It hasn't been long since Lord Eliwood and Lady Lyndis spelled defeat on
Nergal of the Black Fang, and released those being controlled by the
treacherous villain. 4 years, to be exact. Too bad that they didn't know
Nergal was being controlled, as well...
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Oswin and Marcus were walking through the plains a few miles from Castle Caelin one day when they saw a mob of pirates fleeing in terror. "They are here! If you wish to live, get as far away from here as you can," they cried out. Marcus quickly scanned the area, searching for any sign of movement, other than from the terrified pirates. He became a little less cautious when he didn't see anything suspicious. "Heh, I suppose pirates will run from anything these days."
Later on when they returned to Castle Caelin, where Lord Eliwood was visiting Lady Lyndis, Oswin saw something dash off from the field into the distance. However, the person, or whatever it was, had went so fast that he couldn't make out who or what it was. He warned Marcus and they agreed to inform Lady Lyndis, the newest Marquess of Caelin, of the sighting.
"Call all the knights and cavaliers to the perimeter of the castle and all the archers and magic-users to the castle walls," Lady Lyndis requested. "Strange things have been happening lately. Dozens of guards die every night without any trace of assassination. This is someone of supernatural speed and strength to be able to overcome the Caelin Guards so easily," explained Lady Lyndis. "This might end up being a greater war than the one we had with the Black Fang."
"Lady Lyndis, don't you think this is a bit too extreme," Lord Eliwood questioned. "I mean, afterall, there is only one of them and hundreds of us."
"Tell me, Eliwood, do you know that for a fact? For all we know, there could be hundreds of thousands of them just waiting for the chance to strike when we let down our guard. We don't even know if it is one enemy doing all the killing. It could be a new one every night. We have to be ready, so we won't be taken over as happened with the Black Fang."
"Lady Lyndis, you are the marquess here, not me, so if you wish for us to prepare for battle, I will do as you so request. I am sorry for questioning you. I'm sure you know what's best..."
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"Yes, that is exactly what Lady Lyn demanded," Lord Eliwood informed Kent, head of the Caelin Army. "I understand. Thank you, Eliwood," Kent replied. Kent rode off to the Meeting Hall to explain the situation to Wallace, Sain and Harken, who came with Eliwood to Caelin.
"So, another assassin will fall at my incredible power, eh?" Wallace said with a roar. "I say we go out and kill 'em ourselves!" And with that Wallace took off for the Castle Gates. "No, Wallace! Come back! It is too risky," shouted Kent. Wallace had no idea what he was getting himself into...
Wallace had just opened the Gates and walked outside when out of nowhere, a whole army appeared before him. "No.... What have I done...?" Wallace said in fear. "This band of assassins.... They have a bigger group than the Black Fang did as a whole... But I can't back down now. I have come this far in life and nothing has withstood my wrath, and I can only pray that today isn't the day of my end. So, which of you fools wants to die first?" After those words, Wallace charged forward, with his ax at hand, and started swinging wildly at the enemy. His first swing caught its victim right in the side of the head, causing the head to nearly fly off of its owner. Blood went everywhere and covered Wallace in a sheet of red. "Muwahahahaha!!!! I will do the same to every one of you fiends! Come meet the strength of my almighty ax!"
The enemy quickly surrounded him and drew in closer, drawing their swords. Wallace leaped forward and gave a second swing of his ax, giving seventeen of the hundred or so assassins a blow that could give nothing less than instant death. Heads flew everywhere, and the ground was watered with much blood of the enemy.
Suddenly, about thirty-seven of the killers let out an onslaught of arrows, which filled the sky and left the ground covered in shadows. Wallace swung at them, hoping to smash most of them, or at least knock them off course. He ducked for cover behind a tree that stood between Castle Caelin and the plains after realizing that there were too many arrows for him to corrupt. What he didn't see was the archer hidden in the plains, bow loaded and at the ready.
The archer released the arrow and the speeding sky-ripper hit its target, right in the back of the head. The archer was of the assassin squad elite and was therefore expected of nothing less than death to the enemy. He had been the cause of execution to many great warriors. Just as the archer expected, Wallace died nearly instantly. Before he fell to his death, he muttered something that will never be known to the forces of good, but whatever it was, it gave the elite archer a fear so great that he called back team of killers and retreated back to their fortress.
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Oswin and Marcus were walking through the plains a few miles from Castle Caelin one day when they saw a mob of pirates fleeing in terror. "They are here! If you wish to live, get as far away from here as you can," they cried out. Marcus quickly scanned the area, searching for any sign of movement, other than from the terrified pirates. He became a little less cautious when he didn't see anything suspicious. "Heh, I suppose pirates will run from anything these days."
Later on when they returned to Castle Caelin, where Lord Eliwood was visiting Lady Lyndis, Oswin saw something dash off from the field into the distance. However, the person, or whatever it was, had went so fast that he couldn't make out who or what it was. He warned Marcus and they agreed to inform Lady Lyndis, the newest Marquess of Caelin, of the sighting.
"Call all the knights and cavaliers to the perimeter of the castle and all the archers and magic-users to the castle walls," Lady Lyndis requested. "Strange things have been happening lately. Dozens of guards die every night without any trace of assassination. This is someone of supernatural speed and strength to be able to overcome the Caelin Guards so easily," explained Lady Lyndis. "This might end up being a greater war than the one we had with the Black Fang."
"Lady Lyndis, don't you think this is a bit too extreme," Lord Eliwood questioned. "I mean, afterall, there is only one of them and hundreds of us."
"Tell me, Eliwood, do you know that for a fact? For all we know, there could be hundreds of thousands of them just waiting for the chance to strike when we let down our guard. We don't even know if it is one enemy doing all the killing. It could be a new one every night. We have to be ready, so we won't be taken over as happened with the Black Fang."
"Lady Lyndis, you are the marquess here, not me, so if you wish for us to prepare for battle, I will do as you so request. I am sorry for questioning you. I'm sure you know what's best..."
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"Yes, that is exactly what Lady Lyn demanded," Lord Eliwood informed Kent, head of the Caelin Army. "I understand. Thank you, Eliwood," Kent replied. Kent rode off to the Meeting Hall to explain the situation to Wallace, Sain and Harken, who came with Eliwood to Caelin.
"So, another assassin will fall at my incredible power, eh?" Wallace said with a roar. "I say we go out and kill 'em ourselves!" And with that Wallace took off for the Castle Gates. "No, Wallace! Come back! It is too risky," shouted Kent. Wallace had no idea what he was getting himself into...
Wallace had just opened the Gates and walked outside when out of nowhere, a whole army appeared before him. "No.... What have I done...?" Wallace said in fear. "This band of assassins.... They have a bigger group than the Black Fang did as a whole... But I can't back down now. I have come this far in life and nothing has withstood my wrath, and I can only pray that today isn't the day of my end. So, which of you fools wants to die first?" After those words, Wallace charged forward, with his ax at hand, and started swinging wildly at the enemy. His first swing caught its victim right in the side of the head, causing the head to nearly fly off of its owner. Blood went everywhere and covered Wallace in a sheet of red. "Muwahahahaha!!!! I will do the same to every one of you fiends! Come meet the strength of my almighty ax!"
The enemy quickly surrounded him and drew in closer, drawing their swords. Wallace leaped forward and gave a second swing of his ax, giving seventeen of the hundred or so assassins a blow that could give nothing less than instant death. Heads flew everywhere, and the ground was watered with much blood of the enemy.
Suddenly, about thirty-seven of the killers let out an onslaught of arrows, which filled the sky and left the ground covered in shadows. Wallace swung at them, hoping to smash most of them, or at least knock them off course. He ducked for cover behind a tree that stood between Castle Caelin and the plains after realizing that there were too many arrows for him to corrupt. What he didn't see was the archer hidden in the plains, bow loaded and at the ready.
The archer released the arrow and the speeding sky-ripper hit its target, right in the back of the head. The archer was of the assassin squad elite and was therefore expected of nothing less than death to the enemy. He had been the cause of execution to many great warriors. Just as the archer expected, Wallace died nearly instantly. Before he fell to his death, he muttered something that will never be known to the forces of good, but whatever it was, it gave the elite archer a fear so great that he called back team of killers and retreated back to their fortress.