Knights of the Realm ch.5: Well...what now? - Page 9

Toastburner B · 05-26-2005, 10:16 AM

Nathaniel moved slowly through the shadows. He really wished Adin was here. The thief was probably much more skilled at moving through the shadows steathfully at a speed faster than a slow walk, but that was the best speed Nathaniel could do and still stay hidden.

Still no guards so far. he thought to himself. You would of thought the place would be swarming with them after we es-...oh. There they are.

Slowly, Nathaniel came to a stop. A patrol of guards were coming down the other street. They were still a few blocks away, but Nathaniel slowly crept back to the other Knights.

"There's a group of guards coming down the street on the left." Nathaniel whispered. "We could probably take them, but not without them raising the alarm first. Everyone find a spot and go to ground. I'll come get you when they pass."

Nathaniel crept back into the shadows, anad went a few steps ahead of them before he stopped. He looked back, making sure none of the Knights were plainly visable. Once again, he wished he had his kamas with him, as he would of been able to draw those without working about giving away his location. His scythe's blade was far to big, and would almost certainly reflect what little light there was.

He could hear the footsteps now. He held his breath.

Lycanthrope · 05-26-2005, 07:27 PM

Devon quickly ducked under an overhang, grabbed a support beam, and swung up into the shadows.

Overcast · 05-26-2005, 07:39 PM

As it was normal for Niall he had himself stand as straight as possible and wrap his cloak around himself loosly. He looked like a pillar.

Fuzzydoom · 05-26-2005, 09:26 PM

As the gaurds approached the knights, the first rays of dawn's light crept over the horizon. Just as the gaurds reached the knights' position, there came a large amount of yelling and screaming. At first the knights and gaurds were equally confused, until Damion came around the corner with the head of a captain of the King's guard in his hand. Their was a pause, no one moved, then the patrol men leapt at Damion. Damion tore away up the street. Despite all this the guards at the gate didn't move, that is until a huge black shadow hurled a patrol's worth of men across the street. They took that as their cue to fight or flee. The majority chose to fight, though a couple turned tail and ran. Soldiers were converging on the position from all over the city, leaving all other gates virtually un-guarded. The avatar swings its mighty arms and clots of men go sailing through the air.

Suddenly a voice all too familiar to Damion rang out across the cobbled street now littered with broken and twisted shapes which were once men. Jordan stepped out of an ally-way, and with a perverse grin on his face whines out "Mommy, the mean man broke all my new toys!" Then his face grows serious "Have you heard about your homeland Damion? Your people have been run out of their "Dark Citadel" and are forced to preform a fighting retreat across the mountains to the north. My fair land is finally being rid of you disgusting flesh-eating death-spawn." He laughs.

"Fool," Damion's voice rings clearly across the paved street, "Don't you realize that the monster posing as king will turn on your people next?"

"Aye, that's probably true, but you know what they say, 'My enemy's enemy is my friend'." His laughter peels off the stones, making Damion's blood run boiling through his veins.

By now a large majority of the soldiers within the city were surrounding the two old enemies. A large circle was formed as Jordan began to summon his golden avatar. His form was enveloped in a blazing aura of light, everyone but Damion flinched as the light played over them. In the avatar's left hand was a paladin's shield, in it's right a longsword. Across its chest was a heavy iron breast-plate engraved with the symbols of the holy. The two avatars closed together, the golden one swinging its sword toward the shadow's midsection. Damion hopped backwards, landing just out of Jordan's range. In that instant his mind flickers May the Dark One bless your escape my friends.

Lycanthrope · 05-27-2005, 03:32 PM

"Bloody Damion." Devon said swinging back down as the guard's pursued the Dark Knight. "Are we going to just let him get himself killed like that?"

Astral Harmony · 05-27-2005, 04:09 PM

"Normally, I wouldn't and would be inclined to join right into the fight, but check Damion out. I don't think he'd want us in his fight, even if he was destined to lose. C'mon and help me get the main gate open."
Adellah pointed towards the switch that would open the portcullis.

Fuzzydoom · 05-27-2005, 04:15 PM

The sounds of the fighting reach the ears of the knights. Screams and shouting and cries of pain and fury mingle together to form a cacophany of sound deafening to those who cower within their homes, praying to their patron spirits to protect them. The great golden avatar stumbles backwards, Damion's battle cry ringing in it's ears it stumbles back from the barrage of blows. Suddenly soldiers beguin interjecting themselves, giving Jordan the time he needs to recover. The golden avatar leaps at Damion with a great overhead slash, intended to split him down the middle.

Toastburner B · 05-28-2005, 03:54 PM

Nathaniel ran over to help Adellah with the portcullis. "We don't have a choice." Nathaniel said. "Damion knows what he is doing. If we try to help him, we all die...and the truth will die with us."

He grabs the wheel, and tries to turn it. "If it was just us, I'd say we go help him...but the fate of the Kingdom rests on us." Nathaniel said through clenched teeth as between him and Adellah, the wheel slowly turned, and the portcullis began to rise slowly.

Lycanthrope · 05-28-2005, 05:21 PM

Devon twisted his grip on the sword, and looked again after Damion. "We can't...I can't let him do this. Not like this. Not alone."

Astral Harmony · 05-28-2005, 06:45 PM

Adellah worked hard with Nathaniel in raising the portcullis. Slowly, they managed to bring it high enough for a crouching rider on a horse to get underneath. Adellah then swore.
"They bringing out some of the guard to shut down our escape as well."

05-26-2005, 10:16 AM	#81
Toastburner B Toasty has left the building Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hiding...because I don't want to die. Posts: 3,936	Nathaniel moved slowly through the shadows. He really wished Adin was here. The thief was probably much more skilled at moving through the shadows steathfully at a speed faster than a slow walk, but that was the best speed Nathaniel could do and still stay hidden. Still no guards so far. he thought to himself. You would of thought the place would be swarming with them after we es-...oh. There they are. Slowly, Nathaniel came to a stop. A patrol of guards were coming down the other street. They were still a few blocks away, but Nathaniel slowly crept back to the other Knights. "There's a group of guards coming down the street on the left." Nathaniel whispered. "We could probably take them, but not without them raising the alarm first. Everyone find a spot and go to ground. I'll come get you when they pass." Nathaniel crept back into the shadows, anad went a few steps ahead of them before he stopped. He looked back, making sure none of the Knights were plainly visable. Once again, he wished he had his kamas with him, as he would of been able to draw those without working about giving away his location. His scythe's blade was far to big, and would almost certainly reflect what little light there was. He could hear the footsteps now. He held his breath. __________________ I came, I saw, I got team-killed. A lot.

05-26-2005, 07:27 PM	#82
Lycanthrope Deus Lupus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The City of Angels Posts: 2,925	Devon quickly ducked under an overhang, grabbed a support beam, and swung up into the shadows. __________________ "With these seven easy steps, you, too, can be the authoritarian despot of your own principality. Machiavelli, your road to happiness" "I shoot Flying Monkies!" "Christmas had it coming its what it gets for taking over thanksgiving and threatening halloween with its weapons of mass consumerism" "Death to All Fanatics!" Official RP Action God Lycanthropic Poem "FOR YOU THE CAKE IS OVER. YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF CAKE." -Death Krylo and BMG are apparently my bitches.

05-26-2005, 07:39 PM	#83
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	As it was normal for Niall he had himself stand as straight as possible and wrap his cloak around himself loosly. He looked like a pillar. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks!

05-26-2005, 09:26 PM	#84
Fuzzydoom lvl 6 shmuck Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: far far away Posts: 619	As the gaurds approached the knights, the first rays of dawn's light crept over the horizon. Just as the gaurds reached the knights' position, there came a large amount of yelling and screaming. At first the knights and gaurds were equally confused, until Damion came around the corner with the head of a captain of the King's guard in his hand. Their was a pause, no one moved, then the patrol men leapt at Damion. Damion tore away up the street. Despite all this the guards at the gate didn't move, that is until a huge black shadow hurled a patrol's worth of men across the street. They took that as their cue to fight or flee. The majority chose to fight, though a couple turned tail and ran. Soldiers were converging on the position from all over the city, leaving all other gates virtually un-guarded. The avatar swings its mighty arms and clots of men go sailing through the air. Suddenly a voice all too familiar to Damion rang out across the cobbled street now littered with broken and twisted shapes which were once men. Jordan stepped out of an ally-way, and with a perverse grin on his face whines out "Mommy, the mean man broke all my new toys!" Then his face grows serious "Have you heard about your homeland Damion? Your people have been run out of their "Dark Citadel" and are forced to preform a fighting retreat across the mountains to the north. My fair land is finally being rid of you disgusting flesh-eating death-spawn." He laughs. "Fool," Damion's voice rings clearly across the paved street, "Don't you realize that the monster posing as king will turn on your people next?" "Aye, that's probably true, but you know what they say, 'My enemy's enemy is my friend'." His laughter peels off the stones, making Damion's blood run boiling through his veins. By now a large majority of the soldiers within the city were surrounding the two old enemies. A large circle was formed as Jordan began to summon his golden avatar. His form was enveloped in a blazing aura of light, everyone but Damion flinched as the light played over them. In the avatar's left hand was a paladin's shield, in it's right a longsword. Across its chest was a heavy iron breast-plate engraved with the symbols of the holy. The two avatars closed together, the golden one swinging its sword toward the shadow's midsection. Damion hopped backwards, landing just out of Jordan's range. In that instant his mind flickers May the Dark One bless your escape my friends. __________________ I think all the funny in my fingertips dried up a while ago. I leveled up!

05-27-2005, 03:32 PM	#85
Lycanthrope Deus Lupus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The City of Angels Posts: 2,925	"Bloody Damion." Devon said swinging back down as the guard's pursued the Dark Knight. "Are we going to just let him get himself killed like that?" __________________ "With these seven easy steps, you, too, can be the authoritarian despot of your own principality. Machiavelli, your road to happiness" "I shoot Flying Monkies!" "Christmas had it coming its what it gets for taking over thanksgiving and threatening halloween with its weapons of mass consumerism" "Death to All Fanatics!" Official RP Action God Lycanthropic Poem "FOR YOU THE CAKE IS OVER. YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF CAKE." -Death Krylo and BMG are apparently my bitches.

05-27-2005, 04:09 PM	#86
Astral Harmony Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harmonial Sanctum Posts: 6,798	"Normally, I wouldn't and would be inclined to join right into the fight, but check Damion out. I don't think he'd want us in his fight, even if he was destined to lose. C'mon and help me get the main gate open." Adellah pointed towards the switch that would open the portcullis.

05-27-2005, 04:15 PM	#87
Fuzzydoom lvl 6 shmuck Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: far far away Posts: 619	The sounds of the fighting reach the ears of the knights. Screams and shouting and cries of pain and fury mingle together to form a cacophany of sound deafening to those who cower within their homes, praying to their patron spirits to protect them. The great golden avatar stumbles backwards, Damion's battle cry ringing in it's ears it stumbles back from the barrage of blows. Suddenly soldiers beguin interjecting themselves, giving Jordan the time he needs to recover. The golden avatar leaps at Damion with a great overhead slash, intended to split him down the middle. __________________ I think all the funny in my fingertips dried up a while ago. I leveled up!

05-28-2005, 03:54 PM	#88
Toastburner B Toasty has left the building Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hiding...because I don't want to die. Posts: 3,936	Nathaniel ran over to help Adellah with the portcullis. "We don't have a choice." Nathaniel said. "Damion knows what he is doing. If we try to help him, we all die...and the truth will die with us." He grabs the wheel, and tries to turn it. "If it was just us, I'd say we go help him...but the fate of the Kingdom rests on us." Nathaniel said through clenched teeth as between him and Adellah, the wheel slowly turned, and the portcullis began to rise slowly. __________________ I came, I saw, I got team-killed. A lot.

05-28-2005, 05:21 PM	#89
Lycanthrope Deus Lupus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The City of Angels Posts: 2,925	Devon twisted his grip on the sword, and looked again after Damion. "We can't...I can't let him do this. Not like this. Not alone." __________________ "With these seven easy steps, you, too, can be the authoritarian despot of your own principality. Machiavelli, your road to happiness" "I shoot Flying Monkies!" "Christmas had it coming its what it gets for taking over thanksgiving and threatening halloween with its weapons of mass consumerism" "Death to All Fanatics!" Official RP Action God Lycanthropic Poem "FOR YOU THE CAKE IS OVER. YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF CAKE." -Death Krylo and BMG are apparently my bitches.

05-28-2005, 06:45 PM	#90
Astral Harmony Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harmonial Sanctum Posts: 6,798	Adellah worked hard with Nathaniel in raising the portcullis. Slowly, they managed to bring it high enough for a crouching rider on a horse to get underneath. Adellah then swore. "They bringing out some of the guard to shut down our escape as well."