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In ancient times there was an island with an unknown name but yet feared of it's inhabitants.The inhabitants of this island were called the "Azehier", meaning God Slayer in Kotek. Kotek is the language of the Craitens. The Craitens are the common people of the world but the Azehier are only found on their nameless island. The Azehier got their name from their prowess on the field of battle. The Azehier are mercenaries by nature and begin their training at the age of Five and love to fight for the sake of fighting.
A story started to spread of an ancient tablet that was found in a tomb in the ruins of ancient castle. The tablet told a story that spoke of the true origin of how the name Azehier came about. This was due to a single man who had fought gods themselves and won this man’s name was Strarros, yet there are no other records of such a person in the ancient library of Toral Nev.
The story beings in the year 1705AF, the day of the God Arjol fell from the realm of Relatis, translated as the Elders. The fall of Arjol was seen as an ill omen among the people of the land, others though it as a sign for a new begging. About 100 miles due west of where Arjol fell there lies a village hidden amongst the mountains. The village has been said that's its inhabitants are Demi gods or demons. The inhabitants of the village consisted of soldiers and magicians that only Kings and Emperors knew about.
In this hidden village there was a clan of swordsmen who prowess with the sword was legendary. The clan’s youngest swordsman was considered to be something of a prodigy amongst the clan the young man’s name was Strarros.
At age 15 he was able to defeat the top members of the clan in single combat. On the day Arjol fell, Strarros was given the task of investigating the site where Arjol fell. When Strarros arrived to the location, the fallen god Arjol could be seen covered in blood and standing surrounded by the corpses of soldiers from a distant kingdom.
Upon seeing Arjol, Strarros drew his blade and charged forward. He was instantly was sent flying into the sides of the crater blood sliding down his cheek from his left eye. As the dust cleared Arjol was holding Strarros's left eye in his fingers with a crooked smiled on his face.
As Strarros was trying to recover from the sight of the fallen god holding his eye Arjol immediately swallowed the eye and began laughing as he slowly faded away with a dust cloud. Strarros climbed unsteadily out of the crater while blood dripped through his fingers from his left eye socket. As he got out of the carter he fell to his knees and began to rip his sleeves. He then tied a large knot and wrapped it over his missing eye and immediately collapsed to the ground unconscious.
Three months later Strarros awoke chained up to a wall with several armed soldiers standing in the room with heavy halberds at the ready. A single man stepped forward wearing heavy raiment "do you know where you are?" the man asked. Strarros only stared at the man, "no" he finally replied. "Then can you tell me who you are, and how you lost your left eye?" the man asked. "My name does not concern the likes of military lap dogs" Starros answered with a cold stare. "My my how impolite, even still you will answer me worm or I will force it out of you" the man retorts, Strarros only smiles. The soldiers gasped and took a step backwards, signs of panic on their faces showing brightly. The man only chuckles "that is some scary presence you have there but such a thing won’t affect me" he admits and jabs Strarros hard with the hilt of his sword causing him to cough up blood.
"I will......kill.......you" he says as he gasps for air "Your hardly in a position to do such a thing, and your no match for a captain of the Koratis Royal Military" he replies with a confident smile.
Starros spits out some blood and snickers "now what is so funny?” The captain asks and just as soon as he finished the question Strarros yanks the chains out of the wall. Stone fragments go flying everywhere nailing some of the guards and injuring them, Strarros grabs the Captains sword and impales the captain. After killing the captain the soldier’s start to surround him and Starros starts running towards the door dodging some of the soldier’s halberd swings as he reach’s for the door a giant axe breaks through the door and cutting right through the wall as well killing 5 guards in the process.
Starros skids to a halt as a man in heavy armor crouch's down and shuffles through the door, as the man gets through the door he stands to his full height and looks down at Starros and a loud growl erupts from the giants helmet and raises the axe above his head only for it to get caught in the ceilings banisters. Starros stands up straight and looks up at the axe and then to the giant "thats....just.....really pathetic" he admits while shaking his head he then runs up to the giant and stabs the giants knee joint, the giant screams in pain and falls down on his good knee letting go of the axe.
Several of the soldiers watch Strarros and the giant questioning whether to get involved or not, as soon as the giants hand releases the axes handle it dislodges itself and plummets and the axe blade cutting right through the giants helmet killing him instantly. Starros just stares blankly "that was new" he says to himself, the soldiers then start running at Starros only to see him run through the destroyed doorway.
As Strarros continues to run down the many corridors of the castle, warning bells began to ring throughout the halls. Starros screeches to a halt as he arrives at a Cross Section as he looks down each hallway the sound of heavy metal boots could be heard echoing from the distance and getting closer. As soon as he begins to run down a hall a massive lance comes flying and impales the wall barring his path, Strarros looks in the direction of where the lance came from and cringes at the sight of a heavily armored knight walking slowly down the hall.
Starros begins to try to pry the lance from the wall, 4 arrows come whistling down the opposite hall. Starros grabs 1 arrow that was aimed at his head but just as he got the arrow he was hit by the other 3 arrows causing his knees to buckle and fall to the stone floor. The heavily armored knight reach's Strarros and yanks the lance from the wall with ease and then tilts his head as he looks down at Starros as if confused. As more arrows come whistling down the hall only to bounce off the knights armor. The Knight stiffens and looks down the hall at the archers and roars and stabs the lance into the stone floor creating a small crater and bits of stone to pop up into the air.
Strarros pulls out the 3 arrows face cringing with pain as he stands up blood flowing slowing down his arm and legs, and looks down the hall and takes a step back at the sight of knight covered in blood and the archers on the stone floor.
The knight slowly turns its head in Strarros direction and beings to walk in his direction Starros starts limping down the other hall the knight picking up the pace. As Strarros continued to limp from being shot with arrows, he suddenly stops as he notices a door at the end of the hall and then looks over his shoulder to see the knight closing in.
Strarros rams the door down and stops in his tracks at the site of a giant Wyvern sleeping in the center of the courtyard, the sound of the Knights heavy steps echoing from the doorway. The Wyvern opens its eyes & lifts its head in the direction of the echo and stares blankly at Starros and roars angrily. The roar propelled Strarros back into the hall and into the knight knocking it down hard on the stone floor, the eye slits in the knights helmet begin to glow and the knight shoves Strarros off with enough force to launch him into the ceiling hard. As Strarros hits the ceiling the Knight stands up and immediately grabs Strarros from mid air and pulls him down into the stone floor creating a crater, the Wyvren roars and the sound of heavy chains can be heard straining from the raw power of the dragon as it tries to break free.
Several screams erupt from the courtyard and the knight stares down at the courtyard watching several soldiers trying to restrain the Wyvren, as it roars and grabs several soldiers in its jaws and slamming them against the ground while swinging it tail catching a dozen soldiers and sending them flying into the courtyard walls. The Knight grabs Strarros by the neck and drags him out to the courtyard and lifts him up and stares at Starros and then to the Wyrven the Knight then throws Strarros over the edge and into the courtyard. As Strarros falls he reaches out and grabs hold onto the stone that was jetting out of the wall, Starros turns his head slowly to see the Wyvren staring at him intently as if in a trance.
Sounds of hushed talking could be heard echoing throughout the courtyard as the soldiers watched in wonder at the Wyvren and Starros, the Knight looking down growls softly and jumps off the platform and grabs hold of Strarros's leg and pulls him down. The Wyvren continuing to watch Strarros as several seconds later the Knight and Starros land sending up a huge dust cloud forcing the soldiers to back away the Knights eyes could be seen shining through the dust as he emerges out of the cloud dragging Strarros by the leg. As the soldiers moved close to the knight to take Strarros the Wyvren roars and swings its massive tail catching several soldiers and the Knight sending them in the wall leaving Starros on the ground.
The Wyvren lifts its head and roars and moves its claws over Strarros and pulls him closer and then moves over him as if protecting him. Backing away from the Wyvren the soldiers began to leave the courtyard but a loud scream echos throughout the courtyard stopping the soldiers in their tracks and the Wyvren looking at the wall where the Knight hit. The Knight could be seen looking up at the Wyvren as pieces of the Knights armor begins to fall off revealing that there was no one inside the armor. Sounds of panic could be heard all over the courtyard as Strarros begins to stand up slowly, the Knight stares at Starros and then back to the Wyvren.
Strarros looks around him and then up at the Wyvren standing over him but a hoarse laugh began to emanate from the Knight as arms began to form out of thin air and taking off its helmet. As the Helmet hit the ground revealing nothing but eyes and a big smile with sharp teeth. As the Knights body continued to form it slams its lance into the ground "So it's true then you do have Arjol's Mark how amusing" the Knight jeers, the Wyvren lowers its head to the Knight and stares "He is under the Pact as it was since the Age Diaok" the Wyvren replies. The Knights eyes narrow and its smiles turns into a frown "So your one of Diaok's chosen sons how.....discomforting" the Knight admits backing away slowly.
Strarros stares at the Knight as it body continued to form "He has Arjol's Mark, Diaok has no claim on him" the Knight yells, the Wyvren's eyes narrow "His people have made the Pact with Diaok during the time of the great war" the Wyvren replies. Watching the two arguing Strarros notices a a sword laying on the ground and picks it up only for the Knight to look in his direction and smirks "Your fortunate Childe that this dragon is protecting you otherwise you would be dead long ago" the Knight laughs. Starros frowns at the Knight "does that mean your afraid to fight me Specter?" Starros taunts, the Knight stops laughing and stares at Starros coldly "Hold Your tongue Childe or I'll cut it from you" the Knight replies.
The Wyvren watch's the two closely as the Knight rips its lance from the ground and lets out a ear splitting roar and rips the lance in half revealing two large swords hidden inside. Starros winces and covers his missing eye with his hand as the Knight picks up his two large swords as his body finishes forming a tall shadowy mist like form.
The Knight eyes narrow as it smiles revealing his sharp teeth "so Arjol is near then....how delicious" the Knight declares, Strarros lowers his hand from his eye and stares at the Knight his eye glazed white. Strarros charges forward swinging his sword at the Knight wildly only for the Knight to evade quickly and with ease the Knight soon bumps into the Courtyard wall.
The Knight ducks under Strarros wild swings and kicks Strarros in the head sending him to the ground "what a disappointment I figured Arjol chose a powerful warrior" The Knight remarks as he raises its foot to crush Strarros only for him to roll out of the way an swing his sword through the Knights shadowy leg. The Knight screams and falls on its back dropping its swords, Strarros stands up and covers his eye as blood seeps through his fingers as he looks around him and sees the Knight on the ground clutching where its leg was, and points his sword at what he thought was the Knights neck "surrender creature and I MAY let you live" Strarros declares aloud.
The Knight looks up at Strarros and smiles "we will see each other again soon Childe, you only got lucky next we meet you will be on your knees" the Knight retorts and starts laughing wildly as his form begins to disappear.
 Insane_Exile · Fri Aug 20, 2010 @ 12:35am · 0 Comments |
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