving the sacred armor of the painted warrior because of my crime agenst them when i was younger, but i had to wear his, to honor him. i grabbed the creates and headed for the door them strapped to my back, before i left i looked back at him, lifting the cowl"goodbye brother may you rest forever" i said before pulling it back down.
i tore through the undead that blocked my path,until i found my way up some stairs at the top was a dragon blocking my way, i approched him. he looked at me the heat gathered in his mouth as he was about to turn me to ash until he saw the dagger. he stopped"human where did you get that weapon"he asked looking at it closer"a girl gave it to me, now move aside i need to bring the prisoner here food and water" i demanded, the dragon chuckled and leaped off"go and meet our crossbreed queen"he said before flying off. "crossbreed queen?" i said to myself, i shook my head it didnt matter who or what it was i needed to deliver these, the bridge was broken along the way but had a lower half. i jumped down and moved forward to a big white door, i braced myself the crossbreed queen this thing could be the most monsterous thing i ever seen. i walked in to find a empty room, it was a round room,several openings along the circle, the door slammed behind me. i pulled out my dagger ready for a fight"im here to give you food and water but i dont plan to become your food" i said setting the creates down and backing away from them. i heard the snow on the ground crunching under its feet, i looked at the snow and saw foot prints, they looked human, they grew closer and closer until they vanished, i glanced around but stopped when i found a scyth at my throat and felt the dagger leave my grip."who are you" a voice demanded, it sounded familiar" i am babylon a painted warrior" i responded looking around,"how did you get this dagger" it demanded , the dagger appered in the center of the room" a girl gave it to me before being taken to be put in a painted prison" i said, moving towards the dagger. the scyth reappered but infront of me"is that so"it said kinder, while i kneeled down to grab the dagger a pair of feet were infont of me. i slowly came back up with it in my hand, white fur hung down to its calfs, it folded on its self almost like a dress, its hands were human and the fur leading to the looked like long sleeves that hung down about two feet, finaly her face it was the girl from before
she smiled and wrapped me in a hug, dropping her scythe i stood their worried the red on my face would show through my cowl i wrapped my arms around her. she let go and smiled, she was beaming with joy, we sat and talked it was mostly me telling her about the world then her talking. i finaly looked around" hey priscilla how do i get out of here?" i asked, her smile disappered"your gonna leave me?" she asked a sad look came across her face, i shook my head" im gonna be coming in here daily to bring food and water so we will see each other alot" i said trying to comfort her, her smile returned" you have to jump from the planks over there" she said pointing at the ledge about twenty feet away. i walked over to it her following close behind, before i jumped she grabed my arm and pulled me towards her, her long white hair covered her face. she quickly pulled my cowl up and kissed me, before i could react she shoved me over the edge.
i went from falling a few hundred feet into a pitch black abyss to the art gallery in anor londo, the commander walked over to me"state your name warrior" he said," i am babylon sir" i reported, "babylon where did you get that armor"he said growling his left hand reaching for his sword"i found a brother in the painted world, he begged me to wear his armor and complete the mission he could not" i said. the commander thought for a moment"fine wear it well and honor your fallen brother" he commanded.
years passed me and priscilla spent everyday together,untill i was called before lord gwyn, i walked up to his throne room. artorious was off in the forest of darkroot aparently he found a wolf, lord gwyn wouldnt let it in unless it was trained, orinstine was the commander of the silver knights and gwyns guard and me i became the painted warrior commander. i heard foot steps and looked behind me, i couldnt help but smile at what i saw. vincent was now a great mage, he normaly fought far away from his target but he used a rapier when up close, eldous walked beside him she wore very ornate brass armor, and delphi wearing the robes of the witches of izalith she became a powerful pyromancer. i stood there watching them i almost couldnt believe we were together again, we walked together to gwyns throne room. we each bowed before him, he smiled"welcome four of my best warriors, i want to reward you each of your great service to me" he said getting up from his throne gestering a silver knight carring a box to follow. he stood before us and opened the box"remove your helmets eldous and babylon" he ordered, we did as he wished"you each have served me well like my four great knights artorious,cairan,gough, and orinstine" he said setting something on each of our heads"raise" he told us. we got to our feet"you four will now be know as the four kings of new londo, you shall rule over the new city if anything happens report it to me anything important or threatening to the kingdom" he said smiling at us. we bowed to lord gwyn"thank you for this great honor sir"we thanked him, i turned around to find gwyndolin behind us"well done chil... sorry the four kings"he said chuckling. vincent hugged him they other three began to talk to each other i wanted to stay and talk but i had something to do, i took off the crown gwyn gave us and headed to the art gallery, i touched priscillas painting and waited for it to eat me. "what are you doing" i heard a voice behind me, i looked and saw eldous. she followed me" come on i know you became attached to these painting but spend time with us we havent seen you"she said grabing my arm and pulling me. we didnt budge, the painting began to suck me in eldous trying to pull me out thinking something was wrong. we both were pulled in.
we woke in the painted world, i walked to where i knew priscilla was," babylon where are we" eldous asked looking around. i didnt answer only moving forward faster and faster,i reached the peril white doors and pushed them open,"priscilla i have bad news" i said out loud, eldous followed and looked around"babylon who are you talking to" she said not seeing anyone. priscilla appered infront of us "what is it babylon?" priscilla asked, eldous reached for her sword but stoped when she saw us hug"i have became a king of a new city and wont be able to come here as often as id like" i said in a sad tone, she hugged me tight"well just promise you will come back"she said kissing my cheek.
we left her painting,i always planned to go back but it never happened the city took more work then we though i barly had time to myself. i never saw priscilla again, vincent started ranting about us needing more power how we could be the greatest servents of gwyn. but thats when it all went down hill, we were visited by him.
the primordial serpent kaathe, he offered us a power known as life drain we were blind to the dangers as we accepted. gwyn feared our power and had the four great knights throw us into the abyss below new londo that formed when we let kaathe trick us. artorious,cairan and orinstine escorted us to the tower"how could you do this" i yelled at artorias,"we are friends" i continued my rant. we reached the tower the abyss below they planned to throw us in"babylon, you have became too powerful you are a threat to the kingdom of new londo you and your wraiths will be held here in your own tomb, the city will be flooded to stop the spread of the abyss and the spread of lifedrain" he said and nodded to cairan and orinstine who shoved eldous,delphi and vincent in."i am truely sorry my friend but i have no choice...i tried to talk to the great lord about another way but this is it besides death"he said before shoving me over the edge.
the rest you know we became the creatures known as the four kings, the great wraith lords. artorias vowed to destroy us and bring rest to his best friend, but a problem in oolecil called for him in which he was consumed by the abyss and we stayed there in the abyss waiting. until the undead warrior came and released us. and what of us now? well we will find out.