Dragon Age: The Helldiver Saga - The Blight
Chapter 12
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I couldn't write one chapter every day due to working here and there from the start of SUMMER! Congrats to those who are moving up (Or Down, no offense,) in school! I'm a Junior now! Enough of school bullcrap and read on!
Austin and the recruits along with Alistair were walking the Kocari Wilds. They were on the task of retrieving three vials of Darkspawn blood with some Grey Warden Treaties that pledged its contents to the Grey Wardens to helping them against the Blight.
"So, I guess it's time to start looking, eh? John, lead on." Austin said, nudging him, grinning.
"Me?" John asked.
"Yeah, go on, Brother. We got your back." Alistair told him.
John Shrugged, "Alright."
Austin chuckled.
John took the lead and moved on, with the other recruits and the Veterans following.
Soon, after a few minutes of moving,
"I sense Darkspawn nearby. Get ready, ladies." Alistair told them.
Austin drew Parthalan for throwing, he was ready to fight the Darkspawn, or at least he thought he was.
A trio of humanoid Darkspawn come running around the corner, one of them roared at them and he got a response with a staff through the middle. Daveth took out one with his bow and arrow, John finished the last one as it stormed toward him. John gave him a thrust and kicked him off. Austin walked over to the one he killed, drew his Staff, holstered it, then returned to the group.
"So far, so good, but We've got a few more." Alistair told them.
Austin nodded and drew Excalibur. About six more came around. A target for everybody.
John was the first to step up to 'em. One headed for him. John bashed the Darkspawn with his shield, causing him to stagger back. John went in for the kill with two diagonal slashes across the chest, and the monster spun to the side and fell.
Jory sweeped under the Darkspawn coming at him with his Greatsword, Tripping it onto the ground, and he finished by slicing it in half with a straight-down overhead. He raised his Greatsword out of the dead Darkspawn, it was dropping in blood. He has killed his first one.
Daveth pinned the incoming Darkspawn in the foot, sticking him where it was. He finished it with an arrow through the head.
Alistair waited for his enemy to charge him,
"Come on, you hairy sick-in-the-head monster! Come meet your maker!" He taunted.
The monster roared and charged him. Alistair charged at him also. He bashed the Darkspawn with his shield. He walked over him and stuck his sword into the head, and twisted it.
"And stay dead!" He said.
Austin Waited until his enemy to start swinging. The monster came with an overhead, and He parried it. Austin pushed the sword away and brought the sword around his head with a slash going across the right. The Darkspawn spun to the side and Austin was back-to-back with him. He delivered the final blow with a thrust by Excalibur backward. The monster slid off and Asutin turned to the group. They were all looking at him.
"What?" Austin asked innocently.
"That was cool." Alistair told him.
Austin shrugged, "Never hurts to kill in style."
"You don't have any style, what are you talking about?" John told him with a grin.
"I got more than these guys do." Austin replied, directing at the Darkspawn, "They just cut their way through."
John chuckled, "Sure you do."
"What were those creatures?" Jory asked.
"They're Hurlocks. They can carry Greatswords, Sword and Shields..." Alistair explained, "There are Genlocks too. Midgets."
Austin looked at him, "Midgets? You mean dwarves."
"Yeah, those." Alistair said.
"Are we through here?" John asked.
Austin grinned at him, "Yep, lead on."
John nodded and everybody followed him.
While walking, they came upon a destroyed caravan. There was a bloodied soldier on the ground, crawling towards them.
"Aw Hell, he's still alive!" Austin said, rushing over to the man.
The group followed him.
"Help...me..." The man croaked.
"I got what can help him in my pack." Alistair told them as he kneeled down next to the wounded soldier.
Alistair patched the man the best he could. The man stood, but limply.
"The Darkspawn...They ambushed us." He told the group, "I need to get back to the camp."
"Go on, then." Alistair told him.
The man ran past them, The crew regrouped.
A whole group of experienced soldiers...dead!" Jory panicked.
"Hey, it's not so bad. We have an actual Grey Warden with us and We got Commander Hawke with us! You know how good he is?" Daveth Told him.
"Well...I guess it's not a desperate matter." Jory replied.
"Besides, Grey Wardens can sense the Darkspawn. That's why I'm here." Alistair said.
"Yeah, at least we'll be warned before we die." Daveth said.
"That's not going to happen." John told him.
"Not today." Austin said with him.
Jory calmed down.
"How many vials did we get?" Austin asked.
"We got...two." Alistair answered him.
"Then it's time to keep hunting." John said, walking ahead.
The group followed.
They came upon ruins of a wall that was made of arches. It was overgrown. Austin noticed a large flower with white pedestals and a red center. He walked over to it, and examined it. It could be used for a herb. He took the head, separating it from the stem and put it in a pouch for later. Someone could use it at the Camp.
They walked across the swamp grounds, there were ruins of some ancient structures. Swallowed up by the wilds, then came upon a fallen tree on two hills with three dead soldiers hanging under by ropes.
"Damn." Austin commented.
"We need to keep moving." John said.
Austin nodded.
He had to admit, he wasn't used to taking commands since being under Zartrack. He didn't have a problem with it. John was doing good so far.
They walked ahead of the fallen tree and encountered more Darkspawn on the right. There four of them, one of the Darkspawn was a Mage.
"Daveth, take out the Mage! We'll handle the other three." John commanded.
"Got it!" He responded.
The other four stormed off toward the other three Darkspawn wielding Swords and Shields.
Daveth readied his bow as the Mage saw him and was preparing a spell. Dave aimed, steadied, and let loose. The arrow hit the arm of the monster and Dave pulled out another and did the same, then let the arrow go its way. The arrow hit again, but lethally as it buried itself into the heart. The spell dispersed as its caster died.
Jory and Austin worked as Jory sweeped under the Darkspawn with Austin sliding on the ground with Excalibur pointing up while the Darkspawn was impaled into the sharp blade. Austin lifed the Darkspawn up and slammed him onto the ground in an arch. Austin drew his sword out. Jory and Austin both looked at each other, grinned, and nodded, then continued on.
Alistair brought his sword up in an uppercut, cutting the Darkspawn in front of him, then flipping the hilt and bringing it down at an angle into its neck. He pulled it out as he kicked the now-dead off of his sword while it fell to the ground. He kneeled down to retrieve another vial of the blood.
John waited for his opponent to strike first, and it did. John brought his shield up and blocked the side swing, and kicked it back. He thrusted his sword into the middle, twisted it, and pulled it out sharply. The Darkspawn fell onto it's back.
"Everybody okay?" Austin asked as the guys regrouped.
"I am okay, and we got our last vial." Alistair said as he held it up, smiling
Austin nodded, "Then We Look for the treaties."
"I'm good." Jory said.
"Ready." John said.
"Ready to go when you guys are." Dave said.
"You guys go ahead. I'm going to check the hill, here." Austin said.
"Are you sure?" Alistair asked.
"I can handle any resistance. I'll catch up."
Alistair and John nodded.
"Let's go." John told the other three guys as Austin watched them go.
After getting an idea on where they're going, Austin holstered Excalibur, turned, and headed up the hill.
He got there and found a crate, he walked over and searched through it, finding a health Poultice. He put it in a pouch of his Belt. He searched some more and didn't find anything else worth taking. He made his way down the hill.
John, Jory, and Alistair took off after a Darkspawn in golden armor. They chased him across a bridge and onto land. They got a little farther and more Darkspawn appeared out of nowhere. they were outnumbered with three to one. The Golden cackled as they were cut off from escape.
Daveth tried to help by shooting an arrow at the Leader, it hit his arm and he roared as he saw the archer. The other Darkspawn had the three guys busy, so he ran past them and after Dave.
"Oh Shit!" Dave cursed as he backed up, he didn't have any type of sword to defend himself.
The Leader continued charging, and when it got within feet of Dave, A staff buried its self into its chest. The monster fell onto the ground, motionless.
Dave looked behind him and saw Austin.
"Sorry I was late." Austin said with a small grin.
"You got here in time...if you hadn't..." He muttered.
"You'd be dead. Yeah, I was almost there one time, but focus." Austin replied before taking off to help the surrounded three guys, getting his staff and holstering it in the process.
Dave nodded and readied another arrow.
Austin drew Excalibur as he ran. He reached the three guys. He turned a Hurlock around and thrusted into it, then kicked the one to the right as it turned to see. The Genlock fell onto the ground and Austin finished it with a stab to the heart after drawing Excalibur out of the dead Hurlock.
Seeing Austin bolstered Jory's spirits as he slashed three of the Darkspawn in one swing and did so again with his Greatsword, making sure they were dead.
John responded to Austin's Rescue by blocking an attack by a Darkspawn. He cut him diagonally from the top right and came back across the middle horizontally. It spun and fell. He, then, cut another with an overhead in a crescent, making it spin and fall also.
Alistair bashed a Hurlock and angled his shield to where he will finish with a strike with the rim, snapping the neck, and it fell.
Austin was standing there flurrying his sword as he slashed the two Hurlocks on both sides of him. He did so multiple times in a variety of patterns. He finished and the two stood there for a few moments then fell backwards.
"Well, That was fun." Austin said as everybody regrouped, grinning. He withdrew Excalibur into its Scabbard.
"Good thing you came when you did." John said, grinning back.
"Yeah, I had to come save your sorry-asses." Austin told him, still grinning.
"We aren't sorry, we're poor." Alistair told him, smiling.
"Poor it is, then." Austin replied.
"I know he saved my sorry-ass." Dave said.
Austin chuckled, "You were defenseless."
"Yeah..." Dave replied.
"Shall we continue?" Alistair said.
"Let's go." Austin said as John led them once again.
They walked and Austin saw a large structure ahead, surrounded by more Darkspawn and another Alpha, or so Alistair called them.
"Seeing what I'm seeing?" Austin asked.
"Yep." John replied, "Dave, take out the archers. We got the others."
"Gotcha." Dave said as he nocked an arrow.
"Time to kill some more Darkspawn." Austin said as he drew Excalibur.
John grinned, "Ladies first."
Austin laughed and took off. He's after the Alpha. He knew it was the more skilled of the Darkspawn.
The Alpha roared and did a neck-cutting gesture.
"Charming." Austin said as he walked.
The Alpha growled as he drew his own sword.
"Bring it." Austin taunted.
And The Alpha did that. It went for the strike as Austin parried it. The Alpha went for a overhead diagonal slash, Austin parried it. He could tell it was getting angry as it started going all out on him. He kept his cool as he calmly blocked each and every slash. The Alpha lunged at him and Austin dodged to the left as he slashed the monster's arm. It roared in pain and anger as it raged. Austin, again, kept his calm and blocked every attack until an opening. The Alpha went for another overhead and He blocked it and tilted Excalibur as he struck its sword away and impaled the monster through the middle when it looked back at Austin after it looked at the sword.
Two Hurlocks came at John, he responded with a pommel strike of his sword and kicked the same one away while he had only a few seconds to react on the other before that same Hurlock came back over. He thrusted into it and kicked it away as he turned his attention back to the one still alive. It went for an overhead, but during the maneuver, John already stabbed it. He kicked it off.
Daveth worked on getting rid of the Archers. There were four of them, and he already gotten two. He nocked another arrow and aimed at his next target. When he did, he dodged an incoming arrow from his target.
"That was close!" He told himself.
He aimed at the same Hurlock again and let his arrow loose as he got a bullseye. He had one more and he was going to get the kill. He pulled another arrow out of his Quiver and nocked it. He steadied, and let it loose. He got the target, but didn't kill it. He did the same thing and shot another into his target, finishing it.
Alistair had two Genlocks with daggers coming at him.
"Aw, Coming to play with daddy, are you?" He said.
He tripped one of them and stabbed it when he flipped the sword and drew it out. He turned to the other and hit it with the rim of his shield.
"And you're tired." Alistair said.
Jory backed as three Hurlocks closed in on him. He readied his Greatsword, and did a straight-down overhead on the middle. He lifted it back up and did another crescent, sending the other two off their feet. He jumped on top of the closest one and brought his Greatsword down onto the head. He drew his long sword and went over to the other. He stood at the side with his sword hovering inches from the stomach. He brought his Greatsword around his body and let it hang behind him before bringing it over to a body-splitting cut.
"That was gory. He must of had a head splitting day." Alistair told Jory, walking up to him.
"It was necessary." Jory replied, chuckling.
"Come on, They're moving." Alistair said.
Jory nodded and followed him.
Austin and John came upon a broken chest in the old structure. Austin searched through it, finding nothing.
"It's empty." Austin said, standing up.
"Well, That's Just great." Alistair said, walking up, "Where could they be?"
"If you're looking for the contents of that chest, it's gone." A female voice came from behind.
They all turned to see a Chasnid Woman, stepping down a staircase.
Dave gasped, "That's...That's... A Witch of the Wilds!"
She looked at him, "Please, I'm not such." She walked past the group onto a ground balcony, overlooking the lands below.
"Those papers are Grey Warden Property, you witch." Alistair said.
She turned to face them, "I do not have them."
"What do you mean?" John asked.
"My mother has them, What do you think I am besides these imbeciles?" She asked John.
"You're calling us Imbeciles? How Charming." Alistair said.
"She's a Witch, I tell you! She'll turn us into toads!" Dave panicked.
"You're a lady who lives here in the Wilds. That's all I know." John replied to her.
"She is not a Witch of the Wilds. If she was, she wouldn't make her appearance like this." Austin said.
The Arkanes had little knowledge on the Witches of The Wilds. Austin studied the best he could out of the subject since his main area of work was Ferelden.
"And Who is this Handsome man?" The Lady asked towards Austin.
"Austin Hawke."
"You may call me Morrigan, if you wish."
Austin nodded, "Ok, Morrigan. Is there any way for us to get those Documents back?"
"You can ask my Mother, she is the one who has them."
"Can you take us there?" John asked.
"Yes." She replied.
"Now we're going with her?" Alistair asked.
"Unless you want to wait here." Austin told him.
"Fine, but if we die, I'm getting you." Alistair said.
"I'll make sure we don't." Austin replied.
The group followed Morrigan to an old hut. There was an old lady outside, who seems to be waiting.
"Morrigan, who have you brought to our home?" The Lady asked.
"We're here to retrieve the Grey Warden Treaties you have stolen." Alistair told her.
"Stolen?" The lady asked, then laughed, "Hardly. I was protecting them."
He was taken aback, "Oh, You were protecting them?"
"Yes. I knew the Grey Wardens would come looking for their treaties sooner or later."
"She's a witch
Then the lady turned and went inside the hut.
After a few moments, she came back out with the documents.
"Here you go." She told Austin, handing him the Treaties.
"Thank you." Austin responded, handing the papers to Alistair.
"Oh, No need. You got what you came for."
"And thank you, Morrigan for taking us here." Austin told Morrigan with a smile.
She gave the slightest sign of a smile back, Austin almost didn't catch it.
"You're welcome." Morrigan replied.
"Well, Morrigan, these are your guests, maybe you should lead them back?" The Woman suggested.
"I...very well." She replied and turned to the men, "Right this way."
I couldn't remember the conversations very well, so I used what I did remember and added some parts. Remember, I only played once!
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