The lightbringer

A nice introduction

It's the year 972, the different clans which are Conyverse, Queltan, Spruntei and Wantu are at war. Swords clashing, walls crumbling and towers being overthrown, the population is terrified of being killed. 

*ZAP* and Adam appears out of nowhere in a bright purple light, he looks around him and puts a little stone back in his pocket. He's a tall man who's in his mid-twenties, his facial expression is the one of a person who still has to discover the world and life in general. He looks calm and quite excited simultaneously. 

Dusting off his orange robe, he heads towards the nearest house and knocks. A loud voice on the other side of the door yells out " GO AWAY OR I SWEAR I'LL TEAR YOUR FUCKING HEAD OFF !". Adam mumbled to himself " And a good day to you as well I guess..." and speaks loudly " I am not here to harm you or your family in any way, I am just here looking for information. Could I possibly ask you a few questions? You can stay inside if you wish. ". 

Several seconds pass, Adam then hears a couple of whispers and the door slightly opens. He sees a bald head sticking out and giving him an interrogative, suspicious but interested look. Adam gives him a smile, one hinting at the man to welcome him inside. The man quickly opens the door and pulls him inside, he energytically shuts the door and shoves a small piece of furniture in front of it. 

Inside there is a lit fireplace and it's suprisingly warm, the whole room is ingeniously sewn with carpets on the walls and it keeps the warmth in well. Standing there next to an old robust wooden table, there is a woman with two kids hiding behind her skirt. They look terrified, the presence of the man aiming his pitchfork at Adam's chest must keep them from screaming their lungs out. Adam asks " Why are you so scared of me? ", the woman answers " There is a bloody war going on outside and my dumb husband welcomes a total stranger into our home ", the man sighs, ignores her wife's comment and keeps a steady gaze onto Adam. Adam answers " Now that you mention it, I can hear the screams and the blades clashing... ", she says " How can you not know what's going on? Which faraway part of the lands must you be from if you haven't heard about the four kingdom wars? ", " Faraway it is ... What is this war you just mentionned? ".

The wife puts her arms up in confusion and looks at her husband as if Adam was trying to play dumb and fool them. Her husband dismisses her suspicions and says " The four kingdoms were once one but sadly, an overwhelming greed for riches separated them. Since then they have been waging a huge war near the Agamos mountain, it has been ongoing for centuries and it has luckily never reached this part of the country so ...", a loud bang on the door interrupted his explanation. Adam quickly said " Hide, I'll take care of it for you ". 

The family members all trust Adam and find a place to hide, Adam heads towards the door and says " What's up stranger? ",  the woman who was hiding basically fainted when she heard those words. A long moment passed which probably reflected the people's confusion behind the door of hearing such an unrespectful greeting. A low voice yelled " COME OUT, LETS HAVE A NICE LITTLE CHAT" accompanied by a few laughs. As much as Adam would have liked to stay inside and tell them to go away, the house is fragile and easily flammable so he has to handle this in person. Adam puts the furniture aside, opens the door and comes to face to face with a man in armor, his face was red and swollen, his teeth were as straight as the stones used to build the leaning castle he lives in and the look in his eyes reflected cruelty, luxury and a total absence of compassion. He says "Polite enough to open the door for a poor fella like me, ain't he kind right?" and the group of around 10 soldiers laugh together. Adam stays calm and answers " Hello gentlemen, can I do anything for you? If not, I would kindly ask you to leave the premises as I am presently in a conversation with this family.". As expected, this haughty tone was not appreciated by the soldier whose facial expression turned around in a matter of seconds " I considered to spare your life but you can forget that now, TAKE THIS!".

Swinging his heavy mace towards Adam, he sees his mysteriously clothed opponent swiftly dodging the blow. Adam pushes the attacker away and says "Stop this, I'm warning you, I won't be so kind twice.". The soldier totally ambarassed himself in front of his comrades and is now clearly angry, he does not hesitate and instantly goes for a second swing. This time he was fully determined not to miss and crush his ennemy. Adam quickly steps back, goes left of the mace, strongly smashes his opponent's head in the door frame and crushes his head with his knee. The man falls on the ground and is now lying on his back with a bloody nose... A moment of silence passes where everyone looks at each other and Adam exhales, already knowing he'll have some cleaning up to do. He takes the initiative and steps forward, he focuses and his hands light up, they now emit very short bright flashes of light which blind all the people surrounding him. Deprived of their vision and a steady footing, the soldiers are very vulnerable and Adam moves from soldier to soldier tackling them to the ground and pushing them over.  The soldiers start blindly swinging their maces and Adam effortlessly operates around the moving metal maze. The soldiers start to understand that Adam won't tire anytime soon and that he's actually playing with them, they start to run and crawl away from him. 

Once all the tin wrapped foes left, Adam sighs and goes back inside. He asks the man " They'll eventually come back, when they do, use this.". He tosses a small bag to the man, he carefully opens it and finds a few stones with different coloured inscriptions on them. " You basically throw them at their feet and it does not really matter which stone it is, it should mess them up quite bad, so please just be careful when handling these. Now... about the information I was coming to collect, there is a bard named Houben who has been a prisoner in a dungeon not far from here, would you happen to know anything about it?", the man was still speechless of how easy it was for Adam to have defeated the soldiers like this. His wife answers " We, the townspeople, are usually kept out of those prisoner stories but it's rare that bards are incarcerated so we know about him. He's being held at the king Beverley's castle, one of the lords in the Spruntei kingdom. Just go West and you'll find it.". Adam nods and before leaving he throws a few gold coins on the table " This was for trusting me, thank you " and gives them a genuine smile. He then leaves the house and heads towards the castle of King Beverly.