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  1. #11
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    Name
    Gavner Nahs
    Age
    38 (20 human equivelant)
    Race
    Vampire
    Gender
    Male
    Location
    Raiaera
    Gavner was excited at this point. He smiled as he began charging through the tunnel at an accelerated pace, when he ran directly into a pile of stone, barricading the tunnel. He fell back on his heels and rocked further onto his back with a grunt.

    “Xzcunge!” The creature of the night cursed, “Cave ins.” He looked at the barricading stone with fury. How was he to escape now? Suddenly he became aware of the sound of running water below his feet. “The royal hot springs,” Gavner muttered to himself. He pressed his ear to the ground. The floor of the tunnel he was in only seemed to be several inches thick. Something he could easily break through. Stepping back, the vampire took out the hammer that he had stored on his belt, and he prepared a blow.

    “One, two… three!” Gavner brought the warhammer down onto the floor of the tunnel. He saw a dent in the stone and cracks that spider webbed to the walls of the tunnel.

    “One, two, three!” Gavner said again as he smashed an even bigger dent with more cracks into the tunnel floor. “Come on,” he said, “just one more time!” He panted and raised his hammer before drawing in another big breath. “Three!”

    One moment Gavner was swinging the Warhammer with all his might, and the next, he was freefalling- plummeting- in a long unsettling drop in the dark. He did not scream, he did not think, he simply fell for several seconds before he was plunged into the blood warm pool of hot water which he had just bathed in previously that day. He was in the royal hot springs of King Hronzak.

    Popping his head out of the water, he took a deep breath in before looking around. The high cavern ceiling sounded out an insidious cracking sound which spread throughout the entire cave. Gavner looked up and noticed the admonishing stalagmites sticking directly down in a daunting manner. The ceiling of the cave must have been eroded throughout the years in the history of the mountain and worn down the escape tunnel’s floor so that it was nearly a few inches thick. Looking around, Gavner saw no inlet for the water, but the soothing trickle of running water he could hear echoed throughout the cavern.

    He saw a medium sized tunnel with an overflow level which must have been the outlet, and he began to swim for it when he heard footsteps in the entrance to the cavern.

    “Xzcunge.”

  2. #12
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    Name
    Gavner Nahs
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    38 (20 human equivelant)
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    Vampire
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    Male
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    Raiaera
    “Quickly, this way!” Gavner heard a gruff voice, followed by the boots of others.

    “There he is!”

    “In the water!”

    “I see him!”

    “What are you waiting for? After him!”

    Gavner booked it to the overflow where he pulled himself up onto the tunnel of the floor. He looked back toward the entrance and saw hundreds of dwarves flooding the entrance to the cavern. They began to jump in the pool of water and wading toward the escaping vampire. He had to think fast.

    “Think, think!” Gavner said to himself looking around. Hundreds of dwarves were now in the cavern, and more flooding in. With the sheer amount of volume displacement in the pool, water began to rush up through the overflow and flood the passageway. Gavner looked down at the hammer that was still in his hand, and then at the ceiling of the cavern. With a well placed throw, he hurled the Warhammer at the spot next to the hole which he had created in the ceiling where the tunnel was, and the same angry cracking noise came from the roof of the cavern. However, this time it was angrier. This time the noise came back with a vengeance. A stalagmite fell down from the ceiling and skewered an unlucky dwarf who was standing in the entryway. Suddenly, another fell, and then another.

    Before the catastrophe could play out fully, Gavner turned toward the exiting water in the overflow and began to run down the tunnel, his feet sloshing through the warm resisting water. From behind him, in the previous cavern, Gavner heard the sound of a massive piece of the ceiling being dislodged, and the eerie silence that followed as it was falling. Then came the screams of fright and anticipation. Then the massive splash. Gavner knew what was coming, so he ran as fast as he could, but there was no way he could escape it. He heard the eerie whisper of water approaching, and then he was overtaken by the tidal wave. Gavner took a deep breath before he was consumed and the tunnel was completely filled with water.

    The vampire was battered and smashed against the sides of the tunnel as he was shoved though the passage. He could feel himself being forced into a smaller tunnel, as the water speed increased, and he was battered much more, until finally, the pressure in the tunnel was released, and he burst through the side of the mountain in a brilliant, steaming waterfall.

  3. #13
    Innocence & Instincts

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    Black Shadow
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    Human
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    Raiaera
    Black Shadow looked over the mountain range, admiring its beauty, when in the distance he saw a large black, flying figure round the peak of a far mountain. As it came closer, he could make out the shape of a horse but it was flying with large feathery wings. It was Echo, the Pegasus which had brought them to Al Kitar in the first place.

    “Black Shadow,” A deep voice boomed in his head, “We don’t have much time. I have come to take you on your first leg of the journey.” Black Shadow nodded. Echo swooped in gracefully and landed on the summit, which was gleaming in the crisp, cool moonlight. He helped King Hronzak mount Echo before making sure that Espoir was secure, and wrapping her tighter in his blanket. Then he mounted the Pegasus. The black beast then spread its wings and began to descend from the summit, circling the mountain as he gradually began to fly closer and closer to the ground. Black Shadow looked down at the ground when they were on the South side of the mountain, and saw a beautiful waterfall of steaming liquid trickling from the side of the mountain into a large lake. In the lake was a massive iceberg, which gave the whole side of the mountain a beautiful, and peaceful look.

    They began to descend out of the snowstorm on the summit, and the temperature began to rise, as a comfortable breeze blew through. As Echo began to circle the North Side of the mountain, Black Shadow braced himself for the bloodied battlefield which they had witnessed on their way to the mountain. The scene was not much better than Black Shadow had remembered. There were scores upon scores of battle consumed dwarves, and the occasional elf or two. The elves had suffered virtually no casualties whereas the dwarves had suffered thousands upon thousands- in which the land was ridden. Black Shadow shook his head. The sooner they got to the elves and negotiated the treaty, the better.

    But now there was another problem. The dwarves were going to need reinforcements to take control of their own army once more. Now this was a matter of negotiating peace terms, and aid with rebuilding, and reinforcements.

    Echo began his final circle around the mountainside, where a gruesome sight awaited. The small trickle of a waterfall was now a roaring fall of crimson red, steaming water gushing out. Gavner had done his work.

    Godspeed, Gavner. Black Shadow thought.

  4. #14
    Innocence & Instincts

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    Black Shadow
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    Black Shadow did not feel right letting Gavner go alone, but he knew that it was necessary. He just hoped that his traveling companion had escaped safely. As they left the mountain range, Black Shadow felt Echo’s presence in his mind, and he gave him his attention. The black Pegasus' voice boomed within Shadow's head.

    "I will take you as far as I can. I will not be able to take you all the way though. You must find your own way after a time, as I am needed to escort the king to The Hall of the High Dramorsha."

    The flight was accompanied by King Hronzak gripping Echo's mane tightly in fear. It was when the steed's booming voice entered his mind that the king released his grip, almost falling off while doing so. As the night grew old, Black Shadow remained alert and awake, observing the rustic landscapes fly by underneath them. Trees and meadows, streams and lakes, all different kinds of habitat were all seen. The pegasus flew over several small villages, and continued towards the great forests of the North.

    A dark tree line grew into a light green field, and Echo began to tire. He found a small cave, and quickly dropped his passengers off, speaking to Black Shadow.

    "I will stay and attend to the King’s needs tomorrow evening. You go and negotiate with Queen Olivia." Echo said in his deep voice. Black Shadow nodded and turned to exit the cave. “Black Shadow,” Echo said.

    Black Shadow turned to look at the entity, to whom the king was still clinging. “Stay true to your course, and remember that there is quite virtually no time left for the dwarves. They grow weaker and weaker as we speak.” Black Shadow nodded. “Godspeed.”

    “Wait!” The king said before Black Shadow could turn to leave. The short royal wriggled himself off and landed on the ground to run over to the archer. “You’re going to leave me?”

    Black Shadow looked around and couldn’t find any paper, so he grabbed stone and began to write on the wall, “Yes, Your Majesty. Echo will take you to a safe place.” The king hesitated a moment, and then nodded reluctantly.

    Black Shadow turned to the mouth of the cave. The journey would be at least a few days. Before Black Shadow left, he tended to baby Espoir. She was still fast asleep from the journey, as Shadow had kept her out of the cold, and stopped the wind from irritating her face. He made sure that she was comfortable before starting off. The journey of one thousand miles begins with a single step.

  5. #15
    Innocence & Instincts

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    Black Shadow
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    Black Shadow ran as fast as he could, he felt like he was moving faster than he had ever run before. The trees were flying past him and the grass behind him was kicked up and flown a few feet. It took but an hour for the fatigue to seep into his mind and for him to stop. Black Shadow took in a few more deep breaths and began to run again. He had a goal: Get to the elven kingdom and call upon queen Olivia.

    The stops became more frequent until Black Shadow was forced to stop completely. He was tired, and hungry. Sitting on a log for a momentary rest, Black Shadow began to think about making camp. He was in a well wooded area; shelter would not be difficult to locate. Food was not hard to find either, as there were plenty of wild animals around to kill. He followed a small, nearby stream that he found until it lead to a small opening under the wooded canopy, the south end bordered by a felled tree. Using his sword, he began to chop up a small section of the ground before taking off his gloves and scooping the dirt out of the ground, making a small pit. Sheathing his sword, Black Shadow used rocks from the stream to create a relatively large fire ring to accommodate cooking dinner.

    Going out into the woods, Black Shadow started the hunt. He crept silently through the trees, listening intently until he heard rustling in the distance. More silent than a cat, the dark archer moved through the woods swiftly until his prey was in view. Sniffing around a berry bush was a mother black bear. She was a large and admirable opponent; but Black Shadow liked a challenge. He knocked an arrow and drew back his bow to take aim. Shadow drew in a deep breath, ready to let the arrow fly, when he felt Baby Espoir stirring. Shadow’s eyes grew wide as he felt her yawn and reach up to grab at his mask. He had almost forgotten that Espoir was even there. The archer slowly brought his bow down and began to turn when she let out a happy coo. It was that cry- the cry of a happy infant- that alerted the bear of Shadow’s presence.

  6. #16
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    Shadow was barely peeking out from behind the tree when he saw the bear look up in his direction, but the archer was completely obscured behind the tree. The bear hesitated for a moment- the moment of truth- before she went back to her berry bush. For a moment, Black Shadow was relieved. They had flown under the radar for the time being. Baby Espoir happily began to hit his chest with her little arm. Shadow had barely even taken a step, and that was when she cried out again, even happier and louder than before. Black Shadow knew what this meant, and instantly he turned around to see the bear charging in his direction. Swiftly, without missing a beat, he drew his bow, knocked an arrow and let it fly directly at the bear’s left eye in one fluid motion. The bear roared in agony as it jerked back and reared on its hind legs, but Shadow didn’t stick around to watch it be angry. In a moment’s notice, Shadow was behind the bear, an arrow aimed directly at its brainstem. Before releasing, Shadow thought of Baby Espoir, and how the bear was going to harm her. He drew the bow back extra, and released the arrow at a deadly velocity.

    The bear hit the ground with a thunderous “thud,” and Shadow began to haul it back to camp. When he finally returned back, he made a small cradle of sticks and small logs to keep Espoir from rolling into danger, and set her swaddle down. He then proceeded to gather twigs and sticks for his fire. When he found enough kindling, he sought out some fallen logs which he could drag back to his camp. After finding about five large logs, he came across a mighty fallen tree which there was no way he could haul back to his site. Pulling out his short sword, Black Shadow began to chop and quarter the wood nicely and stack it so that he could return to this spot if he needed any more than what he had back at his campsite. After he returned and kindled the fire, he began to skin and quarter the bear meat. He made a pile of the meat on the face of a log which he cut the bark off of and leveled to resemble a table. He set the offal into a pile near the stream, and hung the hide on the branch of a small tree.

    As Black Shadow began to cook a few filets for himself, a sudden wave of extreme exhaustion set in. His adrenaline rush had worn off and it was all he could do to stay awake. The archer finished his cooking and ate part of his food before he realized he was too tired to eat. He then threw a sizable log on the fire and lay down on the forest floor. He was asleep before his head hit the ground.

  7. #17
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    Gavner Nahs
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    Vampire
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    Male
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    Raiaera
    The plummet toward the lake below was painstakingly slow, but it was nothing compared to the landing. Gavner held his breath, but it was all that he could do to keep himself from screaming and letting it all out once he plunged into the subarctic water. The current from the falling water forced Gavner down forty feet or so, from whereupon he opened his eyes. He did not have much strength to do more than that, as his muscles were still frozen in shock. When he gathered enough willpower, he broke out of his trance and started to swim around the iceberg. His body was in a state of paradox, as the water was so cold that his skin felt as if it was on fire.

    He continued until he was clear of the large mass of ice, and on the shore. Breaking through the surface of the water, Gavner gasped in a breath of new air as he began running for dry land. Finally, Gavner’s feet hit the warm grass, and he was out of the water, but he did not stop there. Turning, Gavner began his journey around the mountain to the North Side. He was rounding the east side, which was terraced farm land. The terraces were not bad, as they went in one-foot increments, so he could simply step over them. A smile crossed his face as he thought of General Xnias. Gavner was home free now. There was no way that they were going to stop his journey, and when he came back, he would not be alone. Gavner finally cleared the terraces, and began to sprint. As he sprinted, he steadily began to increase his pace until he was at the threshold of fliting speed. Taking one last look at Al Kitar, and the battlefield, he crossed the speed barrier and began traveling upwards of one thousand miles per hour.

    As he “flitted” through the landscape, Gavner had no idea where he was going, but the moon was beautiful, and so was the countryside, so he was content. Suddenly the figure of a great black Pegasus came into his vision. There was a cool air about it as if it was an apparition, but Echo’s familiar booming voice resounded in the vampire’s head.

    “Gavner,” it said, “Black Shadow has made camp. Follow the constellation of Vir Fortis, and you will reach his camp in a deciduous place by a stream.”

  8. #18
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    Male
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    Raiaera
    When Gavner saw the dark tree line, he slowed to a sprint, and then a jog before entering the forest. As he continued, he saw a stream, and after an hour of running, he saw the faint glow of embers about a mile ahead. The creature of the night slowed to a walk, so he would not wake his friend. He had made good time; the first break of daylight was a mere ten minutes, as the sky had begun to lighten. Gavner would not be in danger here- the canopy of the trees would provide adequate protection from the sun’s insidious rays. As Gavner approached the glow, he began to smell a large mass of raw meat, and his mouth began to water.
    He crept into his friend's camp and suddenly spotted the pile of meat near a massive bear skin. He was very tired from flitting, but his hunger was a more pressing issue. He decided that Shadow wouldn’t mind if he took some of his kill, so the vampire decided to make some dinner for himself, and what would be breakfast for Shadow. Gavner found some wild herbs and mushrooms that would go perfect in a soup. Finding a nice sized boulder, Gavner carved out a large stewing pot with his razor sharp and extremely hard fingernails. He filled it with water from a nearby brook and boiled it. Placing the articles of the stew in the pot he looked around for a thickening agent.

    Gavner remembered Fintin teaching him something about Tara Gum; an agent in roots that caused liquids to thicken. Digging up some roots from a tree Gavner ground them up with two rocks and added them to his stew. Now all he had to do was let it boil down. He stared into the fire for several seconds, admiring the beauty of it. Looking around he noticed that the sun would rise in several minutes. The trees should provide cover for him, but it would delay he and Black Shadow for a day.

    Going over to Black Shadow, Gavner lay down next to his friend; fairly close. He was looking directly at the archer, who was sleeping on his back. Gavner waited about ten minutes until his friend began to stir. Black Shadow opened his eyes and Gavner could tell he smelled something cooking. He looked up with his head and observed the pot on the fire. Laying his head down he rolled onto his side, the side that Gavner was on. Black Shadow's nose touched Gavner's and he found himself staring into the blazing red eyes of the vampire who had a grin from ear to ear, displaying his sharp black teeth.

    "Hi there."

  9. #19
    Innocence & Instincts

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    Black Shadow
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    Black Shadow shot his hand forward, connecting a clenched fist with Gavner's nose. Quickly spinning and standing up, Black Shadow grabbed his bow and aimed it at Gavner. When he realized it was his ally, he put the bow down. Gavner hissed at him and turned his back away laying down again.

    After some coaxing out, Gavner told Black Shadow all about his great escape, how he created the diversion to stop the enemy from noticing the archer’s escape, and then how he blasted a hole through the wall in Al Konvar.

    “I must have hit an ancient air channel that had been closed off!” The vampire exclaimed. “The luck of the vampires must have been with me, otherwise I would have had to power my way through the golden doors and on to the hot springs, and who knows if I would have made it.

    “And then,” Gavner continued, the air shaft lead into some sort of escape tunnel, but go figure that the tunnel had caved in toward the end of the mountain! So I took the hammer and smashed a hole through the floor. Imagine my surprise when fell thirty feet to land shoulder deep in the royal hot springs! But of course, I had an entire dwarf army coming after me, and they happened to be checking if I was in the cavern. So I caved in the cavern and escaped through the overflow! But of course, I ended up falling out of the side of the mountain and into a lake full of ice.”

    Gavner’s attention was suddenly drawn to the soup that he had cooking over the fire in some strange stone pot, and noticed that it was done. “Here,” he said, pouring some into a carved stone bowl and handed it to Black Shadow. He poured himself some and began to eat it. Black Shadow tried some and realized how hungry he was. The soup was actually really good, and he was surprised. Apparently Gavner was a good cook. Black Shadow had a second bowl and was working on his third by the time Gavner finished his first. Shadow brought the bowl close to his face, and felt the heat radiating from the nourishing liquid.

    “Hmm,” Gavner said, “I think it is a little too salty. I must have added too much of my urine.”

    Black Shadow froze. He turned and gave Gavner a disapproving look under his mask. Gavner must have been able to sense it, because he said “What? It is just used for fla-“

    Black Shadow threw the bowl into Gavner’s face. The vampire fell to the ground, grasping the side of his face which was now covered with blisters and second degree burns. Standing up, the vampire hissed at Black Shadow. He pointed at him and opened his mouth as if he was going to reprimand his traveling partner, but he hesitated. “Yeah, I guess I deserved that,” Gavner said.
    "I'm going to sleep. We can continue tonight." He said, laying down, falling asleep within a few minutes.

    He waited for the day, taking a nap or two so that he could be rested during his and Gavner's journey. As the sun fell an the moon began to rise, Gavner awakened, and the two set off on foot again.

  10. #20
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    Gavner Nahs
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    Vampire
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    Male
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    Raiaera
    Gavner woke up to Black Shadow having cooked and packed up all of the bear meat that could fit in Gavner’s knapsack. He himself was breakfasting on a tenderloin, and there was a fillet waiting for Gavner before they headed out. They didn’t say anything to each other; they simply picked up and started running. Gavner made sure to take it easy, so that Black Shadow was able to tread lightly as to not wake up the baby Espoir. They began to run throughout the landscape, at a normal pace, The first day they made it through the long plains that stretched up through the outlands. After the plains they encountered the lagoon which was a two day voyage across. They had to stop and trade off some of their bear meat for more baby food for Espoir, and some salt to salt the rest, but for the most part they did not need to eat from it because they hunted fresh meat every night. They agreed that they would save the bear meat as emergency reserves.

    Finally, after a seven day long trek, they reached the forest which was home to the great elven capital. They walked for hours and hours, but the walk did not seem to bother either of them. They rather enjoyed one another’s company.

    “Okay,” Gavner said, “So, I spy with my little eye… something…. Black.”

    Black Shadow pointed to himself without skipping a beat, or looking away from the trail in front of him.

    “Darn it!” Gavner said. “How did you know??”

    Black Shadow shrugged his shoulders. Baby Espoir looked up at the vampire and it was almost as if she raised an eyebrow at him before cooing.

    “Oh alright,” Gavner replied, “It is your turn!”

    ”Hmmm,” Black Shadow said in sign language. ”I spy with my little eye… Something brown with green eyes and a big bushy tail.”

    Gavner looked around the forest and suddenly noticed, about 300 yards away on the side of a tree, a little brown squirrel, just before it scurried around out of sight. “Was it that red squirrel??” Gavner shouted, pointing off in the distance.

    Black Shadow shrugged and nodded. It was kind of fun playing I spy with somebody who matched Gavner’s supernatural senses. The vampire smiled, he had never had a friend with whom he actually enjoyed spending time like this. “Okay,” Gavner said, “Your turn Shadow!”


    To Be Continued...
    Last edited by Gavner_Nahs; 09-04-2017 at 11:40 PM.

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