Dragon Age: The Helldiver Saga - The Blight

Chapter 26

Hey guys! This is the Chapter where I will introduce two of the new characters!

One Character is from my fellow friend and reviewer, NOM, He's given me his support ever since he's found me and this is the least I could do by letting him put a character in, and be himself with The Helldiver he's crazy about! (if you look at the earlier reviews, you'll know. :D)

The Other is From Veyron, he has another one coming to Join Austin, but this one, He's exactly the opposite. You'll learn more about him later!

Anyway, Here it is!

Isabela's ship was within range of Arkadia, They were heading for the Capital of Arkadia, as they were when they left for The Battle Of Ostagar. They were all on the deck, ready to disembark.

Austin saw a ship that was all too familiar. It was a very large ship with its own docking. Bigger than a Qunari Battleship.

Rolling with the waves, was The Legacy. The largest Flagship in Thedas.

The Legacy was built by The Engineers in the Arkanes who started the Helldivers, it took a long time, but when it was finished, it was worth it. It packed over ten cannons on both sides. No land can withstand its bombardment. Not counting the swivel cannons on the deck, allowing precise hits on both land and ship. The Legacy by itself or not, it is a ship not to be fucked with. The massive ship is the Flagship of all fleets in the Navy of The Helldivers. It had a crew over a 1,000. It made Isabela's ship seem like an ant. It was large enough to block out the sun for the entire city when it is there.

"That's the biggest ship I've ever seen!" Merrill said, in awe at The Legacy

Even though he saw the ship many times in his career, even been on it once, he marveled at the ship every time he saw it.

"It IS the biggest ship." Sul said.

Sarah had her jaw hit the deck, "Bloody hell..."

Austin and Hannah laughed a bit at her face, "I know, Big sum-bitch, ain't she?" Austin told her.

"She is!" Sarah agreed.

They were docked and off of Isabela's ship. They were on their way to their barracks.

"The Capital City hasn't changed much since the last I've been here." Hannah said, looking around.

"It didn't have much changes." Austin replied.

They continued walking, Austin was trying to suppress the need to laugh at Merrill, who was looking EVERYWHERE. Her eyes darted across every single detail in the environment, taking it in.

The City was noisy, as usual with Sword clashes, Blacksmiths hammering, and birds humming.

Soon, They reached their barracks,

"Ah! Home Sweet Home!" Garaoff said, relieved.

"Hell Yeah!" Sul said, agreeing.

"Honey, I'm home!" Garaoff bellowed, walking to his tent.

Austin shook his head at Garaoff shouting.

He turned to The rest of the crew.

"Alright, Cailan and I about to head off to The Arkane Headquarters. They'll be waiting for us by now." Austin told them.

The Helldivers of his group nodded and walked off to their tents. Leaving Austin, Merrill, Cailan, Sarah, and Hannah.

"Ooh, Can I go?" Merrill asked.

"And I?" Sarah asked.

Austin looked to Hannah, who shrugged with a smile, he chuckled.

"Yeah, I'll bring you two cream pies with me." Austin told them.

"Yay!" Merrill said.

"Thanks, Brother." Sarah told him.

"Mum, I'm sure you can find something to do around here, see if Garaoff will let you use his Smithy." Austin told her.

She nodded, smiling, "oh, The call of Blacksmithing, I shall do that." And she walked off. Emitting a chuckle from Austin and Sarah.

"Ok, Let's go." Austin said.

Unknown Location

Stood a man at his desk, a single light shone down on him at an angle, hiding his face. He had both hands on the table, looking down, leaning on it. His breathing, rasped, due to an ancient incident.

Came a knock on his door.

"Come in." The Man growled.

The door opened with two other men walking in.

"Ser, We're here to report." One of the men said.

"Speak." The man growled again.

"Our men have failed their assignment. From what we've heard, they attacked, managed to separate the leader from his companions, and One of our own managed to poison him, but his comrades made it to him before it could finish its work." The other man said.

"And what else?" The man growled, anger all too evident in his voice.

"The King was with them when our men tried another attack even when The leader wasn't with them, but that one failed as well."

Rage boiled within the man in front of them, His hands curled into fists as he lifted and slammed them onto the desk, cracking it.

"Why The FUCK do I have to do everything?! I know these men can fight! They have invisibility on their side, yet, they fail!" The man said, his face was halfway clear. The light shown his face just above his left eye and down at a diagonal angle

His face, also disfigured by that same incident, barely looked human.

Both men backed up in fear.

The man calmed down, sighing, "Make sure they are ready before sending them off. Take these orders and carry them out. Loghain would want us to, anyway."

Both men bowed before taking the paper and exiting the room.

"The Helldivers are going down...Hard." The man muttered to himself before sitting down.

(That was Veyron's Character. Like I said, You'll learn more about him later on! :D Here's A Hint, He's one of the main antagonists.)

Austin and his small group made it to Arkane Hall. They all entered.

"This is a fine city." Cailan commented.

Austin shrugged, "That's the way they like it."

They continued maneuvering through the building, if it was a lot busier than the last he's been here, then The Arkane Council is aware of what's happening in Ferelden.

He made it to the same, large double doors. He hasn't ran into Kate, he hoped she was doing Ok. He turned to Merrill and Sarah.

"You will have to wait out here, The Council would only want to speak to Cailan and I."

Sarah nodded, "Of course, Brother, we'll be here. That is, if Merrill's curiosity doesn't get her."

Austin chuckled, "Yeah, That's True."

"It might!" Merrill replied to her.

Austin turned to Cailan and motioned for him. They both walked up to the Double doors.

The guards at the door acknowledged Austin and The King. They opened the doors.

The two Soldiers stepped inside and onto the small platform, Austin felt at home, recognizing the Tall table of The Arkane Council.

The Commander saw The Councilors. He and Cailan both, bowed at the same time.

"Councilors." Austin greeted them.

"Commander, good to see you back in one piece, This is Cailan, I presume?" The Lead Councilor asked.

"Yes, Your Highness." Cailan replied.

"What has happened at the Battle? Captain Jenkins and Arnold made it back, but we needed you to confirm them." Another Male councilor asked.

"The Battle was a loss, Councilor, The Cailan's Army was decimated while I commanded Jenkins to pull the Helldivers out while My companions and I took Cailan through the Kocari Wilds, hoping to lose the trailing Darkspawn. After that, We left the People into believing he was dead. It was better off that way." Austin told him.

The Councilors all nodded, taking in what happened.

"What about Loghain?" A Female councilor asked.

"He pulled out, he's the reason why The Battle wasn't a victory." Austin answered.

"Is there anything else you may want to speak about?" The Lead asked.

"Have you heard of the Treachery Loghain has accused Us Helldivers and Grey Wardens of? Calling us Traitors?" Austin asked.

The Councilors narrowed their eyes in disbelief,

"What?!" A Councilor said.

"Loghain has framed us!" Another councilor answered.

"We cannot allow our forces to be harassed!" One more said.

After that, the room became a war room of talk.

"Enough!" The Lead Councilor shouted, silencing the others.

"What do you plan to do, Commander?" The Lead asked.

"I was going to leave The King here under Helldiver protection until the Landsmeet. I will take my companions to try to rally allies that obliged to help us and The Grey Wardens during a Blight." Austin replied.

The Lead nodded, thinking, "That can work. The King will be here under our protection until needed, is there anything else?"

"The Invisible Daggers are back." Austin told them.

Several pairs of eyes of the Councilors went wide.

"They're back? How so?" The Lead asked.

"They have attacked us on both trips. On the way to Ostagar, one of them poisoned me, but I was saved by my Healer, Right before I was Gone" Austin said. He lifted the side of his leather armor to show the visible scar. Some of the Councilors winced.

"Hmm..." The Lead said, thinking, "We'll deal with them. You will have more pressing matters to attend to. Is that all?"

"Yes, Councilor." Austin replied, nodding.

"Very Well, This Meeting is Adjourned. Oh, and Commander?" The Lead said after Cailan and Austin bowed and begun walking back to the doors.

"Yes, Councilor?" Austin asked, looking back at him.

"If I'm not mistaken, Selina hasn't told you about your newest recruit." The Councilor told him.

"Recruit? She hasn't mentioned that..." Austin replied.

"Speak with her, she knows."

Austin turned and bowed again before their eye contact was broken.

They stepped outside the Meeting Room, Seeing Merrill and Sarah.

"How did it go?" Sarah asked when she saw Austin.

"It went well, I've got a new recruit, apparently." Austin answered.

She looked at him, thinking about...

"Oh, Cailan? No, He's staying here."

"Oh! Ok." Sarah said, nodding.

"Yeah." Austin said.

An officer walked up to them and saluted to Austin.

"At ease, whatcha got?" Austin asked.

"I'm here to escort The King of Ferelden to his office here in HQ." The Officer said.

Austin nodded and stepped to the side to allow Cailan to step forward.

"Let us be off, Then. See you later, Commander." Cailan told him.

"Bye!" Merrill said, emitting another chuckle from Sarah and Austin.

"Ok, Let's go back to The Barracks." Austin told them, walking off.

Sarah and Merrill followed.

They got back to the Barracks of Alpha.

(Sorry for Calling Austin and his Companions, 'Alpha', REALLY late. I didn't know whether to call them that or not.)

Merrill and Sarah walked off to find something to do while Austin went to find Selina.

He found her in front of her tent with Mia, reading a book. Mia was sharpening her arrows.

"Hey Selina?" Austin asked.

"Yes, Austin?" Selina replied.

"The Akane Council told me about Alpha's newest recruit...?" Austin asked.

"Ah, Yes! I called him up here early, since I figured they would mention him. He should be here about...now." She said, getting up.

Austin followed her to the entrance of their barracks. There was, indeed, a Helldiver at the entrance.

"Oh, uh...Hi, is this Alpha's barracks?" The Man asked, a bit nervous, he had his helmet on. Plus, His voice was deep and said he wasn't as old as he sounded.

The first thing Austin noticed was his height. He was slightly more taller than Saras. He was surprised. His body build of his armor suggested that he had a slim, yet built body, and used Martial arts. It was written all over him.

The second thing was his armor. He wore Silverite Light-weight plating of the Torso, The Helldiver Triangular helmet, Gauntlets, Greaves, and Boots. His Torso part of the Armor had a roaring lion on it. It was nice.

The Third was the Starmetal Greatsword holstered on his back. Austin was really surprised, a Starmetal Weapon of any type was rare.

"Yes, you're at the right place. I take it that you're Alpha's recruit?" Selina asked.

"Yes, Ma'am. I came as instructed." The man replied.

He looked over and saw Austin, then immediately Saluted.

"Commander! It's an honor to be here, Ser!" The man told him, full of nervousness from head to toe.

Austin dismissed it, "Hey, now. No need to do that, you're part of Alpha now. Take your Helmet off, there's nothing here that'll bite." Austin said as he grinned.

The man nodded, "Yes Ser." He unlocked the clasps on the collar of his armor and took the helmet off.

His instinct earlier was right, The man was fairly young. Perhaps in his early thirties. He had black hair in a ponytail, like Duncan. He had light to the fuckin' Blue, eyes. His stare would make anyone feel uneasy.

(HAHA! I'm just playing with ya! He has light blue eyes, but not that light, though.)

Overall, He was a good-looking man.

"So...How do I look?" The man asked, grinning.

Austin chuckled, "A Man, now, get your ass in here."

"Happy to oblige." The man said, walking into the camp.

"I'll leave you two to introductions, I've got to catch up on my reading." Selina said.

"See you later." Austin said, bidding her farewell.

The Man and Austin turned to look at each other.

"You're fuckin' tall, you know that, right?" Austin asked.

The man laughed, "Yes, Ser. I do."

"So, Tell me about yourself." Austin said, leaning on a post.

The man cleared his throat, "Well, let's just start off with my name, you can call me, Martin, or Marty if it suits you."

Austin nodded, "Nice to finally meet you, Martin, I'll call you by your real name. Marty just doesn't do it..." Austin trailed off, trying to get rid of the need to laugh.

"I know, I know! Some of my folks called me 'Marty' for some reason." Martin told him, also doing the same thing as Austin.

"I was born a noble in Antiva, Antiva City. Born and raised before I heard about The Helldivers."

Austin nodded, "Nice, My Father commands the Helldivers there."

"Really? That's so cool! Anyway, I don't really speak much, which resulted in my deep voice, and I can pretty much handle myself in any combat situations, and I put in Martial arts in my fighting."

Austin nodded again, "Maybe I ought get you and Sullivan to duel, see who's better."

"Is Sullivan one of your crew?" Martin asked.

"Yeah, He's somewhere around here, probably with Jen."

Martin nodded, "That's pretty much it, other than the fact that I get really nervous when I'm around Girls that I really like."

Austin chuckled, "I was the same way when I was younger, but Everybody but one, is taken. And that's Saras."

"Saras? Isn't that a Qunari name?" Martin said.

"You studied your books really well. But, yes, Saras is A Qunari. She's not part of the Qun, though, she quit it and came to us."

"Thank you, Ser. I'll look foward to meeting everybody." Martin said.

Austin nodded once more as he grinned, "Oh, Don't worry, you'll be meeting them real soon."

Martin chuckled, "Might as well get ready..."

"Yep." Was Austin's response.

I give Credit to Veyron for helping me with the Preview of the antagonist!

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~Dark