megamania
Hero
UNDER A DARKSUN
SEGMENT 035
“Bumbling in the Dark”
The two tall dark dressed elves moved about in the dark passageway carefully. They were late and knew their clan leader would punish them. They belonged to the Shadows. The Shadows was an elite elven group of assassins, thieves and doers of dark mischief. Many thought they were centrally located within Nibenay. In truth, they came from beneath it.
Like most of the city-states, Nibenay was built and rebuilt over 1000’s of years. Often, these new buildings were built over existing ones. In some cases, the old city ruins were basements and cellars of current ones. Sometimes the current owners knew of this and used the extra space. Others were completely in the dark. If the ignorant owners have an access to a chain of rooms or buildings hidden underground, the Shadows would use it. If discovered, the owner would meet with an accident.
It was this way with the current situation. A building owned by a noble family of Nibenay had an access to a new previously undiscovered section. It was discovered by a ½ breed slave looking to join the Shadows. He thought it might give him freedom. It did. His freedom was death, the ultimate freedom.
Dancerean and Liassoan had never been in these passageways before. They were given a verbal map. Somewhere within their memorized map was an error. Either they missed a turn, or this was a test. Sometimes new members were purposely mislead within the tunnels. This was done to test their expertise at surviving. It was a cruel method but common within the society and the various races.
“That room has a faint glow…perhaps it is our meeting chamber.”, replied Dancerean. The two elves moved silently towards it.
“This is not the room we seek”, answers Liassoan. Inside are tall statues of pained humans. Beyond those a pedestal from which the glow comes from. “However, this room looks worthy to search further.”, his greed overcoming his need for speed.
Searching for traps and other dangers the two elves creep up to the pedestal. As they climb short steps to it, they see a large gem. It is the gem that glows. Within their black cowls, the two elves smile and evil smile. With a gem of that size, not only will they not be punished for their tardiness, but may be rewarded.
It is dark now. The gem and the two elves have moved on through another passage. Then a faint sound is heard. It is similar to a laugh but more of a cackle. Then a similar colored light to the gem ignites from around the edges of a block on the wall behind the pedestal. Incredibly hot steam and the smell much like death rushing forward. A loud thud is heard as the heavy stone moves forward and comes to the ground.
“…….ffffrrrreeeeedom….”
SEGMENT 035
“Bumbling in the Dark”
The two tall dark dressed elves moved about in the dark passageway carefully. They were late and knew their clan leader would punish them. They belonged to the Shadows. The Shadows was an elite elven group of assassins, thieves and doers of dark mischief. Many thought they were centrally located within Nibenay. In truth, they came from beneath it.
Like most of the city-states, Nibenay was built and rebuilt over 1000’s of years. Often, these new buildings were built over existing ones. In some cases, the old city ruins were basements and cellars of current ones. Sometimes the current owners knew of this and used the extra space. Others were completely in the dark. If the ignorant owners have an access to a chain of rooms or buildings hidden underground, the Shadows would use it. If discovered, the owner would meet with an accident.
It was this way with the current situation. A building owned by a noble family of Nibenay had an access to a new previously undiscovered section. It was discovered by a ½ breed slave looking to join the Shadows. He thought it might give him freedom. It did. His freedom was death, the ultimate freedom.
Dancerean and Liassoan had never been in these passageways before. They were given a verbal map. Somewhere within their memorized map was an error. Either they missed a turn, or this was a test. Sometimes new members were purposely mislead within the tunnels. This was done to test their expertise at surviving. It was a cruel method but common within the society and the various races.
“That room has a faint glow…perhaps it is our meeting chamber.”, replied Dancerean. The two elves moved silently towards it.
“This is not the room we seek”, answers Liassoan. Inside are tall statues of pained humans. Beyond those a pedestal from which the glow comes from. “However, this room looks worthy to search further.”, his greed overcoming his need for speed.
Searching for traps and other dangers the two elves creep up to the pedestal. As they climb short steps to it, they see a large gem. It is the gem that glows. Within their black cowls, the two elves smile and evil smile. With a gem of that size, not only will they not be punished for their tardiness, but may be rewarded.
It is dark now. The gem and the two elves have moved on through another passage. Then a faint sound is heard. It is similar to a laugh but more of a cackle. Then a similar colored light to the gem ignites from around the edges of a block on the wall behind the pedestal. Incredibly hot steam and the smell much like death rushing forward. A loud thud is heard as the heavy stone moves forward and comes to the ground.
“…….ffffrrrreeeeedom….”
