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Eviemar Lionheart Captain
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 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:09 pm
"Run!"
Without a thought, she complies with the anxious voices telling her to run. A scared child surrounded by panic and fear. A child that is quickly lost in the chaos surrounding her. Several times, she runs into people running in directions different than her. Four times she trips over bodies. Once she trips and lands in a pool of blood, right hand slipping into the gore that was once a man's stomach.
Scrambling to her feet, she runs even faster now. Making it to the treeline, a small sense of accomplishment overcomes her. She can't rest though. She has to hurry, has to run. She has to put as much distance between herself and the invaders as possible. She has to get far away.
Not once does she look back, too afraid she might stumble or slow too much. Late into the night the little girl keeps running. She finally stops near a calm river. She falls to her hands and knees, lowering her head to drink some of the cool water. She doesn't drink much before crawling into a hollow log only a few feet away. Silently, she cries herself into a fitful and uneasy sleep.
An entire kingdom being eradicated because it was caught unaware. A surprise attack that killed their ruler, the greatest among him. Many fall quickly in the chaos that follows. Some search in vain for their hope, a small female child.
She kept running, never staying in one place for very long. She was only five when she started running. It had been her birthday. A century later and she is still running. Always running. Always.
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:16 pm
Characters Gaia name: Eviemar Lionheart Character name: Rawlin Age: Over 100 Race: Dragon Appearance: [X]Bio/History: On her fifth birthday, her home was attacked. She is the only one that got out of the castle and surrounding village alive. She was told to run when the attack started and she did. She has continued running ever since. After a century of running, she no longer knows what to do or where to go. Little land is now safe in her kingdom for her kind. Gaia name: Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes Character name: Samael Age: ancient Race: Shadow Demon/Dreamwalker Appearance: human formdemon formBio/History: He was a mage in Rawlin's home, he was in the king's service when he was ordered to summon a Shadow Demon and bond with it to better protect her, he now searches for her and occasionally invades her dreams to advise her and try and find her.
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Eviemar Lionheart Captain
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Eviemar Lionheart Captain
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:26 pm
Rawlin pauses in the shadows among the dense trees outside the clearing of a village. The village is not in her kingdom. It marks the beginnings of another kingdom. She is hungry and dirty. She pulls a hand made cloak and hood close around herself. She made the hooded cloak from a wolf that attacked her last winter. It is spring now. She needs new clothes. Those beneath her cloak are rags now, beat on and worn down by her traveling. She's hungry too. Maybe she can find some odd jobs around the village to do to earn some money for the things she needs. Rawlin is wary though. She can't remember what kingdom it is or if they were friendly with her people.
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:37 pm
He had finally found her, now it was just a matter of reaching her, and staying hidden from her. He knew she would not trust him, as the last time they saw one another she was running from the horde that had destroyed their home. The shadows in the trees above her writhed and grew deeper. He slowly stepped from them onto the large oak branch. He looked down on the now grown princess his black clothing making him nearly invisible in the dark shadows.
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Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes Vice Captain
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Eviemar Lionheart Captain
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:57 pm
She shifts her weight nervously. It's been fifteen years since she's dared to wander into any kind of community. The last time hadn't went very well. She desperately needs a bath, food, and clothes though. The rivers here are still too cold from the melting snow from nearby higher elevations. Her health is also declining. Too much energy had to be spent to keep herself warm through the winter. It's been seventy years since she last chanced taking the form of a dragon and basked in the sun. She shivers and warily steps out of the shadows and moves onto a path leading into the village. It is late morning now and she has precious few coins to spend. She'll have to keep her ears open for work.
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:23 pm
He moved with her always staying in the shadows his empty white eyes following her as she walked. He shook his head softly at her ragged clothing, he guessed she had little to no money so he quickly moved in front of her, a good way down the small path he dropped a full bag of gold coins where she would be sure to see it, as he continued to watch as she made her way towards the small village.
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Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes Vice Captain
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Eviemar Lionheart Captain
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:32 pm
She stops, eying a bag of gold coins. Dragons have a fondness for gold and riches. She can still remember playing in her father's hoard. Rawlin quickly pulls away from those memories and eyes the bag again. Holding her cloak closed she smirks slightly. "Hmmph." Walking again, she shakes her head. Such things can not be trusted. Traps and trickery. She pauses again. Her appearance will give her away if these people know of her. Her eyes and tattoo. Weaving her magic around herself, her eyes become honey brown and the tattoo vanishes. She'll need to eat to keep the small changes for more than a day.
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:46 pm
He shakes his head softly and lets out a small sigh as he retrieves the bag of gold and continues to follow her as she goes. He is unsure if he should make his presence known to her or not. He moves ahead of her and stands by the entrance to the village the wind blowing through his hair gently.
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Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes Vice Captain
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Eviemar Lionheart Captain
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:56 pm
Rawlin can now see the entrance to the village. Something is a miss. She freezes. Nothing. No sounds. No movement but what the wind creates. As the air shifts, she suddenly smells it. Death. Is this her fault? Have they been tracking her down, following her movements? She has seen far too much death for being such a young dragon. She looks up at the sky and wonders, not for the first time, how the sun can smile upon such things. "Life... is so fragile." Her voice is musical, a trait she never hides. She likes to use it to make people smile. There will be no one to make smile here now.
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:07 pm
"Indeed you would be hard pressed to find something more fragile than life." He replied softly his back still to the young dragon as he too surveyed the damage that had been done to the village and those that had lived inside it once. He slowly turned around his hair still catching in the wind a sad smile upon his face.
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Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes Vice Captain
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Eviemar Lionheart Captain
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:16 pm
She stiffens slightly. How had he missed her notice? Rawlin frowns. He seems familiar. A dream half remembered. He doesn't smell of death and carnage. He didn't do this. "Have they ransacked the place as well?" She has come to know that ransacking is usually done once all are dead and she will not dishonor the dead by stealing and trying to salvage their clothes.
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:23 pm
He shrugs softly. "I do not know to be honest I haven't been here long enough to inspect the place. I do know that they haven't been gone very long a few of the bodies I did see are still warm and the blood is still very fresh." He informed her quietly as he took a small step towards her. "So tell me where is it you came from?"
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Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes Vice Captain
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Eviemar Lionheart Captain
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:34 pm
She hasn't the magic reserves for a fight and if she takes to the air, she will most likely be seen. Rawlin licks her lips, watching him carefully. "A place far from here that is no more. So, I am not from anywhere." She shifts her weight from foot to foot. "There is most likely nothing here then. We shouldn't stay here. They often check to make sure none survived..." She has run too long to be caught now.
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:39 am
He nods softly. "I see so you are a homeless wanderer like myself, for my home was destroyed by them as well a very very long time ago. Perhaps we should find you some clothes before we depart." He suggested gesturing to her ragged outfit. "Oh forgive my manners my name is Samael." He introduced himself whiel extending his hand to her.
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Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes Vice Captain
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Eviemar Lionheart Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:29 am
Rawlin knows that name and face, but can't remember where from. She tentatively reaches out for his hand. "I am called Raine." It is the name she has been using for a decade now. She knows better than to use her real name. Her eyes look past him to the village for a brief moment. Smelling the death and blood churns her stomach and tugs at memories she tries to keep buried. "It isn't very likely that there's anything left. I can always hunt and make my own clothes if the need arises."
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