"Roack, come quickly I found the silver blood vein!" yelled Raign as he finaly broke through the rock and found liquid silver pouring out. "This silver is from the pool of ancients. Melted silver mixed with the blood of dwarven kings and nobles. Nobody thought it existed, but I knew better. Hurry cut open your paw and let the silver pour in." Raign cut open his hand and put it in the silver "This should make us stronger and it should allow us to live longer and you to grow faster." Just as he said that Raign heard heavy footsteps. "That sounds like a couple of Kull. Let's hope this stuff works fast."

Serias was patrolling the landscape, for he was a paid mercinary and went whereever there was trouble. Some low ranking merchant had told him of something called silver blood, a powerful liquid that made a person stronger.
Chronum, his huge claws scraping the landscape, walked boldly beside him without fear of anything. Thats when he heard it. A man whispering. Serias doubted a human could heard them from this range. And then he heard something else. Loud steps, sounding even louder than before.
Serias heard the whispering turn into a talk, and a familiar voice came into his mind. Raign. Serias dashed forward with Chronum onto a large rock and saw them Him and his young but tough dragon Roack. Serias was at the little dragons hatching day, so he knew al lot about these two people.
The kull were approaching fast. they must've heard Raign, thought Serias. He jumped of of the rock and dashed toward both beasts before anything could react. Shadow stepping had become effective. It was an ability he had learned a while ago, and one that he grew adept at quickly. It allowed him to move so fast, all beings looked like they moved in slow motion. But it ended quickly, and he had to get to his location fast.
The first one fell quite quickly, meeting it's end under Serias blade as soon as shadow step was over. The second one was a bit stupid, and charged at him. He flicked it away lazily with magic, stopping it's heart. He then turned to Raign.
"And you. What are you doing, old friend?"

OOC: Can I join?

OOC: You dont have to ask

Erais was on Erador high up in the sky, Eradors scales reflected the bright sun. If anyone looked up they would be blinded temperairily ~sp~. In a moment Erais put a spell on her and the dragon so as to be undetectable by even Serias.
Erador be careful up here, your scales are unfortunatly white. Be careful where you fly, see if you can get close to them down there. I wonder who the new dragon rider is? Erais told Erador and kept her eye on the suspicous figures down on the ground.

If it's someone we know, I better hide while you greet them. Not very many of your old friends know of your change, and they don't know that you aren't dead. Erador pointed this out to Erais.
Fine, land far enough away and stay hidden, block anything that tries to get to you. Erais was a bit worried.

Erador landed far enough away so that they wouldn't be seen. Erais put her hood up and made herself appear as a very strange foreigner.
She walked close by and saw the four, she decided to have some fun with them and not reveal herself yet. She quickly put up defenses so that they would have the slightest idea it was her.

OOC: Erais, you have forgotten. You didnt know who we were yet, so how coulkd u make urself undetectible like that. You didnt know it was Serias till u landed. Please make it a bit more clear next time.^^


IC:Serias let the roots grow back.
"Erais, how nice of you to come here," Serias murmmered, turning around.
"You really should change those clothes. Your like a beacon to the Empire." Serias walked over to the silver blood mine and locked it shut with a quick spell.
"And you, Raign, shouldn't be messing with things that dont belong to you. This is an imprint on Alagaesia, so dont wash it away." Serias said quietly. He picked up one of the Urgal's weapons, a dull stone axe that wasn;'t very sharp, but would be able to cause serious damage under the effects of a Kull's muscles. Shatter a mortal's bones, maybe. Maybe even dent Serias' armor.
"These are just scouts. There should be a large group coming from..." he closed his eyes, then pointed, just as a hunting horn blew. "There."
Serias quickly ran over to Erais and pushed her to Raign.
"We'd betterr move, we can do all the chatting later. Right now we have to escape from a party of three Shades and fifty urgals. And, I dont feel like fighting right now," he grumbled, pushing them back against the rock.

OOC: Never mind, she had just seen them and so she put it up. No offense but you kind of spoil rping sometimes.

IC: "Well it is hard to get to a taylors with out the Empire finding out about it. What is that stuff anyway?" She was puzzled by the silver that had been pouring out of the rock before Serias had locked it back up. "Good thing they were only scouts, we might have been in great trouble other wise, even though you have the ancients flowing through your viens." She made a few faces at him while his back was turned and she rolled her eyes.

She was upset that he had spoiled her fun, she really wanted to mess with them. Suddenly there was a horn blow and Serias pushed Erais over to Raign.

"Well I would rather fight then run, I am tired of running, I hate it." She was being stubborn again, and was really mad with Serias.

She looked at the dragon and thought Raign lucky to find a dragon the way he did.

Raign walked over to Serias and pointed his finger at his chest. "Easy for you to say that." Raign said. "You always have a trick up your sleeve. I have to work hard to get even half as powerfull as you!" He stepped away from Serias and looked to Roack. "Are you ready?" he asked as he drew his sword and his staff. Roack nodded not able to speak yet. "Then let us finish these beasts." Said Raign as he charged the group. Just by running he realized he had grown twice as fast and his blade seemed light as a feather. "This should be very quick and very fun."

OOC: ^.^ That I do Erais. I keep forgetting this is a different RP lol. Ok, I cant come in, continue.

OOC: what do you mean you can't come in?

OOC: He is stuck or other wise known as mental block.

OOC: oh I thought he meant he was gonna stop rping in this topic. well now it is your turn Erais.

Erais watched the kull get closer, she held her gaze then she snapped out of her gaze lock. She muttered for Erador to come in her mind, waiting for her to come she watched Raign talk to Serais.

"Stop fighting. Serias it is true you know, that doesn't matter, what matters is getting rid of these wrong doers. Let's have some fun." Erais pulled out her sword, she let the sun glint on the blade.

Erador came through the trees, the sun blindingly reflecting on her white scales. Erais jumped onto her back as she walked by and then followed Raign into battle, ready for what ever lay before them. She wanted some sort of revenge.

OOC: Sorry, i didnt notice that you guys replied lol.

IC: Serias gave a shrug, and sat down. He took his gauntleted hand out of his cloak and began tracing shapes in the ground, forming a circle, and lining it with runes. If anything happened, he would be ready.
Chronum twitched his head for a second, then touched the center of the Glyph. The lines began to glow with an eerie purple color, then stopped.
"Ecandar," muttered Serias with his eyes closed, and reached his palm out to the heavans. Dark clouds rolled toward him, and then, lightning struck. The bolt his Serias in the hand, and he flinched; he had only done this twice. The clouds began to roll back to their original location, but the ritual was still to be completed.
The runes on the circles peremiter becan to glow stronger than before, and great archs of lightning erupted from Serias' hand, touching the runes in turn. Serias then notice the three shades running toward Erais and Raign.
Hurry, muttered Chronum, the ancient voice clear as crystal. Serias gave a nod, and finished the spell.
His transformation had begun..

Both of his arms were covered in roots, with two swords levitating around his arms, ready for their masters command. His cloak burned off, revealing the glinting armor beneath him. A red aura glowed through the armors joints. Half-Half form, part Ancient, part Dark elf. He remembered the time these two had seen him use it, when fighting the black wolves.
"Show time," grinned Serias, and charged with the force of the gods themselves.

OOC: Phew, lol.

Raign watched as Serias started to pummel the urgals. "Well it is great that he's putting up such a fight but, what happens when he burns out his energy like the last time." said Raign as he drew his sword. "Their are alot of urgals, plus the three shades, I don't know if he is quit fast enough to beat them all." as Raign finished his sentence he jerked his head back, and his eyes turned white like they had so many times before. "I just hope he leaves the shades to me." said Raign as he charged the three. Blades clashed as Raign charged the three. Then he lept up in the air, he had counted on coming down on them with crushing force, but they lept up just as fast as he had. "That's pretty good." said Raign as he blocked a shades blade. "We do not fear you, we gave you the berserker ability? Do you know what happens when over used?" hissed the shorter of the shades "Yes I become a shade, but who's to say I can't just become a sorcerer?" was Raigns reply as he landed on the ground cracking the very rock he stood upon. "Don't you get it?" screeched the tallest one. "You were a prodigy, but your foolish parents raised you to be kind and good, that is why we took you and that is why we tortured you, to destroy the good that was infecting your body."
Raign recoiled "What?" was all he could say. "You are the one from the proficy, you fool! Our proficy stating that you will become a shade and that you will be our ruler, as well as supreme king of all of Alagaesia, once of course, you destroy Galbatorix." Raign fell to the ground, he had heard the proficy before he new it inside and out, but he had no idea he would become the shade or that it would even happen in his lifetime. And their was another thing he knew, and it scared him most of all and that was the fact that the shade was supposed to be a rider who would lose his dragon. "no." whispered Raign as the Shades knocked him out and tied him up. Then they whispered three words and they dissapeared along with Raign.

Erais just stayed still, she knew that Serias was capable enough to do this easily, she just watched, biding her time so if Serais lost his engery like last time she wouldn't be tired out. Erais didn't notice Raign for a moment, then she saw him attack and heard what they were saying, she turned her head to see a passed out Raign, she ran at the shades, but they were gone.

"Serias!" Erais yelled, she found enough energy to kill the rest of their attackers, but it left her gasping. "He's gone." She said in a weak voice.

Erais used her sword a a support and just stood there, not wanting to believe what had happened and what she had heard.

Serias twisted in midblow, and looked around. It was true, Raign was gone. With a curse, Serias blocked the Urgals blade and threw it down with brute force. There were a few Urgals left, and Serias killed three before resuming his normal form, then killed a few more. The remaining eight fled behind a huge rock, grunting in terror.
Chronum rose from his spot and flew over the rock, away from Serias view. A few screams followed, and the dragon flew back to his allies, and fell asleep.

Serias ran over to the place were the Shades had been, and touched the dirt. He closed his eyes and muttered a quick spell before flinching.
"They've taken him," roared Serias with anger. "to the temple of chaos...a place even I wouldnt dare to go."
Chronum gave a low growl in his sleep, then fell silent.
"It was the previous Temple of Ancients, but it was abandoned for reasons unknown. But that really isnt the problem," Serias muttered quitely. "It's located deep underwater. How could they have found it?"
Serias racked his memory for the location, but it didnt come. He sat down and began to think, crushing stones with anger all the while.

Raign woke up, he was chained and although he tried to escape with magic it never came, the chains were cursed. Raign looked up to see he was in a room of mirrors, and then he noticed something else his bandages were gone. "My bandages where are my bandages?" cried Raign as he tried to find somewhere to look with no luck, of course. Then the tallest shade came in. "Why?" was all he could ask. "We put you in this room to remind you of what you are to become." hissed the shade. "Please give me my bandages." said Raign then a hard and sharp slap hit him and he fell to the ground, he felt blood pour down. "You will become who you are meant to be wether you like it or not." then the shade went to leave but before he shut the door he said. "I've missed torturing you Raign, I'm glad we brought you back." Raign looked at the blood on the ground. "Wait, where is Roack?" he said but the shade was already gone. Fear came over Raign as he tried to feel Roack anywhere, but it was to no evail.

Erais was gaining her strength at a fast and steady rate, she felt a little sick but that feeling soon went away. Once she felt strong again she sheathed her sword and just stood there trying to take in what had just happened, it pained her having to see and hear what had gone on.

"You may not dare or want to go, what ever it is that scares you, I can't let this happen to him, I have to help him." Erais said this slowly but surely. "Tell me how to get there, you can come with me and show me the way or just tell me how to get there, I need to know." Erais said firmly.

She walked over to Erador and mounted her, she had Erador walk over to Serias, Erais waited for his response. She glanced at Roack, he looked a little helpless and lonely.
Will you come with me Roack? Will you help me? She asked Raigns dragon.

"It's not really fear thats holding me back," said Serias quickly. "It's the Ancient Law. I am still trying to remember the way in, though it wont help me. You will be able to go in, but I cannot, for my power will be drained and I shall die the most painful death imaginable."
Serias kept on drawing shapes, more runes, to form a Glyph.

"There is one more thing that I must warn you to be careful about, if you get to Raign. Deep in the Leviathan Pits, the heart of the temple, lives a beast called the Kraken. I have never seen it before, and dont really want to. I'm also pretty sure that Raign is near, or maybe in that area. If he is, he's in big danger." The Glyph was now finished.

"This is the Easiest way to get here, Glyph Warping. I doubt you've done it before, so..." Serias stared off, thinking to himself, then quickly changed something he has said earlier.
"I forgot to mention that though my power will be drained, the Law does not affect the Leviathan Pits. If we can get there fast enough, I might have enough energy to cast a few spells."

Simoro could since the energy from above the ground. He knew the place, it was the area containing the Silver Vein. He had been there before, however not for the vein itself. Deeper in the cave a hermit (whom he had sought out some time ago in search of memories) had once lived, though that hermit was now lost to death's natural toll. The amount of energy coming from the area however was enough to accomadate several shades, and a few more dragons. He knew that this was not normal, and immediately began scrambling through the cave to the vein. He remembered the path quite well. The hermit had used the vein as a test. If you resisted the urge to become more powerful, he would help you. But if you were tempted, and drew the ancient blood, he would wreck havoc on you. But now he was deceased. Regardlessly, Simoro still had no interest in the power. Deeper in the caves, he got a clearer perception of the scenes. There was at least a dragon, multiple shades, and several dying urgal, and some humans, it seemed. He continued running through the ways he knew so well. After a ways, he felt an icy chill go down his spine. A second later, most of the the shade-feeling presences were gone, maybe all. He quickened his pace to see what the two, he now realized, dragons, and remaining humanoids were doing. He spun the final corner to see a glyph circle. He recognized the runes used in warping immediately. He also recognized Erais, Erador, and Roack. "Erais! What happened here?!" he asked hastily, gasping for breath as he did so. He thought a simple stamina-restoring spell, and his breathing slowed.

Raign looked into the mirror, sure it was gruesome but nothin he had not seen before. The one thing that frightened him more than anything was his eyes, whenever he was afraid or hurting he would look into the mirror and see the pride left in his eyes, but now it was gone nothing but two empty eyes of a broken man with broken hopes and a broken life. tears came out of his eyes, then they came. Two shades came and dragged him out of the pit making sure the chains were still on him. They dragged him out into a room with holes in the walls. They dragged him into the middle of the room and tied him to a metal pole, then they left. "What is going on?" thought Raign. Then the room started to heat up immensly quick and fire came out of the holes in quick bursts burning Raign every time. "YEAAAAAAA!" yelled Raign as it seared his skin, after about a half hour they took him out and put him in another room with another large metal pole, they tied him to it, then left again.
Outside the room the Shades watched through a glass window. "Now" boomed the shade and lightining started to shock Raign. "You see all we have to do is repeat the tortures we did to him before, which will destroy the rest of his spirit. Then we will offer to spare his pain if he becomes our king. It is as simple as that." said the Shade as another jolt of lightning pulsed through Raign.

"How long does it take to get there? I have a feeling that Raign probably won't last very long, I have to be quick." Erais got even more worried by the minute, she couldn't let her friend who had gone through so much with her just end up becoming her worst enemy, she just couldn't bare or allow the thought.

Erais looked at Roack, he looked tired in a way and stricken. Erais turned around in the dragon saddle to see Simoro coming into view, he reconized her.

"Simoro this isn't the time for explanations, maybe Serias will take time to explain to you but I can't, I have to go soon." Erais said in a rushed tone, she wanted to explain that Raign might be lost forever, that Alagaesia will be overturned by shades.

"Raign was taken away by Shades, that is all I have time enough for explanation, I have to go help him." Erador was growing impatient.

OOC: shades turn

"Wait," Serias murmmered, ignoring the stranger who he now knew was Simoro. "The glyph takes a few hours to charge up to its power. You can go now if you want to swim into a trench over 1,000 feet deep, with underwater with currents that push upwards with the strength of ten dragon wings."

Serias' dark elf ears heard a strange noise; one he hadn't heard for 450 years. A Shadow Zephyr, black god of the wind. Serias was lucky indeed.
"Stand back, he said quickly, then grabbed at the essence with his mind. It howled with an invisible force, pounding against his powerful mental defenses. Serias pushed back, but the god wasnt about to let even an Ancient take him down. Next came the attack.

Serias whinced, then suddenly coughed out golden blood. The attack had been as strong as Pans was when they had fought. He could fell himself being beaten down, and fell to his knees. Slowly, he regained his blance, and coughed out some more blood.
On the outside, he looked like a typical lunatic who thought the sky was falling. But the war in his mind surpassed all the pain Serias had felt in his whole life.
Ancients...help...me, he gasped. Suddenly, Serias' mind was reinforced ten-folds.
We are with you, the Ancients mummbled in unison.

The physical realm was now beginning to get affected as well. A black tornado had spun around Serias, just like it was supposed to.
Zephyr was being pushed back, slowly, but none the less backwards. The three second fight had given Serias the time he needed. His true form had been awakened. His golden eyes, now deep silver, glowed like every star in the sky. He could feel himself losing control, and tried to hold on.
Just one minute, please, Serias begged his soul. It responded slowly, but gave him the time. The tornado was now shining with a light so bright it would have blinded a normal mortal. Then, after spitting out beams of light, it shattered. Literally, shattered into ten shards of light.

Serias,now in normal form, twisted in mid-air, grabbing the shards all the while. He threw them in a perfect circle, hitting each rune in the center. The glowed brightly, but Serias had fallen and was on his back, breathing heavily. At least he had done it, at the price of a soul piece.

OOC: Please people... I beg of you, if I ever don't post, just someone use my character in your post also.. No point in waiting a week and two days because I couldn't get on.

Simoro felt pieces of the fight. The first time he got a firm picture was when the wind (whatever it was) had Serais to the point of calling for help; Simoro lost his view then, but the physical effects of the fight were enough to tell him that it had came.

Serais' eyes began to glow wildly; Simoro had to shield his eyes from the light at one point. He felt that he knew the silvery light from somewhere, but he couldn't place it...

He reached into the spiritual realm around him - he felt the presence of too many spirits. First was the vein, dominant in his view. Next he looked deeper, felt the humans, the Ancient... No, the Ancients! Why were there so many here? The one himself - he realized now it was Serais - would have been rare enough himself.. He pressed deeper. After pressing beyond where he should have stopped, he felt the wind. More than anything, he felt the color black. Black and wind? He had never.....

He saw with his eyes again Serias twisting to catch the shards. He saw him hit every glyph perfectly. But he felt something else. Serias had experienced a loss. Loss of something.. but what? Simoro felt he should know this - he didn't even know why - but he couldn't recall. He felt, more than saw, Serais fall onto his back. He extended his hand, in case Serais would need it.

A jolt of pain went through Raign's back, and he flinched. Another came then another. Raign looked behind him to see the tallest shade whipping him with a cat of nine tails whip. "I will ask for the final time!" his voice rose "Will you join us?!" Raign grinned slightly until the shade whipped his face. "Give me your answer!" he yelled "No" Raign said as he spat blood at the shade. Then the beating continued.

Erais glanced away from Serias and waited until it was over, she could feel other Ancients and stood still, she kept her gaze down until she heard Serias hit the ground from his fall. Raising her head she walked over to him and helped him to his feet. Erais looked at him and then looked at the ground and stared at it a little transfixed, after a moment or two she walked over to Erador, she turned around to look at Serias.

"What are we supposed to do now?" She asked him, concerned at what had just happened.

OOC:Shades turn

OOC: Ugh, sorry, cant think of anything

OOC: well your gonna have to skip me to you guys gotta hurry and save me or something

OOC: I know, we are getting there. Well I can't post again, I just went, or was the last one to post IC.

OOC:shade it's your turn

OOC: keep going, i barely have any time to come on anymore.

OOC: Um...What should we do now then?

OOC: I'm thinking we should wait for shade cause I don't have anything to put now

OOC: Okay.

OOC: So sorry, didnt know


IC: Serias was too busy restoring the hundreds of metal barriers around his mind, which were all broken like twigs minutes before. After five minutes, he stood up, very very slowly.

"The glyph is fully charged, thx to Shadow Zephyr..." Walking over to the glyph, Serias tore out the shards. "Thank you, friend, sleep well." When all of them were in one place, the shards disappeared, but left something behind. The shining object was picked up, and Serias examined it with surprise. The Amulet of Erocard.
"It has the ability to negate the Laws..." Serias mumbled to himself, and put it on.

"Negate the... the laws? The abilty to negate them.. Such power exists?" Simoro continued the conversation, but in his mind. He looked at the amulet, which looked like just any other artifact from before his time. But it felt wrong, somehow different. He realized that the amulet was an exception to that which normally was believed to always be true. Such power could be used to do so much... But was it good or bad? He felt in his mind that Serias would surely do the right thing, whatever that was. He only wished he knew more about the situation.

"Right, lets get going," he said. Then quickly, he added, "Err. Where were we going again?" and smiled, or did his best attempt under the circumstances.

Raign's back stung, his bones ached, and his blood burned. He was alone in his room of mirrors. "I will not give up, don't you get it?" he yelled allowed throughout the room hoping someone was listening. "I won't give up, you will be the first ones I kill!" he yelled into the air. "You will regret this!"
All the while the tallest shade stood outside the room smiling, "And so you fall into our grasp." he said as he walked away.

Erais walked close to Serias. "Are you ready, we need to be more fast if we want to get where ever it is where Raign is. I have a crummy feeling." Erais looked around the cave, she didn't pay much attention to the amulet that Serias had just aquired.