Destiny Ch. 2
The Return of Overlord
It has been one-hundred years since the great battle took place between Overlord and Adriane. Today is the one-hundredth anniversary of peace. It is a day of celebration. There are songs of great deeds and dances to accompany them. During the festivities there are games held, and reenactments of Adriane's battle with Overlord. In the Kingdom of Swords the festival is the biggest, as Adriane was born there.
This years festivities where the largest to have been seen. The King of Veldernaut was in conference with his advisors. They where discussing the legend of Overlord. "I just don't know whether to believe the legend or not" says the King. "But sire we must not dismiss the possibility of him coming back to life" says his chief advisor Ramule. "The legend says that he will return today, when the three moons line up with the dragons eye". "We don't even know if the Dragons Eye exists, and if it does we have no clue as to where it could be found" says King Vaughn. "What of the other half of the legend, with the great warrior rising to vanquish his foes. Have we any news on that?" "No sire, no news yet. We have soldiers searching the county side, but none have brought back anything of use" says Ramule. "Dammit, if we can't find this supposed warrior and the legend is true, then we have no hope of surviving Overlords onslaught" says King Vaughn.
The festival continued outside of the castle, much to the enjoyment of everyone in attendance. The weather was at a comfortable 75 degrees, sunny with only a few clouds in the sky. The children where at the game arena and the battle reenactments, while the adults where enjoying the beautiful weather while drinking some ale. As the festivities went on throughout the day, nobody suspected that the distant thunder was an omen to evil intent. Just then the sky went to midnight black, all the birds went quiet and all festivities ceased. Everyone was wondering what was going on. They could tell the main source of the anomaly was to the east…towards the Wastelands. As the sky swirled into a multitude of colors, the most prominent of all colors was blood red. Amid the swirling chaos you could begin to make out a figure. He was dark in nature, donning an evil looking armor that bore many spikes. In his grand entrance he says, "Feeble humans, I Overlord has returned to become your master once again. There is nothing you can do to stop me with you precious hero gone" he says with sarcasm dripping in his voice. Terror began to spread wildly throughout the assembled masses. As Overlord finished speaking he began to laugh. At the same time hordes of goblins, gnolls and even a dozen ettins came flooding through the open gate. By the time all of the vile creatures were inside the castle wall, there was a total of 100 score. In the confusion of thousands of moving bodies many booths were knocked over, tables flipped and tents where ripped down. There were even some casualties among the rushed panic.
While this was going on Overlords fortress was almost completed of repairs. As Overlord sat in his throne room, he was conjuring images of what he was going to do too make his presence noted by the rulers of the world. "By decimating this kingdom all of the others will either bow down to me or face the same consequences. Let this stand as a lesson to be learned. Stand against me and face the judgment of Overlord…HA HA HA. There is nothing that can stand in my way. With the Dragons Eye sealed and guarded by my own minions of dark I have nothing to fear, and besides there is no one who can wield the sword anyway as I have taken the liberty to dispose of the bloodline of those who could." "Master, I have some good news. The city of Veldernaut has fallen. Many refugees are running to the west, to the city of Falen. Should we give chase and bring them back?" says a goblin. "There is no need for that. We need someone to tell the world that their master has returned. Besides, it won't be long before we are ready to begin our conquest of the world once again."
In the next chapter you will meet some familiar characters who will begin their perilous journey to put an end to Overlords rule once and for all.
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