Of Beasts and Knights

"...I want to...control it"

Vorstan: "It's activated... By rage?"

"Some of it is..... heigen was trying to get me out of a depression, make me show off what i can do.... him talking about you looking down on me.... that set me off"

"Me... Looking down on you?"

"seeing me as a failure...pathetic.... I know you don't but.... if you did..."

"You know i don't... You saved my life."

"I know..." *she starts...slowly, smiling*

*He smiles back*

"Maybe... maybe its a focus thing?"

"Maybe... We've only seen it happen three times now."

"......*she draws that sword of hers and closes her eyes*"

*He watches, and waits*

after a few seconds he sees her start to....tremble. and in a flash, the elven flaming sword forms once again

"By the gods..."

"it...worked...."

"no anger..."

"no....sorrow....I started thinking about my brother"

"Extremes of emotion then... It makes sense..."

*The scout approaches cautiously*

--

*The Bretonnian barks an order to a pair of orderlies below him, who in turn scamper toward Balendin and hand him a large chest*

K: *Heavy French accent* "You're payment."
B: *Gestures for his men to open it, revealing a large amount of gold and silver* "Thank you"
K: "Now begone. I do not need your foreign ways polluting my villagers longer than necessary!"

"... so it would seem...." *she closes her eyes. the sword disintegrates away into ash*

Knight: "The chains... the chains... The forest is full of chains."

Vorstan: "You can clean that up."

she smiles at that. "What do you think thorgar will do?"

Vorstan: "I don't know. He might take you as a threat... but that doesn't sound like him... He's probably planning how best to use you."

Scout: "chains? Come on we've got a hospitaller, he'll be able to help"

"....not sure how to feel about that"

Vorstan: "Is most likely the latter."

*the knight continues to mutter, complete nonsense. But on and on about the chains in the forest*

"I guessed...still not sure how i feel about it"

"He finds everyones best use. Heigen is a line breaker, I am a mage killer, zyleena spreads chaos amongst the enemy and kills single priority targets, and golem is a walking unkillable distraction."

"Then where do I come in...."

"For now?... If i were him i'd set you with heigen. With your healing ability and obvious combat strength."

Balendin: *Nods and shouts in a foreign language to his men, who immediately start packing up they're equipment into several carts*

"Well... i did send out a magical blast in all directions when I remembered...when I... *sighs*"

Vorstan: "Are you alright?"

"He's.... he's not dead vorstan.... he's worse than dead....I blocked it from my mind for...i don't know how long"

"Worse than dead...?"

"Undead....the vampires attacked my home while I was at war...killed everyone, brought them back as their thralls..."

"I... see." *he decides not to mention he's tried necromancy before*

"he's...worse than gone now."

*The scout reaches out to the knight*

*He looks up at the scout, and says something approaching a coherent sentence* "The general, the woods, he has to know about the chains"

Vorstan: "Never at rest..."

"....one day i'll free him. Thorgar's freed me now. I can actually help him again. One day."

S: I'll get you to him, come on
*He steps forward and wraps an arm around the knight, supporting his body weight as best as possible*

Vorstan: "You won't be alone."

*The knight continues to mutter, but allows himself to be led*

"thankyou...."

*The scout gets him onto the horse and immediately rides for the village, alerting the hospitaller once he gets there*

Vorstan: "Once the empire has fallen, thorgar will look to the vampire kingdoms next."

*the knight is easily led, but insisting that the general must know about the chains in the woods, repeatedly.*

"Vorstan....why must the empire fall?"

*The hulking form of the Hospitaller soon appears and quickly lifts the knights off of the horse and carries him to a straw bed. Now free of the Knight the scout rides over to the outriders*

Outrider: the hell?

Scout: Wounded knight, just stumbled out of the forest. Keeps saying tell the General about chains in the forest.

Vorstan: "Because it goes against our basic tenants."