Shadow stalkers, the ones who follow

chapter 1

"Run Dreydan, don't look back, and remember we will always love you okay" cries a woman as she held her son for the last time before she opens up a secret door which led to an old looking tunnel.

The tunnel had a thin layer of dust along the jagged ground form the lack of use, with small beams which have slowly deteriorated over the years which gave it a look of uncertainty whether it would hold or cave in at any moment, and with the door behind him closing he start to go along but still waiting for his mother.

Dryden didn't have to wait long for an answer though, for he herd a large footfall onto the old wooden floor of his previously peaceful home. This led to another and another till Silence then a voice which would be imprinted into his very soul spoke.

"Where is your spawn woman," he asked in both an eerily serene voice which was laced with the uppermost distastefulness Dreydan has ever heard, but with this voice, Dreydan ran as fast as he could down this tunnel as he could hear the screams of his mother behind him.

"Please I don't know what you are talking about, I have been a widow ever since my husband and child died" she tried to plead but it fell of death ears as the voice spoke again.

"you take me as a fool you wretch, I know you have been hiding the child for these past 2 and a half years how, hand. Him. OVER." Bellowed the strange man as his voice changed into that some would hear within their worst nightmares or when the sane have finally been broken.

Dreydan ran along the tunnel till he saw a light in front of him, well what one could call light in the undergrowth, it was a mix of faded green and a deep blue but he knew right then that was his way out of the tunnel and into freedom.

As he came out the end of the tunnel he was blinded for a brief moment by the now bright green and a more midnight blue sort of light coming from the crystals embedded around the Cavan he was in, as his eyes readjusted to the light he started running again towards one of the nearby cities of the undergrowth called Versalis.

As dreydan approached the city of Versalis, he could see large twisting spires going from the bottom of the cavern right up to the top of it and even beyond that.  The city was surrounded by a cast wall made of a mixture of a dark grey stone with the small glint of iron or of some other sought of metal.

When dreydan looked up he could see a viarty of races ranging from urak which were a grey skin humanoid race with red or teal eyes, with the majority of them having pointed ears and razor sharp teeth. To the elote which were a mix between a dwarf and some sort of animal, this gave their skin a hide like texture with them having hair lining their entire body and them standing a fair bit lower then the urak.

As dreydan approached the large gate house which was required to pass through into the city he was stopped by one of the 4 guards on duty, "halt state your intentions outsider," the urak hard snarled as he stoped him with it blacken spear and stared into dreydan's eyes daring him to try something.

Dreydan started to panic since he had no real reason and his mother has taught him to never lie so he said the first thing which came to him in the moment, "I - I am sorry but I ummm... just wanted to come here for umm..." has he was trying to get his story together another guard came over to where dreydan was and said something in a language which dreydan didn't seem to understand "uzaark eh sal halla" as the guard heard this he braught back his spear.

"Forgive me traveler we have had an increase of people trying to break into the city lately and a few looters" the urak says in a slightly nicer tome which doesn't make him scream I am watching you but he is still cautious.

Dreydan taken aback about this new personality quickly recovers, " I-it is no problem, umm do I have to pay to enter" he quickly sticks his hands in his pockets and finds a couple bronze coins and 1 or 2 silver ones.

"Lucky for you kid, you don't but may I say to get some cloths or at least a cloak or something. Now are you gonna enter or leave" the urak guard threats him again with his spear which makes dreydan quickly enter into the city.