Warcraft: The Rider of Azeroth
There are some things I will list:
1) The first thing I will note is that this is a different Azeroth, so some places and things may change. Think Kamen Rider Decade. Same people, different circumstances.
2) This fan-fiction will incorporate parts of the "Warcraft" franchise with some changes here and there AS NECESSARY.
3) This fan-fiction will incorporate parts of "Kamen Rider Gaim" (TV show, Movies, Games, and TCG) with some changes AS NECESSARY, mostly focusing on lock seeds.
4) This is the Dialogue layout: "Regular Dialogue" – [DRIVER/LOCK SEED DIALOGUE] – "Magic Invocation Dialogue" – {Sound effect} – [Place/Thing of Interest]
5) Most importantly: I DO NOT own Kamen Rider as it is the property of Shotaro Ishinomori, Ishinomori Productions, Toei Company, Ltd., and Bandai Co., Ltd.
6) I also DO NOT own Warcraft as it is the property of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and all their subsidiaries.
7) What I DO own, is the resulting OCs, OLs (Original Locations), and most of the OLS+A (Original Lockseeds plus Arms) created for the current fan-fiction.
Chapter 9: Oceans 5
It was morning and the sunlight blasted me in the face. I got up and looked at the bedroom that Anduin slept in. A couple times during the night, I caught him trying to look over the map of Stormwind Keep and dragged him back to his bed. I moved my futon to the front of his door so that if he tried to leave, I would be right there to grab him.
As I was about to knock on his door, I heard him snoring. Heh… Let him sleep. I'll wake him in an hour. I turned to the kitchen and walked in to see Joseph sitting with Valeera, looking at the jade lump with a shocked expression. Valeera then greeted me. "Good morning, Nick. I was telling Joseph about your cooking talents from last night." Joseph looked at me with a greedy look in his eyes.
"Nick, my best friend!" He began walking towards me, as I took two steps back. That look in his eyes… It's almost as bad as that assassin the other day.
"When was I your best friend?"
"Since I found out you can make precious metals. How about it, wanna go into business together?"
"I respectfully decline." I quickly answered.
"Aww, come on!"
"Nope!" I escaped the kitchen and back to the living room. I sat down on the floor, crossed my legs, and began my magic practice. As I tried to maintain my mana gathering for a half hour, I felt someone's stare digging in my back. I stopped and looked to see Varia looking at me funny. "Can I help you, Varia?"
"What… are you?" She asked.
"What do you mean?"
"The mana aura you have is silver and way you gather mana is strange. Like it's drawn to you?" She wasn't sure if her description was right which is why it ended as a question.
"Hmm… How can you see my aura?"
"My uncle taught me how and I sharpened the skill in battle."
"…I'm…" I was about to say something about it when Anduin opened the bedroom door.
"Good morning everyone."
"Good morning, Brother."
"Did you sleep well?" I asked seriously and Anduin nodded.
"I finally got some rest and things have been made clearer to me. I am sorry for my rude actions last night." He bowed after that, but I waved it off.
"Water under the bridge." I then got up and called Joseph and Valeera. Anduin apologized to Joseph, but he wave it off too, saying that he would've done the same thing if he was in his shoes.
As soon as they entered, we began our planning. Anduin took out a map of the keep and began.
"Okay! As I had stated last night, we must gather proof of their corruption and expose them and their cohorts before the day is through. Joseph you will head into the keep and find a way to catch them speaking of their plot."
Joseph was in disguise as a servant as he entered the keep from the service entrance of the kitchen via the catacombs, while carrying a sack of rice. "Place that with the other supplies." Said one of the workers who was too busy calculating the amount of food to notice an unfamiliar face. Saying yes, Joseph placed the sack in the supply room before sneaking out and using a bag of holding to change clothes so he could dress like one of the nobles. He wore red formal jacket with gold buttons and black sleeve cuffs. His slacks were white and he had Black boots that reached his the top of his shins. A black sash with gold trim finished of the ensemble. On the sash was the bandicrystal.
He was familiar with their etiquette from years of associating with them through business. After combing his hair carefully and applying the proper amount of cologne, he mixed in with the crowd, making sure not to stand out to much. As he looked around while chatting with a lady noble, who wore more make up on her face than Azeroth had ocean, he spotted Edward Smithe talking with another noble.
Seeing the opportunity, he politely disengaged the conversation with the lady and moved towards Edward. As soon as Edward had finished his talk, Joseph stepped in. "Ah, Master Smithe, how are you today? I was hoping that we may meet."
"My apologies, I do not recognize you. What house do you hail from?" Edward eyed him suspiciously.
"I hail from the Canterbury House." Joseph showed a crest that had a three Azeroth-Styled blueish crows. "We are small noble house, but I assure you, our business is quite… lucrative."
"Is that so?" Edward asked, showing interest.
"Very." Joseph placed an arm around Edward and walked him over to the hall. "Shall we talk of how one can become obscenely wealthy, sir?"
"My good man, I am all ears." Edward said with a smile as they headed to a room to talk in private.
"Now as for Nick and Varia, the both of you will enter the Keep's inner halls and follow this route and locate Santernal's laboratory." He pointed at the map.
Nick and Varia followed the path into the keep and, dressed as a maid and butler, moved around the halls until they reached the inner hall. They carefully acted the part though Varia almost knocked a 10,000 gold vase off it's table. Nick almost had a heart attack from that as dove in and caught it. It was the still the prince's stuff after all. After moving about for half an hour, they found a bookcase that seemed out of place. Nick reached for a book that had a title that seemed odd and pulled it. A mechanism sounded and the bookcase moved aside. They entered the room and the bookcase closed behind them. Inside were chemicals in bottles and papers with formulas written on them. Nick looked through the papers and had a shocked look on his face. "This is… What the hell… Then that means those guards are…" Varia looked at the papers, but couldn't make heads or tails of it. She looked past him and saw a safe.
"I believe I've found the safe my brother spoke of." Varia said to Nick, shaking him out of his study. Nick looked at the safe and decided to store the papers in his inventory. He then looked at the safe and noticed it had a combination lock. Nick cursed a little as he wished he had a stethoscope.
"How's your ears?" He asked her. She answered that she could hear pretty far and Nick had her place her ear on the door. Nick then began doing what he remembered seeing in an old crime drama on TV once. He spun the dial carefully, telling Varia to alert him if she heard a loud click. After some trial and error, they finally opened the safe. "I knew it."
"What is that?" Varia asked.
"A black parasitic worm." Nick explained what they did to it's victims and Varia was horrified.
"We must kill it!"
"Not yet, we need it for proof, but as soon as this matters over, it dies." He told her. He understood her reluctance but she agreed in the end. Nick tried to store it in his inventory, but it didn't work. After several attempts failed, he decided to just carry it out. Varia opened the bookcase and they left the secret room.
"Finally the false king must be revealed for what he is." He pointed at the king's private chambers on the map. "Valeera and I shall handle this task."
Anduin and Valeera entered the king's bedroom via a secret passageway only Valeera knew about. They searched to room and found much dust inside. Like it hadn't been used for some time. Anduin, at first thought it strange but then remembered that Varian had suddenly forbade any servants from entering his bed chambers. He figured that was around the time he was switched with a fake. He looked more carefully but to no avail. Then Valeera called him over to mirror that looked out of place. She pointed out how everything had a thin layer of dust but the mirror was clean and clear. Anduin looked at the reflection closely and began moving his fingers around he saw a tiny seal on the edge of the corner. Valeera placed her hand on it and injected mana into it. The mirror glowed and the image warped until it showed another room. It was a gateway portal!
They went in and the first thing they saw was a giant tube big enough for one person to fit inside. It was connected to a machine and had multiple tubes that lead to a sealed glass jar with blood in it and another jar with a black substance. At the desk was a book-like folder that had pages that stuck out. Anduin opened the book while Valeera carefully took the jars, ensuring the seals remained in place, and put them in a bag of holding. "This is it!" Anduin said as he showed Valeera illustrations of the false Varian and the descriptions of the differences between it and the original person. It even had Santernal's family seal.
"Then let's go." Valeera put the book and it's contents inside the bag. "We must head to the throne room before we're too late." Nodding at that, Anduin headed out the portal.
"Now get ready everyone, We have work ahead of us." Hearing this, everyone agreed and left to prepare.
Later...
In the late afternoon, the nobles of Stormwind City had come to attend a meeting in Stormwind Keep. Many of them heard that King Varian had fallen ill due to the coup by his son, Prince Anduin. Most of the nobles believed it, and the ones who didn't were split. The corrupt nobles who felt threated by the prince were just happy he was out of the picture as he was about to deal with their corruption, before Varian suddenly stopped him. As for the ones loyal to the prince, they were suspicious of this function and worried as to what King Varian was going to do. A servant came out and stood at the carpet leading to the throne.
"Attention, great nobles of the kingdom of Stormwind!" He announced. "Introducing his Royal Highness, Varian Wrynn, the King of the Stormwind Kingdom!" As soon as he finished, entering the room was a gaunt looking man. His face was thin and he looked as frail as bulimic. He was being helped to the throne by Edward. Katrana and Santurnal were following looking as worried as their acting could allow. Guards in red armour with black cloth showing a different crest, a dragon eating sheep, stood next to the Stormwind guards. Whispers followed from those in attendance as they began making theories of how he became like this and why there are guards of another order standing here.
"Cough! Cough!" Varian's coughing silenced the room as he sat at his throne with some difficulty. "MMmm… Nobles of the houses… Cough, Cough… that hold this city aloft…"
"You're Highness, perhaps it would be best if I spoke on your behalf." Edward asked. After the false king motioned for him to do so, Edward bowed to the audience. "Honoured Nobles, it is with heavy heart to announce that due to the king's declining health, we must take his place as the head of the royal administration." Those words caused a wave of surprise. Everyone began to talk amongst themselves. Most of them began to speak of the benefits but the one worried were those who were loyal to the prince. They knew as soon as the new administration was installed they would be the first to be removed as they were the most vocal about Varian retaking the throne years back. Edward waved everyone to quiet down. "Now I know there are still those of you who wonder about why the prince is not able to take the throne. To answer the few of you, it is because he tried to kill the king in a failed coup."
The Pro-Prince nobles who were in the know were aware he was lying, but with no proof they couldn't refute this. They could only remain quiet as they were forced to listen to this farce. "With the prince a criminal and no longer worthy of the throne, and the fact the king Varian had no other children, the one to lead this new era will be under her Ladyship, Katrana Prestor!" He said as he showed her. She lightly bowed before taking the floor.
"I am humbled by the duty given. All those here today will lay witness to the change of the kingdom's hands. I assure you, all will get their just rewards!" She told them. "I promise to create a kingdom that the prince never could!"
"Hold your tongue, you viper!" Yelled an orderly voice.
"Who dares!?" Katrana yelled. At the balcony, Anduin, Valeera, Varia, and I were present. I placed a foot on the balcony rail like Captain Morgan.
"Do you not know who this is!? Look upon this crest and tremble, you thieves in the house of kings!" I pull out a royal crest that I found as we made our way here. It was the crest of the Wrynn family. Everybody looked at me weird as I did this. Anduin smiled, Valeera shook her head sadly, Varia was surprised, and down below, Joseph was struggling not to laugh out loud. "Now that you know that it is your lord, bow down and beg him for forgiveness!"
"Guards! Take this mentally ill person out of here!" Edward ordered. Anduin placed his hand on my shoulder and thanked me for the show.
"It is as he said… Somewhat… We have proof of your misdeeds and your attempt at taking the throne is at an end!"
"What proof!? You are spouting lies to slander us so that you may stage a revolt once more!" Edward countered.
"Not quite." Joseph said walking out of the crowd. He took out his pin and held it up. "After all you did admit to me of your crimes."
"What!?" Edward began to sweat heavily.
"Ostende quo tempore!" He chanted. The Bandicrystal glowed and an image showed Edward smiling.
["Well if you must ask, the king we have is a pawn as we did create him for that purpose. If you add a few thousand gold, I could have Santurnal tell you how the process works."
"But what of the prince?" Joseph asked. "Surely he would try to stop you."
"Bah! For the prince, Lady Prestor ordered to have him made a criminal, so now she, Santurnal, and I will have control of the kingdom and by today we will cement our rule."]
The image faded as that was all that was needed to have the pro-prince group make an uproar. Katrana and Santernal glared at Edward as he looked horrified.
"And that is not all!" Anduin took out the book-like folder and other documentation that was gathered in their search. "We have here signed documentation from the royal alchemist showing that the king that sits in the throne is a false one!" Then Varia, Valeera, and I showed the jars that held proof. The Stormwind guards were appalled. They headed to the three criminals and the false king to apprehend them, but just as they were about to get close, the red and black coloured guards came to their defence.
A battle broke out between them and the nobles in the middle were beginning to panic. Anduin took over and jumped off the balcony, catching a cloth and riding it down to the floor. After placing their jars on the floor, Valeera joined, as did Varia. I on the other hand, headed to the stairs to come down. What!? I'm not Spider-man. At that moment two guards rushed me from the stairs. I took out my daggers and moved to dodge them, using my weapons to parry their swords. If I didn't learn this much from Royce, I'd probably be dead.
Down below, Varia and Valeera were fighting the red guards while allowing Anduin and a few Stormwind guards to get to the three masterminds.
Edward was livid. He was tricked into revealing their plans due to his own greed. His hate-filled eyes zeroed in on Joseph as he pulled out his rapier. "Damnable trickster, I will see you off to hell!" He moved towards him as he went for a thrust of his blade. Joseph nimbly moved aside, avoiding the attack, and pulled out a couple knives.
"May I have this dance?"
"DIE!" They began fighting with Joseph dodging each attack, striking when the opportunity rises, and Edward going for thrusts every chance he got.
"You damn Blood Elf, if you had simply ran away along with the prince, things could have gone our way!" Santurnal told Valeera as she entered his line of sight. His eyes glowed an unearthly red light as he began casting a spell to cut her down. Valeera had just drove two daggers into a red guard when she felt the mana growing behind her. She jumped out of the way as soon as she heard him say "FIRE BLAST!" The ball of flame hit the dying guard, exploding his chest armour open and incinerating his upper body into nothing but ash. Santurnal didn't care about who he hit as he focused on Valeera. "I shall turn you into cinders!" Valeera said nothing. She simply gave him a 'come on' motion that made the old man unleash another blast of fire.
Anduin ordered his guards to escort the nobles to safety while he and Varia reached the throne. Standing next to the false king was Katrana Prestor who was watching the events as if she was watching ants move about their day. She then noticed the two and smiled darkly. "So the children of Stormwind have arrived. Oh, whatever should I do?" She mocked, before snapping her fingers. "Kill them." Suddenly the gaunt homunculus got up and grabbed it's sword at it's side and moved to intercept the two. Varia who never got to see her father's face before was fully prepared for battle, but Anduin was struggling. Even though he knew it was not his father, it had given him a moment of hesitation due to it having the same face. Varia seeing her brother's plight stood in front of him.
"Brother, I shall deal with this creature. You go deal with the witch who controls it."
"R-right." He felt guilty from hearing that as he was supposed to be prepared for this confrontation. He then looked to Katrana and anger set in. "Katrana Prestor, I ask you to stand down."
"Boy, do you truly think I would do so after coming this far?" She asked back in amusement.
"No. I suppose not." Anduin then raised his bow and aimed at her. His intent was to wound her only. "I give you this final warning, stand down."
"No." As soon as she said that and arrow was in the air flying towards her shoulder, but with a simple wave of her staff, the arrow burst into black flame and turned to ash. "HahahahAHAHAHAH! What a simple toy." She then pointed her staff at him and a black ball of darkfire flew at him. He jumped back as the spot he stood on turned into a hole that burned ceaselessly. "Come back, my prince. Play with me some more." Anduin aimed his bow again to do battle with the witch.
{CLANG, CLANG!} The homunculus and Varia battled hard as their sword filled the air with sounds of battle. She slashed at him with a vertical downward cut. Seeing the attack from above, the false Varian moved to the side, avoiding the move, and went for a sweep with his own blade. Varia dropped to her knees and leaned backwards dodging the swing. As soon as his swing ended, he then tried to move his sword into a stab, but the transition was awkward due to the homunculus's flaw: It had Varian's image and memories, but it didn't have the fighting experience that the original had built over the years. It's switch from slash to stab was clumsy at best and Varia capitalized on that. She rolled to the side as his stab was slow enough for her to do so, and adjusted her stance for her [Charge] skill. As soon as he was getting out of his attack, she was already on him. He was stunned as she crashed into him and moved to her next skill [Mortal Strike]. She brandished her Bastard Sword and swung at him, looking to lop his head off.
He moved his head to the side at the last minute and missed most of the swing but the blade still cut his most of his ear off, leaving a gush of black blood. He held it's head in surprise and began to twitch. Katrana, who wasn't even taking Anduin seriously, saw that and frowned. "In the end, it's still but a copy…" She snapped her fingers again. "Break your chains." At that moment, after hearing that, the fake Varian's eyes turned completely black. It no longer cared about protecting itself and attacked like a berserker. {CLANG, CLANK, CRACK!} He swung at Varia so much that his sword broke and Varia's bastard sword had cracks along the edges.
Varia was now in a true life-or-death battle.
I was holding off the two guards as they swung their swords in coordination. If I had the chance, I would armour up but these guy just won't quit. Looking at them, they had the same eyes that looked wrong like that assassin the other day. I was beginning to give ground until I tried to bluff. I began to gather mana and the guards noticed. I moved my hand towards them and they backed off, not aware that all I could use were healing spells. I was about to reach for my Sengoku Driver when A violent blast hit the balcony knocking us down. The red guards fell down the stairs, while I got up quickly and looked below. I saw Santurnal and Valeera duking it out.
"Bi-Bitch…" Santurnal said as he got up from the ground in obvious pain. His robs were burnt in places and he was bleeding from his shoulder, leg, and mouth. I looked ahead of him and saw Valeera with a condensed light in her hand. "I burn you and EVERYTHING ELSE DOWN!" A burst of red mana surged as he began to chant the spell. "SCOR-!"
"-Mana tap!" Valeera said before he could finish. The light flew from her hand like a bullet, expanding over him, and suddenly his red aura was leaving him, entering Valeera whose glowing eyes turned red in the process. She looked like she was in a mix of pleasure and pain. It's kinda hot… Cough, cough! Anyway, Santurnal fell to one leg as he felt a case of weakness from his body.
"Y-you think you have won? You haven't even begun to enter my realm!" Quickly enough, another aura of red mana glowed as he began to process of casting another spell but before he could say anything else, Valeera spoke first.
"Arcane Torrent!" Blueish White energy burst from her in that blasted a wave for about a yard. Everything within it's radius was suddenly quiet. Santurnal energy was blown away. He tried to speak, but nothing came out. He began to panic when Valeera, who looked refreshed, came up to him with her daggers and he backed into a wall. I tried to call out to her but nothing came out. I didn't want her to kill him, at least until he stood trial and pay for the crimes he and his allies' committed. I tossed down a piece of stone that landed next to them and they looked up. I motioned her not to do it. She looked annoyed but complied. She then punched him in the face with sufficient force that knocked him out. She then looked at me with a sarcastic 'Is this okay?' look. I just gave her a thumbs up. She rolled her eyes and left to help Varia and Anduin. After another second, everyone that was caught in her spell, including myself, were able to speak again. I moved my way downstairs to join her.
At the other side Joseph, who found another sword, was fighting with Edward. {CLANG, CLING!} "I will flay you in the dungeons, once we gain control of this city!"
"Are you kidding me?!" Joseph retorted with a smile as he parried a swing. "Everyone knows what you did! Do you really think they will follow you knowing you guys are criminals?" {SHING}
"HAH! Revolutionaries often make the necessary sacrifices to win any war!" {CLANG}
"You're a revolutionary now?!" Joseph looked at Edward like he was out of his fucking mind. "Even though nobody wanted it?!" {CLING}
"I know what's good for the people!" {CLING, CLANG!}
"As what, Katrana's lapdog!?"
"She is but a pawn, a stepping stone!" {SWIPE} "In the end, I shall become KING!"
"…" Joseph heard enough. He knew this delusional guy was dangerous and needed to be stopped. {CLING} He reached for his pocket and tossed a special smoke bomb as soon as he parried a blow. It exploded and Edward looked around in worry as he breathed in the smoke. He then saw shadows that moved about. They looked monstrous. Creatures that were large, lanky, scaly or some other attribute. He swung at the shadows as he began to feel a sense of fear from their approach.
"Get away from me!" {SWISH, SWISH} He writhed on the floor. Joseph hit him with a special gas made from a Mysterious Fruit. Something he got during his business in the Broken Isles. It's effects were as you see. Hallucinations which will spawn weak enemies visible to that person only. This type was made with a paralysis effect so as to not have the target swing at anyone randomly. "Leave me be!"
"Heh, if that's what you want…" Joseph left the guy and moved to reach the others.
As soon as we got close, Katrana frown once more. She waved her staff created a wall of black fire that held us back. Then Joseph came up and saw the fire and stood in front. "Get back!" We did as he said as he dug into his personal bag of holding in his red coat, pulling out a large container with odd runes that looked like it had simple water. "He we go!" He tossed it into the fire and it exploded on contact. The fire dispersed and we moved in.
"Nick, go help Varia with the fake, we'll deal with Prestor!"
"Got it!" I pulled out my daggers and moved to intercept the false king. Since it was not a sentient person, I'd have no problems dealing with taking it down. I moved to see Varia was giving ground as it smashed her sword. {CRACK, SHATTER!} The bastard sword broke under the strain and she moved away from him. She looked at the now quarter-sword and flipped it around to use it like a knife. Just as the fake Varian was about to make a move, I dropped in with a slash from behind.
"RAAAAAOOOOOOOOOO!" I moved back as he made a familiar sound. As to what the sound was, do any of you remember the move "The Thing"? Not the CG one, the one from the 80's. When the monster got burned to death, it made that death howl. This homunculus made that same sound… Now that I think about it, I couldn't sleep when my dad showed me the move when I was nine… YIKES!
It swung at my head as he turned suddenly. I jumped back more and Varia jumped onto his back and with a war cry, stabbed him in the head, hilt deep. "RAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOO!" He struggled as he began to bleed profusely. Varia jumped away as to avoid getting his black blood on her. I ran towards him and dove into to cut his legs. I aimed at the side of the Patella and stabbed him. I then went lower and cut at his Achilles tendon. He began to wobble as I moved away from him. He then plopped onto the floor and then tried to craw towards us. Varia grabbed a pike from the wall and charged at him and drove it into his back pinning him into the floor. "Hah… hah…" She looked exhausted as she moved back. It tried to move to us but after a moment it stopped and stayed still. It was a bit unnerving as he looked human but it was a monster in the end. I saw she had cuts and bruises, so I healed her with my basic First-Aid spell. Then we heard screaming.
"LOOK OUT!" {BOOM!} We jumped out of the way as a black fireball almost roasted us.
"ENOUGH!" Katrana yelled as she raised her staff into the air. "You are all worthless mortals whose age couldn't even amount to a fly's in my eyes! The world has enoUGH HEROES!" A black aura emanated from her body. "I should have done this the moment my plans ended!" Suddenly, her eyes which were black took on a yellow colour. With her iris turning into vertical slits. Her skin changed into a brownish hue as she began to grow. He purple robs tore as her back spouted legs and a thorny tail, becoming more like a lizard-type centaur with a beastly set of claws on each leg. Her upper body became muscular and her skin turned a mix of skin and scales, coloured in various shades of brown. Her beautiful raven hair fell off and her face twisted and extended a bit, giving it a lizard-like quality. Numerous teeth, sharp like knives, lined her mouth. She wore a red headdress and her black aura was filled with malice.
She raised her muscular arm and soon the other red armoured guards began to change tearing through their armour and becoming just like her, but with more muscles and lizard features. "AHAHAHAHAHAAAA! TELL ME MY PRINCE, DID YOU SEE THIS COMING? DID YOU TRULY PREPARE FOR THIS? HAHAHAHAHA!" She mocked, but Anduin looked at her without fear.
"What are you and What do you want?"
"FOOLISH MORTAL, LISTEN WELL! YOU STAND BEFORE ONYXIA, DAUGHTER OF DEATHWING THE DESTROYER, AND BROOD MOTHER OF THE BLACK DRANGONFLIGHT!" She then breathed fire and gave us a ruthless glare. "AND AS FOR WHAT I WANT, YOU WEAK, PATHETIC FOOLS! I'VE COME FOR YOUR SOULS!"
"I don't think so." [POISON]
Author's Notes#: With this, I'm going to make the most of the battle as Stormwind goes wild.
Now I know Broll and a few other characters were dealing with this plot originally, but like I said, Different world, different circumstances. What happens in one reality may or may not happen in another.
Now I can finally put some things to use and test out some interesting tricks. Get ready.
