At last ... a villan! Every story needs a villan - I think. This is one of my better chapters (though I think the one after this will surpass this one). Go on....
アストラライジアの猟師 ケール
Log 11: Kayle, Astralægia's Huntress
The prince of the eagles has awakened....
Kayle sat up from her bed in the Old Red Inn in Fanasia. She was clothed n the crimson riding clothes of a Badlands rider, a matching cloak over her shoulders to keep out the chill. She shivered, but not from the slight draft.
Keythedrian has awakened....
Now she rubbed sleep from her eyes, adjusting them to the twilight. Despite her over seventy years of life, she still looked and was as healthy as a young lady in her thirties. Kayle wasn't sure why - must be from my father, she had often thought.
Now I give you the weapon of his demise....
She walked over to the small vanity in the room. Her ebony hair was in place, and what little cosmetics she wore were untampered despite her nap. With a scowl, Kayle walked from the vanity, her hand brushing by a sword hilt--
She stopped. Running her hand by the vanity, she found the handgrip of the blade. Holding it before her, a quick inspection told her it was crafted exceptionally. The handguard was crafted to appear like flames of violet, with an embedded amethyst crystal bringing its lurid glow to life. The blade, nearly two feet long - maybe three - was double-edged, with a three-pointed prong at its tapered end that resembled a tongue of flame.
You hold Kuroiandagia, the blade of darkness....
Kayle had heard tales of this weapon in her youth, from her father. Kuroiandagia - called Darkstone by the ancient necromancers - was the Death of God-Angels, forged by the Prince of Eagles before time began. The name of the sword came easily to her - but how it came to her room was beyond her.
Now, Kayle, you are my Huntress....
Huntress? Kayle asked herself. For what?
Kill the angelic Regents for me. Do not harm Keythedrian until then.
A legend said that killing the angelic Regents would bring the wrath of the Prince of Eagles himself - whoever was bringing these thoughts to Kayle must surely be reckless, or so Kayle thought.
I tire of the feud between myself and him. End it for me....
Kayle shuddered again. She knew who her client was.
Astralægia, the dark god-angel. When pure, she was called Lady of the Night Sky, and was worshipped as the patron of women and children. Yet this was her tainted side, the one most known for the ancient war between herself and Keythedrian.
And now she had given Kayle the one item that would kill him.
Don't get mad that I spelled Kayle's name differently! But, yes, she was the other Jewel Rider character I promised to introduce in this "episode". Whee!