Post by dragonfire13 on Jan 23, 2006 20:32:01 GMT -5
The Dark Light
Prologue: Nika
During the time of Darkfire, during the travels of Kage, Kya, and Haku, there was a gap of space where the small band was joined by another, a young woman with short black hair and expressive dark brown eyes.
Her name was Nika.
Her story was an interesting one. She had at one time been the Dark Servant of Darkfire, not by choice, but because of a promise of blood made by one of her ancestors in the beginning of Darkfire’s reign. Upon her right shoulder she bore the Mark of Darkfire, a crooked D with a lightning bolt through it. She had rebelled against Darkfire and fled, joining Kage, Kya, and Haku on their mission, determined to help in any way she could.
Throughout her travels with the group, it is said that Nika and Haku grew extremely close; perhaps they were in love. No one would ever know.
Just as Nika’s life seemed to be happy, just as she seemed content, loved, she sensed Darkfire was closing in on her friends, and Kage had not yet mastered all the magics of the world. This took place before the slaying of Kya, the beginning of a chain of unexplainable events that helped the band survive for as long as they did before the final confrontation.
As time passed, Nika’s personality began to change; she became quieter, more thoughtful, as thought contemplating something that once done could not be reversed. She never told anyone of her thoughts during this time, not even Haku. She began reading texts that fully explained the ways of the Dark Servants, searching for something; what it was, her friends did not know.
And then, one day, she went through with her plan.
It was Haku who found her, dead by a stream, with no mark upon her body except for the Mark, which had dimmed. She had killed herself using dark magic, magic that she had not tapped into since her abandonment of Darkfire, and it had killed her. Kya, Kage, and especially Haku were distraught, and she was buried alongside the stream where she had been found, the reason why she had taken her life a mystery.
Kya, Kage, and Haku continued their quest. There was nothing else they could do.
It did not escape their attention, however, that during the time after Nika’s death, Darkfire weakened. He seemed unsure of himself, more susceptible to mortal wounds, and his search for the three lessened considerably. He struggled with his dark magic, and though he later recovered from his brief weakness, Kya, Haku, and Kage had used this time to train even harder.
Perhaps Nika had done what she had for a reason after all.
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Understanding the Darkness
Bound by Blood
Indeed, the loyalty of the Dark Servants was a great gift to Darkfire. But for him to be absolutely sure of their loyalty, they had to bind themselves to him. With their own blood. When this was done, a bond was created between Darkfire and the Servant. Anything that Darkfire felt the Servant felt, and anything the Servant felt Darkfire felt.
This “Binding by Blood” may have seemed like a way to keep Servants under control, but in a way it was not.
Binding by blood linked the Servant and Darkfire. If anything happened to Darkfire, like death, the Servant would die.
If anything happened to the Servant… it is unknown.
The fact that what would happen to Darkfire if anything happened to one of his Servants is indeed an interesting mystery…
Perhaps one day it will be solved.
Perhaps it already has.
End prologue
'Tis the sequel to "The Broken Prophecy"! Whoo!
Prologue: Nika
During the time of Darkfire, during the travels of Kage, Kya, and Haku, there was a gap of space where the small band was joined by another, a young woman with short black hair and expressive dark brown eyes.
Her name was Nika.
Her story was an interesting one. She had at one time been the Dark Servant of Darkfire, not by choice, but because of a promise of blood made by one of her ancestors in the beginning of Darkfire’s reign. Upon her right shoulder she bore the Mark of Darkfire, a crooked D with a lightning bolt through it. She had rebelled against Darkfire and fled, joining Kage, Kya, and Haku on their mission, determined to help in any way she could.
Throughout her travels with the group, it is said that Nika and Haku grew extremely close; perhaps they were in love. No one would ever know.
Just as Nika’s life seemed to be happy, just as she seemed content, loved, she sensed Darkfire was closing in on her friends, and Kage had not yet mastered all the magics of the world. This took place before the slaying of Kya, the beginning of a chain of unexplainable events that helped the band survive for as long as they did before the final confrontation.
As time passed, Nika’s personality began to change; she became quieter, more thoughtful, as thought contemplating something that once done could not be reversed. She never told anyone of her thoughts during this time, not even Haku. She began reading texts that fully explained the ways of the Dark Servants, searching for something; what it was, her friends did not know.
And then, one day, she went through with her plan.
It was Haku who found her, dead by a stream, with no mark upon her body except for the Mark, which had dimmed. She had killed herself using dark magic, magic that she had not tapped into since her abandonment of Darkfire, and it had killed her. Kya, Kage, and especially Haku were distraught, and she was buried alongside the stream where she had been found, the reason why she had taken her life a mystery.
Kya, Kage, and Haku continued their quest. There was nothing else they could do.
It did not escape their attention, however, that during the time after Nika’s death, Darkfire weakened. He seemed unsure of himself, more susceptible to mortal wounds, and his search for the three lessened considerably. He struggled with his dark magic, and though he later recovered from his brief weakness, Kya, Haku, and Kage had used this time to train even harder.
Perhaps Nika had done what she had for a reason after all.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Understanding the Darkness
Bound by Blood
Indeed, the loyalty of the Dark Servants was a great gift to Darkfire. But for him to be absolutely sure of their loyalty, they had to bind themselves to him. With their own blood. When this was done, a bond was created between Darkfire and the Servant. Anything that Darkfire felt the Servant felt, and anything the Servant felt Darkfire felt.
This “Binding by Blood” may have seemed like a way to keep Servants under control, but in a way it was not.
Binding by blood linked the Servant and Darkfire. If anything happened to Darkfire, like death, the Servant would die.
If anything happened to the Servant… it is unknown.
The fact that what would happen to Darkfire if anything happened to one of his Servants is indeed an interesting mystery…
Perhaps one day it will be solved.
Perhaps it already has.
End prologue
'Tis the sequel to "The Broken Prophecy"! Whoo!