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PhilomenaAquitaine
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 Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 2:48 am |
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Darl?
*Philomena opens the door and looks nervously round the room*
Great oceans! What have you done to your hand? Here let me see...
*She kneels in front of him and examines the palm of his hand*
You must be more careful. I will clean and bandage it for you.
*The mermaid rinses off the blood with a pitcher of water and binds her husband's hand with strips of rags as he watches her silently. She looks up at him and gazes into his eye*
I am truly sorry for your loss. I never intended for you to kill Niara... I thought you would just let me leave you rather than killing her, and you had been treating me so roughly. I didn't know that you would let her die rather than let me escape.
*The mermaid's eyes fill with tears*
But I will stand by you. I will never leave you again unless you wish me too.
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DarlUrekThranmere
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:45 am |
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Location: Overlord of Stormrock Castle
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I did not kill Niara, I witnessed her death at the hands of my closest friend.... I could have stopped him, but I did not....
*He closes his eye and clenches his bloodied bandaged hand into a fist*.
For my sins... The murder was by my hand... Even though I did not strike the blow...
*Darl digs his fingernails into his palm and the blood drips through the bandages*.
But poison can be remedied. The Kanaran necromancers are gifted in the arts....
*He looks at Philomena*...
Why have you returned? You were meant to journey to your father's side... You have no loyalty to me... I know your thoughts.....
*He smiles sadly*.
Stand by me? I maybe the last of the Thranmere's... We were once a powerful family... Now we are merely the dust of tombs...
*Darl shakes his head and reaches out his hand and strokes the side of Philomena's face*.
Gentleness leads to death. Many now know that the Thranmere line is near its end, that we are mere flesh and blood and can be destroyed.
*He stares at the ceiling and sighs*.
The assassins will come and I shall let them.
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PhilomenaAquitaine
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:56 am |
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I returned because some of our party were injured and I wanted to ensure they were treated promptly.
*She does not move as he strokes her*
Whether I like it or not, you are my husband. We are family, and as such you have my loyalty. I am not dust and bones. Your family may once have been strong, but my family still is. Don't let the assassins strike a blow by accepting defeat. Protect your family, protect me, protect your bloodline.
*She takes his hand*
I know your reputation. When Kanara lay in tatters, you alone had the strength to draw its people together and fight off the invaders. You need to find this strength again, otherwise Kanara too will be plunged into civil war. The Thranmere line can rise again like a phoenix if you do not give up...
*Philomena stands up*
But if you plan to let your enemies destroy you. The same enemies that obviously schemed to destroy both Niara and Derias... then release me from our wedding vows and I shall return to my father.
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DarlUrekThranmere
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:33 am |
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Location: Overlord of Stormrock Castle
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Wounded?.... Who was wounded?.... When they recover they'll be lashed for their failure to protect you my butterfly... Kanarans fight and die. If they're wounded they should rise to their feet and if need be die on them.
*Darl nods and continues to stroke the Princess's hair*.
Yes.... You will give me strength and any who come between us I promise to crush...
*Darl glares at the princess*.
My enemies will suffer for their crimes.. The butchery of my people, the deaths of my family... All my kin... Gone...
*He shakes his head and looks saddened*.
Yes... I will not rest until the High Councils heads are severed and spiked... That is the Kanaran way.
*Darl strokes his beard with his bloodied hand*.
I must bring fear to the Kanaran people, just as my brother did. An example must be made.
*He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath*.
Niara's death must not go unpunished... Those that would harm a Thranmere must suffer for their actions.... I am the Master...
*He opens his eye and stares at the Princess*.
Am I not Princess?
*A tear forms in his eye and he blinks it away*.
I must make sacrifices to succeed, others must die for me to lead.... It is my will and yours that can unite this land, but by all the gods I'll fight to make it so...
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PhilomenaAquitaine
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:09 pm |
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No they must not be punished for getting hurt. Please don't have a knight flogged for my sake.
*She shakes her head*
They did not fail to protect me, they fell while protecting me. It was my choice to return with them, your knights and Vortigern would have let him to die at the roadside.
*The mermaid picks up the chess set and carries it over to Darl. She sits on his lap and he breathes deeply into her hair*
But who is your enemy? They certainly are a master of intrigue... they nearly eliminated Niara, Derias and me in order to destroy you. Clever and ruthless.
*She frowns slightly and picks up a pawn*
They poisoned Niara's mind against you and me, using her natural jealousy of me to convince her that you were not best serving the interests of Kanara... making Niara turn traitor against you and involving her in a plot to kill me.
*She moves the piece and sighs*
But they know Niara is foolish and indiscreet... that she will incriminate herself. They also know you well enough that when you first find out you will vow to kill her, but once your rage has abated you will do everything in your power to avoid killing her... showing your weakness in front of your generals.
*She moves a knight away from the king*
And then... they engineer it that your lack of willingness to protect me from Niara drives a wedge between us.
*The mermaid takes the Queen to the other side of the board*
And makes Derias take desperate measures.
*She moves the King's bishop*
Thus eliminating Niara and Derias in one masterstroke.
*She takes the Bishop and the pawn, leaving the king isolated on the board*
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DarlUrekThranmere
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:03 am |
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Derias.... I loved him like a son... He could even have been mine, for I bedded his mother.
*He strokes the Princess's hair*.
Those who think they are next in line, those who think they can take my place, must perish.
*He swipes the king from the board and squeezes it tightly in his bandaged palm*.
I will appoint new generals from the ranks, they'll have not had time or the position to have plotted against me...
*Blood drips from the chess piece*.
Niara may not recover... Derias must be made an example of.... To kill a Thranmere.....
*Darl tosses the chess board angrily to the floor*.
My brother would have ordered him skinned alive... But I shall not resort to kanaran tradition... He maybe a traitor but I have a fondness for the boy....
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PhilomenaAquitaine
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:11 am |
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Derias has the best spy network, we need him in such troubled times. Keep him imprisoned but do not weaken your position further by killing him now. Blame someone else for Niara's death... if he could be your son, how could you shed his blood? I am sure he was trying to protect you, his love for you has always been strong.
*Philomena strokes Darl's face and kisses him gently on the mouth*
I may not be the good obedient Kanaran wife you want... I may not be a good wife at all, but I will make a good consort for a king.
*She strokes her stomach sadly and gazes at her husband*
You shall start a new dynasty with new traditions. Our family with be raised to be close and loyal to each other. Your sons will be bold and wise, they will love you as you will love them and that is what will make us strong.
*The mermaid sighs*
We both make sacrifices.
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Cloud
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:43 am |
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*Cloud pads into the room and places his head on Philomena's lap. He licks her hand and gives a low whine*
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PhilomenaAquitaine
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:47 am |
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*She strokes the wolf's ears fondly*
Have you been out wander again my beautiful boy? I missed you.
*Philomena kisses his nose*
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DarlUrekThranmere
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:59 am |
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The wolf was at the door...
**He nods thoughtfully and stares at Cloud*
I always trust the nature of the beast over that of any human.
*Darl unwraps his bandages and offers his bloodied hand for the wolf to lick*.
How could I kill my own son?
*He shakes his head*.
Kanaran overlords have much to fear from their children my butterfly, it's only the illegitimate ones that don't pose a threat....
*Darl smiles and chuckles*.
In truth he could be the son of any kanaran general, his mother was a whore.
*Darl sighs*.
Niara may have been mine also.... Derias may have murdered his own half sister...
*Darl smiles and strokes the mermaid's hair*.
Yes... Perhaps when this war is done we shall raise a better breed of offspring. I should very much like to put aside my sword.
*Darl looks into the palms of his bloodstained hands*.
And hold a baby in my arms...
*A tear forms in his eye*.
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