Holy Lands

[Mayflower1]

Lily walked through town, making sure her dog was close to her side. She saw that people looked at her querly as she walked through as if they didn't trust her.

"Excuse me." Lily asked. But people just kept walking by her.

"Anyone?" She asked. "I need to learn how to get somewhere..."

 

[Woogyman]

A old woman walked up to Lily and said, "You shouldn't talk to people around here, no is to be trusted after the attacks"
Than she walked of into marketplace where she disappeared into the crowds.

 

[FuzzyToy]

Rose over heard the woman talking to some Lady with a pet and decided not to talk to anyone who she didn't trust! She walked into the marketplace to look for something to buy, all she received were stares from people. She went over to a stall and saw iron arrows, and wanted to buy them, "How much for the arrows?"
The stall owner replyed, "Which one, bronze, steel, iron?"
Rose replyed, "The iron ones"
The stall owner answered, "2 coppers each, how many are you buying?"
Rose gave the man 20 coppers and got 10 arrows in return!

 

[Mayflower1]

"Attacks..." Lily thought... She looked around to see some of the buildings had been destroyed. Something she didn't recognize before.

She pulled out some of her money and walked into a marketplace to buy some arrows.

"Hi... How many coppers equal torbide dollars?" Lily asked, pulling it out... "I need to get some arrows..." Then she paused, and reached into her pocket pulling out a Golden Eagle. "Um... this is a copper right?" She said uncertain.

"No Dogs." The stall owner said, looking at Lil Mis Magic. Lily frowned and made a small whistle and Lil Mis Magic obediently went and sat right outside the door. Then the stall owner looked down and saw the Golden Eagle and smiled greatly.

"YES! That is a copper!!!" the stall owner said.

 

[Thunder_and_lightning!]

After being in the church for a short time Zafter left the church. He pulled the fish he had bought earlier from the travelling pack at his waist and began to eat them. Zafter once again got stares from people but, once again, he ignored them. He tried to see if there was a smith but could not see any among all the buildings and the destroyed ones. He walked around town and finally found the smith's building. The sign that hung above his door had half of it missing and some of it had been covered with some sort of red paint. WHen he knocked he got an answer from a gruff voice who was apparently the smith.

"Who is it?"

"Just a humble adventurer my friend. I am in need of your services." In a few moments the door opened the smithy appeared. He looked up and looked amazed but soon he began to smile. "A giant eh? I haven't seen one of you this far south in a long time. Come in, come in." The smithy went through the door and Zafter followed, ducking through the low door frame and entering a high roofed room. Zafter was amazed that it was still at least two feet over his head but justified that the smith probably didnt want to risk a fire because of a low ceiling. The smithy offered him a bench to sit on and then asked "So, what can I do for you?"

 

[Woogyman]

Man running from the distance, ran into the village centre shouting, "Another Village has been destoryed and there coming this way..."
Everyone was in shock, many had left the village in seconds and some went into hiding within the Village houses and walls...

 

[Mayflower1]

Lily heard voices outside, and forgetting about the arrows, picked up the golden eagle and put it back in with the rest of them her husband had given her.

"Wait!" The shopkeeper said, but Lily was outside trying to see what was going on.

 

[FuzzyToy]

Rose heard the man shouting about the attacks and took cover in the Underground Church.

 

[Mayflower1]

"I wonder who is attacking..." Lily thought and called Lil Mis Magic beside her. She saw Rose go into an underground church but she really wanted to see what was going on so she went out on the almost deserted streets with her dog and watched in the distance where a cloud of smoke and men were running towards Cambia...

"This village must be close to the lost treasure." Lily thought, and determined to follow where they went, hid behind a building, as they entered in destroying the village.

 

[Woogyman]

St.Antony saw a Rose sitting in the church and few other people! People who had no where to go; just to take cover!
St.Antony knew what was happening in the Holy Lands!
He said to the people in the chuch, "This is only the beginning!"
The boy who St.Antony gave food to replyed, "The beginning of what, St.Antony?"
"War, war between good & evil and soon the beginning of Armageddon..." replyed St.Antony

 

[tamlis]

St Michael on the path into town, saw a young woman resting and looking confused. She saw him and started to run away.

St Michael asked her " Don't be afraid, are you in some kind of trouble?"

The girl hesitated and then said, "Im going into Cumbria to stay with friends, but Ive heard from people coming from there saying there is trouble coming. Im not sure what to do?"

St Michael gave her a smile. "I am going there myself to meet someone at the chirch and I will be happy to accompany you to your friends if you wish. "

The girl smiled back. "Thank you so much. I would like that."

The girl got back on her horse and came over to St Michael.

St Michael said" Shall we go?" and they started off into Cumbria. He didn't let on to the girl, but St Michael was worried....

 

[tamlis]

Lady Jane saw the man coming up the path.

She had heard people coming from Cumbria, talking about trouble and fleeing the village. She was tired and confused. What trouble had they meant? Maybe I should go back home, she thought, but the thought of the long travel back home and the trouble she would be in when she got there, made her stop. She was so confused. What should I do? ,she thought.

The man had appeared suddenly, not giving her time to hide and when he saw Lady Jane he stopped.

He asked if he could help her, that he was going to the chiurch in Cumbria, and then Lady Jane noticed he was a Saint and felt relief. He would accompany her into the village and help her find her friend.

They started up the path towards the village, but Lady Jane was still worried...

 

[Thunder_and_lightning!]

Zafter and the smithy, who's name was Xerxi, had been talking about the creation of a weapon. They had just began to talk what it would be made of and how when Zafter and Xerxi heard some commotion outside in the village square. Zafter and Xerxi went outside and heard someone shouting about a possible attack. Zafter gripped his sword and heard Xerxi say "I don't like the looks of this. We have been attacked by a few demons in the past few weeks. But now someone proclaiming an attack? I fear we may be attacked by an army of the vile things."

"An army," said Zafter nervously, "If we are attacked by an army I fear not even I could fight them back. I hope that you have people in this village that are trained to fight."

Xerxi shook his head and said "Not many of us can. It takes a combined effort from all the people in this town to fight off the attacks we've been having. I fear we may become the newest addition to the destroyed villages."

"Do not worry, friend. I shall do all I can to protect your home." And with that Zafter left the smithy and began to advance towards the edge of town. He would camp out here until the attack came, or didn't. Zafter prayed with all hope it wouldn't as he began to set up camp.

 

[Mayflower1]

Then the cloud came close, and Lily peeked from behind the building to hear mad screams and buildings starting to tumble down. She saw some standing ready to fight, and a few late ones ducking for cover... Lil Mis Magic began in a low growl, and Lily knew someone was behind her.

"Hello, pretty..." a man said, with a scar across his eye. Lily screamed and backed up, Lil Mis Magic jumping in front in an attempt to protect her owner.

 

[.Sabre.]

Flynni, while saddling her horse, heard someone running toward her. She ducked, only to hear a voice call
out:"Dame Flynni! Dame Flynni! A farmhouse is ablaze in the distance!" "Go on, messenger," she replied, and finished readying her horse. She mounted it. Flynni rode on, until she found the farmhouse."Not the Zeissmans! Till's in there!" she muttered under her breath. Onward she rode. She saw the skeletons running out of the house, and a man was fighting them. A knight? Perhaps, though, the smoke and distance distorted her vision. She rode closer.It was a knight, in her colours.Till? Possibly. Flynni drove her horse onward.It was Till, and he was getting tired...

 

[Mayflower1]

Lil Mis Magic jumped and caught him with clenched teeth and he started hitting her with his fist!

"Nooo!" Lily screamed in madness, and picking up a stick, ran at the man and started hitting him with all her might, careful not to hit her dog.

Lily's aim was fair and true, and hit him until he finally fainted to the ground. Lily fell to the ground breathing deeply, petting Lil Mis Magic on the head gently. She looked around to see more havoc in the town and a farmhouse burning close beside her. She heard screams there, and she forgot about finding the lost treasure to see if anyone was in the fire that needed help.

"Who's there!!!!" Lily exclaimed. Lil Mis Magic rushed in and Lily quickly followed. The fire was intense, and she saw two children in the corner crying softly. Lily went over and picked them up in her arms, and quickly ran out dodging the fire.

"My brother is still in there..." One of them said.

"Okay... you watch my dog alright, and I will go see to your brother..." Then Lily ran back in frantically as the fire blazed on.

 

[Woogyman]

St.Antony came out to see was happening, and spoted a huge black cloud coming towards the Village!
Within the clouds were creatures flying, dark, black...
They looked like Watching Stones, which they were!
Statues throughout the Holy Lands are not always what they seem. The very stone of some statues hold the trapped spirit of malice within, crafted by the Beast long ago with skilled workmanship and dark ritual. These ominous statues act as sentries and alarms within the astral plane and throughout the Holy Lands corrupted by the shadow. Within many of the ruins throughout Eriador and Arnor, in lands once controlled by the darkness of the Beast's reach, these watchers remain, ever-vigilant even after centuries of abandonment.

 

[Brilliand]

Approaching the village of Cumbria, Lizer saw a black cloud approaching the village from another direction. Recognizing it as unnatural, he picked up his pace, heading down the path into the village. He could see that the place was in turmoil.

 

[Thunder_and_lightning!]

Zafter had been making camp and sitting there making some Devornine poisons which heal your wounds, when he heard screams from the town. When he looked up from his work he saw some demons approaching. Some had taken on the form of man but some still looked like what they really were. As he drew his sword shadow fell upon the land. Zafter didn't care to look what had caused this because of the immediate danger at hand.

He quickly drew his sword and went into a defensive stance. A demon attacked him but soon found itself relieved of its head and it fell to the ground, demon ichor bubbling out of the wound. When the other demons saw this they all began to attack. They got into groups of three and in all there were five groups. This made them easier attack and in one simple slash he took down a whole group.

The other deomns attacked and he quickly dealt with them, parrying the blows from their claws, swords, and maces. When they had all fallen he had only only a few cuts on him. He then took a small dose of one of the Devornine poisons and waited for the wounds to heal.

He finally looked up at the sky to see what had caused the darkness and saw them. Watching stones. He winced at the memory of the last sighting of these he had and then sheathed his sword, unslung his bow from his shoulder, and took an arrow from the quiver and knocked it to his bow. He then ran into the town planning to shoot any of the watching stones or demons that he saw. As he entered the town he saw someone he never thought he would see again, the Wanderer.

 

[tamlis]

They heard the cries before they saw anything. St Michael urged Lady Jane to leave her horse and come with him to see if they could find the source of all the commotion.

St Michael had a suspicion, "We must get to the church" he said to Lady Jane. He grabbed her hand as they rushed into the village.