Far off and away from where Elyenora and Mon’Ter stood, deep into the mountain ranges that divided Benulis from a northern country known as the Union of Lugrum, laid a hidden structure obscured from view and removed from any map. A building that was as dark as obsidian, with no windows to peer inside and no gateway to lead within it.
It had the shape of a dome, sitting beneath a giant cavern that had opened its maw wide enough to fit a small town within it. The shadows made sure that this building was imperceptible, coupled with a few magical arrays, it made for the perfect hidden base.
This was the Assassins’ main branch, the HQ and guild hall of those who dwell in the dark.
“Finally, we’re back,” murmured the voice of a woman, she hopped down from a flaming bird and slowly made her way towards the giant cavern in the side of the mountain.
“How do we explain what happened? Lady Alinesia?” the man who rode the bir
Dusk had befallen the kingdom of Benulis. It was slowly growing colder as the night’s veil descended over the capital city. Banul. The people on the streets started making their way home and leaving behind their daily activities. Be those activities finished for the mere day or gone and done with for good, only having been needed on this sunrise till its sunset.Up above in the palace, within the throne room where prince Aydian, the soon to be king and brother of Elyenora, stood. There were a couple of disgruntled faces going about, both of servant and of master.An old man covered in robes was holding a staff to his side, supporting himself while he laid close to the ground. He was kneeling before the prince and speaking to his lord with displeasure from the news he brought.“The assassin guild has failed, sire,” the elder’s voice permeated the room, it was the old court wizard that served the prince, Gandar.The prince showed a d
The sun had long since risen to awaken both Elyenora and Mon’Ter. Or well, at least it had wakened Elyenora up. Mon’Ter had decided to forsake his sleep and instead keep watch for the night, making sure nothing out of the ordinary happens. It wasn’t to say that he wouldn’t instantly wake up and act were there something dangerous to occur either way, but it was more so to say that he didn’t wish to sleep in this moment.He much so preferred to gaze at the stars that night, and contemplate on how drastically his situation has started changing in the small amount of time he’d spent with the princess, with Elyenora. He enjoyed it immensely and it was the most enjoyable time he’d had ever since he could remember.‘All my life has been nothing but a solitude filled with me, being alone, and people fearing me... Until you came along,’ he thought as he turned his gaze to the side, looking at the girl’s sleeping form.<
Elyenora pulled Mon’Ter along with her and neared the line of people. She looked herself over in displeasure and thought, ‘Mmm, on second thought... No matter how you look at it, it’d be obvious whose coat I’m wearing, huh?’Thinking as such, she contemplated for a bit, ‘Well, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem... But what if I?’ She then suddenly came to a halt and moved her gaze towards the guard at the gate, an idea flashing in her mind.“Wait a second,” she looked back to herself. Her face contorted in displeasure again. ‘Wouldn’t work if it were me...’But then, she looked at Mon’Ter, “Hmm but you...”The princess placed a finger on her chin and looked Mon’Ter all over, this time having an obviously pleased grinning expression on her face.“Ely? What’s wrong? Did something... Happen?” Mon’Ter asked, his head turning
‘She said to buy clothes but...’ Mon’Ter thought as he found himself on the streets of Weylorn city, ‘Where do I go to buy them from?’He stood amidst a vast street with numerous people walking in all directions. The masses were blinding out his vision from the sheer amount of them. Men and women walked with a different array clothing on each of their persons, some seemed poorer than others while a few had rather expensive looking garbs. Carriages also passed through the center of the street and carried either people or goods, as for their destination, that would be quite unclear. The size of this city was immensely huge, there were too many hot spots that people move about to every day in order to simply take a wild guess for where each person would be headed.Mon’Ter walked amongst the people on his own, he’d put his coat back on and easily hid his hand both in sleeve and pocket. There was also a bandage wrapped around it for
The white plank carriage for passengers which Mon’Ter had decided to take, in order to reach his desirable destination, slowly made its way across the wide streets of Weylorn city. The path was steadfast and straight with no holes to impede the wheels, thus making it a pleasant ride along.The monster mistaken for a nobleman looked on outside through the small glass window at his side, it was right between the pair of seats meant for passengers. There was a multitude of different activities being done and it was seen with the first glance. People went about their daily lives, buying goods and running shops. Walking from place to place and sometimes carrying stuff.It was the city life, through and throughout. And Mon’Ter was fascinated by every bit of it. All he’d ever known was the wilderness after all, and while he did have a brief visit at a city called Breles, he hadn’t truly paid much attention to the environment at the time. Currently, Ely
Steps of hooves continued to move forth through the streets as other carts and carriages made their way around, the people on the sides were ever present no matter how many streets the white carriage carrying Mon’Ter passed.“Sire, we’ve almost arrived at the Avian Deluxe Blossoms. The place that I told you about,” the coachman piped up to gain Mon’Ter’s attention. They’d spent the last near hour travelling from place to place until they finally wound up on this street that was in the more inner sections of the city.“I see,” Mon’Ter replied with a monotone voice, not particularly caring for the information as long as he got what he needed to get, “that’s great then, thank you.”Not long after that exchange, the coachman arrived near a large building with seemingly three floors. It had a large sign on its wall that was between the first and second floor, right amidst the two lines of w
Sereia Lioncrown Gaia was her name, and it surely did sound like a powerful name to Mon’Ter’s ears. He himself was a Were Lion after all, a beast with the same title. Thus, he did hold a certain amount of respect for anything hailing from that species and its name. Albeit, he called the unworthy ones as mere kittens. Such as the forest lord he’d killed the night prior to his meeting with Elyenora.“You look strong too,” Mon’Ter responded to the complement on being ‘mighty’, he then pointed to her blue blade and uttered. “That sword makes me interested, is it... Dwarven crafted?”As Mon’Ter asked the question, he thought silently in his head, ‘Was it called dwarven crafted or was it something else...? I think Ely said hers was a dwarven crafted one... Oh, well...”“Yes, it happens to be one such,” Sereia replied, grabbing her sheath and taking it out to show it up close. &ld
Mon’Ter walked out of the room with Sereia, satisfied by his soon to be purchase. He’d attained it at half the original price thanks to his new found acquaintance after all, and that made him pleased. It meant he was able to buy an even more expensive attire for the princess, and she had already asked for the most expensive one he could find and purchase with the amount of coins he’d had on his person.A great deal to be sure!“Sir Triston, your purchase is in this case,” the avian man walked up to the duo, handing Mon’Ter a case which was quite similar to the one which Sereia held. “I sincerely hope you’ll come by to shop in my humble business once more in the future.”“Of course, if I ever need to,” Mon’Ter smiled at the man. He then handed him the six golden coins needed to complete the purchase without hesitation, despite now being down quite a sum. But even still, Mon’Ter’s