Chapter Seven:
An innocent man.
This story starts off on a sad note. One of our brothers has fallen!
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He was one of the younger sort. A seeker of adventure. Dressed in a grey robe, armed with a mighty silver axe of ruin, 40 bandages and the means to recall, he sought out the evils in Deceit.
Upon his arrival he was met be 3 fellow travelers. Trusty companions? Partners against the waves of evil? Surely, for they were all of good fame and karma, one of them, Kusanagi, even a mighty Lord!
But no! They attack him, before he can get his bearings, mighty weapons spewing fire cut him down! (That went kinda fast, totally unexpected so sadly no screenshots were made.)
But why?! No riches were upon his person, he was a gentle soul, betitled in the lands as "Fair". Not a murder to his name, neither a thief or a looter. Just a simple warrior.
Mayhap he was mistaken for his brother! The scoundrel, that lowly thief! That must surely be it!
Well, there are other brothers too, good sirs, and a murder on such innocent a soul will not go unpunished!
Avenger of the fallen.
To avenge him, his mighty brother, a mage known throughout the lands, a man to be feared, willed himself to the site of the brothers demise! One of the foul villains fled at the very sight of him. But the other two still had murder in their eyes! Still with blooded swords in their hands, they raced for the slain mans kin.
But this one was no pup, not one to flinch and panic at the sight of blood. This one had seen blood, waded through it and bathed in it!
Back and forth the fight went, magic weapons against steel and words of power! But it was no even fight, two men against one. So when one opponents mount tired and threw its rider off, the mage took his chance and killed it, evening out the odds. For a fencer on foot is but a small nuisance.
Just as the tide was turning, one villain off on the other side of the room, the other with but a sliver of life left in him, the heroes mount tired as well! Unwilling to move! Were these horses of the same breed, lazy and easy to tire?! Was there no revenge to be had? Was fate this cruel?
With no chance to catch the bleeding criminal, the hero recalled home. At the doorstep he called for the evilest of all brothers, the murderer! For he was home, stocked and mounted to continue the fight.
(Must. Remember. To. Make. More. Screenshots!)
The surprise.
One brother dead, the other without mount, the third tried to do what seemed impossible. While little time had elapsed, it was surely enough for the villains to make their getaway. Yes, the other brother had said one was close to death, but brothers tell colorful tales at times. So the murderer recalled to the scene of the crime, not expecting anything.
Well, the sight in store for him was a surprise indeed!
The villain, the lordly one, lay dead in the middle of the crypts of deceit! It seems that the brother had not lied at all, and that the Lord of Liches had seen his chance and taken it upon himself to dispatch this foul human, most probably a slayer of many of its kind!
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If you take mine, I'll take yours.
The lord took the brothers life, the murderer took the lords life. They took the brothers home made bandages and trusty axe, we take their gold, foul magic weapons and armor.
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Ready for more adventures.
Into the depths of evil he had gone with but a grey robe, an axe and some cloth. Out he came dressed in red and gold, swinging weapons of fire and power.
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