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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 8447965" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><strong>Meanwhile, in the Pendour Family Crypt:</strong></p><p>Lady Elisabeth Pendour is sure what to do or what to tell them. She looks at the body of Brutus Wruck on the stone slab in front of her then at the empty stone slab behind her. No one knew. Her husband had insisted she keep it a secret from everyone, even Lord Garfield. The boy wasn't to be given any special treatment, but she couldn't help but worry about him.</p><p></p><p>He was her nephew after all.</p><p></p><p>Brutus had been the illegitimate son of her late husband's brother, Lord Theodard Pendour. His mother had been an ogre woman from the Thunder Mountains. She'd been a ranger and soldier for Carnell who died fighting against the mountain orcs of Rozar. Lord Theodard had loved her dearly and the two were a good match. He was a bear of a man and powerful warrior, but he too died. Killed in the streets of Sandbreak by an assassin's knife.</p><p></p><p>Brutus had been just a babe when it happened and had initially gone into an orphanage in the city. It was only when Peregrine learned of his nephew years later that the boy was brought into their home as a servant. Her husband taught the young half-ogre to fight and trained him to become a household guard. Someone to act as their daughter's guardian once she was old enough to be married.</p><p></p><p>The family eventually came to Carnell and then Peregrine died. She knew he never wanted the boy to know his true heritage but Elisabeth soon loved the boy like he was her own son. That is why she kept him in the manor most of the time. She had worried greatly about him when he was gone on the island with Sir Quinn and the others, and when he came back, she had insisted he stay to guard the village. She was sure he'd have died fighting against Tarrak's horde.</p><p></p><p>But, he died anyway.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF1493">"I cannot lose anyone else, my love,"</span> she says towards the sky. <span style="color: #FF1493">"He has to be the last one or I will die inside."</span> She looks back at the empty slab. <span style="color: #FF1493">"Why did you leave me?"</span></p><p></p><p>"My lady, they are starting to wake," a voice calls out to her from outside the crypt. "They are gathering near the smithy."</p><p></p><p>Lady Pendour gets up off her knees and exits her family crypt. She is steeled. Determined. Angry. She rushes down the road towards Carnell with her lady in waiting trailing behind her. She doesn't wait for the guards. The battle taught her how to fight and survive, although without Carnell's heroes, she would have likely died.</p><p></p><p>She rushes towards the smithy while gathering her cloak around her. Those few who are awake and working to fix the damage to the village bow to her as she passes. They would do anything for her now. She comes upon them just after Aureus leaves for the grove. She'll tell her later, or they will. Angus begins trotting up the road towards her.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF1493">"I am glad you are all awake and feeling better,"</span> she says. <span style="color: #FF1493">"I hope you are going after the escaped prisoners right away. I need you to get something back from them. Brutus's ring is gone."</span> She pauses. <span style="color: #FF1493">"His signet ring."</span> She exhales. <span style="color: #FF1493">"It was his father's. My husband's brother. Brutus was my nephew."</span> She pauses again. <span style="color: #FF1493">"No one but he and I knew. Well, I think Sir Ghal has always suspected."</span></p><p></p><p>She looks at Caerth, her eyes desperate. <span style="color: #FF1493">"I need that ring back before he can be properly buried in the crypt."</span> She sighs. <span style="color: #FF1493">"And his axe should go up in the hall next to his uncle's family blade. If his father or mother were still alive, it would go to one of them. My brother-in-law did not have any other family. Brutus was the last male Pendour heir. Everything will go to my daughter now."</span></p><p></p><p>She looks up at the sky. <span style="color: #FF1493">"And there is something else... I just... discovered that my husband's remains are missing from the crypt... including the coffin and all the regalia,"</span> she begins sobbing. <span style="color: #FF1493">"Those bastards must have looted the crypt before they fled!"</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 8447965, member: 2012"] [B]Meanwhile, in the Pendour Family Crypt:[/B] Lady Elisabeth Pendour is sure what to do or what to tell them. She looks at the body of Brutus Wruck on the stone slab in front of her then at the empty stone slab behind her. No one knew. Her husband had insisted she keep it a secret from everyone, even Lord Garfield. The boy wasn't to be given any special treatment, but she couldn't help but worry about him. He was her nephew after all. Brutus had been the illegitimate son of her late husband's brother, Lord Theodard Pendour. His mother had been an ogre woman from the Thunder Mountains. She'd been a ranger and soldier for Carnell who died fighting against the mountain orcs of Rozar. Lord Theodard had loved her dearly and the two were a good match. He was a bear of a man and powerful warrior, but he too died. Killed in the streets of Sandbreak by an assassin's knife. Brutus had been just a babe when it happened and had initially gone into an orphanage in the city. It was only when Peregrine learned of his nephew years later that the boy was brought into their home as a servant. Her husband taught the young half-ogre to fight and trained him to become a household guard. Someone to act as their daughter's guardian once she was old enough to be married. The family eventually came to Carnell and then Peregrine died. She knew he never wanted the boy to know his true heritage but Elisabeth soon loved the boy like he was her own son. That is why she kept him in the manor most of the time. She had worried greatly about him when he was gone on the island with Sir Quinn and the others, and when he came back, she had insisted he stay to guard the village. She was sure he'd have died fighting against Tarrak's horde. But, he died anyway. [COLOR=#FF1493]"I cannot lose anyone else, my love,"[/COLOR] she says towards the sky. [COLOR=#FF1493]"He has to be the last one or I will die inside."[/COLOR] She looks back at the empty slab. [COLOR=#FF1493]"Why did you leave me?"[/COLOR] "My lady, they are starting to wake," a voice calls out to her from outside the crypt. "They are gathering near the smithy." Lady Pendour gets up off her knees and exits her family crypt. She is steeled. Determined. Angry. She rushes down the road towards Carnell with her lady in waiting trailing behind her. She doesn't wait for the guards. The battle taught her how to fight and survive, although without Carnell's heroes, she would have likely died. She rushes towards the smithy while gathering her cloak around her. Those few who are awake and working to fix the damage to the village bow to her as she passes. They would do anything for her now. She comes upon them just after Aureus leaves for the grove. She'll tell her later, or they will. Angus begins trotting up the road towards her. [COLOR=#FF1493]"I am glad you are all awake and feeling better,"[/COLOR] she says. [COLOR=#FF1493]"I hope you are going after the escaped prisoners right away. I need you to get something back from them. Brutus's ring is gone."[/COLOR] She pauses. [COLOR=#FF1493]"His signet ring."[/COLOR] She exhales. [COLOR=#FF1493]"It was his father's. My husband's brother. Brutus was my nephew."[/COLOR] She pauses again. [COLOR=#FF1493]"No one but he and I knew. Well, I think Sir Ghal has always suspected."[/COLOR] She looks at Caerth, her eyes desperate. [COLOR=#FF1493]"I need that ring back before he can be properly buried in the crypt."[/COLOR] She sighs. [COLOR=#FF1493]"And his axe should go up in the hall next to his uncle's family blade. If his father or mother were still alive, it would go to one of them. My brother-in-law did not have any other family. Brutus was the last male Pendour heir. Everything will go to my daughter now."[/COLOR] She looks up at the sky. [COLOR=#FF1493]"And there is something else... I just... discovered that my husband's remains are missing from the crypt... including the coffin and all the regalia,"[/COLOR] she begins sobbing. [COLOR=#FF1493]"Those bastards must have looted the crypt before they fled!"[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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