[color=fff79a][h3][b]Baraian Paladice[/b][/h3][/color]

[b][color=fff79a]"A haven and it's people. But if you do not go and have a look, you would never know would you? It is not me who you should place your trust in, it is your own gut feeling. What is it telling you? I can tell you that there won't be any enemies of yours there, yet would you take my words for it? Your enemies are elsewhere and they are looking. Better find allies, before the enemy finds you."[/color][/b] Baraian said in a stern and cold manner, his head turning to look over his shoulder towards Belladonna.

[b][color=fff79a]"It's more about what you can do and show others, than what I can show to you. Some would deem humans a mythical creature, and that there is no hope of being liberated. The spark to lighten the flame, that's what a human means to them. Hope."[/color][/b] The dark elf turned his head and proceeded to walk along the corridor.

[b][color=fff79a]"Bring the fallen, his death should not be wasted... that or look the starving people in the eye knowing what you could have prevented."[/color][/b] He said in a grim tone of voice, his steps was firm however and his walk attentive to the nearby surroundings, glancing to the nearby windows as he passed them by. Once by the door, Baraian would slip out and in a slight tone, which the guards would be able to hear utter.

[b][color=fff79a]"There were a human hiding in there. I've taken care of it. Make no mention of it if you value your lives. Forgiveness is not something we dark elves are prone to be giving. I'll be taking these citizens for questioning."[/color][/b]

The white clad dark elf gave a look to the two guards with a stern gaze, before beckoning to the others who were willing to follow him.

He waited and then began to make his way towards the poorer parts of the city, some thugs and street urchins catching eyes of him, most of the thugs dispersed and the street urchins stopped playing with their toy swords. The dark elf kept his steps firm, his face stern and his eyes searching the nearby alleyways as he passed them by. Until finally he came to a wooden door to a small house, he unlocked it and motioned for the others to get inside, before he jammed the key into the keyhole of the door, and locked it from the inside.

[b][color=fff79a]"We are going there. But we will have to wait until nightfall, to avoid anyone noticing and following us."[/color][/b] The dark elf said, moving over to sit down by a chair in the one-room house. It had a wooden couch with some pillows, two beds with blankets which seemed to have been unused if not abit dusty. There were five more chairs in the room along with a circular table, on the table were a bowl with apples and in the corner of the room stood a barrel with water, including a tap on the side. A few mugs could be found in a shelf located in the same room.

[b][color=fff79a]"Eat. Drink. Rest. We are setting out as soon as darkness falls."[/color][/b] He said as he leaned back against the chair, sighing out slightly.


[i][color=fff200][Then as darkness came][/color][/i]


[b][color=fff79a]"We are going to set out now. Follow and be quiet. Don't let anyone see you. I intent to come back to here for your fallen friend soon."[/color][/b] He said in a softer tone, still as firm and direct as before as he began to beckon them out of the house, using a backdoor. Then travelling down a few alleys leading towards the city walls, and that's where it were. The old graveyard, which had not been in use for many, many years ever since the city had gotten really big. Most people were nowadays buried outside of the city walls in distinct graveyards, and far more numerous. In the city mostly nobles were buried, or people who lived in it a long time ago.

There were several mausoleums clearly visible, most of them were grand and finely decorated bearing noble house insignias. But it was not in front one of those which Baraian stopped, but in front of a rather weathertorn and old looking one. It wasn't as well decorated as the rest, the name of the person who were buried there had been long since been partly erased.

The dark elf pressed a stone at the side of the door of it, and it made a clicking sound as the door opened inwards. [b][color=fff79a]"Get in. Hurry."[/color][/b] He said in a soft tone, waiting for all to get into the dark and quiet place before closing the door behind them, it was pitch black for a moment, then a light flickered as the sound of flint and steel could be heard, and a torch was lit. The dark elf had picked it from the nearby wall, the inside of the room now becoming more visible. He went over to the sarcophagus in the middle of the room, lifting off the old lock which was not made of stone, but rather of wood. Inside the sarcophagus were not a body at all, but a pair of stairs leading down towards the unknown.

[b][color=fff79a]"Take the torch. I will close this behind us."[/color][/b] He said in a matter of fact manner of voice. The corridor leading down the stairs and further down was narrow, but you could slip by oneanother if one squeezed. Which the dark elf shortly after tried to do in order to take the torch himself and lead them down, further into that dark place.

Then finally upon reaching a turn they could see a faint dim light coming towards them, and then stepping into it a vast room greeted them, as large as the inside of a catherdral. Along the walls stood many tents and people were sleeping in bedrolls inside of them, or very close to them. Various cloth tapestries, barrels, chairs, tables and food were also present. And in the ceiling there were four distinct holes for air to travel through. Where those holes led, not even the dark elf knew. It did provide them with fresh air and that was the most important part.

[b][color=fff79a]"Welcome to Ra Monde, an old temple built by those who feared to hope, who desired change and died believing in it. The ones which build it is no longer here, but instead it now serves as the headquarters of Golden Death. We who will bring the lich his final end and set this world free once and for all. Make yourselves at home, but not too much. The arrival of humans will be the awakening we've all been waiting for. The time to take up the fight. But rest now, familiarize yourselves with the people in here. Know of their pain and suffering and what you can do to change that. In due time when you are ready, we will announce to them all that humans have indeed come to aid us. I will make arrangements so that you will have a tent, bedrolls, food and drink."[/color][/b]

Baraian said in the same non-enthusiastic manner he had previously spoken with for the entire day and evening, his face and gaze still stern. He began to walk towards a larger tent in the distance of the huge room. Among the people at Ra Monde, some were old, some were young and others were middle-aged. A good mix of ages, but most whom were gathered were demi-humans, with the occasional elf.