Who: Sky Dragonslayer and Veritas

Storyteller: Hope (2 xp)

Where: Silent Peaks

Summary: As Reaper's Scythe is aware of a Solar in the midst, he sends out one of his ghostblooded lieutenants to draw out the newly exalted, thinking it will come to help an innocent village. In the case of mistaken identity, Sky Dragonslayer is assumed to be the newly exalted due to his oralchium daiklave. He, along with Veritas of Albiron save the day and destroy the necromancer.

 

It is just past midnight, and everyone in the various villages are staying in their safe little homes..or at least they think so. Shrill high pitched laughter can be heard as a young woman in one of the cemetaries continues a ritual. She cuts herself with a knife and lets her blood pour over the graves and soon, skeletons raise up from the grave, groaning and moaning. The woman, covered in a cloak that masks her features, "My lover wants the chosen of the sun found, my lovelies. Terrorize and kill whomever you see..that will surely be enough to bring out the newly exalted.." motioning towards the nearby village. And so, half a dozen skeletons start limping over towards an unsuspecting village in Silent Peaks..

When ever evil rises its ugly head Sky Dragonslayer will be there to protect the inoset!Or he would were he not fast asleep in the inn in town. His white power armor layed neatly in a pile next to his hammock. His Sword proped by his bead side a bit of the oricalcum blade peaking though the wraping of white cloth around it. Sky himself snores as he deams of fair maidens.

Veritas is on a diplomatic mission for Albrion, which basically means he just punched some over stuffed vizier in the face and told a king that if he didn't start shaping up, Albrion would level his kingdom. The King of Albrion always knows exactly what message he is sending when he sends Veritas, the man is sleeping in the common room of the Inn, his armor still on his axe and shield next to his bed.

The dead continue to go towards the village as the dark necromancer continues to cackle with glee, her eyes dark with light. She continues her ritual, calling forth moreundead, but of course, this will take some time..there are other villages to harass afterall.

 

Meanwhile, in the inn that our two heroes are staying at...

 

Screams can be heard from downstairs. Sounds of struggle can be heard in the lobby as it seems a few of the skeleton creatures have decided to make their way into the inn, thrashing and destroying what they can. They do not speak, but instead groan as one lifts up the innkeeper and tosses her into a wall with a sickening crunch. screams can be heard as they make their way up the stairs..

Veritas rises, collecting his axe and shield, he frowns, (Screams, thats likely not good) he shakes his head and stretches a little, saying a little prayer to mother he heads for the stairs down.

 

 With a yawn the young knight wakes up as the screams reach his ears and as if second nature he grabs his sword and leaps down the stairs, the cloth unfurling around his sword revealing a Oricalcum Daiklave. Only does he reolize as he stands before the Zombie threat that he is only wearing a pair of pants. "Stand back everone I'll handle this!"

(Judge) Hope rolls 7: [ 2 3 3 7 9 9 <10> ]

    Resulting in 5 successes.

(Judge) Hope rolls 7: [ -1- -1- -1- 7 8 9 9 ]

    Resulting in 4 successes.

(Judge) Hope rolls 7: [ 3 3 3 3 4 6 <10> ]

    Resulting in 2 successes.

(Judge) Sky DragonSlayer rolls Wits + Awareness: [ 2 2 4 8 ]

    Resulting in 1 successes.

(Judge) Veritas rolls Wits + Awareness: [ 2 3 7 9 <10> ]

    Resulting in 4 successes.

Now that the heroes are downstairs, they can see that there are three skeletons ravaging the inn. The first one to be noticed is Veritas, considering his warded armor, as all three skeletons hiss and scream in his direction. The first one rushes towards him with a swipe of his claws..And misses. The second charges after the first, but this time goes and makes various slashes, this time, two of them...

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 3 - 2: [ 2 2 4 9 <10> ]

    Resulting in 3 successes.

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 3 - 3: [ -1- 2 8 9 ]

    Resulting in 2 successes.

 

And they both miss...

Veritas growls loud and as the skeletons claw at his shield he weilds his 5 foot hafted axe in a wide swinging motions, taking shots at both skeletons that have closed on him, a deep roaring booming voice comes from him, "For Albrion and Mars," as the large man bursts into the room and takes the stairs in a single leap.

(Judge) Veritas rolls Melee + Dexterity + 1 - 1 - 2 + 1 + 2: [ -1- 2 3 3 6 7 9 <10> ]

    Resulting in 4 successes.

(Judge) Veritas rolls Melee + Dexterity + 1 - 1 - 3 + 1 + 2: [ 2 2 6 6 7 7 8 ]

    Resulting in 3 successes.

Veritas swings twice at the undead as he makes his way in both creatures seem to move out of the way moments before connection as he lands between the two, shield emblazoned with Mars's symbol raised in defiance.

 

Something happens to the third skeleton as it spies the oralchium daiklave in possession of Sky dragonslayer. It shrieks a terrible cry and suddenly, the necromancer can see through it's eyes. Seeming to have received some sort of instruction,it starts to hobble off out through the door, shrieking the entire time..perhaps it's a signal..hopefully more wont come...

 

Meanwhile, back at the cemetary, the young necromancer laughs heartily. "The chosen of the sun shall die this night! Master will be pleased!" seeming to think the Sky is in fact the newly exalted..

Charging forward Sky swings his sword in a large sweeping motion on the slower of the meandering dead seeing that the large armored man seems to have the other two covered. The last of the white cloth unfurling like a tornado of ribbons around the golden blade. "You wont hurt anyone else tonight!" spinning with the sweeping motion of the blade he grabs a young lady who was paralized with fear between him and the zombie. Finaly he kneels down on one knee putting his sword between him his ward he hold in one arm and the shrieking Zombie, using the with of the blade as cover.

(Judge) Sky DragonSlayer rolls Melee + Dexterity + Melee/Swords + 4: [ 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 <10> ]

    Resulting in 6 successes.

(Judge) Sky DragonSlayer rolls Strength + 6 + 1 - 3: [ 3 3 4 7 7 9 9 <10> ]

    Resulting in 6 successes.

Sky's slash does considerable damage to the undead skelezombie that is turning tail as it shrieks once more, though still trudging away..

 

Meanwhile, the skelezombie that Veritas is fighting gets angrier, due to the ward and it too shrieks out in a high pitched yell. Once again, it slashes at him, hoping to find a weak spot..or something..

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 3: [ 3 3 4 5 8 9 <10> ]

    Resulting in 4 successes.

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 3 - 2: [ 2 5 7 8 <10> ]

    Resulting in 4 successes.

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 3 - 3: [ 2 4 8 <10> ]

    Resulting in 3 successes.

 

And these have to be really incompetent skelezombies as they all miss. Or..Veritas is just that good. who knows?

Veritas roars again as he dodges more blows from the creatures, he brings his axe around in a large sweeping motion over his head, stepping back as he brings it down like a jack hammer on the skeleton that just swung at him.

(Judge) Veritas rolls Melee + Dexterity  + Valor + 1: [ -1- 3 3 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 <10> ]

    Resulting in 7 successes.

(Judge) Veritas rolls 2: [ 6 7 ]

    Resulting in 1 successes.

(Judge) Veritas rolls Strength + 8 + 2 - 3: [ -1- 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 9 9 ]

    Resulting in 4 successes.

Veritas crashes the axe into the creatures skull, splitting it in two around the blade, unfortunately this doesn't seem to stop the creature, whose now crosseyed vision stll loks on the Albrion Knight.

 

Slush, crack, glosh! The skelezombie that was struck by Sky shrieks angrily as it immediately turns around. Perhaps it's message was heard, or maybe it wasnt. As it was slashed up pretty good, it only has one arm now..and one that's barely hanging onto it's body, perhaps only on by a few muscle fibers. Fortunately, necromancy is good at making the creatures move still and so it slashes at the pseudo-Solar..

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 4: [ -1- 6 6 6 7 <10> ]

    Resulting in 3 successes.

And instead, it misses, though the arm's still hanging on!

Keeping momentum with the spinning holding his sword straighter out to increase his speed he comes of his knee and slashes the same zombie with a quick upward horizontal slash. The girl in his other arm holding on for fear of her life. He gives her a reassuring smile "These things are nothing"

(Judge) Sky DragonSlayer rolls 16: [ -1- 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 9 ]

    Resulting in 2 successes.

(Judge) Sky DragonSlayer rolls 10 + 1 - 3: [ -1- -1- 3 4 5 7 7 9 ]

    Resulting in 3 successes.

The blade passes through the Zombie but nothing seems to happen at first. Only after keeps in his spinning motion and sweeps it with his feet does it disiagrate the cut clear through it now visable. Setting the girl on he feet "See falls apart just like that"

Now the only remaining untouched skelezombie shrieks as it spies the girl and her protector. As such, it starts rushing towards him, lunging out in the end for a bite, trying to go for the jugular...

(Judge) Hope rolls 9: [ -1- -1- 2 2 4 6 6 7 9 ]

    Resulting in 2 successes.

And it ends up missing, falling prone on the ground.

With an split head, its eyes bug out and one is barely hanging on. It shrieks once more as it tries to hit Veritas in a desperate slashing of its claws..

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 5 - 3: [ 2 5 9 ]

    Resulting in 1 successes.

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 5 - 4: [ 3 3 4 ]

    Resulting in a failure.

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 5 - 5: [ 2 5 9 ]

    Resulting in 1 successes.

 

Which all miss horribly, and in the slashing, one of its eyes falls out, rolling on over to the young girl who screams as she sees the eyeball just staring at her..

Veritas just gives the one eyes zombie-ton a whithering look and shakes his head disregarding it, he instead turns and charges the one that has fallen prone to try to cleave into it while it's down.

(Judge) Veritas rolls Melee + Dexterity + 1 + 2: [ 2 3 3 3 4 4 6 7 7 9 ]

    Resulting in 3 successes.

Veritas drops his axe into the spine of the creature, laying it open from neck to small of the back, unfortunately spines are more of a luxury for the undead, so there is little effect on it's mobility.

 

 Swinging his sword around Sky slams the point of his sword into the back of the fallen zombie trying to finish it in a single blow, even as the other man charges it. Pushing the girl behind him putting him in a better position to protect "Were did these things come from anyway?" he askes the armored man before him

(Judge) Sky DragonSlayer rolls 16: [ -1- 2 2 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 <10> <10> ]

    Resulting in 11 successes.

(Judge) Sky DragonSlayer rolls 21 - 3: [ -1- 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 ]

    Resulting in 8 successes.

The zombie only can give a faint grimace of a twitch and the blade enters its back ending its unlife.

 

Now outnumbered, the last skelezombie shrieks in horrible defiance as it claws at it's face, ripping itself apart and soon a ghostly apparition appears from it's body. The voice is feminine for sure and only an evil looking smile curls onto her lips. "This serves as a warning from my master, chosen of the sun.." she says, looking straight towards Sky Dragonslayer and his oralchium daiklave. "Leave these lands or be destroyed.." And with that, she laughs like the awful witch that she is, immolating the zombie in a dark blue flame. All over the village, the other three are immolated, leaving bursts of just gross ichor..

Veritas picks up one of the arms of one of the creatures, taking a whiff of it, he then licks the dead flesh, "Fresh gravesoil, they are likely at the nearest graveyard, if we can hurry we can catch her."

The young girl just watches the knight of albiron lick the dead flesh and shudders at the sight. She coughs under her breath *necrophiliac* cough*

Stops and gives the man an odd look "That is nasty man" he consoles the young lady before running out the door "Leave the arm and lets go! There is evil a foot!"

Veritas heads out toward the Graveyard himself, not waiting to see if Sky is following, He is looking to see if he can catch the witch before she escapes

Running to the back of the Inn Veritas doesn't see Sky for a while, not until he bursts out of the Sables on his horse. Hoofs trappling the raod as it travels break neck speed soon passing Veritas "Hurry up we don't have much time!"

Once the heroes reach the cemetary, they find that the necromancer in question has gathered some hostages..three of them in fact. She turns to them though her face is still covered in darkness. The rest of her though is quite revealing. She wears only a pair of soulsteel panties and a bra, leaving the rest of her..well..uncovered. "Why am I not surprised that you'd come, Sun chosen.." she says with a wry and almost predatory grin. "For your insolence..these people shall die.."

 

She had been shaping dark magicks, waiting for the two to confront her, and an ivory ball of essence wells into her hand which she then hurls to the ground. Necrotic essence lashes out from her as the three hostages cry out in extraordinary pain. The wave of essence peels off their skin, and their their muscles and fat, until all is left is a bloody mess along with bone, causing the necromancer to laugh evilly. "Leave these lands..you have no interest in Silent Peaks.."

(Judge) Sky DragonSlayer rolls Temperance: [ 7 9 ]

    Resulting in 2 successes.

Veritas says, "I could care less about silent peaks, or this village, or well, anything except, /YOU RUINED MY NAP/ Now get over here and apologize or I will take it out of your hide little girl""

"NO!!!!" Sky yells as the innocents cry out in pain. "You shouldn't have done that" he dismounts his hoarse slapping its rear forcing it to run. "Forfeit others lives and you forfeit your own" he rests his oversized sword on his shoulder extending his left had toward her and grounding his legs in a battle stance "Perpair your self she demon!"

There's a considerable bit of distance between Sky and the necromancer, which gives her enough time to complete a second spell. Just before the pseudo-Solar is within striking distance, the ground surrounding the woman glows a faint ivory. The bones, flesh and skin of her victim starts to spin around her, rising as a column only one yard in radius. She's completely obscrured now as she just laughs heartily the entire time as her entire being glows with necrotic essence. "Leave this place..this is my last warning!" she cries out with a thunderous roar.

Veritas charges up and swings his great axe one one hand, into the pillar attempting to carve through it and get at the woman behind who was so incredibly rude to him, "Look your kinda cute, so I'll give you one more chance to beg for your life"

"Shit where is Pearl when you need her! She barley told me anything about undead" he mutters to himself his eyes fall on dead bodies his determination doubles "I don't know why you want me gone Anathema but that just makes me want to stay and kick your sorry ass even more!" he runs maneuvering his self so he can see behind the pillar "You'll meet yorur end here!!!"

(Judge) Hope rolls 3: [ 4 5 7 ]

    Resulting in 1 successes.

(Judge) Hope rolls 3: [ -1- 3 9 ]

    Resulting in 1 successes.

(Judge) Veritas rolls Melee + Dexterity + 2 + Valor: [ -1- -1- 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 7 9 <10> ]

    Resulting in 4 successes.

(Judge) Sky DragonSlayer rolls 15: [ 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 8 8 8 9 <10> <10> ]

    Resulting in 8 successes.

(Judge) Sky DragonSlayer rolls 10 - 6: [ 4 6 7 9 ]

    Resulting in 2 successes.

"Fools!" the necromancer cries out as the two charge her while she's surrounded by the flesh and bone winds. As Veritas charges in, she steps to the side, letting out a high pitched laugh, jumping a little to the side. "My master will be pleased with me when I destroy the both of you.." she cackles, though she screams in pain afterwards as Sky Dragonslayer comes on by and slashes her in the back, a ghostly pale ichor oozing from her back.

Inside, the two are buffeted by strong winds and sharp pieces of bone, flesh and other such things. One strikes Veritas in his chest and the others hit Sky and his horse. However, she takes advantage of their proximity as she slashes at them with her stiletto dagger...

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 2: [ -1- 2 2 4 4 6 8 <10> ]

    Resulting in 3 successes.

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 3: [ -1- -1- -1- 6 6 <10> <10> ]

    Resulting in 4 successes.

(Judge) Hope rolls 3: [ -1- 4 8 ]

    Resulting in 1 successes.

Veritas parry's the dagger, stepping forward again and choking up on his axe, he tries to push himself intimately close to her, as he swings again, attempting to....disarm her LITERALLY

(Judge) Veritas rolls Valor + Melee + Dexterity + 2 - 1: [ -1- -1- 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 ]

    Resulting in 2 successes.

Charges in closer trying to get a flank with his battle buddy "Why did you have to kill them they wre defenseless!" he slashes at her exposed flesh the golden blade trying to draw blood

Again, there's a lucky shot. The first one is easily sidestepped as her flesh and bone winds continue to slice and dice at the two would be heroes. The necromancer laughs once more until she's sliced once more by the pseudo-Solar. "You will pay for this!" she cries out as she aims for Sky Dragonslayer, with utter intent to kill as she tries to slash at him once more..

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 2: [ 2 2 2 6 7 9 <10> <10> ]

    Resulting in 6 successes.

(Judge) Hope rolls 10 - 3: [ -1- 2 3 6 6 9 <10> ]

    Resulting in 3 successes.

(Judge) Hope rolls 6: [ 2 2 3 6 7 <10> ]

    Resulting in 3 successes.

Veritas steps back swinging his axe now at full extension he attempts to cut her through the wind, and then swinging back for a second strike on the back swing

(Judge) Veritas rolls Melee + Dexterity + Valor + 2 - 3 - 1 - 2: [ 2 3 3 5 8 <10> <10> ]

    Resulting in 5 successes.

(Judge) Veritas rolls Melee + Dexterity + Valor + 2 - 3 - 1 - 3: [ -1- 5 6 6 <10> <10> ]

    Resulting in 4 successes.

(Judge) Veritas rolls Strength + 1: [ -1- 6 6 8 9 <10> ]

    Resulting in 4 successes.

(Judge) Veritas rolls Strength + 1: [ -1- 3 3 4 6 8 ]

    Resulting in 1 successes.

Not expecting the strikes outside the range of her flesh and bone winds, the necromancer lets out a shrill shriek. There's some internal dialogue going on as she whimpers as she's bleeding all over the place, "No master! No! I told you I'd destroy the chosen of the sun!" she screams before falling to the ground. To add insult to injury, she combusts in a dark blue ghostly flame consuming everything..

Veritas picks up a free piece of a torn dress from one of the dead peasants and wipes off his axe blade, then comes to his knees and speaks a few prayer filled words, offering his enemies soul to his goddess, and thanking her for the victory.

Sky Dragonslayer wipes a bit of blood off his face "I'm no chosen of the sun, I'm just an man" he stabs his sword in the ground plops down next to Veritas and sez a few prayers of his own, "Thank you friend I don't think I would have been able to do it alone"

Veritas offers a hand, "Veritas of Albrion, Priest of Mars"

(Judge) Hope rolls 10: [ -1- -1- 2 3 3 6 8 9 <10> <10> ]

    Resulting in 6 successes.

-= OOC =- Hope says, "Roll per + awareness please :)"

(Judge) Veritas rolls Perception + Awareness: [ -1- 2 2 6 6 ]

    Resulting in a Botch!

(Judge) Sky DragonSlayer rolls Perception + Awareness: [ -1- 5 8 8 ]

    Resulting in 2 successes.

Not too far away from the cemetary, a group of Golden Janissaries had watched the fight, seemingly impressed. The two young women were why there were no other skelezombies around, even though the necromancer had summoned more to try to destroy the quaint little village. "It seems we have allies..we will approach them in the morning.." and with that, the run off and disappear into the night..