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DragonofDecay86

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Jason noticed another man who wasn't a recruit, so he walked over and introduced himself, "Hello, my name is Jason... High Warden of the Gray Wardens stationed here. As to your question of if we are leaving or not, yes we must head off now. You are welcome to join us if you feel like doing so."
 

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"He Jason, I scouted a bit up ahead and the road that where currently taking is full off drakspawn tracks. Some a couple off days old, but a couple are fresh. It looks a bit like there patrolling the area. You want to stay on this path or make a slight detour to evade them." Laurence called to him.

Seeing the unknown elf standing with Jason, Laurence asked him. "You are from here right? What can you tell me about the lay off these lands? I know a bit from what Jason has told me, but in my opinion a local knows more."
 

The Zango

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Neria continued to walk in silence, contemplating the 'deal' she had just made with Allister. He was most likely doing the same thing but with much less honourable intentions. Chances are he would not interfere right away, afterall she posed no threat to him but the thing that didn't sit right with her was that he now possessed leverage over her.

Sure the pace made it so he could not act with the information but if the pact was broken...

He would surely look for a way out and once he did he could act against her. What she needed was some kind of Leverage over him, something to dangle in front of his and keep him in line.

What did he want?

What was his weakness?

She pondered these things and more as she continued to walk, the purple aura around her seemingly blocking her off from the outside world. Her own personal bubble.
 

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"We cant stay away from there... we need Darkspawn blood for our ritual." Jason said, walking away from the elf, "Come Laurence, we need to continue."

Jason walked ahead of the rest of the group and begin walking to the West, which is were the mountains were.
 

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Allister was not pleased. From further analysis of his Physical Strength and Mental Capacity, he would be Incredibly weak by the time the Quest was done. Not that he was doubting the Mountain Incursion's success of course, though if the High Warden decides to raid the coast he would pit his foot down. What was annoying was, that if Neria would come out of it even slightly stronger than him, he would expect nothing but a knife to his back, repeatedly, over the course of the night. His safeguards would still be in place of course, just that if he would suddenly wake up to Neria's Visage and a knife in my chest, he would be unable to react fast enough.

He shivered slightly in Rage. This will NOT happen. No way in HELL will this happen. I will not be a Helpless child sitting in the Rot and Shit of the World, begging for scraps. Not again. I will stand triumphant over Gods, and Demons. I will stand among the Heavens, twirling the Cosmos to MY Will. I will NEVER be that Helpless, EVER AGAIN.

Unbidden to the Bloodmage, the memories intruded again. He welcomed it. Knowing that the Pain from them would give him purpose. Allow him to carry on......

The Abomination jumped him. Wrapping it's foul Arms on Allister's head and began to pound it to the ground relentlessly. Allister fought bravely, but uselessly. Having vainly grabbed on to a rake and trying to poke his brother's eyes out. The stench coming from his breath was Horrible, like the stench of rotting meat in a battlefield, and Allister fought back the urge to vomit. In the end it was too much, and Allister fell to the ground. The Abomination stood over him, grinning demonically as Allister weakly tried to crawl away. After a few seconds, the Demon stepped on Allister's leg, forcing him to stop as he grimaced in Pain. The Abomination looke at Allister then, and said.

"Hello Brother! Why won't you come play with me? I'm sure we'll have lots of Fun!" the Demon said in a voice borrowed from his brother. Allister would discover later on in his studies that the Demon was using his Brother's Soul, and his Brother had truly meant it. But the young elf did not know it that day, so he grabbed the fallen rake and hit the Abomination over the Head, causing It to fall down in surprise as Allister scrambled away from it.

As Allister broke open the Door of the Barn to the Rain outside, he heard the Abomination speak, still in his Brother's Voice "Brother? Why did you do that? I should kill you for that you know, it Really HURT! But I won't, your my Brother and I still love you Even if you're hurting me by running away....." Allister had a split second desire to turn towards his brother then, but he still remembered the stench from his mouth, the dead look in his eye, and the promise to not hurt him.....So he ran, he ran far away from the Abomination. He didn't run towards the rest of the Village, fearing they wouldn't believe him. He didn't run towards his house, believing the Abomination to be too close by. He would regret it later, after the Nightmare ended, but not at that point in time, where his Adrenaline and Fear told him to keep running. So he did, he towards the most isolated place he could find and didn't stop. Eventually he stumbled upon a rock and fell, injuring himself. Even then he started to crawl, terrified of what lay behind him. He didn't know how long he crawled for, but he did recall how he stopped.

He had stopped when he saw a metal boot in front of him. He had stopped when he had looked up and saw a Templar looking down at him with worry in his eyes. He had stopped when the Templar asked him what had happened. He had stopped when he saw the Templar's eyes growing wide and ordering his men to follow him. Allister was left alone, with the Templar's squires left behind as well, as they moved towards the place he knew was his home. He did not cry, not yet. In his young heart, he could not believe what was happening to him. He still believed that everything was going to be all right, he still held on to some, miniscule chance, that it was all still a dream. The Squires gave him a blanket to hold onto, but nothing beyond that. They believed him to be a waste of time, as all elves where. So they gave him only what was decently right and no more. Allister didn't care, and he sat, hugging his knees as he waited.

Eventually the Templar arrived, with all of his Company returning with him. Allister looked him in the eyes and got a cold stare in return. The young elf could deduce what had happened. That his village was destroyed, and his family slaughtered by his Brother was all that could occur to him. The truth of the matter however, was that the Templars had wiped out everyone in that Village. Making sure nothing demonic would survive. Allister didn't know that. The young elf looked at the Templar and hoped he would take him away from that village, thinking he was a good man. What he didn't know was that the Templar was contemplating killing him and only the attempts from his brethren had stopped the Templar Knight. But Allister didn't know this, so he wept. Instead of Fear though, he wept in Sadness, Relief, and Hatred. Sadness that everyone he had ever known was dead. Relief that he was not. and Hatred for the fact that he felt Relief. That he could not save them never crossed his mind.


Allister opened his yellow eyes, hatred brewing in them now. He looked towards the steadily growing mountain, and he quietly said to himself that he would NEVER be that weak again.
 

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Hey guys net access at my house is down for like three days (using friends puter) so yeah, bot me for right
 

Shanaar

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Could you bring use to the caves Pyro or do you have some other things planned?
 

DragonofDecay86

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No sorry, i'll take us all to the caves now

After a few hours, the Party arrives at their destination. A large cave situated at the top of a fifty foot tall cliff. The party rushes inside as it begins to rain, but luckily enough a few of them had gathered dry wood and the managed to start a fire.

Jason sat alone, away from the others at the cave entrance. He wanted to make sure nothing could sneak up on them again like it had in the forest.
 

Shanaar

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"Wow, it is really pouring out there. Any one remembered to bring a boat?" Laurence said while sitting on a rock near the fire.

Opening his back bag, Laurence pulled out some meat, a loaf of bread and a wine flask. Opening the flask, Laurence took a sip from it.
"Not the best of wine's but at least it warms the body. One else want some?" Laurence said while offering the flask.
 

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Allister entered the caves with the others, alert for any sign of Darkspawn Incursion. He wondered if the Darkspawn could see in the dark, and if so, would the light hurt their eyes? Judging by the fact that they could go out into the sunlight, The Bloodmage was willing to accept that they didn't. But to be sure.

Allister called out to Jason and said "High Warden! A question if you will! Can the Darkspawn see in the Darkness or not? Of so, I believe I will light up these Caverns with my Magic!"
 

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Neria took a seat towards the back of the cave, a little way away from the others but not extremely so.

"I presume we are resting here?"

Neria didn't wait for an answer, she began to un-clip and take off all the torso armour, it felt good to be out of it. Even though chainmail isn't the heaviest armour, she still felt a relief to be free of the burden.

Out of a small pouch she retrieved a few bandages and salves to apply to her wounds. As she did so she unobtrusively watched the others to see if they were watching her. She wouldn't blame them, after all, an attractive Elven maiden, sitting with nothing but her greaves and a loose cloth shirt to cover her, temptation might just convince them to sneak a peek.

'Catch their eyes, yet engage their imaginations' her mother had told her and she would heed the lesson.
 
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Sevink sat down behind a large rock and unbuckled his armor,letting the plate fall away,his radiating a red aura.He counted the darkspawn he killed,then pulled out a small carving knife and walked to the fire,holding it over it till it was red hot.He retreated back towards the rock and cut the tallies into his flesh,gritting his teeth to refrain from screaming out in pain.After he was done,he buckled his armor back on and sat next to Neria.He stuck his sword into the floor.After a few seconds he thought he'd ask.

"Sooooooo,what the hell happened in the wood clearing,with you and Allister?"

This was not asked angrily,but in a mix of confusion and curiosity.
 

DragonofDecay86

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"We can't go much further in the rain, and even if we could the Darkspawn would ambush us in the dark. We will press on when the rain stops. Also, Allister, the Darkspawn see during the day or night, but not as well during the day, keep the lights out, we don't want any darkspawn down in the woods to see us up here." Jason said, pulling out his own wineskin and taking a drink from it.
 

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Allister nodded "All Right." he said as he walked around the camp site, looking for a place to stay. He eventually decided upon sitting close to the fire. The Bloodmage looked around and shrugged, he unclipped the cape at his back and laid it on the ground. After he sat on his cape, he pulled out one of his Spellbooks and began to read, absorbing the knowledge from the Bloodmage Transcript and mentally pushing out any other physical data, only focusing on the Transcript. After a minute, he mentally slapped himself and though "Damn stupid idiot. It doesn't MATTER how tired you are. You're still in the territory of bloodthirsty animals."

He altered his position, giving him access to his staff at any moment. He then split a good portion of his attention to watching out for any sign of Incursion, and absorbing the secrets from the Transcript.
 

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Neria looked up at Sevink and flashed him one of her 'looks'.

Later

"We were just chasing down a few stragglers and got a little carried away" she said as if even she didn't believe her story, just quiet enough for only Sevink himself to hear. She momentarily returned to her wounds before looking up at Sevink, a mischievous, fiendish look in her eye.

"Tell me master Sevink, have you ever sparred with a woman?"
 

Shanaar

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"No one? Oh well. Any thought on when the rain will stop, just so I will know if I can grab a couple of minutes sleep? Laurence while trying to make himself comfortable, just in case.

Taking off his bow and laying it with in easy reach, Laurence also rebound the scabbard's for easy reach and for more comfortable reasons.