Fates Dagger

Peering Into The Campfires Embers

It's a restless night. When Fort Mablor fell to the Blut Sha, those who remained evacuated into the nearby woods to escape the troll onslaught. Out in the woods, I was lucky to find other knights. I found Sir Ruflon, Sir Gaglos, and four squires.  I join the knights at the fire, we all stare into the fire and we do not dare say a word. As the burning wood crackles and pops, I take time to process what had just happened.

Fort Mablor was an impressive sight to see. It had high-quality cannons, stone walls reinforced with brass pillars, and some of the finest knights in the kingdom. It was a relatively new fortress, designed with the purpose of training squires to become full knights; I was one of the knights that taught the young pages and squires, they were good kids. Despite the forts intimidating structure, we also had our fair share of attacks. We had dealt with goblins, orcs, trolls, and some rumor that we had slain a dragon, in truth, we had actually slain two dragons; it was good practice for the squires.

The Blut Sha was nothing like what we had ever encountered. They attacked at night in unison, they had armor and tools the size of the great pine that towered the fort, They used fire and launched a flammable liquid at us. Their spears struck the walls piercing them in a singular blow as if they were made of sand. Our cannons were rendered useless by their armor, It would hit and be stopped by the thick silver chest plate. their weapons stabbed the very heart of the fort and uprooted it from its very foundation. They ripped off the ceiling and poured fire into the room of children. like that, my students were all slain. By this point, the Fortress was no more; those who were lucky enough to run ran into the nearby woods. All I could hear then was the crushing sound of 30-foot tall trolls crushing the base to rubble with war hammers and knights who were trapped on the second floor either jumping to death in an attempt to escape or burning to death as they were not fast enough.

Blut Sha seems to be a genetically advanced version of the standard troll. While trolls are normally 15 feet tall and are morons, the members of Blut Sha are double the height and are intellectually advanced. Blut Shas also carries a strange property that they do not turn to stone under direct sunlight while the other trolls do. No one knows where these trolls came from, all we know is that they were first discovered in the southeast of Wyverns Canyon. In fact, they were found eating wyvern thighs; no idea how they managed to hunt and kill one of those.

A shaken and Breathy voice pierced the silence like an arrow hitting its target. Sir Ruflon said "During the siege, I managed to snatch this from one of the Blut Shas" He hands me a roll of paper. I unravel it revealing a map that goes through all of the forts and ends at lord Zeshiydors Castle. We were just the first of many targets. I say "We need to go to the next fort and warn them of the incoming attack". We are exhausted from our sour defeat and are forced to take shelter for the night; In the morning we will start our journey to Fort Edron.