Charn

~Grateful * Surrender~

~Grateful * Surrender~

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ok this is an RP that we started on another RP and it is interesting so I wanted to see where it would go on here. I am not jadis so if anyone wants to step in for her that would be great! Oh and it would also be really nice if you posted a character profile here

Charn, the greatest city of the world, the most beautiful creation ever to be beheld by the eye of anyone, was drunk with power, debauchery, and sin. The building that reached to touch the sky and the brightly colored tapestries and clothes could not hide the reality of it all. The streets were stained with the blood of the innocent, everything had been defiled, and nothing was pure or simple any longer in Charn.

The temples of the many gods of Charn rose far and beyond the rest of the structures of the great city. Today there was a to be a humane sacrifice to the gods, many had gathered there to see who would be chosen as the next victim of this practice. The queen stood at the forefront of the temple behind the alter waiting to address the people.

“ We have come to please the Gods that have given Charn it’s power and Might.” With that she looked over at some guards who immediately hurried off into the temples dungeon.
 
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((Ok so this girl is who I am...just thought I would clerify))

The guards hurried out and came back half carrying half dragging a young girl. She was a beautiful thing with long flowing blond hair that now looked back from being in the temple holdings for quite some time. She wore a clean blue dress that fluttered about. The girl however was not about to conform to ritual, being lead silently to the sacrifice of the gods of Charn. She struggled as the monks of the god of Safti (the god of life and death) chanted and the gongs grew louder. The girl looked up and saw the one thing she despised more than the gods, Jadis. Fire filled the girls eyes and she fought even harder but to no avail for the guards were strong and well trained. No. I will not give her the pleasure of seeing me go easily. Tenyasda repeated that oath over and over in her head as she was dragged closer to the altar of the bloodthirsty god. Tenyasda was made to kneel on the ground in front of the tall majestic woman and bow her head. The guards did not dare let her go even though her hands were bound she was a fighter and everyone could see that.
The monks began calling out the specific chants and the crowd responded as the did ever time this sickening ritual took place. Jadis bent over and whispered something in the girls ear and then addressed the crowd. Suddenly from nowhere it seemed the monks began dropping dead one by one with poisons darts sticking out of their backs. Tenyasda looked up with hopeful eyes and she was right it was her brother. As the guards were distracted she was able to shove one off balance and kicked the other directly under his chin knocking him unconscious. All the people ducked as arrows flew from the young mans bow as he entered the temple. Jadis raised her knife to strike the young girl who had fallen a few feet in front but it was knocked out of her hand by one of his well-aimed arrows. The girl scrambled to her feat and the two of them vanished. Jadis looked up with murderous eyes as the people slowly rose to their feet.
 
Hmm...there is ~JadisTheWhiteWitch~! I'm not sure when she'll be on-line (she is usually on late), but we can ask her. :D

A strong, muscle-bound man dressed in armor wrought of fine silver, lined with gold, and draped with scarlet and purple velvet - the royal colors of the Queen's House - kept a vigilant eye as a traitor sent a volley, killing some of the guards. He stood no more than a few inches away from Jadis. An arrow had successfully knocked the knife out of his Queen's hand, and a last arrow, carefully aimed, was unstrung and flew directly towards Jadis just as the young girl and the traitor sped away.

"Your Majesty!" No time to think. He knew what he had to do...it wasn't going to be pleasant. He stretched out his arm quickly and the arrow struck him in the wrist, at an open point in his armor. His eyes closed and he grimaced at the horrifying pain, but he knew his Queen would not forget his actions. This was why he had been appointed and chosen...this was his sole purpose in being. Early on she had recognized his talents when he was a youth, a lad of sixteen years. Now, aged twenty-four, and extremely well trained, he had become one of the elite infantry of Charn.

The people who had stood remained absolutely silent. One small whisper would cost one of them their life...
 
The bells of the city alarm rang out behind them as they ran madly up the steep hill that led out of the City. The once graceful blue dress that adorned the young girl was now torn and dirty. Finally they reached the cliffy aria that acted as a natural barrier for Charn and a hide away for ruffians and vagabonds.
“In! get in there!” The young man pushed the girl into a cave and fallowed closely. They were crawling on their hands and knees until the sealing of the crawl space jetted up and it became a great tavern but still they pressed on. It became very dark so they slowed their pace and felt their way along the winding halls.
“The path splits which way?” The panting of the two young people was soft as to muffle any trace that could lead Jadas’ guards to them.
“To the left.” And so it went for hours until the girl could press on no further so they sat down to rest. The Girls face was smeared with dirt and blood and she was a sight not wished to be had. She sat down on the ground next to the young man and suddenly embraced him and began to cry.
“Oh, Tren, I thought that I would have died back there.” She sobbed. “ I was trying not to show it but it was so frightening, I…I…I hate her!” Trensten simply embraced his sister and stoked her head.
“I know, but you are safe now. Do not worry, she will never prevail against us. That I swear!”
 
Curumo said:
LOL!! A grand entrance indeed, Your Imperial Majesty! *Terthas bows to his Queen*

PS (your coat-of-arms is here, Queen!)
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*Jadis smiled as she seen her guard bow before her and spoke*"ah thank you I know it was a grand entrance"
 
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Terthas grimaced at the horrible pain. With his right hand he plucked the arrow out of his wrist and bit his lip. He could feel the warmth of blood in his mouth as he did so.

He stood at ease but felt extremely tense...he knew Jadis was extremely angry. And when she was angry, something was going to happen; something always did on such occasions. A slothful servant disobeying his orders, someone resisting arrest, another making a public protest. It always ended horribly for those other people. But how unfortunate for them! They chose not to heed the words of Charn's Empress, and as a result they paid the price for their lack of conformity. Their punishments are well deserved, he thought to himself.

He waited patiently for what was to happen next, and what orders his Queen would give.
 
Curumo said:
Terthas grimaced at the horrible pain. With his right hand he plucked the arrow out of his wrist and bit his lip. He could feel the warmth of blood in his mouth as he did so.

He stood at ease but felt extremely tense...he knew Jadis was extremely angry. And when she was angry, something was going to happen; something always did on such occasions. A slothful servant disobeying his orders, someone resisting arrest, another making a public protest. It always ended horribly for those other people. But how unfortunate for them! They chose not to heed the words of Charn's Empress, and as a result they paid the price for their lack of conformity. Their punishments are well deserved, he thought to himself.

He waited patiently for what was to happen next, and what orders his Queen would give.
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*Jadis looked to her guard with murderous eyes and spoke coldly*"Terthas gather some of my guards and find those two that exscaped me now go now!!!"

((I'm hope this is ok I'm not good at playing a evil Queen but I'll get better hopefully)))
 
(Ice-cold so far! :))

Terthas bowed to Jadis. "As you command, my Queen!"

"You there, with me NOW!" he commanded. Eight guards immediately snapped to attention and Terthas led them in the direction of the fugitives. Long months of preparation had gifted Terthas with a keen sense of direction, of smell, of sight. Though he had some difficulty at first, he soon learned where the fugitives had traveled, and what direction they had taken. He was already on the trail...
 
Curumo said:
(Ice-cold so far! :))

Terthas bowed to Jadis. "As you command, my Queen!"

"You there, with me NOW!" he commanded. Eight guards immediately snapped to attention and Terthas led them in the direction of the fugitives. Long months of preparation had gifted Terthas with a keen sense of direction, of smell, of sight. Though he had some difficulty at first, he soon learned where the fugitives had traveled, and what direction they had taken. He was already on the trail...
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((thanks))
*Jadis watched as her loyal guards and Terthas started off after the two victims with a evil like joy playing on her face*
 
Tren knew these hills like the back of his hands. He knew every nook and cranny every crevice and cave even better than the night watch. He could sense that he was being trailed; he knew that Jadis would not let up easily. Ducking under jagged rocks that jetted out of the side of the cliff like knives and running as fast as their legs would carry them they soon disappeared. Tren was a good hunter...he knew what they would be looking for to find him and he knew what to do so that they would lose the sent and direction of where they were headed. He knew how to loose them and he was determined.

The faint light flickered and cast long shadows on the cave walls. Tenyasda, rose from the puddle of murky water where she was attempting to wash her face and arms. She glanced over at her brother who sat gazing into the fire as if it would give him the many answers that he searched for.
“Tren, try to eat something.” The meal that she offered was a humble one of bread cheese and a bit of dried meat. He turned it away and did not spare a look at her. “ What is it that afflicts you so? I can’t bear that you are so silent…please talk to me. Say anything you like just talk.” She knelt down beside him and took his hand in hers. She felt his pain of what she knew nothing but the pain was unmistakable and she wished she could relive him of it some how.
“ Tenya, it is all my fault, do you not see? All of this has befallen us because of me." Still he refused to look up at her, to meat her longing gaze.
“No, it is not your fault, Tren. Don’t be foolish. If it were not for you I would have died alone when mother and father were slain by those vagabonds. If it were not for you I would be dead on an alter sacrifices to some god that does not even exists and if he does he does not deserve to be a god. Tren you are the reason I am alive so you have not yourself to blame but that reached woman.”
“It is because of me that Jadas has tried to kill the only thing that I have left in the world.” He looked at her for just a moment but she could see tears brimming in his eyes. “ I refused her and now…”
“You loved another. You had every right to refuse her and if she is too weak to handle the reality that there are others out there better than her that actually deserve her then to hell with her. She thinks far to highly of herself and you did the proper thing and cannot blame yourself for our misfortune. Now please eat.”
 
...meanwhile...
*Jadis was sitting in her throne taping away at one of the armrests with frustration and anger and impationess with her fingers wondering when her loyal body guard would return with her victims*
 
The clattering of boots down the hall caught Jadis's attention. Two guards appeared, dragging a young, slender woman. She didn't oppose their hold. Instead, she seemed to almost be amused by her surroundings, if such a face could express amusement. The guards stopped before their queen and the maiden looked up at the queen expectantly.

"Your highness, this girl was caught with the rebels. She was trying to free another slave."
 
Ithilien said:
The clattering of boots down the hall caught Jadis's attention. Two guards appeared, dragging a young, slender woman. She didn't oppose their hold. Instead, she seemed to almost be amused by her surroundings, if such a face could express amusement. The guards stopped before their queen and the maiden looked up at the queen expectantly.

"Your highness, this girl was caught with the rebels. She was trying to free another slave."
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*Jadis looked down glaring and spoke*"she was?!!"*she got up out of her throne and walked to where her guards were holding the girl and she eyed the girl up and down angerly*
((I g2g but I'll be back later))
 
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Terthas and the eight guards that followed him came to a point where the cave suddenly split into three separate directions. He took in a quick sigh, closed his eyes for a few moments as he thought and pondered. When he reopened his eyes, something very slight caught his attention at once; there, at the entrance to the left, almost invisible to the naked eye, was a small piece of what could have been a rag or cloth. He knelt and picked it up in his hands, examined it, smelled it, and knew it belonged to the quarry he sought. He could never forget the frightened look of the young girl as she struggled to get free from her captors, and yet he remembered her fierce determination and bravery in spite of the fact that the very world was turned against her.

"You two, take the right! And you two, go down the center. Anything you find bring back to the surface...our Queen will have to deal with all those who seek refuge in these deserted parts. As for the rest," he said tersely, "we move NOW!" Once again he began the hunt, and he knew it wouldn't be long before he would capture the young girl, bring her back to where she belonged.

"When you find her," said the Queen very matter-of-factly, "do not delay in bringing her to me. Her family has been nothing but rebellious and disobedient to the Empire. It is amazing that they have survived as long as they have, but she is all that remains of their kind. I bid you, go."

Even then she had seemed extremely troubled about something else, as if this girl were the last thing she cared to worry about. But his was not to read thoughts, but to carry out orders. Those who refused to obey orders were taken to the temples. Personally he could care less about these gods the people worshipped - just as much as he knew his Queen had no real interest in them. They were just a way of bringing the people into submission, into obedience to the Crown. Though he did wonder what the girl's crime was that she should be brought to the temple for sacrifice...

No more time for thinking. It was growing darker, and he knew the chase wouldn't last too much longer until the fugitives reached the great precipice. They would be trapped like rats in a corner, with nowhere else to go but to the prison that awaited them.
 
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