The Morningstar

Chapter 2

Shaxx sat on the small single bed in the cell and looked at rodrick. His hair was a long light brown and his beard was long too.

rodrick looked back at a man he considered a brother "its only five months I'd offer you a girl but I know you'll turn her down and bore her about battle tactics" he laughed a little and locked the cell door. "see you soon brother" he left the Lazarus garrison

shaxx sighed and laid down

2 MONTHS LATER:

"LET GO OF ME" a girl no older than twenty was being dragged into the garrison by a short bald man.

Shaxx sat up on his bed and knew exactly what the guards intentions were with the young and pretty lass "oi wanker wanna share that piece of meat with me" he stood up by the cell door

"NOOOOO PLEASE HELPPP SOMEONEEE" she began to scream and kick more and shaxx had realised by her outfit she was a royal maid. The outfit she wore was dirty and torn and coloured with only black and white

"would you shut up" the short fat bald man struck the maid sending her flying and almost unconscious

"OI FAGGOT I AM SPEAKING" shaxx barked

the guard looked at shaxx "what did you say?"

"faggot" shaxx stood back from the door a little

"why you little cunt" he stormed over to the cell door and unlocked it

as soon as the bald man unlocked the door shaxx kicked the iron cell door wide open smashing the guards head causing it to bleed and stopping him from screaming.

"tut tut tut little piggy" shaxx walked to the guard who was crawling slowly to the main door of the garrison "where do you think your going" shaxx grabbed the guards legs and pulled him towards the shadows in the cell. Shaxx put his hands in the guards mouth and ripped his head in two.

Shaxx walked out the shadows and looked at the maid who was quivering in fear "shhhh" he placed his blood soaked finger on his face which was masqueraded with blood

all the maid could do was watch in fear as shaxx walked to the garrison door and knocked three times

"oi boys this must be our royal treat from the new king" a tall lanky guard wearing nothing but trousers opened the door "what the fuck"

"boo" shaxx punched the guard in his throat and grabbed the dagger sheathed to his belt, he stabbed the guard multiple times in the chest causing the guard to fall over and die in a pool of his blood

the other two guards grabbed their swords and stared at shaxx "NOW ROBB" the right guard bellowed. After this order both guards ran towards shaxx

shaxx twirled the dagger in his hands and threw it at the left guards eye killing him instantly, shaxx turned his attention to the right guard and grasped the guards sword hand disabling it "weak"

shaxx twisted the hand snapping it

the guard screamed out in pain "please m'lord mercy" tears streamed from his eyes

"no" shaxx grabbed the arming sword and slit the guards throat open causing blood to squirt on shaxxs linen shirt

shaxx turned and walked out of the main hall only to see the maid there holding his charcoal coloured scabbard "where did you get this?" he took the scabbard and tightened it around his waist

"they had it in this chest m'lord it was supposed to go to the castle" her voice was soft and innocent and as she looked down her dirty blonde hair covered her face

"how did you know it was mine?" shaxx eyed the maid mysteriously

"the hilt is made of reinforced driftwood and the steel is dragonsteel an only one known dragonsteel sword is in norsia and its the ancestral sword of house morning star" she looked up at shaxx and had a little smile and even in her tear stained baby blue eyes shaxx could tell she was proud of herself

shaxx nodded "impressive thats only information is one in one book and that's...."

"exiled families of the republic written by Constantine the gold two hundred and fifty years ago where your family ,if he is to be believed of course, rebelled against the idea of a unified republic" she looked at shaxx and any fear she had of him was gone when she had seen the smile across his face

"you know your history however as much as id like to continue this conversation I must go I'm an outlaw now" shaxx walked out the door to leave the garrison

"wait lord morning star please take me with you" she followed him

he sighed "I cant promise you your safety I can only promise you blood from here on out" he turned to look at the maid "however let us leave the city before you choose to accept" he turned back around and stayed in shadows of great city which was cloaked in the cracked moons lights

the maid smiled and followed shaxx for she had no idea what the outside world was really like

shaxx stopped and pulled the maid into an alley and covered her mouth "shhhhh that's the relief force for the garrison"

the maid while offended that shaxx would touch her like that didn't kick up a fuss about it because she knew that shaxx was the only person who could keep her alive in this world.

"OK come on" shaxx ran down the road and opened a little stone door that to an untrained person would have looked like part of the defensive wall that triads landing had wrapped around it

the maid followed shaxx but looked in awe at the walls of triads landing, from up high in the castle the walls looked like a child's play toy but up close she had truly realised how tall they where standing at least thirty foot tall with the watch towers and gate houses standing at thirty five foot tall. At least that's what she had assumed as she couldn't quite see the top of it in the night.

Shaxx walked down a little hill and walked past a sign that read "wintersfield"

"whoa wintersfield. This is where the first battle of the civil war happened" the maid look around in awe at the land that was dead

shaxx chuckled a bit "not quite that's a bit further on, wintersfield is a vast area of land"

shaxx looked at the maid that walked alongside him "what's your name maid?"

she looked at the man that she knew so much about and smiled "evaline m'lord"

he walked in a straight line and nodded "beautiful name"

"thank you m'lord" she smiled brightly and walked alongside shaxx

"you already know my name evaline just call me shaxx. A lord has land and titles I have a house and wartime names"

"very well shaxx where are we headed?"

shaxx smiled a bit but it was too dark for evaline to see "my house there I will let you come with me or I'll give you something that opens up the world for you"