The darker knights name was Ragoul he was one of the lords of the northern most king and had seen The Great Wasts. He looked up at the cloud's they where moving slowly and where dark gray in color and snow fell heavily from them.
The darker knight called for the Squire named Rowan he was tall stocky boy with dark hair and a fair face he walked up the knight and asked him "What do you want from me sir" the boy said in a nervous voice.
The darker knight looked down at the young man from his tall black hoarse and said to him " I need you to fetch my blade that was used to separate the man from his head" The darker knight said in a dark grim tone.
The man's head was in a white bag on his saddle with blood dripping down on the white snow and painting it blood red the head however did not have stench yet. The boy also looked like he had been abused he had bruises and scares on his arms and a small one on his face which was very noticeable.
The boys master or trainer was a knight named Brom who was a drunken and abusive man but his behavior was over looked because he was a lord. The darker knight rode up to the lord and asked him" I see your Squire has been beaten by someone is the one who did that you?" the darker knight asked.
Brom looked at him "Why the bloody hell do you care about what I do to the boy he isn't your concern!" he said taking his broad sword out of its sheath and jumped off his horse onto the ground ready for a fight. The darker knight to got off his hoarse and withdrew his blade named "feu" which was used to execute the last man. The darker knight swung his blade into the other man's blade the sound of metal hitting metal was loud and brutal. As the fight continued the soldiers looked on talking about how this fight was going to happen at sometime or another give Brom's nature.
One knight walked up to the group and said to them "So what are you watching for get back to your duties!" he said to them in a stern voice.
The two continued fighting steel clashing against steel they moved around each other carefully waiting for one or the other to a mistake.
Brom was a good fighter but he was also drunk and flung his weight around with heavy blows with his blade. It was his undoing he swung his blade aiming for the darker knights head but he fell down in agony as his knee cap was shattered by the blunt end of the darker knights blade.
Ragoul motioned to the soldiers to come and pick up the now humiliated lord who was to be chained to his horse for the rest of the journey home. Then he would be beheaded if the royalty thought it was appropriate but that was complicated as they where always looking for was to win favor with the courts and the current king back stabbing was the norm and cut throat's where everywhere.
Killing Brom would likely inflame another family which made the situation more complicated and dangerous. Ragoul thought about the options he could take him back and he would more then likely go free because of political consequences. Or he could behead the bastard when he found the proper place along the way and say he was killed by the man he had just beheaded. The darker knight stood silent in deep thought for a time as the wind swirled around his cape and the know fell around him with the grey sky above him.
The darker knight motioned for one of his knight's again and the knight walked over to him and asked him. The knight said to him "What do you want to do with this scum you know the other royals won't be happy with him executed." the knight said to him. The darker knight made his choice the bastard would die today once they found the right place to behead him.
The darker knight walked up to his horse and climbed back on then began to the journey home but Brom would be taken care of once the right place was found. The group continued through the great forest until they came to the coast of the sea of the cursed kings and began looking for a place to behead him. The soldiers eventually where forced to set up a many large stones with a small valley in between them. Brom was tugged over to the stones which where wet because of the mist from the sea and the humidity. Two knights held him down as Ragoul and squire walked over the to place of execution for the what was once a noble and lord. The squire was holding a very large sheathed blade with a bronze and gold handle with no fancy ruby's or jewels. The darker knight drew the blade out the sheath the sound of sharp dragon metal was frightening even to noble's and their houses. Ragoul held the blade on the ground between his black Gauntlet covered hands and fingers he looked down at Brom and said to him in a menacing voice "You know I would have killed you anyway but this seems like as good a time as any".
Brom looked up at him and told him in a angry voice " Why would you kill me anyway you fool I am Royalty I have the power to take anyone's life!" Brom told Ragoul.
Brom continued talking "The boy was just a peasant I could care less if he fell off a bloody cliff and crushed his skull!"
The darker knight looked down at him his eye's flashed a bright yellow then he said to Brom "Then I sentence you to die for you have committed acts against the royal's and the lord's!"
Brom looked up at him and yelled "What act's have I committed besides beating a shrimp and teaching him to man up and grow some balls." he yelled.
The darker knight looked down on him and told Brom " My reason for killing you is more to do with favor's and debt's that need to be paid." he told him.
Brom looked up at him and told him "So your killing me to get you favors and pay off debt's!" he yelled. The darker knight looked down on him and said to him in a dark voice " Yes I am but your death will help me get what I want" the darker knight said.
And then Ragoul raised the blade high sliced downward decapitating Brom Blood sprayed all over the ground and even on nearby squire's face with splatters of blood.
The darker knight called over one of his knights Ardal and said to him "Throw the corpse of the cliff and leave the head for the werewolf that is tracking our trail!" the darker knight said to Ardal.
Brom's body was thrown into the ocean it was immediately devoured by Metallic sea dragon one of the largest dragons in the world but one of the most reclusive as well.