Fates Dagger

Operation Balor

The sun rises on the ruins of Fort Edron, illuminating its crumbled walls and casting a shadow on the sleeping knights. Part of the ruins crumbles and creates a crashing sound similar to an avalanche, waking the weary knights in the early morning. They search the rubble for saddles and horse armor, but there is no luck; they must be buried deep under the heavy rubble, It will take too long to find them. The group mounts the horses and head towards Kedra Trail. The knights enter a trail encountering a thick fog so thick, they could only see about six feet ahead of themselves. The knights are forced to slow down as the trail has been overgrown by shrubs and trees. As we travel through the thick fog I spot a clouded figure, It looks at us, and for a split second and my eyes convince me that it looked like Zebi. As we approach closer to it, the figure walks off into the fog and disappears. I ask Sir Gaglos if he saw it, he did not. I shrug it off and tell myself that it's the fog and the trees playing tricks on my eyes. I look to my right and see a familiar shadow stalking me with its large empty eyes. I squint my eyes to get a better look and see Master Gordrok. Before I could say anything, a breeze shifts the fog and the shadowy figure is gone. I look over to Sir Ruflan and sees that he also is squinting at something in the deep fog. I turn to see what he is looking at and I see it too, a young shadowy figure with empty eyes and a birthmark on its face; it looks just like Ebron before it got covered with a denser fog. Sir Ruflan utters the words Impossible before shouting "Wait, Ebron! Come Back!" Sir Gaglos, Trula, and Jasperdon look at Sir Ruflan strangely. Jadel clears his throat and explains to us "He with a guilt-filled mind shall be haunted by the visions of their lost friends within Sorrows Fog. It's a curse that reminds you of all the people you felt like you've failed. I saw my parents a while back."

The ground starts to rumble and three large shadows start approaching us from deep within the fog; they must have heard Ruflan when he saw the hallucination. The horses start to tremble and whinny. Suddenly the horses ejected us off of their backs and runs deep into the foggy woods. we quickly stand and dive out of the way of the creatures. While diving I was able to identify that we were being attacked by 12-foot tall dire boars. I land and unsheathe Gordorks blade. The sword produces a low thunderous rumble as the fog condenses into water droplets on the blade. The left-most boar charges after me but I parry its charge last second and carve into the beast, electrocuting it. But the beast doesn't stop and I am knocked over by its momentum. To my right  Trula, Sir Gaglos, and Sir Ruflan are facing off the middle Boar. Both Trula and Sir Gaglos shoot an arrow at the stampeding boar, but only Sir Gaglos gets a solid hit right in the eye. The boar on the far right charges after Jasperdon when it is hit with a ball of fire by Jadel causing the boar to roll around extinguishing itself. The boar then takes advantage of me being knocked over and tries to ram my chest with its massive tusks, my knight's armor protects me from the damage, but sinks my back into the thick mud. Sir Ruflan tries to attack the middle boar and slash its other eye out but misses; Trula gets an arrow lodged into the beast's shoulder making it limp. As the third boar tries to extinguish itself Jadel hits it again with another fire spell. I manage to grab my blade on the ground and sink it right between the boar's eyes killing it. The middle beast with great fury kicks Sir Ruflan with its hind legs making the knight fly backward into a tree knocking him out. Sir Gaglos takes this opportunity to hook the beast's throat with his sword slicing its arteries causing blood to gush and the boar to suffocate. The last beast, still on fire, charges, and headbutts Jasperdon angering Jadel into sending a large ice spike through its head. Jadel makes sure if Jasperdon is ok, Jasperdon gives a thumbs up and says "I'm ok, just got the breath knocked out of me.". Jadel walks over to Sir Ruflan, still knocked out, and places the tip of his staff on his forehead and mumbles a spell. The ashes glow brightly and Sir Ruflan wakes up with a gasp. "Am I dead?" asks Sir Ruflan, Jadel sarcastically replies "Do we look like angels to you?" Sir Ruflan takes a second, and says "Very ugly ones." we share a laugh and continue our adventure through the foggy woods.