Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Attack on Westguard Keep

The sun was low in the sky, the first stars already beginning to sparkle against the twilight sky. Relea stands at the entrance of the keep, looking around rather proudly. Everyone was beginning to unwind, unbeknownst to them that evil lurked just out of sight.
"Are the men ready?" A cloaked figure asks, standing on the deck of a small scout airship.
"All ready and accounted for."  A woman says, her robes barely covering her skin.
"Good, good." The figure says, "Send them in."
The scout ship hovered in the clouds, hidden to the watchful eyes of the town guards. Suddenly a small group parachuted down into the town, quick to draw swords. The alarm rang loudly, causing the Northblade Vanguard to run out of their posts and rooms without a second thought.
"Oi! What is the commotion?" Rima asks, looking at Relea.
"An attack. To arms!" Relea shouts as the others show.
Guards held back most of the foot soldiers, but soon the ground shook and mechanical creatures burst through the gate with large weapon arms that sprayed more bullets then even the fastest goblin machine.
"Look out!" Vivilla shouts, quickly casting a shield of holy energy around Rima as several rockets explode around her.
"What the fel are those things?!" Relea shouts as the machines end up knocking over and crushing the barn in one swing of the arms.
As another machine stomps towards the main keep, lifting a giant metal fist up as if to crush Relea, a figure jumps from the roof, bringing a sword down and slashing the mechanical beast in half.
"About time you showed up!" Rima scowls towards Parvin, in the middle of a parry against a soldier.
"Yeah, yeah." Parvin growls, a flame in his eyes as he charges into the battle on his short gnome legs.
The figure from the ship lands on the wall of the keep, shaking his head as he watches the battle with cold eyes. 'Tweaks' appears and disappears, dancing through the shadows and stabbing multiple soldiers in the back; Axius leaps on the back of one of the machines, tearing into it and ripping out its circuitry. A swarm of undead burst through the ground and begin mutilating foot soldiers as Deragin reflects bullets back at a machine.
"Fire the cannons!" Faleath shouts from the docks as multiple cannonballs go sailing through the air, causing clustered soldiers to quickly disperse and go flying.
Mindee slashes at soldier's ankles, pausing only to note the mysterious man on the keep.
"They just keep coming! I like a good fight and all but this is getting ridiculous!" Rima shouts, cuts already going up and down her arms and shoulders.
"Just hang in there, Love." Axius shouts, meeting two soldier's strikes with his blades.
Waves of shadow magic begin to cause the enemies to shudder in pain, interrupting their strikes. Flames rain down from the sky and demons begin appearing around the town. After a few hours, night falls with the stench of blood hanging thick in the air; The battle was over.
"Everyone alright?" Relea huffs, exhausted from the amount of mana she had burned through.
"We'll live." Rima says as the pandaren known as Suyin bandaged her, causing Rima to wince.
An elderly pandaren male (Quanchy) wanders over, supporting a limping Faleath, "Who were those men?"
"I don't know.." Relea frowns, sitting on the steps of the keeps with Parvin next to her, 'Tweaks' leaning wearily against the stone wall.
"We obviously haven't seen the last of them." Axius growls, flexing his broken hand that was bleeding.
Deragin hands Faleath a mug of ale before the two begin drinking, trying to ease their mind.
"It's gonna take us weeks to clean this up, even with all the guards and civilians help." Rima notes out loud, watching Axius with a worried gaze.
The air was gloomy and everyone was tense. The sound of a horse whinny caused several members to jump.
"Is everyone okay? Holy shit! This place looks like a war zone!" A worgen man says as he rides in, a druid bird hovering in the air close by.
"We were attacked, dumb ass." Rima sneers, baring her teeth hostilely.
The druid changes into a female elf, quickly moving to begin weaving magic to heal the wounds of the guild.
"Is everyone alive? I'll send for aid." The worgen says, looking over everyone with a trained gaze.
"We'll be fine, Gustian." Relea says, "Though your help is welcome."
"I'll send for help now. Lucinda will help take care of anyone injured until the rest can arrive." Gustian says as he nods to the gnome leader.
"Thank you." Relea says, swaying a bit only to get tugged into Parvin's arms, Tweaks and Faleath watching her like hawks.

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