As the dew on grass blades thicken to drops of water, our young necromancer
stirs in his sleep. His eyelids pry themselves open to the site of a small
rope hanging from the tree he is resting upon and his iron golem, solemnly
set in it's place, collecting the mornings condensation. He smiles at his
iron masterpiece and dismisses it, no longer needing its protection. He
walks over to retrieve his small dagger from which the iron golem was
summoned and sheaths it with a yawn.
With a stretch of the arms and a brief tug at his chain armor a sneer creeps across the young mans face. Eyeing the small rope of Misato's, the necromancer strolls over to the tree, grabs hold of the rope; making sure that it is safe to climb, and begins to ascend the tree trunk. With a methodical concentration as not to make any sound, Dragon grabs hold the first branch he comes upon and peeks over the trees foliage to catch the young sorceress in her sleep. He's overjoyed and almost laughs aloud at the site of the young sorceress fighting the evils of the world in her sleep. Dragon decides to climb up and watch young Misato, so that he may tease her when she awakens.
"Back to the realm from which you were spawned demon!", Misato yells at the oncoming lines of dead flesh. Surrounded by the masses of zombies coming towards her, Misato calls upon her shiver armor and ice blasts. She throws off two frost novas and begins to swing wildly with her staff. Connecting with blow after blow, the young sorceress begins to weaken. She doesn't have much power left to summon many more ice spells and the undead seem to be coming from an endless river of souls. "Aragggh!!!" she yells as three more frost novas are called upon and a whirlwind attack from her staff sends her to the ground, extremely disoriented. "This is it...I die here." she says to herself in defeat. "Poor girl. Join us.", says a monotone voice. Misato looks to meet the unchanging visage of a champion zombie extending it hand.
"Never!!!" screams Misato, as she swings her staff, connecting with an utter thud upon a fleshy matter. Waking groggily, Misato realizes that she was dreaming, but was confused that she struck something with her staff. With a gasp, Misato peered over the side of a branch to see Dragon cradled in the arms of an earth golem. "Oh my!" exclaimed the sorceress as she scrambled down her rope. "Are you okay?" she asked. "Are you crazy?" asked Dragon as he dismissed his golem. "You knocked me out of an extremely high tree." "Well...What were you doing up there Eludar?" asked Misato. "Out here I'm known as Dragon, and I was watching you twitch while you were sleeping." "That's no reason for you to be up in a tree." said Misato as she climbed her tree to retrieve her staff and Dragon's blanket. "Well...It was still funny watching you twitch." said Dragon as he packed his blankets into his inventory.
The two set off for the north rogue encampment just as the morning fog began to dissipate. Misato, equipped with just about all of her clothing studded or heavy leather, her long staff, from the high elders of her village, gripped in both hands, and her shiver armor were going to protect her from today's foes. Dragon, was equipped with his trusty custom bone shield, his pored dagger, from a former necromancer, his chain armor, leather boots and gloves, his summoned earth golem, and his spirit bone armor were going to aid him against the evil of the day. Necromancer and Sorceress walk side by side with a golem, a stone's throw away, to face yet another day as a test of survival.
As the golem stopped, Dragon wondered what treasure the golem had found. "Wonderful, Misato come, it might be something of use." said the necromancer as he ran to catch up with his golem. He slips in the mud just avoiding being torn to shreds by the golem's exploding, frozen remains. "Get back here!" yelled Misato as she threw off a frost nova to slow the advancers approach. "Stay there, I can handle this!" yelled Dragon "It's Corpse fire!" "The demon possessed skeleton champion? And you can "handle" it?" she asked in disbelief. As she rounded the golems remains, in awe of how fast it was defeated, she watches Dragon slam into Corpse fire with a yell. She can't get a clear shot at the skeletal champion, so she protects the fighting Dragon from Corpse fire's minions with ice blasts and ice bolts. She turns to see how Dragon is doing in his battle against Corpsefire when she is grabbed by the young necromancer and told to run. The two flee as fast as they can from the scene of battle and within a few moments a demonic moan and an explosion are heard.
"Yes!!!" Dragon exclaims, with arms raised in victory, as the two walk back to the battle area. "H-o...How'd?" Misato stammers. "How'd I do that?" Dragon asked the question for her. Dragon holds up a glowing blue vial, now three quarters full instead of full. "With this!", he exclaims, smiling at the vial and carefully placing it back into it's leather pouch. "I've been working on a formula for a few years now, and I've finally used it. It's a combination of a slow working poison that freezes bone matter and causes it to explode. Seeing as how Corpsefire "was"..." Dragon emphasized "was", "a great zombie with little flesh, I went straight for some bone and released a seal on my blade." Dragon smiled at Misato.
"And this is yours." Dragon said as he handed her a scroll. "A scroll of skill?", asked Misato. "It's a scroll for the sorceress class, which you're a part of correct?" asked Dragon. "How can you tell?" asked Misato. "My trainer gave me a scroll before I left my village on the writings of ancient text for: Barbarians, Paladins, Assassins, Druids, Amazons, Sorceresses, and Necromancers. That scroll is for you" Dragon said with a smile. Misato began to grab gold coins out of her leather pouch and began to hand them to Dragon. Dragon laughed, "You used as much as your power possible to keep Corpse fire's minions from attacking me, so that I could try my formula on him. You're entitled to half of the treasures that are here."
After collecting the sorceress scroll, a lot of gold, a short staff, a rare small shield with a bird emblem on it, the two set off for and reached the north rogue encampment. Dragon convinced Misato to accompany him to the high necromancers home, which was not occupied. Misato decides to bring the young necromancer to buy potions of healing, where he buys a few poison potions, and gets the bounty of Corpsefire's identified by an elder. "We found great treasure today Misato. You should be greatly happy." Dragon said as Misato read the scroll, which taught her the technique for frozen armor. "Yes, I know." said Misato. "I guess I was just frightened at the time."
Where are you going to go after you receive your training from Xar?" asked Misato. "Actually, I was going to ask you the same question, but after you finished buying your potions." said Dragon. "Well, I asked you first." Misato pointed out. "Hmm, You have a point. Well...you're the first human I've run into in the wilderness and i was wondering if you'd like to accompany to the eastern city of Lut Gholein." said Dragon. "That's a little forward of you don't you think?" Misato asked. Dragon shrugged, "You don't have to, I was only wondering." the young necromancer said and started to walk away. "Wait! I'll consider it," said Misato. " I wouldn't want you to try your new formula on something that you can't handle by yourself. So, lets see if we can get something to eat while we're here, relax for the night, and we'll decide where we go tomorrow. Deal?" asked Misato. "Sure thing. Where do we eat?" asked Dragon with a smile.
With a stretch of the arms and a brief tug at his chain armor a sneer creeps across the young mans face. Eyeing the small rope of Misato's, the necromancer strolls over to the tree, grabs hold of the rope; making sure that it is safe to climb, and begins to ascend the tree trunk. With a methodical concentration as not to make any sound, Dragon grabs hold the first branch he comes upon and peeks over the trees foliage to catch the young sorceress in her sleep. He's overjoyed and almost laughs aloud at the site of the young sorceress fighting the evils of the world in her sleep. Dragon decides to climb up and watch young Misato, so that he may tease her when she awakens.
"Back to the realm from which you were spawned demon!", Misato yells at the oncoming lines of dead flesh. Surrounded by the masses of zombies coming towards her, Misato calls upon her shiver armor and ice blasts. She throws off two frost novas and begins to swing wildly with her staff. Connecting with blow after blow, the young sorceress begins to weaken. She doesn't have much power left to summon many more ice spells and the undead seem to be coming from an endless river of souls. "Aragggh!!!" she yells as three more frost novas are called upon and a whirlwind attack from her staff sends her to the ground, extremely disoriented. "This is it...I die here." she says to herself in defeat. "Poor girl. Join us.", says a monotone voice. Misato looks to meet the unchanging visage of a champion zombie extending it hand.
"Never!!!" screams Misato, as she swings her staff, connecting with an utter thud upon a fleshy matter. Waking groggily, Misato realizes that she was dreaming, but was confused that she struck something with her staff. With a gasp, Misato peered over the side of a branch to see Dragon cradled in the arms of an earth golem. "Oh my!" exclaimed the sorceress as she scrambled down her rope. "Are you okay?" she asked. "Are you crazy?" asked Dragon as he dismissed his golem. "You knocked me out of an extremely high tree." "Well...What were you doing up there Eludar?" asked Misato. "Out here I'm known as Dragon, and I was watching you twitch while you were sleeping." "That's no reason for you to be up in a tree." said Misato as she climbed her tree to retrieve her staff and Dragon's blanket. "Well...It was still funny watching you twitch." said Dragon as he packed his blankets into his inventory.
The two set off for the north rogue encampment just as the morning fog began to dissipate. Misato, equipped with just about all of her clothing studded or heavy leather, her long staff, from the high elders of her village, gripped in both hands, and her shiver armor were going to protect her from today's foes. Dragon, was equipped with his trusty custom bone shield, his pored dagger, from a former necromancer, his chain armor, leather boots and gloves, his summoned earth golem, and his spirit bone armor were going to aid him against the evil of the day. Necromancer and Sorceress walk side by side with a golem, a stone's throw away, to face yet another day as a test of survival.
As the golem stopped, Dragon wondered what treasure the golem had found. "Wonderful, Misato come, it might be something of use." said the necromancer as he ran to catch up with his golem. He slips in the mud just avoiding being torn to shreds by the golem's exploding, frozen remains. "Get back here!" yelled Misato as she threw off a frost nova to slow the advancers approach. "Stay there, I can handle this!" yelled Dragon "It's Corpse fire!" "The demon possessed skeleton champion? And you can "handle" it?" she asked in disbelief. As she rounded the golems remains, in awe of how fast it was defeated, she watches Dragon slam into Corpse fire with a yell. She can't get a clear shot at the skeletal champion, so she protects the fighting Dragon from Corpse fire's minions with ice blasts and ice bolts. She turns to see how Dragon is doing in his battle against Corpsefire when she is grabbed by the young necromancer and told to run. The two flee as fast as they can from the scene of battle and within a few moments a demonic moan and an explosion are heard.
"Yes!!!" Dragon exclaims, with arms raised in victory, as the two walk back to the battle area. "H-o...How'd?" Misato stammers. "How'd I do that?" Dragon asked the question for her. Dragon holds up a glowing blue vial, now three quarters full instead of full. "With this!", he exclaims, smiling at the vial and carefully placing it back into it's leather pouch. "I've been working on a formula for a few years now, and I've finally used it. It's a combination of a slow working poison that freezes bone matter and causes it to explode. Seeing as how Corpsefire "was"..." Dragon emphasized "was", "a great zombie with little flesh, I went straight for some bone and released a seal on my blade." Dragon smiled at Misato.
"And this is yours." Dragon said as he handed her a scroll. "A scroll of skill?", asked Misato. "It's a scroll for the sorceress class, which you're a part of correct?" asked Dragon. "How can you tell?" asked Misato. "My trainer gave me a scroll before I left my village on the writings of ancient text for: Barbarians, Paladins, Assassins, Druids, Amazons, Sorceresses, and Necromancers. That scroll is for you" Dragon said with a smile. Misato began to grab gold coins out of her leather pouch and began to hand them to Dragon. Dragon laughed, "You used as much as your power possible to keep Corpse fire's minions from attacking me, so that I could try my formula on him. You're entitled to half of the treasures that are here."
After collecting the sorceress scroll, a lot of gold, a short staff, a rare small shield with a bird emblem on it, the two set off for and reached the north rogue encampment. Dragon convinced Misato to accompany him to the high necromancers home, which was not occupied. Misato decides to bring the young necromancer to buy potions of healing, where he buys a few poison potions, and gets the bounty of Corpsefire's identified by an elder. "We found great treasure today Misato. You should be greatly happy." Dragon said as Misato read the scroll, which taught her the technique for frozen armor. "Yes, I know." said Misato. "I guess I was just frightened at the time."
Where are you going to go after you receive your training from Xar?" asked Misato. "Actually, I was going to ask you the same question, but after you finished buying your potions." said Dragon. "Well, I asked you first." Misato pointed out. "Hmm, You have a point. Well...you're the first human I've run into in the wilderness and i was wondering if you'd like to accompany to the eastern city of Lut Gholein." said Dragon. "That's a little forward of you don't you think?" Misato asked. Dragon shrugged, "You don't have to, I was only wondering." the young necromancer said and started to walk away. "Wait! I'll consider it," said Misato. " I wouldn't want you to try your new formula on something that you can't handle by yourself. So, lets see if we can get something to eat while we're here, relax for the night, and we'll decide where we go tomorrow. Deal?" asked Misato. "Sure thing. Where do we eat?" asked Dragon with a smile.