The Queen of Blades was a terrifying force. She, rather it, huge and hideous monster in the familiar shape of a woman with pulsating blue veins against a dark crimson skin tone. The face of the monster was sure to be the most hideous – and to William, the most terrifying – in all of Albion. The Queen had a single eye, vertically stretched across its face and two blood spattered lips with several rows of vicious teeth curved into a wicked smile. The hair of the monster was mangled with maggots and spiders crawling inside.
The monster let out a blood curling shriek, and William summoned up all of his magic to prepare for a vicious attack. The Queen cackled with delight – and to Williams end mask of the Jack of Blades were thrusted out of the portal and the portal closed for the final time. The Queen put on the mask belonging to Jack, and seemed to double in power with an ear-splitting roar.
"This is the final battle then," said William into the cold wind.
With an insane rumble the Queen lunged at William and managed to set him off balance with a brush around his right side. As the monster completed a semi circle around William, it punched William in the side and he flew to his left. William shot off a blast of lightning at the monster, but it absorbed the attack and shot it back at him with more fury. William leaped into the air just as a scorching bolt of white energy singed the earth of Mt. Ruon.
In the air, the monster teleported forward and latched onto William and the two foes shot across the peak into the air. With a hairy paw swipe the Sword of Aeons was knocked out of Williams grasp, and flew down to a boulder where it buried its razor sharp teeth.
The two finally collided with the ground, still exchanging blasts of energy and fury. William toppled onto his back and his breath was knocked out of him as the hideous beast tackled him. It raised a razor sharp claw and sliced Williams right cheek to shreds.
William internalized the pain and let out a huge burst of energy that sent the Queen flying. With rapidly diminishing strength, William put he last of the will into reaching the sword. He melted from the scene below and appeared next to the sword, and as he grabbed it the familiar feeling of power and and strength coursed through his veins. The beast appeared behind him, and with inhuman reaction William turned, dodged a vicious claw swipe, and thrusted the Sword of Aeons through the front Queen of Blades and out the other side.
The earth shook as Albion's true evil was vanquished, turning into dust and vanishing forever. The last thing William saw before he collapsed from fatigue was the mask of the Jack of Blades leering contentedly.
A few weeks later...
William awoke groggily, feeling very warm but yet very sore for some reason. As his eyes opened, the image of several village folk peering over him entered his mind.
"He lives!" exclaimed one very old man.
Suddenly William remembered the battle. Him and the villagers talked for several hours as he explained the final battle.
William was named the Archon, and he led Albion into many years of prosperity and advance.
In the end, life was great, but there was one thing that bothered William until the day he died. Of all the villagers that rescued him as his life was ebbing away, none of them ever recalled seeing a mask...