Overlord Thraka

The Room

*Iris stands her ground, but is obviously afraid*
Iris: S-she didn't do anything! She didn't harm her!
*She covers Hanna protectively*

*Mergoux grits her teeth in pain as she realizes she's hurt her arm too. She eases the gauntlets and bracer off and rubs it where a large bruise is already starting to form*
*She looks over at Lecter*
Mergoux: Leave them alone... for now...
*She's done her best to patch herself up, but still needs professional medical attention and soon*

The Room

*Mergoux is more than a little freaked out by everything that's happened so suddenly, then remembers Silvan*
*She drags herself over to him and looks at him, seeing if it's still possible to save him*
*Silvan's doing that 1000 mile stare as blood pools under him. Mergoux lets out a string of curses in harsh unfamiliar language, then closes Silvan's eyes, with a respectfulness and gentleness not yet seen from her*
Mergoux: Rest well Silvan Brengest... I hope the other side of the wall holds you well...
*She then starts crudely binding her leg and other wounds that have re-opened*

*Iris screams in alarm and anger*
Iris: Leave her alone you stupid bird!
*She runs to Hanna and places herself between Karma and Hanna, her skin a mix if red and black, looking almost demonic in nature*
Iris: Don't you dare hurt her again!

The Room

*The Knight's head get's bisected and it collapses to the floor*

*Mergoux struggles against Hanna*
Mergoux: What the- Who are you!? Let go of me!
*She struggles against the pinning but is in pain and bleeding rather badly, so she's kinda drained*
*Iris runs up to Hanna and tries to drag her off Mergoux*
Iris: Hanna no! Let her go!

The Room

*Mergoux drops her two-handed sword, as her wound is tearing and she can't wield it one handed. She deflects a swordblow off her bracers and grunts in pain as the bone cracks from the force of it. She draws her longsword and jams it under the knight's chin as it speaks*
Knight: You will be mine again!
Mergoux: NEVER!
*The knight keels over with Mergoux's sword protruding from the top of it's skull. Mergoux allows herself to sink to the ground and puts pressure on her leg wound*
Mergoux: The brain! You need to destroy the brain!

*Lecter's knight only laughs as he's stabbed*
Knight: Fool! Such an attack cannot destroy my slaves!
*The knight slashes at Lecter's throat with his own blade*

The Room

*The Knight laughs in a gurgling fashion. His glowing yellow eyes pierce Mergoux's soul as he stares at her. He speaks in a voice not his own, deep, rumbling and cruel*
Knight: I see youuuu!
*He stabs Mergoux in the thigh, she cries out in pain and yanks her sword from his shoulder, limping back a step before lopping it's head clean off. The body collapses but the head continues to laugh silently*
*Mergoux quickly deflects another swordblow from another knight but is being overwhelmed, as the knight is strong in it's undead form, and she's wounded*

*The 3rd knight swings wildly at the falcon until he's attacked by Lecter*

*Iris's skin is black with fear*
Iris: Hanna! Hanna please we need to leave!

The Room

*Iris holds Hanna tightly to her*
Iris: Oh Danu... Hanna come with me! We need to get Horus!
*Makes an attempt to drag Hanna off towards her and Horus's room*

*Mergoux pauses, eyes going wide as she recognizes the Knights, or more precisely, what's animating them*
Mergoux: Holy... Can't be... Not here!
*She launches herself at the closest knight, burying her two-handed sword in it's shoulder, biting deep into the rotting flesh*
*She winces as she tears open her wound, which starts bleeding into the bandages again*

The Room

*Iris nods, pats Hanna's head and turns to find Horus only to scream in alarm as the hawk crashes through the window*
Iris: Alright, I'll go find h- AHH!

Silvan: Yes! To you as well Lady Jillian!
*Silvan half-opens the door but is distracted by the bird*
Silvan: What's going o- URK!
*He looks down at his chest, where it's been impaled by a sword wielded by an undead knight*
*Blood trickles from the corner of his mouth, he sputters a few unintelligible words and collapses to the ground*

*Mergoux roars in rage at the sight of Silvan being slain and draws her blade*

The Room

*Mergoux tells a few tales of a squad of soldiers fighting in a war against Orcs. From eavesdropping Lecter can probably pick up that she was a Sergeant in command of the squad, and that she lost most of it in a raid on a bandit fortress.*
Silvan: And that's when-
*Mergoux nods*
Mergoux: I was discharged... stripped of rank and sent packing. Never looked back. The army gave me some valuable skills, that's for sure, but I don't miss it. As for your Granddad, he was a good man. When did he die?
Silvan: About 30 years back, when I was a boy.
*Mergoux nods and they chat a bit about Silvan's grandfather some more before Silvan thanks her and turns to leave*

*Iris walks over to Hanna, smiles weakly and hugs her*
Iris: There was a fight apparently... I was just about to go ask Horus if he could clean up the bodies so it wouldn't bother you.. Would you like to come along?

*The Undead look around, get up and head towards the door, walking stiffly and robotically*

The Room

*Silvan nods to Mergoux*
Silvan: Then you served with my Grandfather? Andor Brengest?
*Mergoux nods, Silvan asks some questions, basically wanting to hear stories of his old granddad from the only living person who really knew him*

*One of the corpses stirs, it's eyes glow a sickly yellow and it sits up, black ooze dripping sluggishly from the stab wound in it's neck*
*Two of the others begin to stir, but Anderson's remains unmoving*

The Room

*Mergoux looks over at Lecter and Jillian and nods once*
Mergoux: Oh bound to be. I'm a 'Dangerous Fanatic' after all.
*She finishes eating as Silvan walks up to her and bows. She frowns at him from under her helmet*
Mergoux: Dont... don't do that. Don't bow, it's too formal.
*Silvan nods apologetically*
Silvan: I'm sorry Lady Th- Mergoux. I just wanted to talk to you. You served in the Kriegshold guard at one point yes?
*Mergoux looks over at him sharply*
Mergoux: Yes... why?
*She seems cautious*

*Outside, the rotting bodies of the knights begin to change. The blood, already putrifying from the sun, starts turning black and viscous*