" Yes I'm a magician. Though only a apprentice. You said you weren't from around here... where do you hail from?" Suri said as sandy wind brushed against the streets, making her hair and cloak flow in the wind as the streets began to crowd again only moments after the commotion.
" Dragon scales are rare where I come from and they make a nice addition to any enchanter's inventory. When the scales are ground and brewed they can help fight off poisons if you were bit by something like a cobra. It would come in handy for the trek across the desert my master and I are taking..." Suri said as she drew her blue travelling cloak closer to her body and withdrawing her arms inside of it.
Suri spun around when she heard the mans voice and stood with the dragon scale still in her hand, its surface glinting from the sun. " I think its a dragon scale left by the dragon who was here only moments ago. " Suri said while tucking it away inside of her messenger bag. " I will be of good use to me..."
Suri marveled at the sight of the dragon drifting into the turquoise sky. She stayed hidden in the shade, waiting for it to be safe enough to walk in the streets without being pulled into the commotion. Once the thugs had run off, Suri deemed the coast to be clear and walked out from beneath the overhanging drape and stepped out cautiously into the middle of the area. She spotted something glitter in the dusty road, causing her to bend down and pick it up. Suri turned the shimmering object around in her hand, it was a dragon's scale, probably left by the dragon who had aided the man in his get away earlier.
After being ditched in the street by her drunkard teacher, Suri decided she might as well explore and come back later when Alux was finished taking care of his business. The soles of her leather boots pattered softly against the rustic path, she was quietly humming to herself as she walked down the street. She did not appear to be alarmed when some of the natives started to flee down the streets past her. " I wonder whats going on... " Suri thought as she drew closer and stopped at the intersection between a plaza and the road she had come down. Suri stood in the shade of a overhanging drape and looked on in the shadow,curious about the commotion that was happening before her.
Dusty sand brushed against pale skin, a lapis blue wave of fabric danced in the wind as Suri stood atop a dune right outside a dry thicket of thorns where cicadas could be heard hissing among the thorny coils. Suri stared up into the turquoise sky, her minty eyes watching a lonely buzzard glide effortlessly in the azure abyss. A eerie clucking sound slipped out from within the thicket that was followed by a loud hiss as suddenly something flew out of the thicket at Suri, giving her little time to react as she was knocked back into the sand. Suri quickly rolled over and shot a blast of blue fire from her finger tips as her eyes met with the silhouette of a massive serpentine creature that seemed to be comprised of hundreds of skulls and bones. The serpent jerked back when hit by the flame and hissed as Suri jumped up, trying to move out of striking range. The serpent wormed through the sand as if it were water with dangerous speed as it pursued the girl. When it moved to strike again a orange rope of energy wrapped around the snake's neck, holding it back as the creature began to glow. The glowing got even more intense till the serpent's bony frame shattered, leaving charred pieces of bones immersed in the sand. A grey eyed man in the prime of his life stepped out of the thorny thicket, acknowledging Suri who strangely enough didn't appear to be shaken up after the ordeal. " Suri, I thought I told you to go on ahead to the city. Its too dangerous to meddle in territory full of dark witch doctors and sorcerers..." Alux said as Suri sighed. " But I wanted to help out for once..." Suri said as Alux held a hand to his forehead and sighed deeply before he started to walk down the side of the dune. " Never mind that Suri, lets get moving.." Alux said as Suri nodded and followed in pursuit as the two made their way. 30 minutes passed before they reached the outskirts of the city. The first thing Alux did once inside of the city was walk into a nearby Tavern, leaving Suri outside on the street where she waited next to a oil vendor.
Name: Suri Gender:Female Age:18 Weapons: Various forms of magic and summons. Shes a neutral magic user. Appearance: 5'4 with pale skin,Long dark brown hair and pale green eyes. Her clothing is usually very simple like that of a peasant, except most of the time she wears a long deep lapis blue traveler's cloak with her outfit Nationality: Unknown, she has never known her family so she has no idea what she is. But she knows shes defiantly not human. Personality: Suri is a wise and intellectual young woman, she is kind yet not the submissive type of girl and she has a strong will. She looks like a mild mannered doe eyed girl but really she can strike back with full force. Bio: When she was young she was taken in by a family of human peasants who could use a helping hand on the farm, she had no memories of her origin or her family so grew accustomed to a life with humans. When reached Suri reached the age of nine Alux a Sorcerer from a distant land came across her and bought her to have her later serve as his servant to help around with the house. An estate which stands deep in a dark forest outside of the Xamia Empire. At first Suri was ok with being a housemaid but then she became interested in the magical arts and it took nearly a year of persuasion before Alux agreed to take her on. Even then Suri still continues her house duties and finds time to study magic. Name: Alux Gender: Male Age: 38 Weapons: Powerful in both white,black, and gaia magic He rarely uses weapons other then his magic. Appearance: 6'1 Gray eyes and Brown hair that falls below his chin. He has a bit of stubble on his chin and keeps his hair well kept. He wears the clothing of a merchant but he has the mannerism of a noble. Nationality: Undefined Personality: Alux is well collected and rather stoic . He can be kind and caring but sometimes he can be rather tough about it. Alux thinks using wisdom and common sense,he won't fight or do something unless its absolutely necessary. Bio: Alux grew up in a noble family of sorcerers, his father was a sorcerer and so were many before him. Alux was a apprentice under his grandfather, once Alux finished his apprenticeship it was tradition that he would move away and become the resident wizard of a different area. He chose to move to the black forest outside of Xamia because he wanted to live in a remote area where he wouldn't be troubled with the problems of human world ever again. But Alux wasn't always so neutral, he had one participated in low scale and secret war among sorcerers and other supernatural beings. Name: Nacht Gender:Male Age: Undefined( Looks about 27) Weapons: Dark sorcery and inhuman strength. He carries a couple swords, one a human made sword he only uses for cutting down minor prey and the other a demon sword he uses for worthy opponents. But he mostly uses his magic and strength to get by. Appearance: 6'3 Long jet black hair and pearly gray eye color with slits for pupils. He has pale skin, he is also tall and slender in appearance. Everywhere he walks he gives off a weird aura. Nationality: Demon Personality: Istven appears to be emotionless and calm most of the time. He is blood thirsty but doesn't strive for it, he can be cruel, heartless, and rather detached from the moment. Bio: A demon that has been forever wandering the earth undetected, he rarely shows himself and gets involved with others unless they can play towards his favor.
Suri mounted on a dragon and took off flying, she didn't know much about handling a dragon so she held on tight as the dragon followed the others.
" Aria why aria?" Suri asked as she wandered towards the dragons.
Suri put the armor on in a quick fashion. " You can come in now, I'm finished." The room was dim due to the setting sun outside.
Suri stood quick, setting the large book down on the desk nearby with a loud bang. A sick feeling came to her stomach when she sensed the stern tone in Kenton's voice, she knew he had probably heard what had happened. She then went and followed him in a semi cautious gait.
I can try something I guess :B
*slaps u* WHY YOU NOT ON SKYPE? I THOUGHT YOU WERE FOLLOWING ME
>:C !!! stop following everyone <---------------------------------------------
where are u :c
The sun was setting outside and everything seemed to be calm except for the fact that there was now a new found wave of chatter and rumors spreading amongst the servants and others in the palace. It had seemed the explosion in the old city park was now a hot topic among the people of the city. Though sadly none had any idea on what actually happened, some said it was a terrorist attack, a threat from enemy forces, or something from a higher power. All were crazy stories but Suri had no intention of lending her explanation, she simply just nodded on and listened to those who were bold enough to mention it to her. Suri kept to herself mostly throughout the day and decided it was time she'd pay a visit to Alux and tell him of what happened to her. Though she was afraid of worrying Alux any further then he need be she had to tell him since a powerful man in the city prove a danger to her again or even to Richmond. Suri wandered down to the lower section of the castle where the giant gate sat and found that Alux was sitting on the floor a few feet from the gate and he was meditating. She saw that Alux had been at work studying the gate all night due to a rolled up sleeping mat and a few empty dishes on the ground, he might as well had camped out down here. " Master Alux, there is something very important I have to tell you." Alux's eyes shot open and he turned his head towards Suri as he then straightened a kink in his neck. " What it Suri?" He said as he closed his eyes again and sat there in silence. Suri walked over to his side and knelt down slowly. " I went on a trip today to the park . . . well it was a very lovely visit except . . . well, I was attacked by a man in the park and He tried to kidnap me but I used my magic to fend him off, I'm afraid for my life Master." She said as she stared the floor, avoiding eye contact with him. "So you were behind that explosion at the park?! I was hoping it wasn't you, I guess its too late for that. I forbid you from leaving the palace alone ever again. Whoever was harassing you might try to come after you again and I just can't allow you to get hurt. So please next time take Richmond with you or avoid the park completely. Thats all I can suggest you to do right, I would go and check things out but I have my hands full and I don't want to wreck our reputation so please watch out for yourself and follow my orders. . . . Also before you head off . . . I want you to tell me, what did this man look like and did he mention a name?" He said a concerned look on his face. Suri only shook her head and stood up " He didn't mention a name, but he was rather tall, dark hair, and there was just something strange about him that I couldn't quite figure out." Alux's look of concern worsen and he looked away. " Well I want you to stay in the palace after dark. And next time before you leave let me know when and where you are heading, also try and stay near crowded places, you will be more safer then." He said as he dismissed Suri and she walked off. But Alux knew more already from what little Suri had told him, inside he felt shocked about the news. He knew he had to verify what he had been suspecting and for that to happen he'd probably have to take a midnight walk later and do some detective work. Suri left and headed towards the royal library where she could maw over these raging questions in her head and maybe try to relax. She sat down on a seat near the window of the spacious library and looked out while deep in thought.
HEY GET BACK ON SKYPE. I DON"T WANT TO HAVE TO PRANK CALL YOU
Istven boarded the airship on a airship strip out on the dunes. The sand was swept up by the wind the propellers on the airship caused, making little dust devils that spun around for a bit then died out after a few minutes. The heartless man watched as the airship lifted up into the air, leaving the desert below behind them and it making look like nothing but a giant sandbox. It took four hours for the airship to cross the desert at full speed and reach its destination. A destination that wasn't as sandy and desolate as the place he had just come from. Meanwhile . . . Suri went through the day not doing much but walking around the palace and its ground. An hour ago she had just had lunch. Lunch itself was certainly better then the peasent dishes she was used to but still it couldn't compare. Life in the palace was just so different, it was so noisy and crowded. Suri couldn't relax and hear the birds even, back in her home in the black forest it was always so peaceful, but here everything was always moving. Suri got bored walking around on the palace grounds and decided to go take a walk in the city and see some sights. Her boots padded softly on the cobblestone road as she walked through the busy streets. It was chilly out due to the sun hiding behind the clouds. She could see the vapor of her breath in the air as Suri walked so she decided that it was time she warmed herself up a little. So she took her hands out of her cloak she had wrapped around herself and begain rubbing them together creating sparks. This in turn gave birth to a small floating orb of fire in her palms that helped warm up her hands. Suri was now standing near a pond where there was a lonely swan drifting across the water's surface. Here she found some sort of peace and quiet. There was a couple stone statues stationed around the edges of the pond and there was also a giant willow tree which she wandered towards and sat underneath, laying her back against the trunk. She was undisturbed for a while in her little paradise but after an hour a figure appeared in a wall of fog that had drifted land because of the chill. It was the figure of a tall man dressed in black, he was handsome yet there was something dark and dreary that she sensed about him, Suri dried to avoid eye contact with him because she really didn't want to talk to anyone right now nor did she trust anyone in city. When the gentle stone footsteps stopped Suri looked up from her deep world of thought and saw that the man was now walking through the wet green grass towards her but he walked in a calm manner. " My lady . . .you shouldn't be out in weather like this, you might fall ill from this cold chill." The man said as he stopped five feet from her and looked over at her. " Sir, everything is fine. I have been in blizzards before, I think I can handle myself pretty well. And I'm sorry to inform you but I'm not a Lady, I'm just a studying apprentice from the mountains." Suri said as she pulled her knees in and rest her chin on them. The man broke out into laughter as he all the sudden created a throne of dark stone that jutted out of a ruined statue nearby and he sat in it. " Not a Lady? Thats the best joke I've heard in a long time. I'm not just calling you a lady just to flirt with ye lass. I'm just referring to you as one because thats what you truely are. Don't tell me you have no idea what you are?" Suri was surprised by the sudden laughter and alerted by the fact he had just created a throne out of no where. She felt a bit afraid while wondering what this man was and why he was here. Was he another sorceror or was there something else to him? And why was he talking about her as if he knew her. "What are you talking about you don't know me, stop pulling my leg." She said standing up on one of the roots of the tree as she stared at him, her minty eyes reflecting the chilling light of the cloudy sky above. " I'm not pulling your leg, I'm just laying on the facts. Its sad though that your family didn't come looking for you after she died . . . they cared deeply about her yet they couldn't take in her only child? Pathetic. But no matter, I don't want to corrupt the mind within that pretty little head of yours with such a terrible tale, I might as well knock you out before you go and start asking questions." He said as he hopped off the throne and slid a pair of black leather gloves on over his hands as he began walking towards her but then he rushed forward at a quick pace and attempted to knock her out but Suri dodge his hand and shot powerful wind spell at him that blew him off his feet and into the trunk of a nearby tree at such a force that it would have broken his back if he were just any human. But unfortunatly he wasn't human so he just slid off and shook the dizzy feeling out of his head and then ran back after her. Fire jetted from Suri's hand and came flying at him, the fire morphing into the form of a phoenix that then engulfed the man in a firestorm large then a house. Suri watched as the giant bonfire burned but all the sudden it was extinguished by a giant black mass of mist which turned the ground and pond nearby black as soot.Suri covered her head and face as the mist swept by her and decentergrated.When she opened her eyes she saw she couldn't see the man anywhere and then all the sudden something grabbed her by the leg and jerked her down to the ground, knocking her down onto her back. When she caught a glimpse of what was grabbing her she nearly screamed, it was a dark figure in the shape of a jet black skeleton that was reaching out of a pool of dark nearby but it didn't pull her, it just kept her from running away. When she looked away she saw the man from before standing near her with his hands in his pockets. " I'm sorry Missy if I was a little rude, but you set me on fire so I had no other choice. Now stop resisting and lay still you have something that belongs to me and I want to take it back, now if you will just listen you will understand." He said as he got down on a knee and began searching her cloak for something. " What the hell are you doing, don't touch me, Stop !!" Suri shouted as the man kept searching and when his hands came up empty a confused look appeared on his face." Now this isn't right, I sensed it on you, so it should be here somewhere. . . Tell me girl, where is it? Suri pulled her leg out of the skeletons grip and kicked it in the head as she tried to throw a punch at the mans face but he caught her palm in his and squeezed it tightly. " I don't know what you are talking about, just leave me alone." She shouted in distress as he moved his down onto her wrist and pushed it down on the ground so she couldn't hit him. He then held his hand over where her heart was and went silent. " Interesting she sealed it inside of you, looks like I have to do more then just take it from you, there is a powerful curse placed on you. I can't possibly removed right now. Looks like you will have to come with me on the road." Suri didn't know what he was talking about but she didn't like the idea of coming with him so she took her knee and nailed him right in the crotch which surprised him for a moment that she could free her hands and then use a powerful power that created a orange ring around him and suddenly a pillar of orange energy shot up into the air about a hundred feet while engulfing him. The air around her began to get an orange aura with small ancient runes spinning around as the spell got bigger but then it exploded creating a huge explosion about the size of a house. Thankfully though she had planned so the spell would stay in that area and it would disappear before it damaged the surronding city. Suri didn't even bother to see if the spell had taken care of the man, instead she got up and took off back torwards the palace in a attempt to get to a saferer place. She came rushing onto the palace grounds and then collasped on the grass from exhaustion, breathing heavily. Back at the pond, everything had returned back to normal and the black substance had receeded. Istven sat on a nearby stone wall, his whole body incased in some sort of firey orange substance that caused him great pain. He rose his hands and sudden a dark mist covered him and ate away at the firey substance, revealing his body underneath that seemed to be perfectly fine. " That girl was more trouble then I thought. . .but then again considering how powerful her mother was why would expect any less.I guess I will have to go all out on her when I meet here again, not that I can argue with that. But its best that I come back and search for her once the chikadee leaves the nest again . . . its not wise to go chase her down right now." He thought to himself as he disappeared into a pool of black energy and was gone.
Istven appeared on the top of a nearby room with a smile on his face. " If this place is suppose to make one weak, why did you want to come back to it so bad? If I was the weak one the army could have thrown me in the lion's den along with you. But then again who was the one who got trapped in the forsaken place for a while? Oh yeah you. So keep running from the jail keepers, Atleast I will be a free man for as long as I live. Once I get my heart back, you're a deadman !!" He said with a laugh . As the dark substance that had engulfed the pub receded and went back into his mouth, leaving nothing but rubble and skeletons. " Hmmm . . . drunkards don't taste so good." He said to himself as he stood up and smiled. The fight had provided him a welcome burst of activity since he was always so bored these days. He could have fought all day with the newcomer but of course there were other things on his agenda, After all he couldn't miss his flight.
" Go ahead take it !!!! I Dare you !!!" He said with a smile even though he was in Bheliar's grip but after a few moments it seemed like something didn't seem right. " That tickles . . you know, I don't understand why you have to be so cocky . . ." He said looking a little bored as he looked across the room at something laying on the ground, he lifted his hand up and summoned his demon sword. He then slashed it at Bheliar's chest, he then threw a punch at Bheliar's face, possibly breaking his nose, but Istven didn't care, he just wanted to see him bleed. Istven then jerked out of Bheliar's grip and walked back a bit. He chuckled and then began opening his mouth really wide as a jet black substance came pouring out and covered the ground. The black substance came alive as it began moving all over the place as it went through the pub and began swallowing everything in it's path, Istven then disappeared behind a wave of blackness and his laughter could be heard everywhere as the black mass began swallowing the entire place.
