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[Drayden Calamyr]

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The very heart and soul of Drayden's life was the study of the art. During his times alone in the world, the magic was the only thing that never seemed to leave him. Throughout his time with the Order of the Flame and Legion of Justice, he never strayed from the art. All of that changed when he went below a few years ago. The time spent there was painful and there were times where the drow wondered if he was to live. The Drow, Alaundril. His father. Though there was plenty of torture to be dealth to Drayden, Alaundril had taught him much. He taught him of where he had come from. The last son of a dead house. These thoughts were churning in his mind as he walked to the east of the drow quarter, there were often monsters that needed disposing of, Drayden had been practicing all afternoon on a target, and now he was interested in seeing what his magic and a good crossbow could do. Lately the nature of close quarters combat had greatly changed, and Drayden could no longer afford to fight on the front lines.

He stepped lightly, without a sound through the plagued trees and hardened dead ground. Any passerby would have seen nothing out of the ordinary. No one would have seen the Drow lying in wait as a clueless Ogre happened into his field of view from behind the tree. He calmly loaded a few bolts into his repeating crossbow and took a knee to aim at his mark carefully. He could hear Alaundril's instructions clearly.

Zuch ajak ulu zhlaass.
Saph dos ph' l' b'luthel. xor b'luth'ol.
Morfeth natha arch ulu dosst p'obon, l' takrome.

The ogre was almost in range. He relaxed as he aimed at the ogre's ugly face. He released the bolt a second later, scoring a direct hit square in the large fool's chest. It looked dumbly down as the first waves of pain started to hit it it could here the spidery words of magic. Corp Por It turned in time to se a crackling bolt of energy slam into it and knew only darkness. Drayden faded into the shadows and moved to find his next target. There was much training and practice to do...