[h1][center][color=gold]The Town That The Gods Forgot[/color][/center][/h1]
[h2][sub][center][color=gold]Outer Beasts in the Fog[/color][/center][/sub][/h2]
[h3][sub][center][color=gold]Jaxx’s New Adventure - The Fog![/color][/center][/sub][/h3]

Time passed as Jaxx left the company of Seam and Lily, his only friends in this world. Well, almost his only friends. Lady N, his herosense, turned mortal proved to be a better companion than he had in the past. His whole demeanour changed as he spent almost every waking moment talking with her.

Arbor proved to be too quiet for the duo. Criminals existed there but they were quickly caught by the guards and even when not, they were merely thieves and burglars. Nothing heroic. No innocents in true danger. So they moved on. Where? They didn’t know. For the first time in Jaxx’s life, he didn’t have a direction. No ringing in his mind to drive him crazy if he took a break.
 
Lady N only came with suggestions, ideas of where to go and occasionally, scream in his ears when innocents were in real danger and that’s how his current quest began…with a scream, a direction and a strong sense of danger.  

The duo walked for what seemed like months but couldn’t have been more than a few days until they reached the swamp. Jaxx trudged through the dense, murky swamp, his double-handed sword, Heropentia, strapped to his back. The air was heavy with the scent of decay, and the sounds of the swamp creatures filled the eerie silence. With each step, the muck threatened to pull him down, but his determination drove him forward.

As Jaxx moved through the swamp, he couldn't shake the feeling of movement at the edge of his vision. Each time he turned to look, however, there was nothing there but the shifting shadows of the murky landscape. He was being watched, that much he knew but by what? Besides the usual alligator and insects, nothing seemed to live here…yet, Lady N drove him further. Someone was in danger.
Eventually, he emerged from the dense foliage and saw a town. Buildings stood in disrepair, their walls crumbling, and the streets were deserted, save for a few brave or crazy souls that tried to stand guard. A pointless task when you can’t see 20 metres in front of you from the fog and darkness.

Jaxx shealted Heropentia and walked forward, confidently. Whatever troubled these people would be a thing of the past now that he was there, that much was certain. A startled human guard let out a shout and charged towards Jaxx which side stepped him, easily. 

“[color=gray]Calm down, men. Calm down. Not here to hurt you.  [/color]” said Jaxx, as he let himself get surrounded by the other guards. Most seemed to be children, by any species’s standards. No more than 16 summers old. 

“[color=yellow]Wh–who? Ha-haalt! [/color]” shouted one of the guards, stumbling over his own words, spear shaking in his arms. 
These “men” were clearly no warriors, not even trainees. A rag-tag militia at best.

Before Jaxx could say anything, a strong, loud roar could be heard, coming from all over. Immediately, the guards started shaking even more in fear before one of them shouted “[color=yellow]INCOMI–![/color]” 

Only to be drowned out by a large Outer Beast with a head of beetle and the body of a lion as it launched itself from somewhere high up and landed on the ground with a loud thud.

As soon as it touched the ground, it went towards the closest guard only to be met by Heropentia. In a flash, Jaxx was behind the Outer Beast cutting through it. Before the beast could turn towards him, he was already plunging the sword deep into its head…killing it on the spot. 

The dust soon settled and out of the homes, ragged townsfolk came out. Hope gone from their eyes. The look of dead-men walking. After a few brief discussions with a woman who self-identified as “the leader of this rabble”, Jaxx was told the story of this town.
A large metal Outer Beast appeared one day, surrounded by others. Many others. They soon created a nest and from inside it, a dark fog that seemed to sap the strength of humans emerged. A fog which soon enveloped the whole area, blocking the sun and any path out of town. 

Shaking his head at the clear lack of strength and hope these people exibited, Jaxx shouted out loud for all in the town to hear him.

“[color=gray]What a sad, sorry excuse for a town! Lettin' all these Outer Beasts push you around. When I walked into the town, I barely passed a healthy crop. You're all actin' like the town that the gods forgot. Supply me with a torch and some rope…and I’ll give you hope! Supply me with a group of men and I'll put this to an end. [/color]” he shouted, almost rhyming as he said it. A clear determination on his face.

After all was said and done, the town was silent as Jaxx and three militia-men went deep into the swap, ready to kill whatever dark monster spawned this fog and brought pain and suffering to the town. 

[hider=Summary]
Jaxx leaves Arbor after noticing that no one is in real danger and as he does, Lady N points him in a direction where people are in danger. True, mortal danger. Arriving at a swamp that was surrounded by a very thick fog, he walks through it and finds a town. Killing an outer beat that attacked, he talks in rhyme for a bit with the townsfolk and gathers a group of men and goes after the Outer Beasts.
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