Diamond reappeared in the clearing with Forge. The old man walked over to a
nearby tree and sat down. Diamond followed and sat up against an adjacent
tree.
"So tell me Diamond." Forge said.
"Tell you what?" Diamond asked.
"Tell me about this quest that you're on." Forge answered.
"Well its kind of a long story." Diamond said. "Anyways, I have to get back to the village."
"Which one." Forge asked.
"Nohansen Lake Shore Village." Diamond answered.
"Well you can tell me on the way." Forge said.
"Wait a minute." Diamond said. "You're actually coming with me? What about helping those that have lost their way?"
"Well it seems to me, that you need my help more than most right now." Forge said as he got up and started for the trail.
"Hey." Diamond said as he got up and followed the old man. "What's that supposed to mean?
So Diamond began to unravel every last detail of what was going on as they walked the day and a half long trail to Nohansen Lake Shore Village, unaware of what awaited them. As they got closer to the threshold that separated the lake and Shine Meadow, they began to see a bizarre amount of smoke coming from the village.
"What's with all the smoke?" Forge asked.
"Its probably the Founder's Day Bonfire." Diamond answered. "Looks like they started without me."
But as Diamond began to climb Corporal Hill, he realized that there should have been the sound of music coming from the village. He quickened his pace as he came closer to the village. When he reached the top of the hill he stopped dead in his tracks. His eyes went wide open and he fell to his knees at what he saw.
The village was gone.
"Oh dear." Forge said as he caught up with Diamond.
Destroyed. It was all destroyed. A brutal fire had damaged every last building. The streets were littered with the bodies of those that took residence in the houses. Every last person.
The horrified Diamond frantically brought himself to his feet and sped down Corporal Hill, and into the carnage. He stumbled down the streets while he passed the destruction, getting closer and closer to the town square. He stopped in the middle of the torn town.
Diamond felled to all fours as tears flowed from his eyes like a river. Slowly, he began to breath harder and harder. He gritted his teeth and tightened his fists as he slowly turned his head to the large black tree that overlooked the village.
Within moments, Diamond burst through the doors of the dark tree.
"Where are you Ganon!?" Diamond yelled out. "Where'd you go!?"
But he received no response. By the looks of it, the dark wizard had cleared out long before Diamond arrived. The enraged swordsman began to take out his frustrations on the innards of Ganondorf's home. He shattered jars, chopped up chairs and broke down doors. When there was nothing left to destroy in the tree, he drew his Elemental Sword and latched the Blade's Pearl in the end of the sword handle. He launched a blast from his Blade Gun and tore of a large amount of the adjacent wall.
Diamond exited the tree through the hole and began to circle the tree while dragging the sharp edge of his sword along the wall. Once he fully circled the building he began to walk up Corporal Hill, where Forge had stayed.
"You alright Diamond?" Forge asked as Diamond stopped at the top.
"Bastard destroyed my home." Diamond said as he pointed his Elemental Sword straight down at the tree. "So I'll destroy his." A bolt of lightning ran up the sword and into the handle before launching an enormous burst of energy, to big to be a Blade Gun shot. The blast drilled into the dead tree with ease and in one huge explosion, dismantled the estate.
"Looks like that kid lived here." Daruka said as he wandered the town. "Well. Once again I'm stuck in a torn down village with nothing but a bunch of tracks and no Stalkwell."
The sun began to set as Diamond showed Forge what used to be his town.
"Over there is where my friend Keto lived before he moved away. And over there is where I found my lost sheath. My father was so mad when I lost it." Diamond said.
"Where did you throw the tumbleweed at Jack?" Forge asked.
Diamond stood still for a minute and let out a short chuckle and pointed to the other side of the street. "Over there."
"Really?" Forge said as he looked over to the spot. "Wait a minute."
"What?" Diamond asked.
"There's a man over there."
"What!?" Diamond yelled as he began to walk toward the man who was leaning up against a house that was still standing.
Diamond stopped before the man. He was tall with long black hair tied back in a ponytail. With him he carried two swords, one on his belt and the other over his shoulder, and a bag that appeared to be almost empty with whatever he was carrying in it. He had a black sleeveless shirt and red baggy pants.
"Who are you?" Diamond asked.
The man looked at Diamond and smirked. "Who are you?"
"What are you doing here?" Diamond asked. "Did you do this!?"
"Though I am capable of such a thing. I did nothing of the sort." The man answered.
"Then why are you here?" Diamond as has he put his hand on the handle of his normal sword.
The man let out a brief laugh. "You think you can take me down kid?"
"I don't why I can't." Diamond said as he unsheathed his sword.
The man looked at Diamond and shook his head. "You don't want to fight me."
"That just depends on who you are." Diamond said. "Now answer my question. Who are you?"
"Fine. I'll tell you." The man said. "But you have to hit me first."
"I can do that easily." Diamond said as he sheathed up his sword and ran at the man in front of him.
"Didn't your father ever tell you, never attack angry?" The man said as he just stepped to the side and dodged Diamond's punch.
Diamond skidded along the street and stopped.
"You quit already?" The man asked.
Diamond sighed and turned around. "The name is Diamond."
"You have a last name?" The man asked.
"Keya." Diamond answered.
"Oh. So you're the 'Diamond in the rough' I've been hearing about." The man said. "I hear you won the Saber Castle Match Tournament."
"I did." Diamond said.
"Huh. Well. The name's Daruka." He said.
"The Moblin Slayer?" Diamond asked.
"The one and only." Daruka answered.
"What are you doing here?" Diamond asked.
"Well if you must know. I came here in hopes of finding the man that destroyed this village." Daruka answered. "His name is Jameson Stalkwell."
"Jameson Stalkwell?" Diamond asked.
"Yep. About ten years ago, he showed up at Crater Peak with around fifty Moblins." Daruka said. "They called it the Crater Peak Massacre. Afterwards he's been showing up at various villages and leaving them in a similar state. Looks like your village was the next on the list."
"Where'd he go?" Diamond asked.
"I have tracks of him heading north." Daruka said. "But don't even think about going after him. Rumor has it is that he commands one of the Four Wings of Ganon."
"Why the hell not!?" Diamond yelled. "He destroyed my village!"
"I know what it feels like kid. He destroyed my village too." Daruka said. "But if your dad couldn't take him down, what make you think you can?"
"My father?" Diamond said. "He tried to stop him?"
"I don't see why he wouldn't." Daruka said. "There's a trail that runs all over the village. It goes from the town square, circles the town, and ends over there." He said as he pointed at a house.
"That's my house." Diamond said as he began to walk towards his torn down house.
He broke down the door to his house and looked all over for any sign of his parents. Marie was nowhere to be found, neither was Ramsey. A large pool of blood was left in the middle of his living room, an adjacent trail of blood lead out the back door and onto the training grounds.
Diamond ran out to the training grounds to see his father sitting up against the shed. Diamond ran up to his father and checked if he was all right.
Ramsey was still alive, but barely. He had been pierced in the shoulders with two different swords and once again below his rib cage.
"Dad?" Diamond said as he held his father up. "Dad, are you alright?"
"What kind of stupid question is that?" Ramsey stuttered.
"Dad, hold on. I'll help you." Diamond said in a scared fashion.
"Don't bother." Ramsey said. "As much as I hate to say it, your too late."
"No. No I'm not." Diamond argued.
"Shut up. You know you're too late." Ramsey said.
"Stop saying that!" Diamond yelled.
"He thinks you can't do it." Ramsey said.
"What?" Diamond asked.
"He thinks you'll fail." Ramsey said.
"Who." Diamond asked.
"Him." Ramsey said as he pointed to where Ganon's palace used to be.
"Ganon?" Diamond asked.
"Yes. He thinks you won't make it." Ramsey said. "But he's wrong. I know you will. So do it Diamond. Unlock that hero. And together, you two will take down that old fool. Prove him wrong Diamond. So him that you really are, my Diamond in the rough."
With that, Ramsey breathed his last breath in the arms of his son. Diamond put him down and stood up. He gave out a long sigh as tears ran down his face. "I will dad. I promise."
"So tell me Diamond." Forge said.
"Tell you what?" Diamond asked.
"Tell me about this quest that you're on." Forge answered.
"Well its kind of a long story." Diamond said. "Anyways, I have to get back to the village."
"Which one." Forge asked.
"Nohansen Lake Shore Village." Diamond answered.
"Well you can tell me on the way." Forge said.
"Wait a minute." Diamond said. "You're actually coming with me? What about helping those that have lost their way?"
"Well it seems to me, that you need my help more than most right now." Forge said as he got up and started for the trail.
"Hey." Diamond said as he got up and followed the old man. "What's that supposed to mean?
So Diamond began to unravel every last detail of what was going on as they walked the day and a half long trail to Nohansen Lake Shore Village, unaware of what awaited them. As they got closer to the threshold that separated the lake and Shine Meadow, they began to see a bizarre amount of smoke coming from the village.
"What's with all the smoke?" Forge asked.
"Its probably the Founder's Day Bonfire." Diamond answered. "Looks like they started without me."
But as Diamond began to climb Corporal Hill, he realized that there should have been the sound of music coming from the village. He quickened his pace as he came closer to the village. When he reached the top of the hill he stopped dead in his tracks. His eyes went wide open and he fell to his knees at what he saw.
The village was gone.
"Oh dear." Forge said as he caught up with Diamond.
Destroyed. It was all destroyed. A brutal fire had damaged every last building. The streets were littered with the bodies of those that took residence in the houses. Every last person.
The horrified Diamond frantically brought himself to his feet and sped down Corporal Hill, and into the carnage. He stumbled down the streets while he passed the destruction, getting closer and closer to the town square. He stopped in the middle of the torn town.
Diamond felled to all fours as tears flowed from his eyes like a river. Slowly, he began to breath harder and harder. He gritted his teeth and tightened his fists as he slowly turned his head to the large black tree that overlooked the village.
Within moments, Diamond burst through the doors of the dark tree.
"Where are you Ganon!?" Diamond yelled out. "Where'd you go!?"
But he received no response. By the looks of it, the dark wizard had cleared out long before Diamond arrived. The enraged swordsman began to take out his frustrations on the innards of Ganondorf's home. He shattered jars, chopped up chairs and broke down doors. When there was nothing left to destroy in the tree, he drew his Elemental Sword and latched the Blade's Pearl in the end of the sword handle. He launched a blast from his Blade Gun and tore of a large amount of the adjacent wall.
Diamond exited the tree through the hole and began to circle the tree while dragging the sharp edge of his sword along the wall. Once he fully circled the building he began to walk up Corporal Hill, where Forge had stayed.
"You alright Diamond?" Forge asked as Diamond stopped at the top.
"Bastard destroyed my home." Diamond said as he pointed his Elemental Sword straight down at the tree. "So I'll destroy his." A bolt of lightning ran up the sword and into the handle before launching an enormous burst of energy, to big to be a Blade Gun shot. The blast drilled into the dead tree with ease and in one huge explosion, dismantled the estate.
"Looks like that kid lived here." Daruka said as he wandered the town. "Well. Once again I'm stuck in a torn down village with nothing but a bunch of tracks and no Stalkwell."
The sun began to set as Diamond showed Forge what used to be his town.
"Over there is where my friend Keto lived before he moved away. And over there is where I found my lost sheath. My father was so mad when I lost it." Diamond said.
"Where did you throw the tumbleweed at Jack?" Forge asked.
Diamond stood still for a minute and let out a short chuckle and pointed to the other side of the street. "Over there."
"Really?" Forge said as he looked over to the spot. "Wait a minute."
"What?" Diamond asked.
"There's a man over there."
"What!?" Diamond yelled as he began to walk toward the man who was leaning up against a house that was still standing.
Diamond stopped before the man. He was tall with long black hair tied back in a ponytail. With him he carried two swords, one on his belt and the other over his shoulder, and a bag that appeared to be almost empty with whatever he was carrying in it. He had a black sleeveless shirt and red baggy pants.
"Who are you?" Diamond asked.
The man looked at Diamond and smirked. "Who are you?"
"What are you doing here?" Diamond asked. "Did you do this!?"
"Though I am capable of such a thing. I did nothing of the sort." The man answered.
"Then why are you here?" Diamond as has he put his hand on the handle of his normal sword.
The man let out a brief laugh. "You think you can take me down kid?"
"I don't why I can't." Diamond said as he unsheathed his sword.
The man looked at Diamond and shook his head. "You don't want to fight me."
"That just depends on who you are." Diamond said. "Now answer my question. Who are you?"
"Fine. I'll tell you." The man said. "But you have to hit me first."
"I can do that easily." Diamond said as he sheathed up his sword and ran at the man in front of him.
"Didn't your father ever tell you, never attack angry?" The man said as he just stepped to the side and dodged Diamond's punch.
Diamond skidded along the street and stopped.
"You quit already?" The man asked.
Diamond sighed and turned around. "The name is Diamond."
"You have a last name?" The man asked.
"Keya." Diamond answered.
"Oh. So you're the 'Diamond in the rough' I've been hearing about." The man said. "I hear you won the Saber Castle Match Tournament."
"I did." Diamond said.
"Huh. Well. The name's Daruka." He said.
"The Moblin Slayer?" Diamond asked.
"The one and only." Daruka answered.
"What are you doing here?" Diamond asked.
"Well if you must know. I came here in hopes of finding the man that destroyed this village." Daruka answered. "His name is Jameson Stalkwell."
"Jameson Stalkwell?" Diamond asked.
"Yep. About ten years ago, he showed up at Crater Peak with around fifty Moblins." Daruka said. "They called it the Crater Peak Massacre. Afterwards he's been showing up at various villages and leaving them in a similar state. Looks like your village was the next on the list."
"Where'd he go?" Diamond asked.
"I have tracks of him heading north." Daruka said. "But don't even think about going after him. Rumor has it is that he commands one of the Four Wings of Ganon."
"Why the hell not!?" Diamond yelled. "He destroyed my village!"
"I know what it feels like kid. He destroyed my village too." Daruka said. "But if your dad couldn't take him down, what make you think you can?"
"My father?" Diamond said. "He tried to stop him?"
"I don't see why he wouldn't." Daruka said. "There's a trail that runs all over the village. It goes from the town square, circles the town, and ends over there." He said as he pointed at a house.
"That's my house." Diamond said as he began to walk towards his torn down house.
He broke down the door to his house and looked all over for any sign of his parents. Marie was nowhere to be found, neither was Ramsey. A large pool of blood was left in the middle of his living room, an adjacent trail of blood lead out the back door and onto the training grounds.
Diamond ran out to the training grounds to see his father sitting up against the shed. Diamond ran up to his father and checked if he was all right.
Ramsey was still alive, but barely. He had been pierced in the shoulders with two different swords and once again below his rib cage.
"Dad?" Diamond said as he held his father up. "Dad, are you alright?"
"What kind of stupid question is that?" Ramsey stuttered.
"Dad, hold on. I'll help you." Diamond said in a scared fashion.
"Don't bother." Ramsey said. "As much as I hate to say it, your too late."
"No. No I'm not." Diamond argued.
"Shut up. You know you're too late." Ramsey said.
"Stop saying that!" Diamond yelled.
"He thinks you can't do it." Ramsey said.
"What?" Diamond asked.
"He thinks you'll fail." Ramsey said.
"Who." Diamond asked.
"Him." Ramsey said as he pointed to where Ganon's palace used to be.
"Ganon?" Diamond asked.
"Yes. He thinks you won't make it." Ramsey said. "But he's wrong. I know you will. So do it Diamond. Unlock that hero. And together, you two will take down that old fool. Prove him wrong Diamond. So him that you really are, my Diamond in the rough."
With that, Ramsey breathed his last breath in the arms of his son. Diamond put him down and stood up. He gave out a long sigh as tears ran down his face. "I will dad. I promise."