Darklegacy Series

Chapter 4 - Wooly Predators (tale of Hexen)
by: Asukas

This is a fan-fiction based upon the world of Final Fantasy XI, Vana'diel. I take no credit for the locations that my story is based upon or the lore that surrounds them. Also some of the names in the story are taken from real players that I have run across in game.

DarkLegacy had not become the linkshell that Asukas and Reizero envisioned. Membership is what it lacked, one of the main reasons being a lack of good candidates for membership. Asukas and Reizero had become extremely selective after both experiencing individually a bad linkshell from time to time. Asukas' dream was for DarkLegacy to become a great linkshell of experienced adventures like the well-known Mugen linkshell that she had spent so much time in upon arriving in Bastok.

Weeks and weeks went by, and both Asukas and Reizero became very agitated. Until one day Reizero came to Asukas with a name of an adventurer that she had met while out killing Quads one day. "Hexen is her name, and her background is very similar to our own. She lost her family and found Bastok to be the closest thing to home she ever had. Oh, by the way, Asukas, she got thrown out of San d'Oria for beating up some elfish brutes," Reizero said laughingly. "That is all I need to hear. Where can I find her?" Asukas asked. "Most likely she will be in the Highlands killing sheep, if not, probably in Zeruhn mining. But wherever you find her don't tell her I sent you," Reizero said.

Asukas rented a chocobo from the stables in Bastok Mines and headed north to the Highlands. It wasn't long after she entered the Highlands, that she passed a mithra by the name of Hexen. Asukas wondered if this could be her, so she decided to dismount the chocobo and tail Hexen for awhile, making sure not to be noticed by her. Asukas watched Hexen engage sheep after sheep after sheep. Hexen slaughtered them, and not with a normal warrior's determination, but with a graceful vengeance that only someone with a deeper true hatred could posses. After watching her kill hundreds of sheep, Asukas realized that the pure gore of the situation hadn't even fazed her. She had spent hours watching this mithra tear these sheep to shreds, and the only thing Asukas could focus on was the great burden that seemed to weight on this mithran sister. It wasn't until a goblin sneak attacked Hexen that Asukas made her presence known. Only a few healing spells later the battle was over and the goblin lay slain. "Thank you for your help," said Hexen. "No problem, I was just passing by and saw a mithra in need. I only hope that your loyalties do not lie with San d'Oria," Asukas questioned. "I am from Bastok. Not originally, but I serve Bastok now," Hexen answered. Asukas and Hexen talked for the next few hours and seemed to find much common ground. Asukas knew that this mithra would make a good addition to DarkLegacy. After finally revealing that Reizero had sent Asukas to find Hexen, they both laughed. Asukas also kept secret her viewing of Hexen slaying the herds of sheep that day. She knew one day, Hexen would open up more and explain her motives. But that didn't matter today, all that mattered is DarkLegacy's enrollment grew by one. And this helped Asukas believe that one day her dreams would be realized.

...More to come...