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Hi, after hearing lots of good things about my stories and due to the fact some were constantly asking me to post em here (don't know exactly the reason) i thought let's just post it.
small notice:
These stories are more or less fictional, i wrote them for the guild and occasionally members and officers can get their place in these stories, it might be a bit confusing a first and i admit myself, i haven't fully readed them yet )i write separate parts of each chapter and without any real notice they fit together), i erased as much grammar errors and such as i could.
<^> Karoqian <^> (also known as "arty" to friends)
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Chapter One, The Dawn Of Kngt.
4000 years ago, the world was made by the 5 gods, hundreds of years later when humans walked on the soil of tyria, the gods created magic. Magic was made to ease the life of hard work and make peace between the nations, all was well but the gods had not counted upon one thing; greed
Every race fought for supremecy, and in the heat of the battles humans were almost whiped out if it was not for king doric to travel all the way to the city of arah to plead the gods to destroy magic. But the magic in the world could not be completely destroyed since with no magic the world would collapse, thus they made a plan so never again one person could wield all this power on his own.
The gods gathered back their gift of magic and trapped it inside a tall stone. They smashed the stone into 5 parts, four equal but opposing stones of magic and one keystone. Without the keystone, the other four couldn't be reassembled.
Each of the four stones was the embodiment of a specific school of magic: Preservation, Destruction, Agression, and Denial. Magic would still exist in the world but the destructive force of all four magics was never again to be at the command of one single living being. If they intended to use magic to its fullest they had to cooperate.
But the bloodstones weren't the only artefacts of power, deep in the hidden capital city of the so-called ''forgotten'' another Relic of power was made... this Seal contained the power to unite every living being and turn them into an effective force.
The Seal was named: Tarolan. The Seal was kept deep in the vaults of the capital city to ensure that the city was and would stay in its golden age, but faith was not so kind...
The human empire expanded further and further, and soon the serpents chose to leave the world of men, to go to a place were no man wanted, or couldn't live. The Crystal Desert.
It was years later that the capital city would be found by a group of explorers charting unknown territory, they walked across the buildings that were declined after years of neglect. Once in the palace the expedition came across the vault containing the seal, its power was so immense it drawed them all to it.
But only one could take it.
The expedition members started fighting eachother, and the vault was painted red in blood, the noise of swords clashing and death screams were heard outside the city, but there was no living being for hundreds of miles around...
Soon only 2 friends remained, the power did not take complete control over them and they were still able to control themselves, both friends looked at the seal and sprinted to take it for their own. They grabbed it at exactly the same time and they looked at eachother, their eyes faintly glowing of the power that went through their bodies, they both stood on the opposite direction of eachother.
They screamed and their voices made the ground shake, they both pulled the seal and the seal suddenly broke, rising from the fall one of the friends ran away with his piece while the other one was still unconsious. when he woke up he promised to collect the other piece, even if it was the last thing he would do.
Since the piece he had, was only to make him powerfull, but the other piece was needed to unite his future followers.
Everywhere he would go, the other one could feel his power, staying no longer than 1 day at a location the friend became insane, in his last desperate attempt he sold the stone to a merchant who thought it would make a nice souvenir...
Days later, with the ex-expedition member living on one spot for the first time again, someone knocked on the wooden door. A cold shiver went through his body and he knew what was on the other side. He opened the door and their he stood, His body corrupted by the power of the seal he looked cold blooded at the retired member, he took out his sword and slashed of the members head in one fell swoop. His head fell on the floor and his lifeless body soon followed.
He searched around the house were the seal could be, he couldn't find it, enraged that he could not find the seal he burned the house to the ground. Suddenly he felt a small surge of power to the east, someone brought the seal near his family thus enabling the seal to unite them.
He started his journey towards the east, murdering any living being who stood in his path, finally arriving at a small outpost, he walked through the gate and looked at the house were he felt the power surge. He knocks on the door and the mechant's wife opens the door, a death scream goes through the outpost and the house bursts into flames. Inside the house the merchant attempts to save some items from the flames including the other piece of the seal. He runs to the exit of the smoke filled house but suddenly he stops, there HE stands and immediatly the merchant starts to choke for air, the merchant looks down and sees that a sword has penetrated his chest. The man with the seal slashes his sword once more and the merchant's corpse falls on the ground.
Could it be? is this going to make the completion of the seal? Those are the things the power hungry man thinks, he binds the seals together and suddenly a bright beam shoots out of the house towards the sky. Instead that the seals give power they were his demise, the now complete seal falls on the ground and its heat burns strange texts in the place were its lying.
Around the seal pieces of cloth and ash are slowly falling on the ground...
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Chapter 2, The First Steps
One week later an expedition arrives at the town, they enter through the gates and the only thing around is rubble and ashes, Karoqian, Under the command of the expedition leader sends him with a small group to investigate the area.
Karoqian Walks into a house and suddenly stops, right in the middle of the room a small crater holds the eerie glowing seal. Karoqian touches it with his finger and immediatly a power surge goes through his body, he quickly puts it in his bag and walks away looking if no-one saw what he did.
'I saw what you did' Say's Dave, a member of the expedition, That is a powerfull relic you have there Karoqian'. 'What are you going to do huh? you only want it for the fame and power' says Karoqian. 'No, your wrong, it wasnt made for fame or power, it was made to make a team and make it run perfectly' Says dave.
'And why should i trust you?' Says Karoqian. 'How about it that we use the power for what it was made for, Let's create a guild'. Says Dave.
'A guild? youre joking, have you seen how hard it is? and its way too expensive considering what im paid for here' Says Karoqian. 'Oh dont worry, i know someone who owns a restaurant that can easily fund us'. Says Dave.
'Arriving in ascalon city in this season is always a wonderfull thing' Says Dave.
They walk into a small alley and on the corner there's a place called: Gonzales.
'Let me guess, your friends name is Gonzales?' Says Karoqian.
'Not quite exactly, but he's from kryta and you know what names they got there!'
They walk inside and immediatly are greeted by a bottle of beer that flies out of the opened door. '..Welcome i guess' Says Dave 'Nice greeting, is that a custom here?' says karoqian.
'Wait here, il speak with him, il persuade him'. Says dave. 'Wait here, wait there, im sick of all that waiting, always he tells me to wait!' Says Karoqian.
He carefully opens his backpack and the seal begins to glow again.
'This thing...it has so much power, too much if its correct what i heard about the previous owners of it' Says Karoqian.
'yes mate, it zhouldnt be exizting at de Firzt Place' Says Calis Sparhawk, who's had a little too much to drink.
'Go away you drunken lad, you dont even know what this is.' Says karoqian.
'I might be drunk but ive heard of Tarolan, and the proof of its existance is right in front of me' Says Calis.
'Just go away please, we dont need you!'
'Oh dont worry, we wont be working together now but in your hour of need il be there...' says Calis.
Karoqian quickly puts Tarolan back in his backpack.
Dave: 'Booyah, we got funding now, its still just about one fourth of what we need but atleast it saves some time looking for loot'
Karoqian: 'Someone else knew about the seal, i think there are more rumors on the streets than we know'
Dave: 'Indeed, they nicknamed it ''SilverWind'' due to the fact that eyewitnisses claimed to see a white stream destroying the town'
Karoqian: 'All this power? is it possible to use?'
Dave: 'Im afraid not, we need to visit the corrupted one, he can help us'
Karoqian: 'Corrupted one?'
Dave: 'Yeah, years ago when he was out exploring, a charr mesmer put a hex on him, he was out of control and killed a nearby warrior with his bare hands, after the accident he curled up and he never fully recovered. They now say that his soul has been corrupted because of the years of darkness he has lived in'
Karoqian: 'No reason to stay here, LET'S GO!'
And so the two adventurers venture out into the wild to the east, they walk days and days and they stop frequently to stock up on supplies, food, and the occasional evening brawl at the bar. Standing outside the bar called ''The Beer Fortress'' in Fort ranik, Karoqian looks at the door where every now and then a couple of drunk people fly out when hit by dave's right fist in the face punch.
'Come join us arty, its no fun without you!' Says dave.
'You Know i dont drink alcohol, and if that is your way to persuade me to start drinking you really have to try better!' Says Karoqian.
'Fine, stay there and do what people that dont want to get drunk do!' Dave shouts.
'Yeah, il be sleeping if you search for me!' Karoqian shouts back.
Karoqian walks to the old barrack that now serves as a hotel for adventurers, while he checks in at the lobby a strange person talks to him.
'I Haven't seen you here before' says the stranger.
'True, Ive never been here before' Says Karoqian.
'Hmm, an adventurer? Im an adventurer too' the stranger says.
'And what's your name if i may ask?' Asks Karoqian.
'My Name is Haskeer, but they call me ''Inquisitor'' haskeer for the way i deal with charr corpses...' Says Haskeer.
Karoqian raises his eyebrow. 'what do you mean?' he asks
'Well...i always pile up the charr corpses and burn them to give their bodies to their so-called fire gods, i dont want that trash to rot on Tyrian soil.' Haskeer says.
'Lets just sit over there for a moment' Says Karoqian.
They walk towards the section of the lobby were everyone waits to check in.
'Ah much better, well no more nonsense il get straight to the point. Im searching for a party to visit this person they call: Corrupted Soul, have you heard anything about that? i know the way but its been years ago and its full of enemies nowadays.' says haskeer.
'Well let this be your lucky day, im planning to go there with someone else, but you can join too if you want' Says Karoqian.
'Hmm and what is your reason?' Asks Haskeer.
'That is private, and your reasons then?' Asks Karoqian.
'Same thing, i got my reasons you got yours' Says Haskeer.
'Good then, well il go sleep now to prepare for the long day ahead, il meet you at sunrise here then?' Asks Karoqian.
'Sure, il pack my stuff and get ready, ive slept the whole day' Says Haskeer.
'Ok, il see you soon then, bye!' Karoqian.
And so he goes to his room and packs up the stuff and takes a last look at Tarolan before he goes to bed.
'So powerfull....it corrupts and twists every living being...its power is too much to handle by any living being...i need to meet this ''Corrupted Soul''. He says quitly and then he falls asleep...
'Get Up! GET UP!' shouts Dave while he walks into the room.
'Oh for..why do you have to wake me up so early...it's not the best time to go now...' Says Karoqian with his sleepy eyes.
'T-The Charr are going to attack soon! We must go, Right NOW!' Says Dave.
'Oh come on, they cant get past the great wall...' Says Karoqian.
Suddenly the faint sound of thunder rumbles towards Fort Ranik.
'What is that? Asks Karoqian
'Its the charr...their preparing their assault.' Says Dave.
'Rough wake up eh? Says Haskeer.
'What the? how?... 'That is not important right now, we must go now, pack your stuff and get ready, we can't stay here' Says Haskeer with a calm tone.
'Ok, i don't know what's going on but i dont like that sound...let's just get going' Says Karoqian
While walking towards the gate they notice that most people are still sleeping, even the guards aren't interested in the noise.
'Oh dont worry, it's just a Charr Ritual again, those beasts make alot of noise.' Says the Guard.
'Hmm well something big is going to happen, and i don't want to be here when it comes' Says Haskeer.
'Ah, it will be alright these charr are way too dumb to get past the great wall' Says the guard.
'Well im not so sure of that' whispers Haskeer
The Adventurers walk past the gate into the foothills, somewhere miles away the 3 men sit on a hill, waiting for it to happen.
The Sun is setting and they decide to move on, a few hours later the great wall is hard to see, they hear the rumbling sound again, coming from the north.
'it has begun' Says Haskeer.
'We will return once were done with our mission, ascalon will not be conquered in one day' Says Karoqian.
They move on towards a valley, deep in the valley all kinds of strange creatures and plants live, they keep walking until they find a small house.
'Someones home, look at the chimney' Whispers Haskeer.
'I already know that you are here' Says a voice behind them.
They slowly turn around but there's nothing behind them.
'Don't try to look at something you can't possibly see' Says the voice.
'The Corrupted one i presume?' Asks Karoqian.
'It depends on what side you are, im a saint for those that follow the darker path and a daemon for the ones that follow the light' the voice says.
'Show yourself, you coward, if you are that good then show me your face so my hammer can greet you!' Shouts dave'
'My, my... a little agressive aren't we? it doesn't matter, i have not seen other humans for a long time.' Says the voice.
Suddenly, an entity shows itself and around it walls of flames appear and shadows of strange beasts are displayed on the ground.
'You feel that?' Asks haskeer.
'Incredible, its unbelievable' Says Karoqian.
A loud thunder goes through the valley and the true form of the corrupted one stands before them.
'You smaller then i expected' says dave.
'And your dumber than you look' Says the Corrupted.
Dave turns his head away from the corrupted one.
'You have a name?' Asks Karoqian.
'No, my real name has been forgotten long ago, it is not of important anyway.' Says the corrupted one.
'We must move back to ascalon to see what happened there' Suggests Haskeer.
'Wait, the seal?' Asks Karoqian.
'The seal? Tarolan? i already sensed a great power with your but i did not know it was tarolan... why do you carry it loose with you? Asks Corrupted.
'Thats the problem' Karoqian says. 'I can't just touch it'
'Ah thats why your here...' Says Corrupted.
He Starts to speak some sort of spell that is hard to hear, suddenly the seal begins to float and falls to the ground. Karoqian picks it up and suddenly his eyes begin to glow blue, his body starts levitating and he suddenly Roars and all the trees in the valley bend away from him.
He falls on the ground with his knees, and stands up again.
'We must continue' He Says.
The Adventurers follow without question.
In his eyes there is a faint blue glow, and his right hand has the seal burned in his flesh. It has finally begun, the beginning of the First Steps on the long road...
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Chapter 3, The Burden of Power
'Destruction gives birth to creation,
all of us wish our oppenents annihilation,
through strength we gain power,
and through power we gain might,
following either the darkness or the light.'
As the adventurers walk back to ascalon, they all wonder what happened to ascalon when they were gone. They walk for miles until ascalon slowly becomes visible again, they walk up a small hill to see what's in the distance, they only see red clouds and smoke rising.
'No.....' Says Karoqian
'It's even worse than i thought it would be, i knew the charr were planning something when i heard about some charr that sneaked in ascalon territory' Says Haskeer
'There must be some survivors, we need to keep on walking' Suggests Dave
'Wait' Says Karoqian 'Don't look, but were being watched'
'By who?' Asks Haskeer
'It's the corrupted one' Says Karoqian 'Lets just go to ascalon'
Going further and further in the ascalon territory the sky is becoming more red with each mile, in the distance lightning strikes the earth because of the intense heat in the clouds caused by the magic the charr used.
Walking the road towards ascalon city the only thing around is an endless landscape filled with burned trees and scorched earth, only the once green hills are still there, the towering buildings and statues are ruined.
While here and there skeletons show the human loss, the adventurers keep moving.
Already towering high above the landscape they see the wall, but to their surprise only a few sections are still standing strong, most of the wall has gaps in it.
'How is this possible?' Karoqian Says
'It's..it's much worse than i ever thought it would be, how the charr ever got to know this magic is beyond me' Says Haskeer
'It's those fire gods of them, they granted them this power, may Balthazar give us strength' Says Karoqian
'Not balthazar...you are a god yourself' Says Dave
'No...i am not, and i will never be, the gods are the ones that created this world, and he gods will be the last ones to leave' Karoqian Says
'Oh...well i thought the gods left us years ago, only to sometimes gaze upon their ''productions'', and help those in need' Says Calis
'What are you doing here?' Asks Karoqian
'I told you i would be back...' Says Calis
'Hmm and you are?' Asks Haskeer
'Calis is the name, and fighting is my fame' Says Calis proudly
'Ah great, just what we need, a mindless barbarian that only lives to fight' Says Haskeer in a sarcastic way.
'Let's just go!' Says Karoqian
They finally arrive in ascalon city, outside strange people are standing, while the adventurers approach they see Prince Rurik talking to, what looks an ambassador to them.
'Im sorry once more, but my father the king does not want help from kryta, after the war he never wanted help from kryta.' Says Prince Rurik
'Sad news...sad news indeed, but the war ended many many years ago, we come in peace and we only like to help you rebuild and we don't need anything in return' The Ambassador says.
'That is much appreciated, i will try to persuade my father the king, hopefully he accepts the help from kryta.'Says Prince Rurik
'May the unseen ones be with you' Says the ambassador as prince rurik walks away
'Hmm, kryta is offering ascalon help, but king Adelbern won't allow them too help us rebuild, we should see if we can help them with anything' Says Karoqian
'You really are on the good side aren't you?' Asks Calis
'More or less, i also did stuff i am not too proud of...but that is to keep the balance between the forces of light and darkness...' Says Karoqian
'Light and Darkness....ah...' Ponders Haskeer
'I just know that i fight to defend myself and others, and to remove those that oppose us. So im a Knight i guess' Says Dave
'We all are knights, we are the Knights of Light and Darkness, and we are the ones to keep balance between the forces' Says Karoqian
'I consider it an honor to be an Knight of Light and Darkness' Says Haskeer
'Same for me' Says Calis.
Then lets move on, we have work to do. I am planning to bring together the finest in all of tyria and beyond, together we shall be the last ones standing, and we shall know no fear' Says Karoqian
'We need a cape for that' Suggest Dave 'Something unique for us, a sign of our power, a sign that will strike fear into the hearts of our enemies!' Says Dave
Walking through the gate of ascalon city, they stand still for a moment to look at all the destruction. The adventurers split up to look for survivors and potential followers.
Walking up the stairs and standing on the hill that gives access to the great wall Karoqian finds a man who makes capes for guilds.
'Hello, i heard you can make capes for guilds, is that true? Asks Karoqian
'Sure, i made many many capes, its my job, my life and i supplied many powerfull guilds with them' Says the Guild Emblemer
'Fine then, i will come back later with a design'' Says Karoqian
He walks through the streets of the ruined city which is surprisingly busy for a city burned to the ground.
'It's still a capital city, whether its destroyed or not' says Karoqian to himself
He arrives at a small house which seems to be in good shape considering the rest of the city is mostly ash and debris. He walks in and finds out that only the ground floor is still intact, he grabs a wooden table and puts it in the middle of the room, he gets a chair and sits down at the table.
'hmm...a cape design... ' ponders Karoqian 'a sign of our power, a sign that will strike fear into the hearts of our enemies...' goes through Karoqian's mind
Karoqian sighs and looks through the window, some pieces of glass still remain intact even after the destruction.
'Hmm wait a minute, Light and Darkness... through the window he sees all kinds of capes, the logo's on them are all unique, he wonders and he gets an idea.
'hmm Light...should be some sort of sun, but not one of those ''happy'' suns' he says while he looks at someones cape that has a smiling sun on it.
'No, a sun gives Light, good is always compared to white or the light side, but it also needs something darker... how about some sort of sharp edges...' He ponders
A snake that survived all the destruction slowly slithers out of the door, and sneaks away to keep out of sight.
'Hmm a snake... snake's are a symbol for secrecy, they are silent but deadly predators... so if i put one in front of the sun...' He wonders
'Colours...hmm what kind of colours on the cape, light and darkness for sure but maybe something else that changes it from the stereotypical good and evil guilds, with their black and white...' He thinks
'White on the top, black on the edges...red on the bottom, with a nice pattern in it...the red stands for blood, but also is known as a luxury colour... as used on the king's throne...' He ponders
Hours pass and finally he makes a decision, he walks back to the hill and speaks with the guild emblemer, after some previews that the guild emblemer made he made the final decision, using the funding they had before the 'searing' he lets the guild emblemer make capes for the Knights of Light and Darkness.
The group didn't really had a meeting point so they all just went to stand on the hill to look if they spot someone else of the party, they meet eachother on the hill.'
'Look, here they are' Says Karoqian and then hands over the new capes.
'Wow, very nice, finally something to keep me warm' Says Dave
'Well, it's not for that purpose...here just take it on' Says Karoqian
'Oh... i see, now i get it' Says Dave
'Once a warrior, always a warrior' Haskeer says
'You mean warriors are dumb huh?' Asks Calis
'No, just uhm...kinda...well yeah most are dumb as a dredge' Haskeer says
'Well i don't really know what that is, but i think you are insulting me now' Says Calis calmly
'Perhaps i am insulting you, perhaps i am not, have it your way, but we shouldn't fight now we got more important matters at hand' Says Haskeer
'You got any new people?' Asks Karoqian
'Well not really, just a few...' Says Calis
'Hmm not matter, we will get more later on' Says Karoqian
'Let's just continue to defend ascalon, and surely then more people will join us, to defend tyria of this infestation called 'Charr' we will liberate ascalon, and the rest of tyria!' Says Karoqian
'For Tyria!!!!!!' they all say and they rise their swords up in the air.
And so they encounter more people in their journey's, finding new quests to do and helping out the people of ascalon in these troubled times, slowly but surely the Knights of Light and Darkness grows bigger, with more followers coming every week they make their first conquests in charr territory, everywere the banners showing the Purple Snake and the sacred texts of Tarolan are placed in charr territory.
The first steps on the long road towards victory...
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Chapter 4, The Neverending Journey.
'Never shall we fall, never shall we fear
Unlimited is our might, Infinite is our power.
We choose either the side of good, evil or in between.
We are united, we are Knights of Light and Darkness.'
After a few small skirmishes along the borders between the charr and the human territory's the battles became larger, and soon more and more soldiers were called to arms, through each victory the Knights of Light and Darkness became more organized, lethal, and experienced. With Calis having succeeded to break the lines more than once with a small strike team, the battles became too large to let the strike team go in, so Karoqian ordered them to rejoin the main group.
Many victories had been achieved, had it not been for the Knights of Light and Darkness some key positions would have fallen along the Great Wall, but they had to pay the price of victory, most of the casualties were still untrained soldiers, but sometimes veterans also paid the ultimate price. The fallen all were remembered, but it was not the time for mourning. The tears that dropped were red and came from every dead charr.
Until one day, everything changed. With the Ascalons constantly gaining territory within the charr lands, the more dangerous it became to lead an army there.
It was North of the Ruins of Surmia were the Knights of Light and Darkness won a battle against a small charr army, while the charr were outnumbered they still did alot of damage, the casualty rate was low, since most soldiers were ressurected in time, but sometimes the fallen couldn't be ressurected, especially when the fallen were decapitated.
The Morning sun shone across the destroyed land, the hard wind bashed against the tents that were set up each evening. A Shout goes throughout the camp, it's Calis, his loud voice is always heard above every crowd.
He keeps shouting 'Wake Up, its time to hunt some charr!' until most of the camp is awake.
Karoqian and his Officers plan out strategy's while in other sections of the camp the tents are all being packed up again, the blacksmiths hand out or sharpen the last weapons before they pack up.
With most weapons being infused by the power of tarolan, by forging the sacred text and symbol in the steel of the weapon. The staffs however, mainly draw power from Karoqian himself, each staff has the text engraved on it, so the staff can make a 'link' with Tarolan and draw from its infinite power. The Forgotten never made Tarolan to enhance weapons, but then again, the forgotten never realised they would require anything else from Tarolan.
Marching along the ruins of the once grand cities of northern ascalon the army halts, before them lies a dried out lake, and on the other side stands a charr army.
'Give me my scope' Says Karoqian. an officer hands out a scope to see in the distance. Through the glass Karoqian sees something he feared, the charr army is roughly the same size of his army, and they also have martyr's.
The charr martyr's are feared for their suicidal behavior, they rush in and break the line using their body as a shield, and when the lines break the charr army can easily cut off sections and slay them.
'hmm...tell all commanding officers to inform their sections and teams about the situation.' Says Karoqian
'Yes my liege' says the messenger.
'What is it?' Says Haskeer while he looks through his scope. 'Their not that big, i mean we've grown much stronger than ever before, you don't mean that you are doubting about victory?'
'Ofcourse not, our victory is already assured, but i fear that the losses will be great' Says Karoqian.
'We need to prepare the army now, so we can assault, they are assembling too' Says Haskeer while still looking through his scope.
'Yes, all heavily armored Warriors are up front, they will act as a wall to hold back the martyr's behind them is the second line which is for the medium and lightly armored Warriors. Set the Rangers behind them and after them come the Monks. Behind the Monks we place the Necromancers together with the Elementalists, behind them we place the Mesmers, they aren't really strong but they compensate that with their spells.' Says Karoqian.
'A nice strategy, but we have to keep an eye out on the flanks, i suggest that at the corners we put some warriors to keep the Charr from flanking us.' Says Haskeer
'Yes, inform them and prepare to get ready, let's go to the front' Orders Karoqian
'But...you aren't a warrior, forgive me that i say it, but you can't just put yourself in harms way' Says Haskeer.
'I know, and i won't, i will fight alongside the first lines' Says Karoqian
'So be it' Says Haskeer
The army is ready, the lines are all complete and its easy to see the different allegiances, the white dyed armor of the Knights of light is clearly seen while on the other side of the army the section is enterely bloodred, with the occasional black armor between, the section of the Knights of darkness.
In between stand the Knights that are between good and evil, the ''neutral'' ones, those that keep both sides in balance, their armor is purple and others prefer blue or a mix between some colors.
The white section also contains some Knights that have dyed their armor yellow or gold colour, extra bright is their motto.
On the front are the priests and monks finishing their blessings and finishing their enchantments, before moving back into the fourth row within the organized army.
'Today, will be a day unlike any other, a day that will be remembered by the Charr as their greatest defeat! Some of you might not make it past this day, do not fear death, let it fear you!' Shouts Karoqian on the front line.
'DEATH!!!' the army shouts, all swords, axes and staffs are pointed towards the Charr army, on the other side the Charr are taunting and growling.
'Noisy aren't they? shall we shut them up!?' Shouts Karoqian.
'RAAAAAAH!!!!!!' They all shout.
'To War!' Karoqian Shouts. And the army starts marching, on the other side the Charr start running towards them.
'Hold the line, slay them all!' Shouts Haskeer.
Both army's starts sprinting and the warriors on both sides raise their shields for the impact, with massive force the first lines bash against eachother, immediatly the martyr's jump over some warriors to get further, but the archers shoot them while the marty's jump over the warriors. The Necromancers and Elementalists keep firing spells and from each charr corpse rise undead minions that immediatly attack the Charr. The Monks are constantly healing and protecting the warriors, and even the rangers need to be healed when the occasional marty's manages to jump over the first lines.
'Sir!, A part of the left section has been cut off!' Says a knight.
'Enforce them, take the strike teams with you!' Orders Karoqian.
The strike teams slowly manage to enforce the left section, the Charr start routing on their right side due to Calis going insane and killing charr after charr.
'Look!, The Charr fear them' Says Karoqian while he shoots another arrow into a charr skull.
'Indeed, i didn't know they would ever run' Says Haskeer while throwing a couple of spears towards the charr lines, one of the spears hits a charr right in his mouth.
'YES!' Haskeer Shouts. 'Lucky shot' Karoqian says while he shoots another arrow which hits a charr right in the opening for the eyes in his helmet.
The Knights continue to create gaps in the charr army from were they cut off sections and kill them easily, the charr army is taking severe casualties. Suddenly a fireball hits the middle of the charr army, a bright flash is seen and then a loud thunder.
'What the...' Karoqian tries to say.
'You seen this device yet?, it's called a trebuchet, i ordered the crafters to make some.
'They are most welcome, fire at will' Says Karoqian
Immediatly all five trebuchets fire and the Charr army gets hit in the middle sections, thus creating a huge gap and spreading chaos amongst the Charr ranks.
Smoke rises from the burned charr, all around the battlefield explosions are heard and the strange sounds of spells going off are heard even more, the battle seems to be the Charr army's demise. With most of the Knights on the front covered in the darkish blood of charr they keep on fighting, exhausted and beaten they fight for their lives. They work as a team to bring down much larger Charr, and without the help of the Monks, Rangers, Elementalists, Necromancers and the Mesmers they wouldn't last long. In the heat of battle Karoqian looks in the distance were the Charr army came from, exactly as planned Dave has lead a strike team to kill the Charr general, never did the order reach other ears since he wanted them to keep focusing on the battle so they never looked in the distance to see were the strike team was going.
He couldn't afford it that a soldier would point towards the horizon in the strike team's direction, thus betraying their location for any charr that was curious what was happening in the distance, they would never be able to handle the entire army coming their way to reinforce their leader.
'All is going according to plan' Says Haskeer while looking in the distance with his scope.
'Ah, they killed him, about time, let's finish this.' Says Haskeer and he takes a sprint towards the frontline and jumping like a madman into the nearest fight were he can chop some limbs off.
'My lord, the charr are in full retreat, should we chase them?' Says an Officer.
'No, let them run, more important things are at hand, i heard that something more terrible is happenening, kryta is under attack by an army of undead creatures. We don't know who or what's the cause of this, but we should help kryta out and also search for new allies' Says Karoqian.
'Yes my lord' Says the officer.
Suddenly some soldiers blow on their horns to sound the Victory, with in the distance small band's of charr run away the soldiers and knights scavenge around the battlefield for loot, with the monks quickly running from place to place to ressurect the fallen, Karoqian himself looks down on the dried lake with a smile on his face, it has finally begun. The Prophecies are at hand.
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Chapter 5, The Road To Kryta.
''Things that are unheard of, are spoken
the allegiances will once more be broken.
The time has come to fight,
and that depends on what you think is right.''
The long journey takes the army across ascalon and beyond, the shiverpeaks took a toll on the army, the cold and the hostile stone summit took many lives, but in return the Knight's gained more and more allies and followers. Their strength increased with every battle that was won, every outpost liberated and every dead stone summit. In the journey Karoqian met many new friends, including a young necromancer named Ivy Bloodboiler.
Karoqian met her on the frontlines when the stone summit fought for dominance of the Frost Gate, she was an excellent necromancer specialized in blood magic, she wasn't evil besides that she washed herself in blood every now and then, but Karoqian didn't mind that at all despite many others.
Even the new necromancer named Astrix found it a bit strange, though he never really minded what other people did he still had his comments about things. Karoqian didn't met him personal though, no he was found at a table displaying his skill with drinking ale, he could drink a barrel of ale with just 1 breath of air.
Though mostly being drunk he was interested when he heard of a recruiter for the Knights of Light and Darkness who was searching for new soldiers. Astrix asked and without any hassle he was recruited in the Knights of Light and Darkness, he recieved training and he wasn't too happy about that, since the officers took away his barrels of ale to prevent him from falling asleep or complaining about a headache when marching or practicing new moves. Astrix didn't meet Karoqian besides seeing him sometimes out in the open when not discussing plans. He knew Ivy though, mostly because they were in the same group within the army. Both being necromancers they shared many familiar things, he also knew about the latest plans and such since Ivy told him. Astrix's drinking always kept him from making money, since the loot he got was immediatly sold for another barrel of ale, he knew many were interested in what the new plans were, and about news the officers and such recieved. He quickly made a small fortune out of selling information to other soldiers, until one day when he accidently, while being drunk as always he told an officer about the fact that he sold information for a small fee.
His Drinking soon stopped and he turned to smoking, always smoking even in battles it was a strange thing to see for the common soldier.
Ivy however was a different story, found in yak's bend demonstrating what she could do with the dwarfen corpses she displayed her skill, she quickly found herself recruited into the army of the Knights of Light and Darkness. unhappy? No. Ivy liked it there, especially since the small skirmishes always left corpses she could use, because her skill with the dark arts were not that good, she sometimes had problems when her minions would suddenly attack a tree, an embarrasing sight indeed, but everyone could laugh about it.
Ivy had shown great courage and skill in the small skirmishes while the army moved on towards kryta, so she was quickly promoted to Elite Knight, making her even more popular in the army that was mostly filled with men.
While the weather of the Shiverpeaks was a threat, its inhabitants were even more dangerous, with the civil war between the Deldrimor Dwarfes and the Stone Summit it was total chaos. Amongst the refugees following the only path towards freedom the army marched.
Arriving at a perfect campsite the army stops, they set up tents and prepare to rest through the night. The night is silent, the nightwatch patrols are having more volunteers especially since most soldiers can't sleep well, through the whole night only the howling of wolfs is heard, everything else is peacefull.
The next morning the camp is already packed up and the army is standing by, most soldiers and knights are jumping and walking in circles to make sure they keep warm. Some even use their capes as blanket as they sit at the roads edge.
'Moooooooooooove OUT!' Shouts Calis, and slowly further down the line the Captains and soldiers also shout that its time to move, slowly the army moves.
After passing each mountain the landscape becomes more deserted, were sometimes abandoned dwarfen houses filled pieces of the landscape only emptyness appears, the army now moves through the heart of the Northern Shiverpeaks, and they already notice Kryta is near since the different mountains seen every mile start to become smaller.
'Where almost there, keep on going' Says Karoqian.
The army keeps on marching and in the distance the Frost Gate is seen, giving hope to some who thought they would never leave this place.
Suddenly only miles from the frostgate the army stops, a dark entity stands in the distance, Karoqian immediatly recognises that its a stone summit dwarf.
'Let me handle this' he says and he walks calmly towards the stone summit.
'The negotiator?' Says the dwarf.
'The leader...' Says Karoqian.
They look at eachother and shake hands, the soldiers that are standing in the distance are starting to whisper.
They both look at eachother, the dwarf especially takes notice of the strange scar on Karoqian's hand which glows brightly through the skin.
Karoqian looks at the dwarf but he can't see much, the dwarf is completely hidden in armor and has a strange helmet on which only shows the mouth and the dwarf's left eye.
The Rest is all hidden behind armor.
'So...you have heard of what happens to those that trespass Stone Summit lands haven't you? says the dwarf while drops of blood slowly fall on the ground, the blood apparantly comes from were the dwarf's right eye should be, but thats hidden behind his armor.
'Indeed, i have heard about it' Says Karoqian.
'Then why have you come here?' Asks the Dwarf.
'We had to help kryta, and the only way there is going through the shiverpeaks, if there was another way we would have taken it' Says Karoqian calmly.
'Then you have chosen to die, you and your army will not leave this place alive' Says the dwarf with a smile on his bloody face.
'We shall see about that, oh and before you go, tell your master that he should fight on the frontlines, i want to see him die' Says Karoqian.
They both walk away and karoqian reaches the army, suddenly a scream is heard and karoqian turns around, ivy stands behind him, in the distance the dwarf tries to run away with his bow but Dave is too fast, the dwarf's head falls in the snow. Karoqian turns ivy around and looks at the wound, the arrow is about halfway in her chest. She looks at him and softly says: 'We still have a long journey ahead, we shouldn't stop now'
She faints and the monks immediatly run towards Karoqian and Calis who are holding her.
'Make sure she survives' Says Karoqian.
'She will my lord, she will' Says the monk in charge of the team, they run back into the army.
'The rest of you listen carefully, we have come a long way and were not about to let us be beaten by some dwarfes, Kryta awaits, and each of you shall reach it!
Further along the line Calis is also shouting and on the other side Haskeer is also talking to the troops.
'Shall we give these ''Stone Summit'' Dwarfes a lesson they won't forget? shall we send them back to the mines they came from? Shouts Karoqian.
'YAAAAAAAAH' The army shouts.
'Once more, we shall go to war, and we will be VICTORIOUS!' Karoqian Shouts for the last time.
Immediatly the army starts moving up the hill, down below the Stone Summit have amassed and army almost two times larger, most wear black armor and in the distance it looks like one black swarm with some spots were spears point towards the air.
'Haskeer, prepare the trebuchets, Calis, you keep an eye on the left flank, we can't let them create a gap there.
'Why the left?' Calis Asks.
'The Stone Summit attack in large numbers, but they always use the same strategy, i heard from survivors that they attack the left flank first' Says Karoqian.
At the very front Dave runs down the hill, he watches behind him now and then if the army still follows him, he has always been impatient and this time is no difference.
Even the Stone Summit are surprised that the lone warrior runs up front, Dave wears cloths over his gladiator's armor due to the extreme cold.
Immediatly some Summit archers shoot arrows at him but Dave evades them easily. He looks back and in the distance the rest of the army is forming lines and prepares for the battle.
'Hmph' Dave says, and he slowly walks backwards. Further up the hill the Archers of Light and Darkness have a distinct advantage, they are much higher and they can easily hit the first lines of the Summit army, wave's of arrows hit the first lines and immediatly Dwarfs are falling towards the grounds, the first blood has flowed...
'MOVE FORWARD!, THEY WILL SHOW NO MERCY, I EXPECT OF ALL OF YOU THE SAME!' Shouts Karoqian while he stands on the front, guarded by some warriors that have raised their shields to protect him.
On the forwards section the captains blow on their horns and the army starts to run, moving towards the summit army the summit archers let their warriors pass towards the front.
Both sides start sprinting and the left flank clashes first and quickly the middle and right section also hit, all around blood is shed, the Knights have some difficulty with the height of the dwarfs but that is easily overcome by most since they just hit vertically so they still hit them, however the archers can't support the front lines since the dwarfes are too low and if the Rangers fire they will hit the warrior's, they continue to stand as high as possible shooting arrows further into the Summit army.
The Elementalists have an easy enemy, their firestorms and meteors wreak havoc within the Summit army, the Summit can't spread out and are too massed to evade the spells, Mesmers cast spell after spell and clearly the Summit are losing, but the battle is far from over, on the front the Warriors keep progressing and piles of corpses lie in their wake, suddenly Karoqian sees a section of the army were the Warriors are blown into the sky and fall back on the ground, he walks and he sees that the Summit general is riding a drake. Karoqian faces the general and his drake tries to bite, 2 arrows fly down his throat and the beast begins to shreek, a final arrow in the forehead ends the noise, the lifeless corpse bends through its knees slowly and only its claw's are still twitching.
'Graaah...you foul human, look what you have done!' the general shouts.
'Draw your weapon, and prepare to die' Says Karoqian.
'You make a mistake, i will be your doom' the general says.
Karoqian draw's his sword, with a faint blue/purplish glow the texts engraved on the sword shine, its pommel is finely crafted and it clearly displays 2 snakes that are twisted around eachother, both have purple eyes made out of ruby's, one snake head shows its fangs, the other ones just shows its splitted tongue.
It's hilt is covered on one side with spikes, incase Karoqian ever faces and oppenent who blocks his attack he can still use the spikes to hit his oppenent in the face.
On the other side stands the general in black armor, a small opening in his helmet reveals 2 red glowing eyes, the helmet has all kinds of horns on its top. The generals wears a cloak which has seen its best day's, the general wields an axe that has clearly been enchanted, the axe's sharp edge is glowing red and he hits the snow to show that the axe is extremely hot since the snow around it immediatly turns into steam.
They face eachother and sprint, the general's axe is blocked by Karoqian's sword, their skill seems to be equel, and around them the Knights are clearly marching further but their ignoring the two fight, further down on the front Calis and Haskeer are leading the left flank, 'Do not interfere, this is HIS fight!' Says Haskeer.
Karoqian and the general exchange blow after blow and suddenly the general's axe bounces of the swords and hits Karoqian's upper leg.
'AAAAAH' He shouts and the general is blown backwards due to the massive shockwave Karoqian made with his voice.
The general shakes his head and stands back up, immediatly Karoqian's sword slashes against the generals helmet, the general falls on his knees.
'Kill.....kill me...i do not deserve to live any longer...' The general says.
Karoqian lifts his sword up and suddenly the general's dagger pierces Karoqian between his ribs.
Karoqian drops his sword and falls to the ground stunned... the general is about to lift his axe when a few bone horror's hit the general, the general's limbs are being torn off and everything becomes blurry for Karoqian.
'NO!' Shouts Calis and he runs towards Karoqian, Haskeer sprints towards Karoqian and notices he is still breathing.
'He's alive, but he breathes very slow, i think it pierced his lung' Says Haskeer.
'HEALERS, WE NEED HEALERS' Shouts Calis with all his might and immediatly about 20 monks stand around, they pick Karoqian up but he shows no movement, they drag him back to safety.
'ATTACK!!!! AVENGE KAROQIAN, AAATAAACK' Calis Shouts and immediatly Haskeer follows, as one single entity the army moves forward, pushing further mercilessly into the distance, the Summit army is defeated, but at a great cost.
Since no-one is sure if Karoqian will make it through the night...
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Chapter 6, Chasing Shadow's
`From the dark they strike,
with no warning nor sound,
the Shadow's are bound,
for yet their greatest hike.´
'Wake up......wake....up...' whispers a voice in the wind, 'Open your eyes...'
Karoqian slowly opens his eyes...he looks around and he discovers he's lying in the grass...he tries to stand up but he suddenly feels a pain in his chest.
'W-what.......' he tries to say, but a figure shrouded in blinding light is standing in front of him...at the ground there's a circle of fire around the strange figure.
'W-who are you...' he tries to ask.
'Ah....your awake, that is good' Says the figure.
'What is this place...' He asks slowly, 'am i dead???' goes through his mind.
'No..you are not dead..far from, you don't recognise me anymore? whispers the voice.
'h-how...there is only one person i know......Vina?' he says.
'How good of you' says the voice and the figure suddenly reveals itself, the flames go into the ground and the light disappears in a blinding flash.
'It's..it's you' Says Karoqian and a smile appears on his face.
'Indeed, i've been watching you for so long, and finally we meet again' She says.
'I must say honestly, i was waiting for this moment, i couldn't contact you for a long time'' Vina says.
'How come?, and very nice of you that you are so happy that im dead...' Karoqian Asks.
'Your wrong, your not dead at all, the wound has already healed' She says.
'Well well well, if it isn't Karoqian' Says a voice that sounds very familiar to Karoqian.
'Yes it's me, the corrupted one, very nice of you to turn my body into ashes' the corrupted says.
'I...i did what?' asks Karoqian surprised.
'Well i was just slipping from mind to mind in the charr army when suddenly a trebuchet fired and hitted the body i was in' Says Corrupted.
'and...you can just do that?' Asks Karoqian.
'It doesn't matter anymore, i already took my old body again, but thanks anyways, i should have warned you people about my presence' Says Corrupted.
'Quite a friendly meeting indeed, but i want you to have this' and she points to the ground.
'Dirt?' Asks Karoqian.
'No...take a look around' Vina says.
'What is this place?' Karoqian asks.
'This is my safe haven, an enclave of peace amongst chaos, all those that seek me arrive in this place' Says Vina. 'And now i want you to accept this place as your own, you and the others that sweared allegiance to your cause can travel here if they desire peace, ofcourse should you want to duel someone then my magic will create a rift with an identical island like this one, should you wish bloodshed'
'Thank you' Says Karoqian.
'We have alot of things to discuss, but now is not the time, you must return, your younger brother has showed up as well' Vina Says. 'The Corrupted one will meet you in Beacon's Perch, i will contact you again when its time'
A bright flash blinds Karoqian and he wakes up in his bed, the only one in his tent is Haskeer who keeps guard, but hes sleeping.
Karoqian slowly steps out of bed and takes a look at his chest, there's nothing to see, like there was never a wound.
'Heh, she'll never change' he says softly and he silently puts his pieces of armor back on.
Karoqian walks out of the tent and looks around, everywhere around fires are lit to secure the borders of the camp, even some wooden walls are erected between mountain passes.
The army has obviously stayed here for quite some time already, he walks around past guards and knights who look up surprised, it seems that the expectations about Karoqian's survival were low.
Slowly the camp gets more noisier, everywhere around are soldiers whisping and informing eachother about their wandering leader, having been away for a few days apparantly, Karoqian is extremely confused were they are, but he asks no-one, he just walks around trying to find answers.
Karoqian walks towards the edge of the camp and stops, next to him are some guards sitting at a campfire, watching the surroundings.
'W-welcome my lord' Says the guard and he salutes, the rest also stands up and salutes.
'Were are we soldier?' Asks Karoqian, 'Outside Beacon's Perch my lord, there is not enough space inside the city for our army' Says the guard.
Karoqian scratches behind his neck and turns his head, he looks into the distance and he sees something he did not notice before, the army has grown almost double in size.
'Were are all these new soldiers and knights from?' He asks.
'Most are volunteers my lord, they have been wandering around the shiverpeaks, most have little to lose in their lives after everything that happened to ascalon now' Says the guard.
'Were are all my officers and such?' Karoqian asks.
'Have you not yet meeted them my lord? their having some new guests, its the big tent...err next to your tent my lord' Says the guard.
'Hmm... could have figured that one out myself, thank you guard' Karoqian says and walks away.
Karoqian walks towards the tent and the lights inside the tent clearly show the shadows on the cloth, he suddenly trips on a wire and some helmets fall on the ground. He stands still and looks at the tent, the shadows are all holding their weapons now and face the direction of the sound, Karoqian looks and calmly takes a step backwards, immediatly Calis runs outside with his sword and suddenly stops.
'You? Are you alright?' Asks Calis surprised.
'Well thank you for the friendly greeting, can i enter now or does someone else still want to make a charge at me?' Asks Karoqian.
'No..its just that we had an spy in our camp a few hours ago and we are still on alert' Calis says.
'Ah ok' Karoqian says and he enters the tent, immediatly all eyes are on him, a few are surprised and then salute and welcome Karoqian.
'Hello to you too i suppose, well i take it i don't have to explain that i've recovered then' he says.
'You took your time' His brother says.
'I heard that you came' Karoqian says.
An eerie silence is there, and they both stare at eachother like they hate eachother, then they both start laughing and shake hands.
'About time you came, we could use some help' Karoqian says.
'Yes, i heard you were active in this region, i've followed you all since Ascalon but i was simply arriving too late' says his brother.
'Well im sorry i wasn't there but i guess they all know you by now?' Karoqian asks.
'Indeed' His brother answers.
'Well i still have to say it myself, this is my YOUNGER brother, his name is Leander, and hes here to help' Says Karoqian with a smile on his face.
'Yes yes im the younger one, you don't have to make it that clear really...' Says Leander.
'Heh did i say it's a bad thing then? i just wanted to tell them that you are' Karoqian says, they all then discuss the things that have happend while Karoqian was recovering, the news isn't much since the army hasn't moved the entire time, they only had managed to gain entrance in Beacon's Perch so most of the Soldiers and Knights have found shelter there.
The next day Karoqian visits beacon's perch to thank the dwarfen leader, and he also meets Corrupted there, just as Vina had said, they meet and decide to go back to the camp to discuss there.
In the camp they enter the wartent, nothing special really, though its bigger like the officer tents and in here all the plans and such are discussed, though made to look unimportant the tent is still one of the most important places in the camp. Karoqian and Corrupted enter and only a few officers are discussing news and other less usefull day to day things.
'So, what is it that you wanted to see me for? You already wanted to join us no doubt, but i sense you are here for something else too' Karoqian says.
'Yes, Vina couldn't contact you because you are blocking her off, she says you should open your mind a bit' Corrupted says.
'Heh, sorry it just happens really i can't do much about it, though i have little to fear about that really, she can't just read my mind' Karoqian says.
'Ok, well try to keep it in mind though, Vina told me about new allies...' Corrupted says.
'Hmm..there's a ''but'' coming' Karoqian says.
'Yes...you are right, but these allies are in the Grey Forest, no doubt you know about that' Corrupted says.
'What? the Grey Forest?, you wouldn't go there would you Karoqian?' Calis says who seems to have heard the conversation.
'If i can get more allies then i will, regardless of were i should go to meet them' Karoqian says calmly.
'You do know about it right? i mean...there are few that have ever seen it, and even fewer that came out of it!' Calis Says.
'Yes, and i will go, i will depart soon, im in my ''quarters..'' if somethings wrong' Says Karoqian.
He walks out of the tent and Calis and most officers are stunned, though Corrupted isn't surprised at all though, he just sits quetly in his chair watching Karoqian walk out of the entrance.
'Karoqian enters his private tent and lies down on his bed, emptying his mind he focuses on a whisper that seems to be far in the distance, the more he concentrates the closer it comes, then it all shoots towards him, Hes back on the island.
'Welcome, not that i already know, but you probably heard of Corrupted right?' asks Vina.
'Yes, the Grey Forest? do you wish me dead? if you do there are easier ways to do it though' Says Karoqian
'If i wanted i could have killed you already, no i don't want you dead, and yes i am fully aware of that place, but only those that have permission can enter it safely' Vina says
'So you mean those without this..permission get killed?' He asks.
'Indeed, do you know about it besides that its a feared place?' Vina asks.
'No, i only heard that about it, nothing more really' Says Karoqian.
'Ah then let me explain' Vina answers and takes a deep breath.
'The Grey Forest, a place to the east outside of Ascalon, its not hard to reach, but the lands beyond are dangerous and are the domain of the shadows, the Shadows are a group of humans that settled there hundreds of years ago. Though most of them are Rangers there also ones that have taken different proffesions, i know that you will visit lands over the sea soon, and they also have a place called Echovald Forest, it has slight resemblance of the Grey Forest though ofcourse the Grey Forest's trees aren't petrified and there are no large mushrooms growing' She explains.
'Go on please, theres more about this' Karoqian Says.
'Yes, though there are few that have left the forest alive the Shadows aren't violent, but those that left the woods had a meeting with their leader. Most of the Shadows used to visit Ascalon academies to become stronger though there are few people that actually knew they were from the Grey Forest, since the Shadows aren't white as the people in the sunless Echovald Forest'
'The Grey Forest has earned its name due to most trees are Grey, but the forest itself is quite beautifull, but not much have looked upwards at the colourfull leaves and flowers, since most were to busy watching forward and following the path' Vina says.
'Well that's quite fascinating, so if i travel there can i enter the Grey forest without problems?' Asks Karoqian.
'Ofcourse i already notified them of your arrival, they will recognise you' Says Vina.
'Now go and let your younger brother take command of the army, hes capable enough to keep the army together, your officers will also help him, so don't worry about that, take a few of your soldiers and go to the Grey Forest, the rest will be clear when your there' She says.
A bright white flash is seen and Karoqian wakes up again, he walks out of the tent and tells the other officers about the news, they won't tell the Knights and Soldier though, they will just hear Karoqian has gone to seek new allies. While the Knights of Light and Darkness travel towards Kryta a small group of Knights together with Karoqian set out towards the Grey forest. Vina helps them by creating a small rift and taking them directly outside Ascalon City, they move much quicker then a normal army since their with just about 20 people.
Arriving within hours at the Grey forest they wait at the edge, the Grey Forest seems to stop growing in a straight line and bending inwards further North. A few minutes are past when an arrow flies out of the forest, theres a note attached to it. Karoqian opens the note and it reads:
'You have permission to enter our lands, Vina told us of your arrival, keep your eyes on the road.'
'heh, nice welcome, you stay here and wait for me, i will come back soon' Kar |
