Dark Age Legends

[Burton_projects]

//Haraldur: Humm I read through the last two pages and Makhno never went into a hut!!\\

Calavous looked towards Steorra's raging eyes." Hey back off I'm not doing a thing... Even ask my brother when he gets back! he chased after that guy that he was fighting earlier." Calavous exclamed has he got up. Calavous' demon side subsided, he became normal again.

[Dude Man]

//Yes he did, try reading harder next time and don't skim over sentences.\\

He grunted as he lifted Makhno up, gently. He ran deeper into the forest until they reached a small scout hut that they had used for spying, but which was currently disused (the spies had abandoned it due to the high risk of detection).

//I hope you're happy, you made me use Quote tags!\\

Darak rolled his eyes. "Yeah, of course we can believe your bother." Darak said sarcastically. He then rubbed his chin and then lifted up the blanket, and looked at Vincent once more.

"Well...it looks like he was stabbed twice, or with two daggers by somebody..." Darak said, examining the body. "Now, I've only seen Calavous use a large sword. But that still doesn't prove anything, but I wouldn?t be surprised if a rebel, in fact it's much more likely."

Darak thought for a moment. "Steorra, you make a good point about his speed technique, however didn't you sense that Vincent was being killed, or being killed before Calavous went into the room?"

He could barely believe he was sticking up for Calavous, usually he'd just sit back and laugh about the whole thing. He assumed the reason why he's figuring out alibis for him, because he thought he'd be more useful for fighting the Aspyes, then getting killed.

[D. Ein]

Steorra calmed down a bit.
-"Yes, that's true... Yeah. I guess I shouldn't jump to decicions so quickly. That's just what I am."
She frowned.
-"When he died, I also sensed a strong airborne force line. As if someone escaped using flight... I bet it was one of those farmboys, the ones I... talked with in the air. They're the only ones magically capable of this."

[Burton_projects]

//Dudeman: yes i am happy to see you suffer. Razz And i fixed it  Very Happy \\

" I've done it plenty of times." Calavous said reassuring Steorra.

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Nick bursted trough the hut door seeing Makhno and lunging towards him, not noticing the man beside him.

[Haraldur]

Nick was blocked by an automatic sheild coming from Durruti, and would have to use a shield of his own in order not to be thrown back and into the air at high speed.

Durruti quickly finished the healing of Makhno, and then shot his high powered rifle towards Nick.

Makhno quickly sat up and took a quick swig of an energy giving potion, and then his naked body jumped up and through the roof, and he flew towards the fortress, new clothes, identical to his old ones, and new equipment materialising on him as he moved through the air.

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Quintus reached the room where Vincent had been attacked, and said, "What is going on here?"

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Seeing Ein's position, Haraldur poked his fingers into the ward, and was thrown back against the wall. Damn. At least now he culd see the strength of the ward and the cage.

He took a piece of chalk from his pocket, and wrote in Tengwar script //As it is cooler than Roman script, and I like Tolkien, and it fits with this, so let us assume that this world predominantly uses that script.// on the wall "Shield yourself if you can, otherwise you will get burned at the very least, unless you are stronger than I thought you were."

Blocks of TNT materialised around him, and he placed levitation spells on them, and made them float right above where the ward was.

"Good luck," he said.

He then did a directly upwards teleport, so that there would be no random scattering. He was now hundreds of metres above Ein's position, and he then turned the levitation spells off.

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Back where Ein was , the blocks of TNT suddenly dropped. When they touched the ward, the energy from the ward caused them to detonate.

<span style='font-family:Impact'><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>BOOM!!!</span></span></span>

The ward itself disappeared with an explosion of its own.

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Below him, Haraldur could see a fireball rising up and many rocks. Thankfully he was too high for them to reach. He hoped that Ein had survived both blasts.

[Zeros']

Zeros' nodded and looked over their forces. Six of them vs. an Empire now... How...

"Fun..." he muttered. He let out a sigh and looked towards the sky, then towards the approximate position he felt Duilin's energy signature, assuming that's where the Gray Empire was.

"We could do what Rink said, but I don't believe I wouldn't be noticed by them, sadly... If my assumption is correct, they can probably sense energy as well, unless you five know how to dampen your energy signature to nothing," he said. "But, no, Rink... I don't think Knights would do much... They would tear through the knights like a hot knife through butter," he said again.
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Allen nodded and brushed a hand through his gray hair and followed Ven. He looked around at the destroyed buildings and sighed. He could repair them, but it would take alot of his energy... Probably almost all of it.

He shruged and continued to follow Ven towards King Henri.

[Burton_projects]

Nick moved back barley being hit by the rifle blast, only spilling some blood.  Nick then swung his sword to cut off the barrel of his gun.

[Dude Man]

//Burton, isn't Nick being held back by a force field? How can he cut the barrel of his gun off if he isn't even close enough to him?\\

"Meh." Rink muttered. "Guess you've got a point then."

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"I'm sorry sir." Darak said. "Vincent was attacked, we are not entirely sure who did it. We thought it was him." He pointed to Calavous. "But he was seen out of the room, when Vincent was attacked."

He then motions to Vincent's body laid down on the bed. "I'm sorry but he is gone, sir."

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"Arg!" Roland snapped. "It seems I have underestimated your Ooze, but it also seems you have underestimated my Ogre!"

The Mad Ogre then swings its club back, waves of white energy then flow around the club, as the ogre roars.

"Oh really?" Marshal says back.

The Ooze then blasts a large explosive fireball at the Mad Ogre, the explosion causes the Ogre to fly off, and hit Roland. The ogre then dies from the explosion.

Roland gets back up. "That's it..." Roland takes out his sword and runs at Marshal.

The Ooze then blasts a lightning bolt at Roland's sword, and continues to rapidly shock Roland. He is stunned in his position, shaking from the currently flowing through him.

"Game over Roland."

The electric current gets so strong that Roland's body starts to burn up, turning most of his body into ashes.

The Ooze stops blasting lightning when Roland's burnt body falls to the ground.

Marshal then holds out his amulet and the Ooze is transferred back into energy, and Marshal grins, and turns around.

"Hey! Marshal!" Says to voice of the man from earlier. "I found an exit!"

Marshal then runs to where he heard the voice.

[Burton_projects]

// Its says sheild not force feild and it was to block his attack on Makhno, not the gun. Does that answer you question?\\

Calavous looked up at Darrak." I guess you right. Lets leave this town now and find a safer place. I feel an energy coming." Calavous startedtowards the gate. " I'll probally find a peacfull place come look for me if you need help." He was now at the large gate pushing it open, and on his way to a new place.  He walked down the rundown path, that many carts have crossed. He passed the forest that Nick was in and walked on... as if he would forever.

[Haraldur]

Quintus looked annoyed. "Right then. Darak, you are High General until further notice. This is your assignment: find out who did this. Use your new rank to help you do this."

He then left the room muttering to himself, and made his way to the lookout tower.

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Durruti moved his rifle and made it hit the flat of Nick's sword, knocking it out of the way. He then threw a fireball at Nick at point blank range.

[Trent]

"So..." Tsu rubbed his eyes. "What's going on?"
"We're going up against the Grey Empire. Discretely, too."
"The Gray Empire?" asked Aura.
"Xenai, Tsu, and myself were captured by a high general of the Grey Empire. He'd said that Draven had died, and that the Crimson Empire was becoming the Grey Empire. Is all this right, Zeros'?"

[Burton_projects]

Nick lifted his other arm to try to block the fireball only burning his arm in the process. His whole left sleeve was singed off. He then got his sword free and swung towards Durruti's ungaurded abdomen at a close range.



//are there any beaches near bandervil?\\

[Dude Man]

"You go ahead Calavous, I am staying here. I'm not leaving my place." Darak said to him, as he left.

Darak couldn't help but grin a bit when he heard that he was now High General, even though that it would likely just be a temporary position. But perhaps if he did the job well enough then he could keep this position.

"Yes sir." Darak replied to Qunitis "I will not let you down." He then saluted him, and then looked at Steorra.

"Steorra, come. We have work to do." He barked.

He then walked out of Vincent?s room, and headed his way towards the main barracks.

[Xorlak]

Ven lead Allen out of the town, and the two began on the winding path heading higher into the mountains.  Trees lining the road offered patches of shade on the dusty ground and the light singing of birds faintly filled the air.  Up ahead the cave was visible.

But then Ven suddenly stopped.  He quickly drew the blade from his back and held it to his right, so that Allen would not pass.  Without an explanation, he had probably scared the old man half to death, but he didn't have the time to explain...

"Come out."

Ven wasn't looking at Allen, but rather the thick shrubbery that lined the right side of the path.

"Come on, I can see you there."

The shrouded man stood from a crouching position several yards back into the woods.  If he hadn't moved, he would have been impossible to notice, with his black cloak and all...

"Hmm, good... very good..."

He slowly began to walk out of the vegetation, towards the two on the path.

"I'm surprised, I've hidden my aura entirely."

Ven kept the same pose, sword outstretched and all.  He didn't know how to sense magical auras very well; what he actually noticed was a constant rustling of leaves to his right as the two walked.

"I have my ways.  Come out where we can see you.  Slowly now."

The shrouded man continued walking fearlessly towards the knight and alchemist.  Ven noticed a slight limp in his step.  He reached the pathway in the open and stopped, folding his arms in front of him.  His cloak was a darker black than Ven's, and it covered his entire body, including a hood that hid his face from view, save for the tip of his chin.

"I was wondering if I could have a word with you king..."

[Zeros']

Zeros' shook his head.

"That's wrong... The Gray Empire is an entirely different faction from the Crimson Empire... For one, the giant demon we saw, Draven was also against and he's part of the Gray Empire. Another thing is... Draven isn't dead. I could tell when that blast happened that made him disappear that it didn't kill him, but only transported him... somewhere. Exactly where? I don't know...

But, the Gray Empire is not the Crimson Empire. They're only trying to take over the position that the Crimson Empire had," he said, before he started to explain further.

He swirled his hand in the air and colors formed in front of him.

"This..." he said, gesturing to a flag that had the same colors and patterns as the ones Haraldur's did, "is the faction of Haraldur's. They only control a small section of Gaian, but they're rapidly growing.

Next, we have..." he swirled his hand again and the flag of the Gray Empiure formed, "the Gray Empire. They also control a small section of the world," he said.

His hand swirled through the air and the flag of the Crimson Empire formed, opposite to the others. "This is the Crimson Empire. They control more than both of the others combined," he said. "Then, there's us... We have no alligence now. We are the "rebels", sort of speak..." he said, before all the pictures disappeared.

"Now... We just need a plan.. We could always charge in there directly, but..." he shruged.

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Allen stopped suddenly at Ven's sword, his eyes wide, but he soon calmed, as he noticed the figure step out. His wisened eyes looked over the man, noticing the limp also.

He said nothing, though, as the stranger talked.