"Hey!"
A Barbarian, wearing some heavy silver armor, with two axe's strapped to his back ran up to a group of two Paladins, each wearing the same type of armor.
One, with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a clear face turned, "Hey Sagent!" They shook hands and smiled.
"Haven't seen you around these parts in a while, Will and Bagon! The two holy worriers and brothers... What bring you back to Lut Golein?"
Will, the blonde haired one spoke, "Just traveling. We got bored" and laughed.
Sagent accompanied him in laughter, but soon, Will stopped and leaned in to speak to Sagent in whispers.
"Actually, Bagon's been saying he's been having some visions... something... and he commanded me to go with him here... although still he hasn't told me what this business is all about"
"Ah! Well non the less, I enjoy your company!"
The three smiled, and walked down the dark road.
"It's late," Sagent said, "Almost near midnight, an there's a strange sense of fear in the air. You're welcome to stay at my little place"
"Thank you, Sagent," Will said, "We'll take your very generous offer"
"Then follow me"
Sagent led them to his house, near the entrance to the city. All the while, Bagon not saying a word.
* * * * *
"HellRaven! Stop!" Paige ran in front of him to stop him.
He was quiet, and just looked at her.
"I'm sorry..." She began, "I didn't know something like that would hurt you so much... I was just trying to comfort Sarah at the time..."
"Paige..." He embraced her hand in his, "I have something to tell you..."
"I know," She pulled from his hand to put her finger on his lips, "The old lady told me"
And with that she kissed him, and pulled away, "Now we have a Sorceress to kill"
"Right" He nodded and they ran down the hill now, not feeling the littlest depressed, as they ran they spoke of what HellRaven had been hiding all this time, and of what the old lady had told Paige.
* * * * *
The sun soon came up over the distant mountains and hills, covering the darkness of the night with a pleasant, blue sky dotted with puffs of small white clouds racing across the sky. A small breeze made the heat of the day bearable and almost pleasant... if it was not for the five adventurers and settlers killed last night, not including an expert rouge bleeding to death from a huge gash in her leg.
The lady ran to the front gates of the camp, holding her dress in front of her, "What happened!?" She shouted.
2 Rouges on horses stopped to get off, the one on the right spoke, "Another 3 travelers killed, definitely by the Sorceress... the scene was too much to describe.. And there's no other creatures anywhere. I think they have all fled."
"Another 3..." She looked down and straitened her dress, "We must keep on patrol... and although I fear that it could cost the lives of more rouges at the hands of this damned Sorceress!" She kicked the ground, having dust kick up into the air, "Keep on patrol, and keep safe"
"Yes, and we will"
They ran back to their horses, jumped on and rode off in a cloud of dust.
"God bless you and us all..." She said quietly as she turned and ran back inside the camp.
She ran inside a new tent, it was white, and fairly large. Inside, a group of people lay, one with a white sheet over her body, and a huge blood spot near the leg.
"How are they?" She asked a Rouge carrying some towels over th the survivors to cover their wounds.
"They'll be fine... some are a little shaken up, and the one we got in the woods... his arm is completely numb. Probably due to that spear we found in his shoulder..."
"Show me"
She nodded and walked over to a sleeping man, and lifted off a towel with a large puddle of blood crusted onto one side. Right where the man's joint should have been, there was a huge gaping hole, filled with fresh blood and pieces of bone, and inside a bowl of muscle and tissue. When it was off, she noticed his arm wasn't even attached to his body—just held on by skin and whatever tissue wasn't torn.
"The bleeding stopped pretty early last night... All the blood you see inside is coming from the body collecting it there. We'll need to amputate it by the end of tonight" She then put a new towel over the wound.
"You know what to do"
They both bid good luck and God bless, then the lady went outside to check on everything else. They were in chaos, fear, and all had adrenaline by the gallons flowing their veins.
* * * * *
"Sagent has prepared breakfast downstairs" Will said to Bagon, as he was readying his armor on and putting his sword in his sheath at his side.
"Why so much preparation?" Will asked, his armor and sword already on, and clanging against the hardwood floor of Sagent's upstairs.
"She's already begun..." he said, "I saw it in my dream..."
The first thing he's said since their meeting with their old friend Sagent. The whole reason Will was here was because he felt sorry for his brother.
Quietly, he didn't know what to say, "I—I'll be downstairs" he said, walking out into the hallway illuminated by the sun shining through the windows, lifting up dust and floating them around in the sun through the dirty windows.
He made his way, (very loudly), downstairs. Sagent had prepared some bread and other assortments of food.
"There is one!," he said loudly, "But where is Bagon?"
"I don't know," Will sat down in a chair and rubbed his eyes, "He's been like this before... Just not as bad as this..." Sagent sat down next to him, "He thinks about when we were separated as kids... I went to the good parents and he to an abusive couple. That's why I had to get him out as a kid... and we ran away. He thinks about his times as a child there through, and gets like this... I've just ever seen it this bad before... and these supposed 'dreams' he's been having..."
"Well he's got to have some reason for coming here, maybe he truly believes in those dreams—maybe they're sent to him for a reason" Sagent suggested.
"Or maybe he's insane..."
Almost as he said that, Bagon clanged down the stairs, and turned to Sagent and Will.
"Ah! Bagon! Want some food?" The barbarian stood up and wiped his hands, getting ready to prepare food for him.
"No," Bagon said, looking outside, "We have to head back to the main gates, now"
"What?" Will stood up, "Why?"
Without saying a word, Bagon moved out the front door, and Will turned to Sagent.
Sagent smiled and said, "Well, lets go"
They both followed Bagon's quick footsteps. They finally reached the main entrance of Lut Golein, there, was a Rouge, getting down from her horse to climb in her wagon near the entrance.
Once she was atop the creaking wagon, she cupped her hands to her mouth and yelled, "Listen up!," All the people there turned around, including Bagon, Will and Sagent, "Over on those plains, And Undead Sorceress has been awakened!," She pointed towards the mountains and hills, "We need recruitments at the Rouge Encampment! If the sorceress is not defeated, all our lives could be at risk!"
Almost have the crowd moved away, disregarding her as another typical thing that happens in that city almost everyday. A few stayed to here out her unmoving speech. She looked around, half embarrassed and half unknowing what to do.
"I will help!" Bagon yelled, Loudly.
Sagent whispered to Will, "..The first thing I've heard him say since out meeting last night..."
"Thank you" The Rouge started to help the Paladin up on the wagon.
"Well," Will whispered back, "We better go help"
"What?" Sagent said, "The sun just rose! Why another adventure? I have food back at the house..."
"If you don't want to come, I understand. You have given us enough of your hospitality, and thank you," he turned to the Rouge on the wagon, "I will help, too"
His brother and the Rouge helped him on the wagon.
Some more of the crowd began moving away slowly. And a small murmur of business in Lut Golein started. But over that murmur, came a deep voice.
"Then I suppose I will help!"
The barbarian walked forward and got helped on the wagon. Atop the wagon, they all stood looking down for any other people who would help their cause. From the moving crowd of people, a girl, cloaked in black and rather attractive stepped out.
"I will help, too" she said.
A Female Necromancer
She was helped onto the wagon with the others. As soon as she was on, her and Bagon's face stared at each other in astonishment.
Everyone noticed this, and looked puzzled, then Bagon spoke, "...You were in my dream..."
She answered, "So were you..."
* * * * *
HellRaven woke up from the sunlight pressing against his eyes; he stood up from leaning against a tree at the bottom of a hill. He stretched and put his bow on, then looked around.
On his left, a hill filled with green trees, and on his right, grassy plains with hills in the distance, two small streams of smoke coming from where the large explosion was last night. Paige was still asleep, but she was beginning to wake up. Then, from the side, running near the hill line, were two Rouges on horses, going full speed.
They stopped in front of HellRaven and Paige woke up.
"Hey! HellRaven! Paige!" They said, Paige waved as she rubbed her eyes to wake up.
"What's going on?" HellRaven said, tired.
"The Sorceress has been killing. We've been on patrol since last night trying to save as many people as we can. One of our Rouges has been killed..."
"What!?" Paige ran forward and fell on her knees, ignoring her tiredness, "Who?"
"Heather"
"No!" Paige put her hands to her face and began to cry. Heather and her had been good friends when not on an adventure.
"Come on," HellRaven helped her up, "We don't have time for mourning yet," He wiped away the tears on her cheek, "We have to kill the sorceress before anymore die"
She nodded, and then took his hand in hers.
"We can take you both back to the camp, you can speak with the old lady there"
They agreed, and hoped on their horses, leaving HellRaven's Skeleton's bones and pile of dirt. (He destroyed his Skeletons and Clay Golems last night, when they decided to sleep).
They both rid on separate horses, each with a Rouge. They rode as fast as they could, and expected to be at the camp soon. About an hour from noon, they arrived at the huge wooden walls of the Rouge camp.
"Here you are" The Rouges said, letting them off and then taking off quickly without saying a word to patrol.
The two were about to walk in, when the old lady walked out, "What? Where are the recruitments? The wagon? Horse? Sarah!?"
"Sarah is getting recruitments" HellRaven said quickly.
"What?"
"We saw the explosion from the hills last night. Sarah took the horse and wagon to Lut Golein to get recruitments. Paige and me ran back here to see what that explosion was. And the Rouges you sent on patrol told us news that doesn't sound good"
"And it's not getting any better!" She yelled angrily at them both, "Sarah is new! What happens if some wild demonic creature attacked her on the way!?"
"She'll be fine!" he yelled back, "Trust me. Now what's going on here?"
"My trust for you is growing short... but if you must know all my Rouges are on patrol of the plains in groups of 2 or more. One has fallen saving a man from that explosion you saw last night. The sorceress is on a killing rampage..."
A Barbarian, wearing some heavy silver armor, with two axe's strapped to his back ran up to a group of two Paladins, each wearing the same type of armor.
One, with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a clear face turned, "Hey Sagent!" They shook hands and smiled.
"Haven't seen you around these parts in a while, Will and Bagon! The two holy worriers and brothers... What bring you back to Lut Golein?"
Will, the blonde haired one spoke, "Just traveling. We got bored" and laughed.
Sagent accompanied him in laughter, but soon, Will stopped and leaned in to speak to Sagent in whispers.
"Actually, Bagon's been saying he's been having some visions... something... and he commanded me to go with him here... although still he hasn't told me what this business is all about"
"Ah! Well non the less, I enjoy your company!"
The three smiled, and walked down the dark road.
"It's late," Sagent said, "Almost near midnight, an there's a strange sense of fear in the air. You're welcome to stay at my little place"
"Thank you, Sagent," Will said, "We'll take your very generous offer"
"Then follow me"
Sagent led them to his house, near the entrance to the city. All the while, Bagon not saying a word.
* * * * *
"HellRaven! Stop!" Paige ran in front of him to stop him.
He was quiet, and just looked at her.
"I'm sorry..." She began, "I didn't know something like that would hurt you so much... I was just trying to comfort Sarah at the time..."
"Paige..." He embraced her hand in his, "I have something to tell you..."
"I know," She pulled from his hand to put her finger on his lips, "The old lady told me"
And with that she kissed him, and pulled away, "Now we have a Sorceress to kill"
"Right" He nodded and they ran down the hill now, not feeling the littlest depressed, as they ran they spoke of what HellRaven had been hiding all this time, and of what the old lady had told Paige.
* * * * *
The sun soon came up over the distant mountains and hills, covering the darkness of the night with a pleasant, blue sky dotted with puffs of small white clouds racing across the sky. A small breeze made the heat of the day bearable and almost pleasant... if it was not for the five adventurers and settlers killed last night, not including an expert rouge bleeding to death from a huge gash in her leg.
The lady ran to the front gates of the camp, holding her dress in front of her, "What happened!?" She shouted.
2 Rouges on horses stopped to get off, the one on the right spoke, "Another 3 travelers killed, definitely by the Sorceress... the scene was too much to describe.. And there's no other creatures anywhere. I think they have all fled."
"Another 3..." She looked down and straitened her dress, "We must keep on patrol... and although I fear that it could cost the lives of more rouges at the hands of this damned Sorceress!" She kicked the ground, having dust kick up into the air, "Keep on patrol, and keep safe"
"Yes, and we will"
They ran back to their horses, jumped on and rode off in a cloud of dust.
"God bless you and us all..." She said quietly as she turned and ran back inside the camp.
She ran inside a new tent, it was white, and fairly large. Inside, a group of people lay, one with a white sheet over her body, and a huge blood spot near the leg.
"How are they?" She asked a Rouge carrying some towels over th the survivors to cover their wounds.
"They'll be fine... some are a little shaken up, and the one we got in the woods... his arm is completely numb. Probably due to that spear we found in his shoulder..."
"Show me"
She nodded and walked over to a sleeping man, and lifted off a towel with a large puddle of blood crusted onto one side. Right where the man's joint should have been, there was a huge gaping hole, filled with fresh blood and pieces of bone, and inside a bowl of muscle and tissue. When it was off, she noticed his arm wasn't even attached to his body—just held on by skin and whatever tissue wasn't torn.
"The bleeding stopped pretty early last night... All the blood you see inside is coming from the body collecting it there. We'll need to amputate it by the end of tonight" She then put a new towel over the wound.
"You know what to do"
They both bid good luck and God bless, then the lady went outside to check on everything else. They were in chaos, fear, and all had adrenaline by the gallons flowing their veins.
* * * * *
"Sagent has prepared breakfast downstairs" Will said to Bagon, as he was readying his armor on and putting his sword in his sheath at his side.
"Why so much preparation?" Will asked, his armor and sword already on, and clanging against the hardwood floor of Sagent's upstairs.
"She's already begun..." he said, "I saw it in my dream..."
The first thing he's said since their meeting with their old friend Sagent. The whole reason Will was here was because he felt sorry for his brother.
Quietly, he didn't know what to say, "I—I'll be downstairs" he said, walking out into the hallway illuminated by the sun shining through the windows, lifting up dust and floating them around in the sun through the dirty windows.
He made his way, (very loudly), downstairs. Sagent had prepared some bread and other assortments of food.
"There is one!," he said loudly, "But where is Bagon?"
"I don't know," Will sat down in a chair and rubbed his eyes, "He's been like this before... Just not as bad as this..." Sagent sat down next to him, "He thinks about when we were separated as kids... I went to the good parents and he to an abusive couple. That's why I had to get him out as a kid... and we ran away. He thinks about his times as a child there through, and gets like this... I've just ever seen it this bad before... and these supposed 'dreams' he's been having..."
"Well he's got to have some reason for coming here, maybe he truly believes in those dreams—maybe they're sent to him for a reason" Sagent suggested.
"Or maybe he's insane..."
Almost as he said that, Bagon clanged down the stairs, and turned to Sagent and Will.
"Ah! Bagon! Want some food?" The barbarian stood up and wiped his hands, getting ready to prepare food for him.
"No," Bagon said, looking outside, "We have to head back to the main gates, now"
"What?" Will stood up, "Why?"
Without saying a word, Bagon moved out the front door, and Will turned to Sagent.
Sagent smiled and said, "Well, lets go"
They both followed Bagon's quick footsteps. They finally reached the main entrance of Lut Golein, there, was a Rouge, getting down from her horse to climb in her wagon near the entrance.
Once she was atop the creaking wagon, she cupped her hands to her mouth and yelled, "Listen up!," All the people there turned around, including Bagon, Will and Sagent, "Over on those plains, And Undead Sorceress has been awakened!," She pointed towards the mountains and hills, "We need recruitments at the Rouge Encampment! If the sorceress is not defeated, all our lives could be at risk!"
Almost have the crowd moved away, disregarding her as another typical thing that happens in that city almost everyday. A few stayed to here out her unmoving speech. She looked around, half embarrassed and half unknowing what to do.
"I will help!" Bagon yelled, Loudly.
Sagent whispered to Will, "..The first thing I've heard him say since out meeting last night..."
"Thank you" The Rouge started to help the Paladin up on the wagon.
"Well," Will whispered back, "We better go help"
"What?" Sagent said, "The sun just rose! Why another adventure? I have food back at the house..."
"If you don't want to come, I understand. You have given us enough of your hospitality, and thank you," he turned to the Rouge on the wagon, "I will help, too"
His brother and the Rouge helped him on the wagon.
Some more of the crowd began moving away slowly. And a small murmur of business in Lut Golein started. But over that murmur, came a deep voice.
"Then I suppose I will help!"
The barbarian walked forward and got helped on the wagon. Atop the wagon, they all stood looking down for any other people who would help their cause. From the moving crowd of people, a girl, cloaked in black and rather attractive stepped out.
"I will help, too" she said.
A Female Necromancer
She was helped onto the wagon with the others. As soon as she was on, her and Bagon's face stared at each other in astonishment.
Everyone noticed this, and looked puzzled, then Bagon spoke, "...You were in my dream..."
She answered, "So were you..."
* * * * *
HellRaven woke up from the sunlight pressing against his eyes; he stood up from leaning against a tree at the bottom of a hill. He stretched and put his bow on, then looked around.
On his left, a hill filled with green trees, and on his right, grassy plains with hills in the distance, two small streams of smoke coming from where the large explosion was last night. Paige was still asleep, but she was beginning to wake up. Then, from the side, running near the hill line, were two Rouges on horses, going full speed.
They stopped in front of HellRaven and Paige woke up.
"Hey! HellRaven! Paige!" They said, Paige waved as she rubbed her eyes to wake up.
"What's going on?" HellRaven said, tired.
"The Sorceress has been killing. We've been on patrol since last night trying to save as many people as we can. One of our Rouges has been killed..."
"What!?" Paige ran forward and fell on her knees, ignoring her tiredness, "Who?"
"Heather"
"No!" Paige put her hands to her face and began to cry. Heather and her had been good friends when not on an adventure.
"Come on," HellRaven helped her up, "We don't have time for mourning yet," He wiped away the tears on her cheek, "We have to kill the sorceress before anymore die"
She nodded, and then took his hand in hers.
"We can take you both back to the camp, you can speak with the old lady there"
They agreed, and hoped on their horses, leaving HellRaven's Skeleton's bones and pile of dirt. (He destroyed his Skeletons and Clay Golems last night, when they decided to sleep).
They both rid on separate horses, each with a Rouge. They rode as fast as they could, and expected to be at the camp soon. About an hour from noon, they arrived at the huge wooden walls of the Rouge camp.
"Here you are" The Rouges said, letting them off and then taking off quickly without saying a word to patrol.
The two were about to walk in, when the old lady walked out, "What? Where are the recruitments? The wagon? Horse? Sarah!?"
"Sarah is getting recruitments" HellRaven said quickly.
"What?"
"We saw the explosion from the hills last night. Sarah took the horse and wagon to Lut Golein to get recruitments. Paige and me ran back here to see what that explosion was. And the Rouges you sent on patrol told us news that doesn't sound good"
"And it's not getting any better!" She yelled angrily at them both, "Sarah is new! What happens if some wild demonic creature attacked her on the way!?"
"She'll be fine!" he yelled back, "Trust me. Now what's going on here?"
"My trust for you is growing short... but if you must know all my Rouges are on patrol of the plains in groups of 2 or more. One has fallen saving a man from that explosion you saw last night. The sorceress is on a killing rampage..."
