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[Lord Aragothias]

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Lord Aragothias sat on the throne of his fallen keep of Covetous... a smug grin on his face. His mind filled with the events of the night before, and his hands twisted along the lines of his newly aquired... and finely crafted gnarled staff.

The Order had recieved word that a small troop of Sanctus had been bragging that they were to raid Umbra, killing all they saw. All great military leaders know, it is better to supprise your enemy than wait for them to attack you at home. Aragothias fed his suggestion to Lord Admoreth... a preimptive strike upon Sanctus.

Aragothias set the battle orders, start from the top of the rank structure and work down... General first, then the Officers... leave the thralls to sweep up the privates... for they are of no matter. The small raiding party fell quickly, upon their home soil... not a single member of the Order had been harmed... even slightly... the caves were littered with the bodies of the Order of Sanctus...

In the back of his mind, Lord Aragothias heard something... an echo of the future? of the past? ...Aragothias heard a child weeping.

The battle with Sanctus had provided the Order with a single prisoner, a paladin named James M'Real... To the temple they went, locked in a cage... Lord Admoreth interogated the paladin... eventually Aragothias filled the cage with flames, just to hear the paladin cry out... but this was not the voice he heard before...

Again he heard it... a the cries of a young girl...

Aragothias turned, and saw the steady flow of soldiers, gathered to fight the Order... formed upon the knoll outside the temple. Below him he could see a young girl on horse back... she reminded him of the girl he had met before... Tatiana was her name...

The girl was unsure of her role in the battle, simply followed the troop... she had a single sword in her hand... and it seemed too heavy for her by the way she carried it.

With a smirk he summoned a daemon from the dungeon of Hythloth, and set it upon the girl... Not a single of her brothers in arms helped her, she fell quickly...

Without much more of a word the gathered forces had left...

Yet Aragothias heard her whails again, the girl... who was the girl crying?

The Thrall Darrien had sent him word, they held the girl Tatiana, guarded in the Poet's Garden...

"We are expected Lord Aragothias... we must not dissapoint" said Darrien with a sly grin.

Quickly the roof of the tavern filled with servants of the Order, the girl bolted at the sight of Darrien... behind the bar. The Order followed her... as did the one who calls himself "a hummer"... quickly the man in the trash bucket helmet and the hair of a jester forced Tatiana into a gate...

The Order followed.

The jester knight tried to force the girl Tatiana up the stairs into his own bedroom...

"Typical for one who calls himself 'a hummer'" thought Aragothias with a grin.

It was then he heard the words from the jester knight, "Leave now! Or I will banish you all from this place!" then came the words... "I ban thee" and Lord Aragothias was banished from the house... Annoyed at such bad form Aragothias laid the jester knight to waste... alone. It was then Arlin and the others from the Army of the Frontier began their attack... It was Arlin, the stout and proud warrior... Aragothias noted in his mind that it took four of the Order to fell the Capitan that night...

Upstairs Aragothias could hear what he had heard before... only this time it was happening... Darrien was in the house alone with the child Tatiana. He made his way into the house and climbed the stairs... brushing Darrien aside Aragothias grabbed Tatiana by the hair and dragged her back to the Temple of Oblivion.

The temple still smelled of charred flesh from the burning of the paladin James... He knew the girl could smell it, and he had a plan for her this night... Tossing the girl into the cell Aragothias heard her whimpering. Her cries echo'd through the temple and Aragothias beemed.

Aragothias stepped into the cell, he wanted to be alone with the girl... the others could watch however... if they wished it. Aragothias held his hand out to the girl and attempted to comfort her... Then Darrien and the slave Ultima burst in and Tatiana grabbed onto his leg begging for protection from the thrall...

...Aragothias savored the girls touch, she wrapped her arms around him and held tightly, her screams and cries for help touched him... for a moment.

"Darrien! Get out! Now!" Aragothias barked at Darrien and Ultima. And they immidiatly did so... If Darrien disobeyd him again the Thrall would be in his own cell by the end of the night.

Aragothias stepped tward Tatiana once more, attempting to inflect compassion in his voice. "Come child, stand... I will keep the wolves at bay, you need not fear me." He held his hand up to show her... "I am not a monster, I am simply a man, like any other... My soul is very old, but my body is not so... I will not harm you."

Tatiana seemed to lighten her resistance slightly, and it appeared to Aragothias he had gained her trust... or at least her pity, even if only for a moment.

"I can make this all a bad dream miss, I am your salvation here... I require a kiss, a simple kiss... one you would give to your love, passonate... loving... whole. Give me this and you shall go free."

It was then the slaves drug the jester knight "a hummer" into the bowels of the temple into the chamber...

"If I give you this, will Hummer go free?" The girl asked between her tears...

"My promise extends only to you my dear, I will vouch for your safety... and yours alone... My thoughts are on you alone, whatever becomes of him is not my concern." Said Aragothias calmly.

The jester knight pleaded with the girl through the bars not to give up a kiss... Aragothias wondered what his entrails would look like draped over the ramparts of the temple.

It was then the girl stood and asked Aragothias what promise he gave for her safety. "I swear on the grave of my first love... no harm will come to you." She stepped forward, and positioned herself close to him. "Alright..." she said as she got on her tiptoes and put her lips close to his...

Aragothias glanced briefly at Ultima, Darrien and The Hummer, and set his lips upon those of the waiting girl... The kiss was soft, not forced... calm... and lasted a good few seconds. Aragothias could taste the salt from the tears she had cried only a short while before.

Aragothias stepped back from the girl, and nodded his head to her respectfully. "You should know miss, I killed my first love... my oath on that matter means nothing... Darrien, she is all yours."

He started to step from the cell and the humming knight grabbed him and forced him against the cell wall... Aragothias smirks slightly as the Thralls behind the knight cut him down like an apple tree... Aragothias stepped from the cell and Darrien entered...

The slave Ultima lost his composure then, cursed the Order and through his robe to the ground... Aragothias felled him immidiatly... no slave cursed Oblivion and lived.

Disinterested he didnt pay much attention to Darrien and the girl, he had gotten what he wanted from her... but he took notice... the girl wept, and he... Lord Aragothias still could taste the tears.

The Lich Lord entered and all showed their respect to Lord Admoreth, "That is enough!" ordered the Lich, and Darrien shrunk to the darkest corner he could find...

After a few questions the Lich ordered the girls release, and Aragothias threw her into a moongate, still bound... she arrived at the Poet's Garden instantly...

Aragothias looked on the floor, the girl had left her staff...

The child wept... thought Aragothias with a smile as the memories poured in... the child wept.