False Knight II: Bond of Revenge (Abyss Master, Navi007, Chari)

OoC: Anyone else who wishes to participate must ask me first. The listed participants must use the same characters they used in this RP's prequel. Don't forget! :] I myself will start with Mayula and then bring in Judo later.

BiC: Richard Tudor.

The man who was once the False Knight had plagued a town with his foul deeds and crimes for as long as the inhabitants could remember. He attacked, he stole, he killed, and then...he'd vanish. In mere thin air. This man's appearances were unpredictable and sudden. Rarely would any of his victims survive his assault. Some of the town's inhabitants fled while only the brave remained. Still, Richard's attacks and crime wave lasted for days and days on in. He had seemed to be unstoppable.

That is, until a group of brave warriors coincidentally found themselves in the very same town Richard attacked. These courageous heroes had combined their strength and courage to solve the mystery of Richard's cursed knight form and brought an end to his plague. Ever since then, they had gone their separate ways, unaware that a single stray piece to the puzzle was never found or never heard of.

In life, Richard not only had his fiancee, Marie Green, in his world before she died. He also had a close friend. A friend who once told him he would always be there for him. A friend who was like a brother. The unfortunate part of the tale, however, was that this friend had been as strange and twisted as Richard himself, and therefore became a cursed ghost much like his friend when he met his end at the hands of severe illness.

And now, this friend, known in life as Eric Brownly, had witnessed the entire battle against Richard from the heavens. He ceaselessly watched in disgust as the group of warriors departed the town, having completed the mission they stayed there to carry out, angry to see his best friend die. However, he somehow only saw Richard himself as a mere spirit wandering about. He had not known of the crimes which the man committed and seen only the final battle.

They will pay... Eric had thought to himself in great anger. They will all pay very dearly, I am sure. The cursed ghost departed from his current location, a place far in the sky where most ghosts resided, and chose his first destination. My first stop? The land of Hyrule. The kingdom of our origins, Eric later decided. That wrench of a general they have may hide a threatening mighty power within him, but that will not stop him or that girl of his from becoming my first victims.

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"Aw come on, Mom! Wait up!" Mayula, the young daughter of Hyrule's famous General Judo cried out to her mother, Kelli. "Mystic can't seem to go very fast!"

"Don't worry, dear, you'll get the hang of it," Kelli assured May from up ahead. "Getting a horse to gallop can take practice." The two were practicing horseback riding skills out in Hyrule Field, the bright sun high in the azure sky. Mayula was set upon a small dapple gray horse named Mystic, smaller than her mother's horse, whom was a beautiful palomino named Sunfire.

May had begun her horseback riding lessons fairly recently and was just beginning to learn how to command the horse into a gallop. She continued to feel somewhat frustrated, but carried on in hopes she would become as good at riding a horse as both her parents as well as the Royal Knights of Hyrule, the army May's father commanded.

A few hours passed by as May and Kelli traveled by horse all through out the land of Hyrule, from down around Lake Hylia in the south to the paths by Kakariko Village and Death Mountain to the north. The sun began to set in the horizon as the pair traveled around Lon Lon Ranch in the center of the beautiful field. Kelli suggested they call it a day and head back to Hyrule Castle. May agreed, knowing she didn't want to be riding a horse in the dark when she was still learning.

"Besides," May continued. "Dad should be back by now. We ought to see how things went."

"Ah yeah, he was supposed to go do some errands in Mayia for your grandfather, wasn't he?" Kelli recalled. "Let's go for it."

The castle was not very far away. It was only right up the trail May and her mother had been on, through the drawbridge into the lively Hyrule Castle Town, and then straight ahead down the stone road. The pair took their horses through the said route to bring themselves back to the grand and mighty castle of Hyrule. The first thing they did upon their arrival was bring Sunfire and Mystic to the royal stables, in two consecutively placed stalls.

By this time, the sun had sunk a little lower in the sky, turning a bright pink color. The sky's azure grew into a dark blue, showing the approach of the night. As May and Kelli began to head for the nearest castle door, another figure emerged in their path through the very door they were headed for. It was Conan, General Judo's deputy commander, in his usual attire of dark red armor with short black hair flowing in the wind as he raced towards the mother and daughter pair. The expression on his face, however, did not look very pleasing.

"Oh! Kelli, May! I'm glad you two have returned!" he exclaimed, a hint of concern showing in his voice. "You haven't seen Judo anywhere lately, have you? Please tell me you have!"

"Why, no, We haven't," Kelli replied. "Isn't my husband here?"

"Unfortunately, he isn't. I don't understand why," Conan reported. "Judo was supposed to be back hours ago from his errands. What could be the hold up? May, you haven't seen your father anywhere, have you?"

"No, not I. This is awful. Where could Dad be?" May said. She instantly began to grow feelings of worry and concern herself.

"I'm wondering the same thing myself..." Kelli replied, an equal amount showing in her voice as well. "If something had happened, he'd have likely used my song to let me know."

"...That's right," Conan agreed, having just realized Kelli's words. "Something is very wrong."

OoC: If anyone can't get what has happened here, Eric discovered Judo wasn't in Hyrule and has done something to keep him in Mayia while he goes to Hyrule. There, I plan for him to lure May to her father and attempt to finish them there. What the rest of you do is up to you. :]

It was one week after the incident with the False Knight. In that time, Caragon had been treated and regained his strength. The one who had brought him to the village he was now staying in - the man with the red blade - had left before Caragon had awakened. Thus, Caragon was left on his own once again, except this time it was different.

The curse the False Knight had placed upon him felt as much like a strength as it felt like a burden. He knew better than anyone who were still alive how its influence could multiply his powers several times. He also knew better than anyone how it could eat away on his soul, his mind, his very being. Not once since the death of the False Knight had he dared try to master the curse. He could not allow it to break forth.

Isabella's protections worked very well. They kept him calm and collected, free from the curse's influence. It was as though the stranger's magic had not only reactivated the barriers, but reinforced them. It felt as though he was twice as well protected against the curse than before.

It had been a week, and he had finally begun travelling again. During all the talk about the False Knight, he had heard the name of a country being mentioned several times. The country of which Richard Tudor came from, and Judo and his daughter, and Isabella... and it was the only place he knew of where he could find out more about his curse.

Hyrule, they had called it.