A Disturbing Proposal
Eldor sipped from yet another expertly dwarf-crafted wooden cup of frothing mead, but despite the fresh quality, he felt it was stale and bland tasting in his weary mouth.
He could feel himself getting tired and numb; his vision was a mist of wood and the commoners in the pub, he felt warm and viscous vomit enter his mouth.
He ran out of the tavern, clutching his mouth. A moment later, it flowed out of him with heavy retching, splattering on the grayish stone walkway and seeping into the cracks.
The time was duskon, preceding the time of night yet after the evening. The sky was decorated with splashes of warm colors, ranging from a light ruby to a dark amber. It was truly beautiful, and Eldor contemplated what he had done.
Recovering, Eldor staggered his way to his abode, stumbling across the way. A few dwarves commoners passed him, glaring at him snobbishly as if he had tarnished the town's glistening reputation like his good-for-nothing mother had years before.
He pushed the door groggily with a creaking sound, and he unexpectedly found two heavily armored knights in pure silver surrounding a wiry and severe-looking man, his eyes covered in shades. He was dressed in exquisite clothes made from the finest of silks, presumably from the northernmost country of ice, Niflkeól.
The silk spun from their arachnids which were nicknamed Frostbites, remained unbreakable and cold as icy frost to the person who touched it. However they would realize when they put it on that it was warm as summer.
Meanwhile, the thin gentleman had his hand clasped tightly over his lap, with a nasty grin appearing on his mouth, flashing his glitteringly white sharpened teeth threateningly.
"The king and I offer a...proposal." He said in a cold and clipped voice while scraping dust off his six centimeters long fingernails, obviously not giving a single damn about the young plebian's unworthy and foolish opinions.
Despite that, even with that simple sentence, Eldor Summerwind's fragile world inverted itself in a blink of an eye.
