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Post by siriq on Oct 25, 2005 1:20:28 GMT -6
lol i guess everything has taint on them then huh but it varies interesting.
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Post by RARE CHOICE GAMES on Oct 25, 2005 9:24:27 GMT -6
Yeah basically, the man is fanatic and that usually means super crazy.
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Post by heatseeker on Oct 25, 2005 10:36:55 GMT -6
yep fanaticism is pretty synonomous with "freakin crazy."
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Post by Andrew on Oct 26, 2005 9:38:07 GMT -6
Paladin Ayden of Carcassone could feel it now. Half-way through the campaign against the fanatical Lord Draxum it started. In the back of his holy mind there was a miniscule creeping when he first noticed it, but he had pushed it away, thinking nothing of it. Now, with the destruction of the Empire's armies, the power he felt was strong, an indescribable malice that hung in the air.
Night had fallen, and his knights had made camp once more near the chapel. Ayden was praying to the Lady when he heard a quiet shuffling outside the small building. He called the name of his most trusted aide. Hearing no answer, he cautiously stepped out of the chapel.
To his immediate left was a man who was not that anymore. It was dressed in the torn uniform of an Empire regiment he recognized from the recent battle. It stared at him with a red glowing eye, set in a rotting head that lolled to one side. Flesh was missing from parts of its body, and Ayden could see that what was left on its bones was decaying. It moaned, and the smell! Ayden suppressed a gag. With its one arm, the thing tried to swing at the new Grail Knight.
Ayden ducked its clumsy attack and drew the sword he had learned to use since he could first lift it. Cutting down, he severed its body from shoulder to groin. It fell in twain and still the evil light shone in its eye. Raising his plated boot, he brought it down on its skull with a wet crunch of bone and goop. It stopped moving.
Running to the camp, he saw his brave knights fighting a group of the undead, cutting them down like wheat before the scythe. When he reached them they were alive with hatred of what they fought.
"My lord, they have come. Someone powerful is sending the dead against us once more," said one of his knights.
"Burn those corpses so nothing remains. They might return again otherwise," replied the paladin. Those men of the Empire cannot be doing this. They thought I the corrupt one when it was really seething underneath us all along. Ayden thought.
Addressing his knights, Ayden said, "Both of our forces are too weak from our own little war to effectively fight this new threat. We must unite to destroy this menace. Our only qualm with them is that they tried to invade our lands, led by a crazy man. It is yet to be seen if he will agree to terms of peace if he will be too out of touch for his own good. We ride out tomorrow!"
The knights dispersed, and Redemond, a knight of the realm, caught up with Ayden.
"My lord, do you think it wise to ally with such an unpredictable man? He tried to take what is ours by right. He did fail, but that doesn't mean he won't try again if given the chance."
"There are worse threats than a fanatical leader at our doorstep now, Redemond. A man is a man, but the undead are the most unholy thing. They should not exist, yet they do, and must be smote by our hand lest they overrun this part of the country," replied Ayden.
"I see your wisdom, my lord. You truly deserve the blessing the Lady has bestowed on you," said Redemond. With that he rejoined the other knights.
But how will I get that Draxum to see my point without it coming to blood mused Ayden...
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Post by siriq on Oct 26, 2005 13:14:36 GMT -6
very nice, it would be nice to see some fluff on the undead side.
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Post by Andrew on Oct 26, 2005 13:30:44 GMT -6
When Adam gets around to it, he will.
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Post by RARE CHOICE GAMES on Oct 26, 2005 15:01:17 GMT -6
Undead point of view::: "BRAINS!!!!"
Just kidding of course because we all know that there will be a Vamp count or necromancer to tell a point of view story from...I just think the zombie point of view is interesting...simple yet oh so complex...ahhh to be a zombie what a life...YAY I will be a zombie saturday even if only for a night. Adam H. get a story up here if you feel up to it.
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