Marijn's Life part 1

[marijn]

“Foul Creatures, prepare to meet you maker!”


It was the 27th of febuary 1989, My fourth birtday and possible the most importent birthday of my life. This day my both parents, my big sister and my little brother died in a raid of Hordes. “Foul creatures, Prepare to meet youre maker” That was the day when i met my new trainer. He murdered three hordes that rampaged my home, And thus saved my life from those mongrels. His name was “Jack” A noble paladin, He was around the age of 50 short grey hair and a large mustach. He took me in as a kid as my both parents were dead. He took me to “Loch modan”. This is where i spent most of my live. At the age of 8 “jack” started giving me basic training in combat and such. I got hurt alot at my taining, Broken bones... Gasping wounds, Yet it made me stronger in the end.

At the age of 12 he started to give me real paladin training, He teached me how to use the light as either attacks and defence... Even to heal. My paladin training was completed when i became 20. I left my home of Thelsamar in Loch modan. I went on my journey to “Stormwind City”, I passed the dwarves of Ironforge and took a gryphon towards Stormwind, Once there i met a girl called ‘Allesia”.
After a while i fell in love for the first time, I loved her with my whole soul and trusted her.

Becouse i saw my teacher as my dad i took her to meet him, Hehe... How could i have known what would happen... I’ll tell you... We stayed in Thelsamar for a day or three, When i woke up from a few sounds i checked if everything was alright... Allesia had murdered my teacher “Jack” in his sleep. I didnt know what to do, Seeing i loved the girl with all my hart but she backstabbed me... A person in black clothings came walking from the shadows and kissed her as thanks then ordered her to kill me. She grinned at me before charging in, I coudnt fight her and after a while a felt the sharp pain of hot metal piercing trough me. She stabbed me right in my stomach, As she walked back to the dark figure my sight went black as i though by myself that this was my end.

When i finnaly woke up i saw a unkown ceiling, I sat up and looked around the room surprised that i was still alive. I saw a rather young looking dreanei girl making tea, she had cute light blue eyes and sitting next to her a giant elf with large brown-grey armor. As the girl saw me she walked up to me and checked my wound she said they were fine and offerd me some tea. “What is your name young man” Asked she. “Uhhmm, M-Marijn miss...” She smiled and said “My name is Leith, And this is my guardian Burono”. I looked at the two and thanked them. After a few day’s i left their place again only to find out that the dark figure had killed my former girld friend Allesia. Here i was without my teacher nor girlfriend.


“Burono the indestructible”


I was so sad i joined the army to Northerend, I met the girl Leith and her guardian again on the boat. Underway i was woken up by loud noices, Screaming, Dying people... They sounded so familiar from when the hordes raided my hometown, I rushed out and saw a giant sea monster, It had about twenty eyes and 6 tentacles. I grapped my sword and rushed toward the beast, It simply hitted me back as i almost fell off the boat. The fear i felt... The excitement... I got up and grapped my sword glaring at the beast, I charges at the beast with my sword up high and my shield in front of me, For a second time seemed to go slow-motion. The beast looked at me and in the slightest movement i flew back hit by one off the tentacles as i crashed into the wall i saw the girl leith got hit aswell,

The same second the large guardian drew his sword jumped up the tentacle and charges toward the beast. He sliced the beast up tentacle after tentacle slaying it on his own, Never had i seen such might... As i took another hit off the beast i blacked out thinking about his name... “Burono the indestructible”. Later that trip i woke up and finnaly saw how much damage that beast did to the ship, 34 from the 45 crewmans dead... 9 of the 13 passengers dead... The young dreanai girl walked up to me and frowned then called her guardian. I looked at them as the big guardian showed up he kneeled down in front of me and grapped a wooden spike. As he pulled the spike it became clear the spike was stuck inside me, As the spike came free a felt a hellish pain the pain i had so hated when i first felt it by my girl friend... The girl immediatly closed her eyes and pushed her hands hard against my chest.

I looked at Leith as she softly said... “Smile”. The air around us became clamend and a green light surounded us. The pain i felt dousend as i felt her warm hands on my skin, I started smiling as i lay’d there bleeding to death. The green light danced around her as my chest became painless she opened her eyes as i was blinded by the green light.
I felt the warm hands cooling down and leaving my chest, As i regained my sigh i looked her guardian right in the eyes, As i looked him in the eye i felt a certain trust yet anger hate and destruction. He looked back at me and nodded in regonicion then stoof up, I felt my chest where i was just pierced by a spike... Nothing... Not a scratch.

After a few hours we arrived in Northerend... The icy place of death as i heard someone call it. My first inpresion wasnt that bad, We arrived in “Valliance Keep”. There was a long line with people waiting for job searching, Lumberjacks and Blacksmith all made to soldiers. The tree of us waited for about three hours then we finnaly could report in, Im not sure was leith said against the man but he started yelling at the people around him and they were escorted to the keep. I was thinking why i would even join the Notherend army but my thinking was interupted when it finnaly was my turn. He’d heard of what happend at the boat and figgured i was the wan who slew the beast, So he asked me to take a massage and head towards Amber Ledge.


“Amber ledge?”


There i was sitting on a gryphon flying toward Amber Ledge to bring them a message. I wonder what was in the massage, As i arrived at the Amber Ledge the first thing i noticed was a -Giant- dragon. I have never seen a dragon, Especialy this big, lucky for me he was sleeping. As i landed i saw three hordes running after a night elf on a darnassian nightsaber. I wanted to run after them but the commander walked up to me. He asked “Hello there, Are you looking for work here at Amber Ledge?”. I shaked my head and showed the sealed massage, As he raised an eyebrow he open it and read the paper inside. “Alright” he said as he pointed to the giant dragon. “You can wake him up and ask for a ride to dalaran”. My face turned white as i reply’d “Are you crazy, I cant walk up to a huge dragon and ask him for a ride, He’ll eat me!”. The commander laughed shortly and said “That dragon woudnt even hurt a fly... Come on now, You got alot of work to do”.

I looked up at the giant dragon in fear, As i stood there he opened his eyes as a shivver went down my spine. I could hear a voice but not like it was being told... But in my head. The voice, Calm and deep said “Are you ready for me to fly you to dalaran child”.
I was stunned, The giant dragon talking into my mind... I nodded slightly and said “Yes, Im ready”. The drake slowly stood up from where it was lying the whole time i’ve been there and stretched his wings, Amazing enough i could see slightly trough them. As i gasped at the sighting i could hear the voice again. “Come child, Climb on my back.”

As we were flying over dragonblight i could see the horde base, Big walls and large horde flags to the side. I looked around the base and saw a troll on the roof slowly moving closer to a bird. Once he was at the bird it flew away past the trolls head making him slip and fall off the roof, A soft yell could be heard as the troll hit his head on the ground. Later on when we were flying above a somewhat diffrent terain, Rocks... But no snow as the rest off the area. I looked back up and saw dalaran in the distant. A giant flying city i thaugh by myself as the voice of the dragon entered my mind once again. “The city of dalaran, Home of the Kirin Tor, it’s a magocratic city-state which was once located by the Lordamere Lake on the Alterac Mountains shore in the Eastern Kingdoms. With the beginning of the War against the Lich King its leaders, the Kirin Tor, have used their powers to move the city over the Crystalsong Forest in Northrend in order to use it as a front to attack the armies of the Lich King. The Kirin Tor rule the single city.” I nodded slightly as we continue’d our flight.

As we finnaly arrived in dalaran i clusmsily climbed off the drake, Again i heard the drake’s voice in my head “This is where we go seperate ways my child”. I nodded once again at the drake and said “Farewell, Untill we meet again”. The drake spread his wings and with one giant blast of air it lifted off into the air. As i looked around where i arrived a clumsy dreanei walked up to me. She was wearing full brown plate and a purple tabard with a yellow eye on it, The sign off the Kirin Tor. She wiped her long black hair out her face and smiled then she said “Im guessing you must be Marijn”. I raised a eyebrow in responce and asked “Yes, that’s me... But how do you know?”
The girl reply’d “I will tell you all in due time, Due time”.


“Gunship... Battle?”


The dreanei girl led me into a giant tower as she stubled over her own feet nearly falling. I looked around the place, Giant bookcases fileld with bookes and a horde stealing one, I was about to yell to him when he vanished into tin air. I continue’d to look around and i noticed two portals in the background and a girl casually walking into one. We stopped at a pretty old man and a significant younger looking lady. “Ahh, We’ve been expecting you... Hero” said the lady. I raised a eyebrow and said “Hero?”
The lady reply’d with a quick nod and said “yes, Offcourse... The tales off you beating that giant sea monster are going around, And we sure are in need off a hero right now”. I maked a weird looking smile and said “Uhmm about that... I got something to tell you...” She raised a eyebrow. “Im not the one who took out the sea monster... I actually was almost beaten to death by it... The real hero was the guardian off that dreanei girl”. She sighed, Clearly annoyed and said “Alright, Are you familair to combat?” I nodded quickly as she said “Alright, Send him to the Skybreaker in Icecrown.
I raised my eyebrow as two guard with purple tabards came up to me and escorted me to the flight path master. One of them said “Off you go, Im sure they got need of you at the Skybreaker”. They lifted me on one off the gryphons as it flew away.

As the gryphon got closer to the flying ship called Skybreaker i saw another ship, More kind off a zeppelin tho, Red baloons with horde logo’s. I swallowed as a cannon fired from the zeppelin and hit the skybreaker. As the gryphon was in landing range another shot was heard as the cannonball hit right into the ship where the gryphon was landing. The gryphon trew me off it’s back as i landed onto the ship, I quickly looked up to see my gryphon get hit by a flaming arrow and burst into flames. With despite i looked as the gryphon fell down to Azeroth, Screeching. One off the commanders ran up to me and said “Ahh you must be a need recruit, And just in time... You need to help us we’re in the middle off a gunship battle”.

“Recruit! Bring that box with supplies here!” I grapped the box and jogged to the commander. “Recruit, Go help out with the cannons!” I jogged down to the stairs and arrived at a gnome yelling orders. “Oi new guy, man that cannon, The previous guy has been killed, It’s your job to shoot those babarians!” I ran to the cannon with a dead gnome, I swallowed and pushed it off the seat, I sat down and looked at the control panel. A big red buttom... A small yellow button and a joy-stick... I softly said “Alright, This cant be that ha-”. A cannon ball crashed into the seat next to me leaving a screaming sound off the night elf that was sitting next to me. I pushed the joy-stick up and down as my seat moved to the direction off the horde ship. I pushed the red button as a large clicking sounds could be heard, My seat rumbles and a giant blast infront off me send off a cannon ball towards the enemy, The ball didnt even get close to the ship tho. I pressed the yellow buttom as i felt my seat rumbling again, I noticed one off the canonballs that was in a row of 6 balls entered my cannon, The red button gave off a smoft red glow to pronounce it was ready. I located my cannon seat towards the infront of the enemy this time, I pressed the red buttom as i send another cannon ball off flying to the enemy as it hit the enemy on the cannons i grinned and thaugh by myself... “So this is a Gunship... Battle?”.


“Let’s get them group!“


The commander laughed heartly as he peered at the damage at both enemy gunship and their own “We sure got them good alright”. I walked up to him as his eyes fell down on me “Hmm... Right recruit, You did a good job on those cannons... but how’s youre combat skill against the scourge?” Before i could say anything he already said “Yeah yeah, Im sure your good so we’ll send you off to the ground togheter with a elite group of specialists, Go get yourself ready”. As i walked to the edge off the ship i looked down and saw giant masses off scourge. I looked around the masses as they where grouping up at a point yet i coudnt see clear why. I grapped one off the spyglasses from the deck and peered down to the ground. The masses were gathering before someone, As i looked closer i noticed the brown-grey armor... The almost siege tank looking guy... And a little dreanei girl behind him. “Leith and her guardian burono?”. As the guardian was whacking away ghouls and abbomantions the girl was just standing there eyeing the fight off her guardian against the endless masses off the scourge.

We were left at the mountain with a select group of seven people... A gnome with two green enchanted dagger and warm orange clothings, Three night elves dressed in the same white mail clothings one off them had a bear walking next to her. There was also a in yellow plated covered human man with a giant axe. I looked around the party as i said “Is everything clear what we are going to do?”. They all nodded and we charged to the base. Pherhaps i should tell you what the plan is... Listen up, We are to infiltrate into the base of Ymirheim, Free as most slaves from the cave as we could and while were at it slay as many off those darn Vrykul, Vrykul are large kind of vikings yet they have a blue skin and mostly large... very large axes... As we closed into the base we spotted two guards that were playing cards with each other, As the night elfs drew their bows the gnome that was running next to me dissapeared into thin air. The three night elfs stretched their bow and lunched three cold arrow into one off the Vrykull guards, The other guard jumped up in surprise and glared at us, as the gnome apeared around the guards neck with one off his knifes around his neck, The gnome moved his arm as the dagger split the troat off the guard, Leaving the guard to fell dead to the ground. As we continue’d into the cave one off the valkyr sounded alarm, in a split second one off the night elf arrows pierced it troat unabling it to scream and sending it falling down. Yet it was to late, As around the fiftheen Vrykuls came running in at the entrance. The female night elf let out a scream as the gnome vanished again. I looked at the party and nodded, “Alright, Let’s get them group!” We charged into the guards that came to check out the noice. As i jumped into one piercing my sword trough his heart the human got hit back. One off the guards lifted his giant axe above the human and grinned as two arrows pierced into his arm, He swinged down the axe.


“AAAUURrghhh!“


The humans head rolled down leaving a bloody mess as the Vrykul let out a evil laugh, Before he could make another step another two arrows shot right into his face, One off the arrows piercing him into the right eye and the other one pull off half off his jaw by the force, The giant Vrykul fell onto both knees as he glared at us before another arrow pierced into his forehead with a dempted blow. Two down... Thirtheen more to go... The elfs shot a few arrows as the guards got closer, As i blocked the giant incoming axe with my quite tiny shield i heard a large crack, As i backed away i received another hit onto my shield. I looked at my as it broke down into pieces, I swallowed as all the guards were getting closer... There were only three off us left, Me and the two elfs... One off the elfs was thorn into pieces by a Valkyr. The gnome had already disapeared... The Vrykul infront of me lifted his axe and sended it down into my direction, I managed to block avoid the hit by charging forward and stabbing my sword into the giant. I looked to the side as i saw the the male nightelf being hit by one off the giant axes splicing his body into two, The girl screamed in panic as she ran out off arrows. She ran further into the cave, Seeing she was my only back-up i decided to follow her. As we stood there only the two off us left with our back against the wall looking at the ememy, We managed to took down six off them... One off the Valkyrs that was flying above them screamed something as another twenty guards arrived... Around the thirty giant Vrykul, And two Valkyrs flying above, One off the valkyrs flew down towards one off the dead elfs. I looked at the shivvering night elf as she looked back both thinking this would be our last moments.

I looked at all the guards as they surrounded us one off them lifting his axe to deliver the killing blow. “AAAUURrrghhh!!!” The guards looked around as i saw one off the giant Vrykul in the back flew trough the air against the valkyr, Soonly followed by another Vrykul taking flight against one off the cave walls. As the guard infront of me was distracted i pierced my sword into the back off his neck, As the guard hit the ground bleeding to death i looked towards the entrance of the cave where something was sending those Vrykul off flying. A white flash apeared followed by the sound of thunder as i heared the guards scream, I looked at the girl next to me who was as stunnend as i was. Another hit was sounded as about three off the Vrykul flew trew the air, Followed by a quite large figure smacking them back to the ground. The figure landed in the middle off the group of guards being surrounded. He lifted his giant swird and axe and charged right into the surounding group sending them of flying and cleaning right trough them. While i was looking at the the girl that was standing next to me ran towards the group to help the shady figure out but as she got closer one off the Vrykul grapped the elf with both hands unableing her to do anything and ran off further into the cave. I ran to her direction as i got a fist full in my face making me fall, I stood up as i was facing a significant larger Vrykul then i did before. He glared at me before stepping closer and then jumping in my direction. I charged forward as i hit him in the stomach but allowing me to get hit in the face again. He laughed as he said “Is this all you got?” I wiped some blood from my face as i charged the giant again, Before i could even hit him i got a hit full in the stomach and quickly followed by a knee in the face. I fell to the ground and spitted out some blood. He stood before me and laughed “You’ll pay with your life for the death of my broth-” A giant axe cleaved trough his face from the top trough his nose and cheek. I gasped as the giant crashed to the ground with the axe still in his head. I looked at the dark figure that was covered in blood as i spotted brown-grey shoulderpads on him, He indeed looked familair. “I told you it was him” sounded a soft female voice. That voice sounded so familair aswell, Could i be... The girl appeared behind the giant bloody figure as she smiled and said “Long time no see Marijn!”


“One... Two... Three!“


“Leith, That you?”, The dreanei nodded and said “Yes, yes... Told you buro, It was him, So... Are you oke?” I nodded slightly “Yes,,, I am” I stood up in schock and said “I tottaly forgot about the elf, She got taken away by one off the giants!” She looked around and then back at me again “Where did they take her?” I looked around the cave and pointed at one off the side-caves, “They took her over there, Let’s go rescue her!” We moved towards the side cave, Me feeling slightly awkward by the man coverd in blood. At the end off the tunnel there was a greed door with a guard infront of hit, As he saw us he started banging on the door and screaming “Let me in, let me in!!!” Burono walked ahead off us and raised his axe, Letting it cleave trough the back off the guard as he screamed for his life. A large puddle off blood gathered underneath the dead guard. As we stood infront off the closed door we could hear some voices inside, “They must be in here” said Leith. Burono nodded slightly as he kicked against the door. “Hmm, It apears to be quite strong” Burono walked abit back as he charged the door leaving behind a large bent. “Oi kiddo, Help me” I walked up to the door and looked at burono while he said “Alright we’ll charge the door down on three, One... two... Three!” We dashed towards the door shoulder first and with a large bang we ran down the door as we both fell down on the ground, Burono rolling over and getting up in a second, Me however struggling to get back up. When i got up i looked around the chamber where we just entered, The room mostly grim and dusty and in the back one the giant Vrykul and the girl. The giant looked around in shock as we stormed in, He quickly chained the girl to the wall and walked abit to the front, With a dark deep voice he said “Ahh, Good day you three, I see you’ve made it past my security... Now, Cant we make a deal that i keep the elf and you let me live?” before i could say anything the warm voice of leith said “What do you have in mind Vrykul?” The giant laughed abit “Please call me Thorn, And i’ll give you anything you desire, Gold, Loot, Women” he looked at me and grinned “Men?” I glared angrily at the giant. “Come now, There must be something you want, I got plenty of valuabl-” Before he could said anything a smal gnome dressed in orange cloths apeared around his neck, His two green enchanted dagger sightly poking into his flesh. The gnome said “Like hell will let you live after what you did to my brothers and sisters!” Thorn grapped the gnome on his back and pulled him off him, The gnome making lots off movement to release himself, He looked at the gnome and trew him backwards against the wall, The gnome letting out a small scream as he fell onto the ground next to the elf. “Well, Do we have a deal missy?” Leith looked to burono as she said softly “Kill this disgrace off nature burono.” The giant letting out a soft gasp as he said “Wait, We have a deal right, I’ll give you anyting!” The in blood covered guardian walked forward as he drew his weapons. “You heard my alien pet, Time to die”.

I dodged the incoming axe just nearly it taking abit off the plate i was wearing with it, I duck under the next blow as i charged to his feet and sliced his legg as burono jumped and hit with the two giant two handed weapons Thorn’s axe, The giant grinned as he launched burono back towards the wall, I ran underbeneath him and bashed my sword right into his leg the giant kneeling down to one knee. Burono charged the giant again as he slashed his sword right trough the giants axe, I grapped my knife from my belt as i trew it to his face, The knife piercing right trough the flesh of his cheek, Burono charged the giant as he twisted around past his leg, After a second the leg releasing from the body leaving a large puddle off blood on the ground as the giant fell to both knee’s. I trew my shield towards the giants head as my last weapon, The shield hitting the dagger that was stuck in his cheek therefor duo the force it pushing further into his flesh. Burono jumped up as he raised both weapons ready for the killing blow, The giant screamed for help as he saw his death in sight. The axe and sword piercing right into the giants head as he let out his last breath.


“Let me help“


I grapped the key-chain off from the giant lifeless corpse i looked at burono as he wiped some brains and guts off his sword and armor. I walked towards the girl that was cowering in fear still not certain if she had just been saved. I unlocked the chains as she let out a loud sigh of relief before bursting into tears “M-My s-sister.... M-My b-brother...” The elf looked at the gnome with had blood streaming from his head, Leith walked up to the gnome as she felt his pulse, “He’s been dead for about seven minutes right now, We were to late...” Burono pulled his axe out the giants head and wiped some more brain and skull from it before attatching it back to his back. He picked up the dead gnome as he said “let’s go”. I helped the elf up on her feet as she was still sobbing over her losses and wounds, I quickly grabbed my shield and pulled my dagger and the sword out off him. As we walked out the room i spotted a few other side caves “Pherhaps they keep more people there” Leith nodded. “Let’s go check”. As we walked into one off the other rooms we looked around the room, The room was filled with three weapon racks with swords, maces, axes and bows. On the other side off the room was a chest with gold, potions, Mammoth fur and a ring. Behind the crate with crap walked out a goblin with Vrykul cloths on, As he spotted us he ran to one off the weapon racks and dragged out one off the bows and a few arrows before putting one off them onto the bow, The warm voice of leith said “Come goblin, put away that bo-” The goblin fired a arrow right into her leg as she let out a loud schriek before kneeling down with her hand onto the earth. She looked up as her eyes glew red as the air around us got hot, With a gasp off surprisement the gobling sent off another arrow as it pierced it’s way into leith shoulder. As she lifted her hand a large ball of earth and dirt floated underneath her hand as she grined with a weird looking smile the ball started to melt into lava. The goblin quickly sent off another arrow as Leith grabbed the arrow in mid air with her other hand, She snapped the arrow and pointed the ball into the goblins direction. The goblin not to sure what was happening moved back untill his back reached the wall, I looked as the air in the cave slowly became hot, She moved her hand back abit before pushing it forward again, Sending the giant ball of lava flying off to the goblins direction. The goblin not being able to go anywhere got the ball of lava right into his face as the lava dripped over his whole body he let out a dying scream, His flesh slowly melting away as the lava burned him slowly to toast. I looked away as the goblin ran around screaming in despair before falling onto the ground, dead.

Leith was lying on the ground as the guardian removes the arrow out her leg and shoulder, I walked up to them “Let me help...” Burono looked up at me and raises a eyebrow “I... I can heal her with the light... Or stitch her wounds...” Burono eyed me up and down and then looked at Leith “Heal her with light, And you better now screw this up”. I kneeled down infront of her as i closed my eyes forming a bowl with my hands around the wound on her leg. I started to mumble something as my hands started to glow, Slowly closing the wounds. Meanwhile while i was healing the elf found herself a bow and a dozen off arrows, She walked to the chest and saw it was filled with gold, She grapped the ring and put it on as and looked at the potions, She graped them and walked to us, “H-Here... This might help...” She smiled faintly as she handed the potions to us. After a minute or thirty i finished up healing leiths wounds as she climed onto burono’s back. I looked at the elf “Are you not injured?” She shaked her head and smiled softly, Please worry about her, I looked back at Leith as she was talking to her guardian, We walked out the room after taking some gold into out bags. We looked around the cave and saw one more side-cave. Before anything Leith already said “Let’s check the last room”.


“I beleive that’s Darnassian...“


We walked into a large room with at the end two diffrent ways, I looked around as i spotted a few prisoneres, After checking the area for enemy’s i rushed to them. The prisoners were chained to the wall and apprently asleep, It were three girls, A elf, a dreanei and a human. At the other side off the room was a male human, Yet when Leith checked him he was already dead. I walked to the three girls as they layed still on the floor, I quickly checked their pulse for a heart beating, And there was a beating. I sighed silently and inspected the girl for wounds, The dreanei has large lash marks on her back and on off her horns seemed to be broken, Her hair was badly cut, Like someone cut it with a knife... Her right hoove seemed to be cut in and nails been spiked into it. The human had quite the few bruices all over her body, Thorn clothings and no shoes... Abvously abused for hard work. The elf didnt have that many scars or bruises or anything, Only a few scratches... She probably was brought here recently. I poked the elf in her face as she starting swinging her arms around her yelling “Dur ano ni shano ni falla” I gently graped her wrists and unlocked the chains binding her to the wall. I smiled at her as she looked back for a face filled with mistrust. “We’re here to get you out miss” The night elf looked around the room at the dreanei and the in blood covered elf, She imediatly backed off against the wall. “Ash dath ri osa rini dath ni” I scratched my head as Leith walked up... “I beleive that’s Darnassian... Heey burono, Could you translate her?” Burono walked up to her little pieces of brain falling off his shoulders “Diel mush shari al andu osa so sath thera osa fulo ni thus aman...” The girl swallowed and stutterd “Su... Su aman ri Adore” Burono looked at us and said “Her name is Linda.” I walked up to the dreanei and human who were chained togheter, I grapped one off the chains that was cuffed to both their wrists. I put the key into the chain as it made a soft click noise, As the dreanei woke up cause the sound she started kicking her hooves at me, Hitting me full in the stomach. I let out a cough as my companions looked up. “X-X-X O MelAr raka xi... Re mishun zennshi...” I raised a eyebrow, “Is that dreanish or something?” Leith smiled softly and walked to the beaten dreanei “MelAr Soran Alar BuRas zila xi amir shi gul ashj shi Parn amir ur rikk parn”... The dreanei looked at Leith and said “Xi... Parn il Zenn... Alar...” Leith helped the dreanei up as she leaned upon her, “Her name is Iutu” I looked at the dreanei “ee-oo-too?” I shruged and walked kneeled before the human unlocking her chains, I gently shook her up and down to wake her up but she remained unconsious. “Shall we check the other room aswell?” I picked up the girl and lifter her over my shoulder. Leith looked at me and then at burono who was calming the elf. “Yes, I might be best to check the other room for slaves aswell” There we went to the other room, Me, Leith and Burono, Linda, Iutu, The elf we free’d earlier and the still unkown human.

We opened the door to the other room with the keychain and looked around, It was dark, You coudnt even see your own hand before your eyes... Leith searched trough her bag and grapped out a small torch, You snapped her finger as a spark set the torch on fire. We looked at the wall as there were two torched hanging from it. Me and burono took one off the torches and lighted it with the fire Leith created. As the room lighted up we noticed a giant beast glaring at us, The beast was atleast six times my size and giant fangs with blood on them, The beast had one eye and leaned on his two giant arms. Next to him was lying a pile off dead bodies off all races, Humans, elfs, Dreanei’s, Gnomes, Dwarfes, Orcs, Trolls, Etc. I swallowed and took a few steps back. I looked at the giant beast as it let out a large roar, It moves it giant arm and made a step towards us letting out a large waterfall of drool. Burono drew his axe and sword and steped forward then looked back at us, “Get them out off here now!” I nodded slightly as i walked backwards with the girl still hanging from my shoulder. The beast moved another step forward as it let out another load roar!


“I should have never come with you“


I looked at the guardian as he ran up against the beasts leg slicing it badly with his sword, My sight got blurry as i crashed into the wall making me let go off the girl i was holding on to. I caught out some blood as i fell on the ground the girl falling next to me fainted... For a moment i lost my sight as i taugh by myself “Is this really how it ends this time?” I regained my sight as i saw a flash of red light followed by a ball off lava hiting the giant, The beast screamed and swang his arms around sending Burono off flying into the wall. As he got up he looked at us and screamed “Get going now, I’ll distract it!” I got up in pain as i noticed my arm was broken from the hit, I ran towards the girl and lifted her on my shoulder again, I peered around the room as i saw the girl Linda lie on the ground in a pile off he own gore, I ran towards her and as she spotted me she said with a soft voice “O neph’o diel ri balah andu dor shar osa”. After that last sentence wich i didnt understand i thing from she let out her last breath. I stood up again looking at Leith who was just walking out the door with Iutu, I looked further and saw the elf we free’d shooting a few arrow at the best, One hitting him next to his eye, The beast roared and grapped a boulder tossing it to the elf, The elf jumped just in time and dodged the incoming boulder. I Yelled to her “Are you crazy, Get going now!” She nodded and fired another arrow before running my way. Once she arrived at me we ran out the door towards the room where we found the three girl earlier.

A roaring sound could be heard from the other room as we sat down and looked for the wounds, Lot’s off loud sounds left the room while Burono was fighting the giant beast in there. “Shoudnt we go help him?” i asked. Leith looked up to me while she was healing the dreanei girl slightly “No”. I poked my chest as i felt a stinging pain... “I think... One off my ribs is broken and my arms aswell...” Leith walked to me and the girl that was lying next to me and kneeled down infront of me, She firlmy grapped my arm and i felt the sharpening pain of bones moving over each other. “Hang on, I’ll heal your ar-” A large sound could be heard as the wall near the door collided. Between all the falling rocks i saw burono flying toward us and landing near the dreanei girl. The giant beast came crashing trough the wall and roared. Leith quickly pulled my back as one off the giant hands landed right where i was sitting... Just then i remembered the girl was lying there awell... He lifted his hand as blood driped down from it. Before aiming a hit towards me, I let out a girlish scream as me and Leith were hit, We flew backwards against the wall as i think i felt another rib break. I fell onto the ground and coughed out a large amount off blood. I looked up and saw Burono running up his arm and stabbing his sword into the giants face. As it roared loudly and swang his arms around Demolishing everything around him Burono took his chance and swang his axe up into his eye, The second it penetrated the soft flesh off his eye the beast grapped Burono and trew him towards one off the walls. The giant Crashed his arms into the walls before smashing the ground sending out a sort of earthquake... Boulders falling from the cealing crashing ontop to beast and around us. As Burono stood up again his helmet broken he grapped his sword as his axe was still stuck in the beasts eye. Burono charged towards the beast leaving behind a track of blood, Before he could even reach the giant, The beast crashed his fist into Burono from above as the earth cracked and shattered underneath us. As the ground broke under us in hundereds of pieces we started falling down into a cold darkness... While we were fallin Burono jumped onto one off the pieces of ground and a mysteries glow started surounding him. In a blink of a eye he shoot off the piece of earth, Jumping from piece to peace untill me was above the falling giant, A yellow glow lighted the area as with a flash Burono shoot forward into the giant sending them both crashing even harder to the ground. As i looked down i saw nothing but darkness untill i hearded things crashing into the ground i felt a pain around my whole body when i realised i crashed into the ground losing my conciousness.


“Im glad that’s over...“


I opened my eyes as saw the dreanei girl Iutu lying next to me, She felt her head and said with a soft voice “X-Te kar... Zila therAm Meav” She looked at me with a confused look before a boulder crashed into her, As i layed there i got a whole shower of blue blood and guts over me off the dreanei. I gasped as i wiped some guts of my hair. Leith walked to me and kneeled down. She places her hands over my chest and took a deep breath, A warm feeling surounded me, As if i was being carried by angels, I swear i could even hear them saying “snap out of it” But it’s getting black around me again... Black, And im tired... So tired... I slowly blacked out.

“WAKE UP YOU USLESS DOUCEBAG!!” I shot up as hit by a knife, I quickly looked around to see what happend. I saw Burono covered in more blood then i remembered with a bleeding Leith. “Snap out off it and help!” yelled Burono, I raised my eyebrow and looked trough the room, Before i knew it a giant claw swang over my head cleaving Burono and Leith and tossing them flying to the wall. I looked up in surprise only to find out that the giant beast was still alive and really pist. I looked around the ground for my sword or shield but i could only find dirt, blood, and guts. I quickly stood up and as i did i felt the pain off the giant claw hitting me in my back sending me off flying again. I hit the wall as i spit out some blood. The elf was shooting a few last arrows at the beast before she ran out, The beast started walking to her, Growling. The elf screamed something as i stood up, She pointed at Burono two handed sword that was stuck in the ground. I ran to the sword and grapped it quickly after charging towards the beast as i thaugh byself how to use it... I lifted the heavy sword over my head and hacked at the beasts leg, It turned around and easily knocked me away tossing me into a small pool off water. I floated in the water as i hearded the beast roar again followed by a harge sound of stones crumbeling. I realised that was probablt the end off the elf... As i climbed back onto the rocks out off the ice cold water i realised Burono and Leith we’re lying right next to me against a wall. I heard a loud scream as i saw the elf hit the walk next to me. The beast turned to us and started walking. As he was close enough he lifted his giant feet and roared, I looked at Burono and Leith as they layed next ot me... I stood up and faced the beast who had his feet risen to crush us all in one blow...

A hard sound could be heard as in a split of a second the beast crushed to the ground in multiple pieces. It let out a load roar before breathing had final breath and letting out a shower off blood and guts everywhere. I quickly looked around the dark room to find what could possibly have done such a thing. There it was, A shady figure in the dark room... The shape off the man was hard to see but i could see that there was blood dripping off him, He was holding two long blades, He turned around and looked at us as he moved slightly towards us, He grinned with a sick smile before saying with a dark voice “I saw you were in need of some help”. I peered at the shady figure in disbeleive that he took it down so easily “Wh-... Who are you?” He lifted his hand into the air as a small orb took form around his hand “You’ll find out eventually...” He moved his hand down and pushed the orb into the ground, A large circle covered the ground as the room lighted up. I could see the shady figure more clearly, Showing that we has long black hair and quite the few scars. Now that the room was lighten up by the circle i saw that the giant beast layed there in a douzen off pieces, Also the elf was lying at the other side off the room with a faint glowing circle underneath her. I could notice a sly smile on his face before i blacked out.


“Good morning sunshine!“


I opened my eyes and shook up, I quickly scanned my suroundings, A bookcase filled with plenty of books and a small table with a few chairs next to it. There was a fuzzy bear pelt on the ground. I looked at the door as a small female gnome walked in, She looked at me and smilled “Good morning sunshine, You’ve been out for a day!” “What... W-Where the heck am i?” The gnome peered at me before saying “Come now, You dont remember being teleported to dalaran?” I stood up from my bed and looked out the window, Revealing the local houses and towers of Dalaran. “Im back in Dalaran... But where are the Burono and Leith?” I looked at the gnome as she scratched her head... “You mean the Giant elf and the smaller elf?” “No... I ment the giant elf and the dreanei girl...” She giggled shorty and stretched her arms widely “Dont worry sir, They are in the other room still asleep... Well, The elf girl and the dreanei that is... The big guy is awake... I think he went out to fish or something... Think he was muttering something about coins or something.” I scratched the back off my head and sighed softly “That’s good they are fine...” The gnome walked up to me and asked “Could i have your name for the records sir?” I simply nodded slightly and said “My name is Marijn...” “Hmm, Just Marijn or do you have a last name, Sir?” I looked over my shoulder at the gnome and replied “Just Marijn, I never knew my last name...” “Ahh oke oke, And your friends name were Burono, Leith and?” I shruged slightly “I dont know the other girls name” The gnome nodded quickly and walked off. I walked to the room were the girls were sleeping and took a look into the room, Leith was just sleeping and the elf was lying with a broken leg and arm, She also had a clearly fresh scar walking from her righ cheek to her eye. I walked to the bed she was lying in and saw that she was clearly in pain and probably having a nightmare, I saw down at her bed and softly shook her awake. She quickly shot up in her bad screaming, “Calm down, Calm down..” She looked at me and stopped screaming “W-Wh-Where are we... Wh- What happen!?” “Dont worry... We’re back in Dalaran.” The girl looked around her reconising the dalaranish designs “B-But how did we G-Get here?” I looked at her and shruged abit “I have no idea... We were about to be crushed when...” The girl raised a eyebrow and almost yelled “When?!” I smiled back at her “Dont worry... It doesnt matter we’re safe here”. She nodded softly... “Yeah... I guess it doesnt matter...” I stood up from her bed and walked towards the door before turning around “By the way... What’s your name?” She smiled softly and said “My name is Shannah.”

“Thank you come again” I nodded and walked out the store with a bag filled with meat. I walked over the purple stones in dalaran and looked to my side, There is was... A tree selling apples... I decided to walk up there to buy some fruit from it “Uhmm... Good day... Sir?” The tree looked towards my direction and spoke with a low voice “Ahh, Welcome kind sir, You wish you buy some off my fruit?” I nodded “I would like four apples” The tree grapped a small bag and put four apples in. “That will be twenty silver coins” “Tssk, Pretty expensive...” I grapped to my bag and took out a small bag with coins, Grapping out twenty silver pieces and tossing handing them to the tree. “So, Where do those apples come from?” i asked. The tree peered at me before saying “Please, Dont ask...” I shruged and took the bag before i started my walk back to the hospital, Underway i looked around at the high towers and strange buildings... I walked trough the entrance as the gnome waved me welcome and gestured me to come over there, I walked to the gnome as she said, “The dreanei and the large elf can leave today, yet the other one... She’ll has to stay here for a few weeks...” I nodded and said “I’ll tell her”. I walked off to the room where Leith and Shannah were staying and opened the door. I walked in and spotted the giant guardian burono talking to Leith, Shannah lied in the other bed sleeping softly, I walked up to Burono as in a split of a second he turned around and pointed a dagger at my neck, I stood as stiff as a board in surprise as burono glared at me.


“Well... Then there’s gonna be some trouble“


“Ohh... It’s you... Dont sneak up on me like that you maggot...” Burono moved his knife away from my neck as i followed the knife with my eyes. I let out a lous sigh of relief that the Burono didnt plit my troat... I looked at Leith and said “Miss Leith... Uhmm youre free to leave in a day, However Shannah...” Leith raised an eyebrow and asked “Shannah?” “The elf girl...” Leith smiled and nodded “Offcourse” “She is to stay here for a month...” Leith nodded and said “We’ll tell her, You go back to the Eastern Kingdoms, Back to stormwind...” I nodded slightly “That was my plan already... Im taking the grypgon back to Valliance Keep, Then the boat back to Stormwind, I’ll see what i do then.” “Will you leave now then?” Leith asked. I closed my eyes for a moment and nodded “Most likely” Leith nodded and smiled “Let’s first eat then”. I smirked and placed the bag on the table “Meat, Meat and more meat... And apples for you two...”

After me, leith and burono ate i left the hospital and took a gryphon to Valliance keep. The gryphon flapped it’s wings as we neared the Keep, I looked down to the ground and saw a few hordes fighting against a few muck divers... A few moment later i arrived at Valliance keep as the gryphon landed it nearly tossed me off it’s back. I carefully jumped off the gryphon and handed a small back with silver coins to the Gryphon Master. I walked up to the dock as someone screamed to me “Oi, Guy in the brown armor!” I looked around and walked to the man “What is it?” The man scrapped his troat and said “We need you to help us, There are nerubians attacking our front gate!” I sighed and said “Sorry, Got to catch the boat!” The man trew me a few curse words as i walked away towards the dock, I looked around and saw the boat that would bring me to Stormwind City. A man in the standard Valliance keep uniform walked up to me and asked “Ahh, You’re joining us to Stormwind eh?” I nodded slightly “Well, Then there’s gonna be a problem... It seems cultists have infiltrated out boat... We need someone to take care off them...” “And your asking me to do that?” He smirked and nodded. You and a few off our guards, I’ll see you on the boat.”

I walked down the stairs on the boat with three off the guards, We quickly noticed a few cultists talking down the deck. I grapped my sword and new shield, The shield had a blue layout and a yellow lion shape on it, The well familair logo off the Alliance. The shield had a silver line around the tracks, It also had tree seprate balls on the side, One with a picture of a hammer, One with a moon and one with a cog weel in it. The shapes were the same coulour yellow (More gold) as the Alliance logo.The shield as impressive as it was... Was expensive as hell and left me broke... I moved the shield up to chest height and lifted my sword ready to attack. One off the guards softly said “Alright guys.. We are to eliminate the treat, That means either show them mercy once you beat the living sunlight out off them and capture them, Or deliver the finishing blow... The choice is yours.” We walked down the stairs into the open space were the cannon balls were being hold. Once we moved into the space the cultists noticed us but before they could do anything one off the guards sprinted towards the right cultist and stabbed his sword into his chest, Most likely piercing trough his hart. He held us his shield and blocked the incoming blow from the left cultists as a second guard slashed his sword right trough the left cultists arm. As the cultists grabbed his arm the guard quickly manourved behind him moving his arm around the cultists neck and pulling him to the ground, he grapped his handcuffs from his belt and forced the cultists arms to his back before handcuffing him. “I’ll stay here with this one... And make sure he doesnt bleed to death... His information could later on be quite usefull.” The two other guards and me moved towards the next room, We waited for a moment... “Alright” said one off the guards “We’ll go on three, Alright, One... Two... Three!”


“Yosh, Final door!“


*clang!* the sword of the cultists bounced off my new shield and i took the little time the man was out off balance to stab my sword into his stomach. As my sword pierced trough his flesh he dropped his sword and moved his hands to his stomach, Looking at me with big white eyes off fear. I pulled the sword out as the cultist fell to the ground. I looked around the room and saw that one off the guards was badly injured and the other one was tieing up one off the cultist, One the ground next to the injured guard layed a cultist bleeding to death. I thaugh about healing him and capturing him but i looked to the other guard “You stay here and keep an eye out for the prisoner and the injured fellow” The guard nodded as i turned my back to him and walked towards the stairs to the last base off the ship. I walked down the stairs and spotted three cultist talking to each other before a door. I quietly walked down the stairs and raised my shield and sword and walked into the room. The cultist to bussy talking to notice all the noice the guards made upstairs or to notice me walking into the room in full plate were in for a surprise. I moved towards the group before setting off a charge to one off the cultists, I bashed my shield against his head as the cultists bashed against the wall unconcious. Before the cultists could draw their sword i pierced my sword into one off their arms, Sending him falling onto the ground. I immediatly lifted my shield as the cultist smashed his sword against my shield. I stepped in and swang my sword to him missing his face by a inch. He slashed his sword towards me and hitter my shoulderpad, As his sword got stuck into my shoulderpad i swang my sword into his directing, Slicing trough his stomach as his guts dripped out the wound he fell to the ground. I looked down at the two dead cultist and the unconcious one, I grabbed one off the two handcuffs from my belt i got earlier and handcuffed the unconcious cultists. I moved towards the door as i thaugh by myself “Yosh, Final door!”.

I opened the door slowly and walked in, I looked around and saw another cultist making somekind off ritual circle on the ground. “Surrender now cultist all your other friend have been defeated already... So if you dont wish to be hurt stand up with your hand behind your head.” I smiled as the cultist slowly stood up and turned around, He was wearing a black robe and a black cap, He had two swords hanging from his belt, He grinned as he said “Come now, So you killed my minions... You still need to face me!” I lifted my shield as the circle around him started glowing green as the air around us clampend. The cultist laughed in a evil kind of way as he moved out the circle his hands glowing in green flames, I swallowed and looked at the circle to what kind off evil would come out. The green circle started spinning as it shrinked slowly a big figure materilized infront off the cultist, I could see the bones being materialized and over that the muscles and then the flesh. It was a blue demon with large red shoulderpad’s and a giant axe. It was wearing red plate want and boots with spikes. The cultists laughed as he said “Go my demon, Go and destory my enemy!” The felguard cracked his fists turned around to the cultist before nearly yelling “You dare summon me!?” The cultists laughed “yes, I dare summon you, Now obey your master and destory that fool!” The felguard raised his axe and said “Such a weakling like you cant be my master, I am Takmut, A proud felgaurd and being summoned by such a weakling dishonors me!” “W-What are you saying im your mas-” The felguards send his axe right trough the cultists splitting him in half. Blood sprayed everywhere as the felguard turned towards me before slowly fading away back to the twisted nether. I walked to the in two spliced human and grapped his head. “This should proof that the boat is clear”. I walked back to the door to find out the cultist i knocked out woke up and tried to escape by crawling to the stairs. I walked to the prisoner and smiled as he looked at me with big eyes. “Time to crawl upstairs mate, You’ll most likely get excecuted or inprisoned for a long time”. I grapped the man and dragged him up.


“Blazing Shields?“


I breathed the salty air in deep and peered into the water, The boat docked from Viallance Keep some time ago, And we should be arriving soon. I walked to one off the three passengers, A night elf girl, She seemed to be around the age off 20-25 but to be fair, Who knows how old those elfs are. She had blue hair twisted into a pony tail and she wore tight leather cloths. “Heey” She looked add me before saying “Uhmm... Yes... Can i help you?” I smiled at her and said “Hmm, Not really the boat trip is long... Just searching for someone to talk to.”
“I see... We’ll... What’s your name then?” I scratched the back off my head. “My name is Marijn, And yours?” She stared back at the water “My name is Tesio Grim” I took my place next to her and stared into the water aswell “So, What are you going to Stormwind for miss Tesio?” She looked at me and said “I need to find a new place to live and work... I cant return to my village after what i’ve done...” I raised an eyebrow “Hmm, What did you do th-” “Please, Sir Marijn... I rather not talk about it...” I nodded in understanding. “So, Why are you going there then sir?” I looked at her “Hmm... I need to find work... But im no sure what tho... Pherhaps im gonna try as bartender...” She smirked “Then, What were you doing in Northerend sir?” I peered back at the water “Hmm, That’s a good question... I joined the Northerend army... But it wasnt anything for me... Way to many dead things...” She smiled softly “I agree with that...” Someone yelled from up the crownest “We’re arriving at Stormwind in 10 minutes!” I looked towards the direction were we were heading... Stormwind... After this long time im finnally back here again.

I walked from the boat to onto the harbor and started walking towards the giant stairsway heading up. I waved goodbye to the elf who went a diffrent direction and sighed before starting the climb up. Once i was finnaly up the stairs i walked trough the canals and towards the Cathedral Square. Once there i noticed the relax enviroment, The people were just sitting there on the stone benches at the fountain. Some were sitting near the tree, Druid lying next to some people being petted as pets. It was a pretty sunny day... I walked to one off the benches and sat down, This benche has precise sight over the Cathedral. What a large building i thaugh by myself. *Gunshot!!* I looked up as i snapped out off the relaxing enviroment, I saw a man in black clothes running from around the corner towards the Cathedral. After him a in heavy plated woman, The plate was grey with blue, Over there plate they wore a blue tabard with the yellow lion, The uniform off the Stormwind guards. There was another man running next to her, Shot brown hair and also one off the guard tabards, While he was running he reloaded his gun and aimed it towards the man in black clothings. *Gunshot* Everyone around me gasped as the bullet pierced trough the mans leg imediatly filling a large pool off blood on the ground. The guards walked up to the man that was crawling in pain with his hand against his leg. The woman grapped a handcuf from her belt and grapped the hands off the man and forced them to his back then locked the cuffs around his hands. One off the priest walked up to the guards and started yelling to them about disturbing the peace on the Cathedral Square. I looked at the man who while i was watching the scene sat down next to me. “Who are those guards” The man looked at me. “Dont you know sir, Those are from the Blazing Shields Regiment”. I raised a eyebrow “Blazing Shields?” The man nodded quickly “Yes yes, They are good guards... But they are quite...” The man looked at the scene “Harsh...” The priest had in the time i talked to the man bandaged the mens leg so he could be transported and walked with the guards away from the Cathedral Square. ‘Hmm... That might be somehow nice... Being a guard’ i though by myself. “Say sir” i asked “Do you pherhaps know a place where i can get some work... Im quite poor...” The man rubbed his chin. “I beleive the people at the mage tower were searhing for a new cleaner, Uhmm... The Blade was searching for a new bartender... Ohh and the Blazing Shields were also recruiting new members.