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As some began to leave, out of anger, frustration or irritation, Rhea kept her steely expression, but inside she was grinning widely. It seemed the first step was easier than she had expected. ----- Several weeks prior. "Your Grace, this is reckless. You can't-" "Rhea," The Empress snapped...

Rhea laughed, audibly, in the face of this 'woman'. It wasn't an amused laugh, it was a mockery, a blatant and obvious insult that echoed around the room with bitter disbelief. "Your words are empty." Her face turned sour, grimacing at them, "Lovely people? Protection? Sacrifice?" The Empress...

Rhea threatened an eye roll at the pair, but restrained herself reluctantly. "Leading kingdoms?" She scoffed, "Are you so ignorant of your own transgressions? There's only one thing to understand about war - it perverts us, makes us cruel; in war we do things we never quite thought we could, all...

"Perhaps you all need an outside perspective." A tall woman donned in regal armour of golds and bronzes marched into the hall, a small train of soldiers at her back. "The eyes of the onlooker are the most keen." Rhea's ship had sailed for weeks to arrive here, a long and tiresome journey for...

"Now is the time." The cart halted by the others, reins pulled taut by an unwavering grip. "We should take what we can carry and untie the horses; we'll move faster without the cart." Anna's head turned to face her sister, her expression no longer sympathetic, only stern and resolute. "Let's...

The sorceress kept silent in the face of the human's questioning, her mind and body felt heavy, and for a moment she simply didn't want to have to deal with anything - but such pleasures weren't to be had. The ground shook and trembled violently, bloodied earth splitting and cracking away as the...

Amelie seized the opportunity, sparing no second thought as she ran at the creature with furious intent. An arc of lightning splintered against its side, drawing the ire of the weakened beast as it settled its ravenous gaze upon her. "You're not finished are you? Put up a proper fight." The...

Amelie restrained her power, her blaze burning away at the darkness enough to weaken it, to hurt it, but she did not drive herself deep. There was no intent to destroy. She knew what darkness this creature harboured, what this Ivers had perhaps unknowingly taken host to, and what came...

There was a bitter recognition in Annalise's eyes as she felled creature after creature, misshapen abnormalities that twisted themselves back together in more grotesque forms each time. Amelie's mind touched her own for a brief moment, and the pair shared their acknowledgement of this very...

In her transfixed state, Amelie listened intently, drinking in the confessions of an insatiable evil, the history of this beast, and with every morsel dug her claws ever deeper. Her struggle was struggle no longer, she could not assault this mind as she had, for it was no singular force. A...

Amelie's mind clouded, the ground beneath her feet shifted and groaned, pulsating with a singular heartbeat. Pools of flesh and blood had melded together, forming a gruesome living surface. Her bare feet no longer padded through carelessly. Every agitated step sickened the vampire, and she...

The blade pressed deeply into her breast, puncturing the leather, such as was the strength of a vampire. Anna looked into the young woman's eyes as her sword pierced her heart, they bulged for a moment from the shock, before closing as she lost consciousness entirely. The vampire withdrew her...

Amelie watched as the woman was grounded. As her neck was torn and the blood began to flow freely, as her strength ebbed and her movements slowed. Die. The thought skated through her mind, swift and quietly. The vampire had drawn closer, the beasts falling upon the girl; as spiders would...

Their was a faint smile adorning Amelie's rosy lips as she spoke, "Ah, so a monk whom steals from the dead." She tapped a well-manicured finger against her nose, "I won't tell." The younger vampire turned away from the woman as she continued to speak, gracing them with her tale; as did Anna...

There was a flicker of movement as Annalise turned on the stranger, blade once more poised as she readied to attack. The elder vampire might have advanced, already pressed her sword tight against the woman's throat with a swift flash of silver, but such a move would be obviously inhuman, and...

The creature thrashed violently, bloodied fingers reaching, it's mouth biting and gnashing, spewing reddened spittle as it writhed and flailed trying to tear at Anna's flesh. Its animalistic movements were hard to predict, but this ghastly beast was by no means a match, and Anna had little...

"Absolutely not." Amelie raised her dress, removing her shoes and rolling the bottom of her dress up to her upper thigh. She removed a couple hair clips, her once perfect hairstyle sagging slightly, and used them to pin her dress up. The vampire's bare legs were slender, definitely the kind to...

The horses were growing restless - frightened even, and the further they went into the city the more reluctant they were to proceed. Anna knew why; it was like she was ripping weeds from her own mind, tearing at this incessant gripping feeling that pressed and writhed against her. She could...

The marketplace was a nightmarish scene. Bodies, charred and ashen, littered the large square; some dispossessed of limbs, or parts of their bodies savaged grotesquely. The inner city was desolate, buildings ruined far beyond the destruction that had wrought its way throughout Glewick. The...

The great city walls loomed over the pair; even in their scorched and ruined state the structures were an imposing sight up close. How such ruin befell the grand city would be a tale worth telling, no doubt. The outskirts were less damaged, a scattering of hovels and cattle farms, their...