Author note:I was playing Fire Emblem the other day when I wondered, what would a great character of the sword and sorcery genre do in a place like Elibe? The thought stayed with me and I realized, I must write this down to remind people how great the Solomon Kane stories are before a certain movie studio ruins them. So the story will bethe game with him incorporated as a character. In the Kane timeline it takes place right after Homecoming, for those who must know before reading.Enjoy
Wait, one more thing Disclaimer: I own none of this Nintendo and Robert E. Howard are the owners and frankly, they are awesome
This is how life shouldbe. Thought Solomon Kane, a tall gaunt man clothed in puritan black as he walked along the England coastline toward a shipyard. He left the land of his birth, proud Devonshire behind him for the second time in his life, now Puritanism had nothing to do with it. A few years sailing, a year in Spain, a few in Africa, his life had been one of wandering, righting all evils that crossed his path, he would not settle just yet, there are still a few things he did not see, and experiences yet to be had.
He arrived at a port to see a nightmare, all were dead, few visible injuries, if any. A plague thought Kane, but what could kill men so swiftly? Kane pondered that when another man stood at the town square "I may have gotten the coordinates wrong, but this place has so much quintessence, a survivor?" The puritan heard the other man's speech and felt his rage rising. This man killed the population of a village, he must pay for his sin "You did this?" said Kane and the other man waved his hand by a book, causing dark energy to flow from him to Solomon. The magic stopped just a few feet of him. Solomon looked puzzled at the situation, this is true black magic, necromancy at its highest, how could he not be harmed? The spellcaster showed the same confusion until he noticed Kane's staff. Kane recalled its power as well, N'longa's stave proved itself time and again against vampires and demons. The two returned to reality when Solomon gave a bitter response to the strange man "You will pay for this, are you ready to meet your god?" "Was this your village? No matter, I'll be leavi--" The man almost finished his sentence but Kane got him with a flintlock pistol ball to the arm, the man cradled it for a second, then vanished with a flash of light.
The stave helped Kane many times, and now he used it to contact his friend back in Africa. He knelt down with the staff against him and went into a trance. "Blood Brother! What'cha need from old N'longa?" He explained the scene he witnessed and the culprit he wounded "That be Nergal, he from far away land, only get there with magic, come meet me at my village, I get you there." With that advice Solomon Kane left to visit his old friend through many battles against evil, this would be different though, as N'longa advised Kane to the details of his quest to avenge those taken. Through a rift between the worlds he would be taken to a place called Elibe, where he would find this Nergal person. He stepped into a circle while N'longa chanted, a second later he became aware of every molecule in his being while in an instant he entered another world.
Solomon examined his surroundings, a village, partial destruction here or there, not recent, but this place has been attacked. He pondered that until he noticed a gathering of men with axes and swords. Kane looked toward the group to hear a rather one sided argument. "...But you did land on me, and there must be a price for that, your flying horse is a rare specimen, could get us a fair deal, but you would work just as well" The demands by the gang leader made Solomon feel an ager very familiar to him, he moved closer to the gang of bandits but stopped when he noticed another group enter the area. "Florina? What happened, why are these bandits here?" Said a woman with green hair, she seemed important to the group, but Kane noticed the group was led by a man, who stood behind the green haired woman. At the moment that was not important since the girl on the flying horse explained her situation to the group. She made a small mistake and now these bandits want to take her and her flying horse for however long they want her. Kane knew the unfairness of the situation and stepped in "Maybe I should hear your side of this, what do you plan to do with this girl for an apology?" The bandit walked up to Solomon and said "We plan to take her, sell her Pegasus, and have as much fun with her as we can before she breaks" the puritan felt the rage build more and more within him "and what if I do not want you to do that to this poor girl?" Solomon was a tall man so the bandit had the wisdom to keep enough space to still seem dominant, so he spoke again " I say this is none of your damn business" Kane took in that statement and raised his pistol, flint sparked powder and the ball went through the first brigand's skull and lodged itself in another's heart. "ATTACK" screamed the leader of the group arriving after Solomon and swords met with axes. "Who are you?" inquired the green haired woman, Solomon fired his second pistol, killing another bandit. He glanced at the girl for a second to acknowledge her presence, then unsheathed his rapier and charged foreword into the fray. While others dispatched their own problems Kane ran to the leader with all intention to bring him to judgement. The puritan approached the man who ordered this group, "We will take no apologies" "We are past that now, you must pay for the others you have wronged like you would have the girl" The bandit raised his axe but before it fell Kane's rapier entered the foe's heart. He staggered to the ground and breathed his last.
The battle drew to a close as all eyes were on the tall, gaunt man dressed in black "I'll ask again, who are you?" "I am Solomon Kane, I came to this land in pursuit of a villain, but I am a man who helps when needed, so I felt this girl needed my rescue." The woman with green hair explained her situation to him, that she is the granddaughter of the lord of house Caelin, and other groups of bandits are hunting them so they need all the help they can get. Solomon pondered the situation then thought how befriending royalty might help him get closer to that Nergal person. So he removed his hat to show respect and agreed to come along. "See? It was destiny that we all meet here" said a knight in green. Solomon then asked who everyone was like, and the leader, a man named Mark approached Solomon "The one in green is Sain, he tends to be prideful, and a pathetic womanizer, The one next to him is Kent, he's much more serious about everything, you've met Lyn, I'm a bit of a smartass, you've met Florina and Will, introduce yourself." Solomon met the young archer, he explained his situation, and the group continued their journey to Caelin.