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ahrad had insinuated they were not very bright patrols only graced the center streets and buildings like a fly buzzing my ear zazzo s voice penetrated my mussing once more if we re going to take her out we have to do it soon i hope your ready for this i simply nodded before slipping into the shadow nalice s henchmen were nothing compared to creed s worgen they were preoccupied with the some strange devices which seemed to be collecting the stray arcane energy that surrounded karazhan even better i knew this place had walked its shattered pathways many times before it was a breeze to slip along the outskirts of the village and around to the cellar s entrance the only true start i had was when one of karazhan s former residents decided to make an appearance however she seemed to feel that i was not worth her notice merely drifting on after staring at me for a few moments nalice herself was holed up in the deepest part of what had once been the master s cellar the extended storage catacombs beneath the keep the particular area she was using actually contained a a well i knew the violet eye had noted for its arcane energy so consumed was she with her arcane studies she didn t even notice me until i garroted her human throat an assassin did the little whelpling send you after me come rogue let s dance eyes blazing nalice went after me with everything she had and as a dragon her her skills were immense i ve got some secretes of my own rogue she taunted as she suddenly became invulnerable to my attacks putting a shield around herself and throwing arcane landmines across the floor however it was simple to see that these generated not from herself but from devices she had manufactured not unlike the ones her cultists had been working on quickly disenageing them made her vulnerable once more i i need more time nalice s eyes darted around the room seeking assistance but her lackeys were far away she like many others of her kind preferred to plan alone and it would be her undoing wounds riddled both of our bodies but it was clear that nalice was in worse condition than i this isn t how it ends not for me i m a survivor i almost felt pity for her she was right she had been survivor she was running from her own flight from the rest of the dragons but what kind of life would she have had hiding out in the cellars of karazhan pretending to be a goddess madness was only a breath away ending her life was a mercy with a final thrust my dagger hit home with a shutter i felt nalice s life begin to slip away with a shimmer she lost control over her human form i leapt back not to be crushed by her draconic weight you cling to a shattered world she groaned your time comes soon enough it took me a moment to locate a vial to gather some of the pooling blood it seemed that no sooner was it in my possession and corked than i felt zazzo s presence once more nalice dead i gave a tired affirmative then felt the pull of a arcane teleport you did it she s dead unbelievable you re some kind of miracle worker zazzo seemed to leap around me as i collapsed on the ground before him his superfluous praise making me a tad uncomfortable i was just doing my job here give me that blood i can perserve its energies in an arcane matrix for your trip back gingerly handing him the vial of blood the mute testament to my accomplishment i watched with bemusement as he waved his hands around muttering over it once he finishes he hands it back to me as if the vial contains something toxic done you ll want to get this back to wrathion as soon as possible along with those two daggers of yours wiping his hands together he continued i don t know what he plans to do with this stuff zazzo adds with a shrug between you and me sometimes that little dragon kid creeps me out good luck his duty to me completed zazzo gave a relieved sigh then ported himself out of there by this time i had recovered enough to drag my own sorry carcass up and make my way back to ravenholdt fahrad and wrathion still circle their table contemplating their next target however at my entrance they both look up ah you ve returned i no longer sense nalice s presence is she dead or has she somehow eluded us both wrathion watched me with glittering eyes as i pulled out the vial of blood and listens intently as i give them both a brief discribtion of what transpired in karazhan s cellar incredible few assassins would be clever enough to infiltrate nalice s wards and use her own magic against her wrathion crowed his face wreathed in smiles she allowed herself to be defeated fahrad interrupted bitterly the others will not be so weak perhaps wrathion conceded for that reason we will need to gather more supplies but first wrathion motions for me to hand him the vial of blood and my daggers his face is a mask of equal parts reverence and revulsion part of the blood he pours into a rune covered bowl that fahrad hands him into which he drops the gems i collected one by one muttering an incantation the bowl fares with smoke and light then wrathion reaches in removing the gems which he then places at equal intervals along the daggers without warning he takes the remaining blood and pours it over the blades of the daggers and the steel seems to writhe and twist as though a living thing when the smoke clears the shape of the daggers has changed and now they literally wink at me what have i gotten myself into to be continued posted by daraia at 4 07 pm no comments labels legendary quests rogues role play short story tuesday march 27 2012 divided loyalties part 2 unreasonable anxiety griped me once again closing my throat with panic grimly i clamped it down doggedly pushing on unconsciously my hand crept up towards my shoulder pouch when i realized i jerked it back to my side time was running out and i needed help fast at the end of the small court yard in the central of old town sat a stack of crates and two large barrels i gave the area a quick survey before slipping behind them deep in the shadows i could just make out a large grate with a tug it came up on invisible hinges exposing well worn steps balancing the grate on my shoulder i gave one last scan before descending into the fabled tunnels of stormwind officially they were created to allow workers to clean and maintain the city s canals and sewer systems unofficially they were the underground highway of smuggled goods information and home to many of the few true native residents in this port city full of immigrants light filtered down through the quartz bricks hidden along the canals within the planter boxes and bridges casting murky shadows along the generous walkway of the tunnels my nostrils are filled with the damp and musty smell of algae and salt rather than sewage and rot i give my eyes a moment to adjust to the gloom before heading off once more mentally i counted passage and doorways before coming to a stop before a unassuming yet battered portal positioning myself in a beam i tapped a rhythmic pattern on the door then waited i hear rather than see a spy slot open shortly followed by the sound of a voice cursing then a bolt sliding away a hand shoots out warm fingers grip my icy wrist and i am momentarily thrown off balance as i find myself pulled into the shadowed room the reenforced door closing with a clang almost on my heels what are you doing here kaitou questioned almost savagely rapidly taking in my rather altered appearance you look like something your cat drag in how did you find me as he peppered me with questions kaitou pushed me towards a seat and began opening up lanterns about the room i took the opportunity to inspect his haven compact the room was dry and scrupulously clean packed crates were stacked along the back wall forming stepping cubies leading to a sleeping loft each crate was neatly divided by item cloth flasks bundles of leather precariously rolled were stuffed in the bottomed rows while bags of what appeared to be gem stones and jewel crafting supplies filled those closer to face level in the middle of the room was a table with two chairs on the walls hung weapons of various types daggers axes maces and swords all in excellent repair to the left was a large square trunk covered with folded stacks of clothing beyond that another door which appeared to lead to a small water closet kaitou himself was as usual impeccably dressed he seemed to have a flare for the dramatic oh not that he would stand out if he didn t want to but rather that he was a firm believer in form and function hence yes a ruby ear ring to go with his red tipped uniform and each piece pressed polished and coordinating to perfection his hair pulled back with a nonchalance that took time to create and others would never be able to do with quite as much panache i couldn t help but grin kaitou just always made me smile i on the other hand as he so eloquently stated looked like something my tabby cat had gifted me with an eye patch covered a new head wound from my most recent trip to northrend my skin was unnaturally pale and the usual injures acquired during prolonged campaigning were not healing as quickly as they had in the past i didn t think it was just age anymore that was why i was here to see kaitou as to how i found you blame sharky i pulled rank and favors so he ratted you out at kaitou s thunderous expression i could feel my grin grow sharky a young up and coming officer had started out as a street rat just like kaitou in fact the two were very good friends from those days and it was due to sharky that kaitou had come to my attention in the first place but sharky had found his calling within the church becoming a priest and gaining new loyalties where kaitou still walked the solo of code of the streets kai sharky thought you might be my only hope for an answer i could see the quickly suppressed surprise i need you to look at some gems for me i pressed on seeing the disbelief why do you want me to check out gems when you are partnered to a perfectly good jewel smith kaitou questioned motioning me to take a seat at the table disbelief evident in his tone i had therigwin look at them and give me his opinion however this is about more than your skill as a crafter kai i observed the younger man through narrowed eyes yet again i was trusting my instincts in this i so needed an unbiased opinion hopefully kaitou would be able to give it to me reaching into my shoulder pouch i removed a small leather purse pulled the draw string and pored its contents out onto the table s surface they look like shadow crystals kaitou commented pulling his jeweler s ruby monocle out and affixing it to his eye before picking up one of the gems for closer inspection i couldn t help but smile at the fact that even the tools of his trade coordinated with his outfit yes they do but watch this getting up i moved about the room once more shielding all the lights the gems on the table now glittered like stars reflecting on the ocean s surface i heard kaitou s hissed breath together we relit the room in silence so what do you think i finally asked kaitou spoke tentatively in response gems and metals are very different things metals are easily altered mixing in other elements or metals to strengthen it gems in general are natural formations it is how you cut and shape them that you make use of their best qualities the only thing i have seen that reacted like that in the dark was saronite but that was green not purple and a metal shrugging he continued why ask me and where did you find them i felt myself shiver at his words sharky had been correct with his encouragement in sending me to kaitou bear with me while i try to explain this ok you know i m a scribe right well most scribes are nothing more than really good copiest a lot of them are artists that can t even read i on the other hand can read in a number of languages and have a photographic memory which means that once i have read something i never forget it alright now in addition to this i have always been considered somewhat sensitive i guess that is the term to certain types of mind games back even before we were working in karazan there was a shadow priest by the name of orodrith a mentor of sharky he use to love to play games with me by looking through my eyes whenever i was out scouting i got to being really hyper aware when people were doing things like that then we got to northrend and encountered the faceless ones and yogg saron i took a deep breath before continuing i noticed something while we were campaigning in northrend the more our metal wearers began using the saronite in their armor and weapons the more reckless and aggressive their behavior became at the time we all just thought it was due to the prolonged campaign i mean we had been in outland thought we were coming home only to have to ship out again to go to northrend then i discovered something while transcribing something for the death knights and paladins of the ashen verdict they believed that saronite was actually created from the pressurized blood of yogg saron ok what does this have to do with these gems absently kaitou was playing with the jewels running them along his knuckles making them dance or dropping them through his fingers seemingly mesmerized by the twinkling darkness of their depths i got each of these in northrend off of high ranking servants of deathwing i saw kaitou start at the information his gaze jerking off the gems to my face once more they were in caches of no more than seven usually three to five once more i took a deep breath before continuing now i have a question for you how do they make you feel i sat back and waited for the answer i had been watching him as he had absently fondled the gems but my words had stilled his hands what do you mean kaitou stared at me as you hold them touch them what are you thinking feeling do they affect you at all i watched him praying that he felt it too that i wasn t going crazy that it wasn t just to much campaigning and not enough sleep power the word seemed dragged out from him your right there is a sense of power about them i didn t even notice until you asked it is like a caress on the brain the stroke of a lover sucking you in his hands jerked away from the gems how many of them are there three hundred and thirty three i signed that is how many i was contracted to get and the more i collected the more unstable i feel when i spoke to my spouse about it he didn t feel it but then he is also a blacksmith and worked with so much saronite while we were in northrend he wasn t sure what i was asking he is also a paladin and the light is so strong in him that may have something to do with it to i shrugged i thought i was going crazy when i talked to sharky so he suggested i talk to you he thought maybe you would be able to give me an unbiased opinion since your tour in northrend was significantly shorter and he felt you and i were more alike again i couldn t help but show my own confusion what are th...