A New Warrior (On Hold)

The Oncoming Storm

I could feel a war coming I could tell by the distant drumming of the hooves and distant yells of men shouting to the horses within minutes they were upon us many people went and hid in their homes and hid others froze.

My father turned to me with a worried expression on his face.

"You need to quickly go into this secret passageway which will take you onto the outskirts of the village"

He pushed me towards the entrance of the passage and just as he was about to take another step he was grabbed by one of Korax's men just as I was about to ask him a question I was also grabbed by the arm and chucked into a wagon with some other villagers inside.

I saw Vasarys carrying a sack but he had a guard behind him who clearly looked like one of Korax's men. Vasarys was then shoved to the ground.

"Vasarys what are you doing here!?" I asked the old man nonchalantly.

"I was just out checking on my family so I thought since they're fine I might as well go to the market and get some onions. But do you know what the worst part is..."

'Do I even want to know?' I thought to myself.

"I don't even like onions."

I just shook my head in reply

That was when Korax arrived in the village he looked at our carriage then he looked at the guard who held Vasarys and asked him about the 'forge of hephaestus' whatever that was and where its located.

Vasarys replied honestly.

"I. Don't. Know what this 'forge' you speak of is nevermind where it's located."

Korax just punched him with all of his might and I heard muted screams behind me from the villagers.

My father turned me to face him and said in a concerned manner.

"While Korax is dealing with Vasarys we can get the hades out of here"

I didn't want to leave Vasarys there unable to defend himself but I knew my dad was right so I followed him sneakily and then we broke off into a run towards the edge of a cliff.

I then heard one of Korax's men coming up behind us.

"No where to run now is there apart from over the cliffs" he laughs

The guard pulls out his sword but my so does my dad. My dad stands his ground while I'm just stood there watching hoping my dad will overcome the guard and win.

But my dad gets disarmed and he gets pushed to turn to me and the guard puts his sword against my dad's throat and slices it like a knife through butter.

I then pick up my dad's sword much to the guards surprise and point it at his throat.

"what's your name so I can claim your bounty" I said while holding up his wanted poster.

The man laughs

"My name is Dracon and as for my bounty it has never been claimed by anyone... Not even a barmaid"

He stifles a laugh

But I look at him with disgust he's clearly an orc it's written in the way he speaks but hopefully not a shaman of the Shadow now that would just be my luck.

I behead him effortlessly with my father's sword and grab his head and put it into a sack.

I turn to look at the back of my right hand as it was beginning to burn and noticed the shadow sigil was now there just. My. Luck...

Well in my defense I did just shoot down a dragon on the way to my destination. Which was to drop off this head and claim the bounty.