Eternal
Year 558
“No sign of any survivors?” you ask.
“Well scouts say that Lenay is crawling with Xi. If anyone has escaped, they’d have to be incredibly lucky. There aren’t any svelk suddenly running to our borders either which would be the closest safe haven. None of their elven slaves either.” David remarks.
And so Lenay has finally fallen. You knew as soon as that magic barrier went down; it would be the end for the city. Even Semra couldn’t keep it up forever. And so ends the last living link to your past. The funny thing is, you didn’t even know she was still alive until a few years ago.
You look at the mithril dagger she nearly killed you with when you were in your sixteenth year. At the time Semra mockingly gave it to you as some sort of twisted gift. Perhaps as a reminder of your failure to kill her. You kept it of course as a reminder of your failure as well, but also with every intension of killing her with it one day. Of course that personal goal was given up long ago and even if you did still harbor the motive for revenge, the Xi have deprived you of that. You’re more disappointed that you didn’t get to kill Eldolith, but you guess she got hers as well.
As you study the dagger and fondle it, you ask David if there has been an activity by the gnomes.
“Well, after we destroyed all their airships, I don’t believe any of them managed to escape the Xi either. The Xi have finally completely overrun the Redcap Kingdom. If they aren’t all dead already, then they soon will be. We are the last hope against the Xi my Emperor.”
“Hm.” You acknowledge.
“Last hope” isn’t quite a term you’ve been successful with. You were supposed to be a “last hope” for the Empire too, and you ended up destroying it. So much has turned out differently from what you expected.
You have another realization which is you just indirectly carried out the elimination of the gnomes due to your actions. Over five hundred years later, Casimir’s wish has finally been fulfilled. Feels odd that you managed to serve him in this last capacity.
Casimir and Semra; the closest thing to “parents” that you’ve ever known and everything you are today is partly due to their influence in one way or another.
Snapping out of your introspection, you address David more directly.
“Begin moving our reserve armies toward Arat. Regnik will be our main hub of operations in the area and we’ll start sending out those new airships of ours to start bombing the Xi as soon as possible. Can’t just rely on this oversized flying fortress to do all the work.” You say.
“Very well, it shall be done.” David replies and turns to leave.
“Oh David, here take this.” You say hold out the mithril dagger for him to take.
“What’s this for?” David asks taking the dagger.
“To dispose of, I have no more need of it.” You answer.
“No sign of any survivors?” you ask.
“Well scouts say that Lenay is crawling with Xi. If anyone has escaped, they’d have to be incredibly lucky. There aren’t any svelk suddenly running to our borders either which would be the closest safe haven. None of their elven slaves either.” David remarks.
And so Lenay has finally fallen. You knew as soon as that magic barrier went down; it would be the end for the city. Even Semra couldn’t keep it up forever. And so ends the last living link to your past. The funny thing is, you didn’t even know she was still alive until a few years ago.
You look at the mithril dagger she nearly killed you with when you were in your sixteenth year. At the time Semra mockingly gave it to you as some sort of twisted gift. Perhaps as a reminder of your failure to kill her. You kept it of course as a reminder of your failure as well, but also with every intension of killing her with it one day. Of course that personal goal was given up long ago and even if you did still harbor the motive for revenge, the Xi have deprived you of that. You’re more disappointed that you didn’t get to kill Eldolith, but you guess she got hers as well.
As you study the dagger and fondle it, you ask David if there has been an activity by the gnomes.
“Well, after we destroyed all their airships, I don’t believe any of them managed to escape the Xi either. The Xi have finally completely overrun the Redcap Kingdom. If they aren’t all dead already, then they soon will be. We are the last hope against the Xi my Emperor.”
“Hm.” You acknowledge.
“Last hope” isn’t quite a term you’ve been successful with. You were supposed to be a “last hope” for the Empire too, and you ended up destroying it. So much has turned out differently from what you expected.
You have another realization which is you just indirectly carried out the elimination of the gnomes due to your actions. Over five hundred years later, Casimir’s wish has finally been fulfilled. Feels odd that you managed to serve him in this last capacity.
Casimir and Semra; the closest thing to “parents” that you’ve ever known and everything you are today is partly due to their influence in one way or another.
Snapping out of your introspection, you address David more directly.
“Begin moving our reserve armies toward Arat. Regnik will be our main hub of operations in the area and we’ll start sending out those new airships of ours to start bombing the Xi as soon as possible. Can’t just rely on this oversized flying fortress to do all the work.” You say.
“Very well, it shall be done.” David replies and turns to leave.
“Oh David, here take this.” You say hold out the mithril dagger for him to take.
“What’s this for?” David asks taking the dagger.
“To dispose of, I have no more need of it.” You answer.