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The elven slaver known as Kreios was in the foulest of foul moods. He had just left a slave auction in Ketra where the profits had been much lower than expected and still a quarter of his product remained in his possession. Now the axle of one of his supply wagons had just broken causing the cart to topple and spill its contents into the mud. The slaves who had been tied to it fell and tripped over each other as they were dragged down along with it.

It all made the man scream with rage and kick the nearest elf in the head. Blood spurted from the now broken nose as the male moaned and curled in further around himself, praying that would be the end of the assault. It turned out that it was as the man rounded on a tall blonde woman who stepped around from the other side, awaiting orders.

"I told you to check the wheels before we left! Now we've lost everything," he hissed. "You're useless!" He spat at her before latching onto her hair and dragging her to her knees. Navarre looked up at her master, eyes large with fear and guilt. It did not matter that she had checked the axles, seen them to be weakened, and reported it. Kreios did not care about anything except blaming someone for his problems.

He shook her roughly, bringing tears to her eyes that only served to further enrage. "Don't you give me those false tears. They don't work on me, pet. This entire mess is your fault. You brought me this worthless crop. Now what am I supposed to do with them? Without buyers they are wasteful mouths to feed. And you, you've been feeding them extra. Don't lie to me I saw you!"

With a forceful shove he threw her to the ground. "We make camp here! And you, you're going in the box tonight."

"Master!"

"Be silent!"

Navarre cowered back down, waiting for Kreios to move back to his own horse before turning towards the slaves sitting up from their fallen positions and attempting to check for injuries. "This is your doing, filth," she growled at them, revealing her own hatred. "He'll kill you for this." The elf smiled cruelly as she informed them of their painful fate. "He'll make you suffer and wish you had been bought like all the rest and then, he'll let me hunt you. Then your heads will roll one by one." She giggled at the idea, taking pleasure in the fear reflected within their dull cow-eyes. "Then you'll die."
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"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

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Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

The only filth that he could readily see was residing beneath the thick branches and overgrown leaves that had yet to fall in the seasonal shift.  In the thickest parts of the Draconi Forest, the wilds were overgrown, and even the roads were dark with shadow and brush and uneven at the smoothest point.  He had been tracking this caravan and wagon in particular for the longest time, miles had passed under him, and he was simply waiting for the longest moment.

Theiryk was alone in his hunt, as he always was in times like these, for even he hadn't exactly come up with a direct plan of action.  That and the fact that others had planned to stay behind with the clan.  His mind lingered elsewhere, than just those that resided below.  While he hung in the branches nonchalantly, he wasn't worried of being exposed.  He was one with the trees, and blended in as if nothing more than a part of its bark, its branches, its yellowed and orange leaves.

He wasn't exactly on good terms with Veris.  He was sickened with a mysterious disease, but despite his condition, he did not want to see Theiryk, even after all that happened.  The home had once known was all in shambles, the people he loved he did not recognize them.  His brother...Trevan.  He'd grown strong, wise, but was stoic to Theiryk, knowing he would carry on the spear left behind by their father.  And what was left for Theiryk, the lone Wild Elf?  He was nothing more than a shadow to them.  And they to he.

Theiryk's hand gripped the bow he had in hand and in his fury, he twitched until the leaves rustled around him.  Eyes looked up, but he'd retreated back just in time.  When the noises below grew strenuous, he leaned over the side, hearing their voices carried up on the wind.

The older man was angry, frustrated that their carriage had broken down and rolled his stock of slaves down onto the side.  He reprimanded the blonde one, her yellowed hair veiling momentary pain.  Pain that quickly turned to hatred.

His eyes widened.  And he felt a cold hand seep into the pit of his stomach as he watched and waited, eying the slaves below as Kreios cracked a whip and there were a few screams that echoed up to him.  His stomach turned again, he felt like retching.  But all he could do for now was watch and wait.




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GoblinFae

Navarre went about her tasks in apathetic silence. Some of the slaves were forced into assisting with righting the broken wagon, Kreios' whip cracking mercilessly across their backs and whistling dangerously close to the blonde's pointed ear. She did not cry out but worked harder at pushing, her booted feet sliding in the mud just as much as the scantily men beside her.

Kreios continued to take his anger out on everything and everyone. His men for the most part kept to themselves, setting up the camp in the same silence as Navarre for fear of drawing attention to themselves.

Supplies were recovered and assessed for damage. Slaves were regathered and bonds were transferred to metal spikes set deep within the earth to prevent escape into the threes. Kreios was paranoid man and did not trust allowing elves to be so close to the trees. He believed the devils could commune with nature to free themselves and had drunkenly claimed to any that would listen how he had seen such things in his youth.

A snap of the master's fingers, had Navarre kneeling beside Kreios' chair in a matter of seconds. Her eyes were downcast, face impassive, and back ramrod straight as she waited for further orders. The man placed a hand on her head and soothingly combed his fingers through her hair, causing her to instinctively lean into his gentle touch, her eyes drooping in pleasure.

"Such trouble you are my pet. What am I to do with you? Returning to me with impure product, disobeying orders, betraying me by helping slaves, bewitching my men. Ragioh told me he saw what an abomination you are." His hand formed a brutal grip on the roots of her hair, dragging her head to the side at an extremely painful angle.

"You know better than that. I did not nurture you, slave to become a whore. This is how you repay me? Nothing to say for yourself?" Kreios did not even give her the chance to speak as he dragged her like a ragdoll up to a standing position with him.

Ragioh and another man by the name of Agiov came forward with a heavy trunk which they placed before master and slave. The first man leered openly at the woman's fate, enjoying how the lies he had been spreading out of spite now caused her to quake in terror, the whites of her eyes revealed on all sides like a frightened mare. The other slaves equally watched with various states of satisfaction. Every last one of them had answered the cries of a frantic woman and found a band of men eager to beat them into submission waiting for them as she watched on passively.

Agiov took advantage of his employer's distraction to eye up the remaining slaves. Forcefully kicking a younger one aside he snatched up one of the only females of the group, working on untying her even as the other closer males, made to attach him for daring. A few swift and well-aimed kicks left them stunned as he dragged the whimpering girl away and into the treeline.
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-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

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Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

Normally he would never think to pounce on so many slaves at once, with no one at his back.  Not that he had anyone at his back right now.  The Master it seemed, a lethargic elf that had taken to grabbing the smaller woman by the hair and holding here there, was in charge of at least seven or eight other men that helped keep his valuable stock in line.  He favored the blonde, and his attention made Theiryk's eyes narrow.  His hearing was no less sharp, despite the mangled appearance of his ears as he listened to them from overhead.

Yes, she would certainly be nothing more than in the way, if perhaps he acted too soon.  The Master seemed content to punish her, for whatever pleasure that would give him, and in her distress, Theiryk knew he wouldn't have to worry about her for too much longer.  The Wild Elf watched a stray slaver snatching up one of the females and dragging her off. 

Oh the opportunity couldn't have been more perfect.  Theiryk leapt from his place on his branch and sped lightly on the wind, moving from tree top to treetop until Agiov was some distance away, dragging his quarry with him.  She fought as aggressively as she could despite the bonds he had left around her wrists, holding them up over her head.  She was no match for him, when he slammed her on the ground and rolled her over.

Theiryk scowled from his hiding place, and retrieved an arrow from is waist-side quiver, stretching it slowly in the recurve bow he clutched in his left hand.  He pulled it taut, holding his breath, waiting for the perfect second until the man was in no position to alert the others, or defend himself.   He watched it fly.  In a blinding second the arrow sunk home into Agiov's throat, just as he toppled over the female slave.  She ceased her cries for that second, as she was covered in a wave of hot blood that splashed over her.  Theiryk moved from the shadow, watching her eyes dart up and all around them, a scream boiling over into her throat, her hand struggling to cover herself at the revelation of a stranger.

But the elf put a finger to his lips, shushing softly in a gesture he knew she could understand.  Yet it was too late, and her scream ripped from her throat.  Thankfully, Theiryk thought she might do just that and before her scream could fall completely from her lips, it was carried off on the wind, and the air through the leaves and the sounds of animals were drawing closer to the camp.  The woman was struck for the briefest moment before suddenly running in her fear, haphazardly away from the camp.

Meanwhile, back within its confines, slop was being served to the slaves, poor stock of little more than lukewarm broth and bread.  Ragioh scowled at his doings, but voiced no complaint.  Navarre would get her come-uppance soon enough.  Among other things, though, where was that bastard Agiov!  How dare he let him have to serve these elven scum all by himself, while the others could have their own meal and a pint of what beer was pulled from the wagon.  Even that bastard Kreios was knocking back a bottle.  Likely something stronger than beer.

Ragioh moved toward the outskirts of the camp, after dropping the woman's bowl on the ground, now realizing she was gone.  Agiov always did have an appetite he found difficult sate, even more so on long journeys like this.  But he shouldn't've been gone for more than ten minutes at most.  It was already going on fifteen.  And just as he looked out into the inky night, an arrowhead zipped through the darkness at lightning speed, sinking into his chest and killing him instantly.




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"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

While her master's faithful dogs disappeared to complete other tasks, Navarre was forced into her own prison, the lid falling shut with a slam overhead as she laid curled up in an unmoving ball within the suffocating darkness. Her heart hammered even harder within her chest to hear the key turn within the lock followed by retreating footsteps. Her master had left her locked within her prison. It took all of her effort to keep her breathing slow and calm even as her hands felt along the front side of the box as if the act of touching it would make it melt away.

She could not tell how long, if it had been seconds or hours later that she heard the shouts of the men who worked for Kreios. Sounds of hurried footsteps vibrated the box and pounded in her ears as she strained to hear what was going on. It was no use though. One of the curses of the box was being made of thick wood that hampered even her good hearing. Her master liked to keep her feeling as helpless and vulnerable as possible when she was being punished.

Outside the box that had become Navarre's pressing world, Ragioh's death had been noticed by Toow who sounded the alarm when he had seen the body of his cousin drop. The remaining men rallied together, forming a protective circle about the merchandise as they looked about warily for the next arrow to fly. Kreios himself retreated to the shadows of his wagon placing him out of sight of where the arrow had flown from.
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-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

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Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

There was dead silence following the attack that had killed Ragioh.  And the wind began to pick up around them.  It quickly started to howl, picking up leaves and swirling violently in some places.  The man who noticed the body cried out to rally his men, but the rest of them were quickly growing in unrest when suddenly Theiryk moved through the canopy of trees at a lightning pace, his feet running over the branches with deft footing, passing above them in little more than blinking shadows.

The wind rustled clumps of leaves to form shapes, of other beings in the trees, to make it seem as if they were surrounded on all sides. Theiryk paused momentarily in their confusion, firing an arrow into one man's throat, leaping into another tree and firing another, shooting him in the leg and downing him.  "Get that bastard!" Simeon, the lead guard, shouted over the howling winds. 

The Wild Elf flew off from the branches and smashed the ground in a roll, pulling another arrow from his quiver, leaning back on a knee, with one leg extended, shooting the leg-wounded guard in the chest, making him squeal as his life faded from him.




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"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

Kreios banged on the wagon, rousing men that had been resting within and called them out to fight. Some died before their feet touched the ground while others flooded out into the clearing to rally with their brothers.

From inside her box Navarre howled and banged her fists against the side of it, wishing to be free. This was her fight as much as any other man's. She had her master to defend and their property. It was simply not right nor fair that her punishment extended to listening to her people die at the hands of some unseen monster.

Suddenly the lock clicked and she was bursting out of the box in seconds. The man who had freed her pressed her sword into her hand before turning and attempting to flee. Navarre killed him where he stood for daring abandon her master in his time of need.

While men gathered in the center, doing their best to shield themselves as sitting ducks, the Avariel slowly approached her blade singing as she cut down any wayward arrows or disloyal men who dared attempt to flee. Some men began to cut the slaves free only to use them as living shields. Those faces she remembered to inform her master later. They would be forced to pay for the stock they wasted. The crop was to be protected not decimated.

She was just in time to catch a glimpse of the creature that dared accost them. In a fury the woman raced towards him, eager to cut him down and earn back her master's trust for completing the deed. This would be over soon in her mind.
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[O.o]
/)__)
-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
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Lion

Soon began the chaos that Theiryk had been hoping for.  The more men that joined the fray, the more of them grew prey to their terror, to their desperation, and their hope for survival quickly diminished.  Some tried to run, some tried to use their environment to their advantage, some simply charged at the Wild Elf in their fury.

But Theiryk was ready for them.  And the instant they were close enough to make contact, Theiryk exchanged his bow for the double-bladed staff that clung to his back.  It was curved like a stretched out S with the blades coming out in opposing directions, and at the center was the grip with a break in the center where he could easily unhook them together and turn them into two separate swords, in a flash of steal.

He had trained enough with staves to get the basic principles of one, and applied the same ones toward fighting with the double-lbladed staff.  It was perhaps the only good thing his former Master had ever given him.  Men were felled, or had their limbs severed in dexterous grace.  Theiryk ducked, leapt, stepped back, parried and twisted his cruel weapon to sweep out the legs of one opponent, before swinging it around him to sever his head.

It rolled on the ground.

Where he'd originally counted 8 men on patrol, it seemed many more resided on the wagon, and had quickly tried to swell around him.  But the tide had given and those that had not been killed (a few slaves in the process) had run away.  A few stragglers were struggling to get their bearings around them.  Theiryk turned and saw the only one left standing in his way was a woman barreling toward him like a bat out of hell.  Theiryk dropped low to the ground, giving him a low center of gravity and threw himself on his back when she was in range.  His legs shot out, sticking into her stomach and throwing her over his head like a catapult, using her own momentum against her.

"Get the hell out of here," Theiryk growled at her, spinning the weapon before him after rolling back to his feet.  "Run for your life while you still can!"




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Desert Valley Nights
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"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

She grunted as she was thrown forward and rolled midair to land on her feet facing the being that had tossed her like a ragdoll. Navarre bared her teeth in warning even as she braced herself in a crouch with one hand on the ground.

For a moment, the elf evaluated the creature before her, judging the best course of action even as she called back to him. "My orders are your head. There is no way forward and I cannot go back. This is the only way! Now hold still!" Once more she lunged towards the man, furious at having been knocked aside so easily, her blade once more swinging for his head. Moments before she reached him though, she drove her foot into the dirt sideways so that it kicked mud up at him in an attempt to distract him from her oncoming attack.
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[O.o]
/)__)
-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
[close]

Lion

Theiryk steeled his nerves and kept his stance at the ready, to spring into her or over her should the need arise.  When she came barrelling towards him again, he was about to swing upward when the dirt came flying toward his eyes.  He closed them in enough time to stagger backwards while still bringing up his sword, clanging her out of the way.

He jumped back, giving ground, swinging the staff down toward her legs and summoning the wind to dance in her hair, entangling it around her face before spinning on his hee, dropping his other leg out in a crouch and aiming to trip her instead




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"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

The shock of his blade against hers reverberated down through her arm causing her to rebound back in time to avoid the staff only to have her hair whip into her face and blind her vision. In an attempt to regain her bearings, Navarre moved to back away only to trip on an outstretched leg and crash onto her behind.

A cry of surprise more than pain sounded from her sweet lips as she swung her sword up over her head to protect herself from an incoming blows. "Please," the elf begged, her eyes filling with tears. "He won't let me escape. Please you must help me! If I run he'll only find me again. I've tried before," she whimpered to him, letting her voice fill with the same tears that had led many before him to their serfdom.
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[O.o]
/)__)
-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
[close]

Lion

Theiryk had never thought to give pause to his savagery and waited the moment she took to plead with him.  But he stood over her and held his sword at the ready.  "What the hell are you going on about?  Likely lies uttered by a witch woman on her last legs!  Like I'd fall for that!"

There was a sudden scurrying sound from behind the wagon and Theiryk looked up in time to watch the man that he had seen to be the Master running away from them, vanishing into the brush.  "Looks like your master left you to die." he scowled at her.




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"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

Navarre looked off in the direction of her fleeing master and felt her chest lock up in despair causing her to gasp for air. Her head shook from side to side as her body shook violently. "No, no he'll be back. This has happened before. He always comes back. It does not matter. He always finds me. Please! I'm begging you, you must help me! He will hunt me down. He never gives up. Please you're my only hope."

Tears streamed down face while the elf rocked back in forth in place, her arms wrapped around her as she cried. Over and over she begged him to help her, her voice rising and following as she hyperventilated, struggling to breathe through her sobbing.
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[O.o]
/)__)
-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
[close]

Lion

Theiryk was taken aback by the sheer desperation in her eyes. She no longer proved a present threat at the moment and so he stepped away from her and back to the slaves that still remained in binds.  He observed them all...  "Elves," he murmured.  Some of them younger then ten years of age.  He bit back his rage long enough to let the rest of the slaves go.  Many of them ran off by sheer insinct, some needed coaxing by those that were too in shock of what happened to realize they were free.

Theiryk turned back to the convulsing woman and narrowed his eyes at her.  "Well you're free then!" he shouted several yards away.  "Go!  Run!  What are you waiting for!?"




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"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

She watched with veiled disgust as he set the other slaves free and sent them on their way. All of her hard work collecting them was for naught. Navarre did not doubt she would have to double her efforts once she was back with her master again. He would not be pleased at their doubled losses and would likely blame her entirely for it all.

"Where do I go?" she sobbed back, keeping up her act. "He'll just come back. Always...I don't want to die. I don't want to die sir, please. Don't let him kill me. I beg, I'll do anything. Anything you ask if you'll protect me. Please!"
,___,
[O.o]
/)__)
-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
[close]

Lion

"Drop the act," Theiryk growled with dead eyes and he stepped forward and pressed the tip of a blade of his staff along her throat.  "I saw you whipping those slaves!  You might be the most pathetic, sniveling servant I have ever seen, but you're in league with him.  Don't think you can trick me for a single second, you blithering sow!"




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Desert Valley Nights
Wrong Turn

"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

"Sow?" she repeated coldly, her eyes becoming like stone in her anger as the tears ceased instantly. "You dare insult me in such a way cretin? Slave I may be, but worth I still have. What are you even good for?" Her words came out in an ugly hiss.

Navarre was unafraid of the blade at her throat, confident that she would get out of her situation relatively unscathed. She always had in the past, there was no reason to believe now would be any different.
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[O.o]
/)__)
-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
[close]

Lion

Theiryk's eyes flashed in a vision of red as he suddenly lunged forward and snatched her up by her neck.  "You're not slave.  And if you are, you're better treated than you deserve.  I'm good enough to kill all your men, scare your master off like some worthless pissant and free your quarry that you whipped and beat!"  He gave her throat a savage squeeze before throwing her back on the ground.

"Get away from me!  And get out of these woods.  If I ever find you again, I'll turn you into a belt!"




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The Order of St. Agratha

Help Rebuild Connlaoth from the ashes of war!
The Red Legion

Jump in the water's fine!
Desert Valley Nights
Wrong Turn

"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

GoblinFae

She land on her hip, coughing and sputtering for air even as her eyes shot daggers at him. "You do not frighten me human. I have but one master whom I obey and you are not him!" Her last words were screamed angrily moments before Navarre dove for her sword in attempt to use it against the man once again.
,___,
[O.o]
/)__)
-"--"-


"No Pride For Some of Us Without Liberation For All of Us"
~ Micah Bazant ~

Spoiler
Leaderships
Tirial Province (Serendipity)

Talu Territory (Adela)

Ninja Flamingos

Guilds - Under Construction and Revamping
Blood of Ash || Cleara Verdad || The Creoptera || The Reaper's Chalice || The Runner's Society || Vigilant Shadows

Characters
Agapito Perlaceo Calogero-Marcello da Lume || Ainsley Muir || Alanna Mercer "The Lioness" || Amleah Dvorak || Ariel "Owlet" Sowa || Artorius Winterbottom || Aurora "Makani'kai" Wiater || Autumn Laurel || The Bad Barkers || Benjamin Hase || Cally Foster || Cornelia Grey || Dagrun Baarda || Derrick Elthif || Donovan Cabello || Eireann Lehr || Elmira Sassafrass || Emma Fiore || Emyr Kasabian || Ferra Bestley || Fintan Kfir || Gilroy Bleddyn || Hanalei Keets || Hilarius Winterbottom || Imogene Khale || Incana Winged Blaze || Inteus Wapapow || Iorwerth/Ylli || Ithel Conlaoch || Justina Allons || Jypsei Danzer || Kailee Glint || Kaliko || Keegan Phillips || Kendall Wendle || Kenneth Kent || Kesrel Torv || Kharn Segal || Kirsikka Solvi || Ladybird "Petal" Hornwort || Lassassasya Ashaugh Seocss || Logan "Kotori" || Lorcan Dempsey || Malakai || Margot Lemaire || Maverick Alinari || Morgan Loone || Naomi Kita || Navarre Esken || Ocarern Farwind || Oddmund Greatdrool || Oliver Cabello || Pannoowau || Peregrine Liebling || Primrose Dragoslav || Pyske Daas || Qaletaqa || Quilla Anobe || Rene Zephra || Riley "Minnow" Bellerose || Ro'or Dvorak || Rosie || Rowan Alvar || Rylan Silvanus || Segari "Errum" Ggorf || Shamira Kashi || Solanacae || Sor Avi || Squeaker || Starbright Skye ||  Tiraris Silverd'art || Tighearnán High Eoforwine || Theodore Archer || Tyler Brice || Una Ornell || Vanora Partholon || Waman Pertinacity Sewati || Weilen Brunbek || Wilbur "Wilby" Smalls || Yalwa al-Kahinah || Yasmine Fairchild || Yura Elek || Zhirai Ver || Zurna Nali
[close]

Lion

Theiryk was swift on the wind, his body and the air becoming one as he flashed across the distance between them.  In the blink of an eye he was near her and tried to slash for the hand that reached for her sword.




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The Order of St. Agratha

Help Rebuild Connlaoth from the ashes of war!
The Red Legion

Jump in the water's fine!
Desert Valley Nights
Wrong Turn

"Go into battle determined to die and you will survive.  Go into battle hoping to live and surely you shall not." -Bushido proverb
"Life is a series of dogs." -George Carlin
"We must view with profound respect the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the introduction of useful knowledge." -Thomas R. Lounsbury
"If a cosmic tree falls in the universal forest and nobody is evolved enough to hear it, does it make a sound?" -Unknown

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