Xos
02-24-10, 09:56 PM
A cold wind blew through the trees that morning, when Xos first encountered an evil, vile man whom he would never quite be free of. Moving through the red forest to learn at the feet of an ancient and wise man, Xos stumbled across a small village.
Its buildings were in a state of advanced disrepair, some were burned down entirely. Dead rotting corpses were littered about, as though an angry giant had chosen to rip the village apart to sooth its rage. Xos looked closely at one body from a safe distance, and was surprised to see its flesh visibly rotting at an advanced rate.
“By the light, what happened here?” Xos asked the dead bodies, as though they would answer him.
He backed away from the village, realizing this wasn't natural, someone, or something had killed them all. He breathed only when he had to, for the stench of rotting bodies was making his stomach turn. Running wide around the village, he sought to quickly put it behind him.
“I, I've got to alert someone, a village has been killed.” Xos said, wondering what could've done that to a whole village.
He moved on, searching for another town, to get the word out about his discovery. Soon, he found one, that appeared to be suffering the early stages of what happened to the first. People were sitting or lying about, appearently either unable, or unwilling to move. Buildings were beginning to fall apart due to lack of maintenance. A horrible smell came from this town.
“Here as well? What's wrong with you people, why is this happening to you?” Xos demanded, but the villagers only looked at him listlessly.
“Poor people, I believe their water is making them ill, I certainly haven't found anything else that might explain it. I'm trying to formulate a cure, I'm a scientist you see. My name is Dr. Yamato Nasagori, I was educated at the finest schools in Althanas. You can stay and help me if you like, otherwise I advise you to be on your way.” a new strong male voice said to Xos's right.
Xos turned to the source, and found himself looking at a man in a cloth shirt and canvas pants. His skin was brown, his hair was white. Appearently he was half-drow. His hair was tied into a ponytail which flowed down over a hunch in his back. The man wore wireframe glasses, and had his hands clasped behind his back.
Xos didn't like the look of this man, but couldn't just leave these villagers in distress.
“Yes, I'll stay and help heal these villagers.” Xos said, to which Nasagori simply smiled and pushed his glasses further up his nose.
Its buildings were in a state of advanced disrepair, some were burned down entirely. Dead rotting corpses were littered about, as though an angry giant had chosen to rip the village apart to sooth its rage. Xos looked closely at one body from a safe distance, and was surprised to see its flesh visibly rotting at an advanced rate.
“By the light, what happened here?” Xos asked the dead bodies, as though they would answer him.
He backed away from the village, realizing this wasn't natural, someone, or something had killed them all. He breathed only when he had to, for the stench of rotting bodies was making his stomach turn. Running wide around the village, he sought to quickly put it behind him.
“I, I've got to alert someone, a village has been killed.” Xos said, wondering what could've done that to a whole village.
He moved on, searching for another town, to get the word out about his discovery. Soon, he found one, that appeared to be suffering the early stages of what happened to the first. People were sitting or lying about, appearently either unable, or unwilling to move. Buildings were beginning to fall apart due to lack of maintenance. A horrible smell came from this town.
“Here as well? What's wrong with you people, why is this happening to you?” Xos demanded, but the villagers only looked at him listlessly.
“Poor people, I believe their water is making them ill, I certainly haven't found anything else that might explain it. I'm trying to formulate a cure, I'm a scientist you see. My name is Dr. Yamato Nasagori, I was educated at the finest schools in Althanas. You can stay and help me if you like, otherwise I advise you to be on your way.” a new strong male voice said to Xos's right.
Xos turned to the source, and found himself looking at a man in a cloth shirt and canvas pants. His skin was brown, his hair was white. Appearently he was half-drow. His hair was tied into a ponytail which flowed down over a hunch in his back. The man wore wireframe glasses, and had his hands clasped behind his back.
Xos didn't like the look of this man, but couldn't just leave these villagers in distress.
“Yes, I'll stay and help heal these villagers.” Xos said, to which Nasagori simply smiled and pushed his glasses further up his nose.