The Hooded

Shadow of Dranix

Shadow was just an average human. He lived alone and worked as a blacksmith in a small but beautiful town called Dranix. Since he worked as a local blacksmith, he made the weapons for the guards and swung around his swords to see if they were just right, not too heavy, nor too light for the guard's preferences. He liked to make all different kinds of longswords, kattanas, and occasionally touching up some broken or damaged axes and rakes and hammers. Shadow always wanted to join the in the guard, but he never got the chance. Never, that is, until one fateful day...

The head guard was visible, coming out of the headquarters tower. He looked dissapointed, like something was bothering him. He walked over to Shadow's shop. "How may I help the head guard?" Shadow asked very politely. "Hello, my name is Dann, and I would like one of your finest and sharpest swords as soon as possible." Said Dann, still sounding slightly distressed. "Alright, tell me what kind of sword you want, how heavy you want it, and I can throw in a sheath with it for free. I already have the perfect metal in mind for it!" Said Shadow, very exited. Once Shadow got all his information, he decided to make a medium-weight longsword, made of mostly diamond to make it sharp and powerful and a touch of ruby to make it durable. Some time later, Dann came back after leaving to get money and Shadow was just putting the extremely hot sword in the water to harden the shiny, purple blade and a light grey sheath with blue lining. "Here you go! Since it's important, I'll throw in a discount. I'll take seven gold instead of nine! That good?" Bargained Shadow. "Oh, no, please, this means a lot to me. Here you go, nine gold." Said Dann. "It was no trouble at all, it's fine!" Insisted Shadow. "This could go on for a while... Here, how 'bout eight gold?" "Alright, deal." said Dann, and they shook on it. Then they waved their goodbyes and said their thank yous, and Dann headed back to the guard tower to show all the other guards. Shadow could hear their exitement and agreeing on going to him for weapons. Shadow smiled and laughed a bit, and started to put extra scraps left from work in his station into a bucket. He thought, I feel like there's something missing... OH NO, I DIDN'T ASK HIM IF I COULD JOIN! He felt bad and went to throw the scraps away that he found around his station in the magma tank. He emptied the bucket in the tank.

Then, he turned around and there was a man in a hood, and a mask covering his mouth and most of his nose. He also wore black pants with part of the hooded robe came down almost halfway in between his waist and knees. He had belts with throwing knives and other weapons on them. He asked in a deep voice, "Can you make a bow and arrow, and a spear?" Shadow was very startled, he couldn't even see the man's face! "I-I'm sorry, I don't know how to make either of those. I-I do specialize in swords..." he said. "No, that's fine. At least I know where to go for swords." The strange man said, as he turned around and walked away. 

Shadow was still a bit shaken up, but he remembered how he said "we", like as a group...