The Tale of Axl Lynch, I thought I'd try my hand at writing... Options

[Axlynch]

I'm not one for catchy introductions so I'll just explain the situation. Cyrodiil is in distress following the assassination of emperor Uriel Septim and all of his known heirs. It is rumored that portals to the many planes of Oblivion have sprung up in select places all over Tamriel. People were beginning to lose hope when, out of the confusion, a hero appears. However, this hero is too busy fighting for the empire to hear the whispers of a mysterious mage who happens to welcome the Oblivion invasion. He sees it as the ultimate challenge, not only if his skill as a wizard and necromancer, but also of his skill as a leader and a strategist. Therefor he has made it his mission to prepare for and to thwart the chosen one. To begin his great quest the necromancer must have the right materials. His first order of business will be a journey to Echo Cave and a small visit to none other than the King of Worms himself, Mannimarco. Ladies and gentlemen, the Tale of Axl Lynch.

Author's Notes: I'll begin the story in a few, gonna grab a bite to eat.

[Axlynch]

I've been having some internet trouble so I've been a little delayed in getting this next installment posted but here it is.
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"Don't act as if I didn't already know what to do." Axl said as he returned his staff to it's resting place on his back.

"Just accept it, Ax. I'm smarter than you." said Seth, smiling.

"You need to be more cooperative. This unnecessary bickering will be the cause of our demise in the future." with that, he turned and headed deeper into the ruin with his brother in tow. After a few minutes of walking he spoke again.

"There's a high chance of us discovering more bandits, so we need to be cautious. Make extra effort to be silent. We may need to use invisibility to gain the element of surprise in the event of hostility." as he spoke he withdrew a small vial from his robes and said one word, "Invisibility."

They continued on and soon heard footsteps. Lots of footsteps. They hurried back a few paces and dodged around a corner.

"Remain still. I'll proceed and investigate." said Axl before whispering the incantation for his personal invisibility spell. He then proceeded down the hallway toward the sound of the footsteps.

He hadn't gone far when he came upon a large group of men. He counted fifteen, heavily armed and apparently battle-hardened. A stout-looking imperial seemed to be commanding them. After seeing all he needed to, Axl returned to his brother.

"Fifteen strong, heavily armed warriors stand between us and my magicka." he told his brother.

"How much do you have left?"

"I told you earlier I had two Welkynd stones so I'm fine for the moment. This could prove to be entertaining. Shall we?" Axl let a sinister smile creep upon his lips.

"We shall." said Seth, drawing his sword. Axl pulled the staff from his back.

"Drink your potion and get behind them." he said, just before casting his invisibility spell once more.

Seth drank his potion and carefully crept behind the group of bandits. Axl stepped out and got nearly ten yards in from of them before casting dispell and becoming visible. There he stood, in front of fifteen highly experienced warriors, all former soldier in the imperial legion. He was standing just in the right place for his hood to cast a shadow over his face, concealing it. As he spoke he used the most sinister, evil voice he could muster.

"Ah, hello. I'm sorry but I'm afraid I don't like you. For some strange reason your heartbeat offends me. Please, die and spare me the trouble of killing you." The shadow over his face hid a smile as he laughed inwardly. The short imperial stepped forward, shattering Axl's moment of humor.

"Well, we got us a smart boat, do we? Well, lucky-lou, I think you've chosen the wrong group of men to--" he was cut off by a loud crunch followed by an piercing scream from behind. He turned to investigate. Another dark figure was standing over the deformed body of one of his men. "What the fu--"

"You see, we don't like you. Die now." he quickly muttered an incantation and began flinging spells. He turned the short imperial into a block of ice and quickly cast a levitate spell. Hovering over the chaos below, he cast a shock spell which blew the arm off of a large nord carrying an axe. He saw his brother throw an imperial into a cluster of enemies and then dashed into them, swinging his sword wildly.

Axl cast dispell and fell to the ground, summoning a dremora. As the dremora rushed into the battle Axl flung a fireball into the torso of a dunmer who was in the middle of attacking his brother. He then turned to see a warrior completely covered in steel dashing at him. He quickly hit him with a disintigrate armor spell and inmpaled him with the base of his staff. He swung his staff, throwing the corpse into another enemy. The two remaining warriors made a dash for the exit.

"Get 'em!" yelled Seth.

Axl closed his eyes and muttered a long incantation. Opening his eyes, he cast the spell. A purple fireball flew from his fingertips and made it's way through the air before finally hitting it's target. As it made contact the warrior's flesh was ripped from his carcass as his skeleton plowed into the other bandit, impaling him with a sharp bone.

"Holy compassion, when'd you make that one?" asked Seth in disbelief.

"Just now." replied Axl, turning to rummage through the bags of his fallen foes in search of the precious Welkynd stones.

This one took a little longer than expected. When writing battle scenes I have to really think about it. This particular battle wasn't too great in my opinion.

This post has been edited by Axlynch: Aug 8 2006, 02:38 AM