Dark Age Legends

[Cesque]

Scorch is unconsious for a while, dreaming about egyptian pharaoh dancing salsa, thinking it is perfectly obvious he dances salsa and not samba, but why, remained unknown for him.

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"Fire?" - not really. - "But I can always try to help smash the ice..."

Cheetah began transforming into beast they just slew. The effect wasn't as powerful as he suspected - he was a bit smaller than the prototype. "Guess the essence of creature transforms you into creature of the age you are in, and this poor monstroisity was few years, ages or millenias older than me!" - he thought with his strange logic. "Or I'm just not so powerful yet." Nonetheless, he practiced moving his tail to smash object in the air, seeing it might be somehow powerful force.

"I'd best spare the old knight from the mighty blow from my tail, continue with the fire, Duilin." - he said, after turning back to human form. The transformation into the beast somehow exhausted him, too.

[Xorlak]

The flame melted the ice around Iduran's foot just enough for him to loosen it.  He finished the job with a smash from his sword.

"My thanks, young knight.  Now, I suppose we should be on our way... There must be more caves around here than I thought, but I'm sure I'll know it when I see it..."

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Silence existed among the ruins of the castle.  A few disallusioned dark soldiers gathered around outside.

"What in blazes happened?"

"I don't know!"

[Cesque]

"Yeah," - Cheetah said. - "more caverns, more freezing snakesque monsters wanting to destroy us! Let's get scout the area."

Leaving the cave, Cheetah noticed few hills and small mountains on one side, perhaps holding more caves. On the other side, somewhere near the horizon, there should be a castle...

"Now I wonder who won the battle of wizards... Argh, it would be better to keep out anyway. Of course at least before we'll check the cave with supplies."

// Xorlak, just wandering... how is time cycle doing?  Laughing Is it day, dusk, night? //

[Dude Man]

"Good Idea Cheetah...Just a secon guys....I'm going to go look for Gedi...." Duilin walks of over to a cave near by. He hears a squak and scream and yell and a WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?so he freaks out but of corse him being Duilin he walks inside. He then sees a ghostly figure of a knight, a fimiluar knight, a knight that is named....Patrick! Duilin is looking right at the ghost of Patrick and near by him is Gedi squaking at him. The ghost looks just like Patrick but...he is holding his bloodly messed up head

"Uhhh....." Began the ghost  "Why....why did you leave me...to die...Wow did I die? Duilin....I am here...liveing in pain...because....I don't know what happend?"

Duilin just stairs at Patrick and screams at the top of his lungs and runs out of the cave yelling his ass of. Gedi then runs after Duilin following him. Duilin then runs back over to near by were Iduran is and he falls to the ground shivering in terror and his skin is pale...uhh...more so then it was...heh...

[Xorlak]

(Hmmm, we should be at least in mid-afternoon by now).

Iduran knelt down next to Duilin.

"Duilin?  What's the matter?"

(Actually DM, if you would like to lead us on a side quest, go right ahead, as my posts will probably be shorter than normal for a few days, due to some work back up...)

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The wind blew over the jagged heap of boulders that once formed the walls of Romme Castle...

Suddenly... they began to stir...

*Cue heavy electric guitar chord*

[Cesque]

Scorch - yep, this poor wreckage of a man - actually woke up. Woke up after striking his head struck one of larger rocks near the ocean.

"Healthy... ain't I?" he thought as he had no power to speak right now.

Still, he somehow felt his sight was nowhere to be seen and he could hardly think in his headache. With full force he vomited into the water, coughed with blood and not being able to move by himself, waiting for the waves to either leave him on the beach or smash him at the rocks again...

As suddenly, he heard a strange sound as ruins of the castle began to stir...

* Cue another heavy electric guitar chord *

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"Yeah... What's going on, guys?" - asked Cheetah, following Duilin and Iduran toward the cave.

[Dude Man]

//Sub-Quest? Really? Sure!//

"You know that Patrick guy? The knight who helped you? Well hey guess what? We had a little talk in that cave over there? Yeah, it's the same Patrick that got his (Editor: Censored)ing head blown off by Silgus!" Duilin says totaly freaked out and stressed from the experence "He said he's here because he dosen't know why he is here...I think he means he dosen't know how he died...."

Duilin takes a bottle of water and poors in on his face, Gedi licks Duilins face so he gently smaks Gedi away. Gedi squaks at him and then walks over to the cave

"Follow him...You'll see..." Duilin says "I...need...a...rest....Just tell him how he died...then he will leave us alone..."

[Xorlak]

The upper blocks and debris flew appart, flying through the air.  Several nearly hit a group of nearly soldiers who were gathering around...  From the pile of debris rose a ball of flame... teeth clenched, eyes wide, armor battered, cape tattered, Draven hovered twenty feet above the wreakage.

"Scorch... YOU MAGGOT!!!!!"

He reared his head back as he screamed; his long hair now stood on end in spikes as if electricuted.  Clearly, he was not in a good mood.

Regaining his composure for a few seconds, he looked to his right and identifed the closest group of soldiers, which were several hundred yards away.  He pointed at them inquisitively, yelling to make himself heard:

"You there!  Did you see anyone else escape this mess?"

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Iduran followed the sea-dog suspiciously, fearing that perhaps Duilin was losing it...

The sun began to fall in the western horizon.

[Cesque]

// Is it just me, or did I never saw sun falling in the horizon other than western?  B)  //

Scorch heard strange sound, followed by a well known (and well hated) voice. It wasn't sounding good. The waves left him at the shore. He could hardly crouch up from his lying position as he suddenly heard footsteps among rubble which suddenly hasted up, somewhere far.

"There!"
"Ssssssh. It's dangerous, fool!"
"He will help us, I tell you."
"He doesn't look to well."
"Nevermind, if he won't help us, nobody will."
"Pleased to see him like that, I must say. Last time he wasn't too kind to us."
"You know he can be trusted, if after our tale even our leader agreed we will need this man. In fact, he sent us here to check if he's alive."

Now, the voice aimed directly at Scorch.
"Hey, sir! Over here!"
"We must get you to safety."

Scorch turned in direction of the voice and began to crawl on the sand, unable to stand up. A pathetic sight. All around were broken wall pieces, glass, some remaining pillars and logs...

(check the character's section... heh, you didn't suppose I'll leave poor blindman to die?)

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"Patrick... Sigilius..." - Cheetah said. - "Now it seems I skipped a few events! Who is the man you've seen dead and why doesn't he even know how he died?!"

[Dude Man]

Duilin sat up and looked at Cheetah

"Silgus was a matial artist, assasin who knew a few magical like techniques, he was hired by the leader of the Dark Empire, Draven, to kill us. When I decieded to turn against Draven, me and Patrick went to fight him. Silgus was also there but Patrick didn't notice at the time, Silgus shot an energy beam at Patrick's head, blowing it clean of...*sigh* poor guy, well he dosen't know how or why he died, so he's a ghost!"

[Dude Man]

//Ooops forgot to post this//

Gedi enters the cave, hopefully followed by Iduran. The ghost looks at then, he waits for them to say somthing

[Xorlak]

(Could be an alternate universe, in which the sun sets in the southeast... heh.)

The soldiers shuddered at their commander's booming voice.

"Uhh... no, sir!"

Draven rose higher into the air, looking at the rubble below.  He was sure Scorch couldn't have escaped the collapse... but he may still be alive... Best to make sure.

Breathing heavily, Draven brought both hands above his head, forming yet another bright red orb of flame...

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Iduran slowed down as he listened to Duilin's story, trying to remember a soldier named 'Patrick' in his ranks...

[Xorlak]

(Bah! No posting while I'm typing!)

Iduran turned back to the direction of the cave, seeing the dismembered, bloody anomoly in its enterance.  He lept backwards, drawing his sword.

"Gah!  What in blazes?!"

[Dude Man]

// Laughing LOL. Sorry Xorlak, please don't go mad with power and ban me!//

The Ghost looks at Iduran

"Iduran.....Is it you? I am....Patrick....I died....but I don't know why...or how?" He says

[Cesque]

The two archers sent for Scorch noticed Draven in the air, ran toward the destroyed piece of wall and crouched behind it not to be seen.

Scorch still was crawling in their direction, several feet from them. In the background, the forest near the beach was propably last safe place...

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"Strange story, Duilin... I see the source of all trouble is that Draven... "