The Lies of Many (Anyone up to 5 people)

Ooc: Ok guys... I felt it was time to start up another thread... I need to put my newest character Satharis through his paces... Please... No Evil chars... this won't be a fight, it will be a quest. How it goes on it up to you...

Bic:

He sat in the corner of the tavern, his hood pulled down low. A waitress came over, "What can I g--" He waved her off with his hand and she walked away. He was waiting, for the right time. He was told that there would be one here, one he would have to kill. He always regretted these assignments. He sometimes wished that he were not called as the Angel of Death. He pulled down his hood, his red hair seeming on fire in the candlelight. He called a waitress over, "Sorry about earlier... I was deep in thought. I would like a glass of water." She looked at him inquisitively, most patrons ordered some kind of liquor or ale, but she obediantly went to the counter and got his water. "Anything else good sir?"

"Nothing for now milady..."

She blushed at how he addressed her, most of the patrons were rowdy and loud, and called her disgusting names. This is no ordinary man she thought to herself.

He watched as she walked away. He forsaw what was going to happen, a grimace came upon his face, he had a choice, he could warn her and save her life, while disobeying the Order, or he could sit quietly and let her time come. He did not know why but he felt a strong impression that he should go warn her, and he stood up. As he did a dark figure walked through the door. She looked at the figure and blanched. Her eyes went wide with fear and she stood frozen with fright. Satharis walked forward and pulled out his sword, he pointed it at the figure, this was the one he was sent to kill. The figure gave him no heed and continued towards the waitress.

"Leave the lady alone. You do not want trouble." He pulled off his cloak, his bright aura shone about him. He held the sword hilt in one hand and the blade in another, a red electricity crackled around the blade, he slashed with the great sword, severing the life line. The figure slumped to the floor, lifeless. The waitress and all the patrons looked at him in fear, and some in awe, his wings fully extended. Then another figure walked in through the doorway...

Ooc: Ok, heres where the first character comes in!

It was noon when Will and Dan came into town. It was a town he was familiar with, mainly because of the local tavern. Out of all the taverns and bars and pubs he had been to, this was one of his favorites. The drink was good, and so was the conversation, and they allowed Dan inside. He knew the barkeep personally, and he would always serve Will a free drink. Yes, this day was going to be a good one for Will, or so he thought.

Upon entering the tavern he found it in chaos. A man lay slumped on the ground, possibly dead, and another... man? He had wings, so he couldn't have possibly been a man, but he stood wings spread, with an odd sword that crackled with some red energy. Will decided that the best situation was not to immediately attack, but to let the situation play out. So there stood, Dan growling softly at his side, hands ready to grab his nunchukus at a moments notice. "What is going on here?" He demanded in a slow steady voice.

OoC: Sorry it's a bit short...

OOC: ok, that sounds good. its fine if its a bit short, we are just starting out.

bic:Earen noticed the Arch Angel almost instantly and mummbled under his breath.

"oh great, this is trouble" he said taking a long drink of water, emptying his glass. Leana grabbed his hand and held it tight.

"why? this circus clown with the sword seems like trouble, i say lets just stay out of it" she said and took a small sip. Earen sighed.

"that is an Arch Angel. they aren't the most popular around here and i would rather not get into his business, but I need to warn the man with the wolf" Earen said and stood up and walked over to them with Leana at his heels. He turned to the young man and extended a hand. Will felt confused, as he could sense little or no evil intent eminating from the man, so he took his hand and shook it.

"Hello, i am Earen, and this is Leana, my wife. and you might be...?" Earen said pausing. Will took Leana's hand also and shook it.

"I am Will, and this is Dan" he said patting his friend on the head.

"Wow your wolf is very beautiful, he has an all white coat. you dont see that too much" Leana said. Will nodded and Earen continued.

"It seems there is a small misunderstanding here. This man over here is an Arch Angel, and if i am correct, her is the Angel of Death. so no need for hostility" Earen said.

"Would you like to sit with use Will? we can get you some food and drink for you and Dan if you want" She said gesturing back to their table. Will nodded and they walked back to the table.

The pub eventually settled down, and went back to how it normally was. They did get odd characters in the pub from time to time, and Will would know, because he was one of them. Will talked with the elves for a while, and soon felt like he had known them for a long time. Eventually there was a lull in the conversation, and Will asked the question that had been on his mind.
"So what's that guys problem?" He asked, referring to the Archangel.

OOC: Seraphim asked me to post then he will.

bic: Earen sighed then took in a deep breath.

"The Archangel is part of a group made up of 9 celestial beings that follow the will of what they believe to be a higher power to keep order. I personally have other beliefs and dont believe in their masters the "higher power" but they believe that they must follow the orders the "higher power" gives them. In his case, he is the Archangel of Death. The "higher power" tells him who he must kill in order to keep what they think is balance. that is all i know. if you want to know more you have to ask him yourself" Earen said and took a long drink of his water. After an awkward silence, Leana spoke up.

"So how did you and Dan end up together? It's not often you see a wolf following around a normal human" she said looking at the wolf.He lay down next to Will's chair looking around boredly.


OOC:Well i didnt want to go any further, not knowing if will would give his secret away. so i didnt have him answer the question. i will let you decide that.

OoC: yeah, thanks for the consideration.

BiC: Will wasn't going to tell them the full reason behind why Dan follows him, not yet. When you tell someone that you're a werewolf, you don't do it in normal conversation. You only do it when it is necessary. Now was not one of those times. He drained his glass of whatever the bevarage was, Will couldn't tell. "Well, I'm not an ordinary guy." Will said smiling. "But seriously, I'm a dog trainer. I found him injured in the woods one day, and nursed him back to health, he's been following me to this day. He's an interesting one alright and fairly smart too. Hey, do you think we could get some refills?" He asked, changing the subject.

Ooc: Ok, thats good, I think that we'll just go straight on from here... I can just modify it to have 3 people, not the 5 I was hoping... Oh and Crom... this town DOES have a smith... it's not like Nettleville... Lol

Bic: The Arch-Angel sheathed his sword and the energy dissapated, he walked forward and picked up the body, he made some arcane symbols and the body disappeared in a flash of white light. He folded his wings, and put his cloak back on. He walked out the door, tossing a gold coin to the bartender. He walked to the edge of town, the gate guard eyed him suspiciously (spl?) but waved him through. He walked down the path, stopping at the nearby Lake. He pulled out his sword and started to practice, training discipline and control. He then put away his sword and merely thought and he was in the Keep of the Order, he went to the Throne, "Praise be to the Higher Power." he said, bowing.

"You did well Satharis... But there are more... Another, he will try to kill one of the people you saw earlier, the one with the White Wolf. Go now and do my bidding.

"Yes my Lord." He was back in the tavern in a flash of light. The patrons quieted down, but quickly returned to normal volume. He walked up to the table where Earen and Will were sitting, "You need to come with me." He said to Will.

Will started to protest, but the Arch-angel looked him in the eyes, and Will knew that it was for something important. He looked to his new friends, but they didn't know what was going on either. "Um... uh... yeah, I'll go with you." He said to the angel. "And guys... I'll be right back... maybe? I don't know what's going one, but it seems important." He followed the Arch-angel out of the tavern. "So, what's going on?" Will demanded nervously.

They walked outside, "There is someone trying to kill you, I don't know who, but sooner or later someone will try and kill you. I was sent to kill that man."

Will gulped, "So, what are you going to do?"

"I want you to stay where I can see you, if trouble comes... yell my name..."

"Got it..." He knew this was serious, the grim look on the Arch-Angel's face told him everything he needed to know. They walked back in, Will and Satharis sat down at the table with Earen and Leana. "Sorry about the commotion earlier." Satharis said, Earen looked at him and took a sip of his water. "That was more than a commotion... What was that all about?"

"He was the one I was sent to kill, and now there will be more trouble..." a grim look came upon his face. He knew when and where, but he couldn't let them know...

bic: Earen took another drink and looked at Satharis. Earen knew he had some info, but he wasn't going to tell him willingly. Leana called for some refills, and suddenly Earen stood up.

"I need to talk to you in private Archangel" he said and walked to the bar. Satharis followed him and sat down next to Earen.

"Look, i didnt want to scare him anymore than he already is, so thats why i called you over here. I know you know have some info on what might happen to him. Tell me now"

Satharis grimaced and took a drink of firewhiskey. "I cannot tell you elf, the higher-"

"I don't care what the "higher power" prohibits. A friend's life is at stake and i need to know. you don't know about the person. he could be very powerful. and i will not wait and try to guess a time at which mine, Leana's and mostly Will and Dan's lives will be put in danger!" Earen was on his feet now, and the tavern was quiet. Dan's ears pirked up at the sound of his name and Leana and Will were staring.

Will was concerned. They knew that his life was in danger, but they didn't know who he was. They were overreacting to the situation, and to make it worse, they seemed to be babying him, like they thought he didn't understand. To make matters even worse, they were disturbing the entire tavern, and you shouldn't make drunk guys angry. So Will took matters into his own hands. With a piercing whistle he silenced their fighting.

"Now gentleman," he said in an autorative voice, "let's continue this discussion outside."


The two suddenly realized the scene that they were making.

"Yes, that would be for the best."

Earen said. So they all went outside, everyone in the pub watching them.

"Okay, you guys seem to have a problem with something that seems to be MY problem to start with, and you are jumping to conclusions witout knowing all the facts. Now I have made a lot of enemies over time, so this could be either someone I know, or someone new. Now the reason that I am not as worried about this is..." Will noticed the sun setting. "Well, it would be useless to tell you, let me show you."
The sun had almost finished setting. His new friends noticed that as the shadow fell on him, he began to change. The transformation was over in a matter of seconds, and there Will stood in his semi-werewolf form. He moved forward, and everyone flinched, not knowing if he was going to attack them or not.
"As you can see, I don't have that hard of a time taking care of myself. Don't worry, I won't attack you, not tonight at least." He said. "It's okay, I am in control."

And so Will told them of what really happened to him, how he got to be this way, and how he really met Dan. When he was finished, there was a brief silence, and then somebody spoke.

OoC: No worries just ignore this

"What a freak! mommy!" cried a little boy who had been listening in on them. Will stared down at the ground and the rest turned to the boy and glared.

"Mommy! help! mean people hit me!" he said with a evil grin on his face. A woman burst through a door to a house and scooped up her boy in her arms. she looked at the group and screamed.

"Jamie! get out here!" she cried. Suddenly a very big man with a large mace came out the door.

"dear Gods of the underworld! A werewolf! Get back inside.Now!" the man bellowed and ran at them waving his mace.

"RUN!" Earen said and the group headed for the gate. Suddenly a man jumped out in front of the group swinging a large pike.

"Yer not gettin pas' me ya dirty werewolf!" he yelled jabbing at them. Dan jumped forward and onto the man ripping at him with his claws and they continued on. Soon they heard a mob behind them and they could see many torches and weapons raised high. They reached the gate only to find ten guards in full armor wielding swords and tower shields. Earen shot a bolt of electricity at one and the armor conducted the shock baking him in his armor. Satharis lunged at one and his blade went right through the armor and the man slumped to the ground. Three ran at Will and he punched one in the head denting his helmet in, crushing the man's face and kicked another in the chest, restricting his breathing. Leana threw up her hand and a white light flashed, blinding the guards and Earen rammed his sword through another guard. They knocked over the blinded guards and looked around for a crank to open the gate.

"Stand back" Will said. he fit his claws into the crack in the giant doors and started to pull them apart. Amazing the gate started to open, just enough for everyone to get through. they all slipped through and Will jumped through and they ran for the forest.

Relaxed eyes grazed the land, her breath rose before her in a clouded mist. She leaned back, staring into the sky's sweet allure, what with all its stars. It was quite lovely. She let one foot hang off the edge of the pine tree's branch, swinging it aimlessly in the air. She was hidden high above the ground, as tranquil as a bird in a nest. No matter where she was, she always seemed to be semi-comfortable. Her gloved hands supported her long blonde hair, allowing a resting place for her head. She softly smiled, glad to be alone with her thoughts. She wondered where he was right now...was he thinking of her, too? Was he even sorry? Was what they thought they felt...real? She sighed softly, and ran a finger across her blade behind her, feeling its blunt part. "Another quiet night...how droll. If only I could get some answers..." She murmured, her sweet voice typically misleading. She was a vision, as she should have been. However, this deceived many into thinking she was weak. On the contrary, she was extremely strong...of both will and heart. She watched from her viewpoint, listening carefully...somone was coming her way. They were also coming...very quickly.

Ooc: Good intro post, you'll do great in this thread! Glad to have you in!

Bic: As she sat there, 4 figures rushed by, one of them had a white glow around him, but that wasn't all, he had wings. She scratched her head, and stood up, watching the group running, she then looked behind them and saw the guards in an uproar, "They must have caused quite a ruckus..." Then she realized, one of the people in that group looked almost like a werewolf, but he didn't seem to be attacking anyone, thats strange, she thought. She decided to follow them, she jumped down and started running after them, she easily caught up to the now-slowing party. The man with the wings turned around and looked at her, she could feel his eyes piercing straight through her. He shook his head at the others concerned looks. "Its ok, she's not hostile. I think she is more afraid of me than we should be of her."

"I'm not afraid, I'm just a bit shocked, I didn't know there were more angels around this area..." He looked at her inquisitively, and then looked away, he motioned to the rest of the group, "We're far enough away from the town, we can set up camp, Will are you sure you can keep in control?"

"Of course, unless it is a full moon, otherwise it's fine." He said with a low growl.

Earen looked at him a bit shocked, "The full moon is in 3 days... Is there a way we can stop it?"

Will shook his head, "No, you'll just have to keep me away from the town..."

Selene looked around, she pointed to a spot. "There, that would be the best place to set up camp."

OoC: videogameboy999 told me he had some stuff going on and that his activity would be going down so i figured i would post.


BiC:They followed Selene's slender finger to a place that looked to good to be true. A hill rose up between the forest and a cave barely visible was in the side of the hill. The cave was positioned so that it was sheltered from wind and rain and fallen logs could block the vision of any unwanted eyes. They ran over quickly and Satharis and Selene jumped over with a flap of their wings. The others scrambled over the logs quickly and they all hid in the cave. They waited until the mob and passed by and when they judged it safe they built a merry fire and started roasting some meat. Satharis and Selene stretched out their wings to warm them.

"Now what?" Will said.

ooc: sorry for the shortness, but i have to get out of the compy room, my bro is staying in here. also, all of you are invited to my BA thread "The Azure pendant and the Ruby blade" there are still 3 spots open still and we haven't really gotten anywhere plot wise so feel free to join. i made it to start off my new character Louis. please feel free to join.

Selene stared uneasily at the group of people. The one that appealed to her most was the other with wings. "Who are you all?" she asked softly. "Why are you in my domain?" True, it wasn't entirely her domain, but it seemed to be close enough. Her gaze shifted towards Will. "Perhaps we should try to take shelter for the night...there is a large storm coming..." Her angel poweress had told her so. It was going to be a large one. She strayed away from the company and leaned against the cold stone wall, staring outside with her large, sad eyes.

OoC: Yeah, sorry about the shortness.

Across the camp Satharis sat down, his face set with an emotionless expression. He had seen killing, death, and torture, so why did seeing this other Angel trouble him so much? And then he realized why, the last time he had seen other angels, Arch-Angels, was fourteen thousand years ago... He remembered that day like it was yesterday, he held his friend in his arms, why did Demesne have to die? "Hey, Satharis..." The voice shook him from his world of thought, it was Earen, "Come on over to the fire, is everything ok?" Satharis shook his head and walked over to the fire and sat down. Selene was sitting across from him; he looked at her and then looked off into the trees. Earen and Will started having a conversation, talking about things that they had done, and other things like that... Satharis went back deep in thought, Yes, this definitely was the first angel he had seen in 14,000 years, the Higher Power had never let them talk or even seen each other, they were always on assignment... He stood up, his mind clearing, "I have to go for a while, it won't be very long, but there is something I have to find out..." Will looked as if he had to say something but didn't. And then with a thought, in a flash of white light Satharis was in a bright room. He bowed and clapped his fist to his heart in the customary greeting. "Praise be to the Higher Power."

"Rise, Satharis, the assignment has been fulfilled, and there is a new assignment, there is an angel, that I have lost contact with, you are to kill her so that our secrets won't be revealed. Her name is not of consequence, but you will know her when you see her... Or, perhaps you have already seen her..."

"Yes my Lord, your will is my creed."

And with another thought he was back at the camp, Selene, Will, Earen, and Leana all looked at Satharis, who promptly sat back down. He held his head in his hands, his face still emotionless, he lifted his head and looked around, when his eyes drifted across Selene, a feeling of dread came into his entire being, she was the one he was assigned to kill. He stood up, and a clear ring of metal being drawn sounded, he held the sword in both hands. Earen and Will looked at him bewildered, "Satharis, what are you doing?"

"Something, that I--" and then the mask broke, his face was pained, they could tell this was something he didn't want to do. Earen was the quickest to act; he leapt at Satharis, knocking him to the ground. Sarithil flew to the ground with a clang. Earen tried to hold Satharis but was being pushed back, and then Will ran over and shoved Satharis down. He struggled a bit, but then finding it useless, stopped. "The Higher Power commanded me to kill Selene... I do not know why, but I must."

Earen punched Satharis in the side of the head, "Why!? How come you must do everything this 'Higher Power' asks?"

"I don't want to do this... But I must."

"Don't you realize? By doing this, you are cutting lives short, for all you know the person you are sent to kill could be innocent! They could have changed their lives... Circumstances change! There isn't just one choice here Satharis, you can choose! Don't kill Selene; you don't want to do it, so don't!"

He just lay there... "I won't, I.... can't. You have my oath as an Arch-Angel, that I will not try and kill Selene, I wouldn't wish for that to happen..."

Satisfied, Earen and Will let him up, and they went back to the fire. All around there was an awkward silence. And then someone spoke up...

Ooc: Yay for character development! And longest BA post FTW!!!

Will stood up. "The problems just seem to be getting more numerous. Here's what I suggest we do. Get the hell away from here. I have a feeling that we are going to need to be on the run for awhile, and we definately need to get me far away from any city. I'm going to pack up and leave now. If you agree with my plan you should do likewise." And with that, Will began to pack.

((I'm kindof dropping out of this, I think. Just too much to do in other threads. Sorry bout that.))