It has been two months since the destruction of the Dark God Tiranous. At the end of battle, the life of Xzistance was claimed protecting friends. Legara suffered a great loss losing their leader Aelloon and the castle within Legara itself. A new leader with an unknown identity has taken control of tyrant forces. Cale'Anon Vatay and his companions along with their Dragoon powers seek to unmask the new leader and further push to put an end to Legara. Word of Xzistance's death reached all the way to Veruveigan, where Elly, not wanting to believe her 'beloved' has fallen, is preparing for a journey to go find him.

<So, you are intent on doing this sweetheart?> Giran asked of his daughter.

"Yes Daddy, Xzistance is alive out there somewhere, he has to be... it is his destiny to marry me and I will find him," Elly replied with a stubborn tone.

<Be careful out there.> the old man said.

"I will Daddy." Elly said. She then gave her father a quick kiss on the cheek and teleported herself to the surface world. She appeared in the small forest that thrived below the floating city of Veruveigan. Picking a random direction she sets off north in search of her 'love'...

Interesting start. Elly's a ditz.

Elly continued on her way not too sure where she was going. She had barely left the confines of Veruveigan and the longest she had been away from it was to help Xzistance and his friends in the big battle against Legara. As she walked she could have swore she heard something coming up behind he fast. Spinning around and firing a Frostfireball she watched as someone easily dodged it.

"Holy crap!" the stranger called out. The man lost focus due to avoiding the attack and ran into a tree really hard. Worried Elly ran over to the man and quickly discovered it was an Elf. He had short messy spiked black hair and green eyes. He wore a simple black leather vest, black leather pants, and black leather boots.

"Are you okay?" Elly asked. The Elf looked at her and gave a wide grin.

"Heh, heh, I hit a tree... it hurt," he replied, quickly getting to his feet.

"So, umm like, who are you?" Elly inquired of the odd stranger.

"My name is Diggs, that it is." he replied.

"What are you doing out here Diggs?" Elly asked. Just looking at the Elf made her realize this guy had problems. Sure she knew she wasn't the smartest girl in the world outside of her magical knowledge but this guy made her look semi smart.

"Oh, no reason, I'm just here. So, what's your name?" Diggs inquired.

"My name is Elly." she replied, wondering if the Elf before her was stable...

Oh gods! XD XD XD
Something tells me the combined IQ of the adventuring group can't exceed 160.

For comparison... Tavor's IQ alone is somewhere around 130ish (nearish to mine). XD XD XD

This could be funny.



Edit: Before you ask, Why Tavor?... Well, he's simply one of the smartest of the characters in my stories, the second being Rin. I myself am probably somewhere in between their IQs. And he seemed like a good measuring point, given how clear it is in my stories that he's very clever.

"So tell me Elly, where you heading?" Diggs asked. He walked sort of leaned back with hands behind his head extending his legs to full length every time he took a step.

"I am searching for my boyfriend." Elly replied.

"Sounds like fun, care if I come along?" Diggs inquired.

"Yeah, sure, the more the merrier!" Elly exclaimed.

"Sweet, I have been searching for something to do other than just wander around." the Elf said. As they walked they found themselves near Legara's great wall.

"Wow, didn't realize we were so close to here." Elly said getting a shiver.

"You there," came a very authoritative voice. Elly and Diggs looked around and saw a Legara scout. In an instant Diggs's entire personality seemed to change. His face became serious as he leaned in taking a fighting stance.

"What are you doing here?" the scout asked. With lightining speed, Diggs took off toward the soldier. Keeping his inhuman speed Diggs connected with a hard punch into the soldiers stomach and without losing momentum, spun around behind and elbowed him hard in the head knocking him unconscious.

"We should move out of here, quickly," Diggs said, his face and voice stern. Almost as quickly as he had become serious a goofy grin reappeared on his face.

"Well, that was fun." he said...

OK, they're both ditzes.

"Hmmm, that elf may actually provide a challenge, something I haven't had in a long time," a cool female voice stated from the shadows. The mysterious figure had watched Diggs quickly dispose of the Legara soldier with little effort. She followed the duo for a time until they were well clear of Legara territory.
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Diggs and Elly made their away from Legara and found themselves heading toward Port Tyne. Diggs's ears perked up and he quickly spun and caught a small knife and using its momentum turned with it and threw it into a tree.

"Very impressive." came a cool female voice.

"Who are you?" Diggs inquired while Elly tried to recover from the scare of a sneak attack.

"I am Sarina, that is all you need to know." the woman said. She was wearing a black hooded robe which hid her face.

"So, you're a Rogue." Diggs said.

"Not too bad, you're smart and cute," Sarina said with a coy voice, not realizing the irony of her statement. She quickly withdrew two daggers and charged toward Diggs. She thrust forward with a dagger and the Fighter with quick speed grabbed her arm and tossed her over onto the ground.

"Why are you attacking me?" the Elf inquired.

"I am simply looking for a challenging fight." the Rogue replied...

I am torn. I want to either make http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMUAQRqb3uY...feature=related Diggs's theme or this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PL1QU0YZNk or maybe neither, I am leaving it up to you guys to decide. also, WTB feedback for my last post please, I want to know if I set up the scene right.

first one.

Sarina jumped behind some trees and hid herself in the shadows. Elly stayed back realizing the Rogues fight was with he new companion.

"Good luck Diggs." Elly said. Diggs focused himself on trying to find Sarina. With a small grin he took off running. Moving with lightning speed he caught the Rogue in the arm with a hard punch. He then did a back somersault kick which knocked the Rogue into a tree. She fell to the ground landing on one knee as her hood fell back off her face. Diggs was instantly stunned with her beauty. With a sly smile she leaped at the Fighter and knocked him to the ground. She brought one of her daggers down toward the Elf's chest. Using all of his might, he threw her off him causing her to lose her grip on the dagger she attempted to stab him with. The two quickly got to their feet and the Rogue disappeared from where she stood and appeared right him. She grabbed him by the throat and placed her dagger to his throat.

"Yield." Sarina said. Diggs simply chuckled as he rammed his elbow into her stomach causing her to become winded. She loosened her grip on the Elf and stumbled backwards. Diggs then ran up to her did a spin kick into her chest knocking her to the ground.

"Alright, I yield," the Rogue said spitefully, still trying to catch her breath. Diggs walked over to the Sarina and offered to help her up. It was then that he really noticed her features. She had long silver braided hair, blue sking, and yellow eyes.

"You're a Dark Elf," the Fighter said, surprised...

Sarina smiled as she took Diggs's hand. Using some force she quickly pulled the Elf to the ground and hopped up. The Rogue then kicked him in the side causing him to roll across the ground a couple of feet.

"That was dirty," Diggs said as he climbed to his feet.

"What did you expect, I am a Rogue after all." Sarina said. The Rogue then ran at Diggs, and before he could move she stabbed one of her daggers into his left arm. Diggs yelled in pain as the Rogue kicked him in the stomach, causing him to double over. She then took a running start and kicked him in the head, which sent him crashing hard to the ground. Diggs tried to get up feeling dazed and a little confused. Once he could see straight he removed the dagger that was in his arm and threw it into the ground. Sarina charged the Elf once more, only this time when she got close, Diggs threw a hard punch into her chest which knocked her back a few feet. He then took off running toward her and did a running dropkick which knocked her to the ground. The Fighter also suffered for that one as he landed on the arm that had been stabbed. With a scowl on her face Sarina started throwing knives as soon as Diggs was on his feet once more. With an incredulous look on his face he dived behind a tree.

"Don't you think this has gone on long enough, why don't you just give up and admit me the victor." the Rogue said with a seductive voice, trying to play on the fact that he was a guy.
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Cale and his companions moved through the desert that led to Kethenecia.

"I am glad to hear Kethenecia is still around." Gyoro said.

"Maybe not in the fashion you think however." Cale said.

"Maybe this Gaten you speak of will have come across some information about who has taken charge of Legara." Ururun said. Cale then felt his body shiver.

"That feeling again Pinky?" Krunch inquired. The noble Elf simply nodded.

"I have had this feeling so randomly, as if someone is following us, however we never see or hear anyone." Cale said. Kethenecia then came into view.

"I am so glad to be back, I still have some Sand Dragons to try and tame." Richard said.
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Diggs came out from behind his tree once Sarina stopped throwing her knives. Diggs knew he was hurt and he was losing a lot of blood from his wound. He then thought of one last thing he could, he really didn't want to use this against a pretty lady like the Rogue but he did not want to lose this fight. With a grin his right hand started to glow.

"Mystic Arts!" he called out. He then charged the surprised Sarina and ducked down a little.

"Flaming Uppercut!" Diggs yelled. His right hand then burst into flame and he hit her with a spinning uppercut. The Rogue flew through the air and crashed hard to the ground, her chin in pain from being burned by the fire that had ignited around his hand...

It's just like Richard to try and tame dragons that obviously can't be tamed.
Try and post more story. I like where this is going.

Sarina got back to her feet and noticed that Diggs's eyes were now glowing brightly. Not wanting to push the Elf further she placed her daggers back in their holders.

"Very well, you win this round, take note however I will beat you next time." Sarina said. Diggs took a deep breath and started grinned a big goofy grin.

"All good." the Elf said. The quick change in attitude took Sarina by surprise. Elly ran over to Diggs and started checking his wounds. She placed her hand over the wound on his left arm and a cool light blue light covered her hand. A moment later the injury had completely healed. She then went about and healed all of his wounds and injuries.

"Thank you." he said, an idiotic look on his face. Elly then walked over to Sarina to heal her. The Rogue pushed her away and huffed.

"I don't need your assistance." the Drow said. With a pouty lip Elly simply walked away from the mean Rogue.

"So, where are you all heading?" Sarina inquired of the duo.

"We are searching for her missing boyfriend." Diggs replied. This piqued the Rogues interest.

"Is he strong?" she asked. Elly simply looked at her for a moment.

"Of course he is, he is one of the strongest guys I know." the Magician said.

"Hmm, I may very well come with you then, I would like to meet this lover of yours and battle him." Sarina said.

"You would only lose again," Elly said, trying to just be mean to the Rogue for her earlier action.

"We shall see about that." the Rogue said, giving Elly an evil glare. 'And when we are done I will slit all of your throats,' Sarina thought, grinning about the prospect...

Something tells me that Sarina is not a friend at the moment......And that if X is still alive she'll never even have a chance!

Do not like this dark elf.

Side note. Calling out his powerful attacks seems a little cheesy and... pokemonish.
I like it. XD XD XD

"So tell us Sarina, do you know where are?" Elly asked, as the group advanced through the forest. Sarina smacked the palm of her hand to her face, a reaction she felt that she felt she would be doing a lot on this trip.

"You mean to tell me, you plan to travel the world and you don't even have a map?" the Rogue inquired, her hand still over face.

"I guess a map would be a good thing then I take it?" the Magician countered. The Drow took a deep breath and honestly contemplated just slitting her throat right here and now, for her own sake and to put the girl out of her own misery.

"Yes, a map is a good thing, you're lucky that I am smart enough to have brought one," Sarina said, talking down to the girl. The Rogue reached into the small side puch she was carrying and retrieved the map and examined it.

"We are near Port Tyne." the Drow said. Elly simply looked at the Rogue.

"You have led a sheltered life haven't you," Sarina said, wondering how long her own sanity would last with these two. Thankfully to her her relief Diggs had been silent for the past little bit.

"Oooo, a port town, bound to be some babes there," Diggs said, breaking his silence.

"Let's just go." Sarina said, annoyance in her voice as she stomped off to the front of the group...

Just because he is a total goof normally and a really awesome fighter doesn't mean he doesn't have typical guy thoughts when it comes to girls, especially possible girls in bikinis.

Another days travel finally saw the traveling trio reach Port Tyne. Also after that day Sarina felt like she could rip her own hair out. After finding out that Diggs wasn't too bright she had to wonder how she had lost to him in a fight.

"I need a drink, badly," the Rogue said, quickly leaving the duo and going to the pub.


"Woohoo!" Diggs exclaimed, running off. This left Elly to herself. She started walking around the town lost in thought not even paying attention. Her thoughts instantly wandered to Xzistance and wondering where he could be. As she walked she didn't pay attention to where she was going and ran into someone. She looked up apologetically. The person was wearing a black hooded robe much like the Rogue, only this persons concealed every part of his body.

"I'm totally sorry." Elly said. The person just chuckled at her.

"You're searching for someone, aren't you?" the person questioned, his voice masked and muffled, making it hard to tell what he really sounded like.

"Of course, how did you know?" the Magaician inquired.

"It's in your eyes, take my advise, keep searching, you will find who you are looking for someday, I can guarantee it." the stranger said. The person then turned and walked off.

"Well, that was odd enough." Elly said shaking her head...

Noob. I wouldn't to be traveling with him for a day, or minute.

You totally didn't say anything about the most important part of this post. >.< lol.

After the encounter with the hooded man Elly made her way to where Diggs was. She arrived just in time to see the poor Elf get smacked really hard by a young woman sunbathing. Diggs saw the young Magician and approached her rubbing the side of his face.

"Are you, uhhh, like okay?" Elly inquired.

"Yup, she's just playing hard to get." Diggs replied.

"It's starting to get late, we should go get Sarina and turn in for the night." the young woman said. Diggs just nodded in agreement. The two then made their way to the bar the Rogue had went into and heard a lot of commotion. The duo entered just as Sarina tossed a patron into another.

"No one touches me there, am I understood?" the Rogue raged. A table came flying toward Diggs and he simply bent over backwards and it sailed harmlessly over him as a huge brawl broke out between the various patrons.

"Well, I bet that would have hurt." Diggs said, looking at the now splintered table. Sarina stormed over to the duo and grabbed them by their arms and drug them outside.

"You okay?" Elly asked.

"Let's just get a room and get some sleep." the Rogue said, still really angry...

Oh, yeah. I bet that was Xzistance in the cloak. I'm about 94.99% sure.

Or was it really? You gotta remember with me, not all is what it seems sometimes.

That's why I said 94.99% I'm never sure with you.

Lol I love this guy. Slightly perverted, dorky, badass goofball. XD XD XD

Glad you like him, he is turning out exactly how I wanted him too as well. I was worried about not selling him right.

You definatly got him right, the only person I can think of who's more goofy and stupid and dorky is my sister. Or, in Designia's case. Cale.

The group paid for individual rooms and went their separate ways. A giant storm started outside a short time after they settled in. Sarina removed her robe leaving her in just her undergarments. A loud crack of thunder shook her windows and she screamed while closing her eyes tight. Diggs, walking down the hall heard Sarina's scream and came breaking through her door, looking around ready for a fight. He then noticed the Rogue and started blushing madly. The Drow opened her eyes and quickly picked up a nearby vase and threw it at the Fighter. Diggs dodged it and quickly made his exit. Sarina went over and climbed into her bed and got comfy. Another crack of thunder shook the windows and the Rogue whimpered quickly covering her entire body with her blanket.
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Diggs returned to his room embarassed about what had just transpired. He wondered to himself why he always had such bad luck with women. He shrugged about it and jumped onto his bed and sprawled out simply relaxing. He looked to the ceiling thinking about why he always stuck out with the ladies.
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Elly was covered in a white glow and her usual outfit was replaced by a white lacy see through nightgown. It was made out of silk and it felt so good against her skin. She quickly climbed into bed not used to such long travels. With Xzistance on her mind she fell peacefully asleep.
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The following morning came too quickly, or at least in Sarina's opinion not quick enough. Diggs was already downstairs eating breakfast when the two ladies finally emerged. The Rogue looked really bad off with rings under her eyes like she hadn't slept much the night before.

"Morning" the Elf greeted cheerfully. The Rogue just sneered at him and left the inn. Diggs just looked on confused wondering what her problem was...

O_O *singsong voice* AWWWWKWWWWAAAARDDDD!!!!

I'm thinking Sarina has some crazy fear of thunderstorms....

and yes....AWWWWWKKKKKKWWWWWARRRRRDDD

I agree

Jowy, I have a cinder bock and I'm not afraid to use it. *Holds up cinder block*
WRITE MORE STORY! I'm bored.

0.o my first cinderblock threat. I dunno if I should be honored or scared, nonetheless, I am writing!

Yay! I'll go get more cinder blocks......* rushes off to get cinder blocks from pile*
Edit: I can't wait any longer! Sal won't write even if I use puppy dog eyes and a cinder block. Dragon hasn't even responded to my cinder block I have writer's block on my own story, and My wow account is down so I can't play Des to get ideas! I'm dying from the boredom.
And, no, I don't want to go to bed. That's no fun,

"So, we have established that your boyfriend isn't here," Sarina said with a yawn.

"Where do you think we should head to next then?" Elly inquired.

"We should head toward Mechastone, see what we can find out there." the Rogue replied. With that said the trio gathered their things and moved out.
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Cale and his companions finally reached Kethenecia and made their way toward the main tower, where Gaten would most likely be.

"Kethenecia, what happened to this place?" Kururu asked, shocked that the once vibrant city was now in essence, a ghost town.

"It is a long story, I will explain later." Cale said. The group made their way into the tower and headed toward its highest room. They entered and sure enough, Gaten was sitting at a table over looking some scrolls.

"Lord Cale." Gaten said. He quickly got up and bowed.

"No need for such formalities Gaten." the noble Elf said.

"Tell us Gaten, have you heard anything about Legara's recent activities." Krunch inquired.

"Not too much to be honest, only that Aelloon is dead and they have a new leader. Nothing beyond that though, sorry my liege." the former village leader said.

"It's alright Gaten, we will stay here for a couple of days then out." Cale said. At that moment Richard came rolling across the ground.

"They still won't accept me." the Warlock said with an innocent look on his face.
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Elly, Diggs, and Sarina had left Port Tyne and was now making their toward Mechastone. They moved along their way in an open plain when they saw some shadows in a distance. Diggs perked his ears up and quickly got serious.

"It's a platoon of Legara soldiers." the Fighter said...

Keep going......*Pulls on hair*
I have a cinder block. Actually, I have thirteen of them. I'm going to bed now, but hope there will be more story in the morning.

As late as I am up usually, you should come on in the morn a very happy camper.

Lol @ Richard. X3


Oh, btw... I think I have a funny running joke ready for my next Tales story...
Let's just say this: Tavor and a machine that malfunctions. Repeatedly. Constantly. A certain black-haired elf losing his temper. Repeatedly. Nuff said.

Hmm, that will prolly make so much more sense when I see the actual joke in play lol

The Legara platoon spotted the trio of adventurers and halted.

"Look lads, we have hit the jackpot, look at these two pretty things." the commander said.

"Yeah, like you would ever have a chance." Sarina said.

"Allow me to introduce myself, I am the Knight of Twelve, Runsei." the man said with a chuckle.

"The Knight of Twelve?" Diggs pondered out loud.

"Yes, the Knights of Twelve are the personal elite guard to the new Legara commander himself, that is all you need to know runt." Runsei said.

"Do you want us to dispose of them Lord?" his subordinate asked.

"Indeed, these should be nothing for even the likes of you to deal with." the Knight said. The platoon of about 48 Legara soldiers dismounted. Before they could react Elly started to cast Arrow Storm which quickly disposed of about twelve of them. Diggs ran toward a group of about five them and used his lightning quick speed of punches and kicks to lay them out. Sarina was moving with swift speed as well stabbing however many she could at crucial points or simply grabbing them and slitting their throats. When they had laid waste to Runsei's platoon they focused their attention on him.

"I will not be as easy, I promise you that." the Knight said with a chortle.

"Come on, I will take you all three on at once." Runsei said.

"A mistake." Sarina said. She vanished from where she stood and reappeared behind the Knight. Runsei spun around and grabbed the Rogue, placing an arm around her neck with the intent to break it. Diggs quickly went into action and did a jump flip over the Legara soldier, and quickly kicked the back of his leg forcing him to let Sarina go. The Knight spun around, only to have a leg from Diggs jumping spin kick hit him hard in the side of the face. Runsei quickly recovered and charged at the Rogue as he drew his sword. Before the Drow could react, he got a clean cut across her chest, he then spun around to strike at the nearby Elly. Elly quickly reacted and a purple bubble exploded from her, sending the Legara soldier flying through the air. Before he landed, Diggs ran and jumped up and doing a front flip with his leg extended, landed it hard in the mans chest causing him to hit the ground hard, leaving an indention of him in it. Runsei got back to his feet a bit more slowly this time. He grabbed Diggs by the arm and spun around with him tossing him into a tree. He recovered his sword just as Elly tossed a Frostfireball at him. He struck it with his sword and cut it in half, causing the two halves to sail harmlessly past him. Sarina started throwing knives at him, most of which he surprisingly dodged. The ones that did hit him barely affected him any. He then charged at the Rogue once more. Sarina was ready for it this time and dodged out of the way, but still caught a glancing blow to her arm. Diggs recovered to his feet and ran at Runsei. When he was near the Knight, the man came around with a hard right punch and sent him sprawling across the ground. Elly then fired a giant purple beam of Arcane energy at Runsei, which hit him with full impact. Though it didn't move him, it hurt him really bad. Sarina then leaped at the Legara soldier and planted both of her daggers in his chest. Diggs then saw his chance.

"Mystic Arts!" he called out. He then started spinning around really fast.

"Tornado Flame!" he yelled. A small man sized tornado made of fire emerged from his body and engulfed Runsei. When the tornado vanished the Knight was nothing more than a pile of ashes.

"Well, he has seen better days, that he has," Diggs said with a grin on his face. Sarina then slapped the palm of her hand from her uninjured arm to her face...

Um I think Sarina summed it up pretty well.
*facepalm*

lols.

Interesting fight.



Side note. Use a color other than orange. I keep mistaking them for links and going to click on them. XP

Gaten walked over to Cale who was sitting near a window looking out over Kethenecia. The thing that stood out the most for the time being was Richard still being persistent in trying to tame the sand dragons. He was even to the point where he was using his Dragoon powers to do it.

"My Lord, I have some news for you." Gaten said.

"Oh, what do you have for me?" Cale inquired.

"It is about Legara's new leader. Apparently, he has an elite guard called the Knights of Twelve. Not much is known about them besides that they are apparently ten times stronger than your average person, also, the are ranked by how strong they are with the Knight of One being the strongest and the Knight of Twelve being weakest." the middle aged man replied.

"Thank you Gaten, we will be leaving out in the morning, do you have anything else for me?" the noble Elf inquired.

"No, that is all My Liege." the former Mayor said.
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Elly and her companions sat back and relaxed on the coastline. Elly had healed their wounds and now they were just recuperating. Diggs was standing on a small ledge near the water. He went to take a dive and his eyes went wide.

"Oh crap, a rock!" he called out as he slammed head first into a small boulder protruding out of the water. He came back up onto the land with a goofy smile on his face and a knot on his head.

"Wow, that knot on your head is pretty big," Elly said with a giggle. He just looked at her with the grin still on his face.

"I hit a rock, it hurt." the Elf stated in response. It was times like these that Sarina desired to slam her own head into a rock over and over and over again...

After resting for about an hour or so the group decided to continue on. They were still a couple of days removed from Mechastone which meant they still had a bit of traveling ahead of them. The group decided now to move into the forest and go through it in order to avoid any further fights with Legara. Diggs walked side by side with Sarina in the hopes to try and get to know her better.

"So tell me, why did you choose to become a Rogue?" the Fighter asked.

"Let me slit your throat, that will explain why." Sarina said with a sneer at the young Elf. Realizing that this was going nowhere he fell back to walk with Elly.

"So, tell me a little about your boyfriend," Diggs said as Sarina moved ahead of them, out hearing range. Elly got a dreamy look on her face as she thought about her 'lover'.

"Well, he is currently an Undead, though at his request my Daddy and all of Veruveigan's greatest Alchemists crafted him a potion that will return him to human when he is ready. He is also a Mage, he recently fought with some friends he made against a God, I was told he had died in that fight but I refused to believe so I set out to find him. This is the longest I have ever been out of Veruveigan." Elly explained. She then let out a long depressing sigh.

"He sounds like quit a guy alright, that he does." Diggs said.

"Tell me a little about yourself." Elly said.

"Well, I am from a small forest village named Kokiria to the south of here, it was there that I studied about fighting, one day, I broke one of my villages laws and entered the Forbidden Library to look at some fighting books to improve my techniques, unfortunately I got caught and was banished from my home." Diggs said.

"That is so aweful," Elly said with a shocked look on her face.

"It was from those books that I learned my special techniques like my Mystic Arts abilities." Diggs said.

"Are you two just going to sit back there and yelp all day or are you going to catch up!" Sarina called back from up ahead, annoyed that they were moving so slowly...

The group moved forward into the forest when they started hearing grunting sounds. The followed the sound until they came across an Orc wielding a giant double bladed axe that was two times his size chopping at a tree. He had a dark green skin tone and had swept back red hair that came to just below his neck. The orc turned around and they saw that he had a double braided red beard. He wore a simple chainmail shirt, chainmail pants, and chainmail boots. The Orc spotted the team and eyed them curiously. Attaching his enormous axe to his back he approached the group as Sarina withdrew her daggers.

"Stand at ease Rogue, I will not hurt you, unless you desire it." he said with a gruff voice. With a glare the Drow put her daggers away.

"Who are you?" Sarina demanded.

"My name is Roark if you want to know so badly." he replied. He then gave the trio a sweeping glance.

"Hi, I'm Diggs," the Elf said, extending his hand. Roark simply looked at it for a moment then turned to the Magician.

"My name is Elly." the young woman said.

"What are the three of you doing way out here?" the Orc asked.

"We are searching for someone, have you crossed anyone other than us here lately?" Sarina questioned.

"Come to think of it, a strange fellow decked out in a black hooded robe did pass through here a few days ago, really didn't notice and really didn't care enough to notice anything about him, sides from the robe he wore." Roark replied. Elly thought for a minute at the Orcs words. Something about the mention of a robed man made something click but she was having trouble remembering what. After a couple more moments it hit her.

"I ran into a man in Port Tyne who was fully covered in a black robe." Elly said. She thought on that for a moment. Something about the kind stranger had given her a familiar feeling. She shook it off, thinking it probably just reminded her of the Council back in Veruveigan.

"It will be dark soon, there is a cave nearby that I have been using for shelter the past couple of days, let me finish cutting down this tree for firewood and I will take you all there so you can rest." Roark said...

Roark had finally finished chopping wood for firewood and led the trio of companions back to his cave. After starting a fire and setting up a pot over it to cook some stew, the Orc sat down with the companions to talk with them.

"So tell us Roark, why are you here?" Elly inquired.

"No reason really, I just like to travel to new areas and see whats there." the Orc replied.

"That sounds so exciting." Sarina said with pure sarcasm.

"So, where are you all from?" Roark asked.

"I bet you would like to know." the Rogue said. With that the Rogue got up and moved to the other side of the cave.

"What about you two?" the traveler inquired.

"I am from the sky city of Veruveigan." Elly replied.

"I am from a small forest village called Kokiria." Diggs said. The Orc looked over to Elly.

"So, you're here on the surface hunting for your boyfriend, tell me about him." Roark said. He then got up to stir the stew.

"Well, his name is Xzistance." Elly started.

"That is an odd name."

"Well, he is Undead." Elly said. The Orc looked at Elly with an incredulous look on his face.

"You're, with an Undead?" Roark said, his voice just as surprised as his face.

"Yeah, well you see, he has on him a potion that can return him to human, the only draw back from it would be that, his powers would be greatly decreased and right now he chooses to fight some sort of war going on here, on the surface world." Elly explained. The Orc then nodded at the girl like it all made perfect sense. He pulled the pot of stew off the fire and beckoned for the others to come eat. After everyone filled their bowls and sat down, Roark figured he would ask if he could tag along with them.

"I have a favor, I would like to travel with you, since you're searching for someone you're bound to travel a great many places, all of which I would like to see." Roark said.

"Really, we would love to have you along, you're cooking is fantastic." Elly said, her face glowing when she complemented his cooking.

"It would be awesome if you came along, the more people there are the more fun this will be." Diggs said flashing his usual goofy grin. Sarina just gazed at the Orc thinking of it simply as her having one more thorat to slit later on down the road. The group ate their fill of the stew and resumed simply relaxing.

"We should get some sleep, it is late." Roark said. The group laid down on the cave floor getting as comfy as they could. A few moments the companions had fallen asleep...
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Well, if nothing else Designia will be happy when she comes on. She said she wanted more story for when she got on in the morn and I have given several posts for to sink her teeth into.

Very interesting story so far, will definitely have to keep up with this one! I like the characters so far, not real sure about Diggs' special moves, but I'll live :3

The orc sounds interesting, I would definitely say to dig into his character allot deeper. He's got an interesting aura around him, and I like interesting auras.

Post moar. Or I toss a house at you. XD

No! I've already threatened him with a cinder block. I am the only one who gets to threaten him. because I have the cinder blocks. You are forgetting your place.

And, good story, Jowy. I can't wait to see what the orc does.
And, ARE YOU NOCTURNAL? The latest I have stayed up is, well........three nights in a row. But still!

My main on WoW is an 80 Tauren DK. I will eat you. Then I will drink your soul. I toss houses. Houses trump cinderbricks. Nyah

Edit: had to laugh at this whole thing.