A chapter written by the author and a co-authoress
Finally, the encounter happened. First Knightess Commanderess Eliarainne Sialsanderin, Prontera's only lord knightess, stood face to face with NightKnife's infamous guild mistress, the stalkeress, Trynis Eviskrae. They were going to start killing each other at last. However, it was customary to ask each other about their past. Fights were sudden and unpredictable things. If they waited for the killing blow before they start narrating their life story, they might bleed to death before they got to the good part.
Trynis was the first to speak. "So whore-knightess, you can at least tell me why you became a knightess and not a crusaderess as was the path chosen by Makaelthos."
Eliarainne nodded. "Sure, but in return you must tell me why you became a roguess instead of an assassiness. To start off, my uncle actually wanted me to be a blacksmithess, or at least, an alchemistess. Any profession that stemmed from being a merchantess but I decided what to do with my life in the end."
Trynis listened to the entire story. Once it ended, she started without so much as a preamble. "I planned to be a priestess or a monkess but Morroc is a harsh place and naïve dreams simply burn up in the desert. I prefered the subtlety of a roguess over the blundering raw speed of an assassiness. Thus my path became clear."
It was Eliarainne who listened for hours this time. Once the lifestories were complete, the two charged each other in a truly epic fightess.
