Betrayal or Ignorance

Phansesis woke up to a destroyed forest and bodies everywhere he stood up slowly before he realized it was night, the battle was lost that was obvious, he stumbled up the hill where the commanders had been and found the bodies of archers everywhere and Beor sanding with the support of his sword.

Phansesis walked up to him but before he could do anything Beor beat him to the punch,

"we are doomed if we loose another two of these battles"

Beor said with a whisper he looked puzzled before whispering

"Kithlac? why do you stand there are you the one meant to take my soul?"

he blinked a little and a warm smile filled his face

"Phansesis!"

he spoke this louder as though he now had woken up.

"Beor you might want to sit you look as though you are already dead!"

exclaimed Phansesis who had a new admiration for this General. But without heeding his words Beor looked him in the eyes and with fear his words forced themselves out

"Phansesis... I... have to be honest....with you if not out of respect..... for you then with hope for you, take my ring give it to King..... Fredrick first tell him his son Fredrick the second is in the Kiran army weather he is a prisoner or their new friend I do not know"

after saying these words the proud General slowly grew a smile as if he saw the most beautiful thing that eyes could fall upon, his eyes glazed over as he fell to the ground slowly as though death had struggled to take such a powerful person.

Phansesis was full of sadness he looked around him and finally he started to weep at the sight, bodies mangled over the area the forest burning and destroyed bodies still in that once beautiful forest smashed and burning the few around him and everywhere else crying for help or water other gasping for life and here he is a bump on his head and burns on his back but otherwise safe.

He spent the rest of the day tending those he found of which every single person he found died all he really did was make them feel comfort in their final moments gave some water, others hugs, talked a little with the few who could and all the while a great sadness crept into his heart the realization of how things are came to him and his world was changed forever.

The next day he left seeing as no one here was living but him he looted all he could and found 40 Parcels (their currency) and a flask of water though he didn't have anymore food than what he came with he set off towards the Capital which should be a two day trip the first day he would be at a village and the second he should pass through four more before he reached the capital. so off he went and before long he came to the remains of a village burned and not a body in sight though as night came he had kept walking down the road he saw a light, quickening his pace found him at

"Vladican smithing and repair"

a medium sized building with a storage house behind it but he found the house rather weird it had four chimneys and was built circular, it had no windows and seemed to be very cool on the outside though it was mid summer, as he walked up to the building he saw a sign saying

"Vladican smithing and repair"

with a engraving of a bird with dragon scales.

*tap tap tap*

Phansesis tapped his hand on the door.

"who's there and what's your business?"

came an elderly voice from behind the door

"Phansesis of Purtain I am a Sargent of the army and wish to spend the night here seeing as the village not far from here had been burned to the ground."

at this there were many locks removed from the door and a young man opened it this man was standing at 5ft 6in and had a definite look of calmness written on his face as though he had never been scared of nor afraid of anything as though his very soul was at peace, his hair was blond and braided down his back in many different braids his eyes where blue as the purest water and had wisdom inside them, his figure was tough looking but not overly muscular.

he let him in and then closed the door locking it up again, the old man who had spoken was sitting by a forge he had wrinkles on his face and bags under his eyes he was missing his left leg and right hand he had a smile on his face as he recognized the emblem on Phansesis's armor.

"how ya doing there big fellow come here let me see you more clearly my name is Vladican."

with this Phansesis came closer and took a seat, he was wondering what the young man was doing here seeing as these two were obviously not related in fact Phansesis was starting to wonder if this was a slave master and if the man was a slave seeing as only the old man had talked, but before he knew it the night carried on and soon Phansesis had gone to sleep.

Early the next morning Phansesis woke up to the sound of metal slamming into metal

*clank clank clank*

upon investigation Phansesis found out it was the young mute hammering away at some chestplate.

Phansesis stood for hours watching the young man hammer away over and over again making the chestplate perfectly round and flat where it needed to be, it seemed to be a special piece of armor to the young man and soon he put engravings into it saying

"Kintu Dragon plate"

then he moved on to the helmet but before Phansesis was caught up in watching this Vladican came out and spoke with him.

"young Phansesis you mustn't get caught up watching Kintu hammer away you have a mission to complete, I have a horse out front waiting."

all this Vladican said with a proud smile on his wrinkled face, then Phansesis asked a question that would soon change his mind on the world of magic.

"why does Kintu not speak is he deaf or shy..." Vladican looked somewhat confused and said

"he talks but he himself can not speak, his mind is strong and his magic strong if you ask him a question he would answer you."

soon it became dark in the room and when Phansesis looked over towards Kintu magic seemed to pull the very wind towards him and he had runes in the very air surrounding him then the chestplate rose and runes carved into the very armor.

"¥£€Π"

then the magic stopped and a voice that hummed like lightning spread across the whole room,

"Phansesis you have watched me and seen me but yet you still don't speak to me, you have seen my power yet you don't neel to me what is it that allows you to be this way arrogance or power?"

Phansesis didn't answer but asked his own question

"how does one make their magic so strong why are you so powerful how did you come to this?"

Kintu looked at him with amusement and summoned the voice again

"I was born without a tongue but with magic through my meditation of forging I have grown strong this is the answer to your problems now go forth and save your kingdom."

with this Kintu disappeared into a cloud that shot into Phansesis's head and he awoke on the side of an empty road.

"well there goes that I guess if you want answers they take your horse."

he stood brushed himself off a bit and returned to his journey towards the Capital and by the time the sun had risen he was just outside the walls.

He walked up through the busy streets that filled the air with sale pitches and barters, and just when he thought he couldn't take any more of it he had arrived to the castle.

"oi who is you and what is your business here?"

a guard asked he was wearing a red cape and his armor seemed to be silver.

"I am Phansesis Sargent of Purtain and I have come to tell king Fredrick about the loss of our army and Beor in the latest battle."

the guard opened the gate and crying he asked

"my brother Beor really is dead then eh guess this is the end of Purtain."

with that the guard walked away from his post and was never heard of again.

soon Phansesis was led by a maid to the Kings room and soon Phansesis was eaten by the fates as his life had now been sealed.