IMPORTANT MESSAGE!

[TheRedMonk]

Evil Evil! Ok sorry about that Just thought you should check out part 2 and 3 of the adventure tale of Ashes.
I put part 1 here as well for you who haven\'t read it yet. Oh and I have copyright on all of this stuff
Check out the first lines and if you don\'t like it don\'t bother reading it

To the last breath
\"Now, who suggested that we should go left?\" said Tybalt who was standing in his usual fighting position, with his palms facing the enemy, waiting to strike at the first Trepor to approach him. \"No time for chit-chattin, my friend!\" answered Colane who had already taken out his dual swords and launched himself into battle. Without hesitation, Tybalt charged towards the first Trepor he sensed, hitting the creature right in the eyes, using both of his hands. An awful crying sound could be heard from the creature who started to move around like it had completely lost its sense of balance. Before the creature had even fallen to the ground, Tybalt had already jumped up in the air and struck his next target with a heel kick that crushed the monster\'s carcasse.

There were Trepors coming from every direction of the large chamber of the cave and the two warriors had to use all their strenght and agility to hold the monsters back. Tybalt could feel how his comrade was runnning across the room jumping on the walls, rolling around the floor, doing all he possibly could to avoid the Trepors? attacks. He could hear how the dual-blades never stopped spinning in the hands of their weilder, cutting through anything that came in their way.

The two fighters knew that this was an impossible battle to win as they could see how every Trepor they killed was replaced by two others. The best thing to do was to escape and they knew that even that would be hard. Colane ran up a pile of Trepors that had fallen victim for his blades, and looked around for an exit. He knew that there was a hole in the ceiling but that it would be impossible to jump that high. Behind the mass he could see the passage that had led them to this room and he figured that it was probably the only way out. He shouted: \"Tybalt!\", as he threw one of his swords towards the exit. Tybalt, who was still fighting, could hear how the blade cut through the air and planted itself in the cave wall. With quick and well placed attacks he started to fight his way towards the
exit, his robes being torn appart by Trepor claws. He could feel how the claws ripped through his skin leaving an endless amount of open wounds and it was then that he realized that it was all over.

Colane, who had lost most of his force, was trying to jump his way to Tybalt but there were too many trepors in the way and he could see how his friend started to fall down under the mass of monsters trying to get a piece of his flesh. All hope was gone and Colane knew that he wouldn?t be able to make it to the exit, especially not now that he had only one of his swords to defend himself with. He looked up towards the cavern ceiling, prepared to face his doom, when he saw what seemed to be an angel flying across the room, carying his friend Tybalt. The creature looked down at him and plunged towards him. Colane reached out his hand in a last desperate attempt to survive and he could feel how the angel grabbed it and pulled him out. He looked at Tybalt that seemed to be unconscious and then he looked down to see how the mass of trepors got further and further away from them.

Suddenly there was only light and Colane realized that this angel-like creature had managed to get them out of the cave. Even though he was very gently put down on the ground, Colane could feel how much his back hurt. He had probably gotten many wounds that he didn?t know about. When he turned his head he could see how the angel was holding his glowing, blue hands over Tybalts body. In a matter of seconds he could see how Tybalt woke up and stood up, looking like he had done just before they had entered the horrible fight. \"You are very lucky!\", said the angel who moved over to heal Colane. \"Only another few seconds among those monsters and you would probably have been dead\". There was silence and Tybalt could feel how his savior concentrated to heal his comrade. Tybalt, who had never encountered a creature like this one, went close to it and started to touch the wings and face of his savior, trying to create a picture in his head. \"I am Dyari\", said the healer, with a smile on his face. \"A klyros\". It was obvious from his reaction that he had understood that Tybalt was blind. \"What were you doing down there?\", he asked. Tybalt looked at Colane and smiled...

[TheRedMonk]

An Old Friend
?So this crazy bard told me of a black ghost that haunted a village in the north and had killed several villagers already.?, said Dyari who was trying to tell the story in the most vivid way possible, lifting his arms, making scary faces and stupid sounds. Colane, who was laughing hilariously at what seemed to be three Dyaris standing in front of him,  walked over to the keg of ale to fill his mug for the eight time. ?Lasht one, mates!?, he said. ?Lasht one!?
Tybalt laughed at Colane who had said that for the last three rounds and then told Dyari to go on.
Dyari who was no big drinker had to concentrate for a moment before he could proceed:
?Yah anyway, you know me right? I just had to see this ghost with my own eyes, so I headed for the village and in every tavern I visited on the way I got to hear a new version. You know what I mean right? Right??
?Yah yah, GO ON!?, shouted Colane with ale running down his beard and his eyes jumping between the Dyaris, who nodded, all at the same time and continued:
?What had been a ghost became a gigantic Trepor which in its turn became a black cat like creature. The night I finally reached the village I didn?t know what to expect but I was prepared for anything. My plan was flawless!?, he said and laughed. ?Well not really, but anyway, If the creature would come out I would put my legs on back and run like I?d never ran before.?
Tybalt just looked at Dyari and started to roll on the ground in laughter. Colane who was still thinking of what a gigantic Trepor would be like, looked at Tybalt and joined him in the laughter just for the sake of it.
?Laugh all you want but I can run faster than any of you guys!?, Dyari said proudly and took some more ale. Colane and Tybalt kept laughing while Dyari went on:
?The village appeared to be empty so I stepped into the houses to look for food, since I was running out of supplies. And so when I stepped into a house I saw this tiny black furred enkidukai dressed in black stand in front of me with a dagger in his right hand. I panicked and didn?t know what to do so I just shouted: ?Greetings!? and ran off as fast I could. When I turned around for the first time, after what must have been over five minutes, I was all alone. I didn?t want to return to that place so I just explored the lands and that?s how I found you guys.?
?Well, thatch a fine schtory!?, shouted Colane who got up to fill his mug once again.
?So, where was this village you spoke off??, asked Tybalt.
?Tarna!?, answered Dyari. ?An hour?s walk from the well-known village of Jowan.?
Tybalt?s facial expression suddenly changed and became more serious. He started repeating something to himself which, for every time he said it, seemed to create a bigger and bigger smile on his face.
?Are you thinking what I?m thinking, Colane?, he said.
Colane who had a large grin on his face nodded over and over again. Then he shouted:
?We?re gonna meet Kurik again!?, and started to jump around. As he jumped backwards he tripped on the firewood, bumped his head against the small keg of ale, and fainted.
Dyari looked all confused at Tybalt and said:
?Who is this Kurik you?re speaking off??.
 ?No time to lose mates! I?ll tell you on the way. I can?t believe we are going to meet him again.?. He quickly jumped up on his feet and started kicking sand on the campfire.
?You said you met him in the plane of Kano?o, right? Can you take us there??, said Tybalt in wonder.
 ?Well, the portal is located in the Silver lake.?, answered Dyari who was starting to look nervous. ?If we walk at fast pace we should be able to get there in just a couple of days, but...? He took another sip on his ale and added: ?...but first we will have to pass through the Long Woods.?
?And how is that a problem?, said Tybalt.
?The area is occupied by the guards, an army known for not looking very kindly on new people walking their lands. We should really stay away from them.?, replied Dyari.
Behind the two, Colane stood up, quickly took out his dual swords, accidentally dropped one, picked it up again, tried to look scary and filled in:
?Or maybe they should stay away from  us!?.
Tybalt turned his head to Dyari with a big grin on his face, while sharpening his Enkidukai claws against each other. ?This is a good opportunity for you to show us more of your skills.?, said Tybalt and winked at Dyari who confidently smiled back and started to pack his stuff together, preparing to head for the Silver Lake.


The Fallen
?Here he is!?, shouted the guard who slowly raised his axe, preparing to separate Dyari?s head from his body. As the axe was on its way down Tybalt jumped up and deviated it with a kick using both his feet. He landed next to the helpless Dyari in the pool of blood that has already run out of his friend. Colane then ran up to the guard from behind and planted his dual swords in the guard?s back. Then he pressed his head against the guard using all his force to pull the swords out of the corpse. Tybalt grabbed Dyari by the arms, pulled him over his back and said to Colane: ?You know what to do!?. In the next moment, Tybalt started climbing a tree in a great effort, with the large Dyari still resting on his back.
Colane watched his friends disappear into the crowded leaves. Left alone with the blood of his previous victim covering his face he turned to the guard tower and started running towards it in anger, with his swords held high.

Using what little strength he had left, Tybalt lifted Dyari off his shoulders and let him rest on a large branch. ?Now you have to heal yourself!?, he whispered to Dyari. ?Just like you healed me and Colane last time we were wounded, remember??.
Receiving no response, he put one hand over Dyari?s heart, which was still beating, and dragged the other one over Dyari?s closed eyes which made him understand that he probably was unconscious. Breathing heavily, he started searching Dyari?s bag for something to help his friend get better and found three glyphs. He randomly started combining them  like he had heard that you should do to create magic. As two of the glyphs were put together a very faintly glowing light started to emanate from Tybalt?s hands. He held his breath for an instant and slowly pressed his hands to Dyari?s torso.    

Colane, who had already killed four guards, was now forced to run from the other guards and try to hide in the forest instead. The fight had started to remind him too much of his fight with the trepors and he had decided that it was an experience that needed to be lived only once. He had done his job and managed to get the attention off Tybalt and the wounded Dyari. As he was running from the guards, the strangest thing happened. He saw how arrows of light came out of a bush right in front of him. One after one, the arrows passed right next to him with very small marginal. Not knowing what to do or think he jumped up in the air, grabbed a branch and climbed up. As he bent down to look at the guards that had been chasing him, he could see how several of them fell to the ground. They were struck by light bolts that seemed to vanish as they hit their target, but there did not seem to be enough arrows to stop all of them. Showing no signs of fear, the guards kept running towards the bush from where the arrows came. Colane looked at the corpse of a guard that had fallen just under him and could see how there were red marks all over the body and how the clothing just around the marks had started to burn. He  whispered to himself: ?Time to repay the favour?, and jumped down from the tree.

Dyari stretched out his wings and jumped off the branch holding Tybalt by the belt in a tight grip. With a nod from Tybalt, Dyari dropped him to the ground and then hid behind a tree, waiting for his comrades to call for him again. He could hear Colane?s blades whistling in the wind and the screams from what probably was the victims of Tybalt. His passion for torture was reflected in his fighting as he always tried to kill his enemies in the most painful ways. After a couple of minutes the sounds suddenly stopped and Dyari quickly ran out of his hiding place to check on Colane and Tybalt. Just as he jumped out he ran into a large guard and fell to the ground. The guard turned to him and started laughing while grabbing his great sword with his two hands. Before the guard had even lift it up in the air, Dyari lift his hands to the guard?s face and struck him in the eyes with an explosion of light. The guard who was all dazed started to scream and run around in fury. Colane came running from the distance and set his swords to spin in his hands once again, preparing to end the guard?s life in beauty. A shout was heard:
?Leave him to me! Head for the portal!?. Tybalt stepped out from behind a tree, with an angry expression on his face and then pointed to the bushes from where the arrows had been coming. ?You should go there too, if you want!?, he said.
Out of the bushes came a tall, thin man with short white hair and a longbow on his back, dressed in colours that made him appear like if he was one with the forest. It was the man that the group had found lying dead on the ground when they had just entered the woods a couple of hours before. The whole group was amazed to see him in such a good condition.
 ?I?ll explain everything later.?, he said. ?There are some things I need to settle here first.?.
?Well...?, said Colane and paused waiting for the stranger to say his name.
?Sharp!?, he said.
?Well, Sharp, why don?t you follow us through the gate first and wait ?til things calm down around here? We need to find an old friend that lives in the plane of Kano?o and after ?tis done, I?m sure my friends have nothing against us helping you in your mission.?, replied Colane. Sharp looked at the others and saw how they just nodded back at him. He thought for a moment before he said:.  
?After you then!?.
They all started running towards the gate, all except Tybalt who took out his ceremonial knife and turned to the skies, murmuring something that the others could not hear. Then he slowly started walking towards the guard. Dyari turned around to take one last look at Tybalt?s face that now seemed filled with pleasure..
Sharp asked Colane and Dyari:
?What does he plan to do with him??, but they remained silent...

[DepthBlade]

ahaha that was great...love the battle with the trepors. As for Dyari for some reason I pictured superman when he came to save you guys lol Very mysterous some parts and theres nothing better then using dual weapons..blades and drinking! Good job

[TheRedMonk]

A Path To The Other Side
?Care to give a blind man something to eat, good sir??, Tybalt asked the merchant and pulled back his hood to reveal his eyes that were black from dried blood. Quickly, the merchant?s two personal guards ran up to him. One of them, an enkidukai, held a beautiful dagger in his hand while the other guard, an Ynwyn, had a huge axe strapped on his back. Tybalt slowly stretched out his arm to clap the bird-like animal on which the merchant was sitting but slowly backed away as he felt the enkidukai?s dagger pressed against his chest.
?Back off, you blind fool! My master has no time for beg...?. Before the guard even finished the sentence, Tybalt kicked the dagger out of his hand, making it fly over the edge of the long bridge and into the water. The merchant immediately ordered his creature to turn around and start running in the direction from where they had come. Just as they reached the end of the bridge a rope was stretched in front of them. The creature who was pressed back by the torso, stumbled to the side and fell into the water, with its master still attached to it. Sharp and Colane, who had been hanging on to a rope end each, jumped up from both sides of the bridge and grabbed their weapons.

After having been overpowered by the two guards, Tybalt was now running towards his friends for help. Several arrows were coming towards him and, as planned, he threw himself to the ground, landed on his stomach and turned around to watch the arrows of light fly over him. The Ynwyn who had already taken the giant axe of his back, held it in front of him and managed to block the arrows destined for him while his unarmed friend was less fortunate and fell dead to the ground. ?Let me take care of this one!?, said Colane and took a few steps forward not to bother his friends.

Right behind him stood Dyari who had dived into the water and come back up with the body of the merchant who was still breathing. With healing spell after healing spell, he had tried his best to save the man?s life but nothing seemed to help. Even though the body was intact, the long time underwater seemed to have taken death to the merchant?s mind which explained why Dyari could not heal him. Sharp and Tybalt grabbed Dyari, who resisted and did not want to give up until Sharp struck the man with an arrow, piercing his heart. The breathing stopped and Dyari would finally come to his senses and follow his friends to what they had decided would be their hiding place. Tybalt quickly reached into the dead man?s pockets and pulled out a pouch of gems, then ran away with his friends.

Colane, who seemed to be completely calm, holstered his swords to his sides and started to tuck up the sleeves of his shirt. Not for a second did he take his eyes off his enemy who was running towards him and had only a short distance left to go. Colane slowly reached for his swords and pulled them out in a tight grip. The Ynwyn, who was coming closer, twisted slightly to the right and prepared to swing his giant axe with all his force, in a horizontal swing. As he was just about one step away from his enemy, the guard swung his axe and watched how Colane jumped up in the air and planted his dual swords into both sides of his neck. The guard dropped his axe from the pain and looked in the eyes of the Ylian, who was hanging by his swords, in front of him. With a few desperate punches, he hit Colane on the torso but inside they both knew that the fight was already over. The guard fell to his knees and Colane, who could stand on the ground once again, slammed his hands on his swords and watched them go deeper into the large Ynwyn?s body. While still looking him in the eyes, as he had done for the whole duel, Colane slowly pulled out his swords and watched his enemy fall dead to the ground. He wiped off his swords, leaving four red lines on the Ynwyn?s shirt and then holstered them. With a smile on his face, he unrolled his sleeves and ran after his friends.

[TheRedMonk]

Duel in the dark
The young Enkidukai adjusted his hood and raised it over his mouth and nose, leaving only his dark eyes visible. He was more concentrated than ever before, to a point where he could hear a drop of poison run down his dagger and land on the cave floor.

When operating for the Shadowhand, he had been on a whole lot of missions similar to this one but he had always had a plan that was well thought through and some basic information about his foes. This time he really knew nothing about his enemy except the fact that he, she, or even it, was incredibly strong. Among the villagers that had disappeared were great warriors and yet there was never a sign of a struggle to be found anywhere near the village. Never had a body been found nor a single drop of blood. But then one night, when the village had become empty and almost all villagers had disappeared or fled, the creature made a mistake and walked into town, believing that it was empty. The young Enkidukai, who had been waiting for an occasion to track down the creature, had followed its path from the rooftops and finally watched it reach its final destination, a hidden cave just outside of town. The entrance to the cave was well covered by tree roots and plants which explained why the villagers had been without success when searching for a creature?s lair. Since that day, the small boy had been preparing for the battle and now the moment of truth had come.

He adjusted his hood one more time and then took a last look around the large room before he focused on the creature lying in front of him. Even when confronted with such a monster, he felt he had nothing to fear as long as he stayed in the shadows. Like a temple to a priest or a castle to a knight, this was his sanctuary. What frightened him was the thought of the few steps he had to take, illuminated by the lights from the fire, to reach the creature. He breathed very carefully for a couple of seconds and then held his breath. Holding his dagger over his head he launched himself towards the creature. With one hit in its back, he made the creature wake up and stand up with a roar to show its magnitude.

It was like nothing the boy had seen before, with white fur covering its back and head, and eyes in the darkest shade of green. The proportions of the body were all wrong as the arms were as large as the waist and reached almost all the way to the ground. After a swing from one of these arms, the boy was launched back into the shadows where he hit the moss covered cave wall. The creature tried to pull out the dagger that was still stuck in its back but even though it had very long arms the large muscles covering them seemed to be in the way. When it realised it could not reach it, the creature turned to the place where the little boy had landed and gave off a fearful roar that echoed against the cave walls. Then it ran into the shadows and slammed its fists against the wall, crushing a part of it. From behind came the Enkidukai, who had been moving in the shadows, and pulled out his dagger in a quick motion. The creature immediately swung its arms at him and the small boy was once again launched backwards, landing with a force causing him to roll backwards on the ground. Still holding his faithful dagger in his hand he tried his best to stand up but this time the damage had been to great. He looked at the creature that started to act strangely and was glad to see that the poison started to take effect. But the beast was not dead yet and so it ran towards him to finish off what it had started and then eat him like it had done with the other victims. Just as it stopped right in front of him and bent down to strangle him, the boy planted his dagger into the monster?s chest and kicked it with all his force, causing the monster to choke up some blood. For the monster, that had already taken damage from the deadly poison, this was the killing blow. Instinctively, it bent up and walked over to the cave wall where it laid down to die in peace. The boy looked at his enemy lying on its deathbed with respect and it came to his mind that this creature had not been killing all these people for pleasure but to survive. It had been acting by the laws of nature and so had he when he decided to kill it. Only the strongest can survive and that day, the strongest he was...

[Lardhoc Aewheros]

This is why I like Planeshift. It attracts so many talented storytellers. :tup:

[Stormhardt]

Hey,
it\'s my first post here, so , im a complete newbie ...

your story is really cool !!
I do some writing too, i hope finish my first planeshift writing soon and I ll post here for you all !

[Boldstorm]

Well...


and hope to see some great stories out of ya.

[TheRedMonk]

Thanx for the nice comments

Stormhardt lemme know when you\'ve written your story