Day 3: InevitabilityAn army mobilizes. The gears of the clock of war continue turning, faster now than before. A city is fortified. This will not be a quick ordeal. Warriors are hardened in a battle dome. The inevitable is coming.
Fendmoore and it's people rose with the sun as usual. As the first boat hit the water, another boat was setting sail from Port Brenan. Instantly the entire waters of the ocean surged and a wave surged onto all the coastlines simultaneously. Most didn't notice. The waters calmed shortly thereafter and business continued on as usual.
Outside of
Unificus in the nearby Two Trees Inn, a dark stranger slept soundly. The innkeeper, Roman felt this man seemed out of place, he'd never seen eyes as dark as this stranger's. A strange chill had run up Roman's spine as soon as the stranger had entered the building. After fronting hospitality, the innkeeper proceeded to wake his wife, and allow her to take over the rest of the night shift. Roman set off quickly to Unificus, it was only an hour's walk away. Upon arriving to the city, he was greeted by the Royal Guard, and immediately told of the dark stranger. Running up through the proper authorities, the Royal Guard notified the 1st Investigative Unit of the King's Guard (also known as the King's Watchmen). The Watchmen inquired about the stranger at the inn and had reasonable suspicion as to his identity, only 11 members of the Dark Circle were left, and even though their numbers were small, they would remain an active threat against the king (or in this case, Prince Wensil). The 1st I.U. sent out Theed, although he was 56 years old, Theed was one of the Watchmen who took down Alex Starwright years before. He would be able to tell if this stranger had the darkness in his eyes or not, and if he was in fact a Dark Paladin, he would know how to stop him. The innkeeper and Theed set out for the Two Trees Inn, they'd make it back before daybreak.
Scott Hemming remained hidden on top of the rooftop quietly waiting for Chris to return. He had been hoping that Chris would've found him the day prior, but he supposed it was good for him to practice maintaining his concentration for such a long period of time. He saw potential in this girl, he just wondered how long he would have before past deeds of his caught up with him. He'd been in Unificus for too long already.
In
ShishraVael stayed asleep from the end of the battle all the way through the night. This time he slept on an amazingly comfortable bed in the palace of Zenith. Zenith was quite pleased with his performance, despite the fact that Vael hadn't killed Herk the Bear at the end. No matter, Herk was effectively cut up into pieces and fed to the goblins in the dungeons below the arena. No point in keeping a loser of the arena alive. Now Zenith waited patiently for word of Vael awakening. The lord had great plans for this young firemaster, and was fully convinced that Vael would become a great asset to his Freeseekers.
Castle Terna was busy early in the morning. Along with the sun, a battalion of soldiers and a platoon of paladins rose to greet the day. In a holy shrine, Kiba prayed, and just outside, Pyrrhus slept somewhat soundly. The 1st Infantry Battalion along with the group of paladins would set out today, their destination, not Unificus, but the town of Darson instead. Prince Capsol's interest in the town was unknown to all but his highest ranked military officers, along with a few paladin elders from the Order.
Outside
Port Brenan, a goblin returned to its native mountains. Inside a man recovered slowly in the home of a local doctor. The benevolence of a fellow man, along with that of a goblin saved the man's life. The streets were busy as the town woke up, Port Brenan was always busy sending ships out and merchants were constantly restocking their stores with goods from traders. Looking out to the sea as a ship left, the sky seemed darker. The ship was sailing south into the deep ocean it appeared.
Rumor of the DayGoblin #1: "These flatfooted humans are restless. It appears as if they're about to fight
eachother."
Goblin #2: "They claim to be of superior intelligence, but how it is they kill others of the same skin?"
Goblin #1: "We'll show them who's superior, I heard the Big Boss is making negotiations with Shaman of the Northern Yetis."
Goblin #2: *Squeals in excitement* "The
Yeti?! Oh that will be
most interesting!"
Significant Events-Unificus is having their census today from the hours of 8 a.m. today to 8 a.m. tomorrow. All citizens from here on out caught without their ID assigned during census will be arrested and questioned.
-Prince Capsol mobilizes his army and they begin marching towards the town of Darson.