The Tails of Shadex The Rogue

By: Michael Wolf

One fine day a little group of adventures went

into a unknown part of there world( there world is called Norrath). These adventures where a well known bunch for being the first to go almost around the world and it was all started by a young wood elf named Shadex. Who was a master Rogue who started to travel to find things to kill so he could loot them and sell what he looted that he did not use. But what this rogue did not know. Was that he would be made Famous by doing this. He was the fist to go out and explore( the first to do this and come back alive that is). He first set out from a place called Kelethin. His first find was a town called Felwith witch was home to the high elves. There he met a high elf named Laktfar Lazarus Who was a great White Knight who decided to go with Shadex on his adventures. Now was the start of a group/ friendship.

Chapter Two

These friends wandered high and low and found a Evil town of Orcs which they decided to stay there and kill the Orcs for a while. When Laktfar and Shadex were finished killing they left they had so much loot so they wandered around for a city and they ended up back in Kelethin. They sold there goods and left fast because everyone was giving odd looks at Laktfar. So when they left they wondered much more till they found this town enshrouded in fog and mist and it was filled with dead things from the ancient wars. Things nether dead nor fully alive things that had no feelings they just killed. Not only where there These Zombies walking around there where also Dark elves who had been bitten in the neck and made Vampires. Oddly enough there where Normal Dark Elves about clad in black and gold armor some in chain. These dark elves all studied the Dark Arts like Necromancy and some where warriors and Necromancers combined like a evil Paladin. Shadex and Laktfar called them Shadow Knights. They quietly walked around and killed many things. When they where deep in this castle they saw a sign in Elvish that said Welcome To Castle MistMoore. Shadex saw this and was Horrified because Castle MistMoore was where the fabled armies of good fought against the Black tide's of Evil. The fabled armies consisted of wood elves of old and high elves as well as humans and dwarfs. The Black armies had Orcs, Dark Elves, Trolls , and Ogres. These two armies clashed in Castle MistMoore( because that's where the Black armies retreated too). The turn out of this Crusade was good won but the Black armies Swore Revenge for this loss they swore to come back one day under there True General. Witch so far hasn't happened( in the year two million there true general is resurrected and the fabled dark army comes back to kill the wood elves and high elves the new forces of the wood elves alone Slaughtered the Black tied). Shadex and Laktfar soon departed this castle. Shadex had found much loot like a magic mask used to Trick everyone to think he was a Dark elf. Further on the road they entered a small town of Surefall Glade. There they meet a Warrior named Balerian Black Rosé he had silver and black armor he had 4 weapons 1 was a Katana( Japanese samurai Sword) it was silver and had a black and silver handle the handles bottom was shaped like a horse head and the guard was shaped in a circle but a horse with flaming Hooves was cut into it. His chest plate has a Black and White Horse with Flaming Hooves. He also had a knife/ dagger as well black and white with a horse cut into the leather grip. He has a shield witch is black and white with a horse painted on it. He had 2 long swords one was a short katana made for one hand fighting. And a long sword that was enchanted and with a single strike sent a hurl of horse men into his victim. His helmet was rather odd its self it was that of a Eagle its wings where strait out and his visor would lift up and on the sides of the wings where Running horses with vicious riders charging into battle.

Balerian or Black Rosé as he was called. Was the hero of this town he saved them from a Orc invasion. He killed 150 of them with his enchanted sword (that is what the rumors say).Black Rosé/ Balerian was very strong and stubborn he was a loner and followed a strict code of conduct . He had eyes that where so Blue it was said that you could lose your self in them like the unending waves of the ocean of Tears. his eyes where keen and observant they showed no emotion. his face was a mix of Anger Hurt and Desire. He looked as most thought of as a Ranger/Paladin that had taken up being a warrior.

Chapter Three

Balerian Chose to leave the city he had protected so well to go with Shadex and Laktfar. The Group now consisted of One Warrior, One Rogue, and one Paladin. The group was wondering near a gnoll camp when they heard the sounds of battle. Balerian faster then the speed of a eagle was at the camp to find a small band of elves fighting of the gnolls. Balerian the hero that he is jumped in and killed twelve of the fifteen gnolls that inhabited the camp. A young female half elf after killing the rest of the gnolls. Walked up to Balerian and attacked him. Balerian was startled by this and jumped back. With a flick of his wrist one blade was in hand and a gnoll watch man lay dead on the ground next to Balerian. Balerian looked at the girl and said briskly "I helped take that weight of his shoulders" He ended this with a hardy laugh. He then looked at the girl who now had a grin on her face and he said "Well hello my name is Balerian Black Rosé Son of Elessar Brother of Vulf, and DarkHearted" the Girl looked at Balerian and Replied with a simple " Well it is a pleasure to meet you Mr. Show Off" she walked off into the woods but Balerian was enthralled by her he had to follow her. Laktfar Thought she might be a temptress but did not stop Balerian from following her.

Chapter Four

Balerian Went up to the girl and said " I am sorry I do not mean to show off" he concluded with " what can I do to show you that that was not what I intended to do". she looked at him puzzled " why did you follow me"? Balerian was shocked by what she said but only said " I I umm I" She laughed and said " I guess every ones shy sometimes" Balerian's face Flushed bright red with embracement. She giggled when she noticed how shy he was but he looked like a battle hardened warrior but he was so shy and she thought to her self (He must be used to being alone and if not alone in male company so he must not be used to girls). She decided to see if it was that or was he just naturally shy. She looked at him and said " why are u so shy"?. He could not reply for he did not know why he normally was not shy but why was he now? He stayed silent and that made the girl get angry at him and he turned quick and threw a dagger at him and he took it in the chest with out twitching he only looked at it and started to walk away. This left the girl in a huge amount of shock she had never seen some one take a dagger in the chest and not flinch and then just walk away. He was in huge amounts of pain not because of the dagger but because of the thought that he was as shy as a little girl he could not take that type of a blow to his self confidence. So he decided it would be best if he just left and stopped making a fool of him self.

Chapter Five

The Girl not knowing what to do ran after him. He could hear her behind him. He put his hand on the hilt of the dagger and jerked it out. She caught up to him and he looked into her eyes and said "im sorry I don't have a towel or something to wipe the blood off of your dagger". She looked Bemused at what he was saying then she saw he was holding out he dagger that had some blood still trickling from the tip. She only thought wouldn't it hurt to yank that from your own body? Balerian looked at her then he knelt down and put the dagger in her leg Sheath for her and stood up and said " may you have a good day ". she was so deep into thought that she did not notice that he had departed her company. She finally returned to Reality the sun was setting. She heard a moaning sound. She saw a Zombie a big one. She stabbed at it with her swords. At Balerian's camp everyone but Balerian was sleeping the fire was only coals and he was still thinking of the girl. His chest did hurt but he thought nothing of it. He Stood up and heard the sounds of battle. He walked/ stalked over to where he heard the sound of two blades clashing together. He looked down to see the Girl fighting of a greater Zombie. Balerian Quickly drew his swords and walked down to help her. She didn't see him but the zombie did. He just by the site of Balerian was engulfed in Rage and hate he threw The Girl to the floor and charged Balerian. Balerian put one sword in its neck and then decapitated it with the other. The Zombie's body fell limply to the floor. The girl was crestfallen when she saw Balerian pass out. She ran over to him and she saw that from the hole in his armor blood was trickling out of it. She was Confused as to what to do but she gathered up he courage and started unbuckling his chest piece. She finally got it off and when she pulled it off a wave of blood flowed out of it. She felt her knees and lap get wet with the blood but she saw that it was from the dagger that he took in the chest. She put her hands on it to stop or slow the bleeding. But not to long after Balerian regained conciseness and stood up and grabbed his chest plate the girl was amazed again. He walked forward stumbled and fell to one knee. He stood again and walked to his camp and fell to the ground and passed out. Laktfar was the first up and he jumped up for he smelled fresh blood. He saw Balerian laying prone on the floor and he wasn't moving or breathing. He but his hand over Balerian's chest and started chanting. The wound in Balerian chest turned blue then it healed only to leave a Circular scare.

Chapter Six

The 3 Elves moved out of the town of Surefall Glade. They moved along the Planes of Kerana. They showed up in a town called High Pass Hold. They walked through it but Balerian said he knew some one here and he had to see him. He walked into a arch door way and started talking to a Wood Elf Druid. The druid then walked over to the small group and said "My name is Lithfurex WyldWind" Balerian walked up behind the druid with another Wood Elf this one was a ranger and he said " my name is DarkHearted Black Arrow" Then out of no were two Half Elves appear and the Ranger of the two of the two Half Elves Tells Shadex " My Name is Elessar and this is Vulf I am Balerian's Father and Vulf and DarkHearted are his Brothers" Shadex looked at him and just said "Nice to meet all of you so I guess we have a number of people now" he ended his talk with a slight Cackle. Elessar knew this kind of made Shadex nerves. Elessar was a experienced Wonderer so he during the journey to Neriak slipped off. He followed them silently he was very good at what he does he snuck up behind a guard and took a dagger and ended him silently. Then he heard a big Explosion. He turned to see 12 guards fall headless in front of him and a Skeletal Specter over them. Then he saw a Erudite a very strong one this erudite radiated in a Black & Red aurora. The Erudite must have been a Necromancer because the Specter went over to him and said " Guarding you with my life MASTER".

Elessar was not shocked at all he had seen necros before. He bowed and introduced him self "My name is Elessar a Ranger of Surefall Glade" the Necro smiled and said " nice to meet you Elessar my name is Errelno I am a Necromancer of Erudin and my little friend's name is Thoren" the specter Floated over to Elessar and bowed. Elessar was kind of taken back at all this then thought of how many winters is this guy he has power enough to control a Specter iv only seen one like that before and that guy was 62 winters… he must be that or higher. Errelno put on another big smile and said " I am of 66 winters he he I can read your mind ha ha" Elessar started to laugh when he saw a big group of Dark Elven Knights Walking forward and They had there swords Drawn. The Went from a walk to a Sprint when they saw Errelno. There group started chanting in unison then suddenly 10 arrows flew from Elessar & behind him and 10 of the 30 men fell dead to the ground. Then Balerian and Laktfar ran into the Dark Elves from behind and started cutting them down and then One of the Knights Combusted and started running around till Vulf Smacked him in the head with a staff and then all the men where stuck to the ground because roots had entangled there feet. Then Errelno started to chant and then 4 of the knights dropped dead then there bodies Exploded. Thoren was going to town he had on guy on his Scythe blade and another in his hand. There was only the Elite of the knights left and one was about to kill Laktfar till The Girl from Surefall Glade came out and loped its head off. She then killed 2 more of them. Balerian had a spear in his chest and a large cut on his arm he had some how gotten a arrow in his leg and a dagger in his shoulder he was on one knee and slashing wildly at the elves he staggered up and Separated a elf from his head and then collapsed to the ground he knew he was most likely to die. He Stood up and let out a Horrible Battle Cry. Everyone looked to see him grab his Katana and Kill the last three men in one slash. Everyone gasped because as he fell the spear in his chest came out the other side of him. He lay still for a few minutes as Laktfar crawled over to him. Laktfar, DarkHearted , Elessar , Vulf , And Lithfurex stared to chant healing spells. But he was dead. He had been hit so much his body finally gave up. Balerian woke up staring at his body. And people picking it up he saw what mess he looked and he noticed that Laktfar had taken the spear out and broken it. Then saw Errelno start chanting and a Red light Erupt from Balerian's body. Then all went Black.

Chapter Seven

"The sweet smell of early morning in Surefall filled my mind and my senses for a second I as in heaven". When he Awoke he was stairing at a ceiling. And sat up and looked around to see Laktfar and everyone in there. Laktfar GASPED when he saw the dead rise he stood and drew his sword. Balerian laughed and said " you do not believe I am alive because nether do I". Balerian then started to dream again.

DREAM

Balerian is in Surefall Glade teaching all the new recrutes of the Half Elf army. He Gives them the Talk " The Art of The Sword is The Art of Killing…………No Matter What Fancy Names or Titles you give………it That Is The Truth. He ends the talk with handing all of them a sword. Yes he him self hands them there swords they are all blessed and are copies of his Short Katana. They then report and get there armor and get blessed by the druid and ranger Elders. The Warriors of The Half Elf Army trains the same way as it's Brother army the Wood Elf army. All the Half Elves train with the bow being taught by the Ranger Elders. Then they are taught how to kill and duel wield and how to function as a army by high ranking Half Elf Warriors. Then at last they are taught how to use a two handed sword by Paladins from Felwith. There army was a great army it had Warriors Paladins Rangers and bards as fighters and then you got The druids to heal and cast. When u put the Wood elf and Half elf armies together you get a great force of elves. ( just info). In this dream balerian does his daily training things with the new people then he goes out and sees a wood elf its his Brother/ his half brother. He walks up to him and salutes and yells "What are you doing here DarkHearted?". Dark looks at him and smiles and salutes back "I have a message for the General of the half Elf Army Brother you know where he is? I mean you are second in command arnt you?" Balerian looks at him and droped his smile "What is the message?" Dark "it's a letter from General Forest runner" Balerian "About what?" Dark "the wood elves and high elves are being over run by dark elves Orcs trolls ogres and newly Iksars" Balerian " who have u sent runners too?" Dark " the frogloks , Humans, Dwarfs , and Gnomes ohh and don't forget Half Elves". Balerian "so this is the mighty war we saw coming isn't it?" Dark " looks like it bro" Balerian "tell your general we will be there soon we have to mobilize and get the druids porting ok is that clear GO send word that we are coming!" Dark "YES SIR" Dark Grabs a stone from his belt pouch and Blows on it the stone shines bright then he is gone. Balerian runs in front of the barracks and Yells "FALL IN" everyone pours out of the building dressed ready to fight with weapons at there sides. Balerian " you all want to kill?" Everyone " YES SIR!" Balerian "here is your chances to become Heroes Druid Port NOW!"

End Of DREAM

Balerian Woke up in a cold sweat and he was clutching his chest. He felt like he was being stabbed in the chest many times. He ripped off the silk gown thing. He looked at his chest all his wounds where bright red and had a green ting and his chest wound was excreting yellow fuming puss. He winced in pain as more of the yellow liquid flowed out. Was this the price for the ability not to be dead so soon? Balerian staggered out of bed abd started to strap on his armor. He pulled his swords up but he noticed his armor had changed. all the horse marks where gone. They where replaced with a Pyramid made of three small triangles and a small triangle in the middle (like the one from Zelda). His Helmet had disappeared. His armor was all the same but the emblem and oddly enough the colors. They went from his silver to a pure jet black. He took the ends of his cape and made a mouth guard for him self and he took a black shirt and ripped it and covered his face. He then quietly crawled out of his window and crept off into the forest. Shadex sitting and watching Balerian do what he did was a little happier he had one less person to worry about. He looked at everyone in the room and then thought about it and decided he too will go his separate ways. He went over to the door and opened it and walked out. The first up was Elessar and when he saw that Balerian was gone he quietly woke up Dark and Vulf as well as Lithfurex. The all set of on the trail of Balerian. Balerian staggered into a Orc city with is sword's drawn and his head bare. He saw a Orc raise a bow in his direction he turned and ran at the Orc and sheathed his short katana in a flash and drew his dagger at the same time then he threw his dagger into the Orc and then went to town in the city he had killed about 200 Orcs until he had to sit he had 2 arrows in his chest a broken spear in his side and cuts all over