At the Pleasure Palace, Roxie Makes a Stop Before Advanceing On
Roxy ?/ Adina ?
Roxy hurried through the crowded markets, her hood up and face hidden, trying her best to blend in like any other normal civilian. She was smart and knew she couldn't take on a Sun member by herself, not yet anyways. So she laid low. There will be a time for them in the future. Right now she had a promise to a certain littl girl to fullfil. The fox would look to her right and then to her left before entering Everdeen's, making sure she wasn't being followed. She pulled back her hood, her ears springing free. "Bellarose? It's Roxy I came back," she said as her eyes darted about, ignoring stares and lust filled guests.
Jeff/Ingavor/Ulysees
Bella came running down the stairs, into Roxy's arms, wiping tears from her face, while a depressed Everdeen sat on a sofa, cleaning a rather unique weapon. "Roxy! I was so scared! I'm so glad you're okay!" Everdeen scoffed while she used a sweet smelling oil to clean the weapon. She didn't even bother to look up from it. (A blunderbuss.) The butt of the gun was made of solid ironwood, while the barrel was made of cast iron. Her twang sounded defeated. "In all my years. I've never had a girl die." Her spiteful eyes turned up to glare at Roxy. "Then this sweet fox turns up at my door with a giant bag of coin, and people start turning up dead. A child, and a man." She turned, and pointed the giant end of the gun at the Fox and Bella, tears in her eyes. She shook as she aimed the gun, while Bellarose stepped in front of Roxy. "I love my girls! We had to bury a child!" She used her thumb to pull back the hammer, listening to it click. "Give me one good, god damn reason not to blow you the fuck away, fox!" Everdeen was still a human being, beneath her sweet, seductive facade. "I'll blow that sweet head off your fuck-..." Bellarose spoke up, holding her arms out at her side. "No! She didn't know!" Everdeen stared at her, grunting. "Child! Your friend is dead! You really are going to defend this fox!" Bella stood firm, staring at the grieving, clearly suffering Everdeen, who glared back, gun aimed directly at Roxy.
Roxy ?/ Adina ?01/29/2019
Roxy smiled as the girl practically leaped into her hands and she gave her a motherly embrace as if she were her own. "There's no reason to be scarred hun," she said trying to comfort her. There was every right to be scarred. The world could end by the hands of the dark goddess, but this was information not meant for the little girl's ears. The fox would put Bellarose down as she heard Everdeen speak to her. "Miss Everdeen... I am truly sorry for-" she froze as the woman pointed the weapon at her. In all her years, she'd never seen one with her eyes, but she heard of it's power. It was a way for magicless people to fire. She had always wanted to see one, but not like this. "Everdeen..." She said looking back at her. Roxy watched the little girl run in front of her. "Bella! Move... I don't want you to get hurt." She glared back at Everdeen. "You don't have a right to be angry with me. You say you protect your girls, but you allowed that man inside your home... You say you protect your girls, but some of them don't even have a names.... You say you protect your girls, but you have children not even the age of 13 pleasuring men in sick and unthinkable ways. But yeah... I'm the monster."
She sighed. "I get it. I'm not from around here and I look like some savage beast. I appear one day and all hell breaks loose... I'm sorry, I truly am. I've been beating myself up all day because of what happened. I even tried bringing one of the little girls back to life, but failed. If I could, I would of traded spots with her." She pointed to herself. "I'm not the enemy here." And then pointed to the door. "The real enemy is them! The Black Sun. They are the ones who bloodied your home. We must take the fight to them if we want to avenge our fallen friends, but if you feel like I'm the enemy, go ahead and shoot... I won't even try to move." She stood still, her ears folded back and tears in her eyes as well. It was true. She really felt sorry for what had happened and would have gladly took the dead girl's place.
Jeff/Ingavor/Ulysees01/29/2019
She rested the stock of her musket against her shoulder, while her grip tightened. "You think you know me, girl? I take these girls in. I ask them what job they want! They decide! I never force them to do anything!" Her left eye closed, while her right looked down the sight. "You-...you act like we have a choice." She lowered the gun and broke down into tears. "Jeneva and Markus. Those were the names of my dead. " The owner was just glaring at the fox, and pulled Ingavor's coin purse out. She tossed it angrily at the kitsune's feet. About 90 of Ingavor's gold was still there. "Take that child, and leave. Never come back." Bellarose scooped the pouch up and handed it to Roxy. "Miss Everdeen.." the girl said. "Go!" The woman exclaimed, tears smashing against the tile. "Give her the life you want to give all these girls. But when she ends up dead, you better realize that the blood is on your hands." Then Everdeen stood, and took her gun, and left back to her office. Bellarose looked at Roxy. "What do we do?"
Roxy ?/ Adina ?01/30/2019
There was a sorrow look in Roxy's eyes and she listened to every word Everdeen said, though the fox kept her mouth shut, she already said everything she needed to say. Her ears would fall back again as she yelled at her and threw Ingavor's gold on the ground. She took the purse from Bella and stuck it in her bag. And before Everdeen left, Roxy spoke one last time to her. "I'll raise her as if she was one of my own. She starve on longer and will never have to serve any man ever again." With that she looked down to Bellarose and scooped her up in her arms. "We go to the castle little one. You won't ever have to worry about this place again. There, I'm sure Ingavor will provide us with a room." She then covered her face with the hood and the both of them exited out the door. ((Roxy left Everdeen's with Bellarose))
With Jordan and his New Mount
Wolves in the woods Campain
JordanLioneye01/19/2019
Jordan ignored the demonstration of gender reveal that Veldora gave him. He knew he was a male simply by the way it acted. And apparently missions that require stealth were too much for this brute of a beast. Silence was key and Veldora was everything but that. The loud noises he made while climbing, bouncing around, and then descending back to the ground. Nothing was quiet. If there was anyone they had to sneak up on, consider them long gone thanks to big boned Veldora. The nerves began to run heavy on Jordan's temples as the success of the mission was beginning to go further and further down the drain. Then a very distinct noise rose Jordan out of the slump he was in. His eyes locked on what appeared to be a goat wearing a festive red hat. But why of all things, would a goat be wearing this hat, especially out in the middle of nowhere? Jordan dismounted Starlight and gave Veldora the hand signal to stay put. Cautiously, Jordan began to step closer to the goat. He was a few feet away from the beast before sitting himself down on the soft dirt. The goat was glowing almost. But yet again, anything would be considered glowing in this dark forest if it had any color at all. Without any real explanation or sense to the matter, the urge to talk to the goat engulfed Jordan's mind and thoughts.
There was a need to ask for something from this glowing goat. Even if Jordan wasn't positive on the reasoning behind the urge, what possible harm could come from humoring the desires he felt in his mind. "Hello there. I am Jordan. I seem to be on an adventure to discover the truth behind some mysterious murders, disappearances, and sounds that come from deep inside these woods. If you know anything about it, I would love it if you could share that knowledge with me. It would make this bothersome errand run I have had so far be over quite quickly. While we are at it, maybe you can patch up the wing of Veldora over there." He lifts his arm up into a 80 degree angle with his thumb pointing behind him, pointing at the big hunk of flesh that was the Nargacuga. "He can't fly anymore due to an injury he experienced a long time ago. I am sure he would to feel the rush of air upon his fur once again. Heck, I would like to feel that rush of air too. If somehow I could get an immense power to boil from inside of me and unlock abilities in myself I didn't know I had, I would be leaping for the sky too." Jordan held his eyes closed as he spoke sweet nothings to the goat. All of these wishes and desires were just that.
The odds of them happening were nonexistent. Well, if this was a regular goat the odds would be nonexistent. Yet again, Jordan didn't know anything about this goat or its potential. "Here I am asking for so much but I have offered you nothing. Besides some seeds, a few carrots, and a few handfuls of hay, I got nothing. But it is better than nothing I assume." He opened his eyes and met with the eyes of the goat. He offered it a smile before standing up and returning to Starlight. After a bit of digging around in the packs strapped to the saddle, everything he mentioned was in sight. He returned to the goat and placed sunflower seeds, carrots, and hay in front of the goat. "This forest is basically on its deathbed, I doubt you will find any nutrition out here. Hopefully that stuff can keep you going for a bit longer. Take care friend." He gave the goat a bow at the waist, and returned to Starlight to mount up. “Let’s go Veldora, we got tracks to keep following.” He placed a small kick with his heel before Starlight began to slowly trot along the suspicious trail that was still going from the edge of the forest to now.
Anaya01/27/2019
the goat gave a loud blaaat as it wiggled its head and the pom pom on its hat flopped from side to side. It troted over to the man and the...giant looking thing that was now glaring at it as if it was a meal. What a good hear this man had to want for something that was not even for himself, to help a friend to help a friend he did not even know, that was a valiant action the goat gave a blaat as it granted such a brave and right wish. Veldora would feel a shimmer in its wing as the bones that once were unset set themselves with no pain given to the animal. He was able to move his wing and there was a brightness that came over his face. A happiness was sparking in its eyes. And its head turned to Jordan as it stood up and moved its wings back and forth, taping its wings on the ground and its feet to, it was...dancing a little as the happiness was sparking over its body. His eyes then looked at the goat as he nodded his head, words only he knew whispered within his mind as he moved to Jordan with a grin on its beak reaching down and grabbing Jordan with its jaws, oddly softly not to do any damage on the new found friend of the Nargacuga. Veldora gave a grunt as he tossed Jordan onto his back like he was a rag doll hopeing the little human could hold on to him best he was able, he did have a lot of fur he really did not care got held onto, and a good mane that also could get held onto and even ripped out and the Nargacuga would not really care. As it gave one more look to the goat letting out a screech it flapped its wings. The flapping was very bumpy, clearly it had been a long time since he did this and it took more then one try to get him off the ground, but once he was in the air he had grabbed onto the horse with its claws bringing the horse
up with it not seeming to struggle at all from the amount of pounds it had to haul, it was a large bodied extremely strong animal witch now could fly again. Veldora gave a loud screech as it flapped and flew over the tree line not caring to be silent as a large village came into view. There was blood on the ground as Veldora looked back at Jordan then pointed its beak at that village. That was were they needed to be, that was the location the goat had told it to go, Jordan would not know this but he would hope that Jordan would trust in Veldora to bring him to the right location. The massive animal landed lard onto the ground dropping the horse as it gave a wheeze a bit of blood on its back as the claws and the bumpy ride had done a bit of damage to the white horse and on top of it horses were not meant to fly so it was shaken and scared.
Veldora gave a snarled as some fur covered beings came over to them, clearly wolf people the Nargacuga was on edge as they circled around them both as they landed and Veldora got his wings and landing a bit ruff and bumpy witch in reality was to be expected since the beast had not felt the wind on its face like that for many years. He stood tall with his head high as he snarled loudly, the wolf men on shaky legs looking at it. They knew full well that animal was not one to be messed with but they needed to protect there village. Some had old dryed blood on there pawed hands that griped the spears they were holding tightly.
One stepped foreword putting his spear at his side and not pointing it at there unwanted guests “why have you come here, outsiders are not welcomed here” his deep husky voice bellowed as in the background others were gathering, woman and children of all the same wolven race huttled around far behind hiding in the trees and towns horses but watching from a far at what had just happened. Clearly they did not get guests often at all and this whole thing could go really well or really bad depending on how things were going to be handled.
JordanLioneye02/04/2019
In his mind, Jordan would have calmly continued riding with a large beast causing a massive disturbance behind him as they passed through trees. A soothing stroll through the dead looking forest. But, this goat that Jordan exchanged words with and even gifted a bit of treats, was nothing regular. The loud thudding of Veldora as it felt its wings being restored and granted it the ability to fly once more, got dismissed as simple playfulness. That was until Jordan felt a tug at his upper back that launched him into the air and on the back of the Veldora."Hey what is the big idea throwing me ar-" And without letting his words finish, Veldora took off into the sky with Starlight in its clutches. Instinct kicked in and Jordan grasped the fur of Veldora with enough force to keep himself in place but without tugging to keep from irritating Veldora's skin or fur. Starlight's neigh of terror of traveling through the sky was a bit humorous, as awful as that sounds. An animal only meant to travel on land was now soaring through the sky and it did not like it one bit. Much to be expected but still, it wasn't like Veldora was trying to eat her and this was the method of hunting such a massive animal. The winds that they traveled on had the freshness of prairie field air. Yet, the air up here did not match the scenery at all. How could so much life be filling the air above, but be drained completely a few hundred feet below on the ground level. Jordan then caught whiff of food in the air.
Along with it was a strong stench of iron. It made sense once the sight of a village reached Jordan's eyes. The village was in the middle of nowhere and surrounded completely by the colorless forest. Veldora began to dive towards the ground, sending even more sensations of terror into Starlight. It was still funny but Jordan tried to keep the smirk to himself. Veldora placed Starlight on the soil and the horse melted into the ground practically. If Starlight was a person, she would surely be screaming and thanking the heavens for the safety of the ground. Possibly, even clapping at a successful landing like a buffoon that doesn't know flying is an everyday occurrence for some people and animals. Jordan slid down Veldora's side after quite the rough landing for themselves. He could place Starlight down nicely but yet forget how to land himself. Before being able to thank Veldora or tend to Starlight's wounds and terror, the residents of the village were coming around and surrounding the trio.
They all stood at a cautious distance, and good thing too, for Jordan did not wish to see Veldora in action just yet. These people did indeed match the rumors. Everything was connecting together. The wolves on hind legs, the howls of wolves, and the figures disappearing into the figure. But the part that still remained from holding truth, was the rumor of these individuals being responsible for multiple disappearances and murders. Jordan unsheathed his blade and held onto the handle tightly with both hands. The blood in his arms and chest began to pump harder as his grip got stronger. The size of his muscles appearing to grow as the force of his grip flexed his body. His weapon was held in front of him, the tip of the blade at the neck of one of the members holding a spear from the angle of his weapon and eyes. One member of the pack stepped out from the crowd and began to speak. Listening to the words, it was a reasonable question that needed to be answered. "I am here for the sake of Dead Mans Tree. A body was hanged there completely mutilated and torn to shreds. It had bite marks, claw marks, and the marks of an animal having its way with it. That led me on a long road of questioning and answers, with even more questions that remained without answers. Eventually, I was led here. It seems that your people are responsible for many murders, disappearances, and disturbances in the kingdom not too far from here. The Iron Stone is what I have been told it is known as.
Now depending on whether or not you all or responsible, will determine how our business continues from here on out. One such man on the names of disappearances and confirmed deaths went by the name of Marsh Maverick. Maybe you all know him. Maybe not. So you could say my biggest reason for being here is answers." By the counts of it, there were at least a few dozens gathered around. Only a handful looked like capable warriors. This was not a problem if they got rabid and decided to attack. Veldora could easily handle this entire village, seeing that their spears looked weak in their craftsmanship. On top of that, they trembled with fear. Fear led to doubt and doubt is a deadly factor on the battlefield. Through many decades, Jordan has learned to switch between that animalistic instinct the thousands of experiments left him with and his calm demeanour when talking with others. It was as if he was two different beings in one. In other words, he could handle this fight without any doubt in his motions, without any fear of death, and without any feeling of sympathy to his enemy.
On top of that, was the experience Jordan has already gone through. Professional monster hunter squads were child's play. A group of people with better equipment than these Wolven people and without a doubt, better skills with weaponry, didn't stand a chance. But there was an advantage that these Wolven people had over the monster hunting squads. These people are not human and aren't restricted to the capabilities of man. A fight was not the desire, but against these odds, it excited Jordan a bit. It had been a long time since he had faced another with the intent to kill. But this excitement was hidden deep within. On the surface, Jordan portrayed a man of reason here for the purpose to find the truth. Which was indeed the case. But the want for a fight was also the case . The two different wants perfectly balanced within. Regardless to the end result, Jordan would not be disappointed.
AnayaLast Saturday at 9:24 PM
The wolf men stood there blades and spars there at the ready, eyes locked on the massive beast behind the little man, they would not attack Such a thing as they were knowing in nature and what something like that could punch out. What seemed like there leader placed his long spear down and moved foreword looking to the man "you may speak with the chef he knows about the black water town you speak of and our actions towards it. Follow me and please be careful of your beast we will place no harm to you unless harm comes to us" he then turned and started to walk away leading the man and beast to a large tent "your mount may not enter as it is to large but it may watch the door along side I till your discussion is complete" the man then moved and stood to the side of the door way waiting for there guests to make there moves.
Veldora moved its legs and wings so it would walk foreword following the man and keeping its shadow a top of Jordan, he would not allow Jordan to step from that shadow and every time Jordan would turn Veldora would be sure to be there right behind him. As he walked his head swayed back and forth very snake like as he watched the people of this town eye him like he was a over grown chicken for a meal. Veldora gave a uneasy low rumble his feathers ruffling to show he was in deed on edge here. As they got to the tent door and he was told to be outside the giant beak gave a growl and he glared at the guards man smashing his beak together and holding his head up proudly not wanting to be left outside even if he could clearly see he would not fit inside the tent. He moved his head to look at Jordan wanting to know if it was true that he had to hold post outside.
JordanLioneye04/10/2019
He listened closely to all the words of the Wolven man who took charge of this little squad of makeshift warriors. It felt like everyone that came into contact with him had many words to share and many things to discuss. Of all the senses, he didn't think his sense of hearing would be the one he used the most in a situation that involved murder and mysterious disappearances. He gave a slight sigh and then agreed to follow behind. He kept his weapon in his hand but it lowered it out-of-the-way. He wasn't as big of a threat in appearance as he was before when he was ready to clash his steel against theirs. The eyes of onlookers kept staring intensely at Jordan and Veldora. Starlight's presence apparently didn't mean anything to these people though. Did they think that magnificent steed couldn't hold its own in a fight? From firsthand experience, Jordan knew exactly how strong Starlight's kicks were. Those kicks were just as lethal as the sharp end of a blade. Maybe Starlight could be an ace in the sleeve if things go sour. The walk was not a comfortable one. He could sense the evil desires of those who looked at Veldora.
They looked at him like he was the next meal that the village would be sharing. It was surely enough reason for Jordan to be on edge and not trust any of these Wolven people. If they had the chance, they would kill them. At least, that was Jordan’s thought process, Veldora also potentially feeling the same sense of danger, seeing that he stayed close to Jordan and didn’t allow too much distance to grow in between them. Once at the chieftain's hut, Jordan was instructed to enter and leave Veldora outside on watch. These fools really thought that was going to be accepted so openly. It may have been a bit extreme, but it was an action very much needed. In a swift motion, Jordan's blade swung up inches away from the neck of the one that brought them over to the chieftain's hut. "I hope you understand that I cannot just trust you all so openly. I am not going in your chieftain’s hut and I am not going to abandon my companions either. I don’t trust a single one of you and you probably don’t trust me either. We both have our reasons, but being surrounded by your people who have the look of those wanting to eat whatever they lay their eyes on, I cannot say I will happily enter in and feel at ease.
So one of two kinds can happen. Your chief comes to the entrance of this hut and talks to me, or I decide that you all are trying to deceive me and plan on killing my companions and I separately and I react in a way appropriate to such a situation. For the sake of your life and everyone in this village, I hope that the first option is a unanimous decision you and your chief can make telepathically." Without a doubt in his mind, he would slaughter everyone in this town if he felt that option two was closer to the truth of their actions. He would leave no one alive. Those who survive will just live to grow stronger and with the desire of vengeance. If they had the mental capacity to kill in the condition they are in now, the body count and damages they could cause would increase astronomically if they had the right motive and animalistic instinct that hatred could imbue the body with. With his spare hand, he placed it gently on the fur of Veldora's neck. He stroked it gently to keep Veldora calm. Jordan needed Veldora to be as still as possible and the only way he could transmit that message to him was through the gentle strokes on his neck. His blade remained perfectly still as he waited for the warrior to speak. His feet listened to the ground for any new vibration.
His ears listened for any sounds that were made when the wind shifted and changed direction. He would know if someone tried to rush him or sneak closer to him. The ground would snitch on any who would attempt to sneak. The wind would whisper the direction of those rushing in. And those directly in front of him had two pairs of eyes watching for any movement below the neck. If there was a blind spot, it was small. In his mind, he was hoping their leader would hear his words and appear from inside of the hut and speak of the truth surrounding their actions to the so called “Black Water Town” as the Wolven male called it. This case may finally come to a close after so much wandering around.
Anaya "The Night"04/13/2019
The wolf men looked at the man giving demands and ordering them about, he did not want to deal with this kind of disrespectful treatment and even if the whole town gathered to remove the people there would be loss in it all and this man die spit words that placed worrie in the heart of the fighter. “fine, but that will only make him angered at you, you giving disrespect to his village will not get you far on peace talk to get the information you wanted” the wolf man then vanished into the hut, there was some words muttered inside and then a bang and then out the huts fabric door came a large bear standing on two legs and looking at the man there and his mount. “what is it you want, my people offered you shelter and you toss it back at them. And what is this on wanting to know what happened in the black water town, that Iron place” he snarled a little at his own words “what you want to know human” the bear
was wearing leather armour and had a rather nice blade on his hip that gave off a slight blue glow, he also had some other trinkets on and a clear coin pouch also hung on the same hip. The rest of him was brown fur and a clearly angry and grumpy face. He looked like he had seen battle more then once and was quite a brute of a fighter his dark eyes moved and looked to the humans mount as he gave a grin but also let out a soft breath “you know saw one of them once in battle, they can do a large amount of damage them bird dragons, knew a man that had killed once once but it took his leg with that beak. But i have better things to do then fight you for wanting knowledge, my warrior tells me you want to know about the deaths in that town, yes we did it, they took our lands and shoved us out of there when they took over, there black forge poisoned the water and killed some of the years cubs so the men have lashed back at them in anger, i am sure humans would do the same if others killed there children” at that the wolf guard came out of the hut to take his post at the side, he had blood on his side that was not there before and he had a light limp as he stood at his post on tender paws. The bang must have been something tossed at him or the bang of him hitting the floor due to some damage or something ageist him.
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Velora gave a snort as it stayed right beside Jordan keeping its head up and looking around, when the bear came out of the tent the wyvern gave a larger rumble to give the sign it was not happy and was not in a good mood. But he stood and stayed
beside Jordan being protective and vigulent and for the most part keeping quiet to let them talk.
JordanLioneye04/15/2019
The blade at the hip of the massive bear had quite the shine to it. It was a bit familiar if anything. Jordan couldn't recall from where he has seen the blade, but that was of no importance, or at least for now it wasn't important. But even then, it didn't seem like something this bear could obtain so easily. Also that leather armor had to be custom made. It was impossible for there to be armor of leather in that size proportion already being made and sold to the masses. Perhaps there was a blacksmith or armorsmith somewhere in this small outcast town. Yet to the matter at hand, who would have imagined that the missing people and deaths of the Iron Stone were caused because of a war of territory. It would make sense that no one in the Iron Stone would mention that this land used to belong to sane people. Everyone described these people as mindless monsters, but yet that wasn't what they were. A feeling of regret and grief was slowly creeping up the back of Jordan's mind. His behavior was disgraceful even if it was to remain cautious. "I apologize deeply for the way I have behaved. I was going off of what I was told inside of the Iron Stone and from their words, your people aren't exactly the nicest. Yet, your actions do seem justified. Humans would have done the exact same if the situation was flipped. Humans tend to be more chaotic and animalistic when their survival is threatened. Had the situation be flipped, maybe this town wouldn’t have been here at all."
Knowing the way people are, it was without a doubt in Jordan’s mind that the people in the Iron Stone were not as innocent nor as nice as they led off to be. He sheathed his blade and stood tall even in the presence of this bear like being. It was a good thing that Veldora came along and was as protective as he was, for if it wasn't for that, things may be going extremely sour right now. "But maybe I could provide you some sweet relief in the terms of your situation." He gestures over to the town. "If every capable body here could rally up with me, we could storm inside of the Iron Stone and demand an audience with their leader. You could work out a deal that is advantageous to both you and them. Otherwise, you'll probably stay in the situation you are in, scurrying in this dead forest, hoping to find another meal to feed everyone here." He began to move away from the bear elder and towards the town. "At the end of the day, I do not care what happens to anyone here nor anyone at the Iron Stone. But if I can help you both at the same time, then maybe I could make a name for myself and have somewhere to start anew. The choice is yours."
He turned around once more and looked into the eyes of the bear elder. Together, this group of people could come off menacingly. A pack of Wolven people led by a massive Bear humanoid, as well as Jordan with Veldora, strolling through the middle of town would easily catch the attention of everyone there. "But if I had to give you my professional opinion, I wouldn't let this chance pass me by. Especially if it meant I could save the young children that hold the future of my people." His ways were a bit manipulative, but it was all for good reason. There was no need for unneeded deaths and warfare. The longer these two groups go at each other's throats, the more disappearances, murders, and rise of tension will occur. It looked like a one sided ordeal, but it was very much a two way street of consequences. The Wolven people directly killed while the Iron Stone indirectly killed with their products. No side was more sinister than the other, so picking a side to defend seemed pointless. Which ever side at the end of the day provided more benefits, would have Jordan’s loyalty. At least, temporarily.
Anaya "The Night"04/15/2019
The bear gave a nod and jordan could visibly see the beast calm down a little, his shoulders became less tense and the ridge above his nose got flat and no longer crunched and wrinkled, he even lowered his uper lip so his teeth did not show as much beside the clear to k-nines that stuck out each side “come lets walk, i rather walk and speak and i have to check on the town and do the rounds anyway, men get lazy when standing and i shall tell you the story and why it has all come to pass.” he moved and started to walk be it Veldora and Jordan followed him was there choice. “it was before my time that it truly started, my father was chieftain over there and i was only a cub, but it was winter when the dragon took over what was our land, she landed on the hill top and started to dig out we guessed to be the hole that would be her homes foundation, so my father ordered some of the men to go scout out the place and try to reason with it as it was our land we did not mind in sharing but still words had to be said” he gave a grunt as they passed by a old little blacksmith flames shimmering from inside the forge as well as a small hut with a tattered front that read general goods. “but the dragon had no thought in shearing what she wanted, and in no time at all it was face dragon fire or get out of the town all together, we sood no chance ageist something that size the loss would have been to great so my father picked up the people and we left and soon after we could see the flames above the trees were clearly our homes were being burned into ash and soot for the dragon to rebuild. We found ourselves off the beaten path and my rather placed our flag down here, up river from the town near the larger lake. But due to castle works and poison from what is over there now our lake has gone toxic to drink and has been the result of some of the years cubs dieing. Town has not taken it to well and blames the crown and that dragon, so
they rebelled and there was nothing i could do to stop them and in reality, i did not want them to, i want that black water town gone as much as the rest of them do, but i am not stupid in thinking there is hope in reasoning with them. But there is a town, it has no one in it a ways away from here past iron stone, it was once called Kalqve, there is a single undead populating it, and preventing us from settleing there, and i don't have time to go deal with said things. I will make you a deal if you want to help and stop the people here from killing more people over there. Go to Kalqve and rid the land of that stupid undead thing so we can set up shop there and live there on good land under the costa mountains. You do that and we will not have to scavenge for food anymore and the people here will get over there hate for the dragon and that town. And i can even give you a reward of something for helping, i would do it myself but if i leave here wolves turn into dogs and start fighting each other, and i am sure you and your friend can handle one undead” the bear stopped his movement and stood there turning to face Jordan he kept his arms lose and at his sides as the towns people watched them both from a distance clearly not liking the outsider.
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Veldora walked along side the bear as he told his story, the wyvern kept its head high and watched the towns people glare at it from a distance, stupid town would make a good meal he thought to himself as his long tongue slathered over the sides of his beak and some drool globed from his mouth as clearly he was hungry, but then again he was always hungry. As he stopped he almost stepped on Jordan pushing him a little with the side of his wing. But then stepping back to not harm or upset Jordan. As the bear said this deal, thing he wanted them to do Veldora nodded his head and pushed Jordan's back a bit with his face. He made it look like it was a yes we can do this but in reality he just wanted to kill things, he had been in the iron stables so long he wanted to hunt and feel alive once more and a undead, ya he could take that he was sure of it.
JordanLioneye04/16/2019
As politely as he could, he stepped aside so the bear chieftain could move past him. He followed a few steps behind so it wouldn't pose as a threat to anyone that would be watching from a distance. He spoke of another location that could pose as a possible place to set up town and have a better chance of survival. Jordan's thoughts of causing a revolution and a revolt against the Iron Stone were quickly destroyed. But yet again, what would anyone gain from that to begin with? A little excitement at the cost of an untold amount of lives? The price was not worth the reward. Unless of course he took into account the amount of items, money, and newly unowned properties ready for the grabbing that came out of a revolution. Yet, he would have to be innocent in the eyes of everyone else so he wouldn’t be connected at all to the revolution. But now, another offer has appeared on the table. The slaying of an undead? What possible undead could be preventing this entire town from moving? It couldn't have been some simple undead. It had to be something powerful. There was definitely something that wasn’t being told to him. Yet there was a way to go around the lack of knowledge, and that was to have them go with him. "I do not wish to be rude, but hear out my counter proposition. I will not be screwing you out of anything, trust me. Just hear me out." He cleared his throat before getting pushed around by Veldora. He smiled at Veldora to express that he wasn't angered at him for bumping into him. He focused his attention back to the Bear Chieftain.
"I really don't believe in time being wasted. The way you have things worked out, I will leave, kill some undead, then have to venture back, wait for you all to pack, and then venture back to Kalqve to ensure you all make it safely and my reward is successfully given to me. That is not very efficient in my opinion. So how about this... You all pack up now, I wait for the entire town to be ready to move, and we all venture together to your new location. Then when we get to the vicinity of the area you wish to settle in, we leave all non-combatants behind at a safe distance. Then all the capable warriors will join me in defeating the undead. I understand the reward will not be as significant due to the fact that I will not be doing it alone, but at this point, I am only here to see this to the end. The reward isn't of any importance to be frank. This will solve the issues you have with the Iron Stone, you won't be leaving any of the Wolven people unattended to their own devices, and you will already be able to build up the moment that the Undead is Redead. And, I will be out of your fur immediately. Unless you want me to stick around for a bit after the fact so everything is fine and dandy. Up to you really, but I would accept my offer if I were you.
The sooner you leave this village, the sooner you can start building up and gaining strength and power to maybe one day rival the power that kicked you out of your original home." He gave him a warm smile that only a human could give off. It was very sincere, but just as how he felt the chieftain was trying to manipulate Jordan, he was trying to manipulate them to work with him to make his job a little easier. "So, what do you say?" He extended his hand out in a peace offering, unsure if they also exchanged offers in such a manner. His hands were firm in place, keeping from shaking and swerving in the wind. His open hand was calmly placed on the neck of Veldora, stroking it slowly to keep his appetite in check. The look in Veldora’s eyes clearly visualizing to any nearby that it was hungry and wanting to eat.
Anaya "The Night"04/30/2019
Veldora watched everything as he moved his head down to bump Jordan in the back lightly, his beak nudged the man as he looked off and then looked back to Jordan nodding his head softly as if to tell him yes lets go do that. The wyvern just wanted to fight, he had been on edge and wanting to rumble since they got here the wolf people made him want to really get on the ball and just rip some people apart, rip from furred people apart, yes lets kill the whole town and....no must keep his mind on track needed to protect Jordan the best he can. He held his head up as he turned a bit offering his back to Jordan, they could get there faster by flight now that his wings worked and really time was of the essence and they should go. Veldora gave a small little roar to try to really get Jordan moving and get on his back a way to say shut up lets go.
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The bear looked at the man as he gave a snort “it is the one way you can help the village, we don't have the time or the men to handle this undead problem, there is only one undead there as our scouts have seen just the one, it is a larger one but it does not seem overly smart, simply go in get rid of that and then we can move in and set up camp, once we know you have done it and it has not killed you we will move in, we will send a scout up behind you to keep watch and then bolt back to tell us if you have done the task or not and we can come reward you” the bear gave a grunt it was not going to negotiate at all, it did not want to hear the mans words anymore and a bear was as any bear should be grumpy and not easy to reason with. The bear then turned as he looked to a shop keep and softly handed the little wolf woman a shiny gold coin and then kept on walking along the path afterwords expecting Jordan to follow him or go down the path that lead away form them and to the other town, the choice was up to him, follow the bear that clearly was not going to move form the bargain he had given. Or go off on the quest that was handed to him on a silver platter.
JordanLioneye05/11/2019
This bear never heard of compromises it seemed. Clearly his way was going to take longer to do and left them with more problems than solutions. It is truly a miracle that they have survived for as long as they did with a chieftain so unwilling to compromise. And in this situation, compromised was needed without a doubt. This was probably not an easy fight which is why this bear was trying to hard to avoid having his people venture to the new location. If things went sour and they played him for a fool, he would return with a vengeance that will not go unquenched. But as it stood, he was going to be going solo versus this monstrous undead. And all he would have for backup if the one they sent had a heart of purity, would be some random scout of the village. Yet now with a small sense of defeat, he sighed and turned to Veldora to leave the village without any aid. All of this for a town that isn’t his own and a village of Wolven people he truly didn’t care for. He climbed up upon his back and grabbed firmly onto his fur. He turned his attention to the bear and then his horse Starlight. "I will be expecting my horse to be in the same condition I left her in when I come back. Otherwise, the undead will be the least of your problems. That horse is very special and I will not rest if harm comes to her." Then without waiting for any words in return, he leaned in close to Veldora's head and began to speak. "Veldora, you know which way to go for you heard him just as well as I did." He waited for Veldora to take off. He gripped firmly onto Veldora's fur and focused on his thoughts. What possible undead could be causing so much trouble?
Was there even an undead to begin with? All he could do now is steer Veldora in the right direction and wait for him to fly close to the field in question. He placed his attention to Veldora and began to speak loud enough for him to hear. "So the plan when we see this undead they wish for us to hunt, is for me to take the blunt of the attacks. I am tough skinned so a few hits shouldn't be too much of a problem. If you can, use your tail more than your bite because I don't want you getting to close and getting hurt fighting for me. You still have people waiting for your return unlike me, so try not to be reckless." He smiled gently as if Veldora can see him. Then to ruin the moment of sweetness that Jordan didn't show often, a bug splattered right against his right cheek followed with one to his forehead. He let go of Veldora's fur with his left hand to swipe his face. To make matters worse, a strong air current had just caught the two and now Jordan hanged for dear life to Veldora using his right hand. His legs swung around wildly in the air, the wind being a formidable foe indeed. But just as quickly as it came, the wind disappeared and Jordan floated back down into the safety of Veldora's fur. He grasped his fur tightly once more, this time with both hands and his face dug into his back to remain tightly packed and wind-proofed.
Anaya "The Night"05/14/2019
As Jordan got onto Veldoras back the wuvern gave a soft to properly wiggle the man into the right spot. He looked at the horse that would be left behind, in due time they would have to get Jordan to toss that thing like really he had an wyvern he needed not some land walking horse. But Veldora gave a grunt and held his head up high as he pushed and flapped leaving the ground behind, the towns people down there going back on there merry way, and if Jordan looked back he would be able to see his horse being placed in a stable.
Jordan started talking to him and telling him about the plan and how he was going to take most of the blunt of everything, take the damage, humans were stupid in this world and oh boy did the wyvern have a demse one, he had a wyvern with strong hide and a capable ability to fight and help him but yet he was going to have his body take the blunt of the force and be weakened. Veldora gave another snort and moved his beak as Jordan stopped talking, he let out a grunt like sound that sounded like words "n, n, n oo , NO" he squaked as he shock his head and kept his wings out gliding along then warm updraft that mave flying easy and enjoyable.
He would not alow Jordan to die due to his own foolish human nature, he was the mans companion, helper, combative aid, he was not stupid he knew his job and he was not going to be silent about it.
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It had been a day or so of smooth flying before things got a bit bumpy, Jordan would have fallen a sleep on the back of the wyvern but the jolt.of the turbulence would surely have awoken him. The sky was cold, morning had come and it was warm a moment a go but the sun was seeming to be eclipsing, a black disk slowly covered the warmth of the sun and Veldora gave a shiver as the hair o his back stood on end, seconds past, then minutes, the black disk did not go away, the sky was dark, the sun was black, and everything was cold, something had changed in the world and even from high up you could hear bangs and screaming on the ground.
Anaya "The Night"05/22/2019
@JordanLioneye JordanLioneye05/23/2019
"No? Well someone thinks they can command themselves. I will let you do as you please, because I can't exactly tell you not to do it without a problem." He chuckled a bit to Veldora before the hours past and the day caught up with him and rest was required. He did not expect the flight to take so long. He had closed his eyes, rested, and opened his eyes once more to begin a new day. Yet even after that, he was still on the back of Veldora. The air felt crisp. It had a soothing sensation to it unlike the day before where the air was wild and windy. He yawned gently and then rose to a sitting up position. The sky was beginning to change in color. The once lit up sky was now dark. The darkness of the sky was apparent due to the blacked out sun. That surely was not normal. What had happened recently to cause all of this? It cannot be due to the one undead he was about to take on. This was not looking good at all but he was already here and he was not the kind of person to go back on his word. The peace and quiet that the sky offered was soon cut short. From below them were the sounds of screams and banging of different items hit off one another. Jordan tried to look down to see what was going on, but from his position he couldn't see much. He could just hear what was going on and it didn't sound good at all. He ignored it for it wasn't his problem, at least not right now. He had other things to deal with. He parted his lips and began to yell, trying to power his voice over the sounds from below. "Veldora, keep going forward. We have our own problems and a mission that we need to get done. Once that is done, we can find out why the Sun has decided to turn its back on us." He placed himself firmly in Veldora's fur and closed his eyes once more. It appeared there was still some more flying to do.
Anaya "The Night"05/24/2019
Veldora looked back at Jordan with a squawk and then looked backforword there was still more hours to go but they at least were closer to what they needed to get to. The hours passed and at last one could see in the distance small touches flickering of the place they needed to be at. It was badly lit, the touches were just remnants of what used to be there, a old large town like city with buildings and what seemed to be a old large manor up out of the way, no castle no people the place was all out deserted. Not a friendly face in view, but there could be some hiding in buildings, there also could be darker things hideing in buildings, and in the distance there stood a green light hovering a tad brighter then other lights, and well, it was green, but then it vanished ducking in behind a broken down church and out of view.
Veldora swooped down oddly smoothly landing, he was geting used to his wings agein and it was rather nice to not have a super bumpy ride down. As the wyvern landed he shock his body a tad geting some of the chill out of his fur. He looked back as Jordan would be able to slide down his side to the ground like normal and then look back into the darkened town towards where that green light had vanished. He let out a grumble as he looked at it, a sort of we go this way kind of talking, Veldora knew that the green light was the one thing that did not match anything else, and if you wanted to find bad things just look for the odd thing out.
JordanLioneye05/25/2019
This town surely looked the part when it came to the crafting of a spooky environment. Everything looked abandoned, dimly lit for that added bonus of creep factor, and the deafening silence was another thing to take into account. Even after all the times he ventured after things that went bumping in the night, there was no way to get over the feeling of being watched from the darkness. Even if nothing was there watching, the doubt in the back of someone's mind plays tricks to make one believe that something was there when there really wasn't. Jordan slid off of Veldora's back calmly before he looked around to take in the sights from the ground. Sure enough, the same gut feeling from the sky could be felt on the ground. If anything, the feeling was worse here for the sky provided some safety. He looked around at the town wondering where to begin the search. If anything was out of place, it was more than likely a trap. Brute strength would not be enough to get somebody out of a clever enough trap, so if possible, he would avoid them as best he could. Veldora on the other hand probably didn't give a damn about a trap. "Alright, so before we start running off and getting ourselves stuck with our backs against the wall, we need to plan out how we are going to find this undead being we are meant to kill.
If you see anything odd, let me know. Don't chase it either because it could be a set up. Understood?" He spoke just loud enough for Veldora to hear. He didn't want to shout. He also didn't want to whisper. Speak too loud and everyone knows your plan. Speak too low and everyone thinks you are scheming. Speak at just the right volume and nobody can truly make out what you are saying with the bonus that they don't think you are making plans to handle the task at hand. Such in depth thought on the most meaningless of tasks was probably not necessary, but it never hurt anyone to plan ahead. Jordan turned his head to look at Veldora waiting for a gawk or something in response, if he would even get one. That is when Veldora grumbled about something. If there was any other hint to be needed, Jordan wouldn't be able to consider himself a bright person. A few feet from Veldora, Jordan stood looking into the darkness that had caught Veldora's attention. He couldn't see a thing but animal instinct was leading him this way. "Ready to go?" Calm and crisp the words exited his lips. A smooth transition of his right hand found the massive claymore being held tightly in his grasp. He was ready for combat even it if it jumped up from the ground beneath him.
Anaya "The Night"05/25/2019
Veldora lowered his head to be right to Jordan's eye level. He looked at Jordan knowing what was a head of them would be dangerous, it was possible that this could be the end of eather one of them, and he knew this. He then lifted his head up to look out towards were the green light went, that was the way to the undead and Veldora knew undead were stupid, at least they were supposed to be. He gave Jordan a nudge with his beak and then looked up and pointed his nose towards the buildings were the green light had gone. He then took a step forword and then looked back to Jordan to see if he wanted to lead the way.
In the building in the distance, it looked like a broken down church that green light hovered in a window, it then vanished agein into the building.
JordanLioneye05/27/2019
Jordan looked at Veldora and then back towards the darkness that only had an emitting light of green. He began to trail into the darkness, following the source of light into the building that it was disappearing off into. The building was clearly one used for some sort of religious faction. He wasn't too knowledgable on the many religions these lands could have, been even then, there were common things rooted in all of them. Building structure for one was a give away. He entered inside of the building with Veldora following behind. Every sound they made he took into account to make sure it was actually them making noise or something lurking in the darkness. The silence between their steps only raised the tension that the air held. The air was stuffy and filled with dust. These buildings have been abandoned for a long time it seemed. "Hey Veldora, you wouldn't happen to know any fire breathing would you?" He whispered. He didn't need the fire breathing for fighting, he needed it so that the area had some better lighting than it did now.
Anaya "The Night"06/03/2019
There before Jordan and veldora stood a tall lean being that looked Male from the garments it had on but when it took the hood of its cloak down its head was nothing but bones, bones and a green glow that came from its center and echoed out its empty eye sockets. It was clearly an undead, an undead that looked like it was far from happy. It was holding a lantern that also glowed green and gave off a deep evil aura. It looked at the man and his animal as it placed back and forth gritting its teeth unsure of what the man and the other thing would do.
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Veldora looked down at Jordan and then looked back up, as they walked into the church building the wyvern eyeballed the walls the place, the ruined city that was around it. And then once they entered the dark inside Veldora looked to Jordan as he talked to him about having fire, the wyvern nodded its head yes but then looked back up to see the light that had turned on, the green glowing orb that was a undead monster no more then 30 feet from them. It was to dark they did not notice it till it was right there before them. Stupid no more sun made everything harder. Veldora looked right st the undead holding its head up high and digging its foot and wing tip claws into the stone floor. It snarled as its tail would sway back and forth long barbs pokeing out of the fur on the end of it. Veldora turned so it's long body was visible its tail and the barbs swaying, drool dripping from its jaws. It needed a command to do something, Jordan was calling the shots but Veldora knew that if Jordan did not make a move that thing surely would.
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**due to jordans inactivity this segment sadly has no true ending, a short summary of the ending of it is as follows
- Jordan and Veldora go to handle the undead problem in a small outreach town
- they beat a small level 3 litch and 2 undead after walking right into a trap set up by the litch
- upon the way back to the camp to tell the wolven people about the success a large green dragon way stronger then what can be handled blocks here way
- Jordan tries to reason with the beast but the dragon did not wish to hear a mortal's words and crushes Jordan on the spot
- Veldora shattered and scared takes that moment to flee into the air vanishing into the distance to go to another place to get help or at least find a new group to join.
this is the ending of Jordan's trip to find out what happens in regards to the wolves in the woods, his ending was tragic but much was learned and the small town of Kalqve has been cleared of all undead**
