Dark Age Legends

[Dude Man]

//Oh come on, what about me! I'm just as funny as Dippy in some of my posts!\\

Rink fluttered down on the ground next to Duilin. "Du-Du-Duilin...There's like this...huge crazy machine thing!" The imp exclaimed, pointing back in the direction he came from.

"...and?" Duilin asked sounding barely interested.

"It's charging like...this huge...dark...energy...blast thing."

"Hey, where's Zeros'? Shouldn't he be telling us what to do right about now?" Duilin asked.

"DUILIN!" Rink shouted sounding annoyed. "There is the huge ass machine-like thing with a dog head and it's going to shoot a blast the size of Draven's ego in our general direction, if we, sorry, YOU don't do something about it!"

"Why me? Can't you?" Duilin said grinning.

Rink crossed his arms, and looked at Duilin in the eye. The one foot little imp looked rather annoyed.

"Sheesh, okay, I was just kidding. So let's see this magical machine thing." Duilin then walks off, and Rink follows beside him, flying about five feet in the air.

[D. Ein]

The cannon was charged to the point of making a nice wide gaping hole in the wall.

What? What's this? Two more auras to the west...?

Another low grumble from inside Horus' body, the cannon turned with lightning speed towards Duilin and Rink's position. The black beam erupted from the cannon towards them. If it were to miss, it would still make a reasonable hole in the ground as well as a small shockwave.

[Dude Man]

Duilin grabbed Rink and jumped to the left, avoiding the main blast, he landed on the ground shielding his friend, and the explosion was able to scorch his wings. "Ahhhrrrgg..." Duilin growled. He then slowly got up, leaving the imp on the ground. He dusted himself, the back of his shirt and his wings had burns of them. "Rink, hide. If I get in trouble, get the others."

Duilin took out his mace, which he had his holster attached to his belt. He then spun it around, and then ran towards Horus, he assumed that since it had to charge up the blast that it would take awhile. "Brace yourself tick-tock, I really liked this shirt!" He then jumped into the air, front flipping, he then flew downwards as he fell towards the ground; he swung his mace at the mighty machine.

[Haraldur]

//Clarification: Laus is, currently, a small island on the Eastern coast of Alterna.//

[Zeros']

// <Coughs> I should check back sooner... <Scratches his head> Sorry. \\

Zeros' was actually floating near Duilin and Rink, cloaking in a technique that let him stay invisible, as well as completely hide his aura. It was rather simple to do, but it took him some weeks to fully master and prefect it, even as old as he was. It was rather useful, though, especially for stealth missions.

He was fortunte to be near enough to Rink's comment about Draven's ego and quietly snickered. He quietly moved forwards, wanting to see how Duilin did without his help. In the meantime, he sent Rink a telepathic message.

No worries, Rink... I'm am nearby enough to help you two out if you need it. I want to see how Duilin fares by himself without anyone, but yours help, if you wish to help him. he quietly telepathed to Rink, making sure to keep his aura depressed still.

In referance, he also sent a telepathic message to Zion, seeing as he seemed to be the most logical of the bunch.

Zion, I want you and your companions to come to Duilin's position... eventually. You can take your time. I'm with him, but I want to see how much he's grown. If he needs help, I'll help him. Take your time getting here, but don't rush yourselves. he told - who he decided - was the most logical of the four.

He had also moved around behind Duilin, but about two hundred feet away, ready to help him if he needed it.

[Ulmec]

For an island in the middle of noware, it seemed as though this one can suite a Golbin  Warlord very well, it had running water, a vlcano and a mountain system leading all across the island. Ulmec stared at the mountains with a large glee for he knew that it would be the best place to build.....and hide an army of millions.

"I wonder what would the rest of the Goblins say if they saw me now."

He approached a small cavern just down the beach and looked in, all he say was rock and water, with a few climbs down the sense of safety came to be and began to mutter incantations.
" Islgiath Mordgul Aletgh Daguld Islgiath Mordgul Aletgh Daguld ". Over and over and over and over he went. after a good hour or 2 of muttering, around 20 naked creatures  appeared from the darkness of what was once a peaceful Cenotae. After carefully inspect the creatures he peared into the cave, it was smoldering and the water had turned into such a thick mud it could almost be walked-upon.

"What biddings do you have master?", Ulmec turned around to see one of his newly create goblins. Finally, in a brief second, he muttered a few words......."We got work to do"

[Trent]

He perked up a bit. "Got a message from Zeros'. We're to go to Duilin's position!"

"At last! Action!!!" Xenai literally sprung out of his chair and ran out the door.
"H-hey! Hold it!"

"Uhhh... Why so much noise?" Aura slowly raised up from the table, looking at Zion with eyes half-open.
Zion's eyes fell on her. "Go change and get your swords. You probably shouldn't wear that armor, either. It'll weigh you down."
"Uhm... Okay." She lightly shook Tsu. "Wake up. We have to go."
"Uhhhhh... But Mommy, I don't want to go to school today, I want to stay home and bake cookies with you..."
She kickz0rs him. "Wake up!"
"Gah!"

A few minutes later, the three guys were standing outside waiting for the woman.

"Why'd you tell her to change? Now we're waiting on her. Who cares if I accidentally happen to position myself underneath her?"
"I care." Tsu frowned a really exaggerated frown at Xenai, the kind where he knew that Xenai was joking, but didn't really appreciate the joke.
"I can hear you, perv." Aura finally emerged, in a white t-shirt and blue jeans, her scimitars sheathed on her back.
Zion and Tsu laughed at their idiot friend, who was presently grumbling with another exaggerated frown as Zion sought out Duilin's location. "It's no biggie. Zeros' told me that we could take our time. There he is." The three guys took off in that direction as Aura pulled her hairpin out. Zion looked back at her. "Oh, no. This is too troublesome. Tsu, can you take her to Seijin like I did for you?"
"No problem."

Zion and Xenai took off toward Duilin's location, while Tsu took off toward Seijin's cloud with Aura on his back.

[D. Ein]

//Whoah. Lookin' like i'm about to get a hella lot of attention. Also, Ulmec, an army of millions is not really allowed in DAL (if you were going to make one). The top for an active army should be around 100,000.\\

Duilin's mace scraped the sandy armour, not even putting a dent in it. A grumble almost like laughing came from inside Horus, and he retracted his cannon into his back.

He took his maul off his back, where it was hung up by the handle, and slammed it into the ground in front of Duilin. A massive shockwave resulted, probably knocking Duilin over.

Then Horus froze. Two more strong auras, approaching at a high speed. There was also something else... Something in the air some distance away. He couldn't quite put his hand on what it was... probably a bird or something. Nothing to be worried about.

He snapped back to reality, and placed his maul in a defensive position. Meanwhile, the cannon inside his back began to charge up again, emitting a low hum.

--- --- ---

"I entered my vast citadel, and continued walking to the Sizri operational centre. There, some of my minions were already waiting with the gravity orbs, as well as some very confused scientists.

-"Ah, I am guessing you are wondering what those orbs are for." I was the first to speak. "These need to be examined thoroughly. Use the highest level of caution while conducting tests on them. They should prove a rather valuable resuroce, if we open the mystery behind them."

-"Yes, my lord, but... what are they?"

-"Well, if I knew, I wouldn't be asking you to find out, would I?" A small lie never hurt anyone. Besides, if he would be successful, there is a chance that we could produce our own weapons of this grade.

Before leaving the Sizri compound, I activated it's M-Grid commorb.

-"Undecimus; Orc district; Briefing room."

My image popped up in the middle of the orc-flooded area.

-"Before you depart, you should know that there was a jailbreak in Undecimus. Try to leave some men to apprehend the prisoners; possibly even an OMG T3H Gattling gunner. The leader of the jailbreak is probably armed and should be considered dangerous. Warp."

The code word ended my hologram.

---

//Damn, completely forgot about Ein!\\

Ein was now at the Kandarinian shores. He quickly morphed back into his human form, trying to avoid all possible detection.

He landed in what appeared to be a wide bay, with some signposts offering directions. The most repeated one said "Jovil". That must've been the name of the place where he landed.

The sides of the streets were filled with very strange-looking houses - most were of a tall pyramidic shape, with what looked like a pole coming out of the top. Ein snuck inside one of them.

This particular building was rather small, and empty. No one was inside it, however, it appeared to be living quarters - there was a bed, a wardrobe, a study, and some other insignificant things. He opened the wardrobe, and changed his clothes to the first set he found inside.

He now appeared as a normal Kandarinian citizen - a black shirt with many folds, black pants, and beige boots. The shirt had some sort of a bird-like symbol on it - the owner was either very patriotic, or the leader of this place was a true tyrant. Ein walked out onto the street.

[Ulmec]

//Army of millions is just an expression//

Work, a thing that Goblins hate but are best at( besides combat), what pain it was to uproot all those trees, pretty soon, Ulmec returned from a scouting mission in the mountains to find 3 of his archmages enchanted another goblin pit.

"Since when have we been so eager to work my brothers?" They all answered at the same time," Since we have benn so safe from the oustide world my'lord!"

Ulmec sat down to think, "why are my goblins afraid from the outside world?" This was a question that needed fixing for Ulmec knew that a goblin who is afraid is not a good fighter. The only person who know was the creator of goblins himself,Huget . but sadly Huget is long since passed into the other world. It seems that he will have to use this army which seems to have a......Mans Soul! Ulmec jumped up with a childish glee and began to cheer as he realized that all he needed was a orc mineral to complete the goblins.

" Gable, get me the a sample of our golbin-mineral."

"Master, are youess sure, tis' very dangerous to bring out mineral?"

" Do it, for i Ulmec command you!"

" Yesssss master Ulmec."

Gable was the first Goblin Ulmec create so Ulmec had more emotion over him than any others. Although he was just another goblin, Ulmec had treated him with much respect and has transformed him into a very good figher. Most of his inspection has to do with walking around the base. Finally, Gable returned with the stone but the examination was interuppted with a goblin returning to announce that a long lost enterance to the mountains has been discovered.................

[Dippy]

The orcs look in confusion at the spector of Kronos.

"Well, you heard him. I will send platoons 2-9 to deal with the situation. You may take 5 T3H Gattilng guns with you. Leutenet Harek, you will lead them." Shaak breifs the squad of 400 orcs.

"Four hundered? Just for a jail break?" Kraig questions.

"Better safe than sorry Kraig, besides, we have orcs to spare."

The orc soliders got ready to go to Qim. They loaded crates up with weapons, food and varies other supplies. The stablemaster loaded up albatrorcs into their cages and the uhh... Byclops into a cage. The creature had already visably grown, the stable master had also given him a name: Thor.
After everyone had packed their bags they set off toward Qim. The other group headed toward the jail break to lay down the law.

[Trent]

"Zeros' seemed to stress taking our time," said Zion. "We need to give Tsu and Aura a chance to catch up anyways."
"Yeah, fine." Xenai frowned. The two then slowed down a bit.

--- --- ---

//For the record, Seijin's an NPC right now.

Tsu and Aura arrived upon the cloud. Aura looked around, mystified. "Whoooaaa..."
Seijin turned to see them. "Looks like you two have made up."

"Yeah... Um... Aura needs to fly."
"Well, I guess I have to... No, forget it. It's my job simply to decide if the person's worthy. I don't have to give any test. I feel no traces of the Zerobi in her, so I will give her some wings." He waves his hand, and a pair of translucent, ethereal angel wings appear on Aura's back. They're pink. Aura looks back at them and flaps them a bit.

Seijin continues to describe the wings. "The wings are for energy enhancement. Enhancing the energy, in turn, enhances the person it belongs to. They will appear when you need more power. But you don't really need them out in order to fly. You know how to fly now. You just don't know it. When you leave the cloud, just do it like it's natural, and you'll be fine. You can now also detect energy signatures. You can't detect them very well yet, though."

"T-thank you, sir." She bowed to him, and walked over to the wall of the cloud, her wings fading out. She looked to Tsu. "Um... Will I be okay?"
"I'll catch you if you mess up. So don't worry."
"O-okay." She gulped and jumped out. Suddenly, the information she needed appeared in her mind. She flew around in a circle with a "Woo-hoo!"
Tsu floated up behind her. "I see you like it."
"Yeah, a lot!"
He felt around for Zion and Xenai... "Alright, let's go." ...And took off in that direction, at a moderately slow speed so that Aura could get used to it.
"Okay..." She touched her hairpin... Don't really need it, but she'd keep it anyway 'cos it looked good. She followed Tsu after that brief pause.

[Burton_projects]

Nick heard the explosion of the walls and became visable again. He started running very fast coming upon what used to be the crimson capital. "What the hell was that?" he said looking back at the Bandervil. He sensed a few aruras that he may have encountered in the battle of Bandervil. "I wonder......"

[Dude Man]

"???" Duilin was then tossed in the air, and then hit the ground, due to the shockwave caused by Horus, yet he got back up and shook his head a bit.

"Crap..." Duilin mumbled. He then heard a humming sound from the machine's cannon. "Oh no you don't!" Duilin then charged up lightning energy into his mace. Bolts of lightning circled the blades at the end; wile the entire mace had a slight yellow glow. Duilin then dashed towards Horus smashing his mace towards the chest of the machine, the effect would likely cause electricity to jolt through Horus.

---

Marshal then arrived at the next floor. Two guards jumped up and stepped towards him.

One guard pointed towards Marshall "In the name of-"

Marshall then shot at the guard, taking him to the ground. He didn't want to hear him say 'Kronos' and then he'd have to endure another stupid argument.

The other guard simply stepped back. Marshal kept his weapon pointed at him. "Give me the keys." Marshal demanded.

The guard took the key chain from his pocket and handed it to Marshal. He then checked on the other guard who was shot.

Marshal then unlocked the doors; a couple prisoners then tied up the two guards.

"Who are you?" One prisoner asked.

"Marshall Royle, I'm with the Revolution."

"Oh yes, I can see by your armour colour. Some of us are with the revolution as well. A few of us were taken prisoner during the battle of Ugran. It was kind of odd being taken away by zombies."

"Zombies, yes I have noticed a lot of zombies lately. An old group I was with, the Blue Minotaur, was sadly turned into zombies, perhaps there is a connection."

"Perhaps, Blue Minotaur are summoners, correct? I did see some zombies summoning monsters during the battle."

"Ah ha. So this must be the place that houses the necromancer. By the way, do you know who Kronos is?"

"Yes, he is the ruler of this place, they seem to have a ton of respect for Kronos, I believe he is the necromancer of the group. I've heard that they are extremely dangerous, being a necromancer is a very though thing to do. So, anymore questions?"

"No, at least not for now. Thank you, you've been more then helpful, now let's get to the other floors and save the rest of them."

"Wait, but they are sure to have noticed all of this, what if they attack us?"

"We'll have to take arms and fight back if we wish to live. I can summon monsters so I may be able to protect most of you."

Suddenly they could hear the group of guards coming down the stairs.

"Uh-oh..."

[Dippy]

the Orc mercenary group thunders across the land of Kandarion. The sea of spears, swords and helmets wave around like a... sea... of... chivalry... ner.
Civilians look in awe as they see the orcs pass by.

"That?s the second biggest orc army I've ever seen!" A man cries.

"Third for me." another replies.

"OMG it's the OMG!" A little boy shouts.

"Wow, look at all our fans," Kraig says with pride " it's a pitty we are all droping salt on their farmland so nothing will ever grow again."

"Yes, but what is one orc to do?" Shaak plays along.

They both burst out in a evil laugh. As they approach the industrial sector they see the giant smoke stacks spewing pollutants into the air.

"So this is how clouds are made." Kraig looks in wonder.

Shaak gives Kraig a dumb look "You are the biggest dolt in the universe!"

"Hey! ... What's a dolt?"

[D. Ein]

//Arg... I know i'm kind of breaking the rules here by posting three times a day... but this is way too exciting to just leave off!\\

The mace made a hollow "clunk" when it hit Horus, electricity zapping through him. Although it dealt him no serious damage, he definately felt it. Even though he did not use electricity as his main power source, he was designed to feel it when he came in contact with it. In other words, Horus + Electricity = Pissed-off Horus.

The cannon continued humming, hightening in pitch. Horus swung his mace just in front of Duilin, not hitting him. He continued spinning around his own axis due to the maul's momentum, gaining speed. As he reached a certain speed level, he jumped up, whipping his speeding maul right at... Rink! //he's hiding nearby, right?\\

Still spinning in the air, Horus fell back down, aiming his fist at Duilin's face.

--- --- ---

Ein walked through the street, rarely seeing any citizens. He walked up to a passing one, hoping to ask him some questions. Since he did not know how the greetings worked in this strange place, he just let the person do the talking. It turned out to be a rather nice looking young woman.
-"The Lord prevails, friend", she spoke, as Ein advanced towards her.

-"The Lord prevails. Listen, I'm from a different part of... er... this place, could you show me around?"

The lady was somewhat confused.

-"But this is the capital. Surely you've been here before. We must all pay tribute to the public executions that take place here." Her face visibly darkened when she uttered the last sentence.

-"Oh... right, I meant I have never been in this particular part of the capital. However, I was looking for a different place. I wanted to visit a friend... he works at that one place... you know? Where they keep the prisoners?"

The citizen started to suspect something.

-"We do not work, we serve. Who are you? Answer now or I will summon the guardians."

Ein's overly active imagination started buzzing. His parents always told him he was good at acting.... He dropped down to his knees and burst in tears.

-"Oh please, my lady, have mercy! *sob* I am but a cripple! *sniff* A year ago, in a tragic accident, a... brick fell on my head, and knocked me out! *sob* I only awoke yesterday, alas, with much of my memory gone... *sniff* Please forgive this humble cripple... *sob* Shall you call the guardians?"

The girl was visibly moved and convinced. She smiled.

-"On the contrary. Please, what is it you wanted to know again?"

-"Where do they keep *sob* the prisoners... My friend who serves there is said to have taken over my home... I *sniff* wish to reclaim it from him..."

-"All of the prisonyards are kept in Undecimus, the main military center. It is right down this road, over the bridge. However, I am not permitted to talk to strangers for this long. I must go. My name is Amaya, if you wish to find me again, speak to the allocation officers."

-"Thank you, milady. Good day and thank you."

As she walked off, Ein could not help but feel guilty for lying to such a good person. Whoever attacked them at the Continent was obviously not the consensus of the main population of this place... Apparently nice people exist in countries ruled by Necromancy.

---

"After handing the scientists the gravity orbs, I retired to the Council chamber. Therce, amongst the usual members, Arlin was present. I sat at my throne, overlooking the room.

-"Well, gentlemen... I want a full report from you on what happened while I was gone. I want to go into details when it comes to the part where you were "attacked"."