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[Dantrag]

Karn, never get complacent in the wilderness!

As the group refreshed themselves either in the water or otherwise. Karn felt it as good a time as any to attack. He focused on his minions, archers, prepare to fire, and get their attention. Goblins go in during the confusion, and berzerkers go in once the goblins meet them. Attack!

And with that he strode out into out of the treeline and revealed himself to Rann, and the Nord. "Hello, prey, I hope you didn't think I wouldn't thank you for revealing the old woman's identity for me....... Because here is your reward." He unsheathed his deadric sword. "Die fools!"

Rann

Rann sighed as he stood up and cracked his knuckles. "You again? What the hell do you want?" he asked as his katana found its way into his hand.

He strode bodly towards Karn, causing the tension to build as he wondered who would launch the first attack.

[Lord Revan]

OCC: I felt it was time for Ian to get moving again...... I also decided for his vampirism to develope rapidly


Ian, leaving the dojo

Waking up with sweat all over his sheets, Ian knew, not to mention felt, the vampirism revele as its incubasion came to an end. He'd heard that vampires often had nightmares in their sleep, well all beings did, but vampires had them much more often.

He didn't remember much about it though he knew it regarded the group he'd left in Leyawiin. That's it, if the sensei haven't decided then so be it. I am leaving now! Ian thought to himself. He stormed down the hallways of the dojo, heading toward the exit.

Suddenly Rahk-Vir came around the corner, and the two took each other in. The Khajiit sniffed him critically. "You didn't listen to me, Ian, you have the smell of the blook-drinker of you! What were you thinking!?"
Ian replied simply. "I'm doing what I have to do, I'm leaving, whether you've chosen to send the aid or not!" Rahk-Vir chuckled, not like normal, but this was something more genuine. "My fellow stalker, we have decided to send aid, and I for one agreed with all your points."

This was surprising, so now that I'm a vampire like him he respects me? "Before you go Ian, you may wish to wear these, they aren't in the same league as glass, I know, but glass hinders your movement too much." He said as he produced a set of gray leather armor, the guantlets had a five-inch long spike woven into each bracer.
"They are light, and they barely restrict movement. Once you get used to your new abilities they should prove more effective then your glass armor." Rahk-Vir seemed sincere. "Good journey to you."

"Thanks." Ian said, it was hard to believe that the sensei had just given him something of good-will. He rushed to remove the plates of glass and replace them with the leather.

Karn

Rann stood up, weapon draw, and marched up to him. "I don't want anything, but you, kinsman, will lose a great deal because of your allegiences." Karn smirked beneath his cowl, and the sound of whistling arrows became audible.
"And thank you for giving away Serene, or should I say, your grandmother away...... You have done your sister absolutely no good. Less good, in fact, then you had simply remained silent." He spoke with condesension in every vowel of his sentence.

"And I'm not attacking first," he said pointing behind him. "They are." As the arrows fell upon the group and goblins emerged from the trees......

This post has been edited by Lord Revan: Jan 2 2007, 05:05 AM

[Dantrag]

Karn

Rann stood up, weapon draw, and marched up to him. "I don't want anything, but you, kinsman, will lose a great deal because of your allegiences." Karn smirked beneath his cowl, and the sound of whistling arrows became audible.
"And thank you for giving away Serene, or should I say, your grandmother away...... You have done your sister absolutely no good. Less good, in fact, then you had simply remained silent." He spoke with condesension in every vowel of his sentence.

"And I'm not attacking first," he said pointing toward the sky. "They are." As the arrows fell upon the group and goblins emerged from the trees......

Rann

"You may want to shut your mouth," Rann began, refusing to appear affected by the news in any way even when an arrow landed less than an inch from his toe. "Because you won't be able to once I shove my sword down your throat."

He snatched up the arrow at his feet and threw it at Karn, immediately following it to hopefully catch him by surprise. He doubted that one so obviously experienced would fall for such a trick, but luck was known to work in his favor from time to time.

[Lord Revan]

Karn, confronting the group

When Rann threw the arrow at him, Karn had simply slapped it aside, but younger Dunmer follow-up caught the clone off guard. As the copy desentegrated, the goblins had closed the distance between the treeline and the group.
Karn watched from a nearby treebranch. Did that boy really think I would walk up to him in person? The archers were simply an instrament to cause the group to spread thin. Once they were far enough apart, he could make use of his exit stratagy.......

[Dantrag]

Rann

"Bastarde." he spat, once he realized that his sword was slashing through the dust of what was once a copy of his true enemy.

How did I not see that coming?

He looked around to find that he was surrounded by goblins. Easy enough to kill until a large group got together. A large group like this one.

The grip on his sword got tighter as he walked in a small circle in an effort to face all of his foes at once.

Some magical abilities would be nice right about now... then it hit him. His unexplored ability to absorb and channel magicka. There was plenty of it around, with Serene, Satyana, and Dalrus nearby, but he hated to take their powers and leave them vulnerable.

I need something else. he thought to himself as he hacked away at goblins in a futile effort to break out of the circle alive. An arrow went through his left forearm, but he had no time to pul it out. He just kept on swinging with his currently uninjured sword arm. He ignored the warm feeling of blood trickling down his arm.

[Lord Revan]

Karn

As he watched Rann take one section of the goblins while the rest moved to take on the rest of the group, he had to give him some credit. He's stubborn if nothing else.... The Dunmer took an arrow in the arm put continued to fight regardless.

A pity, he could have been useful.... Karn thought, then shook his head. Orcs, attack, make way for the objective to be captured. Despite the show he'd put on to Rann, Karn mantained no illusions that this battle was anything close to ideal.

The essence of this battle is a skirmish, the first of many. The ninja doubted he could take the group head on, and he didn't want to risk too many minions in this battle. All I need is the girl, and then I'll be able to fight where I want, when I want, and how I want.

As the Orc berzerkers charged past him, he watched for an opening. The orcs were suicidal, but incredibly difficult for one person to beat, they lacked armor or weapons, but were as strong as they came. And in these numbers they'll be quite a problem........

OCC: The "girl" he is refering to is Satyana, as she has some connection to almost every member of the group in one way or another.........

Issac

Hearing Rann curse from somewhere above Issac slowly made his way toward top of the hill. Only to come face to face with a bunch of goblins. He quickly fond himself waist-deep in the water, fending off the small clutch of goblins on his own.
This is great, I just knew something like this would happen..... Issac thought glumly. He was killing the goblins one-by-one but he somehow knew he needed to take them out faster. So Issac blasted the center of the horde with with a blast of frost.

The attack didn't kill them, but simply immobilized them where they stood, lower bodies stuck in ice. I better help the others.... And he began to ascend the hill again, but as he reached the top he got thrown back into the water by a rampaging orc. What in Oblivion is going on? As he lifted himself back up.....

OCC: Got to go to bed, see you all later.

This post has been edited by Lord Revan: Jan 2 2007, 06:14 AM

[The Metal Mallet]

Flogir

Flogir jumped as an arrow landed nearby, and instinctively pulled out Iceshard. By then, Rann was surrounded by enemies and injured.

"Rann! I'm coming!" Flogir shouted as he slashed an incoming goblin, the slash ended up shattering the area it hit as the frost enchantment did its work.

Flogir desperately fought off several goblins, suffering small nicks and scratches from nearly deadly strikes. By the time he reached Rann's side, the Orc berzerkers were charging from the woods.

"By the Divines! How are there so many?" Flogir said through gritted teeth as he fought off the goblins surrounding Rann and himself. He hoped the others would notice the commotion sooner or later.

[jack cloudy]

Flint Ironwood, Imperial city.

Flint finally arrived at his destination, only to find that the city was empty.
,,What's going on here?" The Breton whispered to himself as he surveyed the countryside. When he noticed the large mass of people, his worries faded.
,,So they already evacuated. As far as I'm concerned, the Sil can have the damn city now. For me, it is nothing but a bunch of walls that are easily bypassed. Let him get overconfident. He'll never notice the massive barrage of firepower we can unleash in his throneroom untill it is too late. I think it's better to rendez-vous with the others and get that firepower. They should be using the same path as last time."

Flint ducked into the mage guild and drank several potions to restore his Magicka reserves. After a quick stop at the toilet, he was up in the air again. Flint supressed a yawn as he sailed amidst the clouds.
,,When this is over, I'm going to sleep in my bed for two days straight. Damn, I'm too old for any stupid crisis."

[Lord Revan]

Issac

The orc that had hit him, vaulted from the hilltop and landed with a splash beside Issac. He was wearing nothing except a pair of beaten up pants. As Issac got to his feet, the orc let out a savage howl, and charged forward.

Berzerker! Those things aren't found in the Trans-Niben, what is going on? The orc lifted both its clenched fists high above its head and slammed them down with enough force to crush bones. But Issac jumped back and the orc's fists met water, splashing him in the face.
Issac unsheathed Cyrorend, a flame sword wouldn't do much good when the target was wading around in waist-deep water. He swung at the orc, barely grazing its right arm. But rather then freeze the entire arm, the sword only froze around the cut.

Roaring in outrage and pain, the berzerker punched Issac in the chest with its uninjured arm. The blow threw Issac into the deeper river beside the stream. He nursed the bruise that was rapidly growing on his chest. And the orc charged toward him.......

[Florodine of Hlaalu]

Dalrus, Skirmish , Imagine some kind of intense fighting metal music.


Dalrus's eyes suddenly became engulfed in flames(I love that band!) She saw that Rann was under attack, along with her other friends. Suddenly steam filled the entire stream and it was nearly empty. Her hair flew wildely as the rush of heat came from her fingers and vaporized three berserkers charging towards her. She had never run out of magic before and she had an unnatural absorption skill in it, almost natural. A mage shot ice at her, it hit her, however, the magic disappated and she was little affected.

Satyana was being charged by orcs, she was a healing specialist, not as much a fighter. Dalrus stepped in front of Satyana just in time, an arrow hit dalrus in the shoulder. She was in rage that it might have hit Satyana. Dalrus's entire body seemed to be pulsing with lightning. (I'm gonna take a line from X-Men, sort of.)

"Do you know what happens to a group of goblins that get hit by lightning?" she asked them with complete slyness. "They die!" she said simply as lightning shot from her fingers(think dramatic metal. like trigger by in flames) and her hair tips and hit the cops of trees that the goblin archers hid in. The trees instantly went up in flames and the goblins were shredded to pieces by her lightning. All the archers Karn had brought were now ash. She looked down on her arrow wound and felt no more, she feinted and fell back, into Satyana, though she weighed very little and would most likely not knock yana over.

[minque]

Rann

"Bastarde." he spat, once he realized that his sword was slashing through the dust of what was once a copy of his true enemy.

How did I not see that coming?

He looked around to find that he was surrounded by goblins. Easy enough to kill until a large group got together. A large group like this one.

The grip on his sword got tighter as he walked in a small circle in an effort to face all of his foes at once.

Some magical abilities would be nice right about now... then it hit him. His unexplored ability to absorb and channel magicka. There was plenty of it around, with Serene, Satyana, and Dalrus nearby, but he hated to take their powers and leave them vulnerable.

I need something else. he thought to himself as he hacked away at goblins in a futile effort to break out of the circle alive. An arrow went through his left forearm, but he had no time to pul it out. He just kept on swinging with his currently uninjured sword arm. He ignored the warm feeling of blood trickling down his arm.

Serene

She scanned the situation quickly, decided not to barge in just like that, then she felt something else....

Weird, is it possible? Can he really do it? Havet encountered that for ages.....hmm no harm in giving it a try


She raised her han slowly.....pointing at Rann...focussing.....She opened her hand and made a gesture, carefully not showing anything..to anyone else

Rann....take it....NOW!


The faint beam was hardly visible....she just hoped Rann got the magicka she released


Satyana, trying to hide

She did not like the situation one bit, Rann was in danger..and Issac and all because of her.....she couldn´t take that, she had to give herself up......And just a few minutes ago they were all enjoying the freshness of that small stream.....

Slowly she went forward.....into the lights.....revealing herself to Karn


"So take me but leave the others alone"

[Lord Revan]

Satyana, trying to hide

She did not like the situation one bit, Rann was in danger..and Issac and all because of her.....she couldn´t take that, she had to give herself up......And just a few minutes ago they were all enjoying the freshness of that small stream.....

Slowly she went forward.....into the lights.....revealing herself to Karn


So take me but leave the others alone

Karn, confused

When the girl walked right up to him and asked to be taken as long as the others were unharmed, Karn was surprised. Well, it would be easier to take her willingly then by force.... He cast his gaze momentarily at the woman who had killed his bandit bowmen. Yes, that would be much easier

He looked down at her. "Very well." Karn grabbed her on the shoulder and both dissappeared. The varios minions that were in enough condition to do so, fled across the river. "Inspect those of you that remain, and realize who's missing......" His telepathic message spoke to all the group that was still consious.

Issac

The orc slammed its fist into a rock, and roared at Issac. Who had avoided the attack..... but was being afflicted by what he suspected to be broken ribs. Darn it, if only this thing wasn't so dead set on fighting.......

Suddenly the orc straightened and ran through the river, oblivious to its Altmer opponent. The other attackers were running as well. Why are they running now? The Karn's words rang through Issac's head......

This post has been edited by Lord Revan: Jan 2 2007, 11:04 PM

[Fuzzy Knight]

Arezt ‘Arco’ Colerion
Forest

Arco noticed the berserkers and the rest of the minions fleeing, he quickly pulled his blade out of one of the archers he'd just killed before sprinting towards those who were fleeing. With a few long leaps he landed on a small boulder before launching himself off against one of the berserkers, planting a hard kick straight in it's ribs sending it stumbling off into a tree. Arco landed rough roll before he got up and unleashed a hurricane of furious slashes upon the berserker, cutting several deep cuts before a finishing move gleaved the head off and the body (what's left of it) fell limb to the ground.
Another berserker came running past, ignoring Arco - but Arco thought otherwise and immediately delivered a downwards slash digging deep into the orc's leg. He spun around sending his second blade straight down inbetween the orc's shoulderblades killing it instantly.

Ignoring the rest of the fleeing orc's Arco turned his attention to the group and ran through the forest before coming down to the bridge. Everyone seemed ok, although they had taken a few hits.

[ShogunSniper]

Brianna

It felt good to be on the road again....despite the mission. She really did not want to find that evil offspring of hers, but if Rahvin and Sadril found it ok ...then she had to follow.

What she really wanted was to meet her other two children!

"Rahvin....tell me about our son!"

Sadril

"Rann," Sadril cut in before Rahvin could, seemingly trying to get on someone's nerves, "Is a lot like our Rahvin here. Witty, sharp, although with a kind of uninvolved quality among him," he went on, not completely sure if his description was correct,. "You two remind me of me when I was your age," he finished reminiscently, referring to Rahvin and Rann. The conversation was strange though. Sadril talked as if he was much older than Rahvin, which he was, but one would forget it for Sadril looked younger than him seeing as he hadn't aged in the twenty years that have passed since they last saw eachother. Sadril hadn't aged hardly at all in fact since he was infected with vampirism countless decades ago.

[Lord Revan]

Ian, preparing to leave...

The armor felt lighter then any other kind Ian had ever worn, but then again that could have been because he was a vampire now. With more strength then before, everything felt differnet, lighter, weaker, less imposing......

In truth, Ian was thankful that he now had something that blended in to the snow. I'll keep my glass armor, it is still of value...... He thought to himself. He knew the signs of vampirism someone possessed when infected. They were paler eyes and skin, gaunt face, and several less noticable give-aways.

But Ian found that he looked more like his old self then he had expected. His eyes were now a light tan rather then their former dark brown. His face was barely changed, he merely looked like he had spent a few weeks in a cave. I'll have to deal with that, he thought.
He felt more vivid urges to feed the before, but he refused to feed on anyone in the dojo. Oddly, Rahk-Vir helped solve that problem, temporarily anyway. He handed Ian an small, mundane looking amulet and several flasks of blood.

"The amulet will increase your willpower, helping you concentrate despite your need for blood. And these flasks should help if you need them, but I wouls suggest feeding at the first opportunity. They won't last long if you hold out against your hunger." The older vampire cautioned.
"Thanks, I'll keep all of this in mind." Ian said as he slipped on the amulet and hid it under his cuirass' collar. As he did so, his cravings diminished significantly, and he put the flasks in a pounch on his belt. While he strode along the walkways toward the entry cavern, the Khajiit waved farewell.

[Dantrag]

Rann

Rann grabbed at the magicka Serene allowed him, and even took a bit more, just to be sure it was enough. The tattoo on his arm began to glow a fierce red as he thought to summon enough lighting to clear the circle of goblins.

I swear to whatever god is listening, if he harms Satyana in any way... he let his thoughts drift away there as he refocused on the task at hand. The sooner these goblins were gone, the sooner the others could go save Satyana.

It's too bad I'll be out of it. he thought bitterly.

He looked over to FLogir who was fighting beside him. "Try to get someone to wake me up in a few minutes, alright?" He didn't wait for a reply; he didn't have time to explain.

He lifted both arms in the air, sword in hand, and called the lightning down on the goblins. He didn't know how he knew what to do, he just did. He stayed conscious long enough to see the surrounding goblins sizzling on the gorund, but collapsed on the ground a moment later. He wasn't used to having any magicka flowing through his veins, much less the amount of power he had sucked from Serene.

Rahvin

"That's about right." he said. "Though he rarely uses the sharp part."

"Where do we begin, then?" he asked, looking to Sadril for guidance. "Maybe those shadows of yours told you something about the missing child?"

[ShogunSniper]

Rahvin

"That's about right." he said. "Though he rarely uses the sharp part."

"Where do we begin, then?" he asked, looking to Sadril for guidance. "Maybe those shadows of yours told you something about the missing child?"

Sadril

Sadril stared out into space for a moment, as if looking for the answer to appear out of the sky. If this person was as dark as Rahvin made her seem to be, and Sadril's inuition was correct, "Vvardenfell, or at least somewhere east of here," he added in a lower tone, "Of course the Valus Mountains are also out to the east. We might run into something there..."

Sadril was making his estimates based off of feeling. Although he didn't come out and say it, it was apparent that he didn't have too much of an idea of where to start. He was usually drawn to dark-hearted people with a faint unexplainable magnetism though, and thusly trusted his gut instinct to move eastwardly.

This post has been edited by ShogunSniper: Jan 3 2007, 01:38 AM

[Lord Revan]

Issac, another casualty

He could guess who Karn had taken, and Issac was certain the only ones who wanted a shot at Karn as much as he did were Rann and Serene. But it brought too much pain to simply stumble up the hill with his broken ribs, so he tried to heal them enough to get up there.

The fractured pieces of bone, with painful sluggishness, came back together and began to become whole again. But that was as far as Issac could get with his exhuastion and lack of expertise in restoration...... Still it was enough for him to get back up the hill before everyone thought he was dead.

When Issac finnaly rejoined the others he let himself collapse, and catch his breath. Looking around confirmed his fears. Karn took Satyana, did she think that he wanted just her? Knowing him he'll just use her a a pawn....... But as far I'm concerned, I don't care. She's worth saving.....

This post has been edited by Lord Revan: Jan 3 2007, 02:00 AM

[minque]

Rann

Rann grabbed at the magicka Serene allowed him, and even took a bit more, just to be sure it was enough. The tattoo on his arm began to glow a fierce red as he thought to summon enough lighting to clear the circle of goblins.

I swear to whatever god is listening, if he harms Satyana in any way... he let his thoughts drift away there as he refocused on the task at hand. The sooner these goblins were gone, the sooner the others could go save Satyana.

It's too bad I'll be out of it. he thought bitterly.

He looked over to FLogir who was fighting beside him. "Try to get someone to wake me up in a few minutes, alright?" He didn't wait for a reply; he didn't have time to explain.

He lifted both arms in the air, sword in hand, and called the lightning down on the goblins. He didn't know how he knew what to do, he just did. He stayed conscious long enough to see the surrounding goblins sizzling on the gorund, but collapsed on the ground a moment later. He wasn't used to having any magicka flowing through his veins, much less the amount of power he had sucked from Serene.

Rahvin

"That's about right." he said. "Though he rarely uses the sharp part."

"Where do we begin, then?" he asked, looking to Sadril for guidance. "Maybe those shadows of yours told you something about the missing child?"

Serene

She saw Rann use the magicka she offered...and the little bastarde even took more from her...she felt the drain...but that was ok....he was her grandson and she loved him deeply even if he didn´t really see it. Also he used it with excellens skill! She was indeed proud of him. She smiled....but the smile faded when he fell to the ground unconscious....

She hurried to his side.....quickly grabbing his tatto which had by then faded in glow....she put her lips to his blowing faintly her breath into him and so restored his natural energy...Satyana sacificed herself for them all..the least they could do was t try and save her....she knew that would have top priority for Rann....he cared for Satyana.....very much, and that, too, made her love him even more

Rann....wake up..you did great...but we have to hurry now...Satyana!

She then went over to see to Issac, to heal him

Satyana loves him, and he´s a good man


Satyana, captured

She had no idea what was up or down....she was just floating in some void....but at least she had draw attention from her beloved friends....and Rann...Issac..oh Issac! She elt a pang of pain in her heartt


Brianna

"I..I really like to meet him, and Satyana.....how strange it feels....never have met my children..I wonder if they will like me?"

[ShogunSniper]

Brianna

"I..I really like to meet him, and Satyana.....how strange it feels....never have met my children..I wonder if they will like me?"

Sadril

"So what of this other one? Amrita? Do you just forget about her because things didn't work out?" Sadril asked almost disgutingly, thinking of his own relation with his mother.

This post has been edited by ShogunSniper: Jan 3 2007, 02:10 AM