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Post by Orcleous on Jan 21, 2014 22:11:12 GMT -6
It had been quite a while since Orcleous had left the Coalition, but his new profession had brought him back. Though they did not know it was actually him who they let in. Inside the Coalition there is a group of assassins who take up contracts for murder. This group is called the The Crimson Blades. Orcleous still chasing the emerald wraith joined up with the organization. One only becomes skilled at their trade once they have done it for a while.
Where there is light then there is a shadow. In the nation of Etruia were the light suppose be strongest a dark shadow moves in secret. The Crimson Blades had been hired and someone was going to die. That someone was the fourteen year old daughter of the noble house of Luna, Lorica. Her father was a high ranking military officer and her mother was a bishop in the church. Both status and coin protected her from the outside world, but even then the shadows could not be held at bay. Still however coin proved to be a valuable ally as word reached the ear of her father of the moves in the underworld. Fearing for his daughter’s life he moved her to his personal castle and set Etruian soldiers to guard it. With his daughter safely I the center of the castle and soldiers posted throughout her father felt safe. However walls never stop shadows. They only make them larger.
“Alright men, here is the deal”, spoke a hooded man to the group of Crimson Blades. There were thirty of them all to take out one target. Orcleous was amongst them, a novice, he was expected to accomplish much, but rather they wanted him there to understand the trade. The assassin would attack from six different points, five men in six units. One would scale the back wall. Another would go through the moat. The third unit would sneak through the gate. The fourth would scale the right wall. The fifth would wait outside and watch for any holes in security, and the last. Well the last was special. The last unit would be carried in by wyvern and snuck inside the outer wall. This was Orcleous unit and the assult was about to start.
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Venessa Blackthorn
Wyvern Rider
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Posts: 50
Profession: Etrurian Scout, 2nd Light Armor Divsion
OoC Alias: The Black Rider
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Post by Venessa Blackthorn on Jan 21, 2014 22:31:48 GMT -6
Since House Blackthorn and house Luna were friends since the war, it was only fair that the news would also reach Venessa. She was on a scouting mission when she heard the news that assassins were going to attack her famil friends daughter that was only fourteen years old. 'Monsters' she thought to herself as she did a hard bank turn and flew Sorrow right towards the diraction of House Luna's castle. Sorrow glided across the night time sky as she was now coming close the caslte. She was able to see the massive castle coming up. Flapping her wings, she would dive down and glide across the terrain to move quicker. What the assassin's didn't know was that she was on her way over. They didn't call her the black knight for nothing for she was using the darkness to her advantage for it be next to impossible to see her until it was to late and she was right no top of you.
Once right near the castle, she would have sorrow circle around the castle's walls to make sure that none of the assassin's would breach it by climbing up it. Her eyes would look carefully for any movements down below her. She had nothing to fear since they weren't looking for a black Wyvern.
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Post by Orcleous on Jan 21, 2014 23:18:36 GMT -6
“All right you all know the drill”, spoke the leader of Orcleous’s unit. The assassins were high in the air, higher than any wyvern would usually fly. The riders escorting the five assassins were trained for this very maneuver. As the wyverns flew above the castle they made a sharp dive. The wyverns dived in five different directions aiming to drop their cargo, which was the assassins, in five different locations. As the wyverns approached the castle walls and towers they pulled up at the last moment. Right in that break from gravity the assassin rolled off their rides landing on the castle walls. The wyvern riders flew straight up doing their best to not be seen.
Orcleous landing was hard as he pulled off a bit too late. The novice landing made a thump that was heard by a passing guard.
“What was that”, spoke the guard as he came around the corner to investigate. Orcleous moved quickly and rushed into a nearby tower for cover. Hidding behind the door Orcleous heard the guard searching the area for the source of the sound. His eyes scanned the outside walls looking for the novice. For a moment it almost seemed like he was going to find Orcleous, but the sound of a grappling hook hitting the stone caught his attention. The second unit was making its way of the wall. Using grappling hooks they began to climb up the side.
“What the”, spoke the guard as he saw the grappling hook. He immediately reached for his horn to alert the rest of the castle.
“NO you don’t”, spoke Orcleous as he rushed out form his hiding place and stabbed the guard in the side. Immediately he dropped the horn and fell to the ground. Another assassin climbed up the rope and pulled himself up on the wall.
“Good job kid”, spoke the man as he patted Orcleous on the head. He then began to move along the wall and head towards their target.
“Don’t pat my head”, spoke Orcleous in a muffled voice, but the man was already gone. It had become common place amongst the crimson blades to pat Orcleous on the head. The novice did not know who started it, but it was getting quite annoying.
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Venessa Blackthorn
Wyvern Rider
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Posts: 50
Profession: Etrurian Scout, 2nd Light Armor Divsion
OoC Alias: The Black Rider
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Post by Venessa Blackthorn on Jan 22, 2014 19:30:48 GMT -6
Venessa was coming around again when she saw the Wyvern's taking off from the battlements. But as she was getting her own mount to intersept, she would hear an armour unit hit the ground. Looking down searching for what had happened. She would see a dark figure standing over a dead guard. 'Can't let them to go any further. Time for my call to arms.' Pulling back on the reigns hard, the Wyvern let out a massive screech that echoed into the courtyard of the castle. All the units inside heard the cry and ran outside and began to fight off the assassins, but the one figure wasn't paid to much attention which made a gap for him to move through. Angry at the sight, she would make Sorrow fly towards ground where the battle was somewhat evened out. Knights had now blocked the entrance and upon seeing Venessa, they opened up and let her and her wyvern into the castle. It was a huge building, able for her to ride her mount.
Steering sorrow, she would go right to the door where the fourteen year old was being stashed. Jumping off her mount, she would open the doors and have Sorrow hurry up into it. Closing them quickly, she would mount back up having use Sorrow to move a heavy piece of furniture up against the door making it harder for anyone to get into the room. This room was big enough for Venessa to fly up towards the ceiling where teh rafters were. The Wyvern took it's two feet and the claws on it's wings and hooked onto the wooden beams. Now they would wait for anyone to come in since now Venessa was going to be the angel of death from above.
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Post by Orcleous on Jan 22, 2014 19:50:47 GMT -6
“What was that”, spoke Orcleous as he heard the wyvern screech. The guards were now on full alert. Knight moved to guard the entrances to the main hall and soldiers flooded the court yard. The advantage was no longer in the crimson blades, but the assassins fought on any way.
“Hay you”, shouted a guard as he came out of a nearby door. His spear at the ready he charged Orcleous. The novice did not even attempt to fight him. Instead he jumped off the side of the battlement and grabbed onto a stone hanging off one of the towers. The guard threw his lance, but orcleous had already moved. Things were getting bad for the crimson fangs and they were turning sour fast.
Just below the novice orcleous spotted the man from earlier. He was surrounded by two knights who were moving in for the kill. The novice let go of the stone and fell directly onto of one of them. The other knight turned to look at the reason his partner fell. The split second was enough. The assassin rushed in and struck at the knight with his battle axe. Smashing through the armor he finished off his foe. The second knight did not even have a change. After he finished the first he pulled his axe back up and swung down on the second. Orcleous rolled out of the way as the blow smashed against his armor.
“Thanks for the assist Orc”. Spoke the man as he rubbed orcleous head.
“For the last time Seedle stop rubbing my head”, spoke Orcleous. Suddenly an arrow flew by and hit him in the arm.
“Watch out Orc”, spoke the man as he pulled out a hand axe and tossed it into the archer’s chest. The novice pulled out the arrow and applied vulnerary to the wound. There was not even time for a moment of peace.
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Wyvern Rider
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Posts: 50
Profession: Etrurian Scout, 2nd Light Armor Divsion
OoC Alias: The Black Rider
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Post by Venessa Blackthorn on Jan 22, 2014 20:14:05 GMT -6
The little girl was scared at the fact that she wast eh target and many men and women were dying to either save her life or to kill her. But as dark as these times were, Venessa was right above her ready to swoop down and guard Ms. Luna with her life if needed. Thinking about it for a moment, Venessa should have grabbed a few weapons from the guards like a Jav. or a steel lance. Oh well, an Iron lance would have to do for now. Her right hand holding her lance firmly as the reigns were in her left hand tightly ready fro anything to happen. Sweat began to bead down her face as the helmet was making her a bet warmer then normal. The sounds of the battle getting closer to the room was heard. Lorica backed up to the furthest wall away from door. The young female flipped a heavy desk and hid behind it so that she had some type of cover.
'Of all Nights, they had to pick a fight with this Family tonight. I can't wait to drive my lance deep into the one who planned this Operation for he was on a right track at time wise, but family wise...not so much. Next time they pick a target, they better check who their Allies were. Hopefully my father will show up in time.' Now thinking about how her father was a General made her somewhat smile as he carried a word, but a Silver Lance.
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Post by Orcleous on Jan 22, 2014 20:36:37 GMT -6
“Come on Orc”, speed is of the essence’, spoke Seedle as he led the novice into one of the towers. “We need to get rid of the target before their reinforcements arrived. When that happens we are going to be in some deep water.”
“Seedle”, spoke Orcleous as he followed behind. “How did they”, spoke Orcleous before his fellow assassin stopped him. Right above them were two snipers who were firing away at their units in the court yard. Seedle looked at Orcleous and made some hand jesters. The novice nodded and snuck up the stairs and moved to the left side behind the archers. As he moved he tripped and knocked over a lantern post that was in the room. The novice had grabbed the attention of the two archers and knocked out the only light source.
“Assassin”, spoke one of the archers as they pulled back on their bows. The lack of light and Orcleous dark robes made it hard for them to get a lock on him. As they focused on finding Orcleous Seedle snuck up behind and slammed his axe into the first one’s spine. To his ill luck his axe got stuck.
“Kent”, shouted the second archer as he turned his bow toward Seedle. He took a step back to get a better shot. As he moved Orcleous pulled himself off the ground and stabbed him in the back. The man immediately dropped to the ground dead.
“Next time don’t trip”, spoke Seedle as he moved into the archers position. Shame filled Orcleous as he took in Seedles words. His mistake could have cost Seedle his life. He needed to be more careful next time. “Give me that bow”, spoke Seedle. Orcleous handed him the snipers bow. Pulling an arrow out of the snipers quiver Seelde tied a rope to it. He pulled back on the bow and shot the arrow into the wall of the main hall. “Hope this holds up”, spoke Seedle as he unstringed the bow. “Orc grab the other”, he spoke as he pointed to it.
“Right”, spoke the novice as he realized what Seelde was about to do. The assassin then tied one end of the rope to a nearby beam and began to slide down the rope to the building like a zip line. Just before he hit the wall Seedle let go and flew into a nearby window landing inside the main chamber.
“Ok I can do this”, spoke Orcleous to himself as he copied what seedle did. He slid down the robe following seedle’s example. However the arrow snapped as he was approaching the other side. To Orcleous luck he ended up falling into the window and landing next to his ally.
“Always the lucky one”, spoke Seedle as he rubbed the novice head.
“Stop doing that”, murmured Orc as he began to move.
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Venessa Blackthorn
Wyvern Rider
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Profession: Etrurian Scout, 2nd Light Armor Divsion
OoC Alias: The Black Rider
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Post by Venessa Blackthorn on Jan 22, 2014 20:49:56 GMT -6
Quickly turning her head, she would hear a window break on the other side of the massive room, then a second. Two men that were not of the guards had smashed their way into the room. Venessa slowly but surely turned Sorrow to aim towards the two Assassins. 'Well, it's time for them to fear the wings of a Mighty Wyvern.' The wyvern let go as it free fell towards the ground and opened it's wings. Making it glide, she pulled up on the reigns and the wyvern followed the command. The Wyvern Rider was now a meer few inches off the ground as it looked like a black shadow had fallen and now was advancing towards the two. Coming up fast, she quickly took her lance, aimed it at the bigger guys shoulder and thrusted it. Feeling the flesh, she banked hard left and went right next to Lorica's hiding spot in the room. The wyvern let out a mighty hissing sound as she prepared for combat.
Her eyes saw the blood slowly running down her Iron Lance as she sat up straight in her saddle. To the two assassins, they thought that this rider was a male since her armour was actually the size of a man's. Still gripping the lance tight, the onl thing she really needed to do was to buy time for her father's troops to arrive and purge the Crimson blades from the castle.
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Post by Orcleous on Jan 22, 2014 21:01:23 GMT -6
Wyvern”, shouted Seedle in a both alerting and shock tone. No expected to find a wyvern knight here. Heck who ever heard of wyvern knights flying inside castles anyway? None the less they had to deal with one. As Venessa came in for an attack Seedle pushed Orcleous out of the way. He did not want the novice getting hit, but in his actions he took a blow from the lance himself. The iron lance ripped through the leather armor and cut deep into his shoulder, but luck he was able to avoid a fatal blow, but the cut was still deep.
“Seedle”, shouted Orcleous as he rushed back towards his comrade. The fighter stuck his hand out letting Orcleous know to stay where he was. He looked at the novice and then stared at the rider. The jester was enough to let Orcleous know he needed to keep his focus. Without a word Orcleous charged toward the rider with his sword in hand. While he did so Seedle applied a elixir to his wound. Now where is the target thought Seedle as he looked around the large room?
Despite the daunting size of the wyvern Orcleous charged forward. His whole goal was not to actually defeat the rider, but rather r to grab his attention till Seedle was ready. He began with a horizontal slash aiming for the wyvern’s right side.
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Venessa Blackthorn
Wyvern Rider
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Posts: 50
Profession: Etrurian Scout, 2nd Light Armor Divsion
OoC Alias: The Black Rider
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Post by Venessa Blackthorn on Jan 22, 2014 21:13:03 GMT -6
Seeing the Novice charging in at them, The wyvern hopped backwards to throw off Orcleous's attack a bit. Taking flight again, the wyvern would swoop low at the Novice. Snapping it's jaws at him to make him move. She was studying how these two were acting together, and the bigger one was now focused off of the battle. That was her new target. Pulling up on the Reigns, she went up into the rafters again. The Wyvern quickly crawling and leaping. Finally, right above him, she would dive at him. Her lance in her, she would aim it right at his back. Leaning forward, she would whisper as they fell. When she was near the ground, she jumped off the saddle and the Wyvern opened it's wings and rushed right after Orcleous. It's horns aimed at the novice.
Landing next to the fighter, she would take her Iron lance and begin to unleash a torrent of attacks. Lngs, swipes, stabs, smacks. ANything that she would get to gain an edge over the brute. If she was to fall here, she wasn't going down without taking one or two of them down with her in the process.
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Post by Orcleous on Jan 22, 2014 21:24:55 GMT -6
Oh snap”, shouted Orcleous as the wyvern came after him. In truth the novice was a bit spooked. The beast was not something he wanted to take on himself. The novice simply took off running. Frighten Orcleous saw the overturned desk in the corner and dashed for it.
Seedle however had his hands full dealing with Vanessa. He blocked a couple of her strikes with his axe, but her assault made it hard to counter. In truth it was more like the shock of the attack rather than the speed. He figured the wyvern knight was useless of their mount. He sudden and fierce assault had him a bit off his game.
“Enough”, shouted the fighter as he knocked the tip of the spear back with his axe. Taking advantage of the opening he attempted to punch the rider in the face with his left arm.
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Wyvern Rider
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Posts: 50
Profession: Etrurian Scout, 2nd Light Armor Divsion
OoC Alias: The Black Rider
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Post by Venessa Blackthorn on Jan 23, 2014 7:57:38 GMT -6
With the lance knocked to the side, she the punch coming in at her. Seedle's fist hit the helmet making her step back and making the helmet fly across the room. She turned her head away so that her face wasn't seen. The blonde hair shinned with the candle light as she slowly turned back to face the fighter. Shock came over him when he saw that the rider was actually a female. Ruby red eyes looking at him, but he could see that anger had fallen upon her as she growled a bit. Like before, she would press a flurry of attacks. Not keeping with one type for to long, when he thought he had her moves down, she would change it again. This time around, she took her lance and fake a stab. When he hopped backwards, she'd spin forward and take the bottom of the lance and attempt to swipe his feet out from under him making the fighter fall to the ground. With the tip aimed at him, she'd be ready for his other attack.
Sorrow saw where Orcleous was going to hide and made a split decision. FLying high, she would then dive downwards towards the desk since the wyvern was the faster of the two. Opening her wings once again, she'd lift up a bit and grabbed the desk with her two feet. Now somewhat landed, the wyvern looked at the novice as it let out the screech again like when she alerted the guards. Flapping her wings heavily, she would fly right towards Orcelous. The desk dragged a bit by the corner and would be flung by Sorrow since now Orcelous, Seedle and Venessa were lined up. Sorrow flew back towards Lorica and used her body to shield the sight of the scared girl who hid behind the Wyvern. Venessa looked up and saw the desk coming, she quickly jumped out of the way as the desk bounced a few times before hitting the main wall. The novice would be able to avoid it, but it be harder for the fighter to do such since his back would be facing towards it or he'd be on the ground laying. If the fighter was on the ground laying from the shock of the swiping move, he'd get scrapped by the edges of the desk leaving a few more wounds to his body and his pride.
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Post by Orcleous on Jan 23, 2014 8:27:54 GMT -6
Run, run, runaway”, repeated Orcleous to himself as he dodged the desk. The novice was frightened by the very sight of the dragon, wait why did he say dragon? It was only a wyvern. In fact it was kind of weird now Orcleous thought about it. He was never really scared of Wyverns before, but now this one seemed to just terrify him. Maybe it had something to do with his past experience, but whatever the case was the novice needed to get over it. Seedle was being left out to dry because of his actions.
Gwhaa, a grunt of pain filled the air as Orcleous turned to see Seedle get hit by the desk. The fighter was getting more than he bargained for from the wyvern Knight. Orcleous took this moment to rush over to his friend.
“Seedle are you alright”, asked Orcleous as he pulled the remains of the desk off him.
“Orc what in the world are you doing”, asked Seedle as he got up. “The Wyvern should be easy prey without its master.”
“I don’t know how to handle the Wyvern”, spoke Orcleous
Seedle let out a sigh. “Alright lets switch opponents I will take out the beast and you hold off the rider.”
“Sounds good to me”, spoke Orcleous as the duo began their assault once more.
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Wyvern Rider
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Profession: Etrurian Scout, 2nd Light Armor Divsion
OoC Alias: The Black Rider
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Post by Venessa Blackthorn on Jan 23, 2014 20:04:20 GMT -6
Venessa listened to the two talking as if she wasn't standing there. So while they were chatting amongest each other, Venessa already made a mad dash for her Wyvern. While they were talking, it gave her good time to run. Whisteling, Sorrow flapped off the ground and flew right towards Venessa who reached up and grabbed the saddle, pulling herself up sorrow flew away from the two assassin and went right back to Lorica. Now fully on, she held her lance with pride as the broken windows swept some air in and made her hair flicker a bit. Her free hand went down to the side and Lorica knew what it meant. She quickly grabbed the Wyvern Rider's arm and hopped onto the massive mount. With a screech again, Sorrow flapped her wings taking airborn. Rising higher and higher into the room, they were nearly up at the ceiling. But what she was about to do was a bit off the deep end and not recommended to any Flier that dares to be a good flying unit. Diving in at Seedle again, she would aim her lance right center mass, his chest. But before she would make contact, she would pull the reigns making the wyvern bank hard right and with Sorrows tail, attempted to smack the novice as she circle by him heading for the broken windows. The young female held on for dear life as her arms were wrapped around Venessa's waist.
Speaking outloud to herself, she would then say. "Where's Klain when you need him the most? I won't be able to hold out much longer, not unless I fly out of the castle with her on my Wyvern."
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Post by Orcleous on Jan 23, 2014 20:26:13 GMT -6
“Here she comes again”, spoke Seedle as the Wyvern knight came down for another strike. The first time she caught him off guard as he did not expect a wyvern to be inside the room, but not this time. As the wyvern came by Seedle jumped far to the right dodging the assault, but the novice was not so lucky.
Orcleous had neither the experience nor the reaction time to dodge the attack. The wyvern tail smacked Orcleous dead in the center of his chest. If it was not for the armor he wore underneath his cloak his chest would have caved in. Instead however the novice received a trip outside the castle, via window. Like a stone he lunched out the back end of the fortification and fell into the moat surrounding the structure. The weight of his armor pulled him to the bottom as Orcleous came too.
Desperately Orcloeus clawed at the water pulling himself out of the brown moat. He was greeted by the fifth group of assassins who watched the carnage from below.
“Did you get the target”, asked the man as they pulled Orcleous out the water.
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