Dark Offspring 2
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Dark Offspring 2 by An old sage
It was a blissful summer day. Sigurd was wondering through the forest near his home when he heard the sound of a flute playing softly through the trees. Intrigued Sigurd went to investigate. As he peered through the trees he say a beautiful maiden sitting on top of a large rock. Enchanted by the music, Sigurd krept forward until he was a few feet from her.
At that point his foot slipt on the rock and he tumbled backwards. The frightened girl drew her dagger and pointed it cautiously at Sigurd. Sigurd, on the other hand, bounded for the trees and would have disappeared into the foliage had the girl not called to him. She realized that he was just as if not more frightened than she was. She was intrigued by this handsome youth, and after much coazing convenced him to sit on the rock, albeit three feet from her. As they talked the girl told Sigurd that she was a bard from Britain and that she was on a quest to be as Compassionate as she could possibly be.
The girl stayed at a nearby inn and daily visted Sigurd. Over time he told her about his heritage and his fear of others. Much to his surprise she understood his views and kindly tried to convience him that he was wrong, and that there were good people out there who could see beyond his heritage. Although she failed to convience Sigurd, out their long chats they developed a strong mutual love for one another. A few months later, they were married.
They lived happily together for three years and it seemed that with each passing day their love grew stronger. One day Sigurd's wife announced that she was going on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Compassion. Sigurd, much saddened, told her that he could go with her. His fear of others was just to great.
A week later she left, telling Sigurd that she might be gone for some time. He begged her to be carefull and having kissed, she rode off into the forest...
Shortly thereafter, a stranger came into the village. She was kept away from the people and slept through the day until the sun began to set. The townsfolk, although they thought her odd, were not too troubled by her nature. Then some of the guards began disappearing and blood curdling howls pierced the night. The village elders sent a petition to the Yew Militia to check things out but the Militia was too busy fending off orc attacks at the time to spare any of its members to investigate. Then local captain of the guard heard reports that only a few of his members were ever on duty at night. Surprised at this sudden incompetence, he hide in the shadows that night to see what the guards were really doing.
The guards marched out of the garrison as they wer supposed to and then headed off into the depths of the forest. The captain, much desturbed, followed them... From then on the captain was seen at the head of his guards marching off into the forest at night. As one can imagine, the townsfolk had grown extremely uneasy at these occurances. They did not now where to turn. Surprisingly enough the one who was to come to their aid had the least desire to do so.
See Volume III