Fury of the Twilight Clan

[Kira]

Gnash and Helthang
Dalaran

Gnash lifted his arm up to look at the fox nibbling on it..but it fell off already. He blinked a few times before he reached down to pick it up and try to put it back on.
Helthang was snickering off to the side as he watched them. Ohhh this was just great.

[Litlemouse]

Little Mouse and Moony - Dalaran

Little Mouse was about to take a seat again, when she heard somebody say something... and with an odd tone of voice. Following the sound curiously, she stopped in surprise as she came upon a voidwalker and a ghoul with an arm on fire... and the fire fox. Little Mouse watched, wondering if she should be disgusted, as the fox chewed on the ghoul's arm. The arm suddenly fell off. Little Mouse gasped quietly. This certainly was... odd. She decided to watch from a distance, taking a step back.

Moony shuddered. What was that rotting stench? He crept towards it, nose wrinkling in disgust. And then, he saw it. The weird alive-but-dead-thing. His eyes widened as the fox rubbed against it. What was the fox thinking? Moony swished his tail in pride; HE would never do such a thing. His ears swirvled around as his mistress entered. He secretly hoped she wouldn't do anything absurd.

[Saturo]

Decay - Acherus

Sighing, Decay took Rose's key and unlocked the gryphon's lock, taking a stern grip around his neck as she did so. "He still needs to be broken.", she explained, leading the gryphon over to the teleporter.

[Kamalia]

Karzix and Glix - Dalaran

Glix continued watching Helthang and Gnash, still looking unsure if she should be amused by this or not. She looked down at the coffee cup Karzix had shoved into her hands and gave it a small sip before making a face. Coffee was fine and all, but the other goblin had the unpleasant habit of having the drink as black as it came. How he actually enjoyed drinking it like this, she couldn't guess. She glanced over to the side, where Karzix had lurched off to. He was leaning up against the inn's outer wall, eyes closed and trying to breath without dry-heaving.
"Sucks having a weak stomach, huh?" She asked, getting a dirty look in return.

[Serendipity82]

Swift
Dalaran

Bored with the ghoul, Swift padded back to were Karzix was and tried to lick his face.

[Kira]

Gnash and Helthang
Daralan

Gnash looked almost proud as he managed to stick his arm back onto his shoulder. It stayed on for a moment before it slid down to land with a wet thud on the ground. He looked down at it and picked it up again before he looked at Helthang.
"Ohhh no, I know nothing about you undead types. Go bug your death knight about that."
Gnash's shoulders sank farther down as he stalked off to find Akira.

[Kamalia]

Karzix and Glix - Dalaran

"Incoming fox, Karzix." Glix warned, trying to suppress a snicker. Karzix's eyes shot open and he looked with horror at Swift as the fox came up and tried to lick him. He jumped back only to hit the wall with a grunt.
"Oh, no you don't! I'm not about tah get anywhere near yah! Fahr gold's sake, Swift, you were just rubbin' up against and taste-testin' somethin' that's been dead for who knows 'ow long!" He squawked, sidling away.

[TygerDarkstorm]

((Gnash is adorable. XD
Also, my long awaited Indi post is here. I know I already said this in the vent chat, but I'm putting it here for those that weren't there: Kethtaz does some twisting of the lore to rile up Indi. It is all intentional and not meant to be taken seriously.))

Indigosa and Kethtaz--Scarlet Enclave

A week passed when Kethtaz returned to the barn to check on Indi's progress. He walked in to find the human lying crumpled on the floor, looking as if he were starving. Indi was slumped silently in her shackles, almost as if she were asleep. The worgen had prepared for such a result, and, with a sigh, moved over to the human, crouching down in front of him and rolling him over with his free hand. As the man came to, he looked up fearfully at Kethtaz. The death knight handed over the food and water he had been carrying.

Indi's eyes snapped open and she silently observed Kethtaz's interactions with the petty creature. Once the soldier started eating, Kethtaz stood and turned to face Indi, an expression of smug satisfaction across his maw. "I knew you would not partake in this offering," he gloated, arms crossed over his chest.

The elven death knight sneered at the worgen. "It is too pitiful of an offering for me to partake in." Wait...what the fel was she saying? She didn't want anything to do with mindless killing. Why would she say that?

Kethtaz raised an eyebrow at Indi. "Oh really? I did not realize. Do not worry, you will have your chance for better fare soon enough." The worgen stepped over to the elf and began undoing her shackles, letting the other death knight fall rather ungracefully to the floor. As Indi glared up at him while rubbing her wrists and ankles, he looked down at her and barked, "Suit up! Your armor is lying around this room, you will be needing it."

Indi watched Kethtaz leave, a snarl crossing her features. She moved about the room in a huff, grabbing her armor and placing it back on her body. As she did so, she noticed that the man from the Scarlet Crusade was staring at her. Clasping her second gauntlet on her hand, she stalked over to the human. "What are you staring at?" she growled. Before he could cower away from her, she snatched his chin in one hand. A wicked grin lit up her face and she began redirecting his blood flow to his eyes. As he began screaming and thrashing, she stepped away from his body, smiling as she heard the "pop" sound of his eyeballs exploding. She snatched up her axe and headed outside.

Kethtaz looked over Indi curiously as she walked outside. "You look pleased about something."

The death knight ignored his statement, flexing her hands within her gauntlets. "Deciding to let me free then, eh?" ((For all intents and purposes, she sheathed her axe on the way out.))

"No. I am not completely unaware that you still have not accepted who and what you are." He began leading the way across the fields.

She snorted. The answer to that was obvious. "I am Indigosa of the blue dragonflight." She stated this out loud as if proving a point.

The worgen stopped with a snort, causing Indi to bump into him. He turned to face her and jabbed a finger in her chest. "Wrong! Whether or not you were actually a blue dragon in your previous life, you are not now. Now, you are Indigosa the blood death knight, and you cannot control the powers you were given."

Kethtaz's words struck home with Indi. The worgen resumed walking again and she followed diligently, turning his words over and over in her mind. Perhaps this had been her problem all along? Was she spending too much time longing for what she once was instead of focusing on what she had become? Indi didn't get the chance to really mull over any answers to these internal questions. Kethtaz had stopped and taken cover behind a grouping of trees, waving her over.

As Indi approached him, the worgen jerked his head, gesturing to something behind the trees. "This is your assignment today. With any luck we will get the last vestiges of your barriers to break down."

Indi gave Kethtaz a look before peering around their tree cover. Her eyes widened as the militant part of her brain picked out a group of about ten Scarlet Crusade soldiers. They seemed relaxed and unaware of the danger that lurked just around the corner. She turned back to her fellow death knight, eyes narrowed. "What is the meaning of this?!" she hissed.

"They are pretty much all that remains of the once great Scarlet Crusade forces that were once stationed here."

"So why bring me here? This has nothing to do with me!"

Kethtaz rolled his eyes at her. "The Scarlet Crusade and the Scourge have long been at war with one another. Acherus Hold was built for the purpose of countering the Scarlet forces here. We were also used to pull Tirion Fordring out of hiding. Both successful fronts, although ultimately failed when it was discovered that the Lich King had sent us in to die at Light's Hope Chapel. Arthas was pushed back and the death knights of the Ebon Blade were freed."

While Indi tensed at the mention of the Lich King, she looked unimpressed. "I still do not see what that has to do with me. That is well after my time. I was freed around the same time as Lady Sylvanas."

The worgen sneered. "You think the Scarlet Crusade cares about whether we are free or not? They are corrupted; rumors say it is by Balnazzar, one of the three Nathrezim. Undead are undead to them--Forsaken...death knights...we might as well all be the Scourge to them."

The elf's hands clenched into fists. A flash of red briefly illuminated her eyes. "I am NOT a member of the Scourge!" she growled out through ground teeth.

Kethtaz studied her reaction closely, noticing that his words were starting to have the desired effect. "That matters little to them dear. You are nothing but a pock mark upon these lands; a monster with no mind, no heart, and no soul. You are just another beast to be killed."

Indi's jaw had set, one of her hands sliding to the hilt of Bloodletter.

"Just think, they are the reason we came to be. The reason so many brave, and sometimes innocent, people were killed and risen by the Lich King to become his tools. So many forced to face a fate far worse than any hell.

"We walk the earth again, trying to understand our existence...our curse, and yet here they are spitting in the faces of the good we may want to do. They believe theirs is the only true way. The undead are a blight upon the lands and they will stop at nothing to kill us, even if it means killing the living as well. If you let them live, not only will they kill you, but those you love as well."

As Kethtaz spoke, a slow-burning anger built up inside of Indi. Bloodletter had been drawn and the runes along its handle were glowing. Her eyes had turned to a smoldering red color, and a snarl crawled its way across her face. Everything about the death knight spoke of steel-edged death.

Inwardly Indi struggled to retain some form of self-control when her emotions raged so intensely. The barrier between her and It had been slowly diminishing over the last week, and now, caught up in the moment, Indi couldn't feel it anymore, and that scared her. Suddenly, she found herself no longer behind the safety of the tree cover, but staring face to face with the ten soldiers.

One by one they saw her. Her grip on her axe tightened as she looked the worthless humans over. She would show them just who they were dealing with. They wanted a monster and now they would get one. Falling prey to the madness inside of her, Indi let forth a haunting, blood curdling, ear shattering war cry.

The Crusaders recoiled from the sound, some covering their ears. One of them finally managed to pull out a crossbow and fire off a bolt at the death knight. The arrow pierced through Indi's chest armor, lodging itself between her ribs and piercing a lung. Without batting an eyelash, she pulled the bolt out, putting on a burst of speed and rushing the group of soldiers. While her plate armor slowed her some, it was not enough to keep the first soldier she happened upon alive.

With a deft movement she had jabbed the arrow up the mouth of the startled human, the force of the blow shoving it up through his brain and killing him. As his blood pooled on the ground, the remaining Scarlets finally began gathering for a counter attack. Indi grinned at them wickedly. With a twist of her hand, the dead soldier's blood spread across the ground, causing it to bubble and boil ominously. The Crusaders looked at it and the smirking death knight nervously. From the back of their ranks, the Captain called out, "What are you all scared for? We outnumber her nine to one! Charge!"

"Bring it," Indi replied, licking her lips and slicing her hand open along Bloodletter's edge, coating the blade with her disease filled blood ((We'll assume she's slicing through her gauntlet >_>)). She clotted the wound just as the group of soldiers came rushing at her. Some of them cried out as the acidic blood on the ground began eating away at their boots. Three of them made it to Indi, weapons raised to attack.

The death knight merely smirked once more and lashed out with a horizontal blow aimed at their midriffs. The soldiers were caught off-guard and sent flying backwards into their comrades. The captain of the group had managed to sneak around behind Indi, cleaving her across the back and sending her sprawling across the ground, axe sliding out of her grip. His triumph was short lived as his legs were kicked out from under him.

((continued in next post))

[TygerDarkstorm]

Indi was soon on top of him, sneering in his face. "That was a grave mistake," she hissed. She reopened the wound on her hand and ran her hand down one side of the captain's face causing him to scream as her acidic blood burned through his flesh. His screams were cut short as Indi pulled off her gauntlet and clawed open the other side of his face and channeled the blood from the wound into his throat. As he gurgled helplessly, the blood hardened into the shape of a spike, slamming itself through the back of the man's throat.

A quick look up; they were advancing again. She smirked and looked down. Perfect, the blood was pooling nicely. Now she just needed them to be a little bit closer...Excellent! As soon as they were within range, she slashed at the blood beneath her with a hand. As it flew through the air, it formed into a sharp blade. Some soldiers were caught on the blade while others managed to parry it. In their confusion, Indi jumped at them with a savage roar, boiling their blood, twisting necks, and spreading disease. Soon a pile of dead bodies surrounded her. Satisfied, she placed her gauntlet back on her hand and retrieved Bloodletter.

Kethtaz watched from afar, a smug grin settled on his muzzle. She had given in. Now he just needed her to stay that way and work on her control. Indi moved over to him, looking similar to an animal proud of its work; he almost reached out and pat her on the head. "Well done," he rumbled to her approvingly.

((*pants* There. Zaruuk is now free to move about the country. (Sorry, bad pun off the Southwest Airlines commercials. XD)))

[Lupis]

((I was alternating between grinning and laughing while reading that. I'm a sick, sick person. Just might want to watch out with her blood powers - against other people that might seem a bit OP, though I trust you to handle it well.))

Faron, Dalaran

Faron grinned at Azu with both heads. "We'll probably keep moving soon. The Cult will keep moving, so we might as well move right along after them. Just need to wait for Rose and the others to get back, who knows what the rotted lizard roast is doing." Probably tearing out some Scarlet spines, he added to himself. He knew the history of most Death Knights pretty well, having met a few who had joined the Cult after being freed. They seemed to enjoy torturing the Scarlets. He had never been stupid enough to join them - the Cult was a much more appealing group, after all.

Cult, Mulgore

Batlek glanced from side to side as he looked around the Cult camp. He caught sight of the elf in 'charge' of the camp - not technically in charge, as he had only arrived a few days before. A few advisors were the real leaders here. Still, Talonaris was now in the right mind. He wasn't a danger. The elf blinked up to him, nodding before turning to the rest of the camp, demanding that the infusions were prepared.

[TygerDarkstorm]

((Everything in that post was purposely over-exaggerated because I wasn't going against other people's characters. Same with her trip through STV.
Edit in for Rose.))

Rosaliah--Acherus

Rose followed Decay. "Well, I guess since you don't like to fly that sort of explains why he's not broken then," she said, eyeing the bird a little nervously. The hunter had never broken in her own mount before.

[Lupis]

((Ah, okay. If you're just having fun with abilities, then that's fine. ^.^ It was fun to read.))

[Saturo]

Decay - Acherus

"Aye.", Decay agreed, teleporting back down with the gryphon and Rose. "Just sit on the griffin, go for a flight and try not to fall off or something.", she suggested, considering whether getting the flightmaster to help might be a good idea.

[TygerDarkstorm]

Rosaliah--Acherus

"If I die, I'm so coming back to haunt you," Rose told Decay as she climbed onto the gryphon's back. She took a firm hold of the reigns, not entirely sure what to expect.

[Saturo]

Decay - Acherus

"Meh, wouldn't be much more than a hassle really, they've got some skilled necromancers around here.", Decay reassured the elf, waiting for the gryphon to take off.

((Since it's your character, I'll just let you handle it. :D))

[Moonlost]

Zaruuk - Acherus

The draenei looked around the roost, trying to think as to how to call Indi's mount. That is, if the creature would respond to him at all. The two hadn't exactly hit it off the first time they had met, the undead creature might possibly still have some resentment in for him. Still, hopefully Khaz would be as eager to see the death knight as he was.
"Khaz!" He called out, unable to replicate the high-pitched shriek that Indi has used to summon him before.

~

Umbra - Dalaran

Umbra watched the antics of the fox, the ghoul and the voidwalker with a vaguely disinterested expression, her tail flicking every once and a while. Bored with the whole mess, she turned to watch her master and his pet troll talking. Moving sounded like a bad idea to her at this moment, at least not right now. Oh she would love to get back at the clothheads her old mistress despised so, but she was tired and she didn't doubt that some of the other two-leggers were too.

~

Inaara and Jraak - Mulgore

Ina whimpered, or at least whimpered as much as she could in her still-polymorphed form. She had no idea where she was, why she was here or what was going to happen next. This place looked a little like Nagrand, but it was wrong. There was no Oshu'gun in the distance, no floating masses of land, and the creatures in the distance looked wrong. She looked up to the night elf carrying her, waiting to see what she would do next.

Jraak rattled his beak as he stepped though, looking around at the planes of Mulgore. He immediately moved over to perch underneath a nearby tree, watching the rest of his flock set up.

[Saturo]

Decay - Acherus

"Looking for Indi, eh?", Decay asked Zaruuk as she heard him call for the gryphon. "You'll probably need to call him properly instead."

[TygerDarkstorm]

Rosaliah--Acherus

Once Rose was settled on his back, the gryphon snapped its wings open, chirping cheerfully about being let out to fly. He began running toward the open space of the hold, and right as Rose thought they were going to crash, he jumped and surged into the air. Rose clutched onto the reigns, accidentally pulling a tad too tight and causing the gryphon to squawk in discomfort. He immediately began thrashing through the air. Rose dropped the reigns and desperately wrapped her arms around the bird's neck. She screamed as he began looping through the air in an effort to shake her.

Khaz--Acherus

Khaz arched his head, his preening interrupted. Someone had called his name, and it wasn't Indi. Curiously the gryphon clambered out of his roost and walked towards the sound, bones clacking along the stone floors. A male, living draenei came into his view. Khaz let out a dignified squawk as he graced the mortal with his divine presence, stretching luxuriously around Zaruuk's legs.

[Litlemouse]

Little Mouse and Moony - Dalaran

Moony watched in interested dignity. After a while though, he yawned and stalked back outside. Now where to explore? he thought, swishing his tail as he pondered.


Little Mouse chuckled as the fox 'attacked' the goblin. "Well at least it's not me." she smirked. "He's just like a dog, eh?"

[Azunara]

((Hehe. Muppets singing Bohemian Rhapsody. "Let me throw! We will not let you throw! Let me joke! We don't like your jokes!"))

Azunara and Kozri
Dalaran

"Right. The others. We have to wait for them." She was quietly pleased with herself as she managed to keep most of the impatience out of her voice. "Well. As long as they come back soon." She added. Koz looked up, saying, "Agreed. Besides, with all the crazy animals we have around, we're going to get kicked out of Dalaran sooner or later."