Part 10

Even though the locket appeared broken when Kechara tried to close it, Eirika still wore the locket. Eirika fingered the locket as she flew over the countryside on the back of a shipping griffon, thinking about what had just happened to her.

As the buildings clasped around them in a domino effect, Eirika, Tearie, Kechara, Gwynneth, Thundabolt, and Ashalind ran out of the Inn. They watched helplessly as all the buildings in Darkshire were destroyed, as the circle of destruction around them was completed. There was a loud crack, as if some large stone arch had broken and fallen to the ground. Everything fell silent, just as fast as it had started.

"What was that?" Ashalind asked, in a hushed, scared whisper, as she looked around to identify the source of the sound. Everything was quiet; none of the animals were anywhere to be seen, and the residents of the town? The party could only hope that they realized what was happening and sought refuge elsewhere.

In the thick silence all the party contemplated what could have caused this massive amount of damage, they were so deep in their thought that they didn't realize a green haze was descending upon them, and the remainders of Darkshire.

After Eirika landed in Stormwind, she knew she needed to head to Gnomeregan, but Thundabolt had a different idea, after they left Darkshire he told Eirika that they were going to meet up with a mage who would escort them into the depths of Gnomeregan, where the final leg of their journey was to take place. They would stop the Trogg invasion and drive them from the home of the Gnomes, once and for all. There was only one problem: they had no idea what they were to fight, or what they would need to fight it. All they knew is what Earicol, that they would be fighting the most powerful evil Azeroth had ever seen.

Gwynneth was the first to notice the green fog, it had begun to thicken, in fact it had become so thick that everyone wondered why they hadn't noticed it before. But the fact remained: the fog wasthe the point that you could barely see the person standing five feet from you, which was just as well, because if they saw the shear size of what came next they may not have been able to believe that they were there to help them.

Thundabolt had called all the Knights who were not clearing dens of evil in the lands at the time. The Knights of Davion are called to protect everyone in the world from time to time by clearing out pockets of evil places all over the world, everywhere from the Deadmines, to Uldaman, to Blackrock Spire. Of the knights who were not on duty at the time, Lykan, Slider, and Quescent had answered. Although Eirika didn't know this at the time, Quescent was already sent to help Eirika at the time Thundabolt sent out the call, so the other knights who answered agreed to meet them at their camp outside Chillbreeze Valley in Dun Morogh.

So Eirika made her way to Stormwind Park, where quiescent said he would meet her.

"Why do you seek an audience with the great Earicol? You see the remainders of the buildings around you? This is the work of the power of the great Earicol, and you had best state your reason for daring to enter into Earicols' presence. Speak now or the same fate will befall you as did the denizens of this place that they once called a town." A voice that seemed far away and yet very close at the same, a whisper, yet a yell, the voice emanated to the party from between two points that glowed, rather like eyes. The light was fierce, and challenging.

The party hoped that everyone who had found a home in the town found their way out before the buildings started to collapse. The only city even remotely close to Darkshire would be Lakeshire in Redridge.

As all these thoughts were running through everyone's mind, they were startled to see the eyes sway slightly one way, then the other, and finally disappeared. Not three seconds after those haunting eyes disappeared they felt the ground under their feet shudder once, and a large gust of warm wind blow into their faces.

Eirika told the rest of her party to go ahead to Dun Morogh, she requested them to start setting up camp outside of Chillbreeze Valley. Erika then proceeded to The Park in Stormwind City to meet Quescent. She told them that the final battle was about to take place, the battle for Gnomeregan, and the future of everyone in Azeroth.

To Be Continued…