Lore of Leyuna RPG (FRPG)

[C S]

Desrium's burning eyes gradually dulled as he was taken into the sky, his body hanging limply in the dragon's grip. His legs dangled in the rushing gust created by Septimus' powerful wings as he was silent during the whole trip. It was unclear if he was still conscious of what was happening, from the sudden vertical ascent to the piercing of the clouds, flashes of blue and yellow light going off all around him and his friend accompanied by explosions of sound. All the while, Septimus could have felt a numbing cold through his palm, as if the armored being had just been freed from an icy prison...

[UndeadRaptor]

"It's risky, but still worth a shot. We'd reach the nearest village of my homeland within atleast 12 hours or so," Kiara responded to Laura, before continuing on...

[Godzilla Forever]

Laura nods and follows Kiara, hoping they don't run into anything too menacing on their way there....

[Giratina93]

"Don't worry. I'm certain there's atleast something we can do to help her out..." The businessman said quietly. Lamia looked up once again, her face still wet with tears. If only she could help out Dione somehow...

"Dione will not be put to death." A familiar voice rang out in Lamia's ears, causing her to sit upright. She turned in the direction of the voice, noticing a familiar armadillo sitting on one of her boxes, smoking from his pipe.

"Is that... you, Guame? I haven't seen you in years. "

The armadillo grinned slightly as he put his free hand on his chin. "Yes, that would be me. And if my memory serves me well..." Here the armadillo beastman leaned in close, examining Lamia. He eyed her up and down, taking note of herappearance before he continued on, "You must be Lamia. I saw you at several of Dione's birthday parties years back. You two were inseperable back then. She was always clinging to you, viewing you as an older sister..." The armadillo recollected.

Lamia blushed, as she realized what Guame was saying was true. " Yeah..." She muttered, her head lowering back down. Now she was remebering all the fun times she had with Dione, the adventures they had, the good times...

"Um, am I the only one here who is actually concerned about what's going on here?" The businessman asked, bringing the other two back to the reality of the situation going on. What had happened had happened; now, they had to focus on what was at present; namely, Dione's current predicament. They had to think of something, some way to get Dione free... but how?

[The Kingpin]

"What...the hell....was that" panted Septimus as he shot out of the clouds, escaping the storm and his pursuers, the horror of the incident showing through now that his instincts had settled. that was unlike anything he had ever encountered before. the beasts were fast. really fast. the ease with which they moved scared him. in those numbers, he dreaded to think what would happen if he were to be caught sleeping by the beasts. what scared him most however....was that he didn't know what they were. no book he had read so far mentioned them. but why? could it be they were simply so deadly that nobody had found them and escaped alive? the dragon continued flying, levelling out over the clouds, almost unaware of his surroundings, his mind still trapped in a storm of nightmare scenarios involving the beasts....he had escaped....but his world had just been dealt a crippling blow. the night which he had always seen as a sanctuary from the troubles of the day....suddenly seemed alot more menacing and dangerous...a massive beast waiting to claim the lives of the unwary at any moment...

[C S]

"Those were...creatures..." Desrium replied shortly after. Life seemed to return to him as his hanging form became rigid, his legs stopped swinging and he flexed his fingers. He looked up, seeing clear blue skies even though he heard the thunder going off below him. He looked down, seeing that he was above the bursts of light and sound that were riddled within the cover of dark clouds. "So that is where the rain is. The ground too, come to mention it" He thought, as if what happened was no surprise to him. He was just making an ordinary note of his experiences...

[The Kingpin]

The Dragon remained silent for several moments, almost as if not registering Desrium's response. "Yeah but....but....damn it....those things could've killed us....easily" growled the Dragon, his mind pounding from the pain of trying to track them all mentally at once, his thoughts still cluttered with images of horrors of what could have been, the mental image of the entire monstrous horde spilling out at once, consuming them like rabid piranhas around a scrap of flesh, tormenting his thoughts...

"We appreciate the help. before this war is over, many of us will likely need to make that sacrifice. For now however, it's vital that Andruil, Arsenic and Vix make it to their destination. I think we should be able to hold the line here for now. We're under-manned, but I believe Lord Alexander will have allied forces sent our way as soon as possible. But Our friends heading towards the mountains need help. If anything were to intercept them, that could mean the end of our war, and possibly Aster as we know it" responded Dervin, a serious, wary look in his brown eyes. "Sending a group of Valenhadian soldiers is too risky. we don't want to give any hints as to our actions. the less intelligence the enemy has, the better. We have some Guardians here watching for potential spies, in addition to the Assassin Guild's own skills. but it'd be difficult to conceal such an obvious target as a small squad of soldiers. So it falls on your shoulders, as well as Andruil, Arsenic and Vix's. Please try and find them. They went North West, towards the Mountains. there's two forests between us. Wispwood and Shadepines. the Latter is considerably more dangerous, and I expect they're on their way there. I don't think Andruil knows about it though. He has never gone so far West"...


"What...the bloody hell..." mumbled Jack Bairn as he got up, a pulsing pain in his head as he found himself on the forest floor. it scared him that that statement was likely more accurate than he knew. he looked around him, trying to get his bearings. Andrew was gone. Rupert and Joseph were still there though, laying amidst the grass and ferns that littered the ground. he felt a foreboding presence around him. it was not the kind one would feel from a gloomy house. nor the kind one would feel when in the presence of someone who was angry. this was pure, concentrated evil. malevolence, hatred....it was something....unnatural. a chill ran down his spine as he heard...no...FELT....what seemed to be whispers. how he could feel them bewildered him, and terrified him. The man had seen much in his life....but this was far beyond anything he could ever hope to comprehend. "Rupert! Joseph! wake up!" he hissed in a forced whisper as he leaned over to them, nudging the two. "God damn it, we don't have time for this. get up!" he whispered again as he jabbed them in the ribs, Rupert's eyes snapping open as he brought a small dagger to Bairn's neck, freezing for a moment as the two eyed eachother intensely, Rupert standing down once he realised who it was in front of him. Joseph groaned as he sat up, his head pounding like the others. Rupert pressed his thumb and middle finger against his temples, groaning lowly. "uuugh....****. Am I the only one who who feels like somebody's taken a bleedin' hammer to his head?.....What the he-" he grumbled, suddenly falling silent as another wave of whispers seemed to echo all around them...and somehow....within them. whatever it was...it was everywhere. "oh.....damn....It's still here isn't it?" he said, eyeing the two with hints of fear beneath his usually calm demeanour. Jack nodded slowly as he helped the two up, racking his mind for memories on the direction. "Let's go. We need to get out of here" said Jack as he headed forward, into the woods. they were close to the village....they just needed to survive long enough to get there. "Silly Little Mortals..." hissed a voice in the trees, nearly incomprehensible amidst the flurry of whispers surrounding it. Bairn upped the pace, his sword drawn as he kept Joseph and Rupert at either side of him, not letting them out of his sight. "Escape is futile, Mortals....your bodies will be mine....just like all the others..." hissed the whispering entity in the shadows, blurs appearing randomly all around them, a smoky figure appearing before them, materialising from the feet upwards, black, tattered robes wisping around it's form, it's sickly white face staring right at them as two gleaming white orbs shimmered in the place of eyes. The phantom suddenly contorted horrifically, morphing grotesquely with sickening snaps as a monstrous scream tore out, the beast lunging at them, before exploding into smoke as Bairn swung his blade at it, a last ditch effort to escape death...or worse. a sudden shockwave of light tearing through it's form as it disappeared, the blast having seemingly struck it from behind. with that blow, silence engulfed them once more...

".....now what the bloody hell was THAT?" asked Joseph, shocked. "I don't know" responded Bairn. Almost as he finished his statement, a bluish white flash spread through the trees ahead, a runic symbol appearing in mid air, swirling, the symbol surrounded by smaller runes, the fog that seemed to choke them slowly suddenly being forced back as a tall robed man walked out from the midst of the trees, a black robe worn over his chainmail, a blue and silver scarf running down his chest, a cloak held over his shoulders by a golden chain crossing his chest and linking just under the collar. a wide hood covered the man's head, the face underneath being that of a man seemingly in his late 30s, with a short beard, ice blue eyes staring towards them sharply. in his hand was a large staff, lined with whitish runes, the peak of which held a ruby-like gem shimmering with power. in his other hand was a longsword, lined with runes similar to the ones on the staff. it was the uniform of a Vindicator; A representative of the Archknights of Mercutio. "The time for questions will come later. for now, you must hurry. Kirratair is being evacuated" said the man firmly, Jack eyeing him curiously. "It's reached the village?" he asked. the man simply nodded. "Seven people were slaughtered last night. by what, we haven't yet discerned. But with such casualties, we cannot afford a full scale investigation while civilians remain in the area. Too many innocent lives are at risk" he said as he turned, leading them out of the forest, the mist strangely receding from the man, though all around them it floated, as if furious they had escaped it. "Wait. last night? We were there last night! it couldn't've been!" responded Jack incredulously, the man turning to look him directly in the eyes, the Vindicator's intimidating gaze seeming to read him like a book. "You are Jack Bairn, correct?" inquired the man. "Yes I am. But wha-" started Jack, being cut off. "How long do you think you've been out here, Jack?" asked the Vindicator. Looking around, Jack thought for a moment, finally stating "Ugh...For the last few months this fog's been making mid day look like bloody dawn. A few hours, I thi-" he responded, being cut off once again by the tall man as he stated "You have been out here for over a day. You left the Village on Decim the 8th. It is now noon, Decim the 9th. And that Revenant would've made sure you never left this forest at all had I not sensed it's presence so close to the village and moved to investigate. So please save us the trouble and withhold your questions until we're all better suited to answering them" said the Vindicator sternly, Jack simply nodding, realising he was no longer in authority here. Rupert and Joseph followed in silence, not daring to test the Vindicator's patience further...

[C S]

"They didn't though. At least I would hope they didn't" responded Desrium, the armored one looking up from the storm clouds. He raised a hand to his face and flexed his fingers, as if confirming that he was truly still alive. "They seemed perfectly content with whatever prize they claimed in those bushes" He added soon afterwards, letting his arm hang at his sides again, jarringly unaffected by the occurrence

[dinoman666]

Tetto'eko looked absently up at the sky, frowning suddenly. It was difficult to tell, but he had a bad feeling something was going to happen soon. Not that it surprised him. If this story about an Archdemon was true, then they were anything but safe. They had this creature's attention now, and it certainly wasn't going to give up so easily. He decided not to mention his feeling to his new companions. He didn't know if they would believe his astromancy or not, and he didn't even have enough information to bother upsetting his fellow travelers. They seemed in high spirits at the moment, and he'd rather not cause any negative energy for now...

[Hopeflower]

"We're on our way," Aviva growled, nodding. "What horse was ever born that could outpace a dragon?" Zar added, to inject some humor into the conversation. His mate flexed her shoulders, unfurled her wings, the semi-transparent membranes snapping like leather as she prepared to take off. "The Goddess watch over you until we return," the dragoness added, walking past the man, then bounding forward and launching into flight, skimming the tops of the trees. Zar was right behind her, his red scales a near blur as he joined her in the sky. Quickly, she called mentally, not looking back. He could feel her anxiety to see Arsenic again, how she was pushing herself to reach her top speed and so catch up to the three all the faster. Zar did the same, knowing her urgency was well-founded.

[UndeadRaptor]

Kiara lead the way, heading south-east directly for the homeland. She had recalled passing by a village that seemed to be on a halfway marker between their current position and the kingdom, but wasn't sure of it...

[Godzilla Forever]

Laura follows by Kiara, scanning the forest for a couple moments before turnnig back to the road.

"So where exactly is this kingdom of yours?"

[UndeadRaptor]

"If we follow this path we're on down to the south-western corner of Aster, we'll reach the walls of the kingdom," Kiara responded, continuing with, "if memory serves me right, there was a village between here and the kingdom itself. We may be able to get a couple of horses to reach the place before nightfall at the earliest of time..."

[Godzilla Forever]

Laura nods to Kiara.

"Since we will probably not reach your kingdom until tomorrow in the morning, we should probably find a good place to rest for the evening."

Far off in the wastelands, a blackened fort stands amongst the magma flow, pyres blazing atop its four spires....

[UndeadRaptor]

"Yeah, unless we'd want to be runnin' all night with forest trolls chasing us to have us for a late-night snack!" Kiara responded a bit sarcastically, considering she was prepared for a lot of different situations where she had to fight. She continued on ahead, following the pathway that should lead them to the village...

[Godzilla Forever]

Laura doesn't catch the sarcasm, thinknig Kiara's beign serious.

"Worse than that, straying too close to the mountains can get us attacked by Gryphons, and if we aren't cautious, we can get ambushed by Huergah or Shadowreavers."

[UndeadRaptor]

"Yeah, those too. I heard some traveller had lost an arm from one of those beasts, and was never seen or heard from again," Kiara responded, being more serious this time as they walked on...

[Godzilla Forever]

Laura nods, recalling hearing rumors about that attack when she was younger.

"Well, let's just not think about it too much. We'll just make ourselves paranoid."

[The Kingpin]

Septimus sighed as he worked to calm himself, his wings spread wide as he glided just above the surface of the storm. "That prize......was one of their brethren" rumbled the Dragon, his tone still somewhat shaken by the event, as he tried actively to set it behind him, silently remind himself that up here they couldn't follow him....or at least...he HOPED they couldn't follow him. when he thought back to it, he realised he really didn't know WHAT they could do...and it frightened him...



Well....well. Still alive, it seems thought Arashi as he felt a familiar distortion in the energy within his small storm cell. breaking the storm up, the serpentine Hueilin suddenly dove, plummeting out of the sky, heading for the earth where he had last sensed Septimus' presence. the unique 'fingerprint' left in the mana field around that spot was the easiest way to identify who was casting it, and Arashi had learned how to manipulate mana so well over the course of the past thousand years that it was as simple as reading a name on a piece of paper. Septimus was here. I sense excitement....An old friend, Arashi? rumbled a deep voice in the Dragon's mind, Gilgamesh sensing as Arashi did, though still oblivious of the reason behind it...


"I'm sure she's fine. Dragons are nothing if not sturdy creatures. chances are she's already in the village" said Andruil with a reassuring smile...

[C S]

"Well then. That is unfortunate for the creature...though its kind does not go hungry. That is a good thing" Said Desrium, enjoying the new view in the spirit dragon's grasp, even if he couldn't see past the clouds...little did he know they would soon disappear...