Legend of Heroes:
Chapter 1: A Knight's Tale -- Matt
The greatest moment of every Knighblade's life is when he goes forth at
16 to be Knighted like his brothers and fathers, and their brothers and
fathers before. Paul is telling me I got off easy with this bandit
assignment. GUess they diddn't think I was up to too much challenge,
heh. Shar could have been a little nicer about things, but then, she's
Shar and incapable of being nice. Somewhere far back in time I seem to
recall a cute little girl, but I could be wrong. It could be a dream:
my parents were in it, although Paul was pretty much the same as he's
always been. My dear brother is conciously intolerant of doing good. He
can't do it, and if he tried, he'll explode, like if Shar tried to be
kind she'd turn to stone and crack.
They didn't have to come if all they were going to do was dally and
scoff. It wouldn't have hurt to be a little more supportive, like that
village girl Hana. She was nice.. Oh, I forgot -- this is Paul and Shar
we're talking about. Sorry. People who won't even bother to say
good-bye to their own brothers when they leave. I don't blame Hana for
thinking Paul started the fire; he was very suspicious, disappearing in
the middle of the night. I wish Shar'd at least TRY to get along, but
that's impossible. I'm trying to go easy since she did half-kill
herself trying to save our butts from that freak fire, but you'd think
she'd at least be apologetic about destroying someone's home. Besides,
Hana can cook.
Hana is too sweet for anyone normal to feel anything but sympathy for
her. She was just a common village girl putting three travellers up for
the night and all of a sudden, she's lost everything. Most people would
have gone hard and bitter, but she didn't, which says something for
good spirit. I'm wondering if there was anything we could do for her
when we reached Pajilk. Maybe set her up there or in Listenia city...
Pajilk turns out to be a bad idea, being overrun by the Knights of
Helstrom. The knights of Helstrom? What are they doing so far out in
Listenia?
"Gee, I don't know. Christmas shopping?"
Okay, so that was a stupid question. I'm generally the one entitled to
stupid questions, but that doesn't spare me from Shar's sarcasm. Bah.
I hate the way she goes on sometimes. It's annoying. I hate the way she
constantly puts down the King and calls him "Ol' Randal", too, and I
hate to admit she's right this time.
It's the new advisor, Ligado. No-one knows where he came from, but
everyone listens to him, especially the King. The coward decided the
Knights of Helstrom aren't people he'd want to get involved in. Shit.
What about my brother? Don't you care that one of your best knights is
missing?
"Oh, I'm sure he'll turn up..."
King Randal sounds positively cheery about it. Shar mumbled something
that sounded like "I told you so". I really didn't want to know.
Thankfully, someone in this city has a sense of honour. Thomas
Devereaux, Knight Captain, finally agrees to help. In Pajilk, however,
things don't go quite as planned and we get captured. Not a word, Shar,
not a word.
Sir Avram the Black Knight was there, which was troubling. Thomas
especially was concerned, fearing an attack on the castle. Just as we
were contemplating how to escape, Paul turns up again, in a dark knight
suit. What is he doing here?
"Sight-seeing. Tour Helstrom castle for 25 GP."
"Shut up, Shar."
"My bad."
"I'm the Dark Knight of Hellstrom."
WHOA!
"Get out of here before I kill you."
Paul... Pauldarian Knightblade, my own brother... ... He's always had a
mean, rebellious streak in him, but Dark Knighting and threatening to
kill us is going too far. No brother of mine is going to turn out this
way! There was something... something wrong with him. His eyes were
dull and lifeless, like I've never seen before. Paul... we would have
taken him with us, by force if we had to, but Shar insisted on leaving.
How can she be so cold about this? Even for her... and what's that shit
about my brother being dead? Paul's lost his head, man. He needs help.
Bad. But how can we help?
We can barely help ourselves. Once back in Listenia, King Randal was
completely indifferent to the news, putting, instead, a bounty on all
our heads. Thomas has, of course, lost his Knight Captain-ship. There
was nothing to do but move on and warn the rest of the world. Perhaps
Vermine will be sympathetic to our troubles. Shar complains a lot about
bad strategy and running. This is the part where you slap her in the
back of the head until she comes to her senses. The whole world is in
such trouble now. We hired a ship, but first pirates, then Listenia
Navy attacked and Hana got captured. The pirate captain, Misaki,
finally agreed to help us on the grounds of getting back at the navy
and a rich reward. I have no idea where we're going to come up with
that kind of money, but Thomas surprisingly comes up with an old
treasure map which they happily took. We still have to take them to the
treasure first, but at least we'll be near Vermine.
Shar doesn't think the King would listen to me, but that showed her.
The King of Vermine was more than happy to help. Thomas and Misaki went
on to Lendai while I was stuck with Shar to go spread the word on
Vermine's continent. It wasn't long before news came in, strange news,
that Hana is now Queen and has led Listenia against the Elven Greenleaf
Kingdom.
The Greenleaf Kingdom has fallen and Listenia's Navy has caught two
renegades that fit Thomas and Misaki's descriptions. I hope they're
alright. There's nothing we can do for them, though. What's gotten into
Hana? She was such a nice girl. Why is everyone around me turning on
the world? What's wrong with everyone? And Shar reminds me of Ligado.
Of Course! I wouldn't say, as she did, that Hana is too stupid for evil
and ambition, but if you think about it, Hana is too nice for any of
that. That settles it, we're going back to Listenia to rescue her and
put an end to all this. For someone that solved the mystery, Shar
doesn't seem too happy about it.
Thank goodness we made it in time. A second later and Hana would have
been a goner. Ligado is insane and I was in no mood for any of his
crap. We fight and, uh... I got my ass kicked.
I missed everything. I was so sure I was going to die, when a warm
light appeared and pulled me out of the darkness. It was a slow and
painful process regaining the sense of my limbs. Far away I registered
the sounds of battle. Paul... I could see Paul skewering Ligado.
Helstrom knights were scattered all over the place, dead, as was Avram.
Viago, too, that damned pet owl of Paul's. It's been a pain eversince
he got it, running around all night, never giving a moment of peace.
Paul's entitled to his affections, though. God knows he doesn't have
much. He got himself a new sword, that now laid gathering dust as he
mourned. Hana... hey, it was Hana that healed me, wasn't it? My clothes
are bloody and tattered, but most of the would are only superficial
scratches. Wow, even mother was never so good at this.
But Hana, Hana was picking up that sword. She was wincing as though it
burned her, and she... what the fuck? She attacks Paul??!! I can't
allow that! I mean, yea, he's a bastard and all, but he's still my
brother!!
I have no idea what happened next. Paul defends her, knocks me to the
ground as always and tells me to leave her alone, then leaves, as
usual. Fuck the man. Come back and explain yourself! Paul? Paul!
Hana goes back to being Queen. Vermine has ben most kind, sending
advisors to assist. Shar calls it a legal takeover. These days I can't
care less about what she says. Hana wants to go look for Paul. So do I.
That sonovabitch has a lot of explaining to do.
==GO TO CHAPTER 2 ==
Chapter 1: A Knight's Tale -- Matt
The greatest moment of every Knighblade's life is when he goes forth at
16 to be Knighted like his brothers and fathers, and their brothers and
fathers before. Paul is telling me I got off easy with this bandit
assignment. GUess they diddn't think I was up to too much challenge,
heh. Shar could have been a little nicer about things, but then, she's
Shar and incapable of being nice. Somewhere far back in time I seem to
recall a cute little girl, but I could be wrong. It could be a dream:
my parents were in it, although Paul was pretty much the same as he's
always been. My dear brother is conciously intolerant of doing good. He
can't do it, and if he tried, he'll explode, like if Shar tried to be
kind she'd turn to stone and crack.
They didn't have to come if all they were going to do was dally and
scoff. It wouldn't have hurt to be a little more supportive, like that
village girl Hana. She was nice.. Oh, I forgot -- this is Paul and Shar
we're talking about. Sorry. People who won't even bother to say
good-bye to their own brothers when they leave. I don't blame Hana for
thinking Paul started the fire; he was very suspicious, disappearing in
the middle of the night. I wish Shar'd at least TRY to get along, but
that's impossible. I'm trying to go easy since she did half-kill
herself trying to save our butts from that freak fire, but you'd think
she'd at least be apologetic about destroying someone's home. Besides,
Hana can cook.
Hana is too sweet for anyone normal to feel anything but sympathy for
her. She was just a common village girl putting three travellers up for
the night and all of a sudden, she's lost everything. Most people would
have gone hard and bitter, but she didn't, which says something for
good spirit. I'm wondering if there was anything we could do for her
when we reached Pajilk. Maybe set her up there or in Listenia city...
Pajilk turns out to be a bad idea, being overrun by the Knights of
Helstrom. The knights of Helstrom? What are they doing so far out in
Listenia?
"Gee, I don't know. Christmas shopping?"
Okay, so that was a stupid question. I'm generally the one entitled to
stupid questions, but that doesn't spare me from Shar's sarcasm. Bah.
I hate the way she goes on sometimes. It's annoying. I hate the way she
constantly puts down the King and calls him "Ol' Randal", too, and I
hate to admit she's right this time.
It's the new advisor, Ligado. No-one knows where he came from, but
everyone listens to him, especially the King. The coward decided the
Knights of Helstrom aren't people he'd want to get involved in. Shit.
What about my brother? Don't you care that one of your best knights is
missing?
"Oh, I'm sure he'll turn up..."
King Randal sounds positively cheery about it. Shar mumbled something
that sounded like "I told you so". I really didn't want to know.
Thankfully, someone in this city has a sense of honour. Thomas
Devereaux, Knight Captain, finally agrees to help. In Pajilk, however,
things don't go quite as planned and we get captured. Not a word, Shar,
not a word.
Sir Avram the Black Knight was there, which was troubling. Thomas
especially was concerned, fearing an attack on the castle. Just as we
were contemplating how to escape, Paul turns up again, in a dark knight
suit. What is he doing here?
"Sight-seeing. Tour Helstrom castle for 25 GP."
"Shut up, Shar."
"My bad."
"I'm the Dark Knight of Hellstrom."
WHOA!
"Get out of here before I kill you."
Paul... Pauldarian Knightblade, my own brother... ... He's always had a
mean, rebellious streak in him, but Dark Knighting and threatening to
kill us is going too far. No brother of mine is going to turn out this
way! There was something... something wrong with him. His eyes were
dull and lifeless, like I've never seen before. Paul... we would have
taken him with us, by force if we had to, but Shar insisted on leaving.
How can she be so cold about this? Even for her... and what's that shit
about my brother being dead? Paul's lost his head, man. He needs help.
Bad. But how can we help?
We can barely help ourselves. Once back in Listenia, King Randal was
completely indifferent to the news, putting, instead, a bounty on all
our heads. Thomas has, of course, lost his Knight Captain-ship. There
was nothing to do but move on and warn the rest of the world. Perhaps
Vermine will be sympathetic to our troubles. Shar complains a lot about
bad strategy and running. This is the part where you slap her in the
back of the head until she comes to her senses. The whole world is in
such trouble now. We hired a ship, but first pirates, then Listenia
Navy attacked and Hana got captured. The pirate captain, Misaki,
finally agreed to help us on the grounds of getting back at the navy
and a rich reward. I have no idea where we're going to come up with
that kind of money, but Thomas surprisingly comes up with an old
treasure map which they happily took. We still have to take them to the
treasure first, but at least we'll be near Vermine.
Shar doesn't think the King would listen to me, but that showed her.
The King of Vermine was more than happy to help. Thomas and Misaki went
on to Lendai while I was stuck with Shar to go spread the word on
Vermine's continent. It wasn't long before news came in, strange news,
that Hana is now Queen and has led Listenia against the Elven Greenleaf
Kingdom.
The Greenleaf Kingdom has fallen and Listenia's Navy has caught two
renegades that fit Thomas and Misaki's descriptions. I hope they're
alright. There's nothing we can do for them, though. What's gotten into
Hana? She was such a nice girl. Why is everyone around me turning on
the world? What's wrong with everyone? And Shar reminds me of Ligado.
Of Course! I wouldn't say, as she did, that Hana is too stupid for evil
and ambition, but if you think about it, Hana is too nice for any of
that. That settles it, we're going back to Listenia to rescue her and
put an end to all this. For someone that solved the mystery, Shar
doesn't seem too happy about it.
Thank goodness we made it in time. A second later and Hana would have
been a goner. Ligado is insane and I was in no mood for any of his
crap. We fight and, uh... I got my ass kicked.
I missed everything. I was so sure I was going to die, when a warm
light appeared and pulled me out of the darkness. It was a slow and
painful process regaining the sense of my limbs. Far away I registered
the sounds of battle. Paul... I could see Paul skewering Ligado.
Helstrom knights were scattered all over the place, dead, as was Avram.
Viago, too, that damned pet owl of Paul's. It's been a pain eversince
he got it, running around all night, never giving a moment of peace.
Paul's entitled to his affections, though. God knows he doesn't have
much. He got himself a new sword, that now laid gathering dust as he
mourned. Hana... hey, it was Hana that healed me, wasn't it? My clothes
are bloody and tattered, but most of the would are only superficial
scratches. Wow, even mother was never so good at this.
But Hana, Hana was picking up that sword. She was wincing as though it
burned her, and she... what the fuck? She attacks Paul??!! I can't
allow that! I mean, yea, he's a bastard and all, but he's still my
brother!!
I have no idea what happened next. Paul defends her, knocks me to the
ground as always and tells me to leave her alone, then leaves, as
usual. Fuck the man. Come back and explain yourself! Paul? Paul!
Hana goes back to being Queen. Vermine has ben most kind, sending
advisors to assist. Shar calls it a legal takeover. These days I can't
care less about what she says. Hana wants to go look for Paul. So do I.
That sonovabitch has a lot of explaining to do.
==GO TO CHAPTER 2 ==
