[RP Thread] Cries of Urnung: Book of the Bladebringer

[Grey Nightmare]

Meyla's eyes widened as she saw what little effect Marais' aim had on the catapulted assailant. "WHAT ARE THEY!?" she shouted in frustration, drawing her sword and swooping past the skyelf at a ridiculous speed. She tucked the blade into her chest, folded her wings and rolled onto her back, falling straight for the creature like an organic arrow. Don't miss, don't miss, don't miss she panicked, closing her eyes.

 

[Phoonix]

OOC: D: drastic action...

IC: Ekriuon grunts... He looks at his arm and ponders, Sweat appearing on his forehead, his hand shaking.

This cannot be happening... I can't die like this, why... WHY! I refuse to die like this. I must regain my families honor no matter what, i will not die this meaningless death!

He grips his sword tighter "I will not die like this!" he yells. He places his sword on the arm grabbed by the magical hand, he closes his eyes, bites his teeth and cut's it off.

Ekrion falls on the ground, Blood flowing from his hand, his sword falling onto the ground, red, stained. He is exhausted, shakilly Ekrion turns on his back, pushing his arm against his clothes to keep it from bleeding out. His vision is going blurry, what is an arm compared to a life he tought... nothing, it is nothing... His eyes are heavy, his head is pounding, almost as if it want's to burst open. His vision is fading, he can feel it slipp away, conciousness is slipping away... whatever happens, I refuse to die! And then, everything is black. Around him is only void, he is in his own mind...

OOC: if it was not clear, I am unconscious and eh... cut of my arm to be free from the hand trying to drag me into the ground... yea, drastic.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Attack Aborted.

Meyla's eyes snapped open, she saw Ekrion fall from the dark hand, an arm of his own missing. She snapped her wings open, wincing as they clipped the earth and lurching back violently under the strain caused by the sudden change of direction. Pulling just short of the assailant she landed and stumbled towards the stricken Crycon.

It's too late she feared. He's bleeding to death. If only I still had my magic!

She skidded to a stop, falling to her knees and grasping the man's stump of an arm, holding it gently she swore. She needed to act fast. She let his arm fall and tore at her undergarment sleeves, ripping the soft silk into a ball which she pressed against the wound intending to stem the flow. "Don't die on us Crycon" she muttered, face passive, eyes aflame.

 

[Dragonson]

Pain. As Ekiron's blade cut through his own flesh, pain surged through his body.
As it moved through his system, it was mixed with various feelings. Rage, sorrow, fear... and Pride.
Then Ekiron blacked out.

The moment he did this, one of the two remaining bandaged warriors stopped everything he was doing.
He jumped backwards, and held up his hands towards his attackers to show that he surrendered.
The other one, unable to do anything, stared at Ekiron with it's eyes open wide.

Suddenly a powerfull wind passed through the clearing, and ripped a great number of leaves of a nearby oak.
The leaves whirled through the clearing, and for a second covered Ekiron fully.
As they flew away from him a transparent projection of a strange man sat next to him.
The upper part of the man's face was covered by a dragon skull, the lower part fitting the upper part quite nicely as his head apparently had the shape of that of a dragon.
His scales were black, and he was wearing a long green cloak.
His mouth slowly turned into a smile, and then another gust of wind carried more leaves through the clearing, and the man was gone.

The blood stopped streaming through the bolt of cloth Meyla was holding, and when she checked the wound had closed.
In the background the strange hand had disappeared into the ground, taking Ekiron's arm with it.
DM: Ekiron gained Unknown Feat. The feat will be revealed once he regains consciousness.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Meyla was confused, she didn't know what to feel. Relief? Guilt? Despair?
That was, without a doubt Holo Dragonson. What was he doing here? Something must be wrong indeed for him to show himself. Sighing she bowed her head and struggled to prop the giant Crycon against a tree at the edge of the glade, collapsing beside him. Her small frame and energy reserves utterly spent.

 

[L2love]

OOCamn you... beat my post.

Sameal to the group saying "I propose we make camp till Ekrion wakes up and so we may regain some of are energy from this fight." Then walking to go check up on his fellow Crycon and Meyla that lay near him.

 

[Wolfe]

Marais frowned, disappointed. He slowly moved away. "I will scout the surrounding area."

 

[-Peper-]

''I'm going with you.'' Agron walks toward Marais.

 

[Dragonson]

The one of the bandaged warriors able to move ran infront of Marais and Agron, holding his hands up, telling them to wait.

At the same time, the ground in the clearing started rumbling again, with much more power this time.

 

[GunSlinger]

After the gruesome scene, Leo released the man from his prison, knowing that they were of no threat anymore and stared at Ekiron with a saddened face, unable to move as thoughts bombarded his mind with questions. He slowly moves towards him but the ground shook, stopping Leo.

 

[-Peper-]

Agron suprised, but he managed to get calm and observed the scene.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Meyla pulled herself upright, shaking her head and blinking repeatedly in attempt to re-enter a state of alertness. She clambered to feet, fighting for balance upon the waves of tremors. What is it this time... she thought bitterly, as she drew her sword and stumbled over to Leo.

 

[GunSlinger]

Leo held out his arms to catch Meyla, in doing so caused Leo dropped to his knees from catching her and because of the quake.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Meyla squeaked as she fell into the Drak'Ron's arms. She promptly thanked him and regained her footing. "What do you think it is this time?" she asked him, eyes adrift looking for some suggestive source of the tremors.

 

[GunSlinger]

"I don't know, but whatever it is, its coming." Leo replied, staggering to get back on his feet.

 

[Wolfe]

Marais knelt to the ground, his hand gently patting the flattened grass. "Does anyone else think that earthquakes like this were not present in Old Urnung? Only this mockery of it?" He stood, eyeing the bandaged warrior with resentment and caution. "You seem to know more than you're letting on. Are you a mute?"

 

[GunSlinger]

"Hard to believe that a 'safe haven' like this would have these many problems." He said muttered.

 

[L2love]

Sameal stood after checking on Ekrion a little bit, he said "It's always the nicest places that hold the most dangerous secrets." Pulling out the statue Meyla had found he then starts to examine it.

 

[Dragonson]

The bandaged warrior pointed towards the center of the circle, where something was yet again breaching the surface.
The top of something, something made out of rock.
Slowly it came into view.

It was a doorway, of some kind.
Decorated with twisting stone wyrms, it appeared to lead into the darkness from which it had emerged.

 

[Fussiler1]

Illios frowned and looked amazed at the entrance, how it had risen, it's beautiful wyrms. In his opinion, this truly was a work of art.
''I think we know what path to take..'' he mumbled.

 

[GunSlinger]

"A portal?" He said, amazed at the doorway before them.
"Now there's something you don't see everyday." He added as he walked towards it.

 

[Phoonix]

OOC: yea.. because sunrah our mentor never makes us use portals oO
BTW, you guys won't leave poor Ekrion behind will you?

 

[GunSlinger]

OOC:
No I meant the doorway Oo.
Besides you don't see something like that with wyrms and stuff carved on them.
EDIT:
Dang it! I was wrong again.

 

[Wolfe]

Marais examined the portal, his magical tuition still fresh in his mind. "Well, it is definitely unique to this dimension. I have not seen anything like it. It must not be ignored." He turned to Illios, then to the rest of his companions. "We need to secure a foothold in the portal. Perhaps setting up a resting spot within is a better decision than letting this opportunity slip."

 

[Phoonix]

OOC: well, make sure to drag me whit you xD

 

[GunSlinger]

OOC:
Yes we will "drag" you there. >:]

IC:
"I agree." Leo said, examining the doorway.

 

[-Peper-]

OOC: Wait, didn't Ekrion suffer from bloodloss?

 

[GunSlinger]

OOC:
He did but got healed by Holo Dragonson or something like that.

 

[-Peper-]

OOC: Holo's work again...
Anyway dragging sounds good than lifting.

 

[Phoonix]

OOC: Not by holo, holo wears blue robes (i think), anyhow. to say it shortly... I cut of my arm to free myself, fell unconscious, a Dragonpriest appeared and healed me (no i don't have my arm back) and i am still unconscious...

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Meyla looked unconvinced, suspicious even. "Whatever lies on the other side, one thing is for sure. It won't be anything soft and cuddly." she looked at Ekrion "He'll only slow us down, perhaps one of us would be better to remain with him on this side?".

 

[-Peper-]

''That would be dangerous. I think we should bring him with us...'' Agron looked at Ekrion

 

[Dragonson]

The free one of the bandaged warriors moved towards Leo, first pointed to his imprísoned companion and then to the gateway.
Then a few seconds later to himself, to where his mouth supposedly was.

 

[L2love]

"If needed I shall stay behind and tend to Ekrion and make sure no one follows you through the portal." Sameal then shoved his sword into the ground and sat down upon a tree stump.

 

[GunSlinger]

"Oh sorry." I said, releasing the man from his prison.
"I think he wants us to go now." Leo added as he looked at his companions.

 

[Dragonson]

The one of the bandaged warriors that had been imprisoned fell to the ground, his legs apparently no longer being able to carry him.
The other one rushed over, and started doing what looked like putting a person's bones in place.
After a little while the one that had been imprisoned could stand up.
He reached in between his bandages and handed the other one some sort of purple stone.
Instantly a deep voice rung through the heads of the adventurers. First it spoke a few sentences that were completely gibberish, but after a short while something that the group could understand surfaced.
"Can you all hear me?"

 

[GunSlinger]

"So you can speak." Leo said, looking puzzled.

 

[Dragonson]

The one of the bandaged warriors holding the stone turned to Leo.
"Through the stone we can. We have no voices of our own. Our song is that of the world around us."

 

[GunSlinger]

"Then what is your business with us?" Leo asked, amazed at them.

 

[Dragonson]

"We are... Guardians. We were sent here to guard the temple. The temple to which you have found the entrance."
The warrior's strange voice said.
"There was... Something. Something came, corrupted the temple. Horrible things came out. We sealed the temple. We thought you were more of the... horrible creatures. Your friend's action proved that at least one of you are honorable. Very, honourable.
And it seems that our mistake was paid for in full."
The warrior said, sending a sad gaze toward his fallen companion.

 

[L2love]

"He would be glad to have heard that. Now I have my own question what is this snake statue?" Pulling out the snake trinket like statue Meyla found upon one of the corpses.

 

[Fussiler1]

He frowned as he looked at the warrior. Corruption? Guardians? Oh jolly, what a fantastic place to be, he thought to himself, but he was silent for now. Waiting for events to play out the way they do..

 

[Dragonson]

"It is a key of sorts.
Orgun always carried it with him."
The warrior replied.

 

[L2love]

"A key to what?" Sameal asked while examining the trinket.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

"The temple?" Meyla suggested sarcastically.

 

[Dragonson]

"Something inside it, yes."
The warrior said with a nod.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

"Well then, what are we waiting for? Sameal are your ok remaining with Ekrion? We won't be long"
We might not even return at all.

 

[Dragonson]

As Meyla thought her grim thoughts, a green light enveloped Ekiron.
Slowly, it moved across his body, leaving behind green marks.
He twitched several times, but his lips formed a smile.
Slowly, the light dissipated, having left behind runic green tatoos and a complex painting of a roaring lion around his left eye.
The moment it was completely gone, Ekiron opened his eyes.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Meyla did a double take, blinking profusely.
"W-w-what the?"

 

[Phoonix]

Ekrion grunted holding his palm against his forehead... "what... happened." he then slowly said in a grim voice.