The Land of Wolves

[Sir Alban]

Craultus smiled when his brother joined him, but was less impressed by his words. It seemed that, despite his assurances that he had turned over a new leaf, Arthur had hardly changed at all.

His mind was brought back to the present as one of the cloaked figures moved towards him. He avoided the man's sword, nimbly stepping to the side. Now off balance, the man was easy prey. Or so it seemed. when the man saw Craultus looming over him, sword raised, he hit Craultus in the gut. He staggered back, gasping, as all the breath was forced from his body.

The cloaked figure smiled, and swung his sword towards Craultus. Craultus looked away, expecting any moment to feel cold stell entering his body. But it never came. Instead he haerd the clash of metal on metal, and looked up to see Korinich exchanging blows with Craultus' would-be murderer.

Craultus regained his breath, and launched himself into battle. Together with Korinich, they forced back the man who hadpunched him, and eventually killed him, Craultus driving one of his twin swords deep into his opponenets heart. Soon the man lay dead.

Craultus turned away, and looked for his brother. The fighting wasnt over yet.

[NewArthur]

Arthur watched his opponent and moved to his left,a s the man attack he parried his down would attack, making the slice glide of his blade, in the next moment, his sword was down slicing side ways across the mans side opening skin, but not killing.

"You will have to do better than that my friend" Arthur laughed as he went into a defensive stance this seemed to make the man angry and he attacked with three good attacks, one from the downward diagonally on the right side forcing Arthur back as he blocked with his elven sword then diagonally down from the left, which after blocked with his knife, then one straight down which Arthur caught in a pincer between sword and dagger no more than 2 inches from his face.

Arthur then forced the blades up knocking the elf off balance, then violently head butted him square in the face, forcing him back, and made him drop his sword at Arthur's feet.

Kicking it at the man Arthur spoke "Pick it up scum" the elf looked up his nose crudely bent to the side broken, blood pouring from it, he stepped up picking his sword up he attacked with a lunge which Arthur neatly parried to the side, before taking a step forward grabbing the man by the neck he forced him back lifting his hand up to a wooden post, he forced his knife through it pinning the man there.

He then kicked the mans sword away, sheathed his sword, and drew a large knife and began to twirl it between his fingers.

"Now Brother, you can ask him what questions you want" Arthur spoke

[Sir Alban]

Craultus nodded his thanks to his brother, then stared down at the man in front of him. His hood had fallen back, revealing pointed ears. He walked forward, never taking his eyes of the man. "Who sent you?" he asked. No responce. "who sent you?!" He repeated, more forcefully this time, following it up by putting the tip of his sword under the man's chin. He lifted the sword up, forcing the man to look at him. Finally, the man cleared his threoat, and spoke.

"I know now. We recieved a annonymous message saying that if we killed you there was a lot of money in it for us."

The man fell silent. Craultus stood there, breathing heavily. Eventually he removed his sword from under the mans chin, and sheathed it.

"very well. Make sure our paths dont cross again"

With that final statement, Craultus walked away. As he walked off, his feelings were running rampant inside of him. That fight had brought back painful memories.

He remembered how Arthur and his father had fought, shouting at each other and, as Arthur got older, sometimes coming to blows. He remembered one particularly nasty fight, in which his father had ended up sprawled out on the floor, blood running down the side of his head. Craultus had run from the house, as Arthur had shouted at his father.

Craultus stoppped for a moment, and shuddered. Ever since that day, conflict brought much pain to him. Pushing those memories to the side, he set of at a faster pace. He had work to do.

[NewArthur]

Arthur moved to the man squirming body, his right hand pouring with blood from were his dagger had been forced through. Taking a hold of the hilt, he pulled the knife free, the elf screaming with pain and agony clutching his hand.

"Run before i take the other one off" Arthur whispered to the elf before turning back to his brother. he watched him he could see the pain in his face that same pain he saw when ever Arthur and his dad fought, Arthur thought best than to intervere so went to his own thoughts, of the last time he had to go to such lengths to get someone to talk, and that was a long time ago, when he was 21, he had to interrogate a man, believed to of betrayed the bandit group he followed.

Every time the man lied he cut a finger off, till he told the truth, in the end after they had got the truth he had to do the only right thing of that day, kill the man, he was so badly disfigured that the image still hunted Arthur in his sleep.

"Right we should move on Craultus" Arthur spoke "Before anymore of these Bounty hunters turn up"

With that Arthur walked out of the ally into the main street looking this way and that, waiting for the rest of the group.

[WhiteDragon]

[[I'm not an elf.]]

Ekanal moved to the side as the brothers came out of the alley way. She wondered why those elves had attacked, this did not bode well for their travels. Quietly she went to where one of the brothers, Arthur she beleived, was standing. He seemed to be waiting for the others, so she would wait also.

[Nevan]

Suddenly Itachi moved infrnot of the group "TO late" he said grinning, he pointed his katana at them "Itachi...famous bounty hunter, you guys heads have a big price on them, im sorry but im gonna have to take them all."

He grinned and scanned them all ~hmmm These arent fools or weak by the look of them, im gonna have to be carefull on this catch~ He sighed and looked around still keeping his attention on them, he turned back again...."RIght, thets get this started!" and with impressive speed he ran at them with his katana ready to slice, his cloack flying behind him.

[Kargoth]

Ghaldur moved aside so the brothers could pass.."Well..that was interesting." he murmured "I wonder if this is a sign of things to come?" he asks Ekanal jokingly.
He was wondering about when they were suppoused to leave for the wolf-lands, and what exactly they were up to, consdering there were a multitude of reasons *why* , but none that were very...helpfull, suicide, for instance...though there were also stories of vast treasure in the blighted landscape.
He turned at the sound of the charging person,his impressive bulk almost entirely hidden behind the coner of the building, though he could'nt tell if it was elf or human from here..
"Not today tiny!" he announced his pressence as he stepped out from the shadows, and in front of the figure, drawing both a sword and axe that would require two hands for neraly any other race..he grinned a challange at the cloaked figure, "Nice sword,hope I dont break it..hahah.." he gave a short, fake laugh at his own joke, but never took his eyes off his opponent.

[WhiteDragon]

Ekanal chose join in the fight, and joined the other member who bloked the cloaked figure's path. She had wanted to taste the joy of fighting since entering town. Drawing one of her swords,she took on a fighting stance, ready to defend with the speed of her clan. He mask glinted in the light of the world as she tilted her head for a better look of the current attacker. He wasn't an amatur, so this is a fight she would greatly enjoy.

[Nevan]

"ooh? two on one, how unfair, you dont stand a chance" he said, then he looked around once again, ~Something feel strange here....~ he thought as it unnerved him, but he soon shook it off and span his katana around, then, he swung at the two in one slice. As he did the air made a whizzing sound, obviously meaning his blade was sharp.

The weigh of the katana felt light to him, so he could easily spin and defend from any counter, but still he readied himself, his instincts telling him that something bad was going to happen. It never usually happned but it unnerved him, and he felt his morale began to drop, suddenly...he wasn't sure he should be attacking them....

[WhiteDragon]

Ekanal automatically defended herself, using her free hand she went to block the sword, her claws slightly glinting in the light. This is what her race lived for, the joy of fighting, but even more than that the excitement of war. Her eyes glinting with pleasure, she caught Itachi's sword with her hand.

[Nevan]

"Just what i wanted, YOu may start noticing, that no-one but me can touch this blade, if you dont let go, your hand will melt!" He said grinning, And then waited for her reply, but still the fight was unnerving, and the big guy had still to make his move....

The leaves of nearby trees were flying past his face as he stared at the women

((Would it help if i post the bio to prove about the sword thing?))

[Kargoth]

"Fairness was never my strong suit, and an overrateed concept in general" Ghaldur growled softly as he let the razor sharp blade scratch along his heavy troll plate, as it was commonly known. "MY TURN!" he roared, exhultantly as he lashed out with his sword in a powerfull stabbing motion as he brought his axe in a low swing, attempting to either sever this bounty hunters legs, or trip him and pin him to the earth..or just impale him if he was'nt quite fast enough to step away, he really did'nt care so long as he got the annoying little human.
"Heya..I see you take good care of your blade, good, I hate boring fights.." he both complimented and threatened the would be assasin as he enganged him.

[WhiteDragon]

Ekanal doubted that the fact that she couldn't touch the sword was true, her lizard like skin might be absorbing the heat for all she knew. She glanced at Ghaldur, watching him attack the would be assasin...then she started to feel the burning sensation in her hand. She prayed that she could hold on until Ghaldur was done attacking.

[Nevan]

Itachi'es eyes went wide "Damn!" he siad as he pulled the sword away and flew back into a tree, landing on its branch on his feet he jumped forward, aiming to slice the big guys head off, whilst watching the other womens movement carefully, inticipating what they would do.

[WhiteDragon]

Ekanal was almost glad that the bounty hunter had pulled away, she glanced at her hand, all the scales were nearly burnt off. She wouldn't be able to hold her other sword until her hand healed. Then she turned her attention back to the assasin, he would pay for the damage he had done.

[Kargoth]

Ghaldur reeled back, laughing maddly as the blade passed inches from his throat "Ohhhh..nice try" he said as he closed the distance between them, bringing both blades down in a dual diagnol swing from either side, cutting the branch his opponent was sitting on off it's respective tree, and kicking out with a massive armored foot in an attempt to quite litterally, squash his assailant "Stand still so I can squash you!" he yelled to the nimble swordsman, he knew that whoever this guy was would'nt dare take his advice, unless he had a death with, wich seemed unlikely as he kept dodging attacks.

[Nevan]

A plan quickly came into his head, and he grinned as he blocked the attack, knowing full well that the pure strengh of it knocked him back against the tree, he was very good at acting, and act he did as he hit the tree and blood came out of his mouth, he pretended to fall to the ground dead, his sword still in his hands and his mouth and eyes open with blood coming out of his mouth. Not only that but he didnt move a singly muscle in his body and didnt breath, aswell as managing to get his heartbeat to go down to one beat every 5 seconds, wich was lethal if it was on for more than 3 minutes.

~Come on you stupid hairy dumb ape, come and finish me to make sure, you know you want to~ he thought.

[WhiteDragon]

Ekanal saw this and knew it was a trap, she moved quickly and blocked the path in between Itachi and Ghaldur.
Staning firmly, she would not let Ghaldur pass, even if it meant that she would most lickly die, since her back was turned on the assasin.

[NewArthur]

Arthur moved quickly in an instant two throwing knifes were in his hands, he watched as the bounty hunter hit the tree, he saw the blink in the eye and the slit made, he knew he was faking this death pose.

Throwing one knife up he took a step forward catching it nimbly by the blade and skill fully threw it, it made a whistling sound as it flew through the air, hitting the tree within millimeters of the bounty hunters head.

"Get up you fool" Arthur shouted leaning one hand on his sword hilt, "Ghaldur, Ekanal stand down, we are not here to fight we have a important mission ahead of us"

Moving over to the man he offered him a hand up "Come on now, get up, seems you are handy with a blade" Arthur spoke again "Would you join us on a quest to gain glory and riches beyond your believe?"

[Nevan]

~AWWW the lizard girls in love....well its iether that or she knows its a trap, but still maybe the big guy will kill her and then shes out of the way~ He thought as he idnt move but could see the others.