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Knights of The Dawn Covenant: The Longest Winter

Confused and slightly disturbed

Knights of The Dawn Covenant: The Longest Winter

Wait WHAT?! SHEEEIT I MEANT GLODIN

Knights of The Dawn Covenant: The Longest Winter

Also HAPPY TURKEY DAY Y'ALL!

Knights of The Dawn Covenant: The Longest Winter

Landeel, Karl, and Argus go with Evelyn. Cythlla, Henry, Argus, and Marcus will head to the Kest Nest.

Knights of The Dawn Covenant: The Longest Winter

Standing at the center of the great hall, Evelyn looked into the reflection pool, her thoughts focused on the previous night and the near future. The demon they fought was more than the average desire demon. It not only manipulated their desires but also their fears, what they feared of losing and what they couldn't live without. That monster was a Greater Desire Demon, something of such powerful connection to the void couldn't simply pass into this world, it had to be summoned. There was a number of theories, each worried Evelyn the same as the last: One theory was that it was summoned by a cultist hidden among the ranks at Thanermere and may still be present, another was that it was planted here and made to wait until their group arrived as no other Templars showed signs of the demon's influence. Such a summoning would require a good amount of time and effort and since the keep showed no sighns of such ritual preparation, this was done a long time before they reached Thanermere. "The Dead God has planned this for some time, there is no telling where else they've been", she thought as she overlooked a map of the continent. So many possible places for them to plant themselves, so much potential for chaos. Their first target would be, as the apparition said, the Kest Nest not far from Thanermere. Once everyone was awake they'd travel there and deal with that, hopefully there would be no demons there as well.

Evelyn caught sight of Landeel as he passed by. His greeting was quite casual and in truth Evelyn did not mind, after last night formality was not something all too important at the time. With a nod she replied before returning to her work but it seemed as though problems were in surplus at this Keep as only minutes later a priest came rushing towards her, yelling about a another demon who'd attacked Bartuc. "Describe it?", she asked, hoping to get an idea of what type of demon it was. "Well it wore a black cloak, it's eyes glowed red, and it was female from what we could make out from it", the priests seemed nervous that the creature would be back but all Evelyn felt was anger. She had a strong feeling it was a misidentification of Ruinil but she needed one last thing to confirm it. "You said you injured it, was there any blood?", she asked as she held back her anger.

"Why yes, I believe so", the priest answered with some confusion on his face and in his voice.

"And was the blood red?"

"Well yes"

Evelyn slammed her fist onto the table, "By the gods, that wasn't a demon, that was a fellow knight! Go tend to Crestfallen, I'll take a group with me to search for her. Hopefully she hasn't bled to death by now". Evelyn looked to Landeel before gesturing for him to approach the table. She then noticed Karl staying to himself, probably a result of last night's ordeal. "Karl, with me". Just then, Glodin arrived with a request. "That will have to wait, Glodin. Right now we have to go find one of our own", Evelyn glared at the knights who brought her news of the attack on Ruinil. "I'll need you with us as well, Glodin. In case she headed towards the nest, we'll need as many able bodies to fight them off and bring Ruinil back". Evelyn began walking towards the exit but stopped herself to issue one last order, "Send word to the others, tell them to ready themselves and head to the nest. We'll meet there once I've healed Ruinil and shall deal with the Kest with our full strength". The knights bowed before running off to wake the others. As for Evelyn, she headed outside to the courtyard to investigate.

Looking at the courtyard ground she saw deep prints in the snow and dirt from her first steps, "The prints don't start from the entrance but a short distance from the walls. That and Ruinil can't be this heavy implies she leapt from that window". Following the tracks to the walls she noticed the trail of blood heading out towards the woods, "This is where she was struck. Her footsteps are even so her legs are fine, must've been hit somewhere in her back". Grabbing a horse, Evelyn followed the trail of blood through the woods when she found the site of a struggle. A number of wolves lay dead, their bodies strewn across the snowy ground. A dagger lay on the ground but only one wolf suffered stab wounds, the others were beaten to death. Fresh blood, not simply from the wolves but from whoever fought back, had turned the snow bright red as it trailed off towards where Ruinil was headed. "Someone was following her, someone strong enough to fight these wolves bare handed", Evelyn unsheathed her sword as she continued to follow the trail to the cottage. Standing some distance from it, she looked to Forossa and Glodin, "If her pursuer is in there with her, prepare for a fight".

Knights of The Dawn Covenant: The Longest Winter

Wurkin on a post, was busy all day prepping for Turkey Day.

Knights of The Dawn Covenant: The Longest Winter

@Ace of flames01
Oh I'm sorry I wanted their relationship to still exist GAWSH! lol

Knights of The Dawn Covenant: The Longest Winter

True, that would basically wipe everything that's happened so far and the whole Ruinil/Bartuc romance would be gone.

Knights of The Dawn Covenant: The Longest Winter

Dawn's Arrival

The demon lay dead, its unholy corpse writhing involuntarily as it began to evaporate into nothingness. There was a moment where it's writhing ceased before it disappeared completely. Once it was gone, a series of visions entered the minds of every knight present. The visions showed a cave system infested with Kest which swarmed to the surface and devouring all the living, they saw the kingdom of Farendar in the midst of civil war and weakened enough for Sar'than's forces to invade the east, images of Uldgorin collapsing and the last of the Dwarves dying. These visions and more ran through the minds of the Templars before ceasing altogether. There was a silence that dominated the dreamscaoe they still inhabited but it could be seen in the distance that darkness was overtaking the land.

Suddenly, an apparition took form before the group. It was a robed individual, a man from what they could make out, and he seemed to be a mystic of some sort. His head was hooded and the shadow cast over his face made him impossible to identify. Holing up a hand he spoke, "Fear not, I am no demon. I offer aid, what's more I offer answers to this war. First you must deal with the Kest, that cave you witnessed in your visions is nearby. Then, travel to the capital of Farendar, one of my agents will meet you there. You must hurry, each moment passing our enemy gains strength. We will speak again when the time is right". As quickly as he came, the mystic was gone. Without another word or lingering to answer questions he vanished back into nothingness. It was then that the darkness once seen creeping over the horizon was now almost upon the group. It took only a moment more before there was nothing but darkness.

The sun rose over the horizon as our heroes awoke in Thanermere Keep. The sounds of knights rising to start their day could be heard as some were already up and about. As for Evelyn, she wasted no time getting ready and heading to the grand hall. Waiting there she began to go over the message they'd been given that night over and over. The Kest were already a threat, but now they were top priority. And the civil war in Farendar? Dark times were ahead, times that would try everyone's souls.

Knights of The Dawn Covenant: The Longest Winter

@Ace of flames01
Lol yes, more drama the better.

@Snarfulblast
Nah just kill it and let's wake up already.