open Dragon Age: Shadows of The Deep Roads

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Rica nodded as she put two full vials of darkspawn blood into her pack. She repeated what Ninarya had said for clarity, "Three Genlocks, four Hurlocks, and one Ogre. I assume one of those hurlocks must be their commander, but the Ogre will be the biggest problem by far.""That doesn't sound too bad. We're hardly even outnumbered!" Ser Thomas said confidently. "Yes, and I will be helping you with the fight as well." Rica said. "Normally I would simply act as a guide, but there are lives at stake here.""Do you think Daveth and Mother Mara could even still be alive?" Ser Thomas asked. "What chance do a boy and a priestess have against darkspawn?"

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"And I suppose that sense this is our test, you expect us to make a plan?" Civ clarified. "Fine. There's no trouble in a few darkspawn, I doubt we'll need to think this through too hard. Connor and I can deal with the ogre. Vk'tir can kill the commander. You, Ser Thomas and the mages can keep the weaker ones from overrunning us. The battle shouldn't take more than a minute or two."

[Anon In Equestria 57]

Connor nods after listening to civ explain her plan, it seemed like it will work, so Connor couldn't complain.

 

"I agree with civs plan, me and her have the combined strength to take the ogre, but we can't have the smaller ones attacking us from behind, also to make sure that the boy daveth... And the revered mother mara are fine, one of us should make a sprint for the chantry cellar, I think vk'tir is the most suited for going in, he can go in and remain undetected, rica should handle the commander, she has more experience fighting them the lot of us combined"

 

Connor looks over to tessa and draws his blade.

 

"Tessa do you think you could temporary enhance some of our weapons for the fight ahead, I'd prefer fire but I can make do with any enchantments"

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"That sounds like an acceptable strategy." Rica said. "While you engage the darkspawn, I will be the one to go into the chantry. There may be more darkspawn inside and I don't know how long the survivors an last."

 

"Then what are we waiting for?" Asked Ser Thomas.

[HigurSan 195]

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If they were expecting him to wait around for them to finish pulling their heads out of the dirt, the humans were sorely mistaken. Case in point, Vk'tir had listened in long enough to know what his objective was before heading off. Of course, while they probably had known that he was around while they were talking despite not being able to see him, Vk'tir was content that they'd not been able to pick him out from amongst the branches. Such things were a matter of professional competence to him. Upon reaching the village, the Hurlock leader was fairly easy to spot due to him thrashing the two grenlocks. It seemed that no matter what race one was, there was at least one commander in a unit that was just stupid enough to expose himself.

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If they were expecting him to wait around for them to finish pulling their heads out of the dirt, the humans were sorely mistaken. Case in point, Vk'tir had listened in long enough to know what his objective was before heading off. Of course, while they probably had known that he was around while they were talking despite not being able to see him, Vk'tir was content that they'd not been able to pick him out from amongst the branches. Such things were a matter of professional competence to him. Upon reaching the village, the Hurlock leader was fairly easy to spot due to him thrashing the two grenlocks. It seemed that no matter what race one was, there was at least one commander in a unit that was just stupid enough to expose himself.

(You can do this, but later in the RP, please try to stay with the group.)

 

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Rica nodded to Thomas and drew her weapons again. "Indeed! We shall not wait another second! To battle!" She cried. She made her way down the road at a hasty pace. She was showing a new side of her personality that she had not shown before. She relished the thought of battle!

 

Rica and the recruits gathered at a hill that overlooked the darkspawn infested village. Rica silently gestured at the ogre with her right dagger so that Connor and Rica knew where to go. She then gestured to Ser Thomas.

 

Thomas tapped Ninarya and Tessa and said in a hushed tone, "Kill the hurlocks and genlocks as quickly as you can. They are hardly a threat."

 

Ser Thomas then stood tall and beat on his shield with his sword. "FOR FERELDIN!" He shouted, grabbing the attention of the two hurlocks gathered at the well. Ser Thomas rushed down the hill with surprising grace despite his heavy armor. The mages should be following right behind him.

 

The two hurlocks by the well readied their crude swords and shields and waited for the attackers to come to them. The hurlock and genlock that were both fighting over food each readied their gnarled darkspawn bows and aimed at Ser Thomas and the mages.

 

The Ogre stood up and turned around, revealing that his teeth were caked in blood. He readied his clawed hands and roared like a savage beast.

 

In the back of the village, the hurlock commander dropped his crude blade and instead unsheathed a two-handed darkspawn greatsword. He gestured for the two genlocks to join with the others in the fight, and they did. Both of the genlocks grabbed two darkspawn daggers and charged into the front of the village, but the commander stayed behind. He paced back and forth in his massive armor as if he was waiting for something.

 

(PM me if you don't understand what's going on.)

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Tessa listens to Connors request and enchants everyone's weapons with her 'Telekinetic Weapons' spell. "Nope, can't give them elements, but i can sure make them hurt more!" She says, while running with Sir Thomas and Ninarya. "I sure hope that Daveth boy is all right!" Tessa thought for a second while running. "Hey Nina, can't you just sniff them out with your wolfie powers? It shouldn't be too hard since there probably the only live residents left in the town right?" Tessa says optimistically to Ninarya with a smile.

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@, @@Umbreon,Tessa listens to Connors request and enchants everyone's weapons with her 'Telekinetic Weapons' spell. "Nope, can't give them elements, but i can sure make them hurt more!" She says, while running with Sir Thomas and Ninarya. "I sure hope that Daveth boy is all right!" Tessa thought for a second while running. "Hey Nina, can't you just sniff them out with your wolfie powers? It shouldn't be too hard since there probably the only live residents left in the town right?" Tessa says optimistically to Ninarya with a smile.

Ser Thomas suddenly felt a jolt of extra strength from his blade as if it had gotten lighter and faster. He continued to charge at the two hurlocks. Once he was within range, one of the hurlocks lashed at him with his crude blade, but Thomas easily parried and counter attacked by bashing it with his shield then stabbing it in the gut. Thomas felt the satisfying sensation of the darkspawn sliding off of his blade then falling onto the ground dead before he turned to block an attack from the second hurlock. Now all that remained for him and the mages to fight was: the last hurlock soldier, one hurlock archer, one genlock archer, and two genlock soldiers.

 

The two darkspawn archers focused their fire on the mages and they each fired a few arrows at Tessa. Their aim as clumsy, but they fired many arrows.

 

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The Ogre began to charge up the hill with his head and horns pointed forward.

 

 

The darkspawn commander continued to pace around as if he was looking for something. He kept his sword ready. Occasionally, his helmet would tilt up and he would sniff at the air. He smelled something unusual. Something that darkspawn often smelled, but rarely on the surface. The smell of a dwarf.

[HigurSan 195]

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((I'd have thought more people would have posted by now. Oh well.))

Vk'tir considered again, for a brief moment, that this idea was completely stupid. He'd only done this kind of thing once or twice and that  had been against unarmored and unsuspecting targets. Of course, given the inclination of most military officers to wear ostentatious but inconvenient gear, this would not be much more difficult. However Darkspawn did not seem to care about the appearance of their equipment, so long as it worked. Thus this maneuver was a great deal more difficult than the already iffy chance of success he'd have had otherwise. In effect he was waiting until the hurlock had its back turned, whereupon he would drop down on him like an eagle on a field mouse.

 

At least, that was what it was -supposed- to look like. It seemed much more likely at the moment that it would look incredibly stupid. Though this was true, Vk'tir did not have much other choice. While he was not a new fish in terms of hand to hand combat, he was much more likely to succeed if he killed with one surprise blow. If it came to a stand up fight, he would probably have to ditch and come back again later. All of this passed through Vk'tir's mind as he began to move. The hurlock had turned to watch the fight, which gave Vk'tir as good a chance as he was going to get.

 

He'd positioned himself on top of the a house's roof during the initial seconds of combat. Now he sped almost silently along a protruding beam that extended just above and behind the hurlock's head. As his foot left the wood and he began to descend, the Darkspawn began to turn. Time seemed to slow down in Vk'tir's mind as the flash of the sun reflected off of his spears' blades, even as they extended downward like the talons of a hawk. His left spear missed its target, that being the space between the neck and the shoulder and thus straight into the heart. It scraped off the back of the darkspawn's neck and across its spine as Vk'tir held on to it. However, his right handed spear went straight into its mark. It punctured right into the crook of the Darkspawn's neck, cutting deep into the windpipe and puncturing the lung on the left side of the chest. (Imagine a V shape attack pattern.) This spear Vk'tir held on to only long enough to drive into the Darkspawn's neck, letting go afterwards.

 

The force of their collision sent the Hurlock stumbling forward, while Vk'tir bounced backward into the dirt on his rear. Quickly picking himself up, he drew his dagger with his free hand and repositioned itself. The Darkspawn, despite the grevious wound that would have been fatal to a normal man, lumbered back onto its feet. Dropping its shield, it reached up and yanked the short spear from its neck like an annoying splinter. It snapped the intricately carved wooden shaft in its hand and threw it away like garbage.

 

Vk'tir grimaced at the demise of his beloved weapon, but consoled himself that he could always make a new spear shaft. The blade on the other hand, which was thankfully unharmed, would have been near impossible to replace. Both spears had been a gift from one of his first clients, who gave it on the condition that they be used to fulfill their contract. That had been some years ago and the client was long dead. A shame really. She'd been half decent for a prostitute. All of that aside, the Darkspawn now had the upper hand. This kind of fight was exactly what it had been born for. Grinning savagely, it charged forward with a low swing to Vk'tir's gut.

 

Dancing out of the way, he went to slash the Darkspawn's weapon hand. His blade skittered off it's solid wrist guard, causing him to switch tactics. As the creature shifted its weight for another swing, the dwarf ducked inside its arms and drew his dagger across its waist while he jabbed his spear up under its chin. Both blows connected, but did not go as far as needed. The dagger made a thin gash across its belly, making it clutch an arm to the area. The spear blade punctured the bottom of its jaw, but did not go far enough up to do more than slice its tongue. Enraged, the creature planted its boot between Vk'tir's legs, making his eyes water and stars dance in his vision. He'd just managed to shrug it off when the creature backhanded him with its sword pommel, opening a slice across his cheek with a hanging spike.

 

Being both significantly smaller and light weight on his own terms, this sent Vk'tir staggering backwards again. The hurlock wasted no time in trying to collect its wits and instead charged forward to bowl the dwarf over and take him to the ground. By some stroke of luck (or misfortune, from the creature's perspective) its foot landed in a pig's wallow, causing it to skid out of control and send the hurlock into a face planet. Vk'tir briefly considered the strangeness of fate as he moved forward and planted a blow behind the Darkspawn's skull, killing it instantly. It seemed that either the world had taken pity on him, or was saving up for something nasty later. Thus occupied, he retrieved his broken spear and turned to view the rest of the combat, while of course slipping back out of sight.

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(I suppose that's one way to do it, but usually in RPs, were both supposed to participate in a fight. It doesn't matter if its just you and me fighting, but there will be times that you will have to fight with the rest of the group, and in those cases you will have to only control Vk'tir's actions and let me control the darkspawn. That being said, great post!)

 

With the Ogre distracted, Rica had a clear path to the chantry. She darted past the battlefield and burst through the doors (which were thankfully unlocked).

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Ser Thomas suddenly felt a jolt of extra strength from his blade as if it had gotten lighter and faster. He continued to charge at the two hurlocks. Once he was within range, one of the hurlocks lashed at him with his crude blade, but Thomas easily parried and counter attacked by bashing it with his shield then stabbing it in the gut. Thomas felt the satisfying sensation of the darkspawn sliding off of his blade then falling onto the ground dead before he turned to block an attack from the second hurlock. Now all that remained for him and the mages to fight was: the last hurlock soldier, one hurlock archer, one genlock archer, and two genlock soldiers.

The two darkspawn archers focused their fire on the mages and they each fired a few arrows at Tessa. Their aim as clumsy, but they fired many arrows.

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The Ogre began to charge up the hill with his head and horns pointed forward.

The darkspawn commander continued to pace around as if he was looking for something. He kept his sword ready. Occasionally, his helmet would tilt up and he would sniff at the air. He smelled something unusual. Something that darkspawn often smelled, but rarely on the surface. The smell of a dwarf.

 

(So sorry for the late replies! I've been busy with school.)

 

Civ saw the ogre charging at her and Connor and she quickly jumped out of the way. She disgracefully landed on her belly, but quickly rolled over onto her feet. She yelled for Connor to jump out of the way too while there was still time.

[Anon In Equestria 57]

Connor tried to move but the ogre managed to catch him before he could make a move, instead connor just threw his shield at the ogres face and rammed his sword into the forearm of the ogre, and held on for dear life, also while shouting.

 

"Oh crap!!!, civ a little help right now would be very appreciated dear"

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Connor tried to move but the ogre managed to catch him before he could make a move, instead connor just threw his shield at the ogres face and rammed his sword into the forearm of the ogre, and held on for dear life, also while shouting.

"Oh crap!!!, civ a little help right now would be very appreciated dear"

The Ogre swung back his left arm, taking Connor's sword with it. It then lifted its head off of Connor's shield and used its left arm to grab Connor's torso. His massive, claylike hands wrapped around his chest and squeezed tightly, which could have seriously Connor if it weren't for his armor. The Ogre picked up Connor like a toy doll and held him aloft.

[HigurSan 195]

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Vk'tir flashed back out of the shadows at a sprint, skidding under the swinging arm of the ogre as it hauled Connor into the air. His spear would seem to flicker in his grip as he sent a flurry of blows to the creatures hand in an attempt to cut enough muscle to make it drop the human. Not waiting to see if it had worked, he would roll backwards to face the ogre's back. Bunching up his legs, he sprang forward again and grabbed onto the creature's belt. Clambering up like he was climbing a rock face, he got up to the monster's shoulders and grabbed a horn. This done, he began to try and stab his spear into the back of the monster's neck where the head met the spine.

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Vk'tir flashed back out of the shadows at a sprint, skidding under the swinging arm of the ogre as it hauled Connor into the air. His spear would seem to flicker in his grip as he sent a flurry of blows to the creatures hand in an attempt to cut enough muscle to make it drop the human. Not waiting to see if it had worked, he would roll backwards to face the ogre's back. Bunching up his legs, he sprang forward again and grabbed onto the creature's belt. Clambering up like he was climbing a rock face, he got up to the monster's shoulders and grabbed a horn. This done, he began to try and stab his spear into the back of the monster's neck where the head met the spine.

The Ogre immediately dropped Connor and used both of his hands to grab the dwarf odd of his head. He jolted and thrashed about wildly, causing Vk'tir to miss his mark. The spear instead entered his back and cut deep into his flesh, causing tainted blood to ooze down his back. The Ogre roared like the viscous monster that it was as he grabbed one of Vk'tir's legs and flung him into the dirt like a rag doll.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, Ser Thomas cut down the second hurlock assailant with effortless ease before moving onto the two archers.

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The Ogre immediately dropped Connor and used both of his hands to grab the dwarf odd of his head. He jolted and thrashed about wildly, causing Vk'tir to miss his mark. The spear instead entered his back and cut deep into his flesh, causing tainted blood to ooze down his back. The Ogre roared like the viscous monster that it was as he grabbed one of Vk'tir's legs and flung him into the dirt like a rag doll.

Meanwhile, Ser Thomas cut down the second hurlock assailant with effortless ease before moving onto the two archers.

Civ saw a perfect opportunity once the Ogre used both of his hands to deal with the dwarf. She held her greatsword with both hands and made the blade point forward like a lance. She concentrated her pent up rage toward the Antivan Crows and used it to enter a berserker frenzy. Her blood ran hot and her grip on her sword tightened so greatly that her palms began to bleed. She charged straight into the Ogre and thrust her sword into his exposed belly, using all of her strength and stamina for one final attack.

[Anon In Equestria 57]

Connor coughed as he lifted himself from the floor, he looked over to the dwarf and gave a silent thanks then proceeded to move towards the ogre, who looked extremely pissed, due to the spear and greatsword wounds, connor decided to join in the fun and ran up and stabbed his blade into the ogres left butt cheek, intent on pissing it off further.

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Connor coughed as he lifted himself from the floor, he looked over to the dwarf and gave a silent thanks then proceeded to move towards the ogre, who looked extremely pissed, due to the spear and greatsword wounds, connor decided to join in the fun and ran up and stabbed his blade into the ogres left butt cheek, intent on pissing it off further.

(Pretty sure getting skewered in the chest was enough to kill it. Also, your sword is still stuck in his left arm. That's what happens when you don't reply for the majority of the battle :3 )

 

The Ogre paused when Civera's blade punctured his chest and ripped through his internal organs. The violent thrusting of the blade caused it to move around inside of his chest cavity and slice through his internal organs.

 

The Ogre hunched over and attempted to grab Civ's blade, but the strength in his hands left him and he fell over with a massive thud, Civ's blade still lodged in his chest.

 

All that remained where two genlock soldiers, one genlock archer, and one hurlock archer. Ser Thomas was currently facing all three of them at the same time down by the village well, but he could do little other than hide behind his shield.

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Vk'tir blinked as the meaty appendage wrapped around his leg and tossed into the air like a party hat. Thankfully he kept a grip on his weapons. On the flip side, coming back down was a lot worse. This was mainly because he landed directly in front of the hurlock archer. Both of them were suitably surprised, thus going through a split second pause. The Darkspawn had an arrow cocked, whereas Vk'tir had just his spear in on hand. The dagger had dropped straight down the well. Moving just a fraction before the Darkspawn, the dwarf dived in close and rammed his spear at the Darkspawn's midriff.

[Scrambled_Egghead 16]

Civera used all of her strength to roll the darkspawn Ogre back over on its back so that she could retrieve her sword. After she finall got the ogre to expose its belly, she grabbed the sword by the handle and used her boot to push on the ogres chest so that the blade could come free.

Edited May 5, 2014 by Scrambled_Egghead

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Vk'tir blinked as the meaty appendage wrapped around his leg and tossed into the air like a party hat. Thankfully he kept a grip on his weapons. On the flip side, coming back down was a lot worse. This was mainly because he landed directly in front of the hurlock archer. Both of them were suitably surprised, thus going through a split second pause. The Darkspawn had an arrow cocked, whereas Vk'tir had just his spear in on hand. The dagger had dropped straight down the well. Moving just a fraction before the Darkspawn, the dwarf dived in close and rammed his spear at the Darkspawn's midriff.

(I'm gonna control Ninarya for right now since Ubi is so busy and I don't want it to look like her character hasn't done anything.)

 

Ser Thomas had to stop his own sword mid swing to avoid hitting Vk'tir as he crashed into the battlefield, skewering the Genlock archer. The hurlock archer was confused by this for a brief moment and he sared down at Vk'tir. Ser Thomas knocked down the bewildered archer and stabbed him while he was down.

 

"You just pop up when it's most convenient, don't you?" Ser Thomas said to the Dwarf while he raised his shield against the two remaining genlocks.

 

The two Genlocks readied their gnarled daggers and showed little fear despite their obvious disadvantage. One of them growled and howled, opening its mouth wide. As soon as it did so, a bolt of purple light blasted strait into its mouth and blew the top of its head clean off. The source of the energy bolt was Ninarya's magic staff. She had cast an Arcane bolt of energy at the darkspawn from a considerable distance.

 

The decapitated genlock fell to the ground with a thud.

 

 

The final remaining genlock sprinted past Ser Thomas and went for what appeared to be the easiest target, Tessa.

[Anon In Equestria 57]

Connor saw the genlock sprinting towards tessa, having decided against retreaving his blade from the dead ogre he ran at the genlock as fast as his armor would let him.

 

"Oi stumpie, DOG PILE!!!"

 

He dived at the genlock and the genlock being smaller than him his armored shoulder ended up smacking the genlock in the face.

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Connor saw the genlock sprinting towards tessa, having decided against retreaving his blade from the dead ogre he ran at the genlock as fast as his armor would let him.

 

"Oi stumpie, DOG PILE!!!"

 

He dived at the genlock and the genlock being smaller than him his armored shoulder ended up smacking the genlock in the face.

(I actually meant for Prince Blackquill to fight that last one since he hasn't fought at all yet. Too late now I guess.)

 

The genlock staggered back a few steps before promptly regaining his balance, then he used his right dagger to jab at Connor's lower chest.

[Anon In Equestria 57]

Connor tried to block the dagger with his for arm but the dagger went through his armor and lodged its self in his forearm, connor let out a very rude insult then used his other arm to punch the genlock in the face, then he took a few steps back and positioned himself next to tessa.

 

"Son of a... Tessa, burn his corrupted ass"

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(Sorry for the late replies. Has Lots of stuff to do )

 

Tessa reeled back a little when the glenlock came running towards her. But then Connor intervened in the glenlocks attack. Tessa saw her chance and used a mindblast spell to stun her target. She then unsheathed her blade and jumped in the air. She struck down into the glenlocks skull, fracturing his skull and penetrating his cranium.

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(Sorry for the late replies. Has Lots of stuff to do )

 

Tessa reeled back a little when the glenlock came running towards her. But then Connor intervened in the glenlocks attack. Tessa saw her chance and used a mindblast spell to stun her target. She then unsheathed her blade and jumped in the air. She struck down into the glenlocks skull, fracturing his skull and penetrating his cranium.

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(Super important post!)

 

The final genlock fell to the dirt with a thud, leaving the village with a calm breeze as the volume of the fighting suddenly died down. It was then that Ser Thomas began to see the true extent of the horror that befell the village.

 

One of the small cottages had its door broken down completely. There was a trail of dried blood that lead out of the cottage where the darkspawn had dragged a villager outside for feeding. The woman by the well had clearly died of a head wound, as her skull was busted open where it appeared she had been slammed into the side of the well. The foul smelling substance that the Ogre had been feeding on appeared to be the remains of the town guard. Shards of metal extruded from the corpse which appeared to be the shredded remains of a set of plate mail armor.

 

Ser Thomas tried to focus on something else and said to the other recruits, "Rica went into the chantry to look for survivors. We should meet up with her there."

 

He calmly walked with the others to the entrance of the Chantry. The thick door to the Chantry made it impossible for them to know what was happening within its walls. Once he visually confirmed that the other recruits were with him, he opened one of the two doors to the Chantry wide enough so that they could all see inside.

 

Rica was inside of the Chantry's main hall just as Ser Thomas had said. However, she was not alone. She had both of her dragonbone daggers out and was skillfully dueling with a single dakspawn.

 

The Darkspawn she fought was unlike anything Ser Thomas had seen before. It was the same size and shape as a hurlock, but it's armor was different than any other darkspawn uniform he had seen. It had a massive black chestplate and two massive gauntlets, but no piece to protect its biceps. The gauntlets were linked to its chestplate with crude, black chainmail. It had a thick pauldron (Shoulder guard) that stuck out at a sharp point on both ends and doubled as a neck guard. Its greaves and boots were similar to that of a hurlock alfa, save for a darker shade of black. The darkspawn's helmet covered every feature of its face. Small eye holes were the only opening in the entire helmet, and they were too small for even arrows to enter. The helmet had a rounded shape with two enormous metal horns protruding from it. Despite how massive and clunky the armor was, the darkspawn was able to command his movement with ease. In fact, it moved with more speed and grace than any other darkspawn they had encountered. The mysterious darkspawn skillfully wielded a two-handed darkspawn greatsword.

 

The brief fight they witnessed happened too fast for any of the recruits to intervene. Rica's weapons were lighter, yet the darkspawn was somehow able to swing his clunky sword even faster, forcing Rica to be entirely on the defensive, unable to counter attack. Each time the darkspawn swung its massive blade, Rica had to block with both of her daggers to keep the sword from cutting into her.

 

The darkspawn made a powerful upward swing aimed at her head. She was able to parry the attack, but the force of the swing caused her to lose her grip on her daggers. Despite her best efforts to maintain her grip, the two daggers were sent flying out of her hands and landed far across the chantry and made two loud clanks.

 

For a brief moment, the two fighters locked eyes. Both Rica and the darkspawn knew what would happen next. The darkspawn took a short step back and then thrust its blade deep into Rica's lower torso, so deep that the blade burst out the of her back, impaling her completely. Her armor was completely useless against the blade as it cut through as if she were wearing silks instead. She coughed up a wad of dark-red blood before her vision faded away and she went limp.

 

The darkspawn placed its boot on her shoulder and used it to push her off of its blade. She fell onto her back and blood began to pool beneath her. The darkspawn lowered its blade and looked back at the entrance to the chantry, seeing Ser Thomas and the other recruits.

 

Ser Thomas had never heard a darkspawn laugh until that moment. The mysterious darkspawn raised its sword and laughed a deep and horrible laugh which produced a sickening sound that no human could ever recreate.

 

(You will have to fight this guy, but you won't be able kill him... yet.)

Edited May 7, 2014 by Snails