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[Sage Akia]

Inferno was quiet as the beam got close.. and then.. Inferno's eyes suddenly glowed like crimson lanterns as a force greater than any others was released from him. The beam was stopped in it's tracks and faded as a rush of wind like an aftershock from a huge explosive came from Inferno. Limbs of trees were torn off and blew away as Lunaris was hit by the full power of the wall of wind. After a millenia, Inferno had finally released the last seal on his power. Dark frie burst from Inferno's body, shooting fireballs in exery direction, all of which diverted their path to head for Lunaris. A black wave of energy formed around Inferno's feet. Power spilled out of his body and red electricity sparked all around him.

[Hunter_Killer]

Lunarus had no choice but released the flood gate to his real capability.... A solid beam of white light shot up and connected with the Moon.... The silvery aura engulfed him and the firballs seamed to freeze in place. Lunarus's figure began to grow larger and more refined... his armor shifted to a pure white as a helmet, sprouting from his living bone grew and covered his head, as the symbol on the armor shifted from a wolf's head to the picture of the full moon. His swords pulsed and lengthened...

He now stood at 12' tall, still in wereolf form, but his power pulsed and radiated out from him. He looked at Inferno and smirked.... The Lunar Goddess's Holy Guardian Knight, had awoken...

[Sage Akia]

Inferno smirked as he watched the werewolf grow. "I guess I'll have a bigger mess to clean up, won't I?" Inferno shimmered and dissappeared he reappered above Lunaris and slashed down with both weapons at the werewolf's arms. When the werewolf blocked the attack with his swords, Inferno slashed hius wepons around in a spin that would cut into Lunari's neck and knock away any sort of defensive move.

[ThexTwistedxOne]

Kestrel waited silently, listening to the thoughts of her dragon A bow you say?.. perhaps he's a hunter of some sort? Or an elf? she adjust her body, reaching into her pocket drawing a small dagger. You cant tell?... well I don't believe he is a threat at all.. you have to remember Cail, its not every day you see a dragon in these parts of the land... but if it will make you feel better I'll gladly take a closer look she placed the dagger back into her pocket, Kestrel thought it might look like a fighr if she were to have a weapon. A devilish smile played upon her face, in a flash she leaped from beside her dragon pouncing on the approaching man. She brought her face closer to his, looking it over carefully "Well..." she squinted her eyes "I can't exactly tell Cail"

[Aderas]

As the man was lunged upon, his hood was thrown back to reveal a fair-skinned face, laced with surprise, and piercing blue eyes. His hair was long and white, and pointing out from them near the back were his ears, elven in shape and appearance.

The moment of surprise was lost quickly however, as the man threw the woman off of him, rolling away and in a single motion drawing his blade and standing readily, his bow left for the moment on the ground. The cool blue eyes looked to the favored weapon momentarily before looking back to the woman, and to the dragon. He remained silent as he awaited what would come next.

[Sonusai]

Sonusai blinks, then smiles as the kind woman walks away after helping her. "May Avira and Terran guide and protect thee," she whispers, before walking off towards the woods, her long black hooded cloak flowing around her. She hoped to meet the kind woman again, as well as make some new friends. God and Goddess knew she needed them.

[Sage Akia]

Sage sighed as he sat on a stool in front of the bloody man on the floor. Things were getting boring around here and it was almost a bit intersting to watch the man groan in agony as he rolled around in a pool of his own blood. Sage had already used a spell to close up the man's wound and suck all the blood from the man's dismembered arm. Now, he would wait for the man to regain conciousness and either let him go, or suck all the remaining blood out of him.

[ThexTwistedxOne]

She was not expecting an elf at all. Kestrel was taken off guard when the man had thrown her off, but she quickly recovered with a back handspring. Her eyes widen at the sight of his blade "No harm intended" she said, circling him, hands risen to the mid of her body . "I was simply observing, me or my dragon mean no harm" she lowered her hands and stopped circling, where she had come from circling another usually meant a challenge.
She shifted her stance out of a defensive position and approached him slowly. "My name is Kestrel and this is Cail" a hand leading back to where her dragon lay, her yellow canine like eyes still locked onto his "May I have the pleasure of knowing yours?"

[Aderas]

The man did not lower his weapon even a touch, even as names were presented. His eyes remained blue, perhaps becoming more of a steely color as he spoke. "Einhander," He responds simply. "Is what you may call me, Kestrel." His eyes glimpsed again the Dragon nearby, offering a nod of greeting though no more.

"I seem to have startled you." He suggests as she walks carefully closer to him. He did not waver in his position, nor make a move towards his other weapon or any particular exit. He appeared for all intensive purposes, save the weapon held before him, a man at ease.

[ThexTwistedxOne]

She extended her trembling hand in a greeting "Its a pleasure to meet you Einhander" she inhaled, the trembling easily heard in her voice "Startled.. perhaps a little" it was strange, although she considered herself a dragon rider along with being born half Seraphim half wolf-demon, fighting was never the first subject on her agenda. "Please do excuse me... the thought of fighting, and blades... just... catches me off gua-" she froze in mid sentence, a blank expression on her face. "Oh no.."
Cail had then hissed, lunging his himself at the man, lips pulled back, teeth exposed, ready to crush him in his jaws.
"STOP" Kestrel slid between Einhander and her dragon, forcing Cail to come to a stop "What are you doing?!" she flicked his nose "Sit by that tree and don't move!" a sigh escaped her lips as she ran a hand through her now tangled white hair, turning around to face the man "You'll have to excuse him... he's more of a disobedient, over protective puppy than dragon at times" she said, an apologetic smile on her face

[Aderas]

The man had taken the proffered hand and shaken it lightly, though had not dropped his blade. As the woman continued to speak to him, he began to nod understandingly and lower his blade, until the dragon hissed and lunged.

As the creature came for him, he raised his sword in a defensive position, fortunately not harming Kestrel as she stood in front of him. As she turned and begged pardon, he finally lowers his sword and speaks. "Indeed.. a Dragon's loyalty is oft the downfall of minor threats such as myself." He says in a soft spoken voice, soothing in it's effect. He glanced her over once then continued to speak. "For my part, I apologize for startling you. As you likely hear, there seems to be a battle raging..." He gestures to the skies.

While keeping his eyes between the two of them, woman and Dragon, Einhander moved to retrieve his bow, his sword not yet sheathed, though not held entirely at the ready.

[ThexTwistedxOne]

She rubbed the back of her a head, half a smile still on her face "Yeah... well I sort of involved myself in that battle.." she lowered her head, kicking at the dirt beneath her feet
"It all started this morning I was sort of listening in on a conversation and I heard of something called..-" she closed her eyes and paused for a moment to think"Startshifter? I think that was it... so anyways I went searching for the voice when I happen to notice a beautiful wolf... sleeping peacefully by a tree when all of a sudden this vampire comes out of no where swinging a scythe at the wolf, and the wolf ends up being not a wolf at all but a werewolf of some sort... then well I tried to stop the battle using my illusions, and that was no help at all I was nearly killed by the vampire, when the werewolf had saved me... and I really want to thank him"
She walked back to her dragon, resting her head on his, stroking his nose with graceful hands "386 years old.. yet I still lack power to fight" Kestrels eyes than opened, focusing on the man in front of her "Though living in such a peaceful forest as this... I never really had too, but tell me what brings you here?" she said, a cheerful smile on her face.

[Aderas]

The man listened to the tale patiently, picking up his bow and slinging it over his shoulder. Only then did he sheath his blade, and turn back to the woman. "Much the same reason as you I suppose. I am a wanderer, and this forest.." He looks around. "Well, it was peaceful. I was moving to offer my services to any who might need it at the moment, truth be told." He pats his sword. "Something of a blade for hire."

As he spoke his expression had not changed, no smile to be found, simply caution and awareness. However his eyes had changed, back to the blue they had borne before he was tackled.

[Omio]

Omio heard voices. A couple of them; his sobbing had stopped absolutely abruptly, other people being around within some sort of earshot. He affixed himself to a stand at once, fixing his pack to standing and walking instead of sitting.

"386 years old.. yet I still lack power to fight, though living in such a peaceful forest as this... I never really had to, but tell me what brings you here?"
"Much the same reason as you I suppose. I am a wanderer, and this forest... well, it was peaceful. I was moving to offer my services to any who might need it at the moment, truth be told. Something of a blade for hire."

The trees had sing a silent hymn with winds that seemed to stir with trouble, though the trouble wasn't too pressing; it would mean that he'd have to find a tree to hide under for a while to wait out the bad weather that was coming in a few hours; until then, he had a bit of time to relax, and a lot of time to worry about finding a place to rest in. He then walked to where the other people were, rubbing his eyes during the walk; he didn't want them to see the fact that he was crying recently, it took a minute before he arrived nearby, spotting Einhander and Kestrel - though not knowing their names. Then he paused. He didn't know what to say. Instead, he just waited at the edge of vision, in the open, and not in any offensive position whatsoever, but not talking; he wasn't the kind to talk first unless there was a matter at hand. He just hoped to hell they weren't going to take him as a threat.

[Aderas]

Einhander paused after speaking, having heard light-footed rustling through the underbrush nearby. Upon turning, he saw a man standing not-so imposingly along the line of the trees in the clearing. He stared for but a moment before turning abruptly, his hand on his bow, though not drawn. "Who are you?" He asks carefully, his eyes paling somewhat to a steely sheen.

While he had turned, he was careful not to turn his attention fully off of either Kestrel, or her dragon Cail. His footing in the ground was placed in a way that he could quickly move in nearly any direction if the situation called for it.

[Sonusai]

Wandering around the forest, Sonusai stumbles upon a group of beings. The wind elementals traveling with her stir with excitement. A pure elf? A starshifter? She is quite confused. Hoping to not intrude on the group, she stays in the underbrush, her ocean colored eyes twinkling with curiosity.

[Hunter_Killer]

Debello finished the blood ritual on the final human, turning the weakling into another of his acrolytes. That left 9 acrolytes and 3 humans, completely drained, from the starting party of 13... One had managed to get away, but he didn't care... it was a priest after all. He lined his acrolytes in a row, their mindless forms becoming pallid and zomby-like. He slowly closed his eyes and let his dark auro seep into them. They scattered, moving through the forrest, looking for his prey.

For 500 years he hunted the three werewolves, and now he was close... This time... this time would be different... He would kill all three of them in one final blow and end the werewolf race's only chance at survival would be crushed for eturnities. He possesed the acrolytes' minds, watching through their eyes... as they searched.

He saw the expanses of the forrest through 9 sets of eyes at the same time... a narrow river winding into the distence.... He saw the lairs of bears and other wild animals and ancient grounds to dragons... then he found two of his targets.... Through three sets of eyes from different angles... the pup and his mother were leaving the mountain pass into this realm.

Far away, the remaining six pairs of eyes found him... Lunarus... the last guardian of the Lunar Goddess... He was in his guardian form... fighting another... Inferno... Debello spat his name through a silent word that never passed his throat or escaped his lips. He would ruin his plans...

Debello parted his unfamiliar lips into a cold scowl, he long fangs glinting in the moon light. He willed the three to attack the pup and his mother. While the remaining six, would distract Inferno... no... the remaining five... the sixth had to get Lunarus from that form or all would be over... Shame... He wished to see how Inferno would match up... but he had to set into motion.... a trap he had set 500 years ago....

He let his energies soak into each Acrolyte in turn, granting them power and strength for their needed tasks... and for the final Acrolyte... he passed a weapon through the void to it... one that would make Lunarus vulerable once more...

With his commands finished, he broke the dark link between all 9 of them... while they would still be his puppets... he felt feeling death in 9 bodies at once would be an unnecessary risk....

He had to move out... there was still much to do...

(Sage... it starts soon don't worry... all the pieces are on the board... except my white queen... when will i show her move? soon...)

[ThexTwistedxOne]

Her nose wrinkled, as she tensed. "There is more than just the one approaching" she whispered. Kestrel wasn't used to being around so many other beings, she had lived a peaceful life alone with her dragon. Her hand slide off the nose of her dragon, as she snuggled into his wing, her eyes still focused on the man approaching and Einhander. "Who you are is a good question.." her voice was still loud enough for them to hear, though she was withdrawn beneath Cail's wing, she hoped the other unknown presence she felt near by had heard too

[Sage Akia]

Inferno tensed a bit and jumped back from Lunarus. Something dark (not as dark as him) was coming towards them. Nine beings had entered the forest and had scattered. They seemed to be heading towards three targets in a mindless fashion. When he felt the majority of the beings circle around him he sheathed his sword in the black steel scabbard he had tied to his belt. At that moment a "human" attempted a jump towards Lunarus. Inferno held out his arm and the Acrolyte slammed into it and did a double flip before falling face first onto a pile of razor sharp rocks.

[Omio]

"Thank you for asking, I didn't mean to interrupt at all. I'm Omio, a traveler, alike one of you two. I happened upon hearing you two, and merely came to check things out. I mean no harm." He was not good at lying, so he didn't try it; instead, he concealed what he didn't want to say at all - that was his form of diplomacy when the scenes needed to call for it. The other two seemed a bit tense and wary of him, so he didn't move to relax or anything; wanting to be ready to escape if things got too hairy, and if escaping didn't work, then he would resort to fighting. He didn't like to kill if he couldn't help it, and every fight he had been in resulted in someone dying, usually in an ugly manner.

Other than that, looking into his eyes, they were blue, at the monent; his own eyes did change colour with the mood, and he was mediocre, so they were blue.