Chapter 3 - Alasdair (Dark Sorcerer)

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"The plan has been set in motion, Master."

The hideous troll kneeling in front of me said the words I wanted to hear. His name was Gothin. After being cast out of his tribe, he came straight to the Black Forest where I found him. I looked down upon him and congratulated him on the good news.

"Good, good. My time for revenge is well under way, so ... what news do you have of the ceremony tonight?" I asked, hopeful.

Gothin lifted his head and grinned, showing off his rotten, pointed teeth. "Our people are in place. No one suspects what we have planned."

Smiling, I walked away from him to peer over at the expanse of land I'd called my home for the past century. This is wonderful news, I thought to myself. Once I had the princess in my grasp, I'd be able to keep the prophecy from coming true. I wished I could just walk right into the Summer Court and take her, but I couldn't. I had to be patient, and then when the time was right she'd be mine.

For the time being, I was safe in the Black Forest. I was the last dark sorcerer of my time, but I really only existed in my spirit form. When the war happened over a century ago, my family were all slaughtered by the courts while I barely got away unscathed. With my revenge planned and my army secretly building, soon I'd be very close to my goal.

No one dared to enter the forest, but if and when they did, they were either killed or forced to join my army. Either way was fine with me. Inheriting my family's power had come with many advantages. My army and minions listened to everything I said and they followed my orders. I'd lured numerous creatures here with thoughts of wealth and prosperity, and in return, I had their full loyalty. Most of my army are traitors to their own kind or thieves that had been cast out of their clans. They were greedy, murderous fiends that were going to help me take over the whole realm.

My family came to the Land of the Fae from the mortal realm. When my people used their magic to find other realms, they stumbled upon the Land of the Fae. Once they crossed over, their magic intensified. The natural magic of the land fueled theirs, and with their arrival the courts were alerted to the change. When my people were told to leave, war broke out because my people didn't comply with the demands. We were told the black magic of our people would corrupt the land. Both courts came at us full force and the fae almost didn't win. Our power didn't have enough time to strengthen before they devastated our numbers.

In present time, the courts are unaware of my existence here in the Black Forest. They might be close to figuring it out, but hopefully my plan for vengeance will be well under way before they have the chance to stop me. My power has slowly gained, and the power I absorb is giving me a body. I can obtain my flesh for a short while if I use the special talisman for energy.

When I take my true solid form, it will be the body I was born with. However, I can change my true form to make me look like anyone a person desires, and that one advantage will come in handy when I have the princess here. When I'm in my spirit form, I take my true form's shape, but I'm not solid. I appear as a ghost, but more corporeal than a ghost. Over time, I will be solid and able to enjoy the temptations of life on my own.

I can take over a fae's body and enjoy things through them, which I've done occasionally, but it takes a lot of power to do it, so I don't do it that often. I've done it several times with my minions to get the inside information myself. As long as they wear the necklaces I gave them, I'd have the power to transfer into them.

I absorb my power through the forest and by a secret way that nobody other than my army knows about. Around my neck I wear a talisman. The gem is a bloodstone that naturally helps to strengthen and lengthen lifespan, and it also helps to steal traces of power from the people in my army as well, so I consider it payment to be able to be a part of my army. The power I steal then gets absorbed into me, making me stronger.

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