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[hr][@Rune_Alchemist][@Pyromania99][@VitaVitaAR][@Crimson Paladin][@FrogRFlowR]

Reinhardt's nose twitched.

There it was again.

That same sweet; vaguely familiar smell... The Knight's brow furrowed in thought-- it was something almost instinctively familiar; something he [b][i]should[/i][/b] know.

Ethelred's mention of his name shook him from his thoughts.

[color=darkorange]"I take full responsibility for our loss of Od."[/color] Elias stated bluntly; clearing his throat as he stepped forward, [color=darkorange]"When the Fomorians made their assault on Redwater point-- I had allowed both Ethelred and Od out of my sight... Believing the village safe enough to drop my guard and gather what information I could on the enemy we were to face."[/color] 

The Knight let out a heaving sigh as his eyes trailed to the ground, [color=darkorange]"They were inside the Village in the blink of an eye. An entire group of fifteen springing out from the village alleyways completely undetected. Somehow-- getting into the heart of the town undetected; in [i]broad daylight[/i] no less... By the time we'd killed their leader; a large one-eyed variant supplied with fitted armor, who burst into a pile of limbs after a sphere fell from it's corpse, Od was nowhere to be seen."[/color] 

Reinhardt shifted uncomfortably under the ill-fitted armor he'd borrowed from Lonan, [color=darkorange]"Rashly, I assumed our Midnight-Skinned Fomorian to instead be an intelligent colony... And thus assessed Od's kidnapping as an attempt to distract us from our initial objective. It was my decision to not pursue retrieval."[/color]

Elias paused, stone-faced as he seemed to mull over what he'd said. 

[color=darkorange]"As for the Dragon-- it found us before we found it. An obscenely large Wyvern; far bigger than any I've ever heard stories of, with several vents dripping magma scattered about it's body. Though it could speak, and certainly spoke of a King it served-- it seemed... Deranged. Unstable. And that's before taking into account the fact that a portion of my family crest was over it's heart... It sought us out, named us traitors, and claimed the King it served to be one with the lands of Albion itself."[/color]

[color=darkorange]"As for how it found us-"[/color] Reinhardt paused a moment as his weight shifted once more; the knight slowly considering his words, [color=darkorange]"I can't say I know for certain... But as for the fight-- Ethelred covered it well enough. Though I was briefly incapacitated by the beast; losing my armor as a result, we were ultimately successful... However-- much as I wish to doubt the words of a mad and dying monster...  It said that it would not be the last of the coming heralds-- and I'm inclined to suggest we make preparations for whatever is to come."[/color]