Inside the great citadel, king cealen was training with his son on horse-back, in the end, instead of training, they ended up chasing each other around on the horses and played horse tag, which is just normal tag, but on horseback. In a way, they were sort of training, but to them, it was just a fun game that they played to have fun, aswell take a break from training.
"MY KING MY KING!!!" a knight in golden plated chainmail armour raced into the horse paddock with panic prevalent on his face.
"What is it" king Cealen asked with a hint of worry on his face as he stopped chasing his son around on horseback.
"L-Lord g-gorlois's army is minutes away from somerset!" the soldier stated winded.
"WHAT, HE DARE ATTEMPT TO DESTROY US AND ALL WE HAVE MADE!" king cealen screamed in rage and despair, knowing of his power, or more so the power of his army. There was an army of ten-thousand saxon warriors, and lord Le Fay and his army of one-thousand men slaughtered the expertly trained saxon warriors in less than an hour, which spread panic and dread throughout the great isles.
"F-father, w-what do we do?" Arthur Cealen asked his father, panic prevalent in his voice. Alexander Cealen, the king of Somerset, looked towards his son with sadness in his eyes.
"F-find your mother and g-go!" the king demanded his son through a choked sob. "And don't even think about protesting, you must protect your mother, take my sword" Alexander said sternly towards his son, taking his sword and taking it off his belt before handing it off to his son.
"I-ill protect mother, p-please survive, PLEASE!" Arthur sobbed out, gripping the sword with determination to protect his mother. Alexander looked at his son with sadness.
"I am sorry my son, but I fear I will not make it through this battle, NOW GO!!" Alexander stated sadly before demanding his son leave to protect his mother.
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"MOTHER, MOTHER, LORD LE FAY'S ARMY WILL BE UPON US!!!!" Arthur screamed out towards his mother, panicked, his fathers sword strapped to his belt.
"No, no, why" Angela, Arthur's mother whispered to herself in realization and despair. "Y-your father isn't coming is he?" Angela asked in a meek voice as she stood there, shocked. Arthur looked at his mother sadly, and breathed out shakily.
"N-no, he will not be coming, h-he told me to keep you safe, and that is what i will do, now come" arthur demanded lightly, holding his hand out towards his mother.
Angela grabbed her son's hand with her shaky one and gripped tightly before they ran off towards the secret passageway in a hurry, screaming the arrival, or soon to be arrival of Lord Le Fay's army. Which in the end caused severe panic, despair and dread.
Alas, through the panic of the citadel, the royal army stood defence on the grand walls of somerset as Arthur and his mother had reached the passageway in the dungeons.
"Mother, how do we access it, you've never shown nor told me" he asked standing in front of a stone wall with weird engravings on it.
"Look for the sacred rune and place this gem in the eye" angela told her son, taking her necklace off, that held an eye shaped gem. The rune she speaks of is an ancient run that all the royal guards have branded into their wrists, it gives them improved strength, power, and defensive skills.
The rune itself has a unique look to it, it looks as though it is a downward sword,, but the guard of the sword is bent down towards the tip of the sword slightly. The left side of the rune, a more or less crooked rectangle, connects the end of the hand to the tip of the guard. On the right of the crooked rectangle, there is an eye, and once you pull back and look at it, it looks as if it is a bird.
"Yes mother" arthur replied curtly and takes the amulet from his mother's hand and begins to scour the wall for the sacred rune,
"HA, found it!" Arthur stated proudly and inserted the gem into the eye of the rune. Afterwards, the grinding of stone could be heard throughout the echo inducing dungeons.
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the magical heritage
FantasíaMorganna cursed her family line to be squibs until someone is seen as worthy of her family magic, this is because she had a daughter morgan le fay, which she did horrible things, and do to the similarities to her mother, no one knew the difference...
