Dark Age Legends

[Xorlak]

The explosion eventually subsided, the smoke rising into the atmosphere above the empty ocean...

Thus ended the third and final day of the fabled Dark Empire's assault on Romme.  It was the end of the Kingdom of Romme, the end of the Dark Empire... as it was then known at least...

To be continued...

[Xorlak]

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Chapter 4</span>

Cold? so cold? can?t breathe?

Why?? Is this death??

No? impossible?

You miserable insects are going to pay? all of you?

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One month later?

The streets of Laus were in an uproar.  Petty thieves, low class warriors, pirates, merchants selling supplies and weapons?  They were trekking northward, across the border to the north to try and join in the pillaging of the villages and fortresses of what used to be the Dark Empire, now a land without laws?

A dark figure strode through the crowds, unintimidated by the mobs, his face hidden under his hood and his black cloak blowing in the wind.  A smoke hung over the lands to the north.  So, the rumors are true?

The shrouded man entered a tavern, which was just as bustling, and proceeded to an empty table in the corner.  Here he stroked his chin, lost in thought, while eyeing the odd passerbyers?

[Dude Man]

Duilin was siting in the tavern, he noticed the robed man in there, he looked at him and then turned away.

Duilin was wereing all black, he didn't have his armor on, he still had his back pak, yet it showed the showed up tears on it, and it seemed to have something alive in it, but it never moved much, and nobody ever asked about it. His eyes werem't glowing anymore, he seemed to look almost normal again, yet he still had that Gothic look to him.

He glaced back at the man, and decieded to go talk to him. He got up and started to walk over to him, but suddenly he was intercepted by somebody.

"Duilin! I've got to tell you something! I think, that your story is totall crap!" He was drunk, the man was somebody Duilin had met a few days ago, and he told him the story of fall of Romme.

"That's great!" He pushed him away and then sat down at the table with the robed man.


"Hello, there I'm Duilin, who are you?" He asked

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Meanwile, up in the cold freezeing moutains...

"Frost...wake up!"

"Huh? Oh. Why?"

"Were going down to Laus to pick up some suplies."

They were two men, looked very simular,one wore icy blue armor and seemed to be more, gnashy looking, the other seemed to look smarter.

"Okay Bite just a second." Frost, was the smarter one, and Bite, was his crazy twin brother, the both were part of a clan called the Ice Warriors.

Frost got up and put on his armor, looked just like Bite's but had the colours in different order. He grabed his Ice Sword and Pick Axe.

"Let's go." Frost said

"Allright, let's go to the stables..." Bite replied

They headed toward the stables...

[Zeros']

A cloak figure slowly entered the tavern in Laus at where Duilin resided. He stalked through the shadows, seeming to be enveloped by them. He shifted out of the shadows and looked up at Duilin. He had his hood down, as not to show his face.

"Duilin I presume?" Said the figure as he pointed at Duilin with his left hand.

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About 200 miles near Laus on a small remote island...

Zeros' looked down at the rock in disgust. He reached behind his back and slowly traced the place where Iduran's sword stood. A couple days ago he had sensed the risidual energy coming from this place.

He knew what it was.

Zeros' slowly reached out from where he stood and touched the rock, but quickly pulled back his hand. Black sparks erupted from where the boulder  stood, as if not wanting to be touched.

"Too much dark taint." He growled under his breath. He slowly reached to his swords hilt and gripped it tightly. He didn't even know if this would work. He unsheathed his sword and cut the rock in half, faster then anyone could see.

He walked slowly into the enterance to the cave where the rock once stood, carefully treading.

[Haraldur]

Ellenna said her last good byes to her adoptive father, and left the Temple of Kala.

She had set herself a mission, to help liberate the formerly oppressed peoples north of Laus.

She entered the Green Dragon tavern, in search of warriors who might help her in her cause. She entered the room with Duilin and the and robes and cloaked fugures were.

She knew people would pay attention, for she was wearing the colour of the goddess Kala.

She stood up on top of the bar and said: "I come here to look for warriors to assist in spreading freedom in the lands north of our city!" And, because she knew the mentality of the average person in the crowd, she said: "You can take all the loot you can find within ethical limits!"

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Haraldur was a little south of Laus harbour. The wind blew through his hair.

A lot had happened in the last month. He had had a lot of fun causing complete chaos and fear on the east coast of Tjed, near the place where two of his previous parts had destroyed a Posidon. The carcass was still there. The place became boring after a while though, so he destroyed it. There is only a barren wasteland left, and the rest is under the sea.

He felt bitterness and anger well up inside him, from some ancient grievance which he could no longer remember. He would make anyone he met pay... For what, he did not know.

Fear first, it is much more fun to play with the emotions of your victims.

He screamed a terrifying scream that could be heard in the farthest part of Laus. many people were scared for no apparent reason, knowing not what and where caused the noise.

[Aminaga]

Crap, I'm late!

Aw well...

[Dippy]

Back at the stables...

"Frost! there he is!" Bite said pointing at a large two headed hairy creature (not dudman)
"Here Gungun!" frost says.
the beast comes closer...
"AAAAARRRRGGGG!!!!"
"AAAHHHHHHHH!" Frost & Bite scream
"HA HA scared you! nananana nana!" says Gungun
"don't do that!" Bite wines "Okay lets go to laus and get supplies"
so they hook Gungun up to the carrage and hed down the mountain.

[Trent]

Tsu slowly opened his eyes. He sat up, and looked around, to see Zion standing over Xenai, who was still asleep. Tsu got to his feet and walked over. "How long has he been like this?"

"Since I woke up," came Zion's response.

"When was...?"

"2 hours ago. I never noticed the mark you destroyed until now." Zion turned Xenai's head to look away from him, and looked at the white area where the black mark was.

[Dude Man]

//Dippy: I'm not hairy!!!
DMM: Stop spamming the RP//

"Yes, I am, Duilin, who might you be?" Duilin replys to the other robed man, he ignores the women in the coloured cloths, assumeing she is drunk.

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(It's cool that me and Dippy control each other's charas aslong as there not actions?)

Frost, Bite and Gungun, arive down near by Laus.

"Okay, we'll leave Gungen hear" Frost said "I don't think people will aprove of a 2 headed 13 foot Yettie stomping threw the city, with two Ice Warriors."

"Yeah, I supose so." Frost replied "We have been raiding this town every now and then. But not as much, since the past month."

"Bite, why did you tell me that?"

"I wasn't telling YOU that, I was telling THEM that." *Bite points to you*

They enter the town, and then spot a girl wearing the colour of the goddess Kala (Ellenna) entering a tavern.

"Hey, let's go in the Tavern!" Bite sugested

"Okay, somethings fishy about that women, let's go!"

Frost and Bite enter the tavern, and hear what Ellenna says, the then turn around to talk.

"Okay, you think the Ice Warrior Commanders would mind if we joined her?" Bite asked

"I guess they would be cool with it." Frost replyed they then turned around and looked at Ellenna

"Were with ya!" They both said at the same time

[Zeros']

"My master wishes to see you again. He says something about his past catching up to him." Kami-ryu reached up with his left hand and pulled back his hood, revealing his face.

"He had mentioned something along the lines of "weapons of destruction". He wanted to see if any of his old comrades were still alive. He is afraid the Dark Empire might rise once more." He said shaking his head.

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Zeros' carefully shifted his gaze back and forth. He didn't want to fall pray to any of the magical traps that might have lingered in this cave. He made a ball of ki and carefully held it in his palm.

He casually walked forwards, his one wing folded behind him. The cave was damp and musky. She had to keep her senses sharp, or he might be surprised.

[Cesque]

The tavern was a busy place. The Kismet was drinking water (his religious conduct forbode him alcohol, altough he didn't care too much about it, anyway) as suddenly some priestess of Kala entered and screamed her propagandous texts about starting a campaign somewhere in the north.

"Chill out, sister!" - said Kismet, smiling and standing up. - "Freedom? North offers nothing but death for those who seek loots there!"

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Cheetah, tired and weak, reached the shores of Laus. As he jumped from beneath water and landed on land after turning into human form, he quickly hurried from the docks to the tavern, folling some strange stranger in strange robe...

But as he entered, he could not believe his eyes - there, speaking with some ninja-esque stranger, was Duilin.

"High heavens! Duilin! Lucky son of a wyvern!" - he screamed aloud, realising he might have drawn some attention to himself - but who cares? He didn't.

[Zeros']

Kami-ryu turned and saw the strange Gepardi. He raised an eyebrow at this, but didn't give it much as a second thought. His master told him about his comrades in the war.

His master said there was a human named Duilin, who was a former Dark Empire soldier; a Gepardi named Cheetah; A sorcerer named Scorch, although he had been informed he had been deceased, and also various other people such as: Qeni, Zev, Genma, Iduran, Zion, Tsu and a few others.

He had been informed that at least half of them were deceased. He master had seemed depreased, so he didn't push the subject much.

Kami thought for a moment. He could ask the Gepardi if he was Cheetah, but he didn't want to preasure him much, if he was wrong, he might be thought of as crazy. He turned his attention back to Duilin.

"So would you know anything about these weapons? My master said he wasn't sure about what they did, only that the form Dark Empire emperor needed them to take over the land." He looked back to Cheetah and though for another moment.

Since this man he is speaking to has been confirmed as Duilin, then the Gepardi might be Cheetah. Only if his luck could be that good...

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Zeros' dashed through the cave and lost his ki orb, but as of right know, he didn't care much. He was more involved in dodging the balls of magical energy that rushed past him. He didn't want to destroy them, as not to set off the power of the weapon that might be sealed.

He brought up another ki orb and quickly dashed to the right, going onto a smaller fork. He watched as the orbs passed harmlessly by and let out a sigh of relief. He walked at a more casual pace as he continued down the cave.

[Trent]

Zion stood up and felt for anything unusual. There seemed to be dischord in the main city of the Dark Empire. He turned to face Tsu.

"You might want to learn to fly."

"Fly? No way, I'm just a human!"

"You saw all the other humans do it. You can too, somehow."

"Uh uh, no way. It would take me years."

"I'll have to take you to see someone, then." Zion looked up into the sky. "That cloud should be passing overhead any minute now..."

[Dude Man]

Duilin turned to the shrouded man "I'm sorry, I have somebody I need to speak to."

He smiled as he spoted Cheetah "Well, Cheetah, you son of a gun! What has it been a month? Yeah, it has. Geez, well I'm just talking to this guy here, I think he's a friend of Zeros' or Genma" He then turned to Kami-ryu "So lost weapons..." He smile then quickly fades "Listen, I'm not sure if I want a part of this anymore.." He strokes his hair abit and turns away but then looks back at him "Okay, I'll just have to talk to Zeors'."

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Frost and Bite then look at Kismet and then they turn around again and start talking "Okay, what do you think we should do?" Frost asks
 "Well, we came here to get suplies is all!" Bite replies
"Yeah, but an adventure really dose sound fun!"
"Yeah, but these people seem abit werid, I don't think we should go off traveling with strangers, I say we should go and, buy drinks for people, and then get them drunk, take them outside and beat the loot outside of them!" Bite says abit to loudly, a few people turn and glare at him. Bite then lifts up his Ice Thrower and points it around and makes a animal like growl at them and then the people turn away.
"Dude, that's a pretty crazy idea!"
"Well, then let's just buy some food then!"
"Okay." Frost says and then turns around"Were, just gonna buy food, we mean NO harm!"
They both then walk over to the bar and order some food...

(FYI: The Ice Warriors are well known bandits, but they have started to be more peacefull now)

[Zeros']

Kami-ryu bowed politely to Duilin. Some people may think of it as strange, but learning the ways of a ninja tended to inflict proper manners to anyone. Even his master didn't like him bowing and calling him 'master' or calling everyone 'sir' or 'ma'am'.

"I'm sorry to say, but Master Genma has been deceased for about two weeks. I can understand your reluctance to join in this journey. I have heard what you have seen in the past times." He closed his eye for a moment before bowing again.

"I am deeply sorry if I have bothered you Sir Duilin. My master just wanted me to ask if you wished it." He bowed and went to a table near the far corner and sat down.
He noticed to two ice warriors outburst at the threat and sighed to himself. He pushed his chair out behind himself and walked to where the two Ice warriors were sitting.

"Sir, I'm afraid your outburst has angered many of the residents of this tavern. I must ask you refrain from further outbursts." He said politely.
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Zeros' crouched down and unsheathed his sword, cutting a magical barrier down in an instant. He strolled forwards again before smiling at the sight. A spear lay imbedded in a rock covered with wards, residual magical energy jumping off the spear.

He walked over and stopped near the spear. He reached out with his right hand and gripped the spear. He focused his ki into his hand and concentrated. The ornate decorated spear started to remove itself from its prison, the magic growing stronger every minute.

He put his other hand on the spear and concentrated one last time and pulled with all his might. The tip of the spear came out of the rock and the dark tainted aura burst free, throwing Zeros' back into the wall. He gripped the spear in his left hand and unsheahted his sword, transforming it.

He charged his ki again and slashed upwards, creating a cut just long enough for him to fly through. He sprouted his other wing, which gave him the effect of being a black angel, sent to punish all who oppose him. He concentrated his ki in his wings and blasted forwards with a powerful gust, breaking the sound barrier.

He appeared above the island seconds later before blasting in the direction of Laus, a huge tidal wave behind him and at his sides as he wanted to reach there as fast as he could.

Seconds later, the islands Zeros' was on collapsed into the sea, never to be seen again.