Shurikai said
Veragwen. Marmalade had heard her name when she got to Seles. This was the first time she had seen the woman.And she was leaving.Veragwen was right though, there really was nothing let here in Seles... and there was no way she was going to settle in a town plagued by monsters. Marmalade was jolted back to reality when Veragwen asked about the dragoon spirit."My mother had it and gave it to me before she died. She said its been passed down for many generations." Marmalade told her, "No one remembers how we got it though."With a second glance back at Caelyn, Marmalade decided it would be wise to go with Veragwen. So she trailed after her, helping to carry whatever was deemed useful. It wasn't long before they were walking among last nights battlefield. She didn't recall seeing her scythe in the inn room so she assumed it was still sticking out of the scorpions corpse. Marmalade made a mental note to retrieve it before they left.Not paying attention, she barely caught sight of her new comrade going into one of the damaged buildings. Not wanting to be left behind, Marmalade quickly followed her down a never ending staircase. Until it ended and she had to stop suddenly when she realized Veragwen had ceased movement in front of her.This must be some kind of shrine. To what though? She could see seven shapes against the darkness, it looked like there were stones just like the one her mother gave her. These must be the other dragoon spirits! Veragwen had asked her after approaching one of the pedestals. "I think.. this is exactly what it looks like." Came Marmalade's slow reply, "Look. This looks like the Tree of Life." She said pointing to the shrine wall. After putting down everything she had picked up, she made a makeshift torch and held it up to the wall. On the other side was a depiction of the Dragon Campaign. Names of the faceless original dragoons were etched into the wall. The other walls told the story of the last dragoons. Their names and faces were scratched deeply into the stone. Someone wanted this remembered. Marmalade noticed something strange about the carving of the Tree of Life. No, it must just be damage from the scorpion she thought and turned her attention to the gates."Veragwen, what do you think of these? These gates... they have no locks." Marmalade crouched down, seeing a small ring close to the gate of the White-silver spirit gate and picked it up. It was a simple gold ring, similar to a wedding band. There were markings on the inside, but they were too faded to read. Marmalade turned back to Veragwen, maybe she could read it.
AstharothAstharoth continued to rest a bit longer until he finally had awoken again his eyes fluttering, he had rested quiet well and felt very much refreshed though his body did seem to be a bit stiff but that's what you get for sleeping sitting up right in a chair all night, he looked around curiously at the inn, it was now day time and he could see everyone in the beds except for the woman he had brought back from the woods, she had disappeared? Where had she gone? He decided to get up and go look for the woman he needed to ask her about the beast, had she slain it? How had she taken care of such a thing on her own? These questions perplexed his mind he had to know, that and he had to take her back to the kingdom if she was the one who had killed it to give her the reward, he stood up and stretched the long lengthy bones in his arms popping as he flexed his muscles to wake himself up a bit more, he took in a deep breath and sighed, it had been a long night and he needed to get some actual work done before the real Armond got angry at him for making the King and himself wait to long for Astharoth's return with the warrior, he started to walk out of the inn after questioning some of the injured about the woman's wearabouts it seemed they didn't know where she went but that she went with some woman named Veragwen, he raised his hand once he was outside to shade his eyes the sun was high and vibrant with life with hues of gold and orange the sky so clear and vast with its splenderous blue, much like his azure eyes though his eyes were a bit brighter shade of blue more like that of a crystal water blue, he scanned the surroundings looking for someone as he walked up behind Raena and tapped on her shoulder lightly in a polite manner standing up straight to seem more like a nobleman. "Excuse me miss but have you seen a young lady around here walking with another woman that goes by the name.. now what was her name again?.. Ah! Yes with a woman named Veragwen perhaps it is mighty important that i speak with her.. I am Armond i am the advisor of King Zeke.. and i am here to bring back the warrior who slain the beast last night to receive their reward at the castle.."