second king eldous
my life has always been hard, my parents tried to protect me from a bandit that broke into the house. they died, the rest of my family wouldnt claim me so they sent me to a orphanage where the one running the place didnt give a damn about us and let the older ones beat us younger ones. i ran from that place heading to the city of lords anor londo, hoping to be taken in by a good family. humans in anor londo are treated like lower classed citizens unless you were apart of gwyns army.
i walked around keeping out of sight of the guards till i found him, a boy alittle older then me taking care of two younger ones a small boy just old enough to walk and a baby girl. he took me into his strange family, we stole to survive but when they guards were on our heels he would always stay behind and take the beatings for the crime, because we were kids they couldnt kill us.
if it wasnt for the day we met gwyndolin we might not have made it to a older age, we met the great lord gwyn and he took us into his special corps, children that showed great promise for when they grew up. there we met up with artorias babylons friend who helped us by giving us bread crusts when we couldnt get any food, on a side note he was my first crush but thats for another time.
before we were in the corp gwyndolin trained us to be normal citizens and be able to use magic well most of us i cant use it well. soon after we joined the corp they seperated us so they could train us the best way, i was taken into the lord blades a group of assasins for lord gwyn, we took out targets normal soldiers couldnt or that needed a special touch to kill.
the new recruites leaned in around the fire captivated by her story," and now here we are after ten years i am a lord blade offical assasin for lord gwyn" i said smiling as the noobies cheered for me. ciaran walked up behind me" shes the only one to carry that big iron plate she calls a sword" she added before sitting beside me."everyone this is ciaran if you see her most likely your bleeding out, and my zweidhander has helped us in many missions" i wraped a arm around her and gave her a hug." im also her rival for artorias's affection although he doesnt seem very interested in ether of us" ciaran said her face redened alittle, i laughed"well like we could tell he keeps his face covered in that shadowy hood all the time all you get to go off is his voice", she nodded"eldous its time for bed we have a mission tommorow" ciaran said good night to the others and left."well you heard the boss got to go" i said getting up and streching. as lord blades we didnt exactly have a base we traveled around alot in tents llike a caravan, i shared a tent with ciaran. i walked into the tent she was already changed and in bed asleep. out of all the lord blades my armor was the most likely to be seen it was made of brass and had a shiny golden sheen to it, i was called the lord blades wrecker. ciaran was like a older sister i never had since the day we met at the special corps training camp we have been inseperable.
the moring came fast, ciaran was always up before me, shes the one who always got me up. normaly by poking my side with her foot,"eldous come on im not kidding this is a high value target we cant let this one slip by" she called to me putting her armor on, she wore the lord blades uniform a dark blue light weight armor that kept her moving quickly and quiet. i got up and got dressed in my brass armor and straped my zwiedhander to my back and nodded to her saying i was ready. we left our tent and rushed to a pair of horses"whats the target" i called to her." a group of undead blame the curse on gwyn, they demand he cure them, stupid i know but for some reason hes got alot of people behind him now,the main objective is recon" she called her horse speeding ahead.
our horses carried us to a plains area quiet a while away from camp, i slipped my helmet on and hoppedd off my horse and joined ciaran" i know you said recon but how many are they?" i asked hoping to kill someone,"oh not much not much just in the few hundreds" she said putting on her mask, shes a great assasin that mask was a symbol of her hard work and effort. the plains were pretty flat except for the occasional hill here and there. we layed on the ground watching their camp recording the placements of the guards when they swap ect,"so ever think of the time when this is all over?" ciaran asked me scribling down the number of guards. it caught me off guard"um i dont know i always dreamt of slowing down having a family, a little girl who i could teach how to use this big thing" i said patting my sword as it layed beside me. ciaran giggled softly"just become a wife and mother why eldous im surprised i was expecting a 'finished? im gonna kill S. all my life'" she said trying to mimic my voice."very funny but if i were you i would keep my day job" i said looking through my binoculars seeing something going on in the camp men were running here and there. they were grabbing weapon, and fortifying their perimiter."what happened?' i asked ciaran but she just shruged, alarms were going off and everyone in the camp were up and ready to fight. i didnt think much of it till they started coming towards the hill we were on,"uh ciaran?" i said tapping her shoulder,she sighed and looked at me" what?", i grabbed her chin and turned her head so she could see the men coming our way" we got company time to roll out the welcome mat or close the curtens and turn off the lights" i said grabbing my sword, there had to be atlest fifty men bearing down on our position, i hate to say it but someone tipped them off. a single horse and rider dashed off while everyone was packing up."ciaran go grab your horse and get that lone rider i will stop people from following" i called getting up and charging the enemy. i didnt know if she listened or ran but all i cared about was her being away from this fight.
i slowed my pace tying the leather straps around my body till i came to a stop, they circled around me." you drop your weapon and come with us" one said, the rest were calling for blood. i grinned inside my helmet "your men seem to want to have a bit of a brawl how about this then" i said pulling my sword from its straps and stabing it into the ground" a good ten guys come at me with swords, if i dont kill them before i get ran through i will go with you" i called to their squad leader. he smiled" you heard her boys" he called out a subordant trying to tell the leader not to but he shoved him aside" kill the wench" he called out.
ten men charged me at once, too easy, one lunged forward i grabed his wrist and pulled his sword into his friends chest, grabing the dead mans sword and cuting the others head off"two down~" i said almost excited, i wont lie it was a rush to kill someone. i ran at one of them connecting my fist to his face with great strangth sending him rolling back at his commander."get her all of you" he demended, i frowned "so much for the warm up" i said grabbing my zwiedhander the circle of men began to tighten around me.
five chaged, i swung my giant sword the first tried to block it with his only to watch it be cut along with his upper body and the other fours. the men began to act nervous keeping distance from my sword,"get in there you dogs" the leader barked, i looked his way"why not show them how its done big man" i called to him. he stopped for a moment before drawing his weapons and charging, he carried twin daggers i missed him with my first swing. he managed to cut at my back only to find hard brass in his way, i grabed the giant blade with both hands and wiped it over my head and down on top of his, spliting him down the middle. a few of the men vomited" anyone else for the choping block?" i called the men were ready to flee, i simply took a step forward at one the group took two backwards.
no one else died i allowed them to take their dead back to camp as i went for my horse. i headed back to the lord blades camp on the way ciaran met up with me." what did our run away turn up?" i asked her, she held up a bag"a traitor" she simply said her voice was sad telling me it was someone she knew. ciaran was a bit of a loner only kept a few people near her that she felt she could trust, it hurt her very much when they betray her.
we made it back to the camp and reported to our commander, she told ciaran to go rest but kept me alittle longer."eldous your being called to anor londo" the commander said, "sir why am i being called there when im still needed here?" i asked her,"lord gwyns orders" she simply said and dismissed me.
i had a long and lonely ride back to the city of the gods anor londo, i wondered why i was being summoned. i arrived at anor londo in the early hours and there waiting to greet me was the man who started it all, bowed"lord gwyndolin" i said keeping my excitment in check. "you dont need to bow child" he said placing a hand on my shoulder, he gave me a quick hug and motioned to the elevator near by"we cant leave father waiting" he said moving to the elevator.
he showed me the path to the palace and disappered on me, i walked around exploring alittle. i came arcoss a weapons stand and wondered if i could find a new zwiedhander or get mine repaired,"you know the great lord is waiting and you go weapon shopping"a familiar voice said from behind me, i turned to see my brother vincent. i hugged him tight and we walked closer to the palace we talked about what happened to each other over the years. about half way i felt someone was following us i looked and saw delphi quietly smiling and listening to us"why dont you walk beside us and join in?" i asked, she joined beside me as we made our way.
we passed through the large gate and just beyond them was babylon in a pure white cloth armor with some plated armor underneath. after a touching family reunion we stood before lord gwyn, he gave us a great honor of running a new city called new londo, he gave us the title the fourkings and each a fragment of his soul.
(in the abyss)ah such fond memories, but ciaran are you alright? are you still alive? i dont wish you to visit but only to know your happy. im here still in the abyss awaiting my death for one undead to come and claim out peice of gwyns soul. a white streak fell from the hole of our abyss and into our little peice of the void.
he reminded me of babylon on that day we earned this blighted title, maybe just maybe this is our end and we will rest. no more cold abyss no more pain of the past maybe we will finaly be free.