Chapter 6: Tangled Fates

Chapter 6: Tangled Fates

Smallport, a small port/town upon which people traveling from the south, heading north usually use. There is nothing remarkable about it, save perhaps those who travel through it.

Marius looked around the small inhabitance with dull eyes, having been here before and knew that there was nothing worth seeing, not that he wasn't keeping his wits about him, as it was in a place much like this that many had met their ends due to carelessness and lack of situational awareness. He was aware that there were people watching him, his silver armor making him stand out from the usual people that pass through.

There wasn't much to see around here, but as he waited for his passage north, he looked at his surroundings, wondering what the future would hold. The Forgestone Mountains weren't exactly on the top of his list of places to be, its sacred nature notwithstanding. There wasn't much for him to gain by being here.

Chapter 6: Tangled fates
Quest title: "Oh it's him! The white knight!"

Smallport

It was only after a great deal of asking around (and having to deal with all the people running away in fear or glaring at him angrily) that Marius was able to learn about someone who could potentially take him north. He would have taken his helmet off by this point, but he really didn't want to smell what was wafting through the air more than he had to. As much as he might wish at times, he doesn't know a spell that could eliminate those foul odors so he was stuck relying on the thin opening in his helmet which at times could be more harmful than good.

When he finally learned of the captain named Gaston, he tried looking around town for him (as the people he had asked would only tell him he was in town and not where he was). So he ended up at the local tavern, named the Quivering Beast. It was an oddly appropriate name for the small settlement, and while he wasn't too eager to taste its menu, he was interested in finding one of its patrons.

Granted he also had no idea what the man looked like, so he was stuck prowling around the place asking each man he saw if they were Gaston.

Chapter 6: Tangled fates
Quest title: "Oh it's him! The white knight!"

Smallport

Although he seemed to have found who he was looking for, Marius was far from pleased with the result, and found himself frowning inside his helm at the actions of the drunkard who named himself Gaston. That the others in the bar had acted as they did hardly mattered to him, for all that it made them come across as petty and he'd dealt with petty people before. It mattered little to him what they thought, and he turned attention to the man with his arm around his shoulder.

Marius really didn't want to take off his helmet now, as the man's breath reeked of alcohol, but manners dictated that he do so as a sign of good faith. So he reached up and removed his helm, his white hair whipping about him as his eyes focused on the ship captain.

"My name is Marius, a wanderer in search of passage north, and I heard you might be willing to sail there."

Chapter 6: Tangled fates
Quest title: "Oh it's him! The white knight!"

Smallport

Marius frowned. "You must think I'm an idiot," he said with eyes narrowed, completely ignoring the racist comments from the other tavern-goers. It wasn't the first time he'd heard that and it certainly wouldn't be the last, not that it made it any more distasteful every time he did.

"And if you think I'm stupid enough to believe that that is the cost of traveling north than I suppose you don't want my business after all. And here I was willing to pay 3,000 gold, too. Ah well, I suppose I'll try my luck elsewhere." And, turning around, made his way toward the door, his helmet back on his head. He didn't care to be played the fool by some drunk sailor who thought anyone with fancy armor has no sense of business.

Chapter 6: Tangled fates
Quest title: "Oh it's him! The white knight!"

Smallport

Stepping outside unfollowed was a bit disappointing, but then again, expecting a small town sailor to understand when he's actually being offered something. Hmph, idiot. Oh well, he'd try his luck elsewhere. Walking through the town he thought about where he could go, before turning to the east. If he couldn't go north, he'd find other battlefields to engage in.

With his destination firmly in mind, he began the journey to Vhetlaug, passing through nearly empty streets on his way through town. Marius wished he could have secured passage to the north, but that didn't happen. And as the captain apparently decided holding on to his bluff was more important than a paying passenger he lost out on potential business.

His eyes turned to the darkening sky and frowned. He could walk through the night, but as he well knew, there were powerful creatures that liked to stalk the land when the sun goes down. As he set forth from Smallport, he wondered what creature would happen across his path this time.

Chapter 6: Tangled fates
Quest title: "Oh it's him! The white knight!"

Smallport

Marius frowned at the conditions surrounding him, not pleased at all with his present environs. Personally he felt someone was out to get him, as there could be no other reason for the great storm that rose up in greeting as soon as he left the inn. He wondered if it occurred because the gods had realized he wasn't where he should be or heading where he should be and that he should change course, but (while he didn't dismiss it entirely) did put the thought aside for the moment in favor of finding a path out of town... which he immediately discovered he didn't remember well enough to navigate in a massive storm, whereupon he decided it would be better to wait for it to pass inside the one building he could find right now, the inn.

He scowled at the thought of the inn's patrons, and knew that they would probably kick him back out or even bar the door to stop him from getting in, just so they could "get back at the rich, snooty Alfeir". Honestly the maturity of some people...

There was something to be said for resembling a remark, as he was rich and snooty, but you'd never hear him admit to that, the second more than the first as he didn't like having stereotypes applied to him, no matter how apt they might be.

So it came to pass that he made his way back to the inn and pounded on the door, no words passed his lips as he stood there, waiting for someone to let him in or declare he had to find shelter elsewhere.

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For Vangran's Character

Chapter 6: Tangled fates
Quest title: "Oh it's him! The white knight!"

Marius got really soaked in rain water. It took the establishment a while before they could answer the door, it was pretty busy inside considering the situation outside.~ Suddenly, just as the silver knight was waiting on the door, a lightning bolt crashed down on a post located six meters away from Marius. The post snapped into two and one side fell on the street while the other threatened to fall down on an unsuspecting home.~ Inside the home was a family of three~ A mother, a father, and a sweet little innocent baby.


Surely if Marius tried he could stop the pole or at least change it's direction before hitting the house. But he doesn't have to~ In no way is he obligated to aid these humans.~ They despised his kind and saw him only as an arrogant pointy eared freak.~

Quote :

Choice Event~


Save the family or do nothing~? Your actions will have an effect on the latter part of the quest.

Chapter 6: Tangled fates
Quest title: "Oh it's him! The white knight!"

Smallport

It was with horror that Marius watched the pole fall toward the house with its inhabitants none the wiser of the impending doom. With a snarl, he charged through the rain, intending to save the family. Whether they hated him or not had no bearing on the situation, as lives were on the line and doing nothing would be unacceptable. So with all his considerable strength he pushed the pole out off its intended course and into the space between the house and it's neighbor.

He breathed heavily, the pounding water echoing inside his helmet as he stood there, watching the storm building yet strangely unconcerned about it at the moment, as he stared at through his visor at the disaster he just averted. He only hoped he had enough in him to deal with the inn's patrons as he turned back to the building and walked back toward it after a few more moments.

Chapter 6: Tangled fates
Quest title: "Oh it's him! The white knight!"

Smallport

Coughing furiously, the armored Alfeir blearily tried to focus on the voice of the person speaking but the concussion was making it difficult to concentrate. It seemed while he had saved the family he had been unable to get himself to safety in time. He felt a small bit of gratitude to the sailor who fished him out (not that he'd ever admit to it), but the joke(?) about the payment seemed inappropriate to him at that time.

Marius knew trying to speak in his present condition would yield poor results, so when the man spoke all he could do was narrow his eyes (or rather attempt to, as the concussion made it look more like a squint than anything else especially with the water flying everywhere).

Sighing mentally, the Alfeir wondered where they were going but as said before was in no condition to ask so resolved to merely wait out the journey.

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