Setting
A dark grove.
Grove
The grove is a lush area, surrounded by dense woodland. While everything seems peaceful now, the glen has been witness to horrific battles and dark deeds.
Minimap
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Grove is a part of 
Dark Woods.
22 Characters Here
Frank Sheen [58] a retired Navy Rear Admiral, now travels as a hobby
Edward Tezeno [41] "Hello, my name is Edward, and this is my violin Cartea"
Imnariel Al'Toreth [39] "It was not the universe which birthed life. It was Life which made, out of necessity, the universe."
Hel [37] Daughter of Loki and Queen of Niflheim
Odin, The Allfather [36] "Being king of men is a task many find heavy and wearisome, being the king of gods is so much more so..."
Loa Racine [35] "I awoke from the earth as a sproutling and my eyes were open from the first day. I speak now and offer wisdom."
Carin Snow [30]
Nimsirril [17] Elf who reached status as a Demigod. Now wishes to attain his rightful place among the gods.
God Apollo [16] The ideal of the kouros (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister
Loki, The Trickster [15] "What good is it living, if you can't have a bit of fun? Oh and the most fun you can have comes when you dance close to death, ah he he he!"
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Lady had turned back to the fire to toss more wood onto it when she stopped "Your son ?" She turned to him, A thoughtful look on her face as she carefully gazed at Frank, taking in every detail. "You seek him.... because you lost someone ? Someone important..." Little did she know how right she was. But then it didnt really matter too much now did it ?
Yep, it did.
Lady Hawkthorne herself had lost her entire family, at least as far as she knew she was the only one with the name of Hawkthorne, she had no idea she really had a younger brother and sister who were both quite alive, nor did she remember or know that she had a niece and nephew
"Why do you seek your son ?"
Yep, it did.
Lady Hawkthorne herself had lost her entire family, at least as far as she knew she was the only one with the name of Hawkthorne, she had no idea she really had a younger brother and sister who were both quite alive, nor did she remember or know that she had a niece and nephew
"Why do you seek your son ?"
"He's all the family I have left, after my wife passed on about 5 years ago," said Frank sadly. "How about you? Any family left?" he asked curiously.
Lady went stiff, briefly bowing her head, "I am sorry for your loss." She said simply, she herself had never married. She took a deep breath and threw some wood onto the fier, making it blaze brightly.
Finally after long minutes of nothing but the sounds of the cracking blazing fire, Lady said simply. "I dont know."
Finally after long minutes of nothing but the sounds of the cracking blazing fire, Lady said simply. "I dont know."
"That's just it" Sher looked to him, "I dont know. One day I am on a ship, traveling, where or why I cant remember, next thing i know, I'm on the shores of an unknown kingdom in a unknown land and only know to call myself by name, Lady Hawkthorne, a guy takes me in thanks to his daughter and gets me back on my feet." She took a deep breath and rubs her nose and mouth a few seconds then sighed. "The ones I am hunting, Shadowkobolds, and their masters, Shadowlings.... They must know the answers.... maybe"
Finalyl she turned aside and went to the fire, the meat she'd stolen had long since spoiled so she threw that too onto the flames before looking back to Frank "How old is he ?" She started drawing on the ground before picking up a crystal and using two fingers called forth a screen of some form to hover over her hand like a pane of glass "What does he look like ? Maybe I can help you find him ?"
Finalyl she turned aside and went to the fire, the meat she'd stolen had long since spoiled so she threw that too onto the flames before looking back to Frank "How old is he ?" She started drawing on the ground before picking up a crystal and using two fingers called forth a screen of some form to hover over her hand like a pane of glass "What does he look like ? Maybe I can help you find him ?"
"He'd be about 25 years old, tall..." he proceeded to give her all the details of his son's likeness, hoping that gadget of hers would help him locate him.
Words and strange symbols, clearly Arabic and Hebrew in writing styles floated int he air in a ghostly white yet tangible pattern as Frank spoke. His words forming into the strange designs before fading into the crystal as she seemed to use magic or the like to access something somewhere. using her claws she held a pane of glass out to him, "That him ?" Just by his words alone she had.... well for the most part, drawn his son, almost exact in a way.
Finally as the image, glass and all, faded into the crystal, which was no larger than her ring finger in length and twice as thick round, she asked. "How did she die ?"
Finally as the image, glass and all, faded into the crystal, which was no larger than her ring finger in length and twice as thick round, she asked. "How did she die ?"
"Yeah, that's him," he said, amazed at the accuracy and detail of the drawing. "She got pancreatic cancer which is a very aggressive disease and generally fatal as it can rarely be caught before it metastasizes," he said sadly. "She was a special lady though so I wouldn't trade the brief time I had with her for anything."
"I take it he does not know ?" Lady said as she listened and when Frank finished asked her question. If he was searching for his son, and he'd lost his wife five years before. "When did your son disappear ?" The more she knew the better she could help, Recently things were.... different, she knew how to activate a portal to the Mythic Realm, to her commander, and to the All-mother, sometimes they were more helpful, more knowledgeable.
"No, he doesn't. He's been missing for about 8 years now, since shortly before my wife got the cancer" he said with a sigh. "Thanks for the help you're giving me. I appreciate it. I really do," he said to her with a small smile.
Sleep. At the moment, that's all Carin wanted. She was getting tired of the stupid forest. She held her arms around herself as she continued hiking.Thankfully, her cloak provided some warmth, plus, hid her face. She filched with each step as the leaves and sticks snapped beneath her boots as she walked. She wasn't really caring about her stealth. As she trekked, she began to smell smoke from a near by fire. A glimmer of glee set aflame in her as she walked towards the smell of a campfire.
Hmmm, eight years She was quiet, thoughtful for long moments. She then nodded. "Very well, eight years is a long time, our best case scenario is to seek further aid from a few Eagles. I know of a few, a threesome of sisters actually, they do bodyguard work for one of the All-mother's daughters." The Ravens would come in handy as well when it came to combat. Abel and Siv were good in a fight, but it was their youngest sister, Sazhori who was downright deadly, on par if not better than Lady herself.
Her ears twitched, she'd heard something in the woods... Scanning the trees she saw first nothing.
Her ears twitched, she'd heard something in the woods... Scanning the trees she saw first nothing.
"Thank you," he said, then noticed that she seemed to detect something in the woods and so he started scanning as well, in a defensive posture in the event that whatever came out of those woods wasn't friendly.
Carin Slowly made her way closer. With each step, her body seemed to scream in pain. She muffled a groan of pain as she neared the edge of the clearing.
Frank caught sight of the woman who appeared to be in great pain as she entered their clearing. "She looks hurt. Anyone you know?" he asked Lady Hawkthorne.
Lady also caught scight of the woman, but at the same time she caught scent of blood. She shook her head at the question, "No" It was not someone she knew. She looked around her eyes to the ever ash filled skies, it was falling like thick snow by then. "Help her to the fire" Apparently Lady was trying to figure out what to do. She could activate a portal to somewhere; get them all to safety maybe.
Elsewhere in the grove, in the pitch black parts...
"This spot should be sufficient enough for our needs...Sorcerer, what is it that required my full attention!? If our presence is discovered then our operations will be in jeopardy!" One figures shrouded in darkness growled at another figure who was also shrouded by darkness.
"Of course my lord...Only the denizens of the Warp and the Chaos Gods themselves know this but...a little bird has told me that the Loyalist Primarchs have returned into the arms of the Emperor..." The other figure replied, his voice soft like velvet but each word was plagued with malice.
"I see...so the Emperors children have finally returned. This puts our plans for the galaxy at a standstill until we finish our grand goal. You have the item your new puppet gave to you yes? The one that can open a new eye..."
"Of course my lord, this puppet of mines also reported the news of the Primarchs return. He is proving to be...very...useful. Especially since he has told me that the Imperium intends to gather their forces in a massive assault somewhere....We will be free to make our move then. As for the item...I hold it on me, this dagger of unholy origin....It just requires a massive feast of souls and a...'willing'....host to have the blade implanted in their body...everything is still advancing as planned." The figure laughed as it held up a small glowing dagger, it exuded a red light and what was unsettling about it was the eye that seemed to look around, filled with hunger.
"This best not fail sorcerer, I will personally deliver your soul to the Dark gods themselves if you fail!" The massive figure warned.
"Of course my lord...I would never think of failure under your service..." The other figure simply bowed. In a mocking manner of course. "You should be glad I did not have your head removed from your body! You still have a use for me and that is the only reason you live!"
The other figure simply chuckled. [b]"Of course my lord..."[b]
"This spot should be sufficient enough for our needs...Sorcerer, what is it that required my full attention!? If our presence is discovered then our operations will be in jeopardy!" One figures shrouded in darkness growled at another figure who was also shrouded by darkness.
"Of course my lord...Only the denizens of the Warp and the Chaos Gods themselves know this but...a little bird has told me that the Loyalist Primarchs have returned into the arms of the Emperor..." The other figure replied, his voice soft like velvet but each word was plagued with malice.
"I see...so the Emperors children have finally returned. This puts our plans for the galaxy at a standstill until we finish our grand goal. You have the item your new puppet gave to you yes? The one that can open a new eye..."
"Of course my lord, this puppet of mines also reported the news of the Primarchs return. He is proving to be...very...useful. Especially since he has told me that the Imperium intends to gather their forces in a massive assault somewhere....We will be free to make our move then. As for the item...I hold it on me, this dagger of unholy origin....It just requires a massive feast of souls and a...'willing'....host to have the blade implanted in their body...everything is still advancing as planned." The figure laughed as it held up a small glowing dagger, it exuded a red light and what was unsettling about it was the eye that seemed to look around, filled with hunger.
"This best not fail sorcerer, I will personally deliver your soul to the Dark gods themselves if you fail!" The massive figure warned.
"Of course my lord...I would never think of failure under your service..." The other figure simply bowed. In a mocking manner of course. "You should be glad I did not have your head removed from your body! You still have a use for me and that is the only reason you live!"
The other figure simply chuckled. [b]"Of course my lord..."[b]
"You don't look as if you're in any shape to participate a party," said Frank with a chuckle as he got up to help her.
Alert for any sign of trouble Lady kept her eyes moving as the ash filled ther sky she used a few defennse runes to kleep the air around them clean, the ash when it huit the rune barrier transformed into drizzle. They didnt have long, her feline senses were going haywire. It was both confusiong and a bit scary, they needed to be with someone safer. Someone stronger and in their case. her Light Runes could provide enough light along with the defense runes as well as her willpower runes. But most spells she possessed were much more..... internal
Seeing the staste of the new arrival however she stood and picked up the blanket that Frank had previously laid over her when she was asleep, using it as a cloak she placed it over Carin's arms. "What happened ?"
Seeing the staste of the new arrival however she stood and picked up the blanket that Frank had previously laid over her when she was asleep, using it as a cloak she placed it over Carin's arms. "What happened ?"
She nodded her thanks and wrapped the blanket around herself. "Let's just say, resting in a tree plus random creatures equals my appearance." She said with as much alertness as she could muster. She looked at them both with gratitude as she sat near the fire.
"I guess so," said Frank as he got out the first aid kit and tended to Carin's cuts and bruises, passing her a cup of water and a ration bar.
She slowly began to eat and drink the items he gave her. She winced as he tended to her deeper wounds. Discreetly, she willed her blood to stay inside her as much as she could.
"I guess we are done here...Finish your work in the wasteland and bring me that artifact. If you cannot do this yourself I will drag that artifact myself over your mutilated body...Is that understood sorcerer?" The massive figure spoke and the smaller one simply nodded. "Of course my Lord...The prize shall be yours and your ascension shall be complete...then the Imperium will fall and o one shall stand up to Chaos...goodbye...Lord..." The smaller figure soon disappeared.
The massive figure soon began to etch a sigil into the ground. "As much as I would like to show the people here the power of Chaos...I have more important matters..." The figure muttered as he tossed a body on top of the sigil and began to recite an unholy incantation.
The massive figure soon began to etch a sigil into the ground. "As much as I would like to show the people here the power of Chaos...I have more important matters..." The figure muttered as he tossed a body on top of the sigil and began to recite an unholy incantation.
As Frank tended to Carin Lady moved towards the other side of the fire as the sudden cawing of birds was heard far above. Looking up the jade dressed woman smiled as two enormous Ravens of oil black headed for their clearing for landing. All buy smashing into the fire the two massive birds landed. Black smoke and feathers floated around and two women appeared, with light dirty brown hair the two women were clearly twins.
The three women then conversed in a strange langauge, the two black dressed apparently wearing feathers women had somewhat shriller accents compared to Lady's own. But it was rather unnerving how the two women appeared out of nowhere. It is like where had the massive yet beautiful white tiger that Frank had laid the blanket on gone ?
The three women then conversed in a strange langauge, the two black dressed apparently wearing feathers women had somewhat shriller accents compared to Lady's own. But it was rather unnerving how the two women appeared out of nowhere. It is like where had the massive yet beautiful white tiger that Frank had laid the blanket on gone ?