Chapter Two
Things in
the mortal realm had been strange as of late, even to one such as
Taer'kahn. Many unexplained events had been occuring in the area he
was in.Things such as missing officials, unusual tracks, and strange
daylight patterns had alerted him to something, yet he could only
guess at what it could possibly be.
Taer'kahn had finally
noticed something was truly amiss when he spotted the first
githyanki, alone, rushing through the trees. At first he thought he
must have been mistaken, but something told him he was not. He
couldn't understand it. As far as he knew, the githyanki only existed
in the planar realm of Tu'narath, and had never ventured into
another plane, let alone the mortal realm.
He swiftly but
silently followed the scout until it met up with 3 other parties.
They looked as if they were exchanging information and preparing to
return to their superiors but Taer'kahn would not let that happen. He
charged into them and began rending them apart, striking with careful
precision and calculation. Noticing that many of the githyanki
warriors fell dead with arrows lodged in their neck or torso he did
not concern himself. Any dead enemy of his was better than another
live one.
After he had finished the battle he heard the rapid
footfalls of an approaching man, most likely the archer that had
assisted him. He turned to study the stranger and listened as he
introduced himself. i Hmph. Human...it
would have had to be a human. /i He thought to himself
as he studied the newcomer. Taer'kahn turned and wiped his blade off
on the cloak of one of the scouts.
When he had finished that
he decided he would answer the archers question. "They
do not belong here." Standing up and sheathing his sword
he added as an afterthought "Nor do you."
Taer'kahn then made as if to go but noticed what appeared to be a
scroll sticking out of one of the githyanki pouches. He stooped down
to pick it up and inspected the scroll...it was written in the
githyanki native tongue, a mixture of infernal and abyssal...he would
have to work at translating it later.
Placing the scroll into
a pouch underneath his armor he took to studying the night sky. There
was only one place he was going to get answers to the questions that
were racing through his mind, and it was not here, and he didn't
think he would like the answers he was going to find.
He
noticed that the warrior that had assisted him was still there, he
could feel his eyes on him as he wandered his thoughts. Addressing
the stranger Taer'kahn spoke. "There will
be more. Go home." On any other day he would have struck
down such a bold human...yet this Kain had killed githyanki, and with
surprising efficiency...he decided that would be enough to let him
live.