To Iisnonoob: Thanks for your awesome comment! I have plans for many characters to appear in the story and I will try to include those less popular. I can say that one of the characters you mentioned is definitely going to make an appearance sometime in the story.
We followed Thresh to the city of Noxus, dressed as one of their guardsmen. We were stopped immediately after reaching the gates by two Noxian guards.
"Halt, what business do you have in Noxus with that creature?"
I stepped forward and did as I was asked.
"We captured this thing after he slaughtered most of our soldiers, we were the only ones left alive. We are taking him straight to jail for what he has done!
"Very well, open the gates!"
It worked; the Noxians were as gullible as the Demacians. Thresh led us to the Du Couteau manor where I knocked on one of its massive doors. Luckily for us, my knocking was heard by one of the denizens of the manor. The door was opened by Talon, the Blade's Shadow.
"Yes?"
I didn't hesitate to answer, I had to talk it out smoothly or things could get seriously wrong for us.
"We seek an audience with Katarina Du Couteau the Sinister Blade, it is an urgent matter."
"Katarina come here, some guards want to speak to you. They said it was important!"
As soon as she appeared before us I got mesmerised by her beauty, almost forgetting that we were in fact undercover.
"What do you want?"
I quickly snapped from my trance and spoke with in a serious tone.
"We have orders from King Swain; he says that you must immediately meet us outside of the city."
"For what purpose if I may ask?"
"He requires you to study the creature we have brought with us and make sure he has no tricks up his sleeve."
She examined the spectre and her eyes widened in surprise immediately after realizing who he really was.
"Holy… is that truly Thresh the Chain Warden?"
I decided to be a bragger and lie about defeating him myself.
"Yes, brought down by my very hands."
Thresh glared at me with fury in his eyes as Katarina smiled, praising me for my deeds.
"Why you little son of a…
"Well what an impressive deed, you surely must be one of the higher ranking officials! Your magical sword tells it all."
"No madam I'm actually just a casual guardsman, the sword itself was one of the spoils of war I had claimed for myself.
"Interesting, I could very well recommend you to my father that he takes you into the Du Couteau, such talent deserves to be rewarded in such a way!"
"Very well, but we have to get moving now, we still have business to attend to."
"Do you mind if Talon and a few of the guards tag along just for safety procedures?"
"Shit, we'll have to deal with them too!"
"Also, we might be staying there overnight so take a few tents with you."
"Talon you pack the tents, I'll have to get some of my gear."
She packed the gear she needed in one of her already nearly full bag and together we left the city of Noxus. We led them into a secluded place in the forest where we made a full stop, causing Katarina to question our motives.
"What is this, why are you taking us so far away!?"
I began to slowly walk behind Talon with my mini scythe drawn.
"Well you see…
Before impaling it deep into his flesh and damaging his soul so severely that he immediately blacked out.
"This was all a trap!"
"Guards, attack them!"
Thresh broke free from his shackles lunged his scythe forwards as it punctured the bodies of three soldiers at once, killing them all while Lux turned the remaining few to dust. The two remaining soldiers tried to attack me but I grabbed them by their neck and consumed their souls with the power I gained from Thresh while they were still alive as their screams filled the air. Katarina threw her bag on the ground, withdrew her blades and prepared for battle.
"Very well then, you are no match for the Sinister Blade!"
She threw one of her daggers straight into Thresh's head, but it bounced right off as he laughed maniacally.
"You will have to do better than that, assassin!"
He immediately regretted ever saying ever saying those words as Katarina suddenly appeared behind him and impaled her two daggers into his head, puncturing his metal skull. I and Lux tried to react and help, but she was just too fast for us. In one swift motion she dodged Lux's light magic and tackled her on the ground before disappearing again and reappearing behind me. I dodged the dagger she threw at me, but then she jumped on me and tried to stab me in the face. My red dagger glyph began glowing brightly as we were both consumed by its light. Boom, darkness engulfed me once more. I awoke to her lying on top of me, still unconscious from the soul binding. This gave me the opportunity to observe her beautiful body up close before she would wake up.
"Man she's so gorgeous and her hair is so soft! She's really one in a million, a shame she's Noxian though."
She began to open her eyes and as soon as she noticed me in front of her face she grabbed her closest blade and tried to stab me in the face only to have a powerful force throw her off me. She got up and tried to hide run away into the woods, only to have the force of my armor pull her back towards me.
"What have you done to me!?"
Before I could answer, Thresh already spoke up before me lecturing her about the mysterious force which binds us together.
"You're stuck with him like I am; there is no way you're ever getting away from that armor. Also as you have seen you can't harm him so welcome to hell!"
"I swear I'll fucking kill you if you don't release me right this moment!"
I tried to explain this to her, but to no avail.
"I can't undo it, you're stuck with us whether you like it or not!"
She tried throwing a dagger towards me, only to have it bounce right off me like it was nothing. She was pissed off right now, really pissed off.
"Now listen to me Demacian, you might try to take me prisoner but I will fight back!"
"Who said anything about taking you as a prisoner, sit down and let me explain what is happening."
"I do not take orders from you!"
"Ughhh, she's really getting on my nerves!"
"I've had just about enough of your pointless anger; even Thresh who is a murderous psychopath has more reason than you do!"
"Release me, NOW!"
"Sit the fuck down already!"
"MAKE ME!"
"Thresh, make her sit down!"
Thresh happily withdrew his scythe and moved closer to Katarina who immediately changed her mind knowing how remorseless the jailor is in torturing others.
"Alright, alright, I'll sit!"
I decided to mock her, getting her even angrier.
"Good girl!"
"I'm going to enjoy shoving my dagger down your throat!"
"Now listen up, it's a long story."
After a full hour of explanation, she finally got what I meant with being stuck with us forever.
"Oh my god, so I'm really stuck with you morons!?"
"Yep, Thresh here has already realized that he isn't going to come far with arguing with me. Last time he did that he was thrown into a pole."
"Well that's just fucking great; I'm stuck with two Demacians and a psychopath!"
I looked around to see that the tents that the Noxians brought with them were still there and luckily Talon was still unconscious.
"Those tents of yours, they could prove useful for us!"
Katarina spoke up immediately, wanting the biggest tent for herself.
"The big one is mine and mine alone so someone will sleep outside because the small one is only big enough for one person."
I laughed and focused my gaze on her.
"Hold on princess, you are going to share that big tent of yours with somebody."
"Oh no, that tent is MINE!"
"Remember, don't argue with me!"
"I fucking hate you!"
"So who's it going to be, me or Lux?"
"I would rather die than share the bed with the royal blood of Demacia, so I choose you."
"I knew she would pick me."
"Ok then, Lux, are you cool with the small tent?"
"Yeah, but what about Thresh?"
"I don't sleep."
"Oh right, I forgot you were dead."
It was already getting dark so it was best to rest for now.
"I suggest we go ahead and have some sleep."
I and Katarina went inside the big tent where she put her bag between us, representing a border.
"Try anything and you're dead!"
I took off my armor and lied next to the bag, but she didn't even bother taking off hers which I kind of wished she did.
"Goodnight!"
"Fuck you!"
I laughed before drifting to sleep, I just enjoyed provoking her. In the morning she kicked me in the stomach sending me straight on my feet.
"Wake up!"
"What the hell is wrong with you woman!?"
She didn't respond to my question because she was more focused on what lies ahead of us.
"Tell me, who do we have to find next?"
I looked down at my armor to see a new purple eye glyph had just formed below the red dagger one.
"An eye, what kind of creature or person represents an eye?"
"I really don't know, take a look at the eye glyph and tell me if you know anything about it."
"I think it has something to do with the void since it is purple and the eye could represent a large creature that's been recently lurking near Noxus."
"What kind of creature are you talking about?"
"Some eyewitnesses told that it's an enormous eye with four tentacles and its name is Vel'Koz."
"I'll ask Thresh about this, he might have some useful information."
I put my armor on and went outside to find Thresh. He was sitting on a rock next to our tents and he was deep within his thoughts.
"Hey Thresh I have a question for you."
He snapped back into reality and turned towards me.
"Ask then."
"Do you know anyone named Vel'Koz?"
"I heard about him yes, but I do not know of his location. He is one of the few creatures from the void that were summoned here to our world. Unlike the other beings of the void who seek to consume, he seeks knowledge and wisdom."
"Well that isn't so bad for a voidborn!"
He laughed at me and I immediately knew that this being was as bad as the others.
"He seeks knowledge through disintegration of course."
"Damn it, can't there be one nice thing from the void?"
I got out the tent myself, looked around and saw Liam talking to Thresh near the camp.
"How the hell did he manage to get that monster under control like this, I've heard so many terrible stories about Thresh and here he is, sitting on a rock laughing with Liam. If he thinks he can get me under control like that I'll prove him dead wrong!
I stared at him for a while and got lost deep inside my thoughts.
I do hate him, but he is kinda cute and really handsome too..."
When I realized what I was actually thinking to myself I immediately snapped out of it.
"What the hell was I thinking, he's my enemy!"
My thoughts were interrupted by Lux who greeted me like I was some sort of a friend to her.
"Good morning!"
I didn't greet her back, there was no way I would ever greet a royal blood of Demacia!
"It wouldn't hurt to greet me back now would it?"
"I'm not greeting a Demacian, especially a royal one!"
"Wow, even Thresh is friendlier than you are!"
"Did she just compare me to that abomination!?"
"Listen kiddo, why don't you just hop off to your friends and leave me alone before I decide to hurt you!"
"Wow, just wow!"
She did as I told her and I was finally alone or so I thought when I saw Liam heading towards me.
"Oh for fuck's sake, what does he want now!?"
"What do you want?"
"I just wanted you to know we'll be heading to find Vel'Koz soon so I thought I'd help you put down the tents."
I rolled my eyes but still did as I was told. While we were packing up our stuff he tried to be friendly to me, not that it would work though.
"So what's your story?"
I kept silent and continued with the packing as if he had never spoken.
"Why are you so rude to me, I'm just trying to talk that's all!"
"Because I hate you, that's why!"
"Fine then, be a bitch!"
I froze completely; my rage was nearing its peak.
"Say that again if you dare!"
"You heard me, loud and clear!"
In a sudden motion I turned around and punched his jaw with such force that it made him stumble back a bit.
"Oh, you'll regret that!"
He clenched his fist and punched me in the gut. My eyes burned with fury, he was going to pay!
"I'M GOING TO BREAK YOUR FUCKING TEETH!"
I burst out with uncontrollable rage and assaulted him by shunpoing behind his back trying to kick him. He grabbed me by the leg and threw me into a tree while I just got up like it was nothing, I was far too angry to feel any pain. I charged towards him and began punching him ferociously, but he managed to block my attacks and I also managed to block his attacks.
I could hear Liam and Katarina arguing at the camp and I couldn't listen to them any longer so I decided to talk to Thresh for a little bit.
"Hey Thresh?"
"Yes?"
"What do you think of Liam?"
"He's actually one of the first people I'm beginning to like, the second being you of course. What about you?"
"I've had a crush on him for about two years now, I'm just too afraid to tell."
"Don't ask me for advice, I only know how to kill and torture."
"I think that's not true at all."
"Is that so, do you have any proof of that?"
"Well, no I don't."
"I'm finally beginning to feel good emotions for the first time in hundreds of years; you guys have actually affected my ways of thinking."
"Aww, someone's beginning to grow a heart!"
"Don't get me wrong though, I still enjoy killing people."
"Have you ever thought about doing the opposite?"
"No and I never will."
After fighting with Katarina for an awful lot of time we collapsed next to each other in exhaustion.
"Hah, at least now you're too tired to keep on bitching!"
"Oh shut the fuck up!"
"Guess I was wrong!"
We got up without any more words and began packing the stuff we were supposed to a long time ago. We set off to continue on our journey to find Vel'Koz afterwards. I walked alongside Thresh who from the looks of it seemed to be very happy.
"Hey, why are you smiling?"
"I see fresh prey coming towards us!"
"What are you talking about!?"
"Look over there!"
He pointed his finger forward, pointing at a few robed men approaching us with drawn daggers and one of them carried a staff. Lux immediately recognized them and prepared her staff for battle.
"Oh no, not those guys again!"
Katarina looked at her with confusion in her eyes, she never encountered them before so there was no way she knew of them.
"What's going on?"
I provided her with a short but logical explanation.
"Well a day ago when we were in Urtistan we were attacked by the same cultists. While I do not know why they are after me I know that they are most definitely not friendly."
She huffed and withdrew her blades, ready to jump into the fray.
"They won't stand a chance against me!"
The cultists approached us and stopped. A masked cultist carrying a golden staff glowing with purple energy emerged from the lesser ones and spoke.
"Soulbound, you may have defeated our scouts but I assure you I will be your end!"
Thresh threw out his scythe and hooked one of the lesser cultists, jumping towards him and slicing through his flesh. Unlucky for him though, the masked cultist simply blasted Thresh with a purple energy, sending him flying through the air and hitting a tree. We charged into the battle, Katarina shunpoed behind one the cultists and spun around, throwing daggers everywhere. Lux ensnared two of the cultists which attacked her and with one blast of light reduced them to ashes. Thresh got up enraged and jumped back into the battle using the box and trapping many cultists within it. I on the other hand faced the masked sorcerer who fired a blast of purple energy straight at me, but somehow I managed to dodge the upcoming blow.
"Amazing, I must've gained Katarina's agility and flexibility after our soul binding!"
My enchanted blade met the sorcerer's staff, but he jumped back and growled in anger.
"Enough of this folly; behold the true power of the void!"
The sorcerer suddenly froze all of us, including the remaining cultists. We were unable to move any of our body parts as we could only watch while the sorcerer sacrificed his cultists in order to empower himself even more. The energy which entered his body transformed him dramatically; he lost all he had of his humanity as his mask became his face. We were unfrozen as the beast before us taunted us.
"You will die here and now Soulbound!"
It growled before unleashing a wave of void magic upon us, but all of us quickly jumped out of the way. Thresh threw his scythe towards the monster binding its legs as Lux blinded it using her light magic. Katarina then jumped on its back, impaling her daggers into its neck making it roar in rage. The beast was weak enough for me to grab its soul so I launched my mini scythe as it sunk into its flesh. I pulled it back with all of the force I had in my body thus dragging the monster's soul out of its body. Because the power of the sacrificed cultists was taken from it, the beast transformed back into the sorcerer it was before. He collapsed on his knees, too weak to cast any more of his spells. I approached him and grabbed his throat in demand of some answers.
"Tell me sorcerer, who are you?"
"I will never tell you!"
"Fine, can you at least tell me anything you might know about Vel'Koz and his whereabouts?"
"The Eye of the Void is located somewhere near Morgon pass; he was last seen leaving Urtistan in search for Zilean."
"Thank you for your information sorcerer."
I drained him of his soul and his lifeless body collapsed before me. We decided it was best to wash ourselves in a nearby basin we had just found. After all I haven't had a good bath in ages now and I smell really, really bad. Thresh on the other hand rather spent time collecting the souls of the fallen than bathing with us. I immediately threw my clothes off, stripping myself to only my underwear. I dove into the humid water as the other two undressed behind bushes. Lucky for Lux, she didn't forget her bathing suit while on the other hand Katarina went into the water wearing only her underpants and covering her breasts with her arm since she didn't want to get her bra wet. She swam behind a small waterfall in order to clean herself in privacy as I and Lux decided to toss around a light orb she made.
"Hey Lux, watch this!"
I jumped out of the water, did a backflip and kicked the orb towards her. She caught it and clapped excitedly for me.
"Wow Liam, that was awesome!"
"Hmm, how about I scare Katarina a bit huh?"
"Yeah, she deserves it for being so grumpy all the time!"
I swam towards the waterfall where she was bathing and slowly approached her when I suddenly stopped as I heard her sing.
"Is she actually singing while showering!? Well she does have a very beautiful voice!"
I jumped from behind her and shouted loudly as she jumped, revealing her breasts for a second before angrily covering them with her arm.
"Liam, I swear you're so fucking DEAD!"
She punched with such a force that it made my world spin then I was punched again a few times and man it was painful. Our fight was interrupted by Lux who hid behind the waterfall with us and told us to stay quiet.
"Shut up, we've got company!"
We stood motionless and carefully observed the white haired woman with a broken blade. Thresh came by to the basin looking for us when his gaze met with that of the woman.
"Well, well, well what do we have here?"
"Stay back abomination, I'm warning you!"
He chuckled and withdrew his scythe ready to attack her, but Katarina quickly stormed out of her hiding spot as she recognized the mysterious woman.
"Wait Thresh, don't attack her just yet!"
She decided to question the woman while getting dressed.
"How are you still alive Riven, the whole of Noxus thought you were dead including me."
"I escaped the bombardment, but I'm a different person now."
"Why didn't you come back to Noxus then?"
"Because I don't belong there, I hate Noxus for what they have done to innocent Ionians!"
"You traitor, how could you!?"
Thresh looked at the two women with confusion, being unsure either to attack or just watch.
"So do I kill her or what?"
I and Lux emerged from the hiding spot as well to greet this newcomer but not before getting dressed that is. Katarina was about to start a fight with Riven but I quickly grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her back a little bit in order for her to chill down.
"What the hell is going on?"
"Katarina here can't accept the fact that I've abandoned Noxus forever."
"What is wrong with you, you can't just force people to worship Noxus!"
She struggled to get out of my grasp but I only pulled her back with a greater force than before.
"Let me go NOW!"
"Here you go Thresh, calm her down a bit."
"I hate you so much!"
"Hah, that always gets her!"
She immediately stopped resisting me as soon as I threatened her with Thresh, allowing me to talk to Riven.
"Who are you anyways?"
"My name is Liam, this is Lux we're both Demacian and that spectre from the Shadow Isles is Thresh."
"So Katarina who's betraying Noxus now huh, you're travelling with two Demacians and a murderer!"
"Shut up, I'm forced to travel with them!"
"Is she your prisoner or something?"
"No, she's actually bound to my soul and can't get away from me because if she tried she would be pulled back by my armor."
"What?"
"Come with us and I will explain everything to you on the way."
"How can I be sure to trust you?"
"Look, I promise we won't harm you in any way. If you would hear our story you would know to trust us."
"Alright, I'll listen to your story but I'll leave if I want to ok?"
"That's fine by me!"
And so we continued our journey to Morgon pass to find Vel'Koz, I still had a lot of explaining to do to Riven so I got right to it.