::So it was down to business again.Willow was wondering the city streets talking to the villagers now,seeing of what help she could be to them,not so much as a goddess but more as her self.She watched the people as they worked,and got her hands dirty.She could see Aaron and the rest of that force working through their morning drills there just beyond her temple...::
- And Ghallon was working right along side of her, with a hip nudge to her each time he pased by her with an innocent smile. He was continuing to help the people to rebuild their homes..using a bit of magic to make the more..heavier things lighter -
::Willow smiled to him as he hip checked her as they passed by she was on her way towards Aaron and those mena nd women of that new force to defend Crendia. She watched them as Aaaron called out commands,watching them go through their drills,and then smiling as she took point of taking over it a bit.:; If I may.. ::she stepped in to Aarons place as he fell in to the ranks::
- Ghallon looked over to her, with a smirk, wondering if she'd be shocked to see how well trained the men were that..were sent ny his little brother -
::She would smirk looking over the men there:; they are well trained I see :;looking to Aaron who just nodded:: I thank you all for coming to be the defenders of this land,I do hope that we will not have need for war,but battles may come again. ::speaking to them as a whole now:: as long as you walk under these colors,with the protection of this land and its people in your hearts,I shall protect you all...
And we shall protect you, the people and the lands! - The whole group said in unison. Ghallon grinned to that, before going back to helping the people. Willow would note..that it wasn't just men in her new army...There were women in it as well. -
::Willow smiled to them, yes she had noted there were women there as well,happy to see female warriors there,she then nodded to Aaron to continue witht he trainings, and she would walk off her hand idly grace the hilt of her long sword at her right,as she wondered back in to the town,back to helping rebuild the once great city::
- He was currently talking to a few of the locals traders..you know to learn where each city was, as well as what the trade routes were..-
::Those emerald hues gazed out towards that ocean there beyond where the ships with the people had gone,she knew perhaps beyond that ocean they had found something better than Crendia.She walked then to town giving asmile to each she passed, before stopping there at Ghallon's side as he spoke to the traders, there were only two near by towns,and one portal to the elven lands, which was closed at the moment... but perhaps Willow would open it again...::
- He nodded softly and thanked the two traders, not knowing Willow was there at the moment, as he was tapping his chn, with his gaze lowered, as he seemed to always be deep in thought. -
::She smirked to him:: deep thoughts?
Hmmm? - He looked to her, as that was a sure sign he was. - Didn't see you standing there.
::She smirked softly,and even giggled a bit:: you know some one could really sneak up on you when your like that :; a pressed hand to his shoulder:: what were you thinking about
- He chuckled to that, before stealing a light jab to her side, a friendly poke really - Just trying to learn more about these lands is all
:;a nod to that,poking him back softly:: well anything these villagers can not tell you or seeing them can not I can
- He nodded to that, and turned to walk, with her able to steal a glance to the sword that hung at his side. It seemed to have an...elvish aura to it - Walk and tell me?
::She nodded she noted that sword there at his side, seemed all most elvish in nature:: what do you wish to know
As much as I can about how this place used to be...before the wars and all - A soft glance to her -
::she nodded:: before the wars :she thought a moment:;oddly enough this land was once like rhydin is now... ::thinking of that old city she once loved:: they were connected back then and this was all rhydin... old rhydin... then magic came and this world Crendia split from that one and became its own,outside of Rhydin yet connected still... I was but a normal mortal woman when it all happened...a slayer with manyf riends and my own palce to call my own... but darkness came quickly in thsoe times... and sense then there has been war and battles and much blood upon these plains.... :
- He nodded softly to that, before losing himself in thought again - I see..how many towans were there?
back then dozens... now are just three,that one::pointing back to that main city that they tended to:; one about four miles away and one further down the coast
- A nod to that - And..these - A glance over the shoulder - Is all the people left?
The people from this city left when the war ebgan on the rgeat ships,thsoe who didnt get out are dead, they fought Tancred and his little helpers as best they could but in the end it was the allies from GreenStone that saved us,only seven got out,shea and her friends... and those of darkenss survided to hunt again...
- He nodded to that, and jabbed his staff into the dirt, before reaching out... it was that same white glow she had seen before..as he was pretty much making himself one with the land..to search for anyone...that was out in the lands, good or evil..besides the ones in the town behind them. -
::Willow watched him brows quirked,the only people were miles away in toehr towns,or simple wanderers,willow had sensed no evil yet, but there was alway s the run of the mill deamons and vamps to hunt,people to save thw whole clal of duty that never died::
- He nodded lightly, before the glow faded -
::Emerald hues shifted over the lands, those grass lands green now, the trees and forests too:; war and battle has ever been upon these lands, the blood flowed like water here forever,it all began so simply....one dark person, one lie, one dark betrayal...
- He nodded softly to that again. - Maybe now...these lands will be peacefull..
:;She nodded to that:; it has long been my wish for that...
And now..it is coming true..- A light nudge to her -
: ::she smiled to that nudge:: aye.. :: eyes closed for a moment,letting the years pass over her, the blood the death the war and battle,her own death,and her rebirth all ina flash of a memory...before she looked back tot he city, the towns folk were getting settled the new amies were aptrolling around the forests and down along the coast:; I was thinking about something....yet I am unsure if I should do it
: Reopenning the portal to Greenstone? - A side glance to her with an oh so innocent grin -
aye, i closed it,and i vowed not to open it, but if their is peace here now perhaps I could open it, though I am sure I will have some hard times explaning it to Shea....and the rest
- He nodded to that - But we have an ace up our sleeve. - He grinned, and turned to look out at the land. - We have Victor..
::Willows brows perked to that:: and how is he an ace up our sleeve exactly?
He knows what we are doing...- A glance to Willow. - and..he knows Shea wants to see this land restored...with his help...I do believe..that if you open the portal...they will help us as well..creating a three
way...alliance...Greenstone...Crendia...and Nosgoth...
:brows perked:; Nosgoth...?
Aye. - He nodded softly to that -
::Willow hoped as much,Shea had gone through so much hell ehre as had the others, but she knew a few llonged to come back Hinn, and Gretz and Zorin even,awaited for her to call them back...she would nod softly walking towards the woods:: and what is Nosgoth? :: as she wlaked to the place there the portal once stood::
Where I am from..my younger brother is the ruler there. - A smile as he walked with her to the portal. - It is a lovely land...very beautifull.
::a nod to that:: I suppose there are places even I do not know of.. ::the portal back to the elven lands once stood there between two twin trees where now there were just shrubs.. Willow focused and trees rose side by side, a antural arch way of vines above them around their trhinks and across the ground then she would slip that swrod from ehr side and slide it acros sher hand,and toss her blood in to the part between the trees, the whole area pulsed with magic a moment as she muttered a few words,in latin no less,and then the portal would spark and come to life....leading back in to those Mith Woods of the elven lands:: I am going to get it when Shea sensed this portal....
Don't worry - A kiss to her cheek. - Victor will talk to Shea about it...
;a smile to that kiss as she sheathed her sword::aye he does have a way with words whe it comes to her,I am sure she will understand...
She will..- He smiled and took her hand in his, before turnning to head back. - Plus..Victor already knows what I am up to.. So...Shea will be jumping at the chance to help
:she smiled as she took his hand:: tis her way to help...::a bright smile, even though they were so differnt Willow felt as if Shea was some sort of kindred spirit...:: We may need all the help we can get,but for now tis peaceful ::emerald hues shifted looking over those woods,sort of feeling them out to amke sure nothing lurked there:: tell me about your home
- He chuckled softly to that - It is probably the size of..Greenstone..Rhy'Din and here combined...Sure we have the usual petty border fights..but all in all...a very beautifull land... centered around the pillars.
:nodding listening to him:: sounds like a great land, if it is that large, ::the elevn lands and rhydin togtehr were huge add in Crendia and you had your own side of the world::
- Pretty much the same with Nosgoth. - Aye...we usually keep it hidden..as well - He really didn't need to say anything..Willow knew -
: ::she nodded to that:: aye I can understand that,you say your brother rules this place? ::a slight nod:: must be a hard job
- He nodded softly - Aye..it is hard...- A glance to her - Just picture having the duties of a king to tend to. - He held out a hand in front of him..to mean "King". - as well as the weight of the entire world, as well as holding back a sealed gate..to demons that want to destroy it...- Now moving his hand from hers..to signal that as well -
:willow nodded:: I can image it better than you might think...::a soft smile then:: one who is known as king with the weight of the world upon his shoudlers, and also must keep the balance and keep back deamons sounds like my life to date, though I am no king,yet in the same boat...
- He chuckled to that..before nodding softly - True...but here lies the difference..If you were to fall..another could step up...if he fell..- He summoned piece of the land up, and formed it into a small..but exact copy of his realm. - Checkmate...- And she'd watch the small world...start to darken...as if pure evil was taking it over -
:Willow nodded::I see, well a grave thing indeed...
well then perhaps a alliance would do some good for your home as well as for here
It will be good for all three..- A glance to her.. - I know Crendia and Greenstone...are allies...but Darkmere...my brother would want to meet Salice...He's not all that trusting of other...kingdoms..
Willow nodded:: would he trust me? Salice is Queen of GreenStone but this not the only kingdom he would be allied with, hed have to meet them all, or trust in Salcies word...
Salice is the one he must speak with...as for you...- He smiled and kissed her cheek. - He agreed to help you out...by sending a small part of his own personal army..- Hince them being well trained -
:;she smiled to him softly:: I am glad he did that for me,but he did it for you,for you are family...perhaps I can thank him personally
He kissed her cheek again. - He knows what you went through...
: :she smiled again to that kiss:: does he now...well still, it would only be right to thank him...
I know...- He smiled before smirking as they continued to just walk -
::she walked with him, smiling softly:: it must be nice to have family...
Aye..- He nodded to that, before nudging her - you have family as well?
::she smiled: no blood family, a few new close friends...and the people I care for in the village
- He nodded to that. - Much like Victor..
:; a soft nod:; he has shea now,and they are to be married and all...I had friends and family long ago,long dead now, my only blood family died a long time ago...my son tis the most recent to add to that list....
well then he and I share a few thinsin common..my home village ended the same way,I think maybe two other people got out,it was atatcked, and I was saved oddly enough by a vampire...
- He nodded to that - He was taken as a mere baby...and well...- He looked down - Lest just say...he hasn't lead the..easiest of lives,
:Willow nodded to that:: has anyone lead an easy life...?
He chuckled softly - Depends
::she smiled to him:: depends on what?
Well..some do lead easy lives..- A glance to her - Take a spoiled brat..they get everything they want.
;:Willow nodded:: aye yes.. well those are rare around here
- Ghallon nodded before taking her hand in his again -
;she took his hand and smiled softly::
- He smiled softly as well, with a soft squeeze to her hand, here and there -
::she squeeze his hand back softly,thinking back a long ways,to all those old times at ehr favored place with her friends... her hues looked down to her and she still wore that wedding band made of wood,aye wood,the one her elven love had giebn her,she let it slip down in to ehr hand and she pockted it::
- He noticed that movement, before looking back out to the land..as he started to ponder..if he was possibly breaking up smething she already had -
:;she smiled softly to him, there was nothing to break,it had long been over and she had not let it go,but now she would she was here now, in Crendia,and things were gravely different::
- True..but still he was pondering on that -
He sighed softly and looked to her - I'm not...breaking up anything..am I?
breaking up anything? how so do you mean?
The wooden ring...
ahh yes, well was given to me,with a slight vow, but has been broken for a while now,that vow...
Ah..- A soft nod to that -
my life has been full of men who love me. and in the end it turns out most are not suited for me...:;a soft smile to him:: the man whom gave me that ring,as many of the othe rmenf rom my past he had a darknes sin him that I only helped arise..
Ah... I see..- He nodded to that, before slipping up to her, to hold her - <vsw> Everyone has darkness in them
;she leane din to him:: aye I know,even I do...but in the end it was best... he left.. my elven man, disappeared,i have been told by many that my blood is powerful, by demaon and vampire and all alike.. good and evil, but to him it was like... ::she shook her head softly:: .
Was like? - Nuzzling his cheek to her's -
it a rose the deamon in him,something that was bound by magic and the power of my blood be it the magic of it or the fact of who i am... it rose something in him that was darker than most things I have faced
I see. - He nodded to that, before shiftting to lean to her neck, before slowly, softly and deeply..inhaling her scent -
::her eyes fluttered a bit:: Vince once told me it was like drinking wine that was deeply laced with power and magic...::her scent was like no other, roses faintly,soft and light, like the wild woods after a rain, and powerful as well::
Aye...it does have that..scent to it. - He then leaned his cheek back to her's again, making no move to bite her -
;she smiled softly,leaning her cheek to his::after sammy and Is died I was the last true blood like me left,sought after for years by vampires and deamons, how odd that it was my lover that killed me... :: hueslooked to him, she noted he made no move to bite her::
- He nodded softly to that - You have nothing to worry about from me...I only attack when I must defend my self
:;she nodded to him softly:; I do not fear anything much any more, and I nae worry about you ::a soft kiss to his cheek:: vampire or not, I know not every deamon or vamp is pent on hunting me down to drink my blood and kill my friends...immortal life seems to have done that too me
True..- He nodded to that, before stealing a kiss to her neck, then slowly started to kiss it, just to playfully get her to think..he too was after her blood -
:she smiled to those kisses on her neck,her eyes fluttered softly,as she tilted her neck just slightly::
I take that as a yes? - Another kiss to her neck..just wanting to be sure. This would be interesting..Two very powerful beings...about to share..something both would concider..a lovng act -
::she gave him a soft nod:; aye.. :; tilting her neck more to that kiss::
- He nodded softly and allowed his silver wings to wrap around her as well. Silver hues closed, before softly and carefully bitting down into her neck, right under her left ear...then slowly started to drink from her -
her hues would flicker closed as she fel those wings wrap about her, and then she felt that sensation of his fangs in ehr neck and gave in to that rush she got from it,her hands came to rest on his shoudlers::
- And he slowly drank from her, as his eyes openned half way. Granted he was very old, but even he noted how...powerful her blood was, yet..nothing she feared happened...just a soft moment between the two. -
::and she was greatly enjoying that moment,hues closed breathless, nothing she had feared happened it was just a moment to savor,and so she did leaning in to those wings her fingers moving idly across one of them,as it went around her back,she could trace it towards her self and back to him:;
- And he continued to slowly drink from her, till she statred to run her fingers over his wings, getting him to bite down just a bit deeper, to drink a little deeper from her -
;a soft exhale left ehr lips as her fingers graced his wing, the other hands fingers clung to his shoulder softly,as those naturla magics rose all about them, she was deeply enjoying this:;
- As was he, yet she'd notice..that none of her magic seemed to slip by his wings...Looked like Ghallon had anticipated that her magic would flare up to this. -
::she did note that fact she didnt even have to open her eyes to note it.her fingers still moved over that wing the other moved up around the back of his shoulder pulling her self in an inch closer ::
- And to her continuing to caress his wing, and to her inching closer, he deepened the kiss a bit more, while helping her to slip closer -
:a another soft nearly unaudable moan escaped her lips,as her fingers of her left ahnd came to rest softly upon the back of his neck the other still moved across that wing of his::
- The fingers of his right hand, were making small arcanic designs on the small her back while his left hand, massaging the spot between her shoulder blades, not moving back from her just yet -
::her body shiverd softly at the feeling of his hands at her back and shoulder.She wasnt moving away any time soon, only closer as her hues blinked open and shut::
- He finally moved a hand up and around to play with the other side of her neck, letting his wings start to flutter against her back now -
::another shiver at that touch upon her neck,and another soft sutble moan...her fingers pressed to the back of his neck::
- And he deepen the kiss as full as he could now, to her pressing her fingers into the back of his neck, and continued to deeply, yet softly and slowly drink from her. It had been a while for him -
she smiled softly,it was obviosu to ehr that it must have been a while since he last did this,drank like this,those magics still flared around them as her fingers raced down and up the back of his neck::
Slowly he started to pull back from her neck, then licked those marks closed, before licking his lips. He then started to softly nuzzle that spot, a soft "Thank you" -
:;she smiled and nodded softly,as he nuzzled that spot::
<vsw> Very powerfull...yet very sweet...just like you. - Said into her ear. -
:;she smile and blushed at that:: (w) thank you
<vsw> Welcome. - He smiled and shifted to rest his brow to her's -
:she rested her brow to his and smiled still:; how long has it been for ye....it felt a long time... feeding wise... :;she knew her vampires well::
He smiled back to her - A few years...I have trained myself to eat..regular food..to keep me going.. : - Try a few..thousands years...but he wouldn't say that -
::she nodded:; aye its become a great custom for vampires to eat normal food...::her eyes looked in to his::
Aye..- He nodded then smirked - Keeps me from going all..blood hungry.
:she smirked at that:: dont seem like the type to do that
That is because I have control of it..remember..I'm just a simple old man. - A smile to her -
ye arent old just well aged ;;a soft kiss to his lips then:: and simple is not the word for ye either
- He chuckled to that, and kissed her back softly - Thanks?
aye twas a complement... :a smile::
Uh huh..- He smirked..and seeing how he hand her trapped in his wings..he started to tickle her -
::she giggled softly::oh come on ::giggling:; you look good for your age... ::smirking::
So do you..granny. - He smirked and continued to tickle her sides -
granny :;giggling:: I am hardly that
:;she smirked to him:;I look good for my age,dont you think...::now tickling him back::
Hey! - he started laughing now with a nod to her question, now tickling her again -
:;she giggled softly:: hehe come on say it say I look good for my age... :;tickling him more::
- He shook his head, as he continued to tickle her back -
:;she smiled:;come on say it:; more tickling:; you know its true,I see the way you look at me,say it,come on ..:;tickle tickle up his sides::
He started to squirm now, as he stopped his tickling to try and grab at her hands -
:;she smirked to him and stopped tickly holding her hands out towards him:; give up?
- He took a few deep breaths, before smiling innocently..- Never
:;she smirked at him:: good :; back to tickling::
- And he started to tickle her gain -
:she squirmed:: come on ::she giggled, as she tickled him back:: old man, :: she smirked:; is that all you got... humm
granny! - He squirmed, and continued to tickle her back -
::she giggled::oh come on is this :;pointing to her self:; the body of a granny... :;tickle attack::
Hard to say. - A smirk, and tickled her again. -
: ::she smirked:; ohh really well whys that :;giggle fit as she tickled him::
- He leaned to her ear - Never seen you nude...
::she smirked softly:: would you like too? ::leaning in to his ear then::
Maybe...
::She smirked at that maybe:; well perhaps when that amybe turns to a yes, you will let me know...