Chapter 2 - Grounds for Revolution
Before Logan and the guards left, Logan took his trusted dualling sword and sheated it. Then he went to the Princly bed, he felt underneath it and took out a black cane that was hidden underneath the bed. The cane was about 1m20 in length, was made out of metal and had a pitch black colour with a silver bottom. The head of the cane was stylished by a silver snake head. The snake had its mouth wide open, showing its forked toung and its teeth.
The eyes of the snake head were made out of green emeralds who appeared to glow faintly.
Logan had gotten the snake cane as a present from Reaver just after the revolution. The only instructions Reaver gave Logan about the cane were: "As happy you might be about the cane, don't show it to the court magician, he might 'recognice it'".
Becouse the court magician helped Logan's brother, he indeed didn't carry it around, but hid it in case anyone would happen to find it.
Logan gave the sign and the 12 guards quietly left the room, Logan following close behind them. Logan planned to use the same route his brother used when he escaped the castle. It was quiet in the garden at that moment, so they managed to sneak inside the tomb unnoticed.
Once inside and opposite of the graves however, they noticed they weren't alone.
Standing between the 2 coffins was a tall man probably in his mid-fifties with semi-long silvery-grey hair and a small pointy beard.
"well there Logan, thinking about escaping the castle?" the man said, turning slowly around to face Logan and the guards.
"Actually, yes, but you won't stop me, Clodius" Logan replied.
The man, the court-magician appearantly named Clodius smiled, took a long wooden staff in his both hands, swung it around his body and unleashed a fireball in Logans direction.
Logan put the snake cane forward with the snake head facing the blast, the eyes of the snake lightend up and released a green energy blast that collided with the fireball. The 2 spells exploded in mid-air, but Logan and Clodius stood far enough from the blast to feel anything.
"good" Clodius said "I see you are ready, but you'll might want some help" and then Clodius took out a dark Gauntlet with a shadowy aura, and threw it at Logan who caught it.
"What's this?" Logan asked.
" A Shadow gauntlet" Clodius said while his eyes lit up. "you'll need all the help you can get, and that gauntlet controls the shadows around you. Use it wisely, because overuse might lead to corruption".
"Where do I start?" Logan asked.
"Mistpeak valley, but be carefull Logan, for Theresa had your brother de-throne you and she will not tolerate you trying to retake the throne. You will have to stay on the move and you will have to conquer each city induvidually and not only take Bowerstone."
"thanks" Logan nodded approvingly towards Clodius who dissapeared in a dark cloud and then vanished. Logan and his men continued the path downwards. They eventually reached the sewers.
"Strange" Logan said while he looked to a piece of the sewer wall wich appeared to be new because there was a bit of a colour differance. Logan gathered shadows around his gauntlet and punched it. The new wall immediatly broke and crumbled.
"effective" said one of the guards wearing a shorter hat which meant he was an officer.
"thanks luitenant Felton" Logan answered "wait isn't that a Cullis Gate?"
Logan let a torrent of shadows rain on the cullis gate who started to glow strange red before it became blue and activated.
Logan and his guards entered through. "What is this place" Felton said while looking into a round room with several doors and a map table in the middle
"the Sanctuary" a voice said coming from the armory and in the door Jasper appeared
