Chapter 14

A Vengeance Fulfilled & a Love Made Eternal

She looked up at Jasorick's lifeless body. She noticed his amulet's gem was glowing and heard voices coming from the gem, which played inside her head. They were calling her "Gravelyn, Gravelyn. You have proven yourself most worthy of the Gunthor family. We understand now of what Jasorick truly saw inside you, your will to fight for your beliefs, to make a stand to do what you think is right, and most of all, you have been shown the light. Touch the amulet, learn the true power of the Gunthors"

But as she reached out to touch it, she saw a familiar figure and heard a the voice of someone she thought she'd never hear or see again "Gravelyn, wait!" it was Jasorick's spirit. She looked back in a delighted shock "You may be accepted by my family now, but you still don't have Gunthor blood in you let alone the training you need to control all our spirits. You might die while controlling them. Hang on, wait there for a minute!"

Jasorick then touched the brim of the amulet with his ghostly hand. This made a fragment of it come off and by magic, formed a ring. "Here, put this on, I will be able to help you control us" He, at that point, infused his soul into the ring and after this, it glowed a bright yellow colour for a few seconds and went normal again. Only this time it had small veins of glowing yellow running all around the ring and it looked like it was actually made of gold, and oddly enough, it looked like a wedding ring.

This caught the attention of Mavork, who turned to her and exclaimed "What in Lore was that?!" Gravelyn replied with an evil smile
"Your demise!" she slipped the ring on her left, wedding finger without hesitation. And with the same hand, touched the amulet.

Suddenly, all the spirits inside the amulet's gem were released and coursed their way up Gravelyn's arm and into her eyes, which started to glow. As this happened, her body shook. She was taking every power in the Gunthor family, absorbing every last drop of their souls, multiplying her power.

Mavork exclaimed in horror and shock "No! No! The prophecy is being fulfilled! I thought if I killed the Gunthors, it wouldn't be complete! I have to stop it!" He charged at her. But as he tried a swipe, he got rebounded back to the wall near his window by the spirits entering Gravelyn as if he had just been shot out of a gun.

There was a prophecy stating that "A non-Gunthor would fall in love with a member of the family and when the world comes to the grip of a powerful threat, he or she would unleash the power of the Gunthors upon the one who threatens the safety of the people"

Initially, it was Drakath's intention to kill the Gunthors to make sure this did not happen for when he arose to claim power over Lore, but at the same time he could not reappear so soon, as people at that time thought he was dead. So he met Mavork, promised him riches, power and god-like status. But to gain this he had to go through an "initiation" task, to kill the Gunthors, every last one of them. Which he accepted.

As soon as she absorbed the entire amulet's power, she arose, floating in the air. Eyes glowing, all the souls circling around her, the glowing Gunthor Celtic symbols of the Gunthor Elders appearing on her arms, legs, body and forehead, and a slight breeze coming from her. But unlike when Jasorick unleashed the power at the orphanage, she was in control, the symbols were a sign she was.

She now possessed power that could destroy worlds. Entire cities could be wiped out by her hand if she wished. "No! I will not let you stop me!" horrifically exclaimed Mavork. He blasted the strongest dark spell he knew from the tip of his sword. Gravelyn, to counteract, just held up her hand and shot out a huge beam of light. The two beams clashed in the middle but it was a short clash. Gravelyn's light beam was far more superior to Mavork's dark blast.

The result sent Mavork into the air crashing into the same wall he had been rebounded into, which crumbled after this, exposing the fight to the ground battle, which had now ended with both sides defeating Chaos and joining forces. Mavork was quickly losing his grip over his armies and his power.

He got back on his feet, only to be knocked off them once more by Gravelyn, now sending his sword flying out the gap in the wall and into the moat of spikes. Mavork, while backing away from her scared, cried out franticly in desperation "Please! Have mercy!" but Gravelyn replied with a thousand voices talking with her, including Jasorick's
"Thy shall have no mercy! Now by the honour of our kin, to strike you dead, we and I hold it not a sin" she then moved closer and closer towards Mavork, who kept crawling away in fear until he nearly backed over his gap in the wall that the sword fell out of.

She and the Gunthors then spoke "Thee Mavork's crimes on Lore are inexcusable, thy shall no longer deserve a beating heart. Thy has slain lives closest to thee. So now, your life shall now pay the forfeit of Lore's peace" and with a high jump into the air, she landed on Mavork and slew him by dismembering his limbs, one by one, making his death slow and painful for all the lives he had taken. And to finish, she broke his neck with a cringing crack, ripping his head off and plunging her hand into his chest, grabbing hold and crushing his life-source, in other words, his 'heart'.

Mavork's body quickly disintegrated in dust. With no soul or life-source, his body had no choice.

Straight after this, Gravelyn floated over to Jasorick's dead body and in the blink of an eye, the power faded from her and was absorbed back into Jasorick's amulet gem. The ring that held Jasorick's soul slipped off her finger, dropped to the floor turned back to a normal ring.

She regained awareness of her surroundings again, and looking up, she saw Jasorick's spirit floating above her. "You did it Gravelyn" told Jasorick looking into her eyes with a happy expression on his face
"You mean we did it" replied Gravelyn
"Yes well..., anyway, I have to move on to The Heavens now and eventually, fuse with the amulet"
"What? No..., I..., d-don't make a girl a promise you can't keep, please stay I won't be anything without you" Gravelyn was close to sobbing. Tears started to form on her eyes
"Look Gravelyn, I'll never be gone and I'll always thank you for showing me true love and that someone will always be there for me, no matter how dim the light is at the end of the tunnel. You shall never be alone..., you are my very existence, my soul, heart and mind, and I shall always be with you, always" Gravelyn began to cry and replied sadly
"I'll miss you..., I love you, so much"
"And I love you too Gravelyn, more than anything" and just at that moment, a shimmer of light shone on Jasorick's corpse and his ghost, both began to rise. From the light, you could hear angels singing and beautifully playing their harps in perfect harmony. "Well..., time to go" but Gravelyn didn't respond. She could only cry and put her hands on her face in sadness and sorrow.

But as both his body and soul got nearly into the source of this beam, a god-like voice spoke to Jasorick. The voice said "Jasorick, do not ascend, as your purity, your will and your good intentions have saved Lore and have forced the end of a madman's crazy and insane indoctrination plans" as he was saying this, Jasorick started to descend back into the tower with Gravelyn "The Light and Life God has decided to give you a second life, we hope you use this life well and you do not abuse it, and when you come to ascend, we shall give you a hero's welcome and an afterlife of paradise. Now go..., live the life you were meant to live"

After this, the light started to heal Jasorick's wound and his soul disappeared into the corpse. Next minute there was a blinding flash of light, and when it cleared, Jasorick was laid down on the floor of the tower. Gravelyn, confused, walked over and knelt on one knee next to Jasorick. Just then, Jasorick's eyes began to open, flinches of life coursed through him. Eventually, they stopped and Jasorick slowly opened his eyes.

He had been resurrected from the dead, back to life. Jasorick looked up and asked "Is this the heavens?" but he then realised something. He noticed Gravelyn was with him and that the room looked like the inside of Mavork's tower. Gravelyn answered tearfully happy "No, you're back with me" Jasorick was stunned, he realised that he had been resurrected, given a second chance. He pinched himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming, and it hurt.

As soon as he realised this, he leapt at Gravelyn, cradling her in his arms. And Jasorick did something no one had seen him do in a while, he cried a little. But these were not tears of sorrow, these were tears of joy, he had been given another chance to live the life he was going to live.

He stepped away from Gravelyn, only a few inches, and said, wiping his tears away "I...I...I don't know what to say"
"Just say I love you, stupid!" replied Gravelyn merrily
"I love you, Gravelyn" The couple then kissed and also at this point the part of the wall that covered them from the bridges collapsed and reviled the couple to the people down below.

By now, light was shining down on the battlefield, and all traces of darkness on the fortress had disappeared. Artix and the rest looked up to where the wall had crumbled. Artix then, being the cocky, immature paladin he is, let out a big cheer to Gravelyn and Jasorick, and soon, the others did the same.

This interrupted their kiss and made them both blush red. Jasorick looked on the ground and found the ring he had made from the emblem, which now was just a gold, woman's ring, picked it up and put it behind his back.

He said to Gravelyn nervously "Hey…umm…Gravelyn, I have…err…I have something to ask you" He then got down on one knee, held the ring up and asked "Gravelyn, Empress of Shadowfall, will you marry me?" Gravelyn was stunned, but with a little hesitation she said ecstatically
"Yes! Yes, I will marry you!" Jasorick at that time leapt up and hugged Gravelyn.

He was soon not to be the last Gunthor, this is what he had dreamed about for most of his teen life and now. Releasing from the hug and looking out onto the bridge. People and undead alike were cheering. Looking at each other, the couple had a quick kiss, looked back to the armies and raised their swords in victory.

When they got down to their horses, they both rode together, whilst listening to the cheers and congratulations from their comrades passing by them. Looking at Jasorick, Gravelyn said playfully with a smile "Well, I guess it's time to make wedding plans" she giggled which afterward made Jasorick smile, and they rode off back to Swordhaven, now fiancé and fiancée.