Chapter 21: The visitor
I end up placing on a scarf and one of them Silverveil traditional crown whatchamacallits that I stole when we attacked ages ago. Nyroc and I fly down to the gate and there is a hooded figure in front of us. There is a storm brewing and the torches go out. I catch a glimpse of the visitor's eyes. They are dark blue laced with black and purple and glowing.
"Who are you and what do you want from me?" I ask
"Funny, Nyra said that you were a little more caring about authority. I guess she was wrong." The visitor says
"How dare you say that about the Queen of Evil!" I yell
"Queen of Evil? Just if she didn't lead a fascist commune of hath wits. When I was in charge. Dear Glaux, I had this place ready to fight and always working their tail feathers off." The visitor replies
"I am warning you. Besmirch the name of Nyra Canner and you will get what is coming to you." Nyroc says
"I'd never besmirch that woman. However, you look like a confident and well trained one." The visitor says
"Who are you?" I ask sternly grasping to a stick
"Who am I? Well…"
He takes off his hood by uniting the sting and throwing it aside and I am shocked to find that it is…
"Lord Mordecai of the Pure Ones. The original High Tyto of my Pure Ones." He announces
"What are you doing here? You were in hell and according to the legend…?" I ask
"I escaped. Your heart and the power of some close allies helped me to be freed from the fiery depths of Hell. Nyra was hardly a help, since she is isolated in the nothingness of Limbo. All there is there is her and a perch. About it I am afraid." He explains
"How?" I ask
"Didn't you just…? Oh my Glaux… Your heart is the key to me returning. You had become Nyra when you had donned her helmet, and she has ½ of my evil in her. The other half being in Kludd, but that is irreverent. I am back as a mortal to exact my revenge, Elanore Brix and Nyroc Canner. I plan to do want I wanted and take over the Owl Kingdoms, by force of my wrath. Cheyenne isn't here, since I had drained the power that was keeping me in that fiery place." He explains
"What do you mean by "…take over the Owl Kingdoms" when you clearly have been dead for centuries." Nyroc says
"I know you. You're the grandson of Kludd and Nyra. Yes… Defiantly looks a lot more like he is a Kludd somewhat. Where did the other colours come from?" He says while inspecting Nyroc
"From my "Mother", Liana Cyorts." He replies
"I like how you quoted that. You make an excellent soldier, Nyroc… That is your name right?" he replies
"Nyroc Canner, Prince of Ga'Hoole and Middle Kingdoms." He announces
"I see, I see. I wonder if the blunder has finally dropped off." He mutters
"You mean Coryn, his "father". He is alive." I inform him
"What?!" He exclaims
"Your goddess enemies, Nya and Cheyenne, under Glaux's orders brought him back four years ago. Explaining how I was able to capture him, his wife, his uncle, whom Nyroc killed, and his daughter." I explain
"You killed Soren?" He says to Nyroc
"Yes. I killed my grand-uncle for my tupsi. It was going to be my father, but he got in the way so I just killed him instead." Nyroc explains
"You're a good kid by killing off the one thing that caused a whole heap of grief upon your grandparents and the Pure Ones. No wonder Elanore and you are together. You have ambition and she has power. However, you are both evil and that is the one thing we need for the Pure Ones." He replies while scuffing the feathers on his head then beginning to go back to the Pure One Palace (that we had to rebuild. That is basically why we took four years. We had to get the Force and the castle and St. Aegolius back)
"Where are you going?" I ask
"I have a plan, Elanore. A plan to finally take down Ga'Hoole and their alias, involving the Guardians that my annoying counterpart had helped create." He replies
We then leave to go back to the palace. He brings up a plan to destroy Ga'Hoole and the Guardians and it allowing us to use the Great Tree as a base. He is a visionary and a knower of all things evil. He is just… Perfect. If I wasn't loyal to my Nyroc I would date this God of Darkness. Besides, he makes it so we can be awake longer and I find that perfect (seeing as the sun always comes up when we are always busy).
"So, let me get this straight. You will kill all that are Guardians of the freaking Ember just to prove a point?" I ask
"Elanore, I want to kill them as they assisted Cheyenne in killing me and storming my base. I will kill them if it is the last thing I will do. It will be bloody revenge in a coup. Elanore, what will happen if they surrender?" He explains
"They will bow down to us and we van punish them still. Mordecai, you are a genius!" I exclaim
"That is just so freaking excellent. Knowing my "father" and his pacifist views of fighting me, we will be able to take them all down." Nyroc adds
"Exactly." He replies
"Why don't you address my troops. Seeing as they will know the God of Darkness when they see him." I say to him
"Good Idea." He replies
He leaves the room and Nyroc comes up to me. I wonder what he will say this time. He looks gobsmacked about Mordecai returning.
"I cannot believe that Mordecai of the Pure Ones has returned. We will be able to take down Ga'Hoole Tree and all the other kingdoms when we come down to it." Nyroc says
"If there is one, there will be another. I think the Cheyenne of Tyto might return soon." I reply
"If that happens, we will be ready for what happens. Mordecai will seek vengeance anyway." He says
"Indeed." I reply
We both join Mordecai in the Throne Room as troops assemble. His speech says that he has returned and the Pure Ones will finally have glory. I like where he is going with all of this. Nyroc and I are happy to have the funder of the Pure Ones on our side. Ga'Hoole will be ours and they will all die. Nyra will be avenged and I will have my revenge. For Nyra. (A quote that Pure Ones say on the video game. I added it in for a bit of a joke :D)