The Chronicles of Mystria: Times of Sorrow I

[The Inritus Extraho]

Dar'khan turned to Jabrill, and frowned. "Move." he said, and pointed along the edge of the wall towards the forest. A dark sphere of energy appeared in the other hand, and he spoke again. "Move, or die."

[Crystal Spires]

"S-Samuel what are you doing?" Jabrill's expression turned from one of relief to horror. He knew against a magic attack he didn't stand a chance and the pulsing energy from this attack was fiercely strong with Jabrill being able to feel it pulse from where he stood. His tail fell between his legs as he tried to back away knowing if he moved even a little bit in a way that made his attacker unhappy that he'd be killed. He shielded his face with his hands uselessly hoping that it wouldn't kill him if he did, but he shrank back watching Samuel.

"Wait Samuel I'll move... just! I'll do what you want, just... why? What do you want from me?" He said with a tone of desperation escaping.

[The Inritus Extraho]

"Quiet." Dar'khan said harshly. "And don't call me by that repulsive name." He gestured again. "Move."

[Austington]

'Well this is a change in plans,' Fisk thought, 'atleast this gves me more time to get an item I've been needing' Fisk withdraws from the gates and slinks back into the town. He goes to the nearest leather shop and talks to the clerk. "I'd like you to make a rucksack-like pouch to fit around a wulf."

The storeworker squints at Fisk and replies, "Are you a changeling or something?"

"Not at all, I am a Hunter and use a wulf to aid me." Fisk told him, not untruthfully. The man shrugs and goes to the back to fashion it for Fisk, while Fisk leans out the door to watch the gate incident unfold.

[Servoth]

The Imperial hovered over a mountian which supposedly held the city of Dorgon with in it. The only thing there was a single large stone gateway with two large fire burning on either side. The gateway gave the illusion of city lights make it seem as though Dorgon was above ground. Noone in the control spoke as it was quite obvious that Dariken was mad, until one did speak. "Sir, it seems the dwarves have designed this gate so that on-coming attac- " the Lieutenant who was stupid enought to even say anything now had his head being pushed into the control board, as Dariken's hand forced it into. As Israphel would have most likely allowed someone to talk freely infront of him, Dariken was by far different. He removed his dagger from his belt and jammed it straight into the back of the Lieutenants head, and removed it. With that, Dariken let go and the body of Leiutenant slid down of the control and onto the floor, a pool of blood forming under it. "Some clean up this disgusting peice of shit, then throw the body over board! Then use bunker buster bombs to blow that city to hell! Durring such time none of you will disturb me, I'll be in my quarters." Dariken commanded, as he moved away from the control room and towards his private chamber.

[Crystal Spires]

"Quiet." Dar'khan said harshly. "And don't call me by that repulsive name." He gestured again. "Move."

Jabrill put his hands up and moved in the direction Dar'khan indicated and stayed silent. Thinking of prayer in his mind.

O holy goddess,
Mother of Love,
forget not your son in his hour of need,
Grant the hurt compassion and the fearful protection.
By your name let all fear abate.

"By Nenya's name, I am at peace." he said aloud

[The Inritus Extraho]

Dar'khan just shook his head and muttered a word. Three Arcanghouls leapt from the soil beneath his feet, their hulking eight-foot bodies towering over the foxkin as Dar'khan took a deep breath and shuddered. "Ugh... not doing that again soon..." he murmured.

[Crystal Spires]

Jabrill looked at the huge ghouls as he went in the direction that Dar'khan indicated fearfully recoiling waiting for the snapping sound which would indicate the coming of a spell in his direction. He didn't know when it would come, but he'd be ready for it. He had no defenses against magic but he at least knew that he wasn't about to lie down and die either.

This guy isn't a Samuel at all. He's an unbidden, but why isn't he killing me yet. Where are we going? He's toying with me maybe? Or am I going to be tortured?

He remembered the line of inquiry before.

Right... I guess I am going to be tortured before they kill me. They want to know where the relics are. Makes me glad I gave the cowl to Arvok.

[The Inritus Extraho]

Dar'khan smiled as they entered the forest, completely hidden by the undergrowth. He cursed under his breath as they kept walking. Damnit Nirdasil, you're supposed to be here by now...

[Yesopalitha]

Dar'khan smiled as they entered the forest, completely hidden by the undergrowth. He cursed under his breath as they kept walking. Damnit Nirdasil, you're supposed to be here by now...

Nirdasil had been nervously awaiting Dar'khan's return with Jabrill for half an hour, but the sound of them approaching still startled her.

She stepped out into the clearing, and approached them. Avoiding eye contact with Jabrill, she said,

"Thank you, Dar'khan. You can go now... I won't forget this favor you've done for me," Nirdasil said, bowing in appreciation, "But I'd like a moment alone with Jabrill."

[The Inritus Extraho]

Dar'khan nodded, and spoke quietly. "Call if you need something, 'Sil..." he said quietly, and turned, laying against a tree, his three Arcanghouls standing protectively over him, the dual tower shields they held enclosing him like a turtle's shell.

[Yesopalitha]

Dar'khan nodded, and spoke quietly. "Call if you need something, 'Sil..." he said quietly, and turned, laying against a tree, his three Arcanghouls standing protectively over him, the dual tower shields they held enclosing him like a turtle's shell.

Nirdasil nodded, and turned to Jabrill.

"Walk with me."

She turned, and walked into the night.

[Crystal Spires]

Jabrill looked shocked for a moment and didn't move and then walked alongside her. "So you have me where you want me. If this is going to be the end I want to know one thing. Why didn't you just tell me your name was Nirdasil? It wouldn't have made the slightest bit of difference. I'd still have taken you to the coffee shop, bought you the honey cakes, and taken you to the theater."

He was being honest. He figured there was no reason he should defend himself if she was going to kill him.

"It's a pity, because we could have had much more fun that day." Jabrill said as he put his hands down and leaned his head down.

[United World Order]

Jeremiah continued walking down the highway and decided to cut through the forest as he started to trek the forest so he could get to whatever this highway lead to faster. Then the voices returned.

Jeremiah...

Jeremiah why?

Jeremiah had a tough time but continued to walk no matter how much the voices that sounded familar to his Sensai and mother killed him. He continued walking knowing the Unbidden were somehow connected to this.

Jeremiah...how can you live with yourself from what you've done

Jeremiah stopped as he looked up. "Unbidden...those fools too much of cowards to take me on face to face" Jeremiah said with anger as he continued walking

[Yesopalitha]

Jabrill looked shocked for a moment and didn't move and then walked alongside her. "So you have me where you want me. If this is going to be the end I want to know one thing. Why didn't you just tell me your name was Nirdasil? It wouldn't have made the slightest bit of difference. I'd still have taken you to the coffee shop, bought you the honey cakes, and taken you to the theater."

He was being honest. He figured there was no reason he should defend himself if she was going to kill him.

"It's a pity, because we could have had much more fun that day." Jabrill said as he put his hands down and leaned his head down.

"My name is Nirdasil, and yes, I am the leader of the Unbidden... As for the reason why I lied to you, Jabrill, I have been thinking about that a lot myself. But first, you need to know that I am not going to kill you. In all honesty, I should let you kill me," Nirdasil replied.

They had reached a small clearing with two rocks in the middle of it. She sat down on one, and handed him a knife.

"Go ahead, do it. Kill me... I deserve it more than anyone ever has."

[Crystal Spires]

Jabrill picked up the blade and looked at it he looked at Nirdasil and stared at the edge for a moment and then threw it past her and it clanged on a rock snake that was very close to having bit her. He took the knife and pulled it out of the snake and pulled it away taking the snake's head off and taking the knife and putting it by Nirdasil. "Argerian Nightstalker, don't touch it right now. It's very poisonous and dangerous. The only thing more poisonous than Argerian Nightstalker venom is Lyre's edge." Jabrill said as his tail still showed that he was nervous. Not sure what was going to happen.

"Why do you want me to kill you Miss Nirdasil?" Jabrill asked after a long silence.

[Almonde Tise]

Maddy had finally returned to Maven's side to continue learning from him and his political ways. Then she noticed that he had a bit of a more mellow temper at the time, did the math and calculated that Jabrill and the others must have left without her. "I'm too late. That dwarven prince! Ughh! Dearest Uncle Maven, looks like I shall be accompanying you for quite awhile now. Shall we continue on with any pressing business?"

[Crystal Spires]

"There was a riot outside of the Gates of Caltris, we're looking at 5 dead guards and 10 dead refugees. It is not looking good, and at the moment we've got more pressing issues. The location of the spectral harp has been discerned but things have gotten more dire than I have expected." Maven said as he crumbled the note from Israphel.

I don't want to worry her.

"I'm trying to think of an effective strategy to cope with the High Council with the medicine shortage, get a way to handle the spectral harp, and there's an unbidden threatening Dorgon, and we don't have the means to fight them because of the war."

[Yesopalitha]

Jabrill picked up the blade and looked at it he looked at Nirdasil and stared at the edge for a moment and then threw it past her and it clanged on a rock snake that was very close to having bit her. He took the knife and pulled it out of the snake and pulled it away taking the snake's head off and taking the knife and putting it by Nirdasil. "Argerian Nightstalker, don't touch it right now. It's very poisonous and dangerous. The only thing more poisonous than Argerian Nightstalker venom is Lyre's edge." Jabrill said as his tail still showed that he was nervous. Not sure what was going to happen.

"Why do you want me to kill you Miss Nirdasil?" Jabrill asked after a long silence.

"I am now Nirdasil, but I wasn't always so.

First, I was a Wraith... A nameless Wraith. After the last war between the Unbidden and the Bidden, I was mad. So, I used Dark Magics that I shouldn't have, and sixteen of the darkest entered me. Thus I became the Unnamed One.

As The Unnamed One, I used the corrupted nature of the Unbidden Horde in order to control them. I didn't care for their lives, or the lives of the Bidden. I just wanted Chaos. Death. Pain to all those that live. I wanted to rule Mystria for myself. And thus I was.

However, from the greed that came with power, I decided I wanted a better body that was more suited to warfare. Therefore, I took one human, one elf, one vampire, one werewolf, and one wraith, and after a dark and horrendous ritual, came I, in the form that you see now.

Although this body can hold more power, it does have a drawback. This body was composed of two complete Bidden parts as well as two parts that are half-Bidden. With the body came a conscience, and desires, and longings, that everyone is supposed to feel.

I now realize what I was. I now realize how many beings I have killed out of sheer spite. The evil of what I have done taunts me, makes me sad. It makes me... want to be dead. I have caused the death of over one hundred thousand beings in Mystria and the suffering of countless others. I deserve the blade. Be my executioner..."

[Neutraligon]

Lethuana had set up shop under a piece of cloth using more cloth to act as beds. She around her where just some of the injured from the riots. Some yells could still be heard in the distance but things had calmed down. Lethuana had made her decision during the riot, she was a healer, and it was her job to heal, she would do so, but if she was to help people, she too must stay alive.

[Crystal Spires]

. I deserve the blade. Be my executioner..."

"No, because a condemned man need not execute a person who's innocent. All those acts you did when you were the Unnamed one you didn't know what it meant, what it was like. If you had a heart like you have now when you did those acts then do you think you'd do them in the first place?" Jabrill smiled and crossed his arms. "You didn't do anything, you can't punish yourself for something you didn't do, even if you feel responsible for it. You need to live and make up for it. There's no way you can do that if you're dead. Although coming from me, it probably... it makes it even more funny to come from me, hahahaha!" He said as he wagged his tail with laughter.

[Austington]

The leathersmith called Fisk back to the counter,his voice echoing in the empty storefront, and showed him how to put it on an animal. Fisk nodded his acknowledgement and turned to leave.

"Sir, you haven't paid me yet." the smith mention. Fisk turned to him and shrugged, putting on a look that said " sorry, that's my fault, let me fix it." He walked back up to the counter and stuffed his hand in his pocket, fishing around for some coins. He pulled his hand out in the shape of the fist and puched him right in the adam's apple. The man went down, gasping for air. Fisk turned and took long strides out of the building and back toward the gate. Fisk glanced over his shoulder only once, before melding into the crowd, lost from any peering eyes.

He was soon at the gates, and quickly leaned against the neighboring wall, covered in the shadows of it. He put everything that he didn't need immediately into the new rucksack, and slung it ovr his shoulder. He could see the dwarf wih his weapons pulled out and ready for use. He watched intently, completely unnoticed due to the chaos unfolding around the gateyard, preparing to learn the group's fight styles he will be traveling with.

[Yesopalitha]

"No, because a condemned man need not execute a person who's innocent. All those acts you did when you were the Unnamed one you didn't know what it meant, what it was like. If you had a heart like you have now when you did those acts then do you think you'd do them in the first place?" Jabrill smiled and crossed his arms. "You didn't do anything, you can't punish yourself for something you didn't do, even if you feel responsible for it. You need to live and make up for it. There's no way you can do that if you're dead. Although coming from me, it probably... it makes it even more funny to come from me, hahahaha!" He said as he wagged his tail with laughter.

"I Chaos Attacked you because I was afraid. Nobody trusts Unbidden. And when people ask questions you attack and flee. But it hurt me to do so. I had never had someone treat me so nicely before as you have. I had never received such kindness, concern, and care... It was amazing..." Nirdasil couldn't control her tears as they rolled down her face, "And the fact that I hurt you... Hurt me more than anything else ever has.... Or anything that I ever thought would hurt me... At all..."

[Almonde Tise]

"There was a riot outside of the Gates of Caltris, we're looking at 5 dead guards and 10 dead refugees. It is not looking good, and at the moment we've got more pressing issues. The location of the spectral harp has been discerned but things have gotten more dire than I have expected." Maven said as he crumbled the note from Israphel.

I don't want to worry her.

"I'm trying to think of an effective strategy to cope with the High Council with the medicine shortage, get a way to handle the spectral harp, and there's an unbidden threatening Dorgon, and we don't have the means to fight them because of the war."

"I know it may be too much to ask for a peaceful resolution to the matter but we do have pressing issues at hand and do need a change in pace here. We need to attend to our people. At the very least, the best we can do is end the conflict ourselves. Obviously war is not the way to go currently. I fear mentioning this but, Maven, perhaps it would be best to concede the borderlands as terms." Maddy said this with a painstaking struggle, causing a tear to fall to the floor, because this land included a portion of the Foxkin lands under Eylis and the village where she grew up. Not that the village was there anymore, except for a charred wasteland.

"Regardless of our pride we must save our kin! As well as find a way to stop the unbidden without having to slit each others throats!"

[Kalron]

Raren looked for Jabrill, who seemed to have disappeared. Where did you go fox? thought Raren as he looked in the surrounding area. "Jabrill, are you there? Come on out, and if you are in trouble yell or something." Raren was sure he was, Jabrill seemed to draw trouble towards him. Raren was sure that he would come out soon, and if he didn't Raren would have to go in further and find either Jabrill in deep trouble or dead. Raren hoped he was alright, he did not want to find a friend dead. Raren continued calling out. Nothing called back but he was hopeful the beast would hear him.