OOC: Tehehe...
http://www.zeldacentral.net/midi/A%20Li ... ctuary.mid

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IC: There is a man going from house to house. A Hylian. A Hylian Knight. He was armed with a sword and sheild, and with many armed knights with him. He was gathering men to fight in the battle to come. Women weeped. Children cried. He soon had about 100 men with him. The town was empty when the past. The man leading himself was sad to see this. He came to another. And another. It was terrible to see. Fathers left their children. Sons left their fathers. Husbands left wives. All going to the castle, preparing to get armed.
He apporached another. He shouts, "I will not leave my wife and child alone!"

"I am afraid you have no choice, sir."

"I won't leave them!"

"Fight, and you will live. You will see your family again before the battle. Fight well, and you will live."

"There is no making me!"

"Guards." three men came, and dragged him away. He fought back, but they held him fast.

Meanwhile, other knights gathered the women and children to return to the Castle, away from the Thicket... and Parapa.

"Leave treasures and values behind. Bring only what you need." called a knight.

Sadness filled the streets. And soon, most of the village was left empty.

The knight approached you. "I'm sorry, sir, but you must join us."

OOC: I would much rather be rude to a Goriya than a Knight, but Kasei and Cloud took the fun of that, so I guess I'll respond to this one

IC:

And what happened here? thought Blank as he approached Rauru Town from the thicket. His feet ached, as eh had been walking for hours nonstop. His boots, which were once in excellent condition, appeared to require replacement immediately. Sighing as he entered the quiet town, he made his way to the nearest building of interest, the Stock Pot Inn. Much to his exasperation, he found it empty, and at that point he glanced about the Town Square.

Women and Children were being led away from their homes and towards North Castle, forced to leave their own humble abodes and any valuables behind. A few men were being dragged away, conscripted into the Hylian Knights against their will. And then Blank heard that term used to describe the enemy faction of the Knights. The Exiles. His mind flashed back to the recruitment in North Castle's Temple Quarter, where he had refused to join up. Now it appeared that he was not the only man who had no passion for fighting alongside the Knights.

But when the guard approached him, he could feel that irrepressible expression of aggravation appearing on his face. His sullen brown eyes slitted as the other man's words battered at him like the punch of a furious Moblin. "You must join us." The four words struck their grim chord in his memory, each of the short terms chiming and colliding into each other and exploding on impact with the nerves on his brain. Specifically, the nerves that sent commands to his arms. In a swift act of obedience to himself, Blank's swords appeared in hand, a menacing grin plastered on his face. He responded to the four-word command with a four-word retort.

"Like hell I must."

The guards were not about to let him walk away. "Either you will follow, or you will be left to die, facing your doom with the Exiles. They slaughter all in their path."

"My home is protected by ancient powers. They won't be able to enter it." Sovelis says to the guard. "Is there a draft in effect, i was not told of this. If not, let the man stay with his family. I am going with you in his place. Even though I'm 17."
OoC Sovelis looks 17, he is realy 56 or so.

You will fight for Hyrule anyway. Letting you fight in his place will only subtract our amount of men. And even if your house was unsiegeable, and if everyone were to stay here, no matter how large, we will not be able to leave it. The Exiles will spend every moment of their life, waiting for us to come out. And the Rifts will be disabled by a mage, to be sure that no Exiles warp into the castle. If we use a rift to escape your home, we will let them get to us, no matter what. I'm sorry, sir, but they will always have an obstical around your attacks. You are young. Try to understand."

He turned back to Blank. "Now, I am willing to let you leave. I see in you, that you disagree completely. I can see in your eyes, that you have lost much... you've nothing to fight for... nothing to save... no use in fighting... I understand. Thus, I will let you be the only one to leave. No one else will follow you. Now go quickly, and say we never met." He turned to the next person, telling them to start making their way to North Castle.

" I can re-open rifts. Or SHIFT people to safety. I also can copy myself. We won't need more men, SIR! " Sovelis says eyeing the knight, a red after-glow starting to form in his eyes.

My good Sir.. I'm already helping you.. my name is azador greenfield,
ask general Bannin.. he knows me

those exiles are going to have a hard time.. if they face my black magic hehehe

As the man walked away from Blank, Azador approached. His face was grim about his raised spirit. "Do not think that we are the only ones with Black Magic, Master Greenfeild. We still have just as much of a chance to succeed as them all the same..."

He patted his arm, and went to the next man. He was hooded, and was leaning his back upon a tree. "And you? What is your name."

The hodded man chuckled. "I'm suprised you don't even remember your own brother, Mrust."

"Nibor! I thought you left!"

"For a time. But partings need not last forever, so the Legend says."

OOC: *Du nu nu nuuuuuuu!* Enter, Nibor, son of Greatblade!

IC: "So, Nibor, did you find what you prospected?"

"No. The pass to Mido is blocked by some fell being. A sort of forcefeild..."

"Just like the servants of Ganon would do... this is why we cannot bring a ship from Parapa to Mido?"

"Correct."

"Did you bring back anything that tells about the Exiles' plan?"

"Negative. I didn't know we were at war until I reached Rauru."

"And you didn't want to go near their base..."

"Nay. I knew not where it was... but there was a graveyard I passed that gave be a shiver in the desert, a shiver of the presents of evil..."

"So you believe that the graveyard is where they are."

"It was stronger, the closer I got to the passage. But it failed once I passed a little furthure to the West..." the two were silent for a long moment. Nibor continued. "A Moldworm attacked me."

"Are you alright?"

"Fine. I pierced it through."

"Good.

"And I met our cousin while in the Castle."

"Who?!"

"Nogare, Greyblade's son."

"Really! I'm amazed! Will there be any chance that we will meet him?"

"Very soon... he's in the Castle now."

"Wow. Only 40 leages away from a cousin I've never met!"

"I was amazed as well!"

"Indeed... I wonder why Uncle parted from the family."

"I'm not sure..."

They slapped each other's arm, and Nibor Ranger followed his brother Mrust as he went to the next man...

Sovelis walks away, to go take care of his friends that are all at his house. Kayrin, Aria, Dogura, Darkin, and Brin. He triped and landed face first in the dirt.

Nibor and Mrust watch as he falls. "Let's hope he survives..." murmurs Mrust.

"Indeed. I've nothing against the race of Humans, but this lad is obvious to have only some skill with the sword."

"Indeed. I shall help him throughout the battle." He looks over to his little brother. "It appears you've no fear of this coming war."

"There is nothing to fear. Father said we shall live, as long as we all fight together.

"Yes... I agree. And I say this not of overconfidense, for we shall live through the battle. Just watch your back. training for 19 years is not about to fail on me."

"Aye. Nor I..."

Sovelis gets up and dusts himself off. oh great! he thinks, Now I look like a doork in frnt of these soldiers... he says as he walks off, carefule not to trip agian...

"But where do you think he is going?"

"Away from us..." Mrust then hastened to Sovelis. "Do not leave at the eve of battle. If you prove loyal to us, then you must retreat with us. Come."

'I will stay and Detroy the enemy. I will unleash a demon upon them, One that will slaughter them by the hundreds with every stoke of his sword." Sovelis says as he fineshes dusting of his new red coat. It was embroyderd with many runes and symbols in what LOOKED like black thread.

"Like I said to Azador, do not raise your spirit. I am suprised thAt you have not realized that this may be the last battle we ever see. We cannot as Calatia for help, because they will take too long to reach us. The south is guarded by fell beasts that cannot be stopped by any mortal, or will power. East is an even worse case, for the only other way to them is past enemy lines. There are no allies to turn to. This is the last battle Hyrule shall witness. Do not raise your spirit. But I didn't say not to have hope. There is still hope for victory. There are mages on either side. Being that they have possesion of the Triforce of Power makes our case worse. And that they will have other allies, such as the Valley of Death, and Death Mountain. Versus about 1000, maybe 2000.

"Hylians, Humans, Deku, Zora, Gorons, Rito, Sheikah... versus Armos, Brainwashed Darknuts, Dodangos, Digdoggers, Gels, huanting Ghini, Gleeoks, Goryia, Moblins, Lanmolas, leevers, Like Like, Manhandlas, Moldworms, Octoroks, Patras, Peahats, Pols Voices, Stalfos, Rope, Tektite, Vire, Zols, Zolas, Wall and Floor Masters, Lynels, Keese, Gohma, Gibdos, even Aquamentus, with Achemen, Bits, Boon, Bots, Daria, Deelers, Fokka, Geldworms, Gooma, Lizalfos, Wizzorbes, invisible Moa, Wosu, all of which are covered with armor. Do you not see that our fate is fo naught. Do you not see. We are doomed."

"Not while we havev the sages!"

Mrust turns to see a Hylian woman standing behind her. "Melwen, you cannot fight in this war.

OOC: Debut of Melwen, daughter of Rauru, elder of the town of Rauru.

IC: I will not watch as the people of this world fall into the shadow of evil. I will fight!"

"Melwen..."

"Or let them kill these people."

"... very well. Join..."

"Earnen should come from Ruto, should he not?"

"Others are going to gather men from there. It is unlikely that Earnen will be disnmissed..."

"Good. I will need his power added to mine."

"But two desendants will not nothing for us..."

"Wrong. It will."

"But not enough!"

"True, but it is something."

WIth a sigh, Mrust gave in. "Very well. Let us go! Let us return to the North Castle Temple Quater. These people must all council soon with his majesty."

So it was that the people of Rauru departed, leaving their homes to the fate of the Exiles...

Sovel watched as the town emptyed. This seemed to happen a lot. anywhere he moved to, something bad always happened. Sovelis calmly walked to his house, went in, and shut the door...