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Catalinetta
11-17-2008, 10:06 AM
To the Knight known as Maithanet Dawnbringer:

My name is Aliador Brightdawn. I am a priest of no great importance, unknown to most of Silvermoon as my work hast mostly been confined to a small and unattended chapel within Eversong Woods. That aside, I write to you at a time of great need. There is evil in this world, and if what is said of you has any truth, then I trust that you will believe the words in this letter.

I will start my story from the beginning.

Several days ago, my master and I, Father Dariul Sunstone were tending to our daily duties within the chapel. While finishing for the morning’s service, which was unsurprisingly unattended, we came across a young knight in training. She seemed eager to learn about the Light, mentioning that a friend of hers named Cerryan would be travelling to Northrend, and that she desired nothing more than to learn about the Light in it’s holiest of forms so that she might aid both him, and yourself, who she described as her instructor. Her name, she said, was Catalinetta D’Aragon. A self described “hero in training”.

While I must admit my skepticism, I left Father Sunstone to speak to this young woman. While I busied myself in the back room, organizing the used and unused candles, I overheard a shrill scream from within the chapel.

Not daring to leave the back room (yes, I admit my own cowardice), I looked through the door’s keyhole and found myself looking at several ghouls invading our beloved place of worship. They were quickly dispatched by your pupil, who showed great bravery despite her obvious fear. Unfortunately, they were not alone. Following the ghouls came a most hideous sight indeed; a Death Knight. Clad in black plate mail with eyes glowing an unholy light, he approached miss D’Aragon and quickly overtook her in a sword duel.

Your student did not give up her fight, however. She heroically defended Father Sunstone, who, despite his own skill as an orator and healer, is not one for the battlefield. Standing before him, she continued to barrage the Death Knight with her beliefs, stating that she would never allow him to kill Father Sunstone while she lived.

It was then that he seemed to laugh, although it might have been a cough. I can not be sure.

The Death Knight approached her, stabbing the beautiful mosaic tiles of our chapel with his runic blade. With a swift hand, he grabbed the lady’s hair and dragged her to her knees, stating that she was indeed brave and foolish, as most heroes were. As he did this horribly ungentlemanly action, miss D’Aragon’s armor slipped in such a way that he caught sight of a tattoo on her shoulder. Upon seeing it, the Death Knight questioned her.

“Who is this?”

“Uther the Lightbringer,” she responded, lifting her chin with pride.

The Death Knight laughed again. Or coughed, I am still unsure which. Nodding, he kept the girl on her knees, and made her an offer; her worthless existence in exchange for the life of Father Sunstone.

Father Sunstone was shocked when she agreed to the trade, stating that the world would not miss one knight as opposed to a man who had done so much good in the world, and indeed, Father Sunstone is an accomplished and charitable man.

With a laugh, the Death Knight asked her again, and a final time. Each was answered with a yes. Finally satisfied, the Death Knight grabbed miss D’Aragon by her face with his hand, and by the Light, I have never seen such an unholy display in all my life, and I never wish to again. Frost encased her body, sir. Ice consumed her, until her screams became trapped within. I could see her appearance change from within those walls, and I could hear the Death Knight speak an unholy language, although what he said I can not know.

Not long after, the ice shattered. Miss D’Aragon no longer looked herself, sir. Her eyes glowed with the same hatred as the Death Knight, and her skin seemed blackened by the cold. “A life is worthless, but a soul is irreplaceable,” said the villain, nodding towards Father Sunstone.

It was then that your pupil stepped forward, and with one quick motion, slashed the dear father from throat to groin. The blood stained our tiles, or altar, and the front pews. Least of all, it splashed on to miss D’Aragon, who made no motion to clean herself. Once this great and terrible deed was finished, she accompanied the Death Knight to the door. I never saw her again.

The soulless body that was once your student held more evil than I have ever seen. After having heard her true voice and spirit, I implore you sir. Kill miss D’Aragon. There is nothing more terrible than to have one’s life at the hands of another, especially one of such great evil. As I write this, I am hastily working on closing the chapel. Having seen such wanton violence, it is no longer the place of beauty that it once represented. I have hope that the new chapel that I build will feature a lovely garden. Perhaps you could bring miss D’Aragon’s remains there, to be laid to rest.

Despite her sins as a soulless body, I remember her bravery as a knight. Please kill her, sir. Put an end to the misery that is servitude of the Lich King.

Sincerely,
Aliador Brightdawn

NotMaithanet
11-18-2008, 11:47 AM
Dalaran. Crystalsong Forest.

Maithanet Dawnbringer dejectedly walked into Sunreaver's Sanctum alone, his companion Red Whelpling Raki flying faithfully behind him. The events of the Wrath Gate were still far too vivid in his mind and he clicked his fingers, pointing towards the mailbox as Raki flew over, picking up a single letter and returning it to Maithanet.

Maithanet leaned against the wall by the Portals leading to the various capital cities, not bearing to give the Undercity portal a second glance, nodding and giving a smile to the various people and soldiers who were taking time out to go back home and visit their families. For once, he had no idea how to make things right, and it bothered him more than he possible knew how to express.

He opened the letter with Raki hovering above him and read it, sighing repeatedly and shaking his head. He looked up at Raki and opened his mouth as if to speak, then stopped, and started again.

"So I am to believe the word of a coward, in the actions of a naive fool upholding her beliefs? ... Kill her, he says...."

Maithanet stopped himself, watching someone he was sure was Taknar as he walked into the Sunreaver's Inn and through to the kitchen. He tossed the letter onto the fire and watched it crisp up and burn. He whispered out loud to himself, a sneer etched onto his face.

"Kill her? No. For once... My way isn't the right way... Pity." The final word spat out with a calculating cold fury.

Catalinetta
11-18-2008, 09:59 PM
Aliador Brightdawn looked fondly towards the foundation as it was laid down by several robust young tauren. They seemed happy enough to be building something, regardless of the fact that they did not share in his beliefs. This made Aliador happy, knowing that their allies would band together and help one another, regardless of race or creed. He intended on paying them all handsomely for their good work.

He was about to raise his voice and call them over for a refreshing glass of water, when he suddenly felt a chill on his back. The chill seemed to carry on, through his back and strangely in his stomach, until it met the front of his chest. Looking down with curiosity, Aliador's eyes widened when he realized that the chill was coming from an enormous runed blade, it's steel glowing brightly with an unholy light. Swallowing once, he whispered a final prayer.

"Holy Light, give me the strength to forgive he who wrongs me. Give me the will to bless him for his sins. Give me your guidance so that I might rest in your name.."

A loud tearing sound could be heard soon afterward. The three tauren looked towards the sound, and dropped their bricks at the sight of a black-clad knight, drawing the sword upwards until it met with Aliador's shoulder, and ripped him nearly in half. The two parts of his body swung in opposite directions, allowing entrails to spill upon the ground before his body staggered forward and fell against the reddening grass. The tauren seemed at a loss for action, but finally recognized their rage the moment they witnessed the Death Knight raise it's hand, and speak in a language they could not understand.

A blue spark flew from it's hand, towards the corpse of Aliador Brightdawn. A groan somehow emitted from the dead Sin'dorei's body as his hands came to life, and pushed himself upright, talons growing from his hands. His body, still severed from shoulder to stomach, was a gruesome sight as he struggled to remain upright. It caught the tauren completely off guard as the ghoul ran towards them, the two halfs of his body bouncing, ripping further as each of their arms slashed at the construction workers without any sort of control.

Luckily for the workers, they were not unarmed. Grabbing their hammers, they each slammed them against the former Father Brightdawn's body, crushing his bones until the undead creature could no longer move. He gave a defeated grunt and was truly dead, his body ripped and crushed by the men he had hired. With their gruesome deed finished, the workers looked up towards the Death Knight, who seemed to watch them with fascination. It was then that they noticed that the Death Knight was a woman.

"Broadstorm, wasn't the knight who killed this one's master a woman as well?" The largest of the three asked his colleague, who sported a purple-dyed beard.

The other tauren nodded, "Indeed."

The Death Knight suddenly rose another hand into the air. Clutching their hammers, the tauren prepared for battle. Instead, they watched as a glowing skeletal charger tore open the ground to climb out, and the Death Knight mounted it. The screaming sound that her charger issued echoed throughout their ears as the tauren watched her ride off, unsure as to how they should report Brightdawn's death.

"..alright. We'll draw straws to take the blame for crushing him," said Broadstorm.

The other two sighed, reaching towards the grass for strands. "Deal."