Excerpt from the book "Lords of Darkness. Arghat," Chapter I, "The Beginning"
Once upon a time, the founder of our state was known by another name…
Few know that Entariol was an illegitimate son of William the Wise. For a long time, this secret did not affect his life in any way, but one day he received a strange anonymous letter with threats. Such letters began to arrive more and more often. One day, Entariol, approaching his house, was about to open the front door when it suddenly burst open, and some man ran out of his house. Entariol didn't have time to make out his face, but he saw the emblem of the royal guard on the stranger's chest. Entering the house, he discovered to his horror that all his relatives were… dead! All the furniture in the house was smashed; his mother lay right near the entrance, she was covered in bruises, and next to her on the floor, embracing each other, lay his wife and daughter in a pool of blood…
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THE HUNT FOR THE HUNTER
Today’s night turned out to be simply terrible for me! I was tormented by nightmares all night, and I kept waking up. First, I dreamed that the shadow I saw before the death of the fire mage was chasing me. Then I dreamed that I was being devoured by a dragon that I had seen yesterday. And then I just saw one blurry image of some person in dark clothes. He kept getting closer and closer to me, and I couldn't move. His fiery eyes were already right in front of me… It was as if he was drawing my soul out of my body… I heard his voice in my head! He constantly spoke about revenge… I felt completely helpless. I was shivering, thrown from hot to cold…
I walked along, lost in thought: "Was it just a dream, or did it really happen to me?" My thoughts were interrupted by some conversation around the corner of one of the houses. There, one of the executioners was talking to
Evil Lizard in raised tones. This is what I managed to hear:
- Rumor has it that an attack on our fortress is planned. The king announced mobilization! Are you ready to fight for the king?
- You know very well that I am ready to give my life for our king!
- Seriously? Hmm... Rumors are circulating that enemies have sent spies into our city. Tell me, do you have anything to do with that fortress in the east?!
- No! Moreover, I have never been to those places!
- Okay, I’ll believe you this time… eh, I can’t stop thinking about Entariol… we used to be good friends. Do you think he could have committed that crime?
- I think people like him should be executed without hesitation!
Suddenly, they both looked at me. I realized that I better get out of there as quickly as possible…
On the way, I came across a group of very pretty girls. Turning on all my charm, I approached them to find out what they were so animatedly discussing. One of them told me that the king had summoned
Neyra Drake to the palace. Perhaps the king is looking for a bride…
Arriving at the main square, I saw the same lumberjack who had told me about the monster in the forest speaking to the crowd. By the time I arrived, he had finished his story, after which the commander of the guard asked the others who was ready to go and kill the monster. All the soldiers sat silently, avoiding eye contact. But one did stand up. He said: "I will kill this creature! We've killed worse things than that in the north! Wait, I'll be back soon!" No one among those gathered wanted to join him.
Two hours later, the lumberjacks found
Olam Havel in a dying state. “I overestimated my strength,” said
Olam Havel, choking on blood. Then he tried to say something else, sounding like "Blessings of help, protection, and healing," but his last strength left him…
This time, I decided to return home before dark. I walked along a busy street. Suddenly, some pebble rolled off the roof and fell next to me. Looking up, I saw what became a complete surprise for me… On the roof of the house stood some bearded dwarf in heavy armor. He took an axe from behind his back and crouched down. His gaze was fixed on one of the passersby. The dwarf jumped down, raising the axe above his head. The dwarf was probably already about to strike when a stone golem appeared in his path. The dwarf flew away from it as if shot from a cannon. The stone man, apparently feeling something, suddenly stopped and turned around, accidentally knocking over one of the stalls. The dwarf got up and immediately rushed with an axe at the living pile of stones, which was twice his size. With one blow, the dwarf knocked off the right arm of the stone man. He tried to strike with his other hand, but the dwarf quickly dodged and cut off the opponent's left leg with a second blow. The living pile of stones collapsed to the ground, raising a cloud of dust. As soon as the dust settled, everyone suddenly discovered that the dwarf had disappeared somewhere, as if he had never been here…
At the end of the day, I decided to visit the old man whom they recommended to me, but I was told that I couldn’t today. Today
Vall d'Emeroll has an appointment with him.
Alive:
1.
Neyra Drake2.
SnowmanV2 4.
mika 6.
oven666 7.
KindShaman8.
Gekasan_RU9.
Ment11.
Mona/
Vall d'Emerol 12.
Kostyakkk13.
Evil Lizard16.
Heroist17.
Larisa/
NefelaDead:
14.
Olam Havel10.
Vall d'Emerol 3.
Alexeagle5.
Nefela15.
ArandorTHE DAY BEGINS