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John:

John scanned the desolate entrance to the town. Like any other major settlement they came across, it was empty. And strange enough, there was some sort of strange crystals, spaced out, around the town. Before he could investigate however, a boy wielding a bow and arrows turned the corner and threatened them. While the boy seemed inexperienced, his hands and his position with a bow were dead on accurate. Abnormally dead on accurate. That's when he noticed the boy's arm. It was covered by a sleeve, but there was some sort of glowing symbol on it. Maybe multiple symbols.

Counting on the boy's fear and inexperience, he then said "Listen, okay, how about you put down the bow before you hurt anyone.....". But this was met with an arrow wisking 2 inches left from his head, hitting a bucket behind him, which falls into a barrel. The boy was quick to add a new arrow to the bow. That's when, after letting the squire speak, and giving some room for the elf to say something, he says "Who are you? What are you doing here all by yourself? What is with these strange crystals....".

He began walking over to one, but then some sort of man, a town guard, charged out with a steel battle axe. He quickly tried to chop off John's head, but John was quick to back up, and slice the head off the attacker. "What are these things?" "Who are these people?" "We must be careful......">

That's when John looked at the crystal. It had turned darker as soon as he got close. That's when Ren asked, finally, "Your from Gondor? Do you know where the next nearest settlement is I can get transport from? No one has been here because of whats been going on.....".

That's when John told him "Every Major settlement has been abandoned when we got to it. The difference is, we never found these crystals here.....what do they do?".

"As far as I can tell, they drive people crazy, and eventually make them disappear......so stay away from them...".

That's when a large crackle could be heard overhead. Thunder. Thunder and Rain. "We should get inside. It will be night soon......".

(Hope that's good!)