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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 29, 2023 3:12:17 GMT -5
Javal raised his hands ready to defend himself from the Baloth’s giant tail as it was about to slam into him before suddenly he heard the smell of something burning and looked down to see that Leandros had indeed defeated the beast and burnt it from existence.
He excitedly runs over to Leandros with his hands raised with giddy, “Leandros how did you even do that? That was so freaking cool my friend I’ve never seen anything like it. You have to teach me how to defeat Baloths like that one of these days please”.
He then coughed, calming down and responding to his question, “Yes my friend, let's finish this job and finally make sure that this place is clear of villainy. Let us look for the source of all of this strange necromancy that has surrounded our guard duty today”.
Javal walks around looking for the final set of stairs to the highest peak of the spire, which Javal had no idea what it would look like. After some searching Javal found a small set of stairs that led up that were initially covered by a lot of boxes, supplies, and other assorted goods. Whoever this was they had tried throwing people who made it this far off their scent.
Java quickly motions for Leandros to lead the two in taking out his katana; this time he’d be ready for the final opponent.
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Sept 29, 2023 21:33:34 GMT -5
"This blade has been with the Aurthurian Family for generations, it is intended to face down against the undead. Not something I can teach." He gives a little laugh. "The rest comes from study and practical knowledge, I noticed how the flesh burned away compared to the wounds you left in it....undead tend to not fear harm or react to being wounded...put those pieces together and I wagered it was undead....A clever move to bring back a baloth, the thick hide and scales make it more formidable and covers for the main weakness of undead is they often do not know to protect themselves."
Leandros sheathes his blade as they walk and talk. He has a few theories now about what is going on, but it will be hard to confirm anything until they reached the top of the tower. Thankfully, the tower seemed to be actually more secure the higher they went. Stairs and wood groaned considerably less under his weight which was good.
As they finally reached the apex of the tower, the knight let out a sigh of relief. No more stairs was a good thing. This room was full of more refuse, but there were no doors or hallways to slink away too. Plenty of spots the hide and strike through.
"Whoever you are, come out, this does not need to end poorly."
There is a deep rumble from behind some of the boxes as a large demonic figure explodes out, roaring loudly to try and scare off the adventurers. "LEAVE THIS TOWER FOR I HAVE CLAIMED IT FOR MY OWN GREUZLEGOR THE MIGHTY."[1]
Leandros puts a hand on Javal's shoulder, the fear leaving the fellblood, "An impressive incarnation of fear...but that's not a demon's name....it's draconic."[2]
There is a muttering from the demon before its shape shrivels and drops, turning into a small fellblood child. They look scared of the pair, looking up through jet black eyes.
"I...I'm sorry, I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt anyone! I just wanted to do magic!....but.....but people called me weird and threw rocks at me."
1. Cause Fear 2. Undying Fervor
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Sept 30, 2023 1:55:18 GMT -5
Javal stood at the ready behind Leandros in case of an ambush attack from behind from another unseen enemy, after getting caught by surprise the whole time during his trek up the spire Javal had enough and swore to be ready.
He calls out after Leandros, “Foul villain if thou does not come down and answer for your crimes of desecration against this beloved piece of Sol City’s history then we shall be forced to drag you down ourselves. I cannot promise that we will not be rough if you so choose to attack us as you have before by sending down what I assumed to be my beings of your creation”.
Javal’s eyes grew wide in annoyance at first as the mysterious individual emerged from a pair of boxes, he dreams his sword and pointed it to the figure nodding at Leandros’s comment about the creature’s name, “Sounds like a pretty dangerous fellow, what would a dragon be doing inside of this spire?”.
Quickly he places his blade back into his waistband as his vision clears and the intimidating figure is revealed to be a terrified-looking fellblood child.
Javal places on a brave smile and his voice completely changes to a softer and gentler tone as he says, “Don’t worry young one that’s okay, everyone is alright you’re not in trouble. I’m sorry to hear that people were being mean to you. I get that sometimes from mean people as well. What type of magic can you do little one?".
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Oct 2, 2023 12:49:35 GMT -5
The fellblood and Leandros share a look for a moment when Javal asks about their magic. The child was the one behind everything they had faced in the tower so far. Rather than sheathe his blade, Leandros sets it on the ground beside him as he crouches down to get to their level.
"You have quite a lot of talent if you did all of this...Charon could use more people with your kind of power."
The child sniffles and wipes their eyes, the fear and worry a little overwhelming especially as they stare down two adults who tore through the beasts they made. Also, like any child who knows what they did is wrong, they are afraid of the eventual scolding.
"This is powerful work...did you do it all yourself?"
They nod.
"No teacher at all?"
"M-my grandma taught me s-some stuff b-but she got sick....I can't afford medicine so she...she...she..." The tears really start to well up now.
"It's ok....don't force yourself, it's ok." Leandros smiles softly at the child, letting them have their space to be for the moment as he looks up to Javal.
"Can you manage them for a moment? I'm going to talk to the guards and clear them out before we try and get them out....I don't want them to get spooked and think they are in trouble."
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Post by Javal Zarrias on Oct 3, 2023 1:23:28 GMT -5
Javal glances at Leandros finally understanding what all of this means, this small fellblood child was the one who did everything they had come across during the trek up the tower. From that illusion outside the entrance, skeletons, to the undead baloth they had faced only a couple of minutes before this.
“I agree with my knightly friend here, you are incredibly powerful and have so much potential to do good if you can do all of this at your young age. You could make Charon a better place with your powers and prove those people who said mean things to you wrong that you can be a strong, kind person”.
Javal was shocked as the little fellow revealed that he had hardly little to no training in his magic even though he was so strong already. Javal was about to try to cheer up the child when Leandros looked up to him with a request to keep the child in a better state of mind.
He simply nods and says, “I can do that friend Leandros, leave it to me” he then walks over to the child with a kind and gentle tone and says, “Hey there friend would you like to talk to me?”.
The child, still feeling a little panicked and overwhelmed, just looks down to their feet as they play with their dark hair, “Y-yea sure”.
He looks at him at eye level and says, “You know I beat those people would bully you can’t say that they gave some of Charon’s adventurers a tough run for their money”, he chuckles trying to lighten the mood, “You had us on the ropes, your magic is strong and amazing”.
The child brightens a little bit shyly muttering, “It was nothing I just did what that book that my grandma got in a bookstore sale”.
“Well that’s pretty impressive that you were able to learn so much at such a young age, you know what I was doing when I was your age”.
“What”, the small fellblood asks curiously sniffling
Javal smiles, “Falling off of ships and cleaning up the poop deck on my old pirate crew”.
The child’s eyes widened with wonder and delight, “You’re silly mister, you were an actual pirate?”.
“Yes, I was and that blonde fellow you saw earlier is a great and powerful knightley noble fellow who beat me up pretty badly".
The kid glanced over at the direction that Leandros left filled with a little excitement and felt his worries lessen bit by bit. The two continued to speak more about funny and interesting things that Javal and the little fellow's family had done.
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