Mutant_Lorenor
04-02-14, 05:26 PM
(Note: This takes place after Sin (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?26449-Ixian-Knights-SOLO-The-Heavy-Burden-of-Sin) thank you. )
The great Nation of Corone was in shambles.
Outlying towns were forced to depend on their own depleting resources whilst the hated Empire worked to undo the freedom that Radasanth proper once held. The Empire, too, was in shambles as it's own enemies and in-fighting began to tear it apart. One of the outlying towns, a place called Amber Gem, represented the free Corone. Or those in Corone still trying to resist Empirical oppression. Amber Gem was freed by swift intervention from Sei Orlouge and members of his Ixian Knights. Most notable, the mysterious Paladin named Lorenor. Having earned the trust of Amber Gem's citizens, Lorenor worked with the locales to help liberate the town. There, he currently resided as a constable. Lorenor was a squire for the Paladin order, and had achieved much in a relatively short period of time. It was in those conditions, that Amber Gem found itself in. A meager courthouse, cathedral, and training center. The hunting grounds was comprised of Concordia Forest. Lorenor and the worked to train the militia to prevent another insurgency from ever occurring again. He knew the name of his enemy: The Warsong Battlefolk. They were a loosely meshed together federation of rebels seeking to lay siege to Radasanth in it's time of unprecedented weakness. Lorenor found a way to crush the insurgency using his faith as his shield. Once the task was completed, he worked as a guide to lead Amber Gem back to some state of prosperity.
Due to Lorenor's fairness, and open mind, the people elected him as constable and a temporary judge until the local magistrates were back in full working order. Lorenor took the job very seriously. Commanding The Holy Light, he used his profound wisdom to learn Corone's legal system. It was a momentous undertaking, one that took several months to complete. He never complained once. After he learned Corone's legal code of conduct, persecution, legal system, and punishment systems, Lorenor was fit to be a judge. He helped reside over many trials over the criminals that were taken into custody. He did not know, that the biggest trial of his life was lurking on the horizon.
*
That night was a night like any other.
In the hours he worked as a Judge for Amber Gem township, he tried to recite the full extent of "the law." At that time, he was studying legal documents and old tomes that dictated how a Judge should act during war time, and how a Judge should act in general. Lorenor would lead by both example, and with his leadership talents. He rose to the mantle that the locales gave him. The law of Corone was kept across a local library of tomes and books that had several key laws and other notes. By the third week, Lorenor memorized more than half of the library. People around him were immediately impressed with the Paladin's thirst for knowledge. He was as a chalice, attempting to be filled to the point of overflowing. Lorenor was studying in his chamber, when he heard a knock on the door.
"Come." Lorenor said calmly.
It was Chancellor Uric. One of the local court administrators that had served in helping Lorenor get up to speed.
"Chancellor." Lorenor greeted the man warmly and closed the book he'd been reading. "Glad to see I am not the only one still up."
"Do you even sleep?" Chancellor Uric asked, and then chuckled warmly. "I suppose someone like yourself doesn't need to sleep, do they?"
"You're right about that. My kind apparently don't require sleep." Lorenor said in response. "I prefer to be doing something constructive anyway, there's a lot of work left to be done."
"You're right about that." The Chancellor walked towards Lorenor's desk, grabbed a chair and sat down upon it. "Lorenor. I know that you haven't been with us that long and you're simply trying to catch up and do right with the mandate that has been given to you. But consider this... most Judges spend their entire lives learning what you've learned in a few months! What you've been able to accomplish is nothing short of miraculous."
Lorenor laughed at that. "Have faith, Chancellor. Have faith." He looked at his friend. He sincerely considered Uric a friend. "The All Thayne has placed me here to do his work. I will see his work done as one of his Agents." Lorenor said matter of factly. "I am simply trying to do a good job so that I can be of some use."
"Lorenor." The Chancellor said. "I know that you have a checkered past, but what you have been able to do goes against all our known knowledge of the enemy." He continued. "Lord Yeshua tells me that you were formerly one of N'Jal's most powerful Agents. How did you break free from her grasp?"
"One must preserve professional secrets, now, wouldn't you agree?" Lorenor said with a growing smile. "I am glad that you are interested in what went on during my Reformation period." Lorenor closed his eyes, and the blue glow seemed to fade away for a moment. It left his face in shadow. "Let's just say, five years in a cell in that place will change anybody." Lorenor sighed. "I know it's not the type of answer you are looking for, Uric. But it will have to suffice for now." Lorenor continued. "Reformation worked for me and one other. It can work for others who are infected."
"You call being Spider Magi an infection. Is N'Jal a virus then?" Uric asked.
"Imagine if you would for a moment. The most intense hatred you could ever find yourself having, then magnify that with a conducting rod. You have something close to N'Jal as a result." He shook his head. "I have made it my sworn duty to defeat N'Jal." Lorenor said, a hint of rage in his voice and something like fear.
"So N'Jal is hatred?" Uric had a sincerely interested expression on his face. "Yeshua also said you KNEW N'Jal intimately. You were able to achieve a perfect union with one of the Thayne."
Lorenor laughed once again. "Not a union that was perfect, Yeshua over states what actually happened." His expression returned to normal. "I was merely a dedicated servant who was discarded like one would discard a broken toy. She used me, she used all of my people." But in the end, I will have vengeance. "I have been seeking a way to destroy N'Jal forever." Lorenor said calmly.
"Is such a crusade possible?" Uric asked.
"There is always a way." Lorenor said calmly. "When one has Faith the size of a mustard seed..." He smiled at the old religious anecdote. "But regardless, I intend to destroy a Thayne." Lorenor looked at Uric with a very serious expression. "My path is my own though, I don't expect to have many tag along on my fool's quest. Perhaps what I am attempting IS impossible. I do not know. But, I have made it my sworn duty to destroy N'Jal, and that's what I shall do."
"Lorenor." The Chancellor said. "You have my full support in your crusade against The Thayne."
Perhaps, it was a grandiose statement. Perhaps, Lorenor was indeed a fool. But, if someone like he could survive the reformation process of the Ixian Knights...maybe there was hope. Somewhere on Althanas, N'Jal waited, schemed and plotted against all of life. Lorenor would be ready to face her someday. All he needed was the three pieces of the legendary Quadratic Key. Further, once he combined the three pieces, he would find out where the last element of the puzzle lurked. The Gates of Sensibility. If Lorenor's scheme was correct, he could banish N'Jal and her minions BEHIND The Gates of Sensibility and her influence would forever leave Althanas. He didn't know if he would succeed, he also didn't know if he was indeed chasing a fool's dream. But one thing was certain...
I will chase her to the ends of time...N'Jal. N'Jal is fucked.
And so, he continued his conversation with chancellor Uric the entire night through.
The great Nation of Corone was in shambles.
Outlying towns were forced to depend on their own depleting resources whilst the hated Empire worked to undo the freedom that Radasanth proper once held. The Empire, too, was in shambles as it's own enemies and in-fighting began to tear it apart. One of the outlying towns, a place called Amber Gem, represented the free Corone. Or those in Corone still trying to resist Empirical oppression. Amber Gem was freed by swift intervention from Sei Orlouge and members of his Ixian Knights. Most notable, the mysterious Paladin named Lorenor. Having earned the trust of Amber Gem's citizens, Lorenor worked with the locales to help liberate the town. There, he currently resided as a constable. Lorenor was a squire for the Paladin order, and had achieved much in a relatively short period of time. It was in those conditions, that Amber Gem found itself in. A meager courthouse, cathedral, and training center. The hunting grounds was comprised of Concordia Forest. Lorenor and the worked to train the militia to prevent another insurgency from ever occurring again. He knew the name of his enemy: The Warsong Battlefolk. They were a loosely meshed together federation of rebels seeking to lay siege to Radasanth in it's time of unprecedented weakness. Lorenor found a way to crush the insurgency using his faith as his shield. Once the task was completed, he worked as a guide to lead Amber Gem back to some state of prosperity.
Due to Lorenor's fairness, and open mind, the people elected him as constable and a temporary judge until the local magistrates were back in full working order. Lorenor took the job very seriously. Commanding The Holy Light, he used his profound wisdom to learn Corone's legal system. It was a momentous undertaking, one that took several months to complete. He never complained once. After he learned Corone's legal code of conduct, persecution, legal system, and punishment systems, Lorenor was fit to be a judge. He helped reside over many trials over the criminals that were taken into custody. He did not know, that the biggest trial of his life was lurking on the horizon.
*
That night was a night like any other.
In the hours he worked as a Judge for Amber Gem township, he tried to recite the full extent of "the law." At that time, he was studying legal documents and old tomes that dictated how a Judge should act during war time, and how a Judge should act in general. Lorenor would lead by both example, and with his leadership talents. He rose to the mantle that the locales gave him. The law of Corone was kept across a local library of tomes and books that had several key laws and other notes. By the third week, Lorenor memorized more than half of the library. People around him were immediately impressed with the Paladin's thirst for knowledge. He was as a chalice, attempting to be filled to the point of overflowing. Lorenor was studying in his chamber, when he heard a knock on the door.
"Come." Lorenor said calmly.
It was Chancellor Uric. One of the local court administrators that had served in helping Lorenor get up to speed.
"Chancellor." Lorenor greeted the man warmly and closed the book he'd been reading. "Glad to see I am not the only one still up."
"Do you even sleep?" Chancellor Uric asked, and then chuckled warmly. "I suppose someone like yourself doesn't need to sleep, do they?"
"You're right about that. My kind apparently don't require sleep." Lorenor said in response. "I prefer to be doing something constructive anyway, there's a lot of work left to be done."
"You're right about that." The Chancellor walked towards Lorenor's desk, grabbed a chair and sat down upon it. "Lorenor. I know that you haven't been with us that long and you're simply trying to catch up and do right with the mandate that has been given to you. But consider this... most Judges spend their entire lives learning what you've learned in a few months! What you've been able to accomplish is nothing short of miraculous."
Lorenor laughed at that. "Have faith, Chancellor. Have faith." He looked at his friend. He sincerely considered Uric a friend. "The All Thayne has placed me here to do his work. I will see his work done as one of his Agents." Lorenor said matter of factly. "I am simply trying to do a good job so that I can be of some use."
"Lorenor." The Chancellor said. "I know that you have a checkered past, but what you have been able to do goes against all our known knowledge of the enemy." He continued. "Lord Yeshua tells me that you were formerly one of N'Jal's most powerful Agents. How did you break free from her grasp?"
"One must preserve professional secrets, now, wouldn't you agree?" Lorenor said with a growing smile. "I am glad that you are interested in what went on during my Reformation period." Lorenor closed his eyes, and the blue glow seemed to fade away for a moment. It left his face in shadow. "Let's just say, five years in a cell in that place will change anybody." Lorenor sighed. "I know it's not the type of answer you are looking for, Uric. But it will have to suffice for now." Lorenor continued. "Reformation worked for me and one other. It can work for others who are infected."
"You call being Spider Magi an infection. Is N'Jal a virus then?" Uric asked.
"Imagine if you would for a moment. The most intense hatred you could ever find yourself having, then magnify that with a conducting rod. You have something close to N'Jal as a result." He shook his head. "I have made it my sworn duty to defeat N'Jal." Lorenor said, a hint of rage in his voice and something like fear.
"So N'Jal is hatred?" Uric had a sincerely interested expression on his face. "Yeshua also said you KNEW N'Jal intimately. You were able to achieve a perfect union with one of the Thayne."
Lorenor laughed once again. "Not a union that was perfect, Yeshua over states what actually happened." His expression returned to normal. "I was merely a dedicated servant who was discarded like one would discard a broken toy. She used me, she used all of my people." But in the end, I will have vengeance. "I have been seeking a way to destroy N'Jal forever." Lorenor said calmly.
"Is such a crusade possible?" Uric asked.
"There is always a way." Lorenor said calmly. "When one has Faith the size of a mustard seed..." He smiled at the old religious anecdote. "But regardless, I intend to destroy a Thayne." Lorenor looked at Uric with a very serious expression. "My path is my own though, I don't expect to have many tag along on my fool's quest. Perhaps what I am attempting IS impossible. I do not know. But, I have made it my sworn duty to destroy N'Jal, and that's what I shall do."
"Lorenor." The Chancellor said. "You have my full support in your crusade against The Thayne."
Perhaps, it was a grandiose statement. Perhaps, Lorenor was indeed a fool. But, if someone like he could survive the reformation process of the Ixian Knights...maybe there was hope. Somewhere on Althanas, N'Jal waited, schemed and plotted against all of life. Lorenor would be ready to face her someday. All he needed was the three pieces of the legendary Quadratic Key. Further, once he combined the three pieces, he would find out where the last element of the puzzle lurked. The Gates of Sensibility. If Lorenor's scheme was correct, he could banish N'Jal and her minions BEHIND The Gates of Sensibility and her influence would forever leave Althanas. He didn't know if he would succeed, he also didn't know if he was indeed chasing a fool's dream. But one thing was certain...
I will chase her to the ends of time...N'Jal. N'Jal is fucked.
And so, he continued his conversation with chancellor Uric the entire night through.