Return Of the Blight

Feeling slightly dejected and almost getting knocked over by the other man, she walked away swiftly and entered the mass of people who lived in the camp. she walked around until she saw a warden of her own race. Looking at her clothing however it wasnt long before Dessa realised this elf was a flatear. But when needs must... "andaran atish'an" She said "I need learn language of shemlen" She added before continuing "You can help?"

"Surely my dear girl" The other elf said. "in fact i will give you a book containing their language which you can study. wait here a moment please" The older woman stepped away to one side and began searching the stacks of books that were piled up nearby. "Ah here we are" The woman exclaimed as she stood back up with a book in her hands. Turning to dessa she said "here you are girl, this will teach you all you need to know." "Thank you" dessa said "My name is..." "Dessa, i know who you are, you have quite a reputation for killing darkspawn, but i wonder for your cause. the road to revenge is a dangerous one, you should be very careful" The woman interjected

"Thank you for concern. but my life is not yours" She turned and walked away from the flateared elf. a small tear graced her eye but was quickly blinked away. none followed it
 
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"Warden over the past 400 years the tales of the your kind have been lost to my family"
posited Ascalon, as he was reminded of childhood excursions to the Weisshaupt fortress
in his home land.

"In past blights.......my family has fought beside, but never been one of the Wardens, if the value of the Warden Creed is true, I would partake of the ceremony and break with tradition"

Which was a strong force in his family, Ascalon risked being excommunicated at this rate,
but the world could be in turmoil with in the coming months, turmoil cannot dissuade darkspawn as effectively as a blade........so the choice was before him.

"Warden........enlighten me to your calling"

(KCT its upto you if you want to divulge a huge amount of info hear, I know of the grey wardens and stuff so keep it short if you want, or if you like the Lore of D.A go nuts!)
(Yuki:Osculum ego Fundus)
 
Stephen Smirked as the man spoke about how his family have fought alongside the Warden's, but never actually became a Warden. "Your family were probably to cowardly to join the Wardens, there is a great risk in joining the Wardens, followed with an early death" Stephen Explained Pausing.

Since the Dawn of time Darkspawn have been around, Killing Human's for fun, so the Human's found a way to Sense the Darkspawn coming, but in order to do this we had to Drink the Blood of the Darkspawn, this tainted our own blood, and it was this taint that gave us the ability to Sense Darkspawn, and other Wardens, Sadly this also gave the Darkspawn the ability to Sense us, and the Archdemon itself can sense us, with the aint comes Horrible dreams, nightmares in which you couldn't possibly foresee. some wardens are sent crazy by these Dreams and commit Suicide, so, if you want to become like me, a Warden, then you can do so, but there is one more thing you must know" Stephen Explained, looking away for a moment before returning his Gaze to Ascalon "There is a great chance that you will die Because of the Taint, i was to undertake the joining with two other Human's, three Dwarves and three Elves, myself, one Dwarf and one Elf Survived, the Dwarf is now one of the Weapon smith's and the Elf is the Book keeper of whom i sent that Elf who came with us to, to learn our language"

Stephen smiled as he stepped back into his room and slid his chest plate, turning to Face Ascalon "So, you want to Join the Warden's still?" Stephen asked as he grabbed his helmet and Exited his Chambers "then come with me"
 
"I know you are under great stressed my lord.......but do not insult my family name again"
Ascalon hardily exclaimed, hearing the Wardens words Ascalon thought of the benefits to his people and thought~To guard against evil one must come to know it and risk death either way, a few nightmares is a small price to pay for the defence of my people~turning to the warden Ascalon said "lets us be done with it!"

(KCT if I die during this, im coming back to huant you!)
 
(OOC: Sounds good Galaxy Flare, you will be doing the ritual in your posts, i shal only be taking you to the Ritual room, where the mad Blood mage preform the ritual, i got other shizz to do XD,

and also, just so you know our resident Blood mage, is meant to sound like a mad Scientist from Germany, as i love the little robot Doctor from Revenge of the fallen, and he is nuts, and sounds german)

Stephen Strode through the halls of the keep, until he came across a massive double door, Stephen opened them and walked in "vat does ze Blud Dragon knight Vant in my lab?" an Estranged voice called out from the Shadows "Have you not caused me enough pain" the estranged voice continued. Stephen looked around, his eyes glowing in the Darkness "Hans, Show yourself" he shouted, as all the torches on the walls light up, and there was a feeble looking man stood next to a cauldron, his face was riddled with Scars, and as he looked upon Stephen his ice cold stare changed, becoming one of fear "I Said, Vat do you Vant!" the man almost Screeched, a tone of fear in his voice "there is another for the joining ritual, Ascalon get in here" Stephen announced, before turning and walking away.

as he reached the doors he glanced back over his shoulder at Ascalon "don't let the scars intimidate you, i gave them to him" Stephen muttered before exiting, leaving Ascalon with Hans.

Stephen strode through the halls before a young elf boy ran up to him "Mr Stephen Sir" the boy said stuttering "What is it kid, whats up" Stephen asked as he bent down, a tone of compassion in his voice "the Seneshal would like to see you" the boy added "okay then, I'll go that way now" Stephen said as he noticed the boy had no shoes on "hey, go to the light armour smith, Tell him the Blood Dragon knight says he should give you the finest Drakeskin boots he has, and then give him this, it will be enough" Stephen Explained as he handed the boy 5 Gold Sovereigns from his pouch of Gold "you can keep the change" Stephen then added with a smile.
 
She stretched out and sighed as she woke up from her slumber, shaking her heard to be rid of any more sleepyness and waking herself fully for another hour or so's travel to the keep.
"Stupid shemlen not letting me steal Halla without antlers, riding in their stupid cart," she muttered to herself. She picked herself up from the rough ground and grabbed her bags, little things they were, just enough to carry food and keep-sakes. Her slim body groaned at the early wake but resigned iself to her command, taking one measl step after another in the direction, vaugely, towards the keep.
After her legs had decided to wake up, she set off at a small jog to hurry the journey, pausing only to listen to the far away roars of darkspawn, or not so far away? A roar ensued just behind which was quickly stifled by her fast reflxes un hooking her twin daggers and silencing the Genlock forever, but she wasn't done yet.
"They were spying!" She yelled to herself, before gathering her wits (and sense) and galloping off away from the hoard. Arrows, blades and the odd poison dart streamed past her face as she ran, each closer than the last. Stealing glances behind her she could she couldn't outrun them for long and made the quick snap decision to stop absolute and run the first few darkspawn that caught up through, which worked like a charm. Only a few of the stradlers chased her while others hung back, evidently fearing her, and watched from afar. She began to run again, this time directly for the shadow of the keep that grazed the skyline, the 10 to 20 darkspawn that gave chase on her tail. Sneaking a glance backwards again she slit th throat of an advancing hurlock whose body tripped a few of its compaions, giving her time to reach the gates of the keep and yell for help.
 
As the boy skuttled off, Stephen heard a ruckas from behind him, as he glanced over his shoulder he noticed an elf girl running into the keep, he sensed a group of Darkspawn behind her he drew his sword as smiled under his helmet and pointed his sword at the on comming horde "WARDEN'S NOW IS OUR TIME!" he shouted as he began a charge at the Darkspawn, sword drawn, bound for blood.

as he reached Striking distance from the Darkspawn, Stephen unleashed a Horizontal slash from left to right, taking off the heads of two Darkspawn, and a third meat the blunt impact of Stephen's shield to the face, throwing it backwards knocking several Darkspawn behind them onto their backs.

as Stephen braced for the next swing of his sword a small group of Warden's, accompanied by a large group of Warden recruits jumped into the Frey and removed the remainder of the Darkspawn threat. Stephen nodded out and then walked away.
 
The masacre was over as quickly as one could say "Die!". Luca scanned her surroundings and edged carefully towards the one who had done most of the killing.
"Aneth Ara I am Luca, a Grey Warden," She held out her hand to greet the man. "I trust i'm in the right place, this IS the keep, no?" She questiond him. Luca was not about to be denied after all that she had been through.
 
Stephen looked at the Elf Girl claiming to be a Grey Warden, "you, a grey warden" Stephen announced, almost as though he was joking "you have the nerve to call yourself a Grey Warden after you ran from a horde of Darkspawn" Stephen announced "as a Grey Warden you either kill every darkspawn you come across or die trying" Stephen announced.

as he sheathed his sword and walked away from the Elf, he was heading towards the Seneshal's Chamber.
 
Enduring the the ceremony was a painful experience that Ascalon had not believed possible.............but in the end he merged from with sweat and endurance tested his mantle now bore the taint of the Darkspawn and there fore the Rank of Warden.

"Hans" muttered Asclon "Vat........." said hans............."bring me some water" replied Asclon. Hans gave the new warden a filthy mug of water, sickening to look at the mug covered in filth, compared to what he had just experienced.......to Ascalon it was liquid gold.

"hahaha..........you did vell boy, you are now a warden"-"enjoy zee nightmares!"

Feeling the urge to punch Hans, Ascalon meted the rage with a smirk and replied "One more minute in your presence little man is nightmare enough"

And with that Ascalon nudged Hans out of the way of the door..........staggering down the hall grasping the wall for support he thought~is worth the effort, it will pass
and my strength will return~with blurry eyes he made his way back to his chambers.

Sitting on his bed with calming breaths......the 1st time in a day and a half he felt relaxed, not wanting to wast time he went to find his fellow wardens and tell them of his success.
 
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"I was caught unprepared Shem!" She yelled at the retreating human. "I'm not too happy accepting death! You would prefer to lose yet ANOTHER warden for the war?" She turned and stormed away, to sit alone and contemplate in a private area.

She watched his far-away figure in the distance and hunched herself up, trying to contain her anger. 'I'll take it out on darkspawn later...'
 
Stephen strode through the halls of the Keep, eventually arriving at the Seneshal's chambers, he hammered on the door until the Seneshal answered, upon which Stephen entered the room and removed his helmet.

"Give me an update" he announced as he looked at the Seneshal, "the word from the spoiled Princess is that the Darkspawn have infiltrated the Tower, and are holding the Mages and templars hostage, the Darkspawn are apparently showings signs of unusual behavior" the Seneshal Explained "No shit, they have spared the lives of humans, Elves and Dwarfs, acting strangely is an understatement" Stephen answered "It has gone on long enough Stephen, we must act, so i am sending you and ascalon to investigate" the Seneshal informed him, "I'll take the Elf girl with me also, the one who arrived minutes ago" Stephen explained "she needs to prove she has what it takes to be a warden."

the Seneshal looked at him in a strange way "She fled from a group of Darkspawn" Stephen explained "How many?" the seneshal asked "around 20" Stephen informed him "so she had every right to run from them" the Seneshal explained "i know your sister was great, but you cannot hold every warden to the same standard as she trained you" the Seneshal announced causing Stephen to glare at him "I don't, thats why there are so many" Stephen announced, rage in his voice as he exited "I shall leave soon" Stephen announced as he headed for the courtyard once again.
 
Luca stood up and began twisting her weapons, trying out new tactics and practising her duel weapon sweeps. She looked up as she heard the gates open again and saw the warden called stephen walking out. "Great... i'mma get yelled at again for something," she stood and saluted the warden and sat down, waiting for the storm to hit her.
 
Stephen smirke as the Elven girl saluted him "I'm only a Warden, like yourself, no need to salute me" Stephen Explained, as he looked around "I guess Ascalon isn't done with his Joining yet" Stephen muttered as he looked around for another Grey warden to take "Well, looks like it's just us two" Stephen explained "we are going to the circle of the Magi, they require our assistance.

"there are Darkspawn infiltrating the tower and we are to rectify this problem and rescue any Hostages or survivors in the area" Stephen explained "Meet me by the Entrance to the courtyard when you are ready to leave" Stephen announced before Striding off towards the Blacksmith.

"Ahh, hello warden" the blacksmith exclaimed as Stephen got next to him, "I have a Grey Iron longsword here if you want it" he announced "only 10 silver" the smith announced as he showed Stephen a sword "very nice as usual smith, thank you" Stephen muttered as he handed the smith a pouch containing ten silver.

taking the sword and giving the smith the sword he already had, Stephen left his old Iron sword for the smith and took his New Grey Iron sword, slotting it into it's sheath. Stephen then bought a couple of Health polstices and walked over to the main gate into the courtyard.
 
((now that my character knows english i am pussing up a new colour key for my speech ok? out of character will be white, non speech will be green, elven speech will be in orange and human in red got that?))

She wandered into the main area after having helped out fighting that squad of darkspawn. She stretched as she was beginning to get bored. Looking around dessa laid her eyes on another dalish elf, not unlike herself, even similar in fighting style it seemed. of course as dessa was the last of her tribe and only her tribe knew the night dancer technique that couldnt be possible, or could it? anyway, putting her thoughts aside she could not help but laugh as the young elf saluted stephen that egotistical shemlen warden she had kindly helped out not long ago only to be repaid with snotty remarks and neglect. "Da'len, dont salute shemlen with egos bigger than their reputation" she joked in elven "i am Dessa Fairwind darkspawn huntress and who might you be young one?"She turned as she heard stephen speak of moving on to killing darkspawn "Where now stephen? somewhere fun i hope" She said in almost perfect human speech which she had learnt by reading through the book once. "I am itching to kill something worthwhile, temple of mages eh? why are they always a step behind me, i was there just before i met up with you and there was no sign of any then. they must have spawned fast"
 
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In 20 years of life in harsh Anderfels Ascalon had never felt such exhaustion, pushing it aside for the time being he rushed to Stephen and the elf women.......looking around the keep......he noticed the party preparing to leave.

Waving to get there attention mustered over the length of the compound to tell them of his success~Only 1 elf?~he thought~no matter, better no elf than a smelly dwarf~"Stephen I have gained the taint I am now a warden" not expecting a cheer from the bluntness of the man...........Ascalon offered his services for the upcoming journey.

"Where are we off then"

(How Many Elfs are there going?)
 
Stephen stood looking at the group of companions he was about to take to the circle of the magi with him, he smirked and looked down on his Shield, it showed his family crest "Let us move then, as long as you are all ready" Stephen announced in his booming voice before he began the long walk to the Magi Tower.

It would be a long and treacherous, probably with more Darkspawn than you could shake a stick at, but thus was the life of a warden. Stephen let out a chuckle as he though about the journey ahead, he knew that he was to face Darkspawn, the one thing he loved. . . Hunting Darkspawn.
 
((Sapphire please edit your posts with colour to make it obvious that you are talking. your wall of white hurts my eyes when i try to decipher it))

She could sense their number but not exactly how many there would be. "Hey Stephen" she said rather informally. "i challenge you to a contest. My dual style against your heavy sword and shield. Whoever kills the most darkspawn gets respect from the other" She finished unsheathing her swords ready to fight the oncoming horde of scum that she so enjoyed killing. "Can you keep up?" She said as she spotted a group not 200 yards from their position.
The group spotted her and the others too. About 8 genlocks and an emissary, perhaps stragglers or a welcoming comittee of sorts, ran at full speed towards them. Dessa dived in flipping over the leading 2 genlocks and backstabbing them killing them swiftly as she pulled her swords out of them in order to block an attack from another genlock. Parrying the blows with ease she shouted to stephen "Join in when you want but thats 2-0 to me" She cleaved the genlocks head off in front of her it spiralled off leaving a pretty fountain of blood behind. She kicked the body into the path of an onrushing genlock and it stumbled over falling flat on its face "Make that 3"
 
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(Fine fine lol)

Luca stood ready to prove herself and faced the oncoming storm. She pulled her weapons out and charged towards the nearest Genlock, swiping between its torso and spinning on the spot to spear its back. "one..." she muttered under hear breath. she felt a presence behind her and quickly shoved both her blades behind her and tore the darkspawn in half. "two..." she became happier that she wasn't dead yet and raced ahead to intercept more.
 
Dessa had hoped that the other elf would battle so that dessa could see her technique. it was alot like hers on many levels but it didnt seem as fine-tuned as her own. It could be that she was a fan, but it wasnt clear yet. Dessa had no time to try and figure more out as an axe swung straight for her head. She ducked below it and brought both blades up and through the genlocks skull. She turned and ran right at the Emissary.
She took a passing swipe at the final genlock and dived into a somorsault over a spell the emissary had just cast. it scorched the earth that she had been stood on as Dessa brought both swords in a killing arc strike down on the mage. It dropped and she turned to see to the last genlock only to find that the emissary had killed it with the spell that had been intended for Dessa.
"Looks like i only get 5 in this round. Ill check beck in with you later stephen us elves have some hunting to do" She looked to the other elf and shouted "for Elvhenan and the dales" before heading off at a jog in search of fresh meat
 
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