Sequence 1
"Gearing up"
Preparing Story Synchronizing….
Trevor reaches the city to find a massive iron gate closed before him with a sign that bears in bold lettering "City Gates Closed Until Morning" Trevor looks to his shadow and sighs to see that it is technically not morning yet. "I hate waiting… and I hate to work without the proper attire." Trevor mumbles then takes one step back as though preparing to charge at the gate. Then without hesitation, Trevor makes a dash towards the gate as though he was going to smite it open. But instead of smiting the gate, he finds his footing on the gate's surface and begins to scale the gate. After several seconds, Trevor reaches the top of the gate without any hassle. Then Trevor flips himself around and descends down the other side of the gate before anyone could find out that he has entered the city. As soon as Trevor reaches the ground he pulls out a slip of paper that had an address on it and proceeds to locate this address.
Synchronization Commencing
After walking through the vast empty streets of the city, Trevor eventually comes across an inn that matches the address on the slip of paper. With the address found, Trevor walks into the inn to find it filled worn furniture and lit candle everywhere. As the door closes behind him, Trevor takes a seat by a table and studies the area around him to pass the time.
After a minute or so has passed, an elderly innkeeper with one of his arms missing comes out to find Trevor sitting down. "Excuse me sir," the innkeeper says to get Trevor's attention. "This might be an inn but I cannot be of service to you until the rooster crows like the rest of the shops." The innkeeper finishes as he starts to place mugs out on one of the tables. Trevor chuckles slightly at the statement. "Then I guess I'll go poach and egg while a rooster lays atop it." Trevor replies. The innkeeper stops setting up mugs as soon as he hears Trevor's response and looks at him.
There was a moment of silence as the innkeeper approaches Trevor and sits down across from him. The innkeeper looks to Trevor's left ring finger and sees a small symbol in somewhat of the shape of an "A" branded onto his finger. "It's been too long since I have heard that passphrase." The innkeeper says breaking the silence as he reveals a pendant with the same symbol that was on Trevor's finger. "Longer since someone has bared our order's symbol in the form of apparel." Trevor replies with a smile of respect. "Conroy of Termina, Mentor of the Hyrule Assassins" the innkeeper introduces himself as he puts out his hand to shake. "Trevor of Masyaf, Master Assassin." Trevor introduces as the two shake each other's hands.
After a moment of introductions, Conroy looks past Trevor and sees the door. "I almost did not recognize you as an assassin. But where are the rest of you?" Conroy asks. Trevor sighs at the question as it brings up the reason as to why he is here to begin with. "The order received your message for a dozen skilled assassins. But due to harsh times, they could only send one assassin. So instead of sending a dozen skilled assassins, they sent one assassin with the skills of a dozen." Trevor replies with slight regret in his voice. Conroy sits silence and processes the information he has received. "Since we are talking about the order, where are your other assassins holding up?" Trevor asks.
Before Conroy could say anything, the crowing of a rooster is heard throughout the city signaling the opening of business. "Its best we talk somewhere more quiet. This inn gets packed pretty quick." Conroy says as he gets up and heads for the back with Trevor following close behind. Conroy looks to his two assistants "I'm leaving the inn in your hands until I get back." Conroy orders and the two in keepers respond positively and go out to the main room. With the two assistants out of the room Conroy pulls on a torch to reveal a stairway down to a secret lower floor. Conroy gestures Trevor to come as he advances down the stairs. "May I ask where is your gear and attire?" Conroy asks Trevor as they begin to descend don the stairs. "I couldn't take them across the border as it would attract too much attention as well as compromise the brotherhood. So I purposely got myself captured by a slave trader to get into Hyrule much easier. Which is why I am dress in ragged clothes." Trevor replies. As Trevor follows down the stairs, he hears the commotion of people storming into the inn. "You weren't kidding when you said that the inn gets packed." Trevor says as they reach the secret room.
The secret room is revealed to be an old Assassin's den where assassins can receive their weapons, train, or learn the basics of the creed or even hide out until they are incognito. But to what Trevor finds is disappointment. He notices that there is no one else here, just a fully tailored assassin coat with a blue and white theme in the color and a standard assassin weapon set on the table. "Is this your coat?" Trevor asks Conroy as he feels the fine material. But Conroy shook his head with a slight grief coming from within. "No… It was my son's…or it would have been." Conroy replies. Trevor instantly backs away from the coat hearing what Conroy has said. "I'm sorry… I didn't know…" Before Trevor could finish Conroy places his hand on Trevor's shoulder and looks to him with a smile. "It's alright. Besides the coat is too small on me and being that well made it should not go to waste." Conroy replies as he gives Trevor his blessing to wear the coat. Trevor gives Conroy a smile and proceeds to put on the assassin attire.
After several minutes, Trevor goes from wearing ragged clothes to a black button shirt with leather pants and boots along before putting on the assassin coat. As soon as he tosses on the coat, Trevor goes over to the table and begins to arm himself with what little weapons there were. While arming himself with throwing knives and a worn sword, he notices a shrine with vast number of names of fallen assassins and makes him wonder where are the rest of the assassins.
"You didn't answer my question from before…where are the other assassins? I thought there would be more…." Trevor asks hesitantly. "Maybe two months ago there might have been more. But alas, I am the only member left, and I cannot take up any assignments." Conroy replies with a grunt like tone in his voice. "What about the two upstairs?" Trevor asks. "The two upstairs are not assassins, they are only people I employ to run the inn. *Sigh* I don't know how to says this…but to put it bluntly, you are the only active Assassin in all of Hyrule." Conroy finishes as he sits in a chair.
Trevor could not bare the news that he has been told. He has read about how assassins from before his have left certain countries due to no longer being required or overpowering forces of an army, but the thought of an entire order being wiped out would have never crossed his mind. "What has happened to cause such a travesty?" Trevor asks, as he puts on a pair of bracers, being the last things on the table.
"I was beginning to think you were never going to ask. But I think it is time you learn. Take a seat for this is going to be a long story." Conroy says as he offers Trevor a seat and begins to tell the tale.
"It all happened seven years ago when a tall man hailing from the west came to Hyrule Castle. Of course we were there to eavesdrop on what this man was doing in the castle. The man declared himself Gannondorf, King of Gerudos. Had we known what his intentions were at the time we would have stopped him. He mislead the previous king into thinking he wanted to declare peace with the Gerudo, where his real goal was to conquer Hyrule. And within a few days…he succeeded and became the new King of Hyrule."
"But why didn't we stop him after he had succeed?" Trevor asks knowing that the assassins would have gotten involved by now. Conroy stops for a moment to gather his thoughts for a second then proceeds. "We tried to stop him, but somehow, he had managed to find our Assassin hideout and nearly wipe us all out before we could do a thing. The few of us that got away stayed separate for several years as Gannon reign with an iron fist sparing no one from his wrath. It wasn't until my son managed to regroup the last of the assassins and plan an assassination on Gannondorf himself. But a traitor told the guards and they had executed them all on sight. The day I watched my only son die before me was the day that I could no longer be an assassin. So I had a coded message made out to Masyaf to send a dozen skilled Assassins here to hopefully bring order to this chaotic kingdom." Conroy finishes with tears in his eyes.
Trevor has thought about what Conroy has told him and sees that this task was way over his head. He will not only be restoring the Order of the Hyrule Assassins, but also bring peace to the land of Hyrule once again. But Trevor did not come all this way only to leave the Hyrule to its own demise
"For the Order and for Hyrule, I will accept this task." Trevor says with much valiance in hi voice. Conroy smiles seeing Trevor's courage and gives Trevor a nod in agreement. "If we're going to restore the order, the first thing we need to do is take out the traitor that has brought upon this downfall and I know where to find him." Conroy says as he stands up with a fire in his soul. "Then what are we waiting for?" Trevor asks then stands up and puts up his hood. "Lets get that son of a bitch." Trevor Finishes
Synchronization Complete
