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My nervousness started to rise. We reached Wrenhaven River by horses. I only saw a boat. We decided to attach the horses to a street lantern. "You sure they are safe here?" The doubt was clearly hearable in my voice. I also saw the doubt in the face of my uncle Corvo. "Hmm.. I guess so." We left the horses and went to the harbor.
We walked past a few City watch guards, greeting us. I stared at a weeper a few meters in front of us. I looked at my uncle. "Should I kill it?" I asked. "Go ahead." He said focusing on the moves of the weeper. Pulling out the collapsible sword, I threw it to the weeper like a frisbee. Before the weeper could look this way, he had the sword through his stomach, making him bleed very badly. He fell on his knees. Pulling the sword out his venter, I realized this was the first time I used this sword. "Hmm. A very flexible sword." Looking at the sword with amazement. He laughed. "I knew you would have liked it." A sword made for a real assassin. I froze by the word 'assassin'. "I guess my destiny has been decided." "You really gonna like the job. Believe me." He said smiling. "I know you, Allifar."
Jumping of crates, climbing walls, jumping obstacles we found our ways to his boat. Mr en Young Lady Attano. Welcome. A man said walking in my direction. "Hello Young Lady Allifar, my name is Teague. Teague Martin. I'm gonna be one of your strategists." I looked surprised, but a smile made up his way to my face. "Nice to meet you, strategist Martin." We shook hands.
"Allifar, what's the problem?" Corvo asked me when he saw I was drifted away once we were sitting inside the boat. "Hmm?" I came back to earth. "Overseer Martin asked you something, where was your mind?" I looked to my feet while speaking. "I haven't been in this harbor for twelve years, we came here when my dad died, remember?" He turned his head. "Yeah, I remember." I swear I saw a little concern on his face, I knew he was thinking of me, as a little five-year-old girl; helpless, sad and confused. "But nevermind." I said to change the subject. "Overseer Martin, what did you say?" He cleared his throat. "Ah, that. Could you tell something about yourself?" "Uhm, well, where should I start? I'm Lydia Allifar Attano, I'm seventeen, I have no parents, that why I live with my uncle, and because he had no one except for himself." In my eye corner I saw Corvo leaving a nervous laugh. "My father is executed when I was 5 and I never knew my mother." "Oh, I didn't know that, I mean your uncle told some things about you, but I very sorry of your parents." I looked reassuringly. "No need to be sorry."
The next fifteen minutes we talked about several subjects, none of us talked when Dunwall Tower became very close. A strange lump made his way up my throat and I started to shiver a bit. Corvo swung an arm around my shoulder and patted my left shoulder. "Don't be nervous, she is just like you. Alright?" He said smiling. I swallowed the lump away. "Y-yes." The giant door of the entrance slowly opened itself through its giant mechanism. I looked around admiringly as the giant doors closed behind us and an unfamiliar alarm sounded. "Amazing isn't it?" Corvo said with a devilish grin on his face as he looked at me. I kept looking how we slowly were going up and my nervousness didn't return. "Yeah... eh uh.. Yes, It's awesome." I almost tripped over my own words, trying to be polite. "You know, awesome isn't a polite word to say." He knew I was trying to be polite. I started laughing. "Bastard." I joked, Giving him a poke in his side. He needed to respond. "Bastard isn't also very polite Allifar." He laughed. We arrived, I looked at my left seeing one of the guards pulling a wheel, making a gangway appear.
"Well, we are here!" Martin had said.
We walked past a few guards, following us. "Sure need to get used to the attention." "Hello Miss Attano. Welcome to Dunwall Tower. My name is Treavor Pendleton, High Overseer of Dunwall." It was a tall, slender man, short brown hair, neatly dressed and green eyes. We shook hands. "Hello Mr. It's nice to meet you." I couldn't help it but his appearance makes me through; "He sure has big ears."
Empress Emily Kaldwin is waiting for you at the gazebo. I'm sure he made a little bow before he left.
"Time to see Emily again, it's a few months for me as well." We had a little chit-chat before entering the gazebo. There was a woman, stood in front of a tombstone. Because my eyes are extremely good, the doctor said when I was born, I could read what was onto it; In memory of Her majesty Jessamine Kaldwin, Mother to family, Empress to us all. It was a sign of honour to place a tombstone on the place where that person died.
High Overseer Pendleton cleared his throat before speaking. "Uhm. Majesty." The women looked over her shoulder, it was obvious she didn't notice us coming in. "Yes?" It was a woman in mid twenties, tall because of the heels, normal posture, short, brown hair, blue shirt, gray jacket, brown silk pants and black high-heeled boots. Pretty casual for such an important person, unlike me, I wasn't important yet, but I was dressed in my combat dress, looking totally different. "Corvo and Allifar Attano have arrived." Pendleton said. The Empress turned around. She looked really friendly and caring. She started to speak. "Thank you Treavor, could you leave us please?" He bowed before he left. She took a step towards me. I was happy Corvo stood beside me.
"Hello Allifar. My name is Emily Kaldwin. It's a pleasure to meet someone of the gifted Attano family." She said as I shook hands the third time this day. I thought "How does she know I'm gifted... Wait... The Outsider said every gifted person knows each other." I made a bow. "It's an honour to meet you, Majesty. The pleasure is all mine." She grinned. "I know for sure you are going to have a great time here." "I know it also." I felt comfortable in her presence.
She rubbed her hands. "It sure is windy today, let's go inside. I have a few people who really want to meet you." She said excitedly. "Sure, why not!" I said smiling. She gave a friendly glance to Corvo. "Corvo, we are going to meet some people, Teague, Treavor, Lydia and Cecilia are also inside. Are you following us?" "Yes I will, you Majesty." She chuckled. "Corvo, you know you can call me Emily."
Just when we were about to open the front door of the huge Dunwall mansion, we heard a strange noise, almost like a bird.
"Uhm.. may I ask what that is?" I said as soon as I saw something flying to our direction.
She laid a hand on my shoulder. "That my message falcon. You can take it, you only have to whistle." Emily said smiling.
Without second thinking I whistled with two fingers in my mouth. I could see the falcon heading my direction, before I could doubt, he already sat on my hand.
"Good falcon." I said as I stroked through its feathers with my finger. I unwrapped the little box the bird had around his paw and gave the message to the Empress. "Oh. It's from Wallace, he'll bring a visit to Dunwall Tower on his journey from Tyvia to Serkonos." She said.
"Where should I put this male?"
She started to laugh. "There to that house over there." Pointing at a barrack. "We will meet you inside in the main hall." I walked away. "Oh! And Allifar?"
"Yes?" I turned around.
"It's a female." She smiled before closing the door. Leaving me, bursted into laughing before putting the bird into his barrack.
I opened the door and stepped into a giant hall, with stairs, three floors, three giant chandeliers with diamonds, velvet curtains at every window and a nice marble floor with a symbol, probably of the Kaldwin family. I came back to senses when I heard someone calling my name. It was Emily. "Allifar, over here!" Looking up I saw the young women standing on a inside balcony on the first floor. "The stairs are on your left." Pointing at a door. Opening the door my amazement started to return by seeing a giant stairhouse. "I really really need to get used to the luxury." "Welcome back Allifar." I was in a room with several people, but Emily greeted me. "These people will learn you the things you need to become a ultra-skilled guardian."
First, there was a woman. A blonde, probably mid-forties with a gray dress. "Miss Attano, It's nice to meet you. I'm Callista Curnow, I will be your teacher." I smiled. "She was also my teacher when a was a child." The Majesty had said.
Second, there were two guys. "It's nice to meet you Allifar. My name is Piero Joplin, and this is Anton Sokolov" He made a smal bow. "We will be helping you craft your equipment, weapons, ammo and you can always ask us for help, We heard from your uncle you like to craft things." He said giving me a wink.
Third, there was another man. "Ah the daughter of the assassin, It's nice to meet you, my name is Slackjaw, S-L-A-C-K-J-A-W. I will lean you my allies when ever you need them." "My name is Allifar, and I'm not his daughter, I'm his niece." I said winking to the drunk man. The Empress whispered something in my ear; "He is drunk, most of the time, but you can count on him."
And final, a woman end thirties and a man, begin twenties. First the woman spoke: "Young Lady Allifar. I'm Billie Lurk and I will teach you how to use your given powers as wisely and strategical as possible." Billie Lurk looked friendly, her eyes showed a lot of confidence and a friendly face. I finally ended to the last person. He was around twenty-five, brown hair, brown eyes, also a combat dress, which consisted of; a brown leather coat with the same sign, I saw earlier this morning, on it, a dark red camouflage pants, black boots, black Bowman gloves and the same vest I wear to hide my lightweight breastplate, only in white. "He's kinda sexy." "Good morning Allifar, I am your teacher in weapon and fight-techniques, and I will learn you every technique you want." He said with his low voice, making my cheeks color a bit.
"Alright, Allifar, grab your bags. I will show you your room. Then we all have lunch and you will be starting your trainings tomorrow." Emily said. I smiled. "Okay!" I dashed down the stairs
From Emily's Perspective
I saw her dashing down the stairs, reminding me what I looked like when I was a child. She really was a honey, like Corvo said to me last week. I had no doubt she would be the new Royal Protector, and it was obvious everyone else will like her also. Even through I knew her just a hour, her character clearly showed itself, this girl had much more power and confidence, she ever showed towards someone. Her time here will show her better side. I sure of that.
But honestly I think I will feel more for her, I do for most of my other crew members. Maybe parental love existed, even if you had no children, or no husband. I didn't need a husband or children, my crew was my family and a new one was born today. A young, strong one.