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[Seraphinox]

Seraph made it out onto the street as he heard a shout from one of the soldiers.

He ran as fast as he could milling his was through the crowd till he stopped in a side alley to catch his breath.

Hopefully they won't find me here!

He stopped to think, he wondered what would happen to those other people that were in the inn.

Pff they started it, nothing to do with me

He decided to keep walking down the alley

[Fitz24]

Quickly dodging the intial Javelin toss by the lead soldier, Travis saw Zekk in a dead stare with one of the soldiers after explaining he did nothing wrong. Travis ignored Zekk's plans for diplomacy seeing that soldiers would have no rhyme or reason. He began his attack, being more skilled with a lance, Travis had no problems with the lead soldier however, Jeff, who wielded his sword was having issues with one of the soldiers. And Arnold with his axe snapped the soldier's lance in two thus making him unable to continue.
I have to get out of here Travis thought. He noticed the archer sprinting away through the crowd and told his men to do the same. Arnold came to help Jeff and after distracting thr soldier the men dashed away. Travis on the other hand ran soon after his friends were safe and held the two soldiers back himself.

He narrowly escaped, receiving a cut on his torso....
Where will we go now? Travis thought.
OOC: Jeff is a mercenary, Arnold is a fighter

[Dath]

Zekk sighed. This violence wasn't going to solve anything. However, the three mercenaries looked like they could deal with those soldiers by themselves.

However, the bowman might have some trouble if the lead soldier got right in his face. So Zekk left in a hurry to find Seraph.

[Seraphinox]

Seraph had absolutely no idea about the layout of this city, this was larger then any other place he'd been before.

He emerged from the alley onto what he hoped was a a parrallel street to the one with the inn, so all he needed to do was keep heading deeper into the city...

I hope those others kept those soldiers preoccupied

I wonder if there are more soldiers out searching by now

After that thought he began to suspect everyone as he walked...

[Fitz24]

On the run from the soldier the mercenaries regroup in an alleyway where Travis' horse was kept. Travis mounts his horse and says to the mercenaries, "Get out of here, go back home, it is unsafe for you guys to be here right now." Arnold and Jeff deny but Travis orders the two to leave. Arnold asks, "What about you? What are you going to stay here and do?" Travis replies, "That swordsman....he looks familiar to me....but I can't quite put my finger on it, but I know him from somewhere." Seeing that arguing any further, Arnold and Jeff grab some supplies and head back to Crimea.

Who was that swordsman? It bothered Travis not knowing so he quickly began searching around the town for the swordsman very carefully to not be detected by the soldiers.

[Green]

On the way to vienna...

Tania clinged on to her brothers robes as they rode on towards Vienna. While they were riding, Alucard noticed something different about his little sister...

"Tania, did you erm... get a little taller?" Alucard asked. Sure it wasnt important but it has been a while since he had a decent conversation with his little sister. Tania answered.

"Maybe... I dont know, why?"

"Nothing..." Alucard replied dryly. It was hard talking to her sister, Tania would get offended over the slightest slip of tongue, he had to tread carefully. "What happened back there?" The silver paladin finally asked. Thats when he remembered her wound. "Espion, halt!" He shouted tugging his reins and stopping the horse. Alucard dismounted and with a little help, so did Tania. She seemed dazed.

"What is it?" Tania slurred. As if she didnt know already, her brother was always concerned. It wasnt healthy for him, he was always putting her forward

"Lord brother, if you dont take care of yourself then you'll die... and I'll follow you soon afterwards, we'll never be able to avenge mother and father." A yound Tania cried.

"Tania, there is a reason I constantly dote on you, I promised Mother I'd watch after you, forever, even after death, I'll never let anything terrible fall upon you."

"Lord brother..."

"Your shoulder, let me see it..." Alucard said sitting down besides Tania, he peered into his satchel and produced a vulenary and a couple of bandages. Applying the vulenary, he started to wrap up her wound with the bandage. He helped her up after he was finished bandaging her wounds up. "Your robe is tattered, take it off." The silver paladin ordered.

Tania frowned, unlike her brother, she didnt like to show off her noble heritage. Nevertheless, she removed her robe revealing a burgundy dress similar in color to her robe. "Happy?" She asked, a little annoyed.

"Heh, now you actually look in place. We should go now, those soldiers might catch up to us." Alucard said mounting onto Espion.

"Yes, lets." Tania said following his brothers motion, mounting onto the horse. Within a matter of seconds, they were off.

Mother, father, you'll be avenged, just wait a little longer.

[Mankut]

Rose shook her head as she walked away from the now destroyed inn. She thought, "One insult and everyone starts fighting. Barbarians." Walking to a store, she bought an apple. Rose left the store and headed for the stables, where she untied her pegasus. She climbed on top of it and quickly rose up into the air. As she flew to the next town over, she saw a group of soldiers moving towards an alleyway where the archer was hiding. She turned away and quickly focused on the sky.

[bblues]

The boat pulled out of the harbour. Santon watched it leave, as it drifted towards the sunset. What was it the captain had said?

''This is Crimea. It used to be so much more, when Queen Elinicia ruled. Now though, it's becoming a haven for criminals, while the rich sit back and laugh at the poor. A revolution is coming, mark my words. Leave while you can.''

'Yet I have nowhere to leave to..'

He turned around, and headed into the darkening town, hoping to find a clue as to his past, but more realistically, something to drink, and take the pain away from his arm.

[Fitz24]

As Arnold and Jeff were out of Travis' sight he began looking for the swordsman. However, to be undetected by enemy troops he put a robe over his armor and instead of his usual lance, he carried a sword, which he despised using.

Out into town there was much commotion about the inn, but Travis tried to ignore most of it. He heard two civilians saying, "Is this the start of a rebellion in Begnion? I have heard news that someone has been forming a resistance group." This intrigued Travis, making him want more answers about what was going on here.

The swordsman looked like he knew information, along with the archer and the nobles looked very much like they knew what was going on, being their secretive nature.Travis thought. Only the more reason to find the swordsman.

Searching streets, markets, taverns, alleyways, Travis began to think this was a lost cause.

Will Travis ever be able to find out what is going on?

[Dath]

Zekk kept walking. He thought that he saw Seraph several times, but they were just men who were similar in appearance. Finally, he spotted him coming out of an alley.

"Hey, you alright, man?" He asked, walking towards the archer.

[Fitz24]

Travis was growing impatient, he felt the chances of finding the swordsman growing slimmer and slimmer. He felt as if he had searched the entire town, but eventually Travis saw a figure. In an alleyway he saw the swordsman, but it looked like he was searching for someone as well.

Could he be searching for me too? I better go over there.
Travis immediately rushed to the swordsman when in the alley he saw the archer from the inn, he was a few paces behind the swordsman and a few more from the archer.

He heard the swordsman speak to the archer, "Hey, you alright, man?"

[Green]

Riding to Vienna wasnt pleasent. It had started to rain and Espion had lost her footing a couple of times in the mud. Tania couldnt stay quiet any longer.

"Lord brother, please stop." She said quietly.

"Tania, whats the matter?" Alucard asked without stopping. He had a good feeling what she was going to ask and before she could say it. "No, I forbid you."

"Lord brother, you havent even heard me out." Tania whined. Alucard didnt bother replying. "Please lord brother... I cant leave those people like that. I need to get back to Freesia, I need to help them."

"Why do you bother Tania?" He asked pulling Espion into a halt. Dismounting, he continued. "We have our own goals that we need to attend to, crying over a bunch of commoners isnt going to help."

"Lord brother, why must you be so negative for?" The thunder mage snapped. "Yes, they are commoners but that gives us even more reason to help them, they arent as fortunate as we are. Brother, why are you so cold? Why must you push everyone away from you... do you not care for yourself? Do you even have any regard for your life!?" Something clicked in Alucard, the silver paladin shouted back.

"What do you know Tania!? All you've done is leech of me, I've taken care of you since our parents died, you have no right to question me. Now do us both a favor and shutup, do not speak again until you have something useful to say!"

Tania was taken back, she'd never seen her brother like this before... it hurt. "I... I..." Near the verge of tears, Tania said something that she'd never dream to say to her brother. "I guess there is a reason why Claire killed herself." Alucard felt something rise inside him, a deep anger. It was all a flash, he couldnt remember anything. He just look down and saw his siter on the floor, holding her cheek crying. Alucard was frozen, he couldnt think. He just ran, to where? Who would take him? He was a terrible brother, he had failed his parents.

"Lord brother, what is wrong with you?" Tania said wiping away her tears. Her cheek was a bright red as she removed her hand. Just as she got up, she dropped her pendent. Looking at it closely, she started to remember all the memories she had with her brother and began to cry even harder. Picking up the pendent she put it on around her neck. "Lord brother, no matter what comes between, I'll always love you. You're hurting yourself by keeping it in, you have to let your rage out... or it'll kill you one day..."

Mounting onto Espion, Tania heading back to Freesia.

[Dath]

Zekk heard a boot touch the ground behind him, and unsheathed his sword and swung it around. He stopped at the last second, seeing Travis.

"Oh...You should know better than to sneak up on someone. Especially more so if that person is armed," Zekk said, nodding at Travis.

"You wouldn't happen to be looking for someone, would you?" He asked.

((Hope this is alright, Fitz.))

[Fitz24]

Arnold and Jeff on their way back to Crimea:

"Why did he want to stay, I just don't get it." Jeff said.
"I don't know, he keeps a lot to himself, so his motives are relatively unknown." Arnold replied.

The two mercenaries strolled down the road when they see a girl on a horse. Jeff quickly gestures to Arnold, "Is that the girl from the inn? The one who left with the noble?" Arnold replies, "Yeah, I think it is, where is the brother though."
The girl was quickly approaching.

Jeff shouts, "Excuse me miss? Where are you going?"

Travis in Fresslia:
The swordsman quickly heard his footsteps and turned around, drawing his blade, and before attacking Travis, lowers his blade.

"Oh...You should know better than to sneak up on someone. Especially more so if that person is armed," the swordsman said, nodding at Travis.

Travis took a large sigh of relief.

"You wouldn't happen to be looking for someone, would you?" He asked.

Travis replied, "Actually, you are the person I was looking for, I believe I've seen you somewhere. Do you know the Hezlot family?"

[Dath]

"Hezlots...Hezlots...Are they Daein, or Begnion? Or possibly Crimean? The name suggests Beorc, but I couldn't be positive," Zekk asked, as he thought.

((Anybody mind if I submit a new character to be added to the RP?))

[Fitz24]

"They are Crimean, we are a family of blacksmiths, is this ringing any bells?" Travis replied relatively quickly, as if anxious to hear an answer.

[Dath]

"It sounds familiar, but I cannot place why. At my age, it's often hard to access memories from earlier on. Perhaps my father used to get blades from there?" Zekk asked, stumped.

[Fitz24]

"Who was your father?" Travis asked, trying to solve this mystery.

[Dath]

"Skyler Wilder. He was a former King of Daein," Zekk said, trying not to attract too much attention. One of the reasons that he had abdicated was because of too much attention. Zekk didn't like the limelight, the way his father had.

[Green]

"Huh, wait, these soldiers... I've seen them before... but where? Um... hi! I'm just heading to Freesia, I heard something tragic happened there, a bandit attacked a little girl and almost destroyed an Inn. I was going to see if I can help." Tania lied. Yeah, I know these guys, they were the dumb soldiers that were hanging around the inn when I blasted that bandit. No... they might have saw me... Calm down Tania, just act like you dont know them.

"So, what brings YOU here? There is nothing but forest around here and closest town is about a day away and that is by horse..."