Sword of Sacrifice

- -Melisandre- -

"Alright." she replied with a smile. "It's nearly time to change out your bandages, anyway. Lay down for me." she said, gesturing towards the bed.

OOC: I was away for a couple days and was not included for 10 pages. It\'s my fault I know, but Trigger has let me do a little cheating on my first post in order for me to catch up a bit.
I\'m picking up at like page 12 where Hector led us to the town of Jerdy and Lock went into the weapons shop to upgrade.
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Lock went into the weapons shop with Crixus on his shoulder. The man at the counter looked quizzically at the hawk before seeing the bag of bolsa (250) that Lock had in his hands. The man\'s eyes lit up as Lock approached the counter.
Lock gingerly removed his iron sword and thrust it at the man at the counter. The man frowned and payed Lock 25 bolsa.
Sold: Iron Sword for 25 bolsa (Total: 275)
Lock then looked at the swords, weighing them in his hands and inspecting them before finally selecting a steel sword and buying it for 100 bolsa.
Bought: Steel Sword for 100 bolsa (Total: 175)
Lock thanked the man as he turned around and saw a sudden flash of black behind a store shelf. Lock felt a chill go up his spine as he walked to the back of the store shelf. Lock turned suddenly only to see the backdoor of the store swing close.
Lock drew his sword and threw open the back door of the shop, not even hearing the store owners cries of surprise.
The backdoor opened to the edge of the forest where Lock saw a black shadow slip into the forest.

Lock ran through the forest searching for the shadow until he stumbled upon a small camp.
Three men in plain clothing appeared to be cooking a rabbit on a spit.
When Lock burst into the campsite all three men instantly looked up and grabbed for their weapons.
Lock blurted, \"Hello, friends! My name is Lock Balaside and I am on a quest to-\"
\"Kill him!\" One of the burly men said.
Lock drew his sword, realizing these men are not the friends he thought they were.

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Battle:
Lock and Crixus the hawk vs. Two Thieves with iron daggers and One Thief with a
wooden club

A thief with a dagger ran at Lock directly while the other two came around on both sides to corner him.

Lock drew his sword and stuck the first thief in the chest, killing him instantly. Lock then spun and blocked a stab from a thief on his right with a dagger.
After blocking the blow, Lock severed the mans arm and then punched him in the throat with his left hand. Effectively crushing his windpipe.
The third thief came up behind Lock and swung his club at Lock. The club connected with Lock\'s head with a sharp crack and Lock fell to the ground unconscious.
The thief stood over Lock and cursed him for killing his friends. Raising his club to strike the killing blow, the thief stopped when he heard a shrill cry from above.

Looking up, the man was knocked down by a flurry of feathers. Crixus latched on to the man\'s shoulders and with his two talons, ripped the mans throat to pieces.

The man grabbed his throat and chocked to death in seconds.

Outcome: Tie, kind of.

Lock is knocked out and Crixus is standing guard over him.

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Lock hit the ground seeing his stars. There was a loud buzz in his ears as he felt a thump next to him.
Then, blackness over took him.

He could see the shadow he was chasing. He was running after it into the forest.
It felt like he was running forever... endlessly he wandered after the shadow.

Suddenly, the shadow turned to him. Lock stared at the shadow whose form he saw to be a woman with black clothing and long raven colored hair flowing down below her waist.
The woman had pointed ears and beautifully pale skin. Her face had no imperfections and her eyes were jet black.

Lock instinctively said, \"Mother...\"

Lock looked into the woman\'s eyes, which suddenly turned fire red.
In her eyes, Lock saw his fellow companions battle a huge man of the empire\'s army in the middle of the town. They were about to be slain when they were rescued by a band of ragged looking men. They seemed to have moved to a castle. But there was something far greater in the woman\'s eyes. A great darkness was coming, surrounded by many little beings of dark.
Two men and a boy in bandages. The men looked sick. A small person and an orc in a far off land.
Then a huge darkness in the center which Lock couldn\'t see through.

The woman opened her mouth but the words she said seemed to be coming from many people in many directions.
\"Come to the land of the ancients. In the oldest part of the forests you will find the question. To the land of the answerless you will travel. There, in the halls of infinity shall true your quest be revealed. Follow the broken man.\"

Lock tried to reach out for the woman, but she seemed to be floating away.
Lock seemed to be falling through the earth, through the world, endlessly falling.
Then a land appeared below him. Faster and faster Lock fell towards the land.
Finally, Lock slammed until the land and everything went black once more.

The stranger and the boy were planning the attack, first they got the mans attention "Hey, you sir!, over here!" once the man was in the jumping distance of theseus The Stranger and The boy let theseus pounce the man, and later on The stranger and The boy will jump in...

Ryan nods at Sandy and takes his shirt off gingerly, lying down on the bed and flinching when his shoulder touches the bed.

Tia Dam entered the room at that word.

"I am glad you see things our way, my small friend.", Tia said. "I will accompany you on your adventure, if you'd like."

Tinie normally just took people like they were, never caring about the details about how they looked. This was a special occasion though. Tia used to be a blue haired, blond eyed wood nymph. Now she looked more...skeletal.

"I'm a Lich, Tinie.", Tia replied knowingly. "I hide myself that well?"

"Let us be off then.", Tinie said, not answering her.

The long descent seemed like another chore, but Tinie, Gurog, Angelo and Tia were ready to go for the trek. Just as Tinie touched the first step, the long flight of stairs turned into a slide, and down went Tinie. The shouts of glee from the others was a good sign, and it was rather fun for the gnome too.

The landing was soft, and the bear mounts were ready for them.

They made it off the island easily, and were halfway out on a ship when they saw the six ships with black sails.

"Don't worry Tinie, those ships are the Blanti, the Banana Lord's.", Tia Dam said. "Let me explain what has happened so far......

The Blanti have lost several wizards that would normally be considered VIPs. They are dead because we gave them the choice to convert to the empire, yet they refused. Without the blessing of the lord, the village is open game. If the empire must attack a town with a converted VIP, we warn them of the oncoming doom, so they can escape. The town remains unaware, however."

They arrived at the mainland.

Zak left followed Dathdr after seeing him walking down the hall. when he got to Braavos he saw him enter then a thud as he hit the ground.

he entered the room only an minute behind him and saw he was still on the ground then looking into the room he saw a strange group and at its center was Braavos.

"ah there you are your brother told me you were fine, but i didn't believe it with you taking a axe to the chest"

Zay hated large crowds. The heartbeats gave her a headache and made her thirsty. She rolled her eyes and left quickly, returning to her room to be alone for a while, away from the loud thumping of the hearts.

Hector was being dragged through the dark by the guard and started to yawn when the guard suddenly let go and fell to the ground.

"What the!?" said the guard startled and turning around to see a man flat on his face knocked out on the ground and an angry black bird cawing at him as if it wanted to kill him.

Hector thought to himself and almost thought he knew this man. As the guard rolled the man over Hector got a better look and noticed it was his half-elf friend from earlier.

"Better take him with us," said Hector, "Best not to leave a person in his condition with the wolves."

"I'm not carrying him," said the guard squinting his eyes, "So I guess he stays."

Hector sighed and walked toward the man however the bird began to caw louder.

"Fear not," said Hector kneeling down, "I mean neither you nor your owner harm. I am here to aid you."

The bird seemed to understand what Hector was saying and took flight while Hector lifted up the half-elf and threw him on his shoulder.

"Lets get to the castle quickly," said Hector beginning to walk, "I would hate to waste all of my energy carrying this man."

- -Braavos- -

Braavos was enjoying his whiskey, when suddenly and unexpectedly, Dathdr jumped up and took it. Attempting to drink it, the elf immediately spilled it all over Zay and proceeded to cry in a corner.

"I totally wasn't done with that." he thought with an indignant scowl." Meanwhile, Sally had her face in her hands, looking as if she were about to be hit by a speeding wagon.

Within instants of this occurring, Zak walked in saying "ah there you are; your brother told me you were fine, but i didn't believe it with you taking a axe to the chest."

"I'm hard to kill." Braavos said, optimistically. It was at this point that he realized he was the only person laying down. Feeling weak, he immediately attempted to get out of bed, which he succeeded in doing after suffering a very large amount of pain from the chest cavity.

"Get down!" Sally shouted, pushing Braavos back onto the bed. She looked ferocious, the exact antithesis of how she had appeared moments before "Your brother would kill me if I let you get hurt!"

Braavos just sat there, sulking and hurting.

Dathdr rose up, grabbed a pitcher of water, and splashed it over his face. "I am sorry to inconvenience you all with my past troubles, my friends. I have had a... troubled time the past few years. If you will forgive me, I will hav eto sit down, as I do not trust my legs right now."

With that, Dathdr stumbles into the nearest chair and sits quietly.

The fool and Theseus vs. Some random guy with extremely shitty luck.

___COMMENCE___

From the very beginning, the random guy was pretty much doomed. Within an instant, Theseus was upon him, ripping at his upper body while the Fool immediately ran up and sunk his blade into the man's throat. Within seconds, he stopped moving.

___CONCLUDE___

15 bolsa obtained

Theseus leveled up, and has a stat point to spend.

Tinie, Gurog, Tia Dam, and Angelo take what food and supplies they need from the ship and make their way towards the Godspike Mountains.

On their second day of traveling Angelo finally spoke up.

"So uhh, where are we going guys?" He said.


Gurog and Tinie looked at each other. They had forgotten about him. He had such a high value of righteousness, he'd never go along with their plan.

"Well Angelo..." Tinie began, as Gurog walked behind Angelo casually. "We're err...."

That's when Angelo heard the rattle of Gurog's flail, and he spun around. Tinie quickly drew his dagger in one hand, and readied his staff in the other.

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Start Battle:
Gurog, Tia and Tinie VS Angelo

- -Bisiteros- - (the 7th brother, 26 years old)

"Checkmate!" Bisiteros shouted, effectively trapping the black king in the top right corner of the board with no possible way out.

"Playing chess with yourself again?" said the voice in his head. "Quiet you!" He responded. "It's not like I have anyone else to play it with."

"Then maybe you could do something that makes you look less crazy. People are starting to stare." The voice continued.

"YOU could play it with me..." Bisiteros suggested. "The voice was silent for a second, and then replied, "Wouldn't that still be considered playing chess with yourself?"

Suddenly, Bisiteros was distracted by a sound coming from behind. It was Frant, one of the many guards stationed around Bantelford. He was escorting a disfigured looking man who was holding an unconscious elf, while a weird hawk circled overhead.

"Playing chess with yourself in the middle of the road again are we young master?" The guard said, while tapping his fist on his chest*

"Something like that..." Bisiteros answered, scooping up his chess set. Pointing at the two strangers, he continued, "And who might these travelers be?"

Frant threw a disgusted look at the burned man and said, "The ugly one wans to see the guys your brother rescued at Jerdy. The elf, we found lying unconscious."

Bisiteros thought for a minute and replied, "Then oblige him, and get the unconscious one some medical attention."

And with that, Bisiteros turned and stalked away into the forest, talking to himself the whole while.

"There's one in every family." Frant commented gruffly, "Well come on then, and don't try nothing funny."

And thus, Hector and Lock were led to the fourth floor of the castle while Crixus circled overhead, waiting for someone to open a god damn window and let him in.


* Red Patriot Salute

- -Melisandre- -

Sandy began slowly removing Ryan's bandages, strap by strap. She was careful to keep her eyes where they belonged, trying to be as professional as humanly possible.

After a few minutes of slow and steady toil, the bandages were gone and Ryan's wound was clearly visible, sticky from the cleaning substance that had been applied the previous day. The wound consisted of a large scabbed-over gash extending from his shoulder to his sternum. It was bordered by purple and blue bruises.

"Try not to move too much as I clean you off." she said, taking out a towel and a bucket of warm water she had prepared. (which was now merely lukewarm) Wetting the towel, she began to clean off the wound while Ryan bit his teeth and bore the pain like a champ. After a minute or two, the wound was fully cleaned. "Now to put on your new bandages." she commented, putting the towel away.

If there had been something she's learned in here twenty years of existence, it had been how to properly dress a wound. The bandages she wrapped around Ryan were already laced with white substance that was supposedly meant to speed up the healing process.

Before long, Ryan was all fixed up. "There you go, good as new." She stated, with a smile and a tilt of her head.

As nick walked down the hallway towards the room where he was supposed to meet braavos he couldnt help but think just how much trouble this kid was going to get him in.....he had been with the red patriots ever since that day they had found him unconcious in the forest with no memory. his only clue being his name inscribed on the spell book that was found with him.

as he entered the room he immediately noticed a fiery red-headed youth that must undoubtedly be braavos as well as what could be nothing other then an elf as well as sally. as he walked up to braavos he said " hello, my name is nicholas. please call me nick though. due to the unsafe times we live in your brother has ordered me to accompany you throughout your travels."

Ryan smiles at Melisandre and nods, "Thank you. Much obliged for this.." and he sits up slowly, wincing slightly from the pain, but ignoring it for the most part. He reaches over and slips his shirt on and stands up, then bows to Melisandre. "If you'll excuse me..." he says heading towards the door that he'd heard was Zay's, hearing a man's voice from within and a woman's responding, he decided to wait.

(Edit since Jarki decided to change her location )

OOC: I'm not in the flippin' room!! I'm in my own room!! >.>
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Zay was in her room, when a strange man, looking somewhat similar to the man from "Tools of Stabbing", walked in her room.

"A Vampire? So my brother was right... Braavos has taken a vampire into his party..." said the man.

She gave him a strange look. How could anyone know that? She merely helped the elf, she didn't mean to join any 'parties'...

"Umm...can I help you?" Zay asked the man.

"No...but I can help you. Do you remember what my brother offered you?"

"Yes..." Zay assumed that the other man was this man's brother.

"I'm offering the same thing. We call ourselves the Demone Di Nitte, and we are...specialized in making you stronger."

"We?"

"Yes. There are many of us. Brothers, Sisters, Cousins, Friends, Strangers. All dedicated to helping the vampire world thrive...for a price."

"Of course..."

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Upgrade: Iron Claws for 100 Bolsa. Current Bolsa = 127 Bolsa. Current Weapon: Steel Claws

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Ryan saw the man as he left and shook his head slowly before knocking on the now-closed door and saying, "Hello? Are you able to speak now Zay?" in a mellow voice. Ryan stood outside the door and awaited her response patiently.

Gurog, Tinie, and Tia vs. Angelo

___COMMENCE___

Before he even had time to be surprised, Angelo took a flail to the face, followed by several consecutive blasts of ice and fire from Tinie and Tia respectively.

Within moments, Angelo's world was fading to black. At least he was able to have a small amount of revenge in the fact that he was able to unsheathe his sword and throw it into Gurog's side as he fell for the last time.

___CONCLUDE___

Tine and Gurog have LEVELED UP

Angelo is dead. He has lost 63 bolsa

Gurog* and Tinie received 31 bolsa

(+1 Strength)

"Hold still Gurog.", Tinie said, wrapping up Gurog's wound with cloth. "It....doesn't look too bad."

"That went well. Normally Paladins are more alert.", Tia said, standing up from beside Angelo. "We should hide his body and move on."

Tia and Tinie pushed his body off the path they were on, and continued onward.

"My people should know a bit of medicine. I'm sure that we can get a medic to help you.", Tinie said, continuing the journey towards the God Spike mountains.

The stranger and The boy were walking on the streets while theseus was scaleing on the rooftops, they ran up to a house in the rural parts of the city and broke in, there was a women and a child in the house, and what appeard to be a husband was already running down the stairs. "Dont touch my family!" with that The stranger, Theseus, and The fool started with the father...then attacked the rest of the family, and ransacked the whole house.

battle Theseus,stranger,fool vs. family

Hector waved as the guard went about his business and began his search for the others.

Hector peered into the first room looking about but noticed nothing out of the ordinary besides ruffled sheets.

Hector then shrugged his shoulders and began to walk out of the room.

"May I help you?" said a voice from behind him.

Hector spun around quickly unsheathing both of his blades and preparing to attack when he noticed it was only a maid.

"Yes..." said Hector emberaced and putting away his blades, "I'm looking for an elf and a red haired man who were both injured and are recuperating in one of these rooms."

"Oh," said the woman gulping at the site of the blades, "This way."

Hector fallowed the woman to one of the other doors which she opened for him.

"Thank you," said Hector entering the room.

"Though you were rid of me did you!" said Hector comically as he walked into the room, "I am like a burn wound, I wont go away that easy!"

Hector chuckled at his joke and leaned against the wall.

"I know you are still shocked to see me however I have become owner of a certain map that leads to a certain place," said Hector pulling the map out of his pocket and showing to them all, "Sheelry Island, the island of insanity. I will be traveling to this land for two reasons. One, I have been told I can master alchemy in this land; and two, I have also been told that this place is full of ancient secrets and treasure that seems perfect for adventuring too! So what do you say comrades!?"

"We are here," said Hector pointing to the map, "So that means we will have to travel through the dwarven lands and onward through the elven forests until we reach the coast. Then we will set sail to a small island and it is there our journey may truly begin."

After the group of companions covered the floor with the strangers blood, they hid the larger chunks of his body in places where no one would ever look. After the task was done they kept going on their quest.

On there way to find new victims of the massacre that would make them known to all in Jerdy, they found a small farm house in the outskirts of the city. Thinking about all that might happen Theseus turned to his balverine form to and smashed through the wooden door. As the stranger and the boy followed behind with weappons drawn, a man ran down the stairs with sword in hand. And with Theseus's inhanced hearing heard a child quivering with fear and a women whispering to calm him down. "Dont touch my family!" cried the father and with that The stranger, Theseus, and The fool started with the father...then attacked the rest of the family, and ransacked the whole house.

Dathdr looks at Hector, strait in the eyes, and says, with as much politness as he can muster, "You can take your sword, and shove it up your ass. I will never go back there, as long as the stain of my past lingers. Braavos, I bid you good day, as I would like to train in the forest." Dathdr stood up, grabbed a potted plant, and left to retrieve his weapons from his quarters.