[color=steelblue] "Ow!" [/color] Dalious felt the blow at unawares.  [color=steelblue] "Bloody hell woman!  You left me!!  I told you to meet at the sparrow, where I waited until the bells rang!"[/color]  He massaged his shoulder and gave her a glare.  [color=steelblue]  "It matters little now, we went our separate ways and here we are together again, all these years later.  Fate, I believe.  Now stop hitting me!"[/color]

They walked down the corridor and exited the throne palace.  The sun was dying in the sky and they were to leave first light of the next morning.  Dalious had never seen the elves kingdom and all its glory, until this invitation.  An invitation he received because he was a renown monster slayer, something he took more serious than anything of this world.  He and his men, if they could, would always study their target.  It always being something singular or few of, but there were many vampires.  The monster hunters had never slain any either, as their focus was more of the sea monsters and a few hagravens or gremlins.  Vampires rarely appeared, less it be something of great importance to them, like opening hell.

[color=steelblue] "Your king doesn't like me," [/color] he continued.  [color=steelblue] "I mean, he is sending me on a suicide mission, after all.  If he knew the true treat of the hellmouths, he might have made you stay.  Worry not, I'm a professional now.  I will protect you, as I do all my crew." [/color]

They walked to the elven forge, where freshly made weapons and armor were being made by a master blacksmith and his group.  The elves were being good with their word, which was something very important to the pirate.  So long as things stayed that way, with the elves or any other, then business could go on.  While the masters worked on the elven steel, Dalious leaned onto a ledge overlooking the sea.

[color=steelblue] "Here we are meeting again after ten years, and we immediately and openly head straight into a sure death," [/color] Dalious said with a huff.  [color=steelblue] "If we survive this, who knows, we might even become legends.  Dalious, the legendary monster hunter, has a nice ring to it." [/color] He was a man of legacy, and really only did things to be remembered in time.  Mortality was something that irked him.  [color=steelblue] "When the morning comes, we sail for Rockhaven." [/color]  It was north from the kingdom, they would take the sparrow through the large everglades until they reached the town.  Rockhaven was where the vampires were last, where they terrorize the locals that were unfortunate enough to live on top of one hellmouth.  [color=steelblue] "By then I'll know how to kill them, assuming Armuille's research goes well.  Then we will train at sea on my sparrow, no fire spells from you.  I rather like my ship in tact, if you please." [/color]

They walked onto a grassy knoll, overlooking a massive waterfall that sparkled with each drop.  Some trees in the background were glowing in different auras.  [color=steelblue] "Seems a nice open spot," [/color] Dalious said, in awe of the beauty around them for a brief moment.  [color=steelblue] "Surely you must have learned a few new tricks in the last ten years.  Have you control over your gift?" [/color]