General Catrin tossed Earinix a greatsword, it was a slim kind of steel decorated with dark blue runes. He swung it a few times, its was a fast sword, and he grinned. General Catrin glared at him. He stood at attention, his hands folded neatly behind his back. "Now, we need a borderline on where your skills are at, so strike me."

Earinix allowed his eyes to dart around for a few seconds, taking in the envirment. The place was almost completly made out of dark blue steel, there was no elavetion points, so that was out. Also, he didn't know how Catrin fought so, he decided that he was going with the basic charge. He grabbed the sword with both of his hands and raced forward, Catrin easily sidestepped the attack, but that was exactly what Earinix wanted her to do, and swirled his sword around and struck her in the back, causing her to fall forward. She hit the floor with a thud, Earinix rolled her over, and she springed up reaching for her blade that was placed on her back. Earinix grabbed her arm with lighting-like quickness and twisted it forward. She squeeked in pain and he placed the sword on her throat. She grinned at him.

"Good. You have practiced before." He nodded and let her go. "What were you before... This?" She said before walking over to a large pit in the floor, with several straw dummys waiting to be pummpled to death. "Warrior, ma'am." He said as he trailed behind her. "Good, then I only need to teach you how to cast spells..." She muttered a few words underneath her breath when a green ball of fire flew towards Earinix, which he quickly sidestepped and let glide past him.

"You will learn many things for the next 6 weeks, and you will be burnt, cut, and winded more than once during your training. You will need to master these few spells before you go out on the battlefield, or they just might kill you." She said grimly. She muttered something and large purple hands shot out of her hands, they grabbed Earinix by the waist and pulled him towards General Catrin. "That will be the first spell you will learn, so lets no waste any time."

She stood by one of the dummys, "Now, watch my stance." She got into the proper stance and casted the spell again, the dummy looking like is was about to rip from the floor. Eainix watched her stance, how she moved once the spell became real. She casted it again, this time he watched the spell itself, learning how it was ment to move. She stood up. "That is how you do that." She said with a slight bow. The silver haired elf tossed Earinix a book. "Do not say the words of a spell unless you are going to use it, page 46, it should be there."

Earinix found the page and pull the book gently on the floor, he took up the stance General Catrin was in a few moments ago. He muttered the same words, struggling only slightly, unleashed the spell onto the somewhat broken dummy, causing the dummy to be flung towards Earinix, who batted it away with his sword. He turned to General Catrin and bowed low. She and several onlookers clapped."I have never seen someone do that spell so flulently so quickly." She said with a slight grin. She patted him on the chest as she pasted him. "Same time tomorrow, you are dismissed." He saulted her and walked back to his room.

The next six weeks were brutal, he was almost always tried, but he always read the spellbook late at night. He wanted to stay above than most. Gerenal Catrin said he did better than most, but he didn't belive it, so he pushed himself harder and harder. It was the last day of his training, and he groaned. It was his test, and he had heard that someone important was coming to watch. He assumed it was one of the higher up Gerenal. He had polished his blade, and mended his armor. He sighed and put his head in his hands. The test didn't start until noon, so he had to get up. He stood, put on his armor, pulled his hood up, and walked out. He ran into Grimmorr, and he clapped the blonde elf on the shoulder.

"Hey buddy! Good luck in there! Big guy is coming for the big day!" Earinix rolled his eyes. "Yeah yeah yeah, but for now I need some food." And moved out of the way of the clearly drunk worgen. He walked up to a food merchent for some black mushrooms, tossed the man the gold and sat down to read the spellbook, eating the mushrooms.

Time pasted quickly, that seemed to happen alot when he read. The time was almost here. The test to see if he was ready of battle, to fight for the Lich King. He got a sharpening stone and sharped his sword, he wanted to impress this high ranking Gerenal. Earinix pulled his maroon hood up and walked to the pit, sitting on the side. the sound of clopping hooves clicked behind him and Riggi sat down next to him. "Hey man. Good luck in there. You'll need it. I heard some rumors floating around that you'll be fighting Catrin." "Good thing its not a rumor." General Catrin Spoke behind the pair. They both got up swiftly and saulted her. "I did not mean it as the way it sounded, I ment is as a challage, you know? Student and master, fighting as onlookers watched, even the big guy coming, who is it anyway?" Earinix looked expectely to his master. General Catrin shook her head. "I have no idea, They won't tell me because I'm fighting today too. Its almost time, are you ready?" Earinix nodded. Loud steps sounded at the beginning of the hall, and the stranger was Arthas, the Lich King. His cold stare looked across the room and directly to Earinix, and walked towards him. Earinix and Riggi dropped to a kneel, when General bowed deeply. "Are you the one named Earinix?" Arthas's voice boomed. Earinix nodded. "Yes, Milord, I am he." Arthas looked up to Catrin. "And are you his master?" "Yes, Your Highness." She said, her voice breaking. He clapped his armored hands together. "Good, let us begin." Earinix got up and walked into the pit, two men above him putting down a sheet of chain once he entered the pit. General Catrin doing the same. many people walked around the pit, Earinix seeing Grimmorr in the front, waving at him, seeming to have sobered up. Earinix looked around, the room was almost packed with onlookers, word must have gotten out about Earinix's skill and power. "Today we stand here to watch master and student fight of wits and skill. Let them begin!" Earinix unshealthed his sword and ran to the wall, kicked off it and dived for Catrin, he knew she would never expect that, he never showed that in training. Catrin was knocked to the ground, but she wasn't about to give up, she grabbed her blade and nicked his shoulder, he jumped up the same thim she did, he snarled at her. She charged, he sidestepped and tripped her. She fell, again. "Footing is one of the most important things a swordsman can have, isn't that what you always used to say?" He said with a grin. She jumped back up, refusing to be beaten on a thing she told him was the soul of fighting. He casted a spell and a red glow reached his blade, ande grinned. Catrin walked slowly away, her back hitting the sheet of chain. The crowd muttered in fear. Earinix casted the spell and the purple hands and yanked her close to him, spun her, and pulled his blade close to her throat. Arthas clapped his padded hands. "I now have the answer I sought. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Chamion!" The crowd cheered as the chain was rasied. Earinix helped Catain walk out, she walk limping bad. "Grimmorr!" He called and he was there in an instant. "Yes, Champion?" He said in amusment. " Get her healed up." The worgen saulted him, and took Catrin. Arthas clapped him on the unnicked shoulder. "Good job, lad. I caught wind of your skill and knew I had to come down here." The Lich King handed him a set of blue armor. "So you stand out. You will be moved over to the Eastern Kingdoms, we need you there most." And with that, a Champion was born.