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Post by Tinaldor on Jan 5, 2006 17:01:57 GMT -5
Tinaldor stood up, a smile on his face. He walked up to her, as he remembered back to the moment he had first met her. He grinned.
"Ara."
He took her hand in his, and raising it to his lips, he kissed it gently.
"I'm back, and I'm sorry."
He hung his head slightly, letting her hand go.
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Post by Ara on Jan 5, 2006 17:07:06 GMT -5
Ara looked at him then said softly:"there is nothing to be sorry for Tinaldor Nenharma."she then leaned forward and kissed him softly.her eyes stung by tears as she buried her head against his shoulder.
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Post by Tinaldor on Jan 5, 2006 17:09:43 GMT -5
Tinaldor held her tightly, as a few tears of his own rolled down his cheeks. He kissed the top of her head, and then resting his head against hers, he sighed.
"I was just thinking about the way things used to be here...."
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Post by Ara on Jan 5, 2006 17:29:49 GMT -5
Ara raised her face to his and sighed softly as well her eyes darkening somewhat.she swallowed slightly and went to the bar and got two glasses of ale.she handed him one and said softly:"you may want to sit down for this Tinaldor." she looked at him,her face slightly paler than before."last spring an army came upon Nan Elmoth.we fought for as long as we could.then they started taking children.they took Belgron and our daughters as well.they were taken Tinaldor.the army killed them.I've slain a lot of men for that."she couldn't look him in the eyes then.her hands shook as she picked up her glass and took a sip of ale.
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Post by Tinaldor on Jan 5, 2006 17:39:09 GMT -5
Tinaldor's eyes darkened. No tears ran down his face, but inside agony ruled his mind. He should never have left. grimacing slightly, he couldnt find the words to say. His children, running around, happy. Him, training his son to fight. He gripped his sword hilt tightly, as hi knuckles went white. He would have been able to defend Nan elmoth. No army had ever defeated him there. No.
He stopped himself. There was no point wasting time thinking on the past. He breathed deeply, and lifting his head from the lowered place it had fell to, he looked at Ara, and spoke softly.
"Who"
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Post by Ara on Jan 5, 2006 18:06:09 GMT -5
Ara's face was white now and the only thing keeping her upright was Tinaldor's presense."I do not know....they came from beyond the south."she then pulled a chair out of it's place and sat down her thin form shaking from tiredness,reaction,and tears.
"Tinaldor.they left Nan Elmoth and I-I did everything I could to protect it now.I took the few member's of your guard that are still alive and set them to watching.Drallek is still living."she spoke softly as her eyes closed and she fainted her head resting on her arms on the table.
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Post by Tinaldor on Jan 6, 2006 4:37:03 GMT -5
Picking her up from where she had fainted, he laid her to rest on a bed in the room nearby. Kissing her eye lids softly, he smiled slightly. His mind turned to what she had said.
'...few members of your guard that are still alive..'
So he still had a basis to prepare an attack with. He lifted his sword from its sheath, and lifting it into the air, he stated calmy and clearly.
"The world of men shall pay for what they have done to me."
Replacing it in his sheath, he sat down next to Ara, and waited for her to come round.
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Post by Ara on Jan 6, 2006 14:09:04 GMT -5
Ara heard his words as she stirred and opened her eyes."you are not the only one who wishes for revenge Tinaldor."she said softly.then she sat up and came to him.her face held more color than it had before and she reached up and touched his cheek gently with her hand."I missed you.very much.."
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Post by Tinaldor on Jan 6, 2006 14:13:15 GMT -5
Tinaldor took her in his arms, and smiling, he kissed her gently.
"I missed you too.."
The smile left his face, and slight fire lit in his eyes.
"Get me the surviving members of our armies, and bring them before me."
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Post by Ara on Jan 6, 2006 14:36:42 GMT -5
Ara nodded."aye my king.I can do that."she turned and then walked out into the outer room of the pub.stepping to the door way she whistled for her horse where she found in the saddlebag a silver horn.
she took a single deep breath and blew a long note as the members of the guard she had taken with her came instantly to her side."yes my lady?" "send to Drallek and tell him to get down here and it's urgent.go now.please."the man ran off and Ara turned to Tinaldor her eyes a stormy gray.she then walked to the bar and picked up her glass,refilled it and took a drink of the ale.
her hands absently going to where the sapphire pendant had been she stilled and then lowered her hands.she shook her head softly as her eyes flickered to Tinaldor and held his gaze."I had become far too used to that stone at my throat."she thought.
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Post by Tinaldor on Jan 6, 2006 14:51:20 GMT -5
Drallek strode through the doors, and standing before Tinaldor, he bowed low, then spoke.
"The men await you outside sir."
Tinaldor nodded, then striding out the doors, he looked at the remnants of his force. All twenty.....four of them.]Looking into the eyes of each, he spoke.
"Step forward those survivors of my personal guard."
11 elves stepped forward, and bowed. Drallek was amongst them.
"Do any of you remember the oath you swore as members of my personal elite?"
They were silent. He continued.
"You swore to die before you would let any harm my family. And two of my children are dead."
Tinaldor looked at the remaining elves beind.
"Menethor, you are promoted to the chief of my guard. and your first act in your role is to execute these elves. However Drallek I shall deal with myself."
He drew a dagger from his belt, and in a slow motion slit open his throat. He watched mercilessly, as the blood rolled down his chest.
"Let this be an example to you all. This is what happens to those who fail me."
He turned, and slowly walked back into the pub, listening as the sounds of 10 elves death screams resonated.
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Post by Ara on Jan 6, 2006 14:59:37 GMT -5
Ara paled but made no other sound as she stood there.the glass slipped from her hand and shattered as she turned to Tinaldor and then sent a thought to him:"Tinaldor.how many times did he fail you before now?more than once I know."her mental voice was dead calm but her hands shook as she cleaned up the glass pieces.
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Post by Tinaldor on Jan 6, 2006 15:03:35 GMT -5
"One failure is one too many. he failed, my children died. The others wont fail me again."
He sat down, and picking up his beer, he sipped it slowly. The time had come for the world to see that no-one crosses Tinaldor Neharma and lives.
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Post by Ara on Jan 6, 2006 15:12:33 GMT -5
Ara looked at him calmly.then she came to his side and knelt,putting her head against his leg gently,needing his comfort.she'd kept herself from crying the first few months out of duty to her city and people.now the tears slipped free from her eyes and down her cheeks as a small shudder went through her.
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Post by Tinaldor on Jan 7, 2006 14:41:10 GMT -5
Tinaldor looked down at his wife, and the fire left his eyes. realising how much what he had just done had upset her, he sat down on the floor next to her, and hugged her.
"I'm sorry, I just didnt know how to react...."
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