Chapter 5: All Gone, but not forgotten...
"Soon Lylg joined Horizon, and we had some very great adventures with all of our guildies. Our favorites were the
late night runs through emain with Nitche leading the way, sneaking up on the Mids and Albs as they tried
to enter the realm. Why, we even snuck over to Alb and took a keep with only a group of 8 Horizons and
no one else! This in turn started a wave of Hibs to come over to Alb to try for a relic. " Jade recalled fondly.
"Phoebe...Phoebe? Is that the ranger I'm named after?" Phoebe asked, her blue eyes shining.
"Why yes, my sweet, you are named after that same Phoebe." Jade replied proudly.
"What happened to them Grandma, to all the Horizons?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, like all good things, the good times had to end. It was like a brief moment in time that we were
all together and happy. Songstar, foster brother of Mops, and Mops were the first to leave. Oh, you see them
now and again running through emain, but some say they went a little nuts and were never the same again." Jade
looked sad. She sighed. "Phoebe and Ester were the next to go. There was a huge battle at Bledmeer and our poor
girls were both lost. They both died valiantly, trying to stop an Alb invasion to our relic. And they were stopped. So, in
that they did not die for nothing. They were both brave warriors, and the realm was very saddened for Horizon and for
Hibernia at the loss."
"Oh how sad! What about the others, Grandma? What about Mags and Eryik? Jipian? Nitche? "
"Well, Mags and Eryik became more than friends. But, sadly into work out. Both left Hibernia. Eryik unfortunately left
Horizon for another guild. Mags stayed, but she mostly kept to herself and stayed in her house. I have not seen her
in a long, long time."
"Jipian, I am still in contact with on occasion. He is still with Horizon, but of course has since retired and is now a ship
captain on the sea!"
"Nitche, well, Nitche is still guildmaster, but....I do not revere him as I once did. The loss of the core Horizons, as well as
the original Horizons has changed him. He also went under the spell of an evil witch. But that will be another story."
"Aww Grandma!" Pleaded Phoebe, "Please continue!"
"No, my child, it is late, and that is enough reminiscing. I will tell you the story of Nitche and the witch some other time. It is late."
Jade kissed Phoebe. "Goodnight my sweet." She said.
"Goodnight Grandma. " Phoebe said. "Grandma?" Phoebe called out in the dark. "Do you miss it, Horizon that is?"
Jade turned with a tear in her eye, and replied, "I miss Horizon that once was. That can never be again. And that is all."
Satisfied, Phoebe rolled over and fell asleep, dreaming of fighting side by side with her grandparents. Jade sat by the fire, taking
up her knitting again, rocking and softly humming a tune from long ago.
A/N All of these characters, besides Phoebe the grandchild, do exist or existed on Dark Age of Camelot's Igraine Server. Thanks for the memories guys and gals! Jade
"Soon Lylg joined Horizon, and we had some very great adventures with all of our guildies. Our favorites were the
late night runs through emain with Nitche leading the way, sneaking up on the Mids and Albs as they tried
to enter the realm. Why, we even snuck over to Alb and took a keep with only a group of 8 Horizons and
no one else! This in turn started a wave of Hibs to come over to Alb to try for a relic. " Jade recalled fondly.
"Phoebe...Phoebe? Is that the ranger I'm named after?" Phoebe asked, her blue eyes shining.
"Why yes, my sweet, you are named after that same Phoebe." Jade replied proudly.
"What happened to them Grandma, to all the Horizons?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, like all good things, the good times had to end. It was like a brief moment in time that we were
all together and happy. Songstar, foster brother of Mops, and Mops were the first to leave. Oh, you see them
now and again running through emain, but some say they went a little nuts and were never the same again." Jade
looked sad. She sighed. "Phoebe and Ester were the next to go. There was a huge battle at Bledmeer and our poor
girls were both lost. They both died valiantly, trying to stop an Alb invasion to our relic. And they were stopped. So, in
that they did not die for nothing. They were both brave warriors, and the realm was very saddened for Horizon and for
Hibernia at the loss."
"Oh how sad! What about the others, Grandma? What about Mags and Eryik? Jipian? Nitche? "
"Well, Mags and Eryik became more than friends. But, sadly into work out. Both left Hibernia. Eryik unfortunately left
Horizon for another guild. Mags stayed, but she mostly kept to herself and stayed in her house. I have not seen her
in a long, long time."
"Jipian, I am still in contact with on occasion. He is still with Horizon, but of course has since retired and is now a ship
captain on the sea!"
"Nitche, well, Nitche is still guildmaster, but....I do not revere him as I once did. The loss of the core Horizons, as well as
the original Horizons has changed him. He also went under the spell of an evil witch. But that will be another story."
"Aww Grandma!" Pleaded Phoebe, "Please continue!"
"No, my child, it is late, and that is enough reminiscing. I will tell you the story of Nitche and the witch some other time. It is late."
Jade kissed Phoebe. "Goodnight my sweet." She said.
"Goodnight Grandma. " Phoebe said. "Grandma?" Phoebe called out in the dark. "Do you miss it, Horizon that is?"
Jade turned with a tear in her eye, and replied, "I miss Horizon that once was. That can never be again. And that is all."
Satisfied, Phoebe rolled over and fell asleep, dreaming of fighting side by side with her grandparents. Jade sat by the fire, taking
up her knitting again, rocking and softly humming a tune from long ago.
A/N All of these characters, besides Phoebe the grandchild, do exist or existed on Dark Age of Camelot's Igraine Server. Thanks for the memories guys and gals! Jade