Lore of Leyuna RPG (FRPG)

[Murloc Tyrannus]

The bones remained where they were. Icil's spell failed; it required her to be close...

[Hopeflower]

Zar put on just a bit of speed, to catch up with the others. He couldn't ask how Elias was doing, but it didn't feel like he'd fainted or been sick, so he took that as a good sign.


Back at the village, Arsenic was getting in some practice at the archery range. His mind wasn't completely focused on it, though, and it showed; on a good day, he could split the first arrow he shot with his second. Today his shots were more scattered. It wasn't hard for him to figure out why he was off his game...the conversation he'd overheard was still haunting his thoughts.

He lowered his bow and moved to retrieve the practice arrows. The tips weren't proper arrowheads, because they needed to be easily pulled out of the targets; they had been whittled carefully with a practiced hand to a small point, to make sure they actually penetrated the target. They were still sharp - if a stray arrow hit someone, it could still do a decent amount of damage - but they weren't lethal. Usually.

As he moved to let the next person shoot, Arsenic started to let his mind wander, and as such, was startled by a hand being placed on his shoulder. He turned to see Rowan; she was looking at him with a concerned expression.

"You're usually better than that," she remarked, and he knew she wasn't just referring to his shooting.

'I'm just distracted,' Arsenic murmured, not really wanting to explain. But he knew Rowan wouldn't accept that answer so easily.

Sure enough, she narrowed her eyes and said, "By what?"

Arsenic turned to watch the shooter, playing for time. Uneasiness still churned in his mind. Surely, he had to be wrong.

"Arsenic." Rowan's voice sharpened, snapping his attention back to her more quickly than it had wandered. "I need to know," the black-haired woman went on slowly. "What could possibly distract one of our best shooters so much that he loses his focus on the target?"

Arsenic let out a soft sigh. 'I just heard something that concerned me. That's all.' Rowan was silent, perhaps wondering if he would continue and elaborate without her asking him to. He hesitated before saying softly, 'You remember my mother.' Rowan's expression blanked for a moment, the only outward sign that his words had surprised her.

"Of course I remember," she murmured. She was older than Arsenic. Perhaps too young, at the time, to have understood the events that led up to Zaltana's illness and death, but she remembered all too well.

'Come,' Arsenic said, turning to lead her away from the range. 'Let's sit for a while.'

Rowan followed him to the edge of the lake and she sat in the thick grass, the young woman watching Arsenic carefully as she waited for him to begin. He walked down to the very edge of the water and stood watching the glassy surface, his ever-changing irises the blue of a robin's eggshell one moment, and the next, the darkest black one could imagine.

'You know my father was never around much when I was a kid,' Arsenic murmured. 'To be honest, I think he might have been avoiding my mother and I. She would tell me, even as she tried to hold back tears, that he loved me and was just a very busy man.' He paused, wrapped up in memories. Rowan was just about to prompt him to go on, when he said, 'I don't think he was ever around when I was a baby. As I got older though, I remember seeing him every now and then. He was more of a ghost than a father. I knew he was around, but seeing him was as rare as spotting a white doe.'

There was a pregnant pause.

"Arsenic, you don't have to relive all of this," Rowan said as he fell silent again, trying not to disrupt the red-haired elf's memories of his mother. Whatever Arsenic thought of his father, he had loved Zaltana very much. She knew most of these details already, having spent many long nights talking to Dante about this very incident. She'd done her best to understand it, so she could understand what Arsenic might need from her.

'She was going to have another baby,' Arsenic said, his deep mental voice almost whisper-soft. 'I was going to have a little brother...do you remember how happy we were?'

"I remember." Rowan's voice was almost as quiet.

Arsenic's jaw suddenly clenched; an aura of intense fury seemed to encompass his entire body. Rowan was sure she could see him shaking. The memory of his mother's agonized wail - "My baby! My baby, you killed my baby!" - sliced through his mind. 'He ruined all of that. He wasn't there, Rowan. He wasn't there to protect her.'

What was she supposed to say to that? Rowan's jaw worked in silence for a moment as she searched for the words. She didn't know how to comfort him. In the end, she got up to move to his side, settled a hand on his shoulder, and told him, "We're here now."

He didn't answer, but she thought he relaxed just a little.

[foxman666]

Elias smiled softly not knowing what laid ahead in life for him . He looked around the sky knowin he would never experece some thing his again . " hey zar it's amazing what life can do just a few days ago I was a wonderer who ran into you all close to death and now I'm in the air with e birds and everything else this feeling I can't describe it " he said as he relaxed a bit and smiled but knowing he would have to make a choice soon to stay with his new found alies or wonder again down the old dark road that he was on after he left his kingdom and it's wretched king . He let out a sigh as he looked out to he east where his kingdom was as. He thought for a moment wondering if the rebals has destroyed it or if his father kept he thrown . He felt a feeling of sadness of almost betrale as he thought another the land he called home then and now . " hey zar can I ask you something and if so could you promos me not to tell anyone else ?" he asked as he continued looking east .

[Hopeflower]

The dragon gave a soft laugh, amused at the way the human was so elated at being in the air. It was pure freedom - not being bound to the earth. Elias couldn't feel the air as the dragon did; the way it held him up almost lovingly on a calm day like this, so when he was gliding, he barely needed to make an effort to stay aloft. "We're as good as alone, young one," Zar growled, noting they were still a little way behind the others. He gave a strong flap to take them a bit higher, so Elias wouldn't be so easily overheard. "No one else will hear you speak. What is it you want to know?"

[The Kingpin]

Andruil soon upped the pace, coaxing Thalion to accelerate, the hippogriff obliging gladly as he rocketed forward, enjoying the feeling of the wind flowing against his sleek feathered head and muscular body. "A few more flights like this and you may be ready to actually ride a Gryphon instead of clinging for dear life" commented Andruil over his shoulder...

[foxman666]

Elias sighed befor he spoke " why do you think life throws us into moments like this brings us to people we can call friends then make us remeber a place that you haven't thought of in years " he said as he kept his eye locked on the east his mind flooded with past battles and memories from his home land . He let out a sigh as he reached up and gentl touched the scar on his face that felt like it was burning slightly the more he thought about the war and that night where his life was almost ended " do you think that sometimes a person shouldn't have survived a battle that they should have died on the battle field ?" his voice a bit shaky and with a bit of sarrow behind it .

[Hopeflower]

"Fate is an interesting thing," Zar growled after giving the questions some thought. "One could say you met us because...you were meant to. Perhaps you were meant to take part in the coming battle. Perhaps fate has something in mind for you...if you buy into such ideas." He carved a gentle turn. "Now, as for memories...they're another thing entirely. I'm sure you already knew that they can be triggered by the smallest things....the way the light falls on the forest floor can remind you of something else entirely. Leaves brushing against each other can sound like whispering. It all depends on how you see things, and what lies in your past." The red dragon paused to snap at a passing bird, missing by just a hairsbreadth. "And to answer your final question," he went on, "I have seen many a dragon recover from horrific wounds. Claw gouges longer than you are tall; severe burns...." He gave a low growl that vibrated deep in his chest, remembering how vicious fights between Extraxl could become. "I believe whether or not you survive such things depends partly on your will to live and partly on luck. Perhaps even partly on divine intervention; who is to know for sure?"


"Yeah. Sure," Vix mumbled, not so sure of that herself and not trusting herself to say more.

[foxman666]

Elias smiled softly " perhaps your right my friend " he said as he looked down at his sword and sighed again " this up coming battle you speak of do think a wonder like me will be any use I mean a reversed blade sword makes it hard to kill anyone almost impossible really ." he said softly befor he shook his head getting memories and thoughts out of his head " hey zar let's catch up to them " he said with a happy go lucky tone .

[Hopeflower]

"I'm sure you'll be given a secondary weapon, better for fighting such a war," the dragon growled. hearing the human's sudden change in tone, Zar smirked. "Hang on tight," he growled, tucking in his wings a bit and beginning to descend. As he did, he picked up speed. He dove to just above where the others were flying, leveling out before he had the chance to collide with them. His wide, semi-transparent red wings cast pink-tinged shade over those underneath them as he glided along

[Murloc Tyrannus]

This time, Icil could defend herself (hopefully) against the guardian of the temple; she had to either sneak in or leave Rattlebones there. She would never leave a friend behind, humanoid or not. The succubus started to come up with a plan...

[dinoman666]

The jungles of Lustria trembled. Not with the footsteps of one of the mighty Thunder Lizards, nor any other jungle beast. It was the footsteps of tens of thousands of soldiers. The three other extant Temple-Cities of the Lizardmen--Itza, Tlaxtlan, and Xlanhuapec--were marching to war. The combined size of each of their massive armies caused the earth to tremble. At their head, the dozens of Slann Mage-Priests that had not gone with Mazdamundi, and a single, mummified corpse, floating on its own palanquin as if still alive...

[The Kingpin]

Septimus eyed the bones, his eyes shimmering a purple tint as they began to swirl into the air, as if lifted by some unfelt wind. The dragon turned back towards the courtyard of the temple, finding a decent perch to watch the sparring from, the bones placed in a pile within easy reach of him, his eyes fading back to normal...

[TyrannoTitan]

Radamand snorted, staring off into the jungle that surrounded the shrine.

"Good," was all Jiier said, watching Desrium calmly while leaning on his staff.

[C S]

Desrium braced the spear on his shoulder, having gotten a good idea of how the dual bladed weapon behaved. It allowed for speed and a range of lethality that he never experienced before. "Would now be a good time to learn combat tactics?" the armored being asked Jiier.

[foxman666]

Elias looked over at the two and waved as he then closed his eye and enjoyed the wind as it ripped threw his hair and over his face like t a cool gust on a spring day . His gaze drew to the east again as the memories and wonder of what happened to the kingdom . " i may have to return one day " he whispered under his breath as he smiled softly knowing that when he does he would be the one to take control even if it is by force .

[Murloc Tyrannus]

Icil decided that she needed her wings; the succubus spread out her wings and fluttered towards the courtyard of which Rattlebones had died on.

[The Kingpin]

It wasn't long before Septimus caught sight of the succubus; no doubt coming for her 'toy'. turning his head to look directly at her, his eyes shimmered an electric blue, streaks of what looked like a blend between electrical arcs and veins extending from the eyes and patterns on his face, giving an eerie look to the already frightening visage of the Dragon, electrical arcs crackling along his horns and down his chest and left arm...

[Murloc Tyrannus]

Icil stopped right in front of the courtyard; not entering the "barrier" of which she was supposed to keep out of. Her sudden change of personality was somewhat... confusing...

"Give me back my companion you magical temple campers..." she snarled as her eyes formed an eerie glowing haze of a ghastly shade of grey and a shadowing color of purple...

[TyrannoTitan]

Radamand took notice of the succubus as she approached, crossing the length of the courtyard in a few mighty strides. With one wave of his hand, a gust of wind hoisted up the collection of bones and hurled them noisily over to her. "Leave now. If I see you or that abomination again, I will grind both your bones into dust," Radamand boomed, his eyes flaring brightly.

"I suppose so, though it is difficult to determine what is necessary," Jiier responded, shrugging, still leaning on his staff lazily. "We don't know what we will be fighting, after all."

[C S]

"Then we shall train to counter any and all threats. Too much hangs in jeopardy for either of us to be unprepared. This is more so true for the forces gathered in the forest" Desrium responded, taking little notice of the events going on around him.