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In a flash of light, and
a sound that reverberates through your bones,
you finally arrive at the city of Great
Armia. Ears still ringing, you look around,
tightly clasping the tattered note. You
are greeted with a sea of unfamiliar faces,
most with a look as lost as yours. The teleportation
didn?t leave you naked, but it didn?t provide
anything more than meagre provisions to
ensure continuous survival either. A quick
check in your backpack produced only some
old garbs, a frail weapon and a few potions.
You realise it will be up to you then, if
you want to survive in this strange land.
The streets begin to fill
with people as soft winds blow into the
city, caressing your skin gently with its
cool breeze. The chill persuades you to
pull your rags closer to your body. The
thought of curling up into a warm corner
beside a hearth seem very appealing at this
moment, though you?re not sure if it?s because
you feel cold or... it is because you feel
so lonely?
Then, right at that moment, you suddenly
remembered the dream.
What a strange dream it was! You remember
standing in a desolate land that seemed to
be shrouded with doom. Those... beasts. They
kept coming by the hordes, driving a lone
warrior to the ends of the mountain plateau.
The warrior tirelessly swung his sword around
in a desperate attempt to slay the beasts,
or at the very least intimidate them into
submission. But there were just too many of
them, constantly pushing him nearer and nearer
to the edge of the cliff.
As swiftly as the winds changes flow, you
suddenly realised that the eyes of the hideous
creatures seemed to be staring right into
yours! Confused, you looked around for the
warrior, and then realised that you were
the warrior. For a moment, you were stunned
by the abrupt turn of events. Yet the army
of fetid monstrosities advancing forward compelled
you to react immediately. You frantically
swung your blade around as you tried to imitate
how the warrior previously defended himself.
Strangely, the blade felt familiar, and your
movements with it were fluid, as if you had
spent many years training with the weapon.
Even so, your efforts could not hold back
the unending tide of claws and teeth. A brutish
claw raked your side, and you collapsed to
the hard ground. Not wanting to give up just
yet, you hastily tried to get back up on your
feet. And yet, before you even had time to
raise your blade, another blow knocked you
off the edge of the cliff -- but not before
you managed to desperately grab onto the ledge.
It was a long way down. A fall that meant
death for sure. You tried to repress your
fears, to find a way to climb back up. But
all you could think of was the revolting cries
of the approaching beasts above as your bloody
fingers strained to cling to rapidly crumbling
hope. You closed your eyes, waiting for the
Reaper to claim the last strands of your fragile
life.
Suddenly, an intense explosion shook the ground,
almost causing you to lose your grip. Deafening
screams could be heard from the beasts above,
and blistering cold blue fire brushed against
your fingers.
Total silence.
You looked up expecting to see Hel, the Goddess
of Death. Instead, a female form stretched
out her hands, and with a firm grasp on your
arm, she pulled you up. Dark raven hair framed
her pale face, but she was no mistress of
the underworld... her warm smile told you
that, and for a brief moment, you saw the
image of the grateful warrior reflected in
her beautiful eyes.
Swirling clouds and flashes of movement coalesced
into images of another figure darting through
a night forest. This combatant was not decked
in hard metal armour. Instead, he was clothed
in soft animal leather with the head of a
lion as his helm. A mob of aggressive creatures
dogged after him furiously. He stood in the
middle of a clearing, obviously surrounded
by the ambush. Would he share a similar fate
with the mighty warrior?
As if he was answering your question, the
fighter swiftly morphed into a gigantic black
bear and promptly clawed his way to victory.
Could he be a druid? Remarkable!
Another scene change in the dream, and you
see the three heroes marching up a hill overlooking
a village. A quaint hamlet that seemed familiar
even though you had never laid eyes on it
before.
The three companions stood for a moment on
the hillock, and watched as a large shadow
began to envelop the village. Across the valley,
thick black clouds formed and rose above the
sky while a figure in dark robes stood amidst
a stormy tempest. You felt intense power of
an incredible nature emanate from his glowing
hands, summoning forth a magnificent dragon!
With a few breaths of infernal yet beautiful
fury, the dragon rained destruction all around,
erasing the village from existence, and annihilating
all traces of life in the surrounding area.
Or so you think... The dream became fuzzy
after that. |
Still standing in the town square,
you ponder the significance of the dream for a
moment. You eventually get distracted by the racket
around you that seems to grow louder every minute.
A huge crowd of people was gathering at the gate
on the east side of town. From all the chatter,
you manage to hear something being muttered about
wild boars lurking outside the town. Naturally,
you run over to inspect.
"Training grounds", the sign read. Above the murmurings
of the crowd, you hear cries of boars and a few
other unrecognisable animals from beyond the gate.
Looking at the note in your hand again, you read
the same line that you had read a hundred times
before: "Achieve your Supreme Destiny". This time
though, something different was happening. Smoke
started surfacing from the note and you quickly
drop it in fear of burning our fingers. How had
it caught on fire? There wasn?t a flame-brand
around for yards. Once the smoke had stopped,
you quickly retrieve the note from the dusty ground
and looked at it in amazement. There was now a
strange symbol on the back of the note: two golden
letters spelling S and D, surrounded by intricate
silvery-grey knots.
Well
now, you think, if this wasn?t some sort of omen
then someone would probably have to shout in your
ear to tell you what you were supposed to do.
Readying the flimsy weapon in your pack, you square
your shoulders with firm resolve and start walking
out the gate.
It?s almost dinner time anyway, you chuckle to
yourself.
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