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Post by Varn on Feb 13, 2012 14:54:16 GMT -5
In the beginning, Varn, the young and agile archer from the kitashi tribe of elves stayed motionless while he crouched down on a tree branch. it was about two stories up and away from any unsuspecting eyes. he had a birds eye view of the whole valley. A place where he has spent the better part of his youth exploring and adapting his skills with the bow. he was one of the best archer's in his tribe. he had even bested many of the older experienced archer's this in turn created cause for jealousy amongst some of them in the tribe. As he reflects on his memories in the forest, his attention is brought back to the present. he can see something coming from about 300 yards away. his keen eyes look about as he sees and hears now a horse coming from the distance. it is carrying one of his trusted friends, Letu, atop of it. as he gets closer he takes aim with his bow. he points it straight towards Varn. Varn doesn't blink or flinch but rather keeps his position on the tree branch. the only thing moving is his eyes. Letu releases his arrow and lets it fly..... to be continued
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Post by Varn on Feb 15, 2012 15:53:09 GMT -5
As the arrow cuts thru the air something catches Varn's eye. there appears to be a piece of paper wrapped around it. the arrow shot with precision hits the tree and sticks within inches of Varn's face. "i taught him well" Varn thinks to himself as a smirk begins to form on his face. As Letu passes under the tree he brings his two fingers up as a salute towards Varn and then proceeds to disappear with in the forest. As Varn stands up his legs let him know that he has been crouching for sometime now. he grabs on to the arrow and proceeds to take the note off of it. Putting the arrow within his quiver with his right hand, he holds the note tightly with his other not wanting the breeze to take it. Varn unrolls the note and doesn't like what he sees. Flames begin to show in his eyes as he crumples up the note. he has to steady himself against the tree as he looks towards his village and a tear starts to form under his eye. so many emotions going thru his mind..... to be continued
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Post by Varn on Feb 17, 2012 16:02:23 GMT -5
All he can do is scream. FATHER!!!! Varn starts to go berserk while up on the tree and proceeds to side somersault to the next tree's branch. then jumping back towards the tree he was on before he grips another branch with both hands and falls to the ground. as he slowly stands upright, leaves fall to the ground around him from all the branches he had shook up. Varn looked around him and things seemed to be moving in slow motion. as if he could see every leaf in perfect resolution and could almost just go and grab each one with out any of them touching the ground. then his anger came back to him like a back draft fire. he took his bow off his back and unloaded all his arrows from his quiver with such precision. the leaves were still falling in slow motion and he hit every single one that he could. complete exhaustion took over his body once he was out of arrows and he dropped to his knees. looking thru his tears he could see an inscription on the bow. the inscription said "to my son, Varn"....to be continued
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Post by Varn on Feb 18, 2012 12:37:37 GMT -5
As he knelt there looking at the bow, his mind raced back to great memories he had of his father. He was the town's merchant and knew everybody and everybody knew him. Varn just turned 18 and his father said he had a surprise for him. he came out from the back and set something on the counter. it was covered with a cloth but Varn knew what it was. it was a very special bow that his father had made him. "these bows have been handed down for generations in our family Varn, i hope you take good care of it and show it the proper respect." "i will father, you can count on me." the bow was made out of a very special kitu wood that only grows in one place in the forest. His father called it, "bestucha" which means hidden place. the tree it comes from takes a very long time to grow. with in ones lifetime you will only get maybe two to three bows out of it so its very rare. "only our family has know about this place and its up to you now to keep it that way." "of course, father. i will protect it with my life." As those words trailed off in his mind and the memory faded, reality set in. he stood up and took a step and he kicked something with his boot. it was the note that he had crumpled up earlier. he bent down to pick it up and proceeded to read it again.....to be continued
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Post by Varn on Feb 19, 2012 4:18:14 GMT -5
It read, "Varn, you must return to the village immediately, something terrible has happened! your father is missing and he may be dead!" Varn walked over to the tree where his arrows had been shot towards. As he was walking he stuck his two fingers in his mouth and he began to whistle to Circa. the ears of his horse perked up. he was off in the distance somewhere grazing the field for some nourishment. Varn was almost done pulling all the arrows out and taking the leaves off of them when his horse trotted up. "I'm coming mother" he said to himself. Putting his last arrow in his quiver, he grabbed Circa's reigns and jumped up on to the saddle. "lets ride Circa!" Galloping on thru the meadow Varn tried to think of a plan of attack. how is he going to find his father. "i need to search for clues first and foremost," he thought to himself, "possibly even find a ranger to help me track this person or persons that kidnapped my father. they will pay for what they've done." ....to be continued
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Post by Varn on Feb 20, 2012 15:39:26 GMT -5
"Where am i going to find a ranger though?" he pondered the question in his mind. The rangers had almost all but been wiped out by a disease that ravaged thru their land. "Holy Kadi!!!" screamed Varn as his head was almost taken off by a branch. "Maybe i better concentrate on where I'm going more," he thought to himself. A smile came across his face as he looked out to the right of him. he could see Letu lying down in the grassy meadow as his horse grazed about. Varn pulled the reigns towards Letu's direction. Surely his trusted friend would be willing to help him out with locating his father. Seeing Varn coming towards them from the forest, Letu started to get up from his bed of grass. Varn raised an arm to wave at him and as he did a thought came to his mind. something that he couldn't bare to hear even from himself. he thought about it back when he read the note but kept putting to the back of his mind. Who sent the note and why did Letu deliver it without even a flinch or upset look on his face? And now he's grazing in the meadow without a care in the world.....to be continued
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Post by Varn on Feb 22, 2012 21:55:16 GMT -5
As Letu approached him, he shook the thought from his mind. "you done with your meditation, there Varn?" "Ya. Sorry for being short with you but there has been an emergency! My Dad is missing and i need to find him." "What do you mean?! how could that have happened? Do you have any clues yet?" Letu said with a shocked looked on his face. "i don't know but i was about to go look for some clues around my house and my dad's shop," Varn replied. "I could sure use your help." "of course my friend, anything i can do to help you," Letu said as he running over to his horse. his horse gave him an annoyed looked since its lunch was being interrupted. "Maybe we could stop by my house on the way and get armor and possibly some weapons, just in case things get ugly." "Very true Letu, we never know what we will encounter. Plus i could always use more arrows," Varn said with a smirk coming over his face. When Letu was almost ready to go and the two friends were side by side he asked Varn, "how did you come about this information of your father?" "it was in the note that you delivered to me," answered Varn. "Yaw!" Varn kicked his horse and the two friends were off.....to be continued
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Post by Varn on Feb 24, 2012 19:44:34 GMT -5
As they rode on, the trees blurred on past them. the rush of the wind urging them to go faster and faster. finally as they approached the outside of the village, they came upon Letu's house. "Let's be quick about this, to much time has been wasted already," retorted Varn as they dismounted their horses. "i hope your sister isn't home, cause i don't...." Varn was interrupted. "Hey sexy!" Varn not wanting to turn around knew exactly where it came from. Letu just left with a smile coming across his face. he tried to hide it from Varn but didn't think about it soon enough. So Varn was left with the horses and Letu went inside to get the supplies. "hey to you to, Suni," Varn responded with an irritated tone while he turned around. "sorry we don't have time to chat but somethings have come up and we need to go right away." "But you just got here and i wore that necklace that you like and..." Letu could hear them talking outside while he rummaged thru his things. Poor Varn he thought to himself. His sister never seems to give up. He came out of the house with a bundle of arrows, some dragon scale jackets, and some daggers for the both of them. Varn looked back at him with a desperate expression on his face. At that time he notice Letu seemed to have something in his mouth. "What are you eating?! I thought you were just getting supplies...as in weapons," Varn asks while holding up his two hands in quotation marks. "What i was hungry...sorry i got you some to don't worry," Letu responded. Without much of a goodbye the two friends loaded up the new gear on the horses and took a few bites of food and then they were off. Leaving Suni in their dust. She waving frantically trying to get Varn to see her one last time....to be continued
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Post by Varn on Mar 7, 2012 15:49:32 GMT -5
As they approached the main town of the Kitashi tribe, they could see nothing amiss. Passing the small 3 bedroom hotel on the left, they saw his dad's shop coming up around the corner. Above the door it read, 'Keel's Weapon Shop.' if someone was to walk by they would think it was closed. they dismounted their horse at the hotel and tied them up there. "let's enter from the back," Varn said, "keep your eyes peeled." Letu nodded his head as he followed Varn's lead. As they walked slowly across the side of the building trying to hear if anything was going on within. Varn doubted anybody was there but you never know. they both were walking with their hands on their daggers just in case. fortunately his dad's shop is on the edge of town so there isn't very much traffic of people walking by. they pressed on with out being disturbed by any one passing by. coming around the corner they could see two drag marks in the dirt, possibly from dragging someone along. "lets go in," said Varn. Letu nodded again as they made their way into the shop. there seemed to be evidence of a struggle within the back of the shop. Most of the front looked untouched from what Varn could tell. "hey Varn come check it out!" Letu exclaimed to Varn from the back of the store. Varn rushed to the back and saw what was missing and his heart sank. his dad always had a secret compartment under the floor boards and it was left open. "they didn't even take the rare kitu bows that were in there! they must have been after something else," Varn said with a confused look on his face. "is anything actually missing then?" asked Letu. Varn thought about it for a minute and then his eyes opened wide in shock. "Yes, the map to bestucha.".... to be continued
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Post by Varn on Mar 14, 2012 15:00:30 GMT -5
Immediately they rushed to the horses by the hotel and started to unleash them. a thought came to Varn's mind that may be a clue. "do you know who gave you that note Letu?" varn asked. "No, i don't sorry. it was just slid under my door with a note on it, saying to deliver it to you." responded Letu. "Can you think about anything else, when that happened? was there any sounds you heard when the person slid it under your door?" said Varn. "no i don't think so," Letu said with a blank look on his face while he tried to think back to when it happened. "you know what we should be asking though, is who would know that i could find you and deliver it. And they must have seen what had happened to your father." "Very true," Varn responded. he thought for a moment going over all the people in town that knows they are good friends. "we better get going cause darkness is coming upon us," Varn says with a defeated look on his face. the notes the only clue they have right now and it upsets him that he can't figure out who delivered it. "lets get going, i don't want to waste anymore time." They got up on their horses and were off. heading north in the direction of the drag marks towards the treacherous mountain pass of the 'Thera Mountains'. "i hope we are not too late and something bad has happened to my father." "Me too, Varn." Letu riding side by side with Varn as they moved swiftly thru the forest. it was starting to become dusk and the low visibility was playing tricks on Varn. he sensed there was someone watching them. he felt like he was seeing movement amongst the trees. "Whoa Circa!" Varn shouted as he slowed his horse down and Letu had to turn his around. "What's up Varn?" asked Letu. Varn didn't respond though. He just reached his hand in the pack on the side of his horse and pulled out a crystal. "its getting a little too hard to see, plus...," varn then whispered the last part of what he was saying, "i think we are not alone. i feel as if someone is watching us." he placed the crystal in the mount on Circa's head and said a illumination spell. (mani ero nae nevae naa sii' iva, dan ri ent yewl lye elea) as he did so a bright light came from the crystal and brightened up the forest before them. Now that they could see where they were going and were not moving around Varn spotted movement as some leaves fell to the ground from a tree not too far away from where they were. in less than a second Varn had his bow at the ready and a arrow aimed at the dark figure. he released the arrow..... to be continued
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Post by Varn on Mar 16, 2012 15:07:55 GMT -5
as it flew threw the air, Letu just stayed still with a shocked look on his face. Him not knowing what Varn was doing. the arrow shot into the tree, out of the reach of the light crystals brightness. expecting something to happen, Letu started to panic. Varn was keen on looking around not letting anything slip from his vision. the arrow fell out of the tree as if someone dropped it or it just lost all of its power. "Ok, what's going on?! Why did you just do that and how come it just fell like that? shouldn't it have hit something or keep going?" Letu had many questions going thru his mind. Not seeing any movement in the trees, Varn moved closer to where the arrow fell. ' i could have sworn i saw something', he said to himself. sliding off Circa, he approached the arrow and picked it up. it looked as if nothing happened to it. something must have caught it. "but that's impossible, right?" Letu asked as he slowly and cautiously made his way over to Varn. "nothing is impossible," responded Varn. he put the arrow back into his quiver and got back onto his horse. "Stay close and keep your eyes open to anything. lets get a move on." Letu nodded in agreement. As they started to ride away and the light started to fade a figure dropped down from another tree. ' that was a close one,' he said to himself as he dropped the arrow Varn shot. he stood there in the dark and watched them ride away. he was slowly lost in the darkness with blood dripping down his arm from where the arrow was removed. ' that kid's got a great shot'....to be continued
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Post by Varn on Mar 20, 2012 14:49:11 GMT -5
As they approached the mountain pass, there was a blast that they could hear in the distance. "did you hear that," they both said it at the same time. they proceeded to walk into the canyon between the two huge mountains. Within these mountains is the bestucha and my father, varn thought to himself. "lets be cautious," letu said. "I don't like these mountains too much...You've heard the stories, right Varn?" but before Varn could answer the question there was another blast right in between them. it knocked Letu and his horse down with the force of it. "Varn are you alright!!!" he yelled while he got up to his feet and brushed off all the dirt from his clothes and hair. as the smoke settled, he could not see Varn anywhere. Just Circa was standing there all by himself. "Varn where are you?!" Letu yelled out into the night. Varn awoke in a cave deep in the mountains. 'the blast must of knocked me out,' thought Varn as he looked around. "Where am i?" he said out loud while he slowly got to his feet. there was limited light that was in the cave to allow him to see everything around him. Suddenly an arrow was thrown at him threw the darkness. Varn jumped out of the way as if it was going to pierce him. a voice came from the darkness, "Don't worry, if i wanted you dead, trust me, you'd be dead." "Who are you? Why am i here?" Varn said with a strong voice. he was trying to ignore how he flintched away from the arrow thrown at him. "We have a proposition for you..." said the voice. "if you join us and help us with some of our...goals then maybe you will see your father again." THE END* *for now that is the end. its more of the end of a chapter though.
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