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Jewel Princess

Jewel Princess

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Kirrah Shay is the only one alive that can destroy demon jewels. The problem is she can't control the power. She's being hunted down by the enemy, and used by those who would call themselves friends. However, things are about to get very dangerous...

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Introduction

Introduction

Alone Kirrah wanders the realm of Lastra. Keeping her distance from towns and cities, only staying a single night if she has to. Being chased by the Shades keeps her on the move, as well as her own distaste for those who would use her as a weapon for their own wills. She's fought off the attacks of the Shades many times, each time they grow bolder and come with more men. Every time, she manages to escape, but not without injury. Kirrah has nearly faced death several times, but somehow manages to pull through.

However, along the dusty road leading to a village unknown to her, she is ambushed yet again. Tired, emotionless, void of life, she fights back out of sheer habit, not because she wants to live. Kirrah manages to hold her own for a short while, the little knowledge she has of sword play barely keeps her alive. Four of the Shades move on her at once and she is forced to choose which to deflect and which to take. A weapon slides across her side, another crippling her from behind as it cuts deep into her thigh. The third goes deep into the soft muscle and sinew of her shoulder, and the fourth that she's managed to block drives her to the ground.

Down on the ground, her eyes stare upwards at the man who towers over her, his dark eyes glinting with glee as he knows he's won. The men's weapons hold no Demon Jewel's, and so she is powerless against them all. She doesn't lift her sword to protect herself, her dark brown eyes calmly watching as he lifts the blade preparing to drive it through her heart. She is welcoming death, ready for it, wishing for it, begging for it.

Her lungs take a deep breath of air, the last mouthful she'll ever taste and her eyes close slowly, waiting for the final blow. A soft sound is heard, a rustle of cloth washes over her followed by a light thud. The cloth twists and turns across her face, causing her to open her eyes in confusion. She lays still on the ground, unsure of what has happened. Around her, the four Shades give shouts and cries of pain. Turning slightly she looks to see blood staining the ground. The last Shade falls, lifeless.

Finally the cloak is moved away enough for her to see who stands over her prone body. The young man lowers his sword slowly, the steel glinting in the light, drops of blood slowly trickling down its length. Dark blonde hair shrouds a cold face with even colder dark green eyes. He looks down at her with a frown upon his lips. Sheathing his sword, he steps away from her and starts searching the bodies of the dead Shades.

Kirrah sits up, her heart in her throat as she watches the young man. All the while, the only thing she can think is why...



History

In Lastra there is magic, but the magic doesn't come from the person's own will. Not any more at least. There are jewel's that grant the people their power, their jewel's use the elements of the earth, anything from fire to electricity. However, not all jewel's are good. Some are evil, built off of human's malicious intent, greed and rage. These stones are black in color, having no variations and are host to deadly dark powers the like that many in Lastra have never seen before. They are called Demon Jewel's. The other jewel's, Angelic Jewel's, differ in color depending on what power they wield. All of the jewels are embedded in weapons that the humans carry, their magic is used via the use of the weapon as well as the wielders own concentration, will power, and energy.

Lastra is home to many races, humans being the most prominent. Elves are second, followed by dwarves and the last are the Fae, a rare race that is half human half fairy. Humans hold no magic aside from their jewels, Elves have very little innate magic and dwarves have none as well. The Fae, however, have magic and are mostly healers, though they can fight with their power. The Fae are very closely connected to the earth, and their magic uses the earth.

A group has begun to manifest itself in Lastra, calling themselves Shades. They are lead by a mysterious man whom no one has ever seen and only his name proceeds him. Kreon is the leader of the Shades, users of Demon Jewel's. Their intent remains unclear, but one thing is for certain they are hunting a single woman who could be the destruction of them all. Her name is Kirrah Shay, and she is the Jewel Princess.

Kirrah is a rare human to have innate magic aside from her jewel. The problem is, she cannot control her power and she can't even summon her wind magic from the jewel in her sword. However, whenever a Demon Jewel is near, her magic activates and she loses control of herself. Kirrah becomes a stone cold fighter without hesitation to kill whoever is holding the Demon Jewel. Her power is unimaginable once she's in the state of the Jewel Princess. Thus, she is a dire threat to the Shades, and she is a valuable tool to those who wish to see the Shades destroyed.

There's one more problem. Kirrah, since she was very young, was treated like a tool and nothing more. Forced to train for something she didn't understand, she was left alone with no love and no one to care for her. With the loss of her family at a young age, she fled. Years later, she found herself training once more with an elderly sword master, whom also treated her like a tool. The Shades found her, then, and killed the sword master, nearly succeeding in killing her as well. Kirrah managed to escape and has been on her own ever since. That was four years ago.

She's hardly proficient with her sword, and she cannot summon her magic from the wind jewel she possess. It is a miracle that she is alive at all. The Shades are getting desperate and sending more to try to kill her. In their desperation, they are sending more with Demon Jewel's in the hopes that they can overwhelm her power by sheer force. Kirrah is losing heart to even continue staying alive, having been alone for so long and on the run without really understanding what is going on.



Your Characters

Very simple here, you can choose to help Kirrah, use her as a tool for your own gains, or try to kill her. You can play as a Shade if you'd like. There is only going to be a limit to how many Shades and Fae I will accept (the Fae are really rare so there won't be more than two or three to play).

With that said, here's your character sheet :


Name:
Age: ((No Teens please))
Appearance: ((If you'd just like to use a picture that's cool with me :) ))
Jewel: ((Do you wield a Demon Jewel? Or an Angelic Jewel?))
Jewel Power: ((Provide the Jewel's color here too, please. If you're wielding a Demon Jewel, your color is black))
Abilities: ((Be reasonable, and remember only the Elves and the Fae have innate magic))
Personality:
History:
Other: ((Anything else you'd like us to know about your character?))


Everyone is allowed to create more than one character if they'd like. The more the merrier! Reservations are acceptable, however, I will only keep a reservation for three days. Afterwards, if you have not created your character by then, I will have considered that you are no longer interested and will open the spot again. This will mostly be for the Fae and the Shades as there are limited spots.

If you plan to run a Shade, be prepared for more defeats than wins. Kirrah is a powerfully enemy to the Shades, there's a reason they fear her. Now, this doesn't mean that you're always going to lose a fight either. Don't worry, even if you plan to be evil for this RP, your character will not be killed unless you specify it in OOC. If you do decide to let your character be killed, you are more than welcome to create another one to keep playing if you'd like.


The Rules

I have a few rules, the usual really:

No God-Modding
No overly powerful characters (Besides its much more entertaining and makes for a great read when your character can get knocked around a bit and then come back with a vengeance :) )
Please, no killing of each others characters unless specified in OOC
Respect each other and their characters
Most of all, Have fun!!!

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The Story So Far... Write a Post » as written by 6 authors

Setting

7 Characters Present

Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: Okashi
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Aelianus

The boy stared in astonishment as the shade that approached them got torn away and flung back down the stairs. What just happened? he thought to himself. It didn't matter now. Some do gooder had saved them, that was fine with him. Suddenly Raiyn turned to him and pointed his sword towards the door of the girl's room. "Get them," he said quickly, "Tell them we're leaving the town now."

Aelianus nodded and turned as Raiyn dashed down the steps. He was sure Raiyn could take care of himself, so no his issue was how to get the girls out in one piece. Banging hard on the door as he approached, he yelled in. "It's me, we've got to go!" He waited a moment before the door opened and stepped quickly inside. Looking around, he waved his hand out the door. "The shades are here, Raiyn's taking care of them I think downstairs. There's got to be a back exit. C'mon!"

He then remembered the Jewel Princess, how she probably couldn't move too easily because of the power she had just recently used up. Her power... Aelianus knew with demonic jewels present she could very well be taken over by her powers again. Time was of the essence. As he looked to her, he was happy to see she was once more awake. "Morning Princess," he said simply. "Can you walk?"


Talazar

Talazar was perched up on a large boulder he'd found, waiting patiently with the hammer resting against the base of the rock. He looked up now as the boy suddenly appeared, accompanied by what appeared to be an old woman, though Talazar knew better. For now he was shrouded in the dark shadows and watched contently as the boy's gaze swung back towards the village that was far in the distance, and could see the panic overtake him. The woman who had brought him here laughed and the boy's attention was instantly back onto her as she shed her previous appearance for that of a new, young woman, dawning the Shade's cloak in the process.

Talazar smiled as realization swept through the boy, widening now only as Nira's magic hit him. He watched happily as the boy attempted to block the attack that already hit him, then fell to his knees. The Elven woman approached now, speaking of old times, how a girl had called helplessly for him before her death. Talazar watched Nira send another burst of magic through the boy before kneeling down in front of him and pulling up his gaze to meet hers. The man listened idly to Nira's words as he looked up into the sky for a moment, then glanced back down as he heard the ringing of steel on steel. He watched the boy's sword get flung uselessly to the side and smiled again. True enough, if only he had came with the scythe, perhaps Talazar wouldn't have been as cruel.

"Stay here with Talazar, Iri," Nira said finally before disappearing. Talazar glanced sideways at the woman as he slid down from where he sat, taking hold of the hammer in the process. It was interesting to him how all of the more beautiful women always chose the side of the shades, but that didn't concern him now. He disregarded her presence as he looked to the boy. His stride was slow as each step counted down the seconds to the boy's demise.

"No scythe?" he said finally," Tsk Tsk...Dispose of it already? Hmm?" He stood ominously above the figure, the hammer now resting on his shoulder as he looked down in pity to the boy. "I hope you're ready for some fun... Before this night is through, you'll be begging for death, and trust me, even in death, I'll still be there. I may even let you lie here when I'm done, broken beyond repair until I get my scythe. The blade of that weapon will be the last thing you ever see. The cold steel will be the last warm presence you'll feel..." Talazar took a step back now, removing the hammer from his shoulder in the process and extending it out to his left. "Now then... This is for taking my scythe in the first place..."

Talazar swung back his arm, his powerful muscles that were used to the scythe wielded the hammer with ease as he then rotated his arm, bringing it up in a massive arc down into the earth. Dropping to one knee in the process, the jewel glowed brightly with power as Talazar caused the ground below the boy to erupt up, launching him back several meters. The attack was a light one, not enough to break bones, but plenty to knock the wind from his lungs. Talazar smiled as he began forward again, vines now ensnaring the figure. "Begin begging whenever you want..."

Setting

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Raiyn Illander

He glared up at the taller man, his chest heaving as he struggled to get his breath back from the last attack. Raiyn's eyes narrowed as the Shade spoke of how he would be begging for death before the end of the night. The man pulled his arm back and began his first assault. The sword master felt his own jewel glow in response as he tried to protect himself from the attack. What he thought to be a downward strike to his body, turned out to be an attack using the earth around them. This startled Raiyn as he thought the Shade was a user of wind magic.

It was always impossible to tell with Demonic Jewels as they were all black, corrupted in their evil ways. The surge of the earth underneath him tossed him in the air and he flew quite a ways before hitting the ground. His body turning in the air as he went, he hit the dirt on his side and the air exploded from his lungs yet a second time. His back arched as he rolled onto it. Coughing, he tried to get to his feet, but wasn't fast enough.

The dirt vibrated around him and in a matter of seconds, his similar trick ensnared him. Vines latched onto him, wrapping him tightly. They shot up and encircled his neck, to which his free hand shot out to try to tear off, but the vines caught that arm and pulled it back. He could feel the thick undergrowth pushing at his back as it wrapped around his torso and chest, lifting him slightly off the ground. Then his legs were wrapped as well, vines going around his right leg individually then pulling both of them together, immobilizing him completely.

"Begin begging whenever you want..." Talazar said as he slowly moved towards Raiyn.

He twisted and turned, trying to no avail to get free from the entrapment. Every muscle screamed in protest as he pulled at the strong vines. His hand was still wrapped around his sword, and the jewel was glowing. His jaw clenched as he tried to think quickly on what to do. Begging was the last thing on his mind, he would never give the Shade that satisfaction. Raiyn's breath was uneven as he struggled, his hand tightened around his sword and he summoned his own power to attack the Shade.

The vines erupted from the earth around Talazar, some to ensnare his legs to keep him where he was, others shooting at him with the intent to run him through.

Kirrah Shay

"It's me, we've got to go! The shades are here, Raiyn's taking care of them I think downstairs. There's got to be a back exit. C'mon!" The voice belonged to a young man who Kirrah didn't recognize. She didn't know who he was or when he'd join with them, but he seemed eager to help them. So Kirrah started to stand off the bed. She felt only a little dizzy but for the most part she was alright.

"Is he alright?" She asked without thinking. Why did she want to know if Raiyn was alright? The blonde haired boy was nothing but cold to her, yet... she didn't want to think about it if anything terrible should happen to him. She didn't even really know him all that much. Where her thoughts coming from the Princess inside her instead? Maybe, the Jewel Princess had seen more of the young man than herself.

"Morning Princess, can you walk?" the boy smiled at her. She nodded to him, though her thoughts were still on the blonde boy. Kirrah retrieved her weapon and slid it back in its sheath. Somewhere inside her, something stirred. A feeling that perplexed her entirely. She didn't know what it was that she was feeling, or where it was coming from. All she knew was that she wanted to see Raiyn. The longing to see him was almost overwhelming. Kirrah concluded it was the Jewel Princess inside her that was feeling this and not herself.

She started for the door, trying to ignore the sudden emotions plaguing her. The young boy with messy hair had said something about there being a back way to get out of the town. Kirrah looked down the hall but saw nothing in the sense of a way out. She turned to the other two, "I don't think we'll be leaving from this level," she stated, then continued down the hall towards the staircase and started down. At the bottom of the stairwell was a man in black who looked the worse for wear. She carefully sidestepped him, noting that his clothes marked him as a Shade.

In the inn area, she spotted another lying on the floor with blood on the counter and on his face. Another Shade as well. The inn was empty now with the scuffle scaring off the patrons and the inn keeper was peering in to the tavern area from his hiding spot at the kitchen door. Kirrah ignored him and went outside. A third man lay in the dirt with blood on his chest from an apparent stab wound. Nothing told her about Raiyn's whereabouts and her heart seemed to seize up. She did notice two other men near the inn, one was wielding a pair of swords -she'd seen him before and knew he was with their little group- the other she hadn't seen before and didn't know what to make of his presence here.

"If he said we're leaving, then lets start towards the other side of town. He must be fighting out there, we should go help him," she said. Kirrah was astonished at her own actions. Since when did she care about someone so much that she was willing to risk losing herself to the Jewel Princess to help? Not that she didn't want to help anyone in need, it was just she knew he was more than capable enough, and yet... Kirrah shook her head and started down the street. All the while she blamed it on the Jewel Princess inside her, all the new thoughts and feelings.

Nearing the edge of town, she felt a sharp burn in her chest. She fingers curled into a fist as she pushed the hand to the middle of her chest and ground her teeth. Someone with an active Demon Jewel was nearby, and she'd gained enough energy for the Princess to come fully awake. She stumbled and hit the wall as she fought off the Princess.

"Not now..." she cursed. Then looked back to the others, "Someone's using a Demon Jewel," she managed before she lost herself to the Princess again. The transition was becoming easier the more frequent it happened. In the darkness of her mind, she heard the Princess' words.

"I'll teach you not to be fearful. I'll teach you control. You and I are one, if you would only let me become one with you. There's no need to be fearful. He can help us both."

"What do you mean? You're terrifying to me, so powerful and destructive. You destroy everything! You killed them all!"

"Because you do not understand me. Your fear causes us to be uncontrolled," the Princess heaved a heavy sigh full of annoyance, "We will speak of this later. Whether you wish it or not, I am becoming more a part of you every time."

Setting

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Aelianus

"Is he alright?"

Aelianus frowned, turning away for a moment. He couldn't answer, he couldn't bring himself to do it. He was well aware of the grudge Talazar had formed against the boy and knew that no doubt he'd of already been taken away to be dealt with. The thoughts formed a sickly picture in Aelianus' head, images of what Talazar had caused before flashing through his mind, but with Raiyn's face. He turned to the Princess and was grateful as it seemed she had let the question fall aside for now. Quickly, he followed her out the door.

"I don't think we'll be leaving from this level," she said, and Aelianus had to agree. He glanced back to ensure the girl in red was with them, checked himself to make sure he had the scythe, then proceeded down the steps.

What he found was truly a shocker as a massive man was present, currently occupied with dealing with one of the shades. The other was sprawled out on the floor, and the third was outside. Aelianus tilted his head at the man from earlier, finding him now in the vicinity as well. From the looks of it too, he was the one who had executed the shade just outside the doors of the Inn.

The boy was grateful for the two men who seemed to make his job simpler. He couldn't possibly have fought a shade, but he would've had to to prove himself to this group in order to gain their trust. At least now that much in his mind was settled, but considering Raiyn was nowhere to be found, his earlier presumptions seemed to be correct. He still couldn't tell the Princess though as she suggested he was on the other side of the town, but trailed after her again as she dashed off to aid him.

Aelianus came to an abrupt halt as suddenly the Princess stopped, her teeth barred and fists curled into tight white-knuckled balls. "Not now..." she had said, "Someone's using a Demon Jewel." Glancing around, Aelianus knew that either more shades had arrived, or Talazar and Nira were around. He couldn't see them yet, but he knew. Glancing to the girl, he had to do something before she went on another rampage. Without even thinking his sword was suddenly drawn and his arm had whipped around to bring the pommel of the weapon hard against her skull. The blow should knock her out without causing any damage, and it wasn't until after the action was complete, did he realize what he had done.


Talazar

Talazar smiled delightedly as he approached the boy who struggled in vain to escape the entanglement of vines. He would've let him go in order to make it more fun, but it seemed the boy had other ideas. As the green jewel glowed, Talazar readied himself and let out an actual audible sigh as it seemed the only retaliation would be a replication of his own attack. Stumbling back, Talazar took a few paces in an attempt to escape before finally one of the vines caught him, the others acting quickly on this and doing the same. He had to commend the boy, he was strong and persistent, but this definitely wouldn't work.

Talazar swung the hammer out at the vines that lunged at him and nodded in respect to the idea. He made silent note of it and would be sure to utilize the attack later. Deciding this was enough for now though, the man suddenly brought the weapon up over his head, the jewel glowing brightly still, the black seeming warm yet dark at the same time.

This sent the earth below Talazar lurching upwards in the same manner it had done to the boy, though Talazar used this instead to break from his current predicament. Flipping a few times through the air, Talazar flew over the boy who was still trapped in his attack before coming down about three meters behind him. Landing on one knee, with the pommel of the hammer plunged firmly into the ground and both hands clasped around the handle, Talazar smiled. "You're good," he said after a moments pause, "but I'm better..."

Suddenly now, the head of the weapon dropped into the earth and Talazar turned quickly. The massive steel hammer followed him in his rotation until he finally faced the boy. In the same motion, he brought the weapon up out of the ground and swung it far to his left, sending forth a good chunk of the earth aimed for the sword the boy carried. As long as that weapon was out of his grip, Talazar wouldn't have any issues to deal with. He could easily take him out now, even with the sword, but it was more fun to play some games. Besides, he had all night.

Setting

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Raiyn Illander

From the corner of his eye, he watched as the Shade slammed his weapon into the ground and threw himself out of the trap that Raiyn had tried to get him locked into. His voice growled in anger as he watched the Shade land on the other side of him. "You're good, but I'm better..." Talazar said, his voice telling Raiyn that he had a smile on his lips as he spoke. Whipping around, Talazar launched a large piece of earth right at him. His eyes widened as he watched it come at him, realizing that the attack was not specifically aimed at him, but for his weapon.

His fingers tightened on the blade, and he twisted violently in the vines, trying to pull his arm free to keep the only chance he had against the Shade. However, his pulling only made the vines tightened around him and he winced as the ropes tightened around him. His wrist and fingers exploded in pain as the large piece of earth cracked into his wrist. He was sure a few bones broke from the impact as everything from his wrist down to his fingers went numb. His sword fell out of his grasp them, clattering to the earth and the green jewel fading in it's brilliance.

Raiyn turned his eyes to glare at the man, though his chest twisted with a sense of fear. Not for himself, but for the Princess whom he'd been trying to protect. It was a reminder of things that had happened to him in the past. Twice he'd failed to protect someone he cared about, and now it looked as if he were going to fail once again. Though, this time it would be marked by his death rather than hers. Having just met her, he still knew that she would be upset about it if he were to die. Pulling his good hand into a fist, he pulled at the vines again, trying to ignore the pressure that built around his chest and body as the leathery ropes tightened around him.

Damnit.. I'm not going to die here, he cursed, grinding his teeth in the process. There had to be a way out, some how...


Kirrah Shay

Something hard connected with the back of her skull and she stumbled forward. Her vision swam in and out as she slowly turned around to see who had hit her. Kirrah's eyes met the young man's who had told her that they needed to leave the town. A thin eyebrow rose up in confusion as her lips parted to ask him why he had done that too her. However, the world swung around and a moment after she dropped to the ground in total darkness.


Nira Ku

"My my, what a cruel thing to do to a woman," the elven Shade cooed as she came out of the darkness to meet the group. Her lips parted into a smile as she leveled a cold stare at the Shade and the others. Pulling her sword from it's sheath she looked at the blade and the jewel embedded in it. "Thanks to that meddlesome boy, I was forced to receive a different sword and jewel, but that won't be a problem. You see, I like this weapon very much," she continued then pointed the weapon at them all. The blade hummed slightly as the steel vibrated with the power from the Demon Jewel. Black strings of light cracked up and down the length of the blade as she held it.

"He's already tasted it's power. Quite... electrifying," she laughed. Turning to Aelianus, her lips lifted in a deeper, more malicious grin. She still had plans for him, so in the mean time she didn't say a word about her order to him, "That was a bad move for you, Aelianus. Knocking out your only hope at defeating me. That's alright, this will make it all the more pleasurable."

Nira turned back to the others and picked her target. The young man who had attacked her last time, his sweet voice trying to make her see reason in turning her back on the Shades. He was quite the opponent and so her first shot of powerful magic was directed at him, "Don't worry, I won't kill you all. Just one of you. I think two deaths will be enough to start things."

After the magic was launched, Nira lunged forward, her sword leading as she went right for the young man's throat.

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Talazar smiled contently as the sound of breaking bones met his ears, followed by that of the boy's sword clattering uselessly to the ground. He watched as he continued to struggle in vain, only causing the vines to tighten their grip around his figure which refused to be still. No doubt, he had a great fighting spirit, but that wouldn't save him. However, Talazar was feeling rather generous this fine night. Standing straight, he began forward towards the boy, stopping just in front of him to pick up the sword and examine it.

Fine craftsmanship and a beautiful jewel, one that still glowed a brilliant green. It had yet to be tainted as so many others were. It was pure, warm and most of all, revolting. Utterly disgusting. Talazar stared at the stone for a moment, as if he could cause it to rupture or convert under his gaze, though he knew better. Finally he looked up, his words quiet and calm, yet cold and calculating at the same time.

"It's terrible, isn't it?" he said. "To be helpless and left to the hands of cruel fate without a savior. When you yourself are attempting to be the savior to another in the same predicament... That girl. The Princess, you," he paused for effect, taking a moment to contemplate his next words, pacing now. "Tell me, do you care for her? Or are you simply going to use her like every other person in this world? A man like yourself has to have some sort of reason for joining up with her completely out of the blue... But oh, the way she looked at you then." Smiling, Talazar brought up the moment from their previous encounter, when the Princess had saved this boy from Nira. He wanted to see what sort of reaction he could merit. Simply inflicting pain or fear into his prey wasn't enough. He'd tear apart and dissect their minds, their thoughts. Pull away the layers of their defenses until they had nothing more, target their weak spots. The man was one thing with a weapon, a cold, heart-less killing machine. But his words, they were just as deadly if not more...

"I do believe there was genuine fear," he continued finally. "Fear of losing a handsome man like you. The one who saved her just previously. I do believe, yes... I do..."

Talazar suddenly reeled back with the sword and brought the blade around, the silver gleaming wickedly in the dim-lightning as it cut through the air. The blade swept cleanly through the vines that held his captive in place, severing their hold and letting him drop to the ground. Backing away now, Talazar extended both arms to either side of him, the hammer and sword in each.

"Now then, lover boy... Could you possibly muster enough courage and strength to overcome the inevitable? To be able to pass me and return to the Princess in a vain and frankly hopeless attempt to save her? Once Nira has finished with her, she'll be nothing. A broken piece of meat left for the birds, and where was her knight? Cowering, fallen and destroyed. A failure, a man who it seems is no stranger to letting down those close to him."

Talazar let out a low laugh, his gaze locking with that of the one before him. "This is your chance, your one and only chance... Run."

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Raiyn Illander

The Shade walked up to him and picked up his sword, examining it carefully. Raiyn's breath was short as the vines were tight across his chest and neck. He coughed lightly, sputtering to get air passed the strong hold. Then the man began talking, his words cutting through the air like knives and hitting Raiyn dead center. His heart raced as he listened, taking it all in and inadvertently letting memories flood forward. The first woman he'd ever loved, her beautiful face came to mind, her blue eyes and blonde hair. Her smile was tantalizing. Then the image faded and what hit him next was the terrible memory of how she'd been killed. Himself being beaten and unable to move to protect her.

Another image of the second woman he'd fell in love with some years after. She too was beautiful, her name was Lily and her life had been taken by the elven Shade Nira. Raiyn had fought then, killing several Shades in the process, but to no avail. Nira had immobilized him, causing him to be unable to help Lily. Those memories flooded forward as his name was screamed over and over again in his mind. Then the sound of steel tearing through flesh followed after and the dying cries of both women mixed with his own screams of anguish pulsed through is body.

"Tell me, do you care for her? Or are you simply going to use her like every other person in this world? A man like yourself has to have some sort of reason for joining up with her completely out of the blue... But oh, the way she looked at you then," Talazar continued, his lips pulling into a smile at Raiyn's distress.

Yes, he cared for her. It hadn't hit him till then that she'd gotten under his skin just like the other two women had. It was inevitable he guessed, but he'd tried to keep his cold exterior as a way of shutting her out. However, the way Talazar spoke about his using her like every other man on the earth tore him apart. He knew she'd been used before and it wasn't something he cared to think about. Then the memory of how the Princess had come back to save him from Nira's attack. He'd passed it off as it merely being the Jewel Princess that was in control because of the Demon Jewels. The more the Shade spoke, the more apparent it became. The woman, both her and the Princess inside her had a deeper attachment to him.

Raiyn coughed in the hold of the vines, struggling to get himself back in control of his emotions. Somehow the Shade had broken through his carefully created exterior. Something glinted in the moonlight and Raiyn's eyes widened slightly as he saw his own blade come hurtling down towards him. At the last moment, his eyes squeezed shut and he felt the vines loosen from his body, his blade just barely scratching him. He hit the ground coughing as air pulled into his constricted lungs.

"Now then, lover boy... Could you possibly muster enough courage and strength to overcome the inevitable? To be able to pass me and return to the Princess in a vain and frankly hopeless attempt to save her? Once Nira has finished with her, she'll be nothing. A broken piece of meat left for the birds, and where was her knight? Cowering, fallen and destroyed. A failure, a man who it seems is no stranger to letting down those close to him. This is your chance, your one and only chance... Run."

Raiyn struggled to roll onto his side and get up. His muscles were burning from his vain attempts to free himself earlier, and his wrist was indeed broken. Breath wheezed in and out of his lungs as he got up to his knees and sent a cold glare back at the Shade who taunted him. He thought quickly. Nira was most likely engaging in a fight with the others right then. The longer he stayed there the more likely it was that the Princess would... he shook his head to clear the unwelcome thoughts. However, if he ran, it was sure to provide the Shade before him the pleasure he was seeking.

The sword master knew he couldn't outrun the Shade, not in the condition he was in. The other fact was the man held his sword, the only weapon he had besides his dagger. Slowly, Raiyn stood up and made his decision. Drawing the small dagger, he held the weapon in his good hand and turned slightly to prepare himself for the oncoming fight.

"I won't give you the pleasure of my running, Shade. I'll be taking my weapon back and I'll kill you with it," he spat at the Shade.

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Okashi had been trying to hit the last shade who was still alive. After constantly missing he went over to his pipe that still laid by the table he had been drinking at and picked it up. Turning around he expected the shade to attack him, but he had not. Looking at the stairs he understood why, the young girl who was unconscious earlier was walking down the stairs. As the shade went to attack her Okashi made a dash for him and tried to reach him before he attacked, but he was to slow. Even though he didn't stop the attack the girl acted as if he wasn't even there, dodging the attack effortlessly. By the time the shade stopped his attack and turned and prepared for another attack Okashi had closed the distance and was now on top of the man. Shock that he was there the shade went to attack. but Okashi just dodged it, grabbed his wrist , and used his pipe to break the shades arm at the elbow. A cry of pain was heard as the mans arm was broken, not wanting to listen to this Okashi picked the man up with one arm by the neck and held him in the air until he stopped moving.

After having finished off the last of the shade he turned to follow the other that had left. It wasn't that he wanted to help these people it was that if he followed them they would probably lead him to more shade and more money. Looking around It was obvious that he would have to leave, everyone had either left or was petrified after seeing the fight. He threw the shade that now dangled from his hand over his shoulder and walked over to the other that lay unconscious and did the same. With both of his prisoners over his shoulders he headed out of the inn, before leaving he said in a plight tone, "Sorry for the trouble." and headed out the door.

Once outside Okashi looked around and seen the girl from before on the ground with her hand over her chest. Before he could go over and see what was wrong a young man knocked her out with his sword. At first he wondered why the young man had done what he had done. After thinking about it Okashi realized why, If she's unconscious she can't feel the pain. Okashi dropped the men off of his shoulders, there body falling to the ground and turned to see a young women appear. This one again was a shade and went on about how she was going to kill one of them and leave the rest for now. Pretty sure of herself he thought, right before she launched a lightning attack and charged after it.

Kiriko

Kiriko had killed the shade with ease and was standing over his body when Raiyn came out of the inn. He was going to say hi or something like that, but before he got his chance an old lady came up to him and took his hand in hers. At first he thought it was a nice old lady worried about what had happened. Before he could do anything though both of them disappeared. Then before he even had time to think about what had just happened the Princess came out of the inn. She looked around quickly before saying they should head for the end of town. Just as he was about to tell her that he had seen Raiyn disappeared, she sank to the ground clutching her chest saying that someone was using a demonic jewel. Having a quick flash back to the last town Kiriko knew he couldn't let that happen again. Fortunately for him someone else had the same idea and knocked her out. It was the young shade. Kiriko probably would have attacked him, if it weren't for the fact that he was about to do the same thing.

Kiriko was about to tell him good job, but was cut short by and unmistakable voice. Turning he saw the elven women from before holding a new sword. From the looks of it Kiriko could tell there was a lighting jewel inside from the black strings that ran up and down her blade. From past experiences he new that they were no fun to fight against. Then doing what would seem foolish to most, he up his blades back in there sheaths. Instead he drew 2 of his throwing knifes in his left hand and his spider wire in his right. Then As he had predicted she launched an attack of lighting straight at him. Unfortunate for the women this is why he carries throwing knifes. So he aimed his knife so that when he threw it, it would go straight at the lighting attack. And for the elven women along with her own attack that the knife would conduct.

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Talazar watched, pleased, as the boy struggled to regain his footing. He backed up even more now, his arms still spread wide to show he meant no immediate harm, yet. Giving the boy plenty of room, Talazar was content that this would either allow him, if he chose to, enough of a head start to make fleeing plausible, or if it came down to it, enough leeway to dodge any sudden attacks. Talazar let an amused and still devious smile spread across his lips as the boy drew a dagger he carried, probably the only other weapon he had. So he chose to fight? Very well, Talazar would ensure a good fight and slow death.

"I won't give you the pleasure of my running, Shade. I'll be taking my weapon back and I'll kill you with it,"
the boy had said. Nodding with slight approval, Talazar finally spoke.

"Well," he began, "you've definitely got courage. It's either a courage that should be looked upon in awe, or a stubbornness that results in an, unfavorable... end..." Talazar's smirk increased as he spoke, emphasizing the last word dramatically while eying the boy carefully. "Anyway, I'm feeling rather, playful, tonight. So let's make this interesting." The man held up the sword in front of him and backed another pace or two. By now he'd managed to navigate around the boy to where he'd started, next to the massive boulder. His arm suddenly swung out and in one precise motion, smashed the jewel against the hard rock, dislodging it from the sword without harming the weapon itself. Talazar watched the little jewel fall uselessly to the ground, before rotating the now normal weapon in his hands. "Now then," he said. "Catch."

It was of course, warned, but yet at the same time sudden, and could catch most off guard. The speed at which the man could reverse his grip on a weapon and hurl it forward, the blade rotating so fast that it melted into one complete and solid shiny grey circle, humming as it traveled through the air. The weapon was well crafted, that was for sure as it rotated neatly around the crosspiece, the midpoint of balance. Talazar's aim was never off unless he wanted it to be, and now he sent the weapon spiralling towards the boy's right shoulder. If he didn't move quickly and actually totally out of the way, it would either slice through his arm, or lodge into his collar bone. Either way, Talazar didn't care.

He moved next, following the weapon as it traveled but not matching its speed. He trailed the hammer behind him, held firmly in his right hand as he ran forward in preparation for an uppercut, or swing. The boy would no doubt doge to the left, as moving to the right would result in worse maiming or decapitation, but when he went to the left he'd encounter something possibly worse.

As Talazar approached he brought up the massive hammer in one heavy arc, the head moving to intercept the boy's evasion. The only other option would be dodge backwards or simply take the blade. His shoulder would be shot, of course, and Talazar had chosen the right because most swordsmen were right handed, but at least that option gave the boy another weapon other than his dagger. Whatever the outcome, Talazar didn't care. He was always thinking, planning the best attack within a moment before executing it flawlessly. Time seemed to slow for the man as he was bursting with anticipation, waiting for the boy to either fall by the blade, or his hammer. It suited him either way, Talazar simply wanted to see him dead.

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Raiyn Illander

His eyes widened as the Shade slammed his sword against a rock and to his utter horror, the jewel came bouncing free. The green gem landed in the dirt, still sparkling brightly. Raiyn's eyes widened as he witnessed his weapon destroyed in such a fashion.

"Now then. Catch."

Startled, he lifted his eyes to catch the weapon already in mid air, flipping handle over end at an amazing speed right at him. Having already been beaten pretty badly, he knew there was no way he could catch the blade as it came at him. At the same time, behind the blade the Shade rushed him, raising the wickedly large hammer that also wielded earth as it's power. Though the darker side of that power was much more deadly than his own had been. Raiyn was running out of options and time. With his mind made up, he shifted to the left, hoping to at least lessen the wound he was about to take.

The sword connected with his shoulder, going half through. His mouth opened in a silent cry that he managed to stem before allowing his scream to pierce the air. Stumbling backwards, he used the distanced he'd gained from being run through by his own sword and pulled back his good hand that held the dagger. In a single thrust over his shoulder, he released the dagger, sending it flying right back at the Shade. Losing his balance to the sword that still vibrated through his shoulder, he fell onto the ground hard on his back. He never saw if his dagger did what it was supposed to or not.

Instead he reached over with his free hand and attempted to pull the weapon out of his shoulder. The other half of the blade having gone deep into the soft dirt beneath him, made it all the more difficult to remove the weapon. He clenched his teeth as he pulled at the sword, his voice half crying out as the weapon slid slightly. His breath was short as it heaved out of his chest, one leg pushing against the ground as he tried to ignore the burning all through his right shoulder and chest. Raiyn had to dislodge the sword, and quickly in order to use it to defend himself against Talazar, who was most likely still standing.

Nira Ku

The dagger came out of the darkness of her magic. There was no time to move from it and her pale eyes widened slightly in surprise. The knife cut through her shoulder, and with it brought back a good portion of her own magic. Her scream cut through the darkness as she stumbled in mid run and dropped. Her hand let go of her sword and clutched the weapon that was the source of her pain. With a single, fluid pull, she managed to get the blade out and toss it to the ground. Quickly, she picked up her blade again and took several nimble steps back away from the group. Her teeth clenched together as she glared at them.

Then she straightened and smiled at them, a wicked grin that showed her white teeth. Her beautiful pale face gleaming in the darkness and her eyes reflecting the fire light from the town behind them. A soft laugh echoed from her lips, then slowly it grew until her sweet voice was loud with laughter. As the sound fell from her lips, she'd slowly taken steps backwards into the darkness. The power in her sword crackled as she let it build once more. Once she'd faded into the darkness, she snapped her fingers, black magic curling around her hand.

She shot that power out at the taller man who was new to the group. Nira hadn't seen him before, but assumed he'd joined them. Without waiting to see if her attack hit, she let the darkness over her blade extend and in a hard swipe she sent a blast of magic at them all. Still moving in the darkness, she snapped her fingers once more, dark magic filling her hands. This time she sent the blast at Aelianus, though it was less potent than the one she sent at the new comer. Another barrage of her black electricity came right after. Still stepping around in the darkness at a good distance, she sent one final elven spell at the woman in red before her voice called out to them amongst the crack of power.

"It matters not if I cannot kill you now. The boy will be dead before the end of the night. That is just the start of our little game," she laughed. Without another word, she let her teleportation spell take her away from them and back to Talazar to see how the fighting was going. She came into the darkness next to Iri who was watching the fighting with a sick gleam in her eye. Nira turned just in time to catch the boy taking his own blade right through is shoulder and throwing a little dagger at Talazar.

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Talazar followed the the projectile a mere three paces behind it. He saw it, the blade penetrate into the boy's shoulder and watched as he used the impact to knock himself back, out of range of the hammer that came up just seconds after the area where the boy's body had been was vacated. Talazar stopped in mid stride now, his right arm crossed over his chest as the hammer dragged it on through empty space. His eyes followed the figure back, and again he found himself commending the boy. It had been a while since he'd fought an enemy like this, one willing to do whatever it took to survive and escape, even if it cost them a great deal of pain and possible permanent damage.

The dagger the boy held now caught his attention as his good arm reeled back and flung it forward, his counter simply a replication of Talazar's attack on a downgraded scale. Instinctively and almost as if it were of no threat at all, Talazar brought his arm back around so that the hammer met the incoming blade, a metallic ringing emanating from the two upon impact before the blade was diverted away, spiraling off into the darkness.

Watching the weapon flee into the night, Talazar just caught a glimpse of the shiny reflective metal before it was lost to even him. He then adjusted his gaze back onto the boy, who lay several feet in front of him, sprawled out on his back and struggling to remove the blade from his shoulder. Before Talazar could do anything, his attention shifted again as he registered a new presence, but already knew it was Nira. He eyed the woman carefully and immediately frowned. "That was too quick," he said. "I take it she's still alive?" Talazar let the hammer fall to his side now, his grip loosening just a moment as he was sure for now the boy was of no harm. "What happened to your shoulder?"

As he spoke, Talazar paced around to Raiyn, the jewel in the hammer glowing again to allow vines to once more protrude from the ground and lift him up into a rough standing position, though considering his feet were dangling, it was more hanging than anything. As the man awaited the woman's response, he looked at the boy in what could almost be pity, but then a vicious malice overrode that as if a light had switched in his eyes. Reaching up with his left hand he took hold of the hilt and said quietly, "On three, you can bleed out." He paused so the boy could register his words. "One -" Talazar yanked hard on the weapon, ripping the steel out cleanly in one motion so that it didn't increase size of the wound, yet with enough force to ensure that the pain was excruciating. He smiled at this and spun the blade around, giving it a quick flick to try to get off some of the blood before turning to Nira again.

"It seems shoulders tend to be the target lately," Talazar said quietly, eying the shoulder he'd patched on Nira earlier and then the one opposite one that now held a fresh wound. "So, would you like some help next time, sweetie?" He spoke the last statement softly, as if undermining the woman's abilities even though he knew she could probably blast him away with a simple snap of her fingers. Although it was condescending, the man's words were the closest one could probably find that resembled any kind care or offer to help.

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Raiyn Illander

How the hell did this happen? He thought to himself once again, his vision swimming slightly as he pulled at the sword in his shoulder. It didn't want to budge, that or he was lacking the strength to do anything about it. His fingers were being cut by the razor sharp edge and that alone was making it difficult to grasp the weapon properly. As he predicted his ridiculous attack with the dagger did nothing to stop Talazar. He saw the man tower over him as he spoke to someone who had come back. From the sounds of it, Raiyn was sure that the elven Shade had returned. His heart lifted slightly at the Shades' words. Her quick return could only mean one thing. The Princess was still alive, and hopefully so were the others. It was not, however, going to be the same for him. He swallowed hard as Talazar's magic erupted through the earth, encasing him in vines once more.

Lifted off the ground, higher than before, he was turned to face the Shade who looked at him with an evil glint in his eyes. Suspended in the air, his body wrapped tightly, he couldn't move or do anything to stop the man as he reached up and took hold of the swords handle. His breath sucked in the cool night air heavily as he glared at the Shade.

"On three, you can bleed out. One -"

There was a short pause between his sentence and the start of the count. However, at 'one' the weapon was yanked free from his shoulder, spilling hot blood all across his front and back. Every muscle tensed, tightening from the agony. His cry echoed in the area, filling the dead night's silence. He sucked in a shaking breath as his head fell forward, blonde hair covering his eyes that were shut tightly. After a moment his body relaxed in the entrapment. He didn't have the strength to even try to struggle free, the vines were tight enough as is.

Princess... his pain filled mind felt groggy, he couldn't really put together a coherent thought after having the sword ripped out of him. So he hung there, his chin against his chest as he struggled to stay awake, and keep the air pulling into his lungs.

Nira Ku

"That was too quick, I take it she's still alive? What happened to your shoulder?"

Her lips pulled back to bare her teeth and she huffed between clenched teeth, "She's alive, though she'll have a nice bruise at the back of her head. Your dear Aelianus decided to knock her out before I could have any fun with any of them. As for my shoulder, the boy got in a lucky shot. I'm sure they're enjoying the rest of my power though, immensely," her words slid from her tongue, clearly she enjoyed the idea of putting them through hell and back. She could even imagine the pain filled screams that would have filled the air had she stayed long enough to actually listen to them.

Her eyes brightened though as she watched Talazar lift the swords man off the ground and take hold of the sword that had gone half through his shoulder. The boy's scream of pain was more than enough for her to listen to in placement of the others that she'd attacked. He had a strong voice, she liked it very much. She came down the hill to meet Talazar as he flicked the blade to remove some of the blood. Her lips spread in a wicked smile as she gently tapped them with a slender finger.

"It seems shoulders tend to be the target lately," to this, Nira grinned as she looked up at the boys profusely bleeding wound. A side glance to Talazar told her he was eyeing both of her shoulders, particularly the one he'd patched up and the one with the new wound.

"So, would you like some help next time, sweetie?"

Instantly her lips pulled into a frown as he uttered the word 'sweetie', but she couldn't ignore the look he gave her either. His words were dripping in sarcasm to say the least, the condescending tone rubbing her the wrong way and making her bristle in anger. However, the anger was tempered as she noted the slight look of sincerity in his eyes.

"I'll allow you to help," she said, her smile slowly returning as she looked up to the boy, "If you do one thing for me. Make him bleed some more, but don't kill him. I think a slow death is suitable for this insolent whelp who continues to get in our way," by the end of the sentence her voice had turned to a growl. Pale eyes were narrowed as she glared up at him. A wicked laugh escaped her as she imagined the look on the princess' face when she found the young man after he'd long since passed. Or maybe they would make it in time to hear his last words, how devastating would it be to the Jewel Princess? One stepping stone at a time, Nira was going to destroy the woman, starting from the inside out.

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Talazar nodded at the woman's explanation, at least content with the fact that she'd left them with a parting gift, no doubt a volley of magic. When she told of Aelianus, his expression wasn't shocked at all, especially considering past experiences with the boy, though they were memories he refused to revisit. Nevertheless, Talazar watched her carefully; her expressions and posture, her figure in the dim lighting, before suddenly he readjusted his gaze, turning now to the boy who hung from the vines.

"I'll allow you to help," Nira said behind him, "If you do one thing for me. Make him bleed some more, but don't kill him. I think a slow death is suitable for this insolent whelp who continues to get in our way."

Talazar, who had been frowning while observing Nira's wounds now smiled again as he watched the boy. He could tell the pain was intense, the scream from earlier would've surely woken and alerted all animals or people within a mile radius, maybe more. At her request, Talazar obliged happily. He hadn't intended to kill him anyway, but he was hoping for more of a fight. Indeed it would've been better with his scythe, but he wouldn't complain now. Not while he had a victim to torment, someone whose life he could make a living hell, someone he could completely destroy, savoring every ounce of pain he could draw out before the final breath had escaped idle lungs.

Carefully Talazar placed the flat of the blade under the boy's chin and lifted his head up. He was fading, the pain and sudden loss of blood probably cluttering his head and fogging his mind. "You've still never answered my questions," he finally said. His words were just above a whisper, but they were just as devious as ever. "You're about to die, you could very well confess it now while you have the chance. I'd be happy to pass it onto her, the Princess." It was still a mind game for the man, ripping down what was left of barriers, finding the supports of morale and sending them crashing down. Completely and entirely breaking the will to live. Perhaps though, Talazar could spark some fight, though it seemed unlikely.

"I'm curious how the girl will look... Wonder if she'll cry, scream your name even though she knows you'll never respond. And then, if she'll continue while she allows herself to give in." Talazar thought back a moment to when he'd first encountered her. He could see she was so tempted to simply allow herself to die, yet something inside her willed her to continue, to persevere. The man spoke again, his face now devoid of any emotion and his words still soft, completely belying the way they probably felt, a sharp as any blade.

"Perhaps she shares the same feelings you do, but oh yes, that's right. Weren't you simply intending to use her like everyone else? Certainly someone like you couldn't see anything in the girl besides a tool, something to be used, especially with the abilities she possesses. Oh no, you could never get past narcissistic ways and feel anything more... But then, even if you could. What would come of it?" Talazar turned to Nira now, removing the sword from the position it was in. "I wonder if this boy could possibly pull of the oldest trick. If she indeed feels something for him, and I do believe I saw it, could she fall madly in love with him and use him to cling to as hope? Use him as the pillar upon which she builds her iron will to survive? While he goes around with no intention of reciprocating, but instead allowing her to follow blindly while he bends her to his will?" His last words were a mixture of a question and a statement, as if he already knew the answer but still felt the need to ask no one in particular.

Suddenly Talazar was spun around and the blade was up in the air and back down before a second had ticked by. In that moment he'd made a clean, precise but not deep cut across the upper part of the boy's left arm. Talazar pulled the blade back to admire the tip, knowing that it penetrated just past the skin, but no further. He then dropped the weapon down in his grasp, rolling it over his fingers until he held it in the reverse, the blade pointing down. "You won't die tonight. We'll make sure of that, but you certainly deserve it. The poor Princess, she's a gentle girl, scared, without friends, no wish to carry what she's been cursed with. But oh, the knight comes parading in to give her hope, to help her on and then live happily ever after."

Talazar jabbed the blade into the ground and looked at the boy, not entirely sure if he was still conscious. Leaning forward, his last words were a complete whisper. "If love conquers all, you mustn't love her, not truly. You're still here, fading... slowly..."

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Raiyn Illander

He barely heard the elf's voice as she spoke to Talazar, his heart beat was too loud in his ears as he could feel the blood simply pouring from his wounded shoulder. Breathing was hurting and he wondered idly if his sword had cut his lung or not, how far to the left had he really gone in order to avoid the hit? Possibly not far enough, the pain was too much to think properly though.

His head was lifted by cold steel and his eyes barely focused on the Shade before him. Talazar continued on about the Princess, trying to get Raiyn to tell him his true feelings for the woman. He ignored the man's words, only gazing at him blankly, breath wheezing in and out of his lungs in short, heavy sets.

"I'm curious how the girl will look... Wonder if she'll cry, scream your name even though she knows you'll never respond. And then, if she'll continue while she allows herself to give in."

Raiyn's eyes widened as he listened to the man. Both women before the Princess came to mind. Their voices screaming his name over and over again as they were brutally killed before him. The images were brilliant in the back of his mind, playing out clearly as if it had happened just moments ago. Their screams of pain and anguish, their cries to him, tears in both of their eyes. Raiyn's heart jumped in his chest, his breathing sucking in sharply as he shook violently, even the vines holding him trembled lightly from his reaction.

"Perhaps she shares the same feelings you do, but oh yes, that's right. Weren't you simply intending to use her like everyone else? Certainly someone like you couldn't see anything in the girl besides a tool, something to be used, especially with the abilities she possesses. Oh no, you could never get past narcissistic ways and feel anything more... But then, even if you could. What would come of it?"

"Enough," Raiyn muttered between quick breaths, almost pleading in a way.

"I wonder if this boy could possibly pull of the oldest trick. If she indeed feels something for him, and I do believe I saw it, could she fall madly in love with him and use him to cling to as hope? Use him as the pillar upon which she builds her iron will to survive? While he goes around with no intention of reciprocating, but instead allowing her to follow blindly while he bends her to his will?" Talazar turned to the elven Shade as he spoke.

A burn filled his chest, his tongue felt dry and he a bitter taste filled the back of his mouth, "No. Never," he managed to mutter out. Something was stirring deep inside. A being that he'd carefully kept under control all these years. A cruel killer that had thought of nothing but revenge after the loss of his last lover. The cold, calculating and utterly powerful creature was slowly being woken by the Shade's words and actions before him.

A flash of silver and then a sharp burn had him biting his tongue as a groan of pain escaped him. His eyes squeezed shut to fight off the clean cut across his upper arm, but as he opened them once more the normally bright green that held life to them was now a dark green that was nothing but cold and calculating. He didn't hear anything else the Shade said as he was held there tightly in the grip of the vines. His hand that wasn't broken flexed, tightening into a fist that squeezed the leather of his fingerless gloves. The power that gave him the ability to nullify magic boiled deep with in, turning into something else entirely.

Off to the side, where his green Angelic Jewel lay the ground trembled. The gem glowed brighter than ever. Lifting his head, he looked at the Shade, the green of eye color seemingly swirling slightly just like his jewel was with power. A cold smile lifted his lips slightly as he pulled himself forward in the encasement of the vines. The elven woman gave a soft growl and drew her weapon, shoving the steel underneath his chin, the tip of it just barely piercing his throat. His eyes turned to her and without needing to touch the gem, the black Demon stone darkened.

"Insolent child!" Her voice raged, drawing her sword back, she swiped at his chest, cutting the fabric cleanly and drawing more blood to cover him. Raiyn winced and drew back slightly but this only enraged him further and from the ground around the elven woman, vines shot up and encased her tighter than himself. With a single thought, he threw her to the ground using the vines and turned his attention back to the Shade before him.

"Here is my thanks to you for waking me," Raiyn said, though it wasn't himself talking. The cold killer had come back, driven by old memories and thoughts of blood only. The vines shot forward, some to wrap around the large man, others to run him through. Whether Talazar managed to escape the attack or not, Raiyn didn't care. So long as they were there, he would rip up the entire earth if it meant killing them all. From the darkness behind them, a shrill voice screamed in rage and pain. Raiyn paid it no attention. His mind was set on killing the two he saw before him, his power controlling him completely even as he bled out.

Kirrah Shay

The Jewel Princess brought her back into consciousness. The pounding headache the only thing that kept her on the ground for a few seconds more. Slowly she got to her feet, just as a powerful swipe of black magic erupted from the darkness and went right at them. The Princess was in full control now and brought up her sword and deflected the attack with a slight thrust of wind. Turning, she looked at the group to assess the damage. She'd felt the Shade's magic and knew that the woman was no longer near them.

Her eyes narrowed in on the young boy who had knocked her out, "We will talk later," the Princess voiced angrily. At the back of her mind, Kirrah watched the events as they happened, her heart in her throat and her eyes wide as she listened and heard herself talk but had no control over herself at all. A sudden scream echoed in the dark, agony filling the sound and both Kirrah and the Princess' heart filled with fear. Turning sharply to the sound the Jewel Princess looked out into the darkness, her eyes wide.

"Hurry!" She yelled at the others and sprinted towards the dark trees just beyond the road. Her jewel called out to her, begging to be used and she allowed it. Drawing on the power of the wind, she shot forward several times, speeding her advance towards the scream she'd heard. As she came up the hill, she spotted a dark cloaked figure that was standing with their back to the Princess. Pulling her sword back to her chest, she held it in the position best for running someone through. Another burst of wind beneath her feet and she was launched at the Shade, giving them no time to defend.

Her weapon went right through the woman's back, causing her to scream in shock from the attack. Removing her blade, the woman fell to the ground and rolled, dead before she stopped at the bottom of the hill. Without waiting, she rushed down the small slope as her eyes set on the boy who was entangled in vines. A dark glistening liquid could be seen all across his back and the vines around him. Her heart tightened as she realized it was blood that was dripping from him. Was she too late? Was he... dead? The scream she heard earlier played again in her head and she thought the absolute worst had happened, however in front of the boy the two Shades from before stood there. Between them vines writhed in agitation, but the Jewel Princess didn't know who's power that was.

Without another thought, she rushed forwards, her voice erupting from her throat, "Raiyn!"

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Aelianus

Aelianus had watched the whole exchange. He wasn't sure how to respond when Nira commented on his knocking out the Princess, but was relieved when her attention was diverted from him. The boy witnessed it all, watched as the attack was made from both sides, resulting in Nira's being wounded, the small knife lodging firmly into her shoulder and causing a momentary fault. At this, Nira let out a sound he'd never heard from her before, a true scream followed by a laugh that sent chills up his spine. Truly it wasn't a joyful laugh, but that of the kind Talazar usually dabbled in, a more psychotic one, or at least, that's how Aelianus described it. He'd known what to expect next, but still wasn't ready as she retaliated.

Aelianus was already retreating back as the first blast of magic flew forward, targeting apparently the newest presence, that of the large man he'd seen earlier in the Inn. Aelianus didn't have time to figure out if it had hit or not as suddenly another wave came right after the first attack, targeting everyone and knocking the boy backwards. He landed hard a yard or so away, but when he sat up is when the actual attack hit. Whether or not it was meant to do any real damage, Aelianus wasn't sure. He was still technically on the shade's side, but he still wasn't ready for the power Nira possessed to be thrown at him.

Taking the impact square in the chest, Aelianus could feel the energy surging through him as it hit, knocking the wind from his lungs and sending him back farther. He coughed and winced, even let out a cry of pain as he slid across the rough ground to a stop. The chains he carried seemed to have mixed effects and he had no idea if they helped block the attack, or conduct it, but he didn't have time to answer as yet another round came at them from the shadows, a web of crackling electricity like a net. This the metal links did conduct, and Aelianus hadn't realized he had bitten his tongue until the taste of blood was in his mouth.

It was about now the Princess woke again. Whether or not it was because Aelianus hadn't hit her hard enough, or because the creature inside her forced her into consciousness, the boy would never know. He did however give her a weak smile and shrug as he stood, the only reply he could manage as of now. He'd expected nothing more, and at least his actions were in a way just. He could easily defend them from whatever point of view he chose.

The scream cut everyone off. Who it belonged to was undeniable, Aelianus knew it as the Princess did and he just barely had time to gather himself again in an attempt to suggest against going towards the source, but she'd already shot off. Aelianus didn't bother checking anyone else, but followed immediately. She was far ahead and he had even lost her once in the process of pursuing her, but finally he reached their destination, though it seemed too late. He came up onto the hill just in time to see the Princess to fleeing down it again, the shade she'd just killed lying idly by. Surveying the area, Aelianus took stock of the situation.

Talazar

Something changed in the boy that was for sure. At first, Talazar had smiled, thinking he'd either broken him or managed to pull what last bits of fight he could from the bloodied body. It wasn't until Nira had stepped forward, placed her blade to his neck and found that her jewel had been rendered utterly useless did he frown again. He was about to suggest she move back, he was even going to pull her away himself, but the boy beat his movements.

Talazar watched as Nira was caught in an entanglement of vines, lifted and tossed away uselessly. He didn't need to see the attack to know he was to be targeted next, but registered the boy's words.

"Here is my thanks to you for waking me," he said. As Talazar looked at the boy he noted the change; what was once a broken shade of light green was now a steely dark hue, one that held in them the same coldness and calculating abilities Talazar himself usually bore. He leapt immediately to the side and rolled, easily evading the attacks and swinging the boy's sword he still held to fend off any other of vines, taking several cautious steps back in the process. He needed distance now, then he’d attack again.

"Raiyn!"

Hell seemed bent on escaping now as newcomers had decided to join the party. Talazar's eyes moved quickly to where the voice had come from, though knew already the source. The Princess had decided to deliver herself to them, to come for the bait and protect this boy. This was perfect. Talazar let out a laugh at her, and then looked up to the top of the hill now as another figure materialized. The boy was unimportant. Totally disregarding Aelianus and instead registering what was on his back, Talazar smiled wider still.

A new fight seemed to have started itself now with just the right collection of pieces. The boy, Raiyn, had found in himself his second wind. The girl, the Princess, had just brought herself to the place of slaughter simply to answer the boy's plea in the night, his screams, and Aelianus had managed to make himself useful for once in bringing Talazar's scythe.

The man continued laughing, as if everything was perfect in the world, as if all his unvoiced prayers had been answered by a higher being despite all the sins he'd ever committed. Smiling probably the most he’d had in the long time, the man prepared himself for what he needed to do next. He turned to Nira now, having managed to retreat away enough to reach her and picked her up. Ignoring anything she may say or do, he harnessed the power in his own jewel and launched himself and her up towards Aelianus.

Talazar landed gracefully, skidding slightly with the combined weight of himself and Nira, but still stayed upright. Aelianus took a pace back, unsure now of what Talazar was going to do as he set down the woman and then paced around him. The boy was aware that Talazar would go for his scythe, but he hadn’t expected the world to go black a moment later. As the man brandished his weapon again, he frowned at the fact that no jewel was present, but that was only a minor setback, it worked fine either way. He looked to his feet, to where Aelianus lay and simply stepped over him, now proceeding down the hill again. Talazar disposed of the hammer, throwing it to the side now as he was about to unleash a combination he rarely used. It was one of his most deadly, dual wielding a sword and his scythe, and ensured that a good fight was to ensue.

“Stay here,” he said simply to Nira. “I’ll make their deaths slow and painful; just make sure no one forestalls my judgment.”

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Kirrah Shay

"Raiyn!" Her voice called again as the Shade used his large hammer to throw himself and the elven woman away from her as she approached. They went into the air and landed at the top of the hill that Kirrah had just come down. Her heart slammed in her throat at the amount of blood she saw covering Raiyn's toned body. She could only stare at him as she came to a halt in front of him. Though he was taller than her to start with, she had to look up even more as he was now held off the ground several inches.

As her eyes met his, the normally cool green that always seemed to be harder than they should like he was hiding things, was now a deep dark emerald that sent chills down her spine. He'd changed completely and she wasn't sure what it was that happened to make him the way he was just then. His lips pulled into a small grin as he looked down at her. The vines in the ground still writhed around them, and slowly the ones holding him up were beginning to shudder and release their hold on him. Kirrah watched in fear as he just gazed at her, the vines around him whipping around in a deadly fashion.

Her gaze was taken as she spotted the Shade coming back down the hill after leaving the elven woman there. In his hand was his scythe and the sword that she'd seen him with. A sharp gasp filled her lungs as she realized that the bloodied weapon was Raiyn's. As he was still untangling himself, Kirrah stepped around him and raised her weapon at the white haired man. Her gem glowed brightly in the darkness, the cool air began to pick up as it whipped around her body like a shield. She'd seen his power with that weapon and was ready for any earthen attack he would send at her.

However, nothing like that came and she was slightly perplexed as to what the man intended to do as he continued down the hill. She couldn't tell if he was ever going to use the power in his scythe, so, instead of waiting, she pulled her power to her sword. Directing the wind to the blade, she slashed at the air in front of her and sent three wind blades at the man. Before she could see if she'd hit anything, Raiyn dropped to the ground next to her, freed from his confinement. It took the young man a moment to gain his balance, clearly weakened by the loss of so much blood.

Still, he turned and with a strong hand, pushed her behind him. In the same motion he pulled her blade from her startled hands and held the weapon downwards, the tip pointed to the ground as he stood there. He watched the man approach them and Kirrah narrowed her eyes at the back of his head. She didn't know what he meant to do, but fear of his getting killed in the process was almost overwhelming.

"Raiyn, what are you doing?" She asked him, her voice hissing between her teeth, a mixture of anger and concern.

"Stay out of this," came his sharp, cold reply. He'd always been cold to her before, but now it seemed as if he truly meant what he was saying. The Jewel Princess lifted an eyebrow as she was caught off guard. At the back of her mind, the girl shivered.

"What's wrong with him?" Kirrah asked.

"I don't know. This power is so strong, much like mine. But he's so cold, so distant. I don't know where to start to calm his rage."

"He's angry?"

"It's overwhelming, can't you feel it?"

"No," Kirrah shook her head to the Jewel Princess' confused question.

Inside her mind she felt the Princess sigh heavily, "You have much to learn if we are going to meld together. That power he's wielding is out of rage. Utterly pure and cold. Something's triggered this and he's lost to it right now. There has to be something we can do to bring him back to how he was before."

"Do you think that's a good idea? He's about to start fighting. What if he loses this strength and gets killed?"

"As it stands now, he's got more of a chance of being killed like this than when he's himself."

"Raiyn," the Jewel Princess reached out and touched his arm, trying to get his attention once more. However, he only looked over his shoulder and glared at her. In a single swipe of his arm, he knocked her away from him and stepped forwards.

"Let's see who's more deadly, shall we?" Raiyn's icy cold voice didn't seem to be his own as he called out to the Shade. He flipped Kirrah's sword in his hand, the fluid motion almost blurred as he did it.

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay
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Talazar was doing all he could to hold himself back. Constantly his muscles tensed and relaxed, his fingers flexing in turn on both hands as each grasped tightly to either the sword or shaft of his scythe. The man watched patiently as the boy finally freed himself from his bindings and fell to the ground near the girl. Evading her strikes was simple and finally he'd come to a halt approximately ten meters from where they stood. He now waited, observing quietly the exchange between them. The look of shock on the girl's face, the obvious confusion she showed at the boy's words to stay out of her way, Talazar had to smile, the boy she knew was lost to her as of now.

Apparently something he'd said triggered a change, forced away the pitiful excuse for a man he'd seen just moments prior, and now replaced him with a cold hard killer. Or at least someone who had the intent to be such.

"Raiyn," the girl had repeated. Her words were almost like a plea, begging him to return to his normal state, but he more or less completely shrugged her off before turning his attention to Talazar himself. As he spoke, his words were of the same malicious breed as Talazar's, and to this, the man nodded approval.

"Let's see who's more deadly, shall we?"


"Very well!" Talazar responded, chuckling slightly to himself, "Though you're going to regret it."

The man adjusted his stance now, spreading his feet slightly to distribute his weight while moving his left arm forward , bent enough so no impact would shatter his elbow, and holding the scythe at shoulder height, parallel to the ground. His right arm was positioned more acutely, drawn back so that he held the blade angled up with the flat just two inches from his left arm, crossing diagonally in front of his shoulder. The stance was simple, allowed for easy and quick movements, utilizing the scythe's length for more of the combat while keeping the sword ready to take a role as either defensive or supportive. The fighting style past this beginning pose was then left to the combatant's discretion. Personally Talazar knew he could've chosen a better starting position, but he needed to weigh up Raiyn and whatever new strength he may have mustered. For now this sufficed.

Without waiting for Raiyn to move first, Talazar dashed forward, completely dropping the readied stance and closing the distance considerably quickly. The fact that Raiyn was just in front of the Princess helped him in what he would do next as he came up on the two with his scythe and sword trailing behind him, though as usual the blade of the massive farmer's tool was dug into the earth and cutting a clear line that marked each step of the man's progression.

As Talazar crossed the imaginary line that marked one meter, he sudden brought forward the blade of the sword in a simple right-handed uppercut. His right foot had come down in the same instant, and he used it now to pivot himself, his left foot spinning out and tracing the circle as his left arm followed, dragging the scythe forward and across his body as he spun completely 360 degrees. In the final moments of the man's rotation, the scythe swung out, the range supposed to place the blade out far enough to either reach the target who would've normally jumped back in evasion of the first attack, or to extend further than the target. If that were the case, the way Talazar had done the attack required only for him to continue dragging his left arm out to his side, which would bring the weapon and blade forward, back towards him and into the flank or rear of the enemy.

Of course, the fact that the Jewel Princess was behind the boy also meant that even if Raiyn evaded completely, there was the chance he could score a hit on her. No matter the outcome, Talazar was ready to go on the defensive or continue in his assault. The man smiled wickedly, showing his teeth which gleamed with the same evil light as his eyes, and even the blades of his weapons. His right hand by now was recalled to his body, held at what could be a resting position as his right arm was at 90 degrees, crossed over his abdomen with the blade held vertically, just away from his chest. With this ending position, he was ready to slash out if the off chance occurred where the boy evaded both swings and had managed to get in close enough for a counter.

All these thoughts ran through the man's head in the seconds it took for him to execute his movements, his brain never ceasing to think through each and every attack, constantly weighing dangers to outcomes, and then counters or follow-ups.

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Kiriko

Kiriko had been able to hit the elven women with his attack. Unfortunatly this just made her go into a fit of rage. She just launched wave after wave of attacks. Her first target was the new guy, she launched a lighting attack straight at him. Then she launched another attack that was wide spread, aimed for the whole group. Then her former ally, and another wave. Finally she ended with an attack aimed straight for Krisiana. Before she left she said, "It matters not if I cannot kill you now. The boy will be dead before the end of the night. That is just the start of our little game." At first he didn't understand what she had said then it clicked, Raiyn. It's wasn't that Kiriko was fond of the guy, but no one who fought like him deserved to die by a shades hand.

Before he could do anything to the Elven women she disappeared. Kiriko got ready to deflect the attack's, but before he got his chance the Jewel Princess woke up and sent them away like nothing. Then she looked at the former shade and at first he thought she was going to kill him, but fortunatly for the young guy she just said, "we will talk later," and then turned to the forest and said "hurry," before taking off. Kiriko figured that she new where they others were and took off after her.

As he chased her he realized who powerful and smart the jewel princess must be. She copied his technique of using his jewel to speed himself up. Even though they were using the same technique she managed to stay ahead of him. By the time he reached the battle field she had already killed one shade and had went over to Raiyn. As he looked at the battle field, the shade had got his scythe back and was now using it and a sword. Raiyn had taken the Princesses sword and was now read to fight, evn thoguh he had injurys all over his body. Then there was the elven women who was just standing on top of the rock watching the fight.

His first instincts were to go and help Raiyn, but he decided against it. Just from the way he was standing and how the princess had reacted when she looked at him, he could tell that this fight was a matter of pride. So instead he headed over to the elven women and thought that it would be fun to tease her for a while and to keep her out of the fight. As he made his way over he made sure that she didn't notice him, until he jumped on the rock. With a quick jump and a smooth landing he faced the elven women with his hands in his pockets and noticed that the former shade was out cold.

Not really caring about the boy, he decided to apologize to the elven women for the shoulder. In a actually sincere voice said, "Sorry about the shoulder," then in a more childish-joking voice, "but you started it." Then before she did anything he said in actually serious voice,"lets just watch for now," pulling his hand out of his pockets and putting them in the air parallel to his head, "no fight, ok."

Okashi

Okashi had just watched the really short guy throw a knife at the lighting attack. At first he thought, why would he do that. Then he seen the blade conducted the attack and sent it right back at her, landing in her shoulder. After prying it out of her shoulder she launched an attack straight at him. Taking a stance instead of dodging he placed his right foot forward and punched the attack with his right hand. This sent a pain racing down his right side, but after years of fighting his nervers were numb and the attack didn't hurt that bad. Next came two wave attacks for these all he did was switch stances so his left faced her and placed his pipe between him and the attacks, they bounced off like nothing.

Looking to take some revenge he looked for her but didn't see her. Before he had time to think about where she had gone all he heard was, "hurry" and the young girl that had been unconscious was now heading towards the woods. Deciding that she would lead him to more shades and more money he headed after her, leaving his two prisoners behind for now. It was insane how fast she was in no time he couldn't see her, the only reason he knew where she was going was becasue of the giant trail she was leaving.

It took some time, but he finally made it to the battle ground and looked around. The girl was behind a man who seemed to be fighting a guy with a scythe and sword. Then he seen the girl from before ontop of a rock talking to the guy that had injured her earlier. He was going to go and attack her, but decided to watch the other two fight. If it came down to it he could go and take down that other shade, from his fighting style he seemed to be quite dangerous. The more dangerous, the more bounty on there head. Looking around he went over to a near by tree and leaned up against it. Then just sat back and enjoyed the fight, saving his energy for later.

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Raiyn Illander

He didn't move as Talazar came rushing at him, holding both the scythe and his own sword now. His lips pulled into a cruel smile as he narrowed his eyes and lowered his body just slightly as the huge weapon came up at him in an upwards strike. Steel scrapped across steel as Raiyn lifted the sword with a simple flick of his wrist to deflect the blow. As he let the blade slide across his, Talazar pivoted bringing the enormous scythe across his body and twisting around in a full circle. Raiyn watched as the blade extended out towards him. He shifted Kirrah's weapon and prepared to block the attack, however, he misjudged the length of the weapon and how far that Talazar had extended.

Raiyn's dark eyes narrowed as he realized that the man was going to pull back and the blade was going to catch him full on across his back. The earth rumbled beneath him and he summoned the magic that rested in the earthen jewel not to far away. At the same time, the wind jewel in the Princess' blade glowed and the air twisted around him, making him much faster. From the ground behind him, vines erupted to slow the attack and to which Raiyn ducked, just barely feeling the blade cut across him, then he followed the blade as it came back towards the Shade. He noted that the way Talazar retracted the huge weapon put him in the perfect position to counter his attack.

The air swirled around him, pushing at his back as he rushed the Shade. Kirrah's sword was held down at his side as he came at the man. It was the last second that he brought the weapon up to slam into the scythe in an attempt to keep it locked across the man's body and unable to move. With a single thought, he shifted the earth around him, dirt and rocks rising to pelt the man before him. It wasn't as if he expected to cause any serious damage to the Shade, no it was more for annoyance and distraction. The wind picked up around them as Raiyn pushed at Talazar.

Three wind blades exploded from the girls weapon as he pressed it hard against the shaft of the scythe. Whether they hit the Shade or not, Raiyn didn't know, nor did he really care. What he was after was his own sword. To this, the earth had vibrated once more, trembling with the extent of his power as he reached down into the depths of the dirt and called forth a rush of vines to encase the man's hand that held the sword. With his wrist broken, there was nothing he could do to retrieve the weapon, but his vines could do that for him. The only thing he counted on was being able to keep Talazar in one place and nothing else. Thoughts of spilling this man's blood raged forth even as he had decided he wanted his own sword back.

Raiyn turned his green eyes to face Talazar, a cold smile lifting his lips as he pushed against the man, the wind whipping around them violently. Behind him, he could just barely hear the girls cry for his name. However, her scream for him only invigorated the state he was in. The voice reminding him of what he'd lost and how he'd lost it. Their screams were still echoing in his mind and it was Talazar's taunting that had awakened the cold blooded killer that he'd so carefully locked away. No amount of yelling at him would bring him back, not now. He was close to achieving his goal, close to running the blade through the man before him and killing him as slowly as he could.

Nira Ku

The impact she'd taken from Raiyn throwing her had knocked the wind out of her lungs. Unable to recover quickly enough from the attack, she felt Talazar put his arms around her and launch them in the air. Her breath was taken from her as they landed and he gently set her down. Next to them, she watched him knock out the young boy and retrieve his scythe. Slowly the elven woman stood up and watched the fight that ensued down below her, under orders to stay put while Talazar killed the boy.

Her eyes watched with a wicked gleam in the moonlight as he launched a deadly attack that she'd only seen once before. The combination of a sword and scythe, a style she found very pleasing to look upon. This man was much more powerful than the one she was married to. To this thought, her lips pulled into a frown and she crossed her arms. Soon, she would kill the man who thought he could do just whatever he wanted. In fact, it might be sooner than she'd planned with the way things were going.

Then a voice startled her and she glared at the boy who jumped down into her field of vision. Her eyes narrowed at him and her hand moved to reach for her sword. However the weapon was not with her and she realized that it was down in the battle zone with Talazar. She lifted an eyebrow, though, as the boy raised his own hands and announced that they would not fight.

Then she felt a pulse of power right next to her and her heart jumped to her throat. She masked her face quickly before the man she knew was coming appeared in the darkness. Slowly her gaze shifted to look upon her husband as he appeared right next to her. It was rare that he ever left the underground confinements. Nira lifted an eyebrow at the man as he looked towards her, his dark brown eyes clearly messaging his irritation with her.

"Yes?" She asked slowly.

"It seems that I was right to come here. Why is she still alive?"

"The boy is getting in the way," Nira replied with the same clipped tone, uncrossing her arms and flexing her fingers. Magic twisted between each slender finger as she watched her husband.

"Then kill him," he shot back. Nira's lips pulled back into a sneer but before she could utter a response, the man had stalked down the hill and raised his hand. Power filled the air and he shot it out at both Talazar and the boy. He didn't care if the white haired Shade was in the way or not. Nira wouldn't have cared either, if it had been the other way around. If it had been her husband standing there locked in the fight with the damn boy and not Talazar. In an instant she'd disappeared and reappeared in front of the blast. Her magic swirling around her. This was where she drew the line.

The magic hit her, but didn't touch her. The elf summoned every ounce of power she had and launched a full out attack right back at the man who stared at her in astonishment. His voice growled out as he deflected her own magic.

"Woman! What do you think you're doing?"

"You really expect me to answer that when it's obvious?" she laughed. Her fingers curled and magic erupted around her, tossing her hair about her face as she was using her full potential then. "You no longer deserve to live, Kreon."

"Insolent bitch. You expect to kill me so easily?"

"You have no idea," she muttered as her eyes widened and her lips pulled into a wicked smile.

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Sloppy is all Talazar could deem his attack. Effective though it was, fast paced and usually one that caught most enemies off guard, the man had thought he'd taken such meticulous care in planning it out, yet it seemed he'd forgotten to factor in several of the most important variables. Cursing silently to himself, Talazar was annoyed to find that his weapon refused to go any further. The boy, he saw, held his sword in such a manner that the man found his scythe locked awkwardly so that Talazar's arm was off to his side, yet the weapon was trying to keep back a boy who was directly in front of the man. Talazar was straining all the muscles in his wrist and shoulder to maintain the proper amount of leverage so that his own weapon wouldn't allow for the boy's to proceed further and impale him, but he knew this match of endurance wouldn't last long, especially not as the three wind blades tore through him, once over the left shoulder and twice along his chest just beneath the first.

Gritting his teeth, Talazar let out loudly what could only be described as a growl. The noise was definitely inhuman as he bit back the need to relieve himself of the pain, to cry out in anger, but he refused to give the boy the satisfaction of hearing that. The man's once strong and firm hold on his weapon faltered as his muscles shuttered, protesting against his need to flex them in order to keep the boy away. His chest stung terribly and just a moment after he'd been hit, Talazar let out another noise though it was more of a gurgling in the back of his throat as his body lurched back slightly and his head came forward, dropping as he went into bloodied coughing frenzy, ceasing only as he began to choke and lose his breath.

He could've countered by now or even before all this had happened, yes, and it would've been so simple. Though the man was locked, that meant the boy was too and there was no way he could've avoided it and kept Talazar in the same position. It seemed however that just as he was thinking this, even through trying to maintain his grip on his weapon and not simply collapse with the pain in his chest and overwhelming blood in his mouth, Raiyn was guessing about it too. Talazar only assumed the boy had seen the sword and the ready position he held it in, and again growled as he found his right arm now trapped in one spot once more by vines, though they were stronger and more numerous. The growl however simply resulted in having to hack out more blood, the glowing crimson splattering down between himself and the boy.

The magic he felt behind him enraged Talazar more. His gaze had locked with the boy for a moment, but now, despite it all, Talazar had to look back. He just caught a glimpse of Nira, gathering all that she possibly could in preparation of fending off Kreon who'd finally decided to make his appearance. What they were saying was unimportant, though Talazar had caught the woman's threat that he didn't deserve to live, and that was enough for him.

Glancing back at Raiyn, he gathered what strength he could as well and just managed to turn ever so slightly, but enough to allow his right leg to come out at the boy. The attack was simply to get him away so that Talazar could move freely again, because frankly is endurance was failing and the way the vines had wrapped around his wrist so tightly would surely either break his bones or cease the blood flow enough so that eventually he'd lose his grip. It was a long shot to get Raiyn away, and yes Talazar was hellbent on destroying him and the Princess, but after a moment of thought, Kreon's death took priority. Even in Talazar's new state, with his torn cloak and bloodied left half of his chest, he'd do all he could to destroy the man. If Nira thought it was time to wage war, he'd be happy to as well.

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Raiyn Illander

The kick connected hard against his side causing him to stumbled sideways. He glowered at Talazar as the man fought to get some distance between them. However, Raiyn's eyes glinted with satisfaction as he noted the blood the man spat up and the torn up left portion of his chest. Another close encounter with him and another wave of wind blades would put the Shade at a serious disadvantage. Then Raiyn caught the sight of the elven woman who was throwing magic around like nothing. Her hair whipped around her face, lifted up completely off her neck as she stood there in the swirl of her own power. Symbols were etched on the ground beneath her feet as she stood there.

Across from the elf was another man whom Raiyn had never seen before, however, he caught the man's name and his eyes widened slightly. That was Kreon, the leader of the Shades. The one man who was the cause of his pain, the man who had essentially killed both the women he'd loved. His lips pulled back into a sneer as he glared at the man who was fighting the elven woman. Ignoring Talazar completely, he turned himself slightly and lowered Kirrah's blade. The earth shuddered under his feet, then it became a ripple of dirt that raced at Kreon with exceptional speed. Flicking his wrist forward, his sword came up and the wind expelled from it in five blades that followed the earthen attack.

He didn't have time to see if the attack hit his intended target or not as he felt a warm, yet much smaller body, collide with his. He fell to the ground with the blonde woman on top of him, her eyes fierce as she gazed down at him. She looked between a mixture of anger and fear. He glared up at her, irritated that she'd gotten between him and the one man that had started everything and deserved to die. Her hands took his face between them and forced him to look at her.

"Raiyn! Stop! We need to go!" She shouted at him in desperation. He could tell that it was the Jewel Princess talking through the girls body. The girl he knew wouldn't have possibly had enough courage to take him down or even suggest leaving.

"Get off of me," he growled back and tried to push her off, but she slapped his hands away and stayed where she was. Then the Princess did something he was not counting on. She leaned forward and pressed her lips against his causing him to stiffen under her. It took a moment, but he finally could feel himself relaxing and from the weary depths of his conscious he carefully put the killer aside and fell limp under her warmth.

The girl pulled away, her eyes shimmering in the dark, "We have to go," she whispered then looked around them and Raiyn followed her gaze. It was hard to focus as he'd lost all the power that he'd gained moments ago. His body burned from all of the damage he'd taken and he wasn't sure if he could get to his feet again. However, the Princess had a plan in mind already and took hold of her sword that was in his hands and used the air to pick them up off the ground. She held tightly to him as they were righted and the wind pushed them passed the fighting towards Kiriko and Krisiana.

Once they were set down on the ground, Raiyn collapsed, unable to stand any longer. He could hear the Princess' voice call for Kiriko to help her get him back to his feet and to leave. It was the last thing he heard before he was overcome by darkness.

Nira Ku

She expanded her shield, deflecting Kreon's attack as he launched blast after blast at her. All the while, her lips were pulled into a smile as she fought him. Did he really think that he could overcome her? After all, he was the one who had taught her all about magic and from there her own native magic had become more powerful than any elven mage could possibly hope to gain. Another wave of magic pulsed through the air and she batted it aside as if it were merely a fly. In her free hand she weaved another spell, much more complicated than what she'd been using as of late.

The symbols on the ground stretched and expanded allowing more magic to flood into her body. The black crackle of electricity filled the air as she lifted her fingers and exploded a shot of pure energy at the man across from her. It was then that she noted that many black forms were appearing out of the darkness. Her gaze flicked to them as they all came into view. Her lips curled into a crueler smile.

"You call upon the Shades to help you? How pitiful, Kreon. Why would they help a man such as yourself? You are weak and incompetent. It's time for something new," she spat at him. Her eyes flicked between all the other Shades, their pale color daring any man or woman to stand against her and Talazar. She would kill them with a single thought. Nira's arm rested against her side, the black magic crackling up and down the arm entirely, from shoulder to finger tip. Her eyes turned to Talazar who had stood up and was facing her slightly. However, what she saw made her lips pull into a growling frown as she quickly spotted the Princess and the boy leaving the fighting ground.

"You'll pay for what you've done boy!" She screamed into the darkness. For now he would be allowed to leave, she had something more pressing to deal with. That included the new Shades who had just appeared and her husband. She moved to Talazar and placed her hand against his bleeding chest. The wounds were deep and that alone was putting her into a highly enraged state. He wasn't supposed to be anything but in perfect shape, and what the boy had done to him was unacceptable. She would have killed him on the spot if he hadn't run with the Princess. Her magic extended to the large man, not so much to heal the wounds, but to cauterize them and stop the bleeding.

"I'll kill him," she told Talazar her voice growling each word, "Right after we kill this pathetic excuse for a Shade."

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Talazar

Talazar as fine with the boy's plan, as he'd completely ignored him as well. It seemed everyone was entirely focused on Kreon, everyone had a score to settle. The man brought his right arm up suddenly as another wave of coughing hit him, then frowned as he saw that his sleeve was covered in a sick, warm layering of his own blood. The boy's attacks had done damage, that was evident, and the close range didn't help, but he'd get his revenge later. With one final glance to Raiyn, Talazar simply scoffed.

Apparently his assumptions were right as he looked down on the two, the girl laying over the boy in a vain attempt to stop him, to recall him and get him to leave. That was probably for the best, because any longer and the boy would either die from loss of blood, overstress in battle or simply by Talazar's own hands. Talazar turned away now as the girl leaned down towards the boy, he knew what was happening behind him. The Princess then whispered again that they had to leave, and the man nodded. "Boy," he began. His voice was cracked and he found speaking was actually painful. He took a breath as he continued, "You've got skill enough to face me in combat and do more than survive, and that's granted you time to live. Cling to this time, go."

Walking forward now, Talazar didn't care about the boy or the Princess anymore, not until it was their time to die. The man approached Nira and looked down at her, his eyes showing how hard he was trying to hide his hurting behind a cold, hardened glare. The woman's fingers intruding through his torn cloak and touching his wounds caused a sudden pain to surge through his entire body, and he found himself collapsing forward into her, grabbing at the back of her shirt to support himself while a coughing fit ensued.

He felt terrible, especially in front of Kreon, in front of the other shades, simply falling apart like this. All his work he felt was being shattered in these few moments, the strong merciless killer beaten, bloodied, and brought down by terrible bloody coughs. For a moment after he finally gained control again he simply stood resting on the woman as her magic ceased his blood flow. He somehow couldn't help but feel as if this was familiar, and he knew exactly why. He had made sure that day though that something like this would never again happen, but it seemed even that was broken tonight.

"I'll kill him." Nira's voice finally registered in the man's mind. He'd drifted off a moment, just a second and he wasn't sure why. He was definitely off tonight, and he was hell bent on making sure everyone present would know his wrath, even in a state such as this. "Right after we kill this pathetic excuse for a Shade." Talazar smiled somewhat at the her last words, and nodded, though a bit awkwardly as his chin was resting on the woman's shoulder.

Finally he stood and pushed himself off Nira as if he'd just realized what he was doing. He looked at her angrily and brushed past her, fueled now with rage and a need to redeem himself after the show he'd just put on. The man flung out his right arm with the sword to push aside his cloak before finally he reached up and simply undid the single button that held it in place. He let it fall to the ground now to reveal his underclothes; a torn sleeveless shirt that clung to his body and showed easily the muscles beneath, tucked under his black pants that were secured by a belt embedded with dormant jewels. His boots came up to just beneath his calves, and around his neck the gold chain was painted over in places a dull crimson.

Talazar took a moment to look at the jewels along his waist before selecting one and placing it in the vacant spot in his scythe where his old one sat. The fact that it was missing was something to worry about, but not now. The man let the tiny rock shine a moment as he shut his eyes, harnessing the power of the air around him.

"Kreon," he said quietly as his eyes opened once more. He took a moment to situate a fire jewel into Raiyn's sword, then looked up at the man, a steely gaze locking directly onto him. "You shouldn't have intervened in my passing of judgment..."


Aelianus

Aelianus shot up, unsure of where he was, what had happened and why. As he looked around through blurry eyes and a jumbled mind, he began to allow things to register in his head, a clear picture painting itself before him. All around, black cloaks were massing and down the hill he could see the power swelling around Nira. The fact that so many shades had appeared and that Nira seemed to be using all her magic could only mean one plausible thing. Aelianus' eyes shot to the man who stood opposite her, and he immediately found himself backing up.

Why was Kreon here, what could possibly have happened that would call him? Aelianus wasn't sure, and he had plenty of questions. As he watched the scene unfold he just saw Talazar stumble away from the boy who then got more or less tackled by the Princess. He couldn't tell what was happening, but Talazar looked fairly beaten up. His cloak appeared to be torn and his chest glistened an unnatural red. Had the boy just beaten him? Talazar? That wasn't right, but he didn't question as suddenly the Princess and Raiyn came forward to meet up with Krisiana and Kiriko who stood to one side. The shades it seemed were focused entirely on Nira, Talazar and Kreon, so at least they were safe for the moment.

Aelianus stood now and quickly made his way over to the group. "Hurry," he said in a voice just above a whisper, "We've got to go unless you feel like being caught between a battle that'll probably leave this place littered with bodies and lingering spells." His eyes flicked back and forth now to the shades around the clearing, some of whom were watching them. "If we can get going before all hell breaks lose, we should be able to make it a fair distance and they'll lose our trail, but we have to go now."

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Kiriko

Kiriko had somehow convinced the elf not to attack him and had planned on watching the fight, but his hopes were short lived. Out of no where the shades leader appeared. At first he couldn't believe his eye, there was no way that there leader would come to the front lines for no reasons. After a short conversation between the elf and Kreon he left and went to the battle field. Just now did Kiriko realize he had to act. He looked over the battle field and seen that Kreon was going to hit his own man just to hit the enemy.

He would have gone to try and save the men fighting, but he was to slow. Before he could even leave the rock the elfin women had teleported to the battle field and had stopped his attack from hitting them. After another short conversation the elf started to use immensely powerful spells to attack him. Kiriko thought that he would be over powered by the combination of the elf and scythe wielder, but he quickly realized that was wrong when a lot of shade appeared out of no where. Now would be his time to attack, while the two were fighting the others he could fight Kreon.

Just as he was about to attack the Princess came over to them and asked him to help carry Raiyn. He really wanted to help them, but he would probably never get another chance like this again. "Sorry, but I have to do this," After that he got ready to fight. This time he was serious, he wouldn't hold back a single ounce of his power to kill this man. He drew his blades holding them in an over hand style, a style he only uses when he intends to kill. Using the jewels in his blades he extended them to 4ft each, using this all the weight was at the hilt of his blades and he could swing his swords faster that a normal blade.

Looking quickly to his side he saw the formed shade get up and start talking, he ignored what ever it was he was saying. Finally ready to attack Kiriko ran down the side of the rock until he was parallel with the ground. Using all of his might he pushed off the rock and used his jewels to turn himself into a rocket, aimed straight at Kreon. With the blade in his right hand extended straight out and the one in his left at his side encase Kreon dodged he was ready to kill.


Okashi

Okashi had planned to stay back and watch the fight, but was surprised to see a new figure appear on top of the rock with the others. At first he disregarded, until he heard the name "Kreon". Looking in shock he did see that the man was in fact Kreon, the leader of the shades. The bounty on his head was immense and if he killed him Okashi would be set for life. Okashi decided to stay back and wait for just a moment to see what his plans were. After what appeared to be an argument between him and the girl who attacked him he went down to the battle field and sent a massive attack straight at the two that had been fighting. Okashi thought that those two were dead when the elf teleported and deflected the attack.

Kreon's dead, he thought. But his hoped were destroyed when a ridiculous amount of shade appeared out of no where. To the others this was bad, to Okashi this just made his pay day a lot bigger. Thinking how to approach the situation he decided to use the elf and scythe guy to his advantage. He didn't waste any time making his way over to them, knocking three shades out in the process. Once there he went up to the two and after hearing, "Kreon you shouldn't have intervened in my passing of judgment..." he decided now would be the time to tell them his plan. Talking loud enough to catch there attention he said,

"Hey elf, scythe guy I want you two to listen to me. I got a deal to make with you two. I'll take out the small fry's and you two go and help that little guy take out Kreon. In exchange I want you to let me keep his body. Do we have a deal."

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Kirrah Shay

"Wait! Don't, you'll get yourself killed!" Kirrah shouted at Kiriko as he rushed down the hill. Her hand shot out to grab him, but she was a second too late. He was down into the clearing in a matter of seconds, his wind magic speeding him along. To add to it, the other man who had joined them also followed Kiriko down to the fighting. Her heart shot to her throat as the Jewel Princess receded in her mind, only lending her strength to keep Raiyn's still frame upright. God's he was heavy, she pulled him up closer to her, struggling to stay standing under his weight.

Kirrah shifted her gaze to Aelianus, the only one who seemed eager to leave just as she wanted to. She motioned for him to come help her with Raiyn and held her other sword in her hand. She would use the wind to help them get a fair distance away from the fighting. Things were going down hill so quickly that she was afraid they wouldn't even get far enough away to make a difference. Fear clouded her mind as she stood there with Raiyn. Behind her magic exploded across the valley, thundering through the air as if a storm had been brewing and was now unleashing its torrent.

Once Raiyn was secured, she let lose the magic in the jewel with help from the Princess inside her. Turning she looked to Aelianus as they quickly moved through the forest, light on their feet, "Do you know where we can stop to heal him?" Her heart was in her throat as she shot a quick look back at Raiyn's unconscious form. Blood was all over him, and she could still see it glistening as it slowly trickled from each of his wounds. If they didn't hurry, she feared the worst for him.

Nira Ku

Her pale eyes caught the flash of steel and she could feel the air shift as the boy who had met her up on the hill came flying from the darkness at Kreon. She watched with an amused smile on her face as her husband looked at the young man with a deep frown. Then, as if he were swatting away a fly, Kreon unleashed his own power on the child. Black wind swept up around the lithe form of the jewel user and tossed him away into the darkness. Kreon had no time for such an insolent boy as he returned his steely gaze to Nira and Talazar.

Her eyes sparkled as Talazar lifted himself off her and put himself between her and Kreon, his voice thick with rage and acid as he spoke to the Shade leader. Her thoughts mirrored Talazar's. Yes, Kreon was going to regret ever interfering with her and Talazar's plans. Just as Talazar was about to attack the man, another figure came from the darkness, voicing his opinion of the situation. Apparently the tall man wanted to strike a deal, one that consisted of helping the young man who had been flung away in killing Kreon. Nira shifted her gaze to the man in the darkness for a mere moment.

Laughter bubbled from her lips, maniacal and on the edge of hysteria. Nira couldn't believe what she was hearing. Why would she even consider teaming with someone who used an Angelic Jewel? Power erupted from her fingers as she slowly controlled her laughter. She aimed just at the man's feet, exploding the dirt around him in a show of her energy.

"Lets say you survive my Shades, all of them," she swept her gaze around the area that was swarming with men and women in black cloaks, "Then you'll have to deal with me. I'll enjoy killing you," she promised him. With a flick of her hand she ordered those that had sided with her and Talazar to attack the tall brute of a man. Weapons were drawn and the air was filled with dark magic as each Shade powered their Demon Jewel. One man couldn't stand against the thirty or so Shades that had joined with Talazar and Nira.

Across from her, she noted that Kreon had flicked his own hand forward, ordering the rest to attack her and the two men that had jumped down into the fighting. With her eyes bright, she flexed her hand and waited for the enemy to grow closer to her. The first one to reach her got a chest full of her electricity. Her scream was the first of many to penetrate the air. Nira leaned over and took the girls sword from her dead fingers, weighing the blade in her palm. The light weight was perfect for her, the demon jewel sprang to life as well. A different kind of power that she'd never used before but would enjoy getting used to. Shadow magic wasn't something she'd used before but it seemed to be a perfect match for her innate powers.

Leaving her magical circle, Nira disappeared and reappeared right in the midst of Kreon's Shades as they slowly came forward to try to encircle those that had joined her and Talazar. Letting the magic from the jewel expand, the darkness swirled around her, filling her with a different kind of power that she knew she was going to relish. Tendrils of dark magic reached out and encircled six of the men around her that had whirled around to face her the moment she had appeared. The misty darkness crushed their throats, lifted them off the ground and slowly pushed its way down into their body via their mouths. Their choking cries were exceptional as she watched each of them writhe and struggle in her hold.

Once their twisting forms stopped struggling she let them all drop from her demonic hold. Two rushed her from the side, but she saw them before they could get close to her. Snapping her attention to them, her hair flying about her face and shoulders, she lifted her hand and from her finger tips her dark magic crackled through the air as it rushed at them both. Together they were flung backwards, hitting the ground with a bone crunching force. Once more Nira disappeared only to reappear right next to Kreon. He was quick as she swung the sword at him, her lithe form easily countering his next strike. The dark magic swirled around the blade and extended towards him. Only his own Demon Jewel and power kept the darkness from killing him.

This fight was just barely beginning, Nira grinned at the thought. Oh how the night was going to ring with the sounds of the dying.

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar Character Portrait: Krisiana Sharidian. Character Portrait: Raiyn Illander Character Portrait: Kirrah Shay Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Talazar

The man gave only a sideways glance to the boy who came flying out of the darkness at Kreon. True enough Talazar thought of Kreon as a pathetic weakling who hid behind an army of shades, but he knew he wasn't totally powerless, in fact he was well aware that one slip up and even Talazar could meet a foul end. Nevertheless, it seemed the boy, in a sudden burst of over excitement, had naively overlooked this, and thus resulted in him being thrown away like a rag-doll. Where he landed, Talazar didn't know, but that was hardly of importance as Kreon's eyes came back to meet his own. The man matched his cold gaze and for a moment he simply stood there, waiting, until another voice and presence broke through too his conscience.

"Hey elf, scythe guy I want you two to listen to me. I got a deal to make with you two. I'll take out the small fry's and you two go and help that little guy take out Kreon. In exchange I want you to let me keep his body. Do we have a deal."

Talazar couldn't help it. He broke Kreon's gaze now to look back at the man, somewhat shocked. To even suggest such a thing was beyond comprehensible. Talazar refused to work with anyone besides Nira, and only put up with Aelianus for the few times he'd actually come in handy in a sticky situation, yet here this man was, a total stranger wielding an angelic jewel with the audacity to approach two of the most dangerous shades, and suggest a temporary alliance? The man scoffed loudly, then fought back the need to break down coughing again as his stomach tightened. Luckily enough, his own voice wasn't needed as Nira stole his words, sending a spray of magic towards the man's feet in before speaking.


"Lets say you survive my Shades, all of them. Then you'll have to deal with me. I'll enjoy killing you."

Talazar smiled at the woman and couldn't help but chuckle, though once more this act turned into a fit of bloodied coughing. He took a moment to collect himself before speaking, his cold tone leaving no room for argument. "You best move along, you're outmatched here."

At Nira's orders, he noted a large grouping of the shades advancing and knew that she'd ordered them on the man, then was pleased to see Kreon do the same as he turned to him again. His smile widened as he readied himself for combat, and he ignored the pain that ran up his arm as his torn muscles worked to balance the weight of his scythe. He just registered the woman now as she began her assault, killing off one woman before instantly appearing within Kreon's forces and in moments, unleashing a magic that he'd only seldom seen. The cries of those dying were music, and Talazar laughed again, though controlled his fit this time.

Stepping forward towards Kreon, Talazar had waited for Nira to occupy him before making his own advance. In one motion he brought Raiyn's sword around the front of his body as he turned slightly to the right, the hilt held just in front of the left shoulder whlie the blade extended parallel to the man and out to his side. He then thrust forward as the weapon ignited into hellish flames that licked at the metal, the tip aimed directly for Kreon. With a twist, it mattered not if Kreon evaded as Talazar then pulled back the weapon and pivoted his body, now coming forward with his left arm that held the scythe. In a way it was the same concept he'd pulled on Raiyn, positioning the weapon to either meet the evasion, or go beyond it and pull back. Even with a block, the scythe would be a deadly flanking attack, and this time, Talazar was ready for any tricks.


Aelianus

The boy watched the other two quickly disappear to join the fray, and knew that it was a deathwish. Shades were powerful, and in a mass like this it'd be too easy to just get overwhelmed by stray attacks. However, that was the least of the boy's worries. He nodded quickly as the Princess motioned for him to help her with Raiyn. With the boy situated between the two of them, Aelianus allowed the girl to whisk them away by means of her air attributed jewel. The travel was efficient, ans Aelianus was glad to be rid of the clearing, though he knew that Nira or Talazar would no doubt find the simple letter he'd left for them, concealed in a place only they would think to look.

"Do you know where we can stop to heal him?"
Aelianus thought on the question a moment before finally nodding. Seeing Raiyn's bloodied state, the idea hit him immediately as he recalled the sight of Talazar just years prior. There was a place, yes, and it was probably the single spot on earth that the scythe-wielding man refused to revisit.

"Yeah," Aelianus said, "I've just the place, and I can assure you that Talazar wouldn't even think of going there. We've got to go west though, I'll show you." As Aelianus spoke, he readied himself to face what he knew awaited. A old tattered house, decorated in the most beautiful way anyone could image, a beaming face, no doubt a kiss on the cheek despite his age, some treats, but most of all, help. Their destination would be the boy's old home, the place he'd taken Talazar after finding him in such a desecrated state where his mother had tended to the man until he was fit enough to travel. Aelianus knew how much Talazar despised the cheery woman, the overly decorated house with all it's flowers and sweet fragrant smells. Yes, surely they'd be safe there, he thought as once more a warm, happy smile appeared on his face.

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala Character Portrait: Nira Ku Character Portrait: kiriko desaru Character Portrait: Okashi
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Kiriko

Kiriko had planned on surprising the man, but his hopes were short lived when Kreon launched a massive attack straight at him. If he had wanted to Kiriko could have powered through it, but he was fighting the leader of the shade and now was not the time to waste energy. Instead he let the wind carry him, making it look as if the attack had actually hurt him. Once the attack had faded away he seen he was on a crash course with a tree. Quickly he used his wind jewels and righted himself so he landed on the tree with no injures.

As he planned his next move he seen that the elf appear right next to Kreon and attacked, and just as he predicted her attack failed. Next the scythe wielder attack with a combination of sword and scythe. Looking over the battle field he seen there must be at least a hundred shade, however they were divided and were fighting each other. Thinking over his attack Kiriko realized his mistake, he had set his attack and left himself no way out. With this in mind he jumped from the tree and landed ready for his next attack.

Still holding his blades over hand he shot an air stream out the hilt of the blade in his left hand, with enough power to keep himself off the ground about 3 inches. Then with his right he shot and air stream out the hilt to propel himself forward, towards Kreon. Now all he had to do was slightly shift the blade in his right hand and he could dodge just about any attack. Or attack Kreon when he dodged the scythe guys attack


Okashi

Okashi had hoped that the two would have excepted his deal but was disappointed when the girl said, "Lets say you survive my Shades, all of them. Then you'll have to deal with me. I'll enjoy killing you." It really didn't surprise him because shade always over estimated themselves. In response he said in a similar voice, "Honey I'll kill all of your friends, just as easily as I would kill you." however he wasn't sure she had heard him. Next the scythe wielder said in a cold voice, "You best move along, you're outmatched here." Now these people were starting to get him mad so he decided he had had enough. "Listen scythey boy, I know I'm stronger then any of you guys. And I fought bigger and badder, so don't get ahead of yourself."

Okashi was ready to attack either one of these two, but never got the chance when 10 shades started to attack him. At first the thought he was going to have to use his jewel, but 6 other shade attacked the group. With only 4 left he disposed of them easily enough. The first two attacked side by side he just swung his pipe at them and knocked both of them out. The next two did like wise, but instead of side by side they came one after the other. As the first one went to stab him he use the armor on his right hand to deflect the blow to his out side. Then proceeded to grab him by the throat and use him as a shield. The next one stabbed his friend straight through the back and got his sword stuck in him. Okashi threw his former shield away with the others sword. The shade had a look of shock on his face, but Okashi quickly fixed that by punching him straight in the face knocking him out. Okashi would have killed him except for the fact that prisoners were worth more alive.

With those pests out of the way he now had to deal with the others. Looking around he seen all of the other shades appeared to be fighting among themselves. Now he had to decide try and kill Kreon with the other three or kill one of the two shade first. Looking it over he seen that the elf was attacking Kreon and the scythe guy was doing the same. Then man from before that had be thrown was trying to attack Kreon as well, now there was no way Kreon could get out unfazed. For now Okashi sat back and waited for those four to finish fighting. Once that was done he could kill whoever was left.

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Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala
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Character Portrait: Dezera Malkar
Dezera Malkar

Hehehe/ahahaahahahahahaha!

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Anton Hierot

You might want to run now...

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Entalo Raiz

I fight for what is right. Can you say the same?

Character Portrait: Drogoth Baener
Drogoth Baener

I will end you...

Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar
Aelianus Kahstar

"Heh, I don't think that's what was supposed to happen..."

Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala
Talazar D'Tvala

"I have no doubts about my skill, and soon, neither will you."

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Character Portrait: Dezera Malkar
Dezera Malkar

Hehehe/ahahaahahahahahaha!

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Entalo Raiz

I fight for what is right. Can you say the same?

Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala
Talazar D'Tvala

"I have no doubts about my skill, and soon, neither will you."

Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar
Aelianus Kahstar

"Heh, I don't think that's what was supposed to happen..."

Character Portrait: Anton Hierot
Anton Hierot

You might want to run now...

Character Portrait: Drogoth Baener
Drogoth Baener

I will end you...

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Character Portrait: Drogoth Baener
Drogoth Baener

I will end you...

Character Portrait: Aelianus Kahstar
Aelianus Kahstar

"Heh, I don't think that's what was supposed to happen..."

Character Portrait: Anton Hierot
Anton Hierot

You might want to run now...

Character Portrait: Dezera Malkar
Dezera Malkar

Hehehe/ahahaahahahahahaha!

Character Portrait: Talazar D'Tvala
Talazar D'Tvala

"I have no doubts about my skill, and soon, neither will you."

Character Portrait: Entalo Raiz
Entalo Raiz

I fight for what is right. Can you say the same?


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