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"Of course, Commander. I will join you as soon as I take care of this medallion." Marvus walked over to the small church in the camp. Two gaurds stood at the door, baring entry. "Since when is a priest denied entry to his own church?" The gaurds bristled, and refused to move. "The Bishop has ordered that no one is to disturb him unless it is a matter of the highest import..."
Marvus frowned slightly, and a dangerous look flashed in his eyes. "If you do not move right now, you both will find yourselves in severe pain." The gaurds laughes. "What can a little priest like yourself to do us? I survived the battle of..." Marvus slammed his fist into the gaurds face and broke his nose. "No one, keeps me out of my church you filthy.."
"Enough Marvus. This is neither the time, not the place." The Bishop's voice came from the door way. "Let him pass." Marvus into the church, and the door shut on it's own.
The inside of the church was fairly standard to the Order. Long rows of pews led up to the altar, and hallways branched off from the altar room that led to other smaller areas. The Bishop led Marvus down one of these to a room with books and old scrolls on the walls. Taking one look inside, Marvus' face turned red in color with rage.
"What the hell is he doing here?" Sitting at the desk was the Archmage Rivers. Rivers stood up. "Marvus, calm down!. It was an accident, and you know it!" "That doesn't excuse you from what happened! Because of you I have this damn disease and because of you she was captured by the demons!"
The Bishop laid a hand on Marvus's shoulder. "We are all friends here my child. You and River's issues can be settled elsewhere. But for now, I believe you have something to tell us. Marvus nodded. "I was traveling with my designated scouting party earlier this morning. We came across a Scouting party sent by the Demon Legions. This one was diffrent. It had been completely slaughtered, to the man. I was not able to identify the bodies, but the corpse of a warlock did hold this medallion."

Marvus reached into his pouch and pulled it out. The Bishop and Archmage gasped in pain. "The aura of magic on this thing is overpowering. I believe it attracted one of the old demons. Nothing else could have done damage like this." The Bishop nodded. "Prehaps it is time.." Rivers pulled out a chart. "It has been near one thousand years since the Demon Legions first appeared on our world. One thousand years since the destruction of Stormhaven and the last royal child was taken. That medallion bears the insignia of the family that child was born to!"

The Bishop spoke up. "I want you to take the medallion on behalf of our Order and gaurd it. It won't be an easy task. The Demons will stop at nothing to get the amulet, because it will eventually lead you to the child!"

"So, you want me sacrafice more than I already have? First my health, then my love? What more do you want, my very soul?" Marvus demanded.
"Marvus, that may very well be the cost and you knew it when you took your vows. You WILL take it." Rivers snapped
Marvus growled and began to glow faintly. It is your way, isn't it you b*****d. Take all someone has to give and then demand more"Marvus, control your thoughts!" The Bishop warned. "There are so few of us left, we cannot afford internal fighting at this level!" The glow faded. "I will take it, and I will be back for you Rivers. This isn't over by a long shot." Rivers sighed."Of course not."

"One last thing Marvus," the Bishop said. "Remember where your loyalties lie."
Oh, I know where they are alright."Of course Bishop. If you both will excuse me, I must be with the Commander when she makes her report."

Marvus walked out of the church and glared at the gaurd with the broken nose. Eventually he cought up with Jayne. "We're in deep crap Sir."

Glancing over her shoulder at him as she walked toward the Command tent,Jayne raised and eyebrow and said "How so? " he doesn't look to good. i bet he's been pushing himself too hard again.

"it'll be grand." Jayne muttered as she checked in her weapons before entering the command Post.

when they entered they saw John standing over a desk covered in reports, maps, and figurines of enemy troops. he looked up at their entry, "Jayne! glad to see you made it back! i'm a little busy so if you don't have anything important to report..." he let the sentence trail off.she made it back again. good. not that i really expected otherwise, but in today's times...

"actually John, i do have something important." she gestured for Marvus to move forward. " my scouting party came upon a demon scouting party. the thing is, they were all slaughtered when we got there. and not by Kirael. Marvus found this amulet thing there," she gestured for him to show it to the Captain "and, apparentlly, the Archbishop wants us to protect it. i'm not entirely sure why." she turned to look at Marvus for a complete explanation.

John raised his eyebrows, that seemed to be a habit shared by the entire family, and said "is that all?" sarcastically. "so, how strong are these legendary demons. and please put it in idiotic-easy-for-Captain-to-understand talk."

Jayne smiled slightly. that was a running joke between the Captain and everyone else.

Well...that's...encouraging...Jayne, is everyone at dinner?"

" i think so...except those on the walls sir. i'm guessing you're going to clue them in?"

" i think that would be a good idea. "

he picked up a map of the surrounding area and looked at it. he seemed to become lost in thought.

Jayne sighed. he did that alot. she just stood there waiting for him to make up his mind.

"alright. Marvus,did the Archbishop say anything about keeping this quiet?"

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that decided him. "good. let's go." he rolled the map back up and walked out the door of the command post, heading towards the mess hall. as they walked he grabbed some people that were wandering around and ordered them to gather the company and meet him in the mes hall for an announcement.
when he got there he walked towards the dias, then sat down to await everyone.

Marvus grabbed a chair and sat in the corner by the fireplace and withdrew deeper into his hood. Shortly, he took a bowl of the stew and began eating while waiting for the Captain to talk.

Marvus sighed and set aside his food. "We have fought for the survival of not only the human race, but many others for centuries now. Few of our hideouts remain, and we only have one true city left in the world. If the demons get this medallion, not only will our world die, but all the others. It is a simple choice. Live, or we will all die."