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Seb Rolfe

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Khedas Marblechest the Vanquisher of Evil

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"We should leave here, Khedas, you can deal with this woman then." By instinct Khedas was hesitant to put his sword inot its sheath, but he trusted Nell. But just because he is not holding his blade out, did not mean he was rid of any tension or aggression with Tabitha. "I remember this symbol, and I'm afraid it doesn't have anything to do with her."

"Fine," he grunted. She was a witch, that whole mind trick she pulled, that clarified that she was a threat to him. He was more neutral with Tabitha when she was a mystery to him. But how could he not be defensive, she was something he was trained to be against, trained to vanquish?

"No Dwarf, Lady Javan is not the cause. Her highness has collapsed like this before. It usually means a vision. Though she has never has a symbol appear on her forehead before."

So even the Ironmark knew this was not of the woman Khedas accused. But it did not matter whether or not she really did do anything to the princess. Khedas would still despise her even if she were coddling infants in a nursery. But Khedas did start to believe in the princess's visions when the guardian informed him that was what the commotion was all about. Though Khedas could not pull himself to believe the drunk was their hope to stopping Zalthu. Especially due to the circumstance that so approached them...

While the orc and Erin talked there was one thing Khedas wondered about, and well, it was about Seb. Where was he? He was there just a second ago, or so it felt. He must of slipped out right after he finished chirping words out to the guardian. But what puzzled Khedas the most was why did he decide to go off on his own? Khedas was sure Seb would not be able to defend himself on his own, so why didn't he just decide to stick with a group of people who could. Yet, the dwarf also knew that Seb wanted no part of the princess's quest, was he that desperate to leave that he just ran off on his own?

"If possible, I'd rather not have to cut through a bunch of Dwarf's who are simply doing their jobs. Especially if it's unnecessary."

"Well...," Khedas sighed as he looked through a crack of the door, seeing Seb, but not just him, a band of dwarves chasing after him. And really if Seb was not taller and had longer legs than the dwarves, he would not stand a chance in outrunning them. And where was Seb headed? Yep, back to the storage room, back to where the rest of the group was. Khedas did not know how he would have a chance to fight against Zalthu in person, because it seems all Seb does is run, he ran back at the tavern when Bortrag roared, and he was running now. Khedas hated cowards. When does he just fight? Did he even know how to fight?

"We have no choice but to attack, thanks to the Chosen One." Khedas whipped out his warhammer, it looks like he was going to need it. Khedas charged out, with the rest of the group following behind him. Khedas did not enjoy fighting his own people, when they were doing their jobs, but he really had no choice. So, he jammed the hammer through stomachs and chest, as he also had split seconds to where he could shoot a fist at the face of his enemies.

"Surpise! I kind of got... caught... sorry," Seb panted, out of breath. Seb wore a stupid smile on his face, but only to keep himself from panicking. Because he knew what he did probably just made things worse for all of them. But in his hand was the bottle of rum he stole from the storage room. Even though he just got caught he starting gulping down the alcohol, like nothing happened.

Though the quick battle was over, Khedas knew they were not safe. And he did not have time to yell at Seb, he was hoping perhaps the Ironmark man would, it seemed he hated the drunk the most anyways. So, Khedas just sighed in disapproval as he shook his head, rubbing his temples. "Let's just find a way out of here," Khedas groaned, as he marched off to find an exit.

He found the front door, easy, but as soon as he opened it an army of guards surrounded the prison. They could not fight every since one of them, so they had to think of something fast. Perhaps the best thing to do was to try defeating enough to flee. But Khedas would regret running away and retreating.

"We can't defeat all of them, but I won't be a coward! A fool, yes. But not a coward." If someone were to befriend Khedas, they would know that he absolutely hates to leave a fight. It was something Nell was most likely familiar with, and perhaps she was also always the one who talked him out of hi stupid decision to fight when it would only be suicide.

"Let's just go now! They're closing the gate!" Seb yelped, and that was when the group started sprinting after the exit while defending themselves. Well, for Seb he hid in the middle, so the others would act as a shield.