Listen Closely my friends as i tell you a story of a hero of the different kind...
This story begins on a dark moonlit night in the town of Oren, a dark figure moves through the quiet streets towards the Temple stopping briefly to obtain a blessing from a local priest. "ahhh that's better" he thought to himself as he felt the power from the priests blessing fortify his mind and body alike, after tipping the priest with a few coins the dark man proceeds towards a small store nearby. "ill take a pouch of those" he said pointing to a small bag of red pellets, "off for a evening hunt?" asked the small dwarf behind the stall as he passed the bag over to the dark figure and collected the coins for his product. The dark Figure looked at the dwarf with a evil smile "one must make a living, im sure you would know all about turning a profit" he said with sarcasm sharp in his tone of voice, He disliked dwarves and while their craftsmanship was unmatched in these lands he found them all too eager to sell their services to the highest bidder regardless of the consequences. "I wish you the best of luck then friend" said the dwarf as the dark figure walked away towards the temple once more.
"I wish to go to the Outlaw forest" said the dark figure to the elegantly robed women standing outside the temple, She was a Gatekeeper, A wizard trained in the highest ranks of teleportation magic "That's 4600 adena please" she said, Passing the coins over to the gatekeeper he closed his eyes and waited for her to cast the spell, "I hate teleporting, it makes me feel uneasy" he thought to himself, he felt a warmth cross over his body as she finished her spell and he opened his eyes to find himself standing at a crossroad leading to the Forest of Outlaws.
The dark figure looked around, his eyes focusing as a normal humans would in broad daylight, he was a Dark Elf, A tribe of elves banished from their home for using dark magic, They worship the goddess of death...Shillien, His name was Wolfrayne, A Shillien Knight, Warriors who's mind is just as sharp as their swords and who's armour though heavy it may be does little to hinder their agile movements.
He reaches into a pouch and pulls out 3 small crystals, Whispering an incantation to each of them they begin to glow and levitate just above his head, while they may look like harmless balls of light in truth they are one of the most dangerous weapons a Shillien Knight possesses, These things were called Cubics, through years of training the Shillien Knight learns to Summon these peculiar living crystals, One glowed a bright blue, a phantom cubic they called it and its touch is said to make even the most strongest of beings feel weak and helpless, The next glowed red, this one being appropriately named a Vampire cubic due to its ability to feed off the life-force of others and empower the Shillien Knight with it, and last of all was a Purple Cubic, this one was called a Viper due to its touch was able to poison even the most resilient of creatures.
Pulling out his sword and shield Wolf silently walked into the Outlaw Forest, This place was filled with dangerous Creatures, the most common of these creatures were the Oel Mahum, Giant creatures with the body of a man but the face and claws of a lion. They preyed on the merchants and locals who travel the area, taking their spoils back to a fortress said to be deep within the forest. He was out to hunt down a group of these creatures who had been plaguing the town of Oren for the last few weeks attacking passing merchants on their way to Oren.
He moved further into the forest his eyes sharp and his ears listening intently for any sound, as he moved towards the place the last attacks had happened he saw a light coming from a nearby ruin, cautiously moving closer he saw half a dozen Oel Mahum sitting around a campfire going through bags of loot and arguing among themselves over who gets the most bounty.
Taking out some of the small pellets he purchased earlier Wolf Broke them onto his sword, this Pellets were called Soulshots and contained powerful magic to inflict twice as much damage to an enemy. "at least the dwarves did something right" he thought to himself as he applied more Soulshots to his weapon, he moved closer towards the ruins staying out of sight, Picking the closest target to him he began to mutter a incantation, the air around him cackled with electricity and as he uttered the final word a bolt of lightening shot down from the sky knocking the Oel Mahum To he ground and paralysing him, The other Oel Mahum now aware of Wolfs presence grabbed their weapons and charged at him.
Wolf Smiled again "now this is more like it" Gripping his sword tightly he plunged it deep into the closest beast cutting deep into its flesh, the beast roared in pain and swung its mighty claws down on Wolf who raised his shield to meet the Paw who's force could tear a man in half. He drove his sword deep into the beasts torso again killing it on the spot, Wolf Quickly jumped aside as a large club the size of a small tree just scraped his armour "that was close he thought to himself as he dodged yet another blow. As Wolf Fended off his foes mighty blows the Cubics above his head burst into action gleefully attacking the Oel Mahum, It roared in aggravation as it felt the sting of the Cubics attacks, Wolf watched as it collapsed to the ground clutching at its throat "it appears the poison did its job" he thought to himself as he smiled again, Driving his sword into the beasts head.
Wolf felt a surge of pain and turned around to see 2 of the Oel Mahum casting spells at him, Striking him his deadly forces of wind and magic, He quickly ducked behind a tree, "blast it" wolf shouted as he dodges yet another Wind Strike "I should of known this was too easy, how am I going to get close enough to kill them" he thought to himself. He turned around in time to see another Oel Mahum Charging at him from the witchdoctors who where Throwing windstrikes at Wolf wherever possible. Wolf smiled slyly "that's it" he said as he jumped out in front of the beast using his sword and shield to block its crushing blow, The 2 witchdoctors seeing wolf run out from the trees Cast their spells once more, but this time wolf was ready, he jumped behind the Oel Mahum who's blows he blocked as the windstrike crashed into its back, it howled in pain as wolf cut it across its neck and charged the 2 remaining Spell casters.
As he got closer he uttered another incantation and watched as the Oel Mahum glowed a light blue showing that its skin had been weakened by his Hex, taking this opportunity he thrust out with his sword and killed the beast in one fell swoop, Turning to face the last remaining Oel Mahum who had started to run into the forest, Wolf Smiled once more "you wont escape me" he shouted as he started muttering another curse, The Oel Mahum started to move slower and slower as his legs started to freeze up, Wolf taking advantage of his opponents slow speed walked over to the beast and charged up his sword with dark energy "Prepare to feel the Judgment of Shillien" he said to the beast as he drove his sword into its chest the black magic of the sword delivering the final blow to the creature.
"A wonderful nights work" thought Wolf as he searched the beasts body, Collecting the necklaces for the bounty and some of the coin that they had on them, "ahh and what do we have here? isn't this a wonderful surprise" said wolf quietly as he pulled a small stone from the witchdoctors corpse "this will make a wonderful enhancement to my blade", Turning to head towards the town Wolf noticed another 3 Oel Mahum had heard the commotion and were glaring at him "my my u are a stubborn lot" wolf said "I have no more patience for this" he said uttering another curse, The Corpse near the 3 newcomers Suddenly exploded in a cloud of toxic gas causing them to choke and gag, wolf taking advantage of this slipped away into the shadow of the forests.
A few mins later Wolf was casually walking up the massive stone pathway to the town of Oren, he was pleased with the nights work and was looking forward to resting and regaining his strength, saying a quick prayer to Shillien our hero of this tale turned in his bounty and went back to his room in the local Inn resting for another days adventure.
Well now that concludes our story for today my friends, perhaps if u care to visit again sometime I will share with u more tales of the unknown hero Wolfrayne....