ROLEPLAY HQ - the-damaged

I hear the shouting then burst through the front door with my sword ready and it was a good thing too because as I get inside the small room I saw three men standing around you as if they had been beating you or interrogating you the first man draws his sword causing me to plunge mine through his chest then swiftly after I kick him in the chest causing him to roll back over a table before turning to face the other two men they had their swords drawn and ready for me, I see you had been hurt causing me to look back to the men with alarmist rage “ you have made a grave mistake “ I say, I ready my blade, they both charge me at the same time I shoulder barge the first man before I parry the second causing first man to swing at me I step back before I am then able to block his second swing which knocks him off balance allowing for me to strike him, hitting his shoulder cutting down down to his collar bone which causing him to fall to the floor in pain as the last remaining man tries to flee I throw my sword through his back killing him instantly i was breathing heavily from the fight as I walk towards you, I kneel down and unbind your arms before standing back up to help you get to your feet I still had the men’s blood on my skin even some on my face “ are you alright?” I ask as I look you in the eyes concerned that you would not look at me the same for such violence and aggression wasn’t something you had seen from me before

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She was sat on a chair, her hands tied behind her back and her ankles secured to the chairs legs. She stared at her captors in anger, breaths coming out in deep but rapid bursts. “Sure you will fetch a good sum on money for us Missy.” One of them said. “You will pay for..” she was interrupted before she could finish her sentence, the man’s beefy hand smacking her across her face. She couldn’t help the cry that left her throat, tasting blood in her mouth. “Shut up.” He warned her. They had come out of nowhere. It had been such a peaceful day and the next she knew there were screams and blood and murder. Everyone that she had hold dear in the castle had been sliced to pieces, everyone but her. She had been grabbed, knocked unconcious and brought to wherever it was she was now. “They should have been here by now.” One of the men muttered under his breath. “Sure they will be here soon.” The other one said. The third just turned towards her and kneeled in front of her a grin on his face. “Perhaps you should entertain us while we wait, Missy.” He grinned at her. She could feel her heartbeat picking up as his hand went towards her chest. She spit him in the face. Not even half a second later his hands were back on her, another blow to her face that made her ears ring. “You bitch!” When the ringing stopped it was a different sound that she heard and she looked back up just in time to see one of them flying into a table. She gasped in shock as swords were drawn. “You have made a grave mistake.” A voice said and she recognized it. Why was he here..? It was only a matter of seconds before the three men that had towered over her lay on the ground, their blood leaking out of their wounds. Her eyes snapped back to his face as she came over and freed her hands. She winced as the blood flow was suddenly restored and she could feel just how tight they had been around her. “How..? How did you that?” She just asked in confusion. “They killed everyone..” @Rangers

I kneel down still panting slight from the attack, I check your wounds over making sure nothing was broken as they had hit you hard I needed to be sure While looking you over I hear you speak your voice was full of fear and confusion “ I have had a lot of practice “ I pause before standing back up and holding my arm out to help you stand so that we might leave “ do not feel sorry for these people they made a choice my lady “ I was clearly not a knight, but I wanted to still show the respect you deserved, even if you did not have your kingdom you still held a right to claiming the throne if you could rid the kingdom of your enemies I was wearing a hide and fur armour even so you could still see I was in shape, my right arm was partly uncovered showing a large scar across my bicep I kneel and then take out a white rag from my pouch I had on my belt “ this is going to sting “ I say as I dab some herbs on to the rag then I place it over your small cuts trying to be as gentle as possible Emmy touch was a little rough as it wasn’t my specialty, killing was what I was good at not being a nurse but I owed your father my life with him gone I now owed you my life even if you knew or not I would serve you no matter what you asked of me As I finish with your wounds I sheath my sword and then gently take your hand helping you to your feet as carefully as possible

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@Nakachu

She didn’t feel like anything was broken, but she was sure her lip was busted. Other then that her arm was hurting from the way they had dragged her out of the castle. Her eyes looked him over, unsure of who he was. Why did she recognize his voice? She knew his voice.. He helped her up and she winced a small bit as he helped her to her feet. Her body just felt like it had been hit by a truck. Once she was standing her eyes did go over the lifeless bodies on the floor and he seemed to think that she felt sorry for them, but she did not. “They got what they asked for.” She said. She was not one for bloodlust, but she had seem those same men cut down her own. She had no mercy for them. She turned her eyes back to her savior. He was dressed as a warrior, yet she did not know him from their soldiers. He took out something from his belt and softly dabbed it into her lip and other cuts. She winced just slightly, it did indeed sting. When he was done with that she got up. “Thank you.” She said genuinely. “You did me a great service. What is your name?” @Rangers

I look you over before taking a few steps back listening to what you had just said causing me to smile and then I put my hand inside the gauntlet on my left arm then I take out a small piece of fabric with the royal seal on it “ your father once saved my life. I rarely visited the castle but I owe him my life “ I say with a smile which soon turns to a frown “ he isn’t alive anymore but a debt must be paid “ Once I had finished taking I turn and walk over to once if the dead bodies before ripping the cloak from the corpse I then hold it out to you “ please put this on for now, you can’t walk around until we get you to safety “ I drop the cloak in your army’s before trying to think of what to do next, where I could take you and I generally had no ideas I was from a northern kingdom and spent most my time there away from the finery of your kingdom @Nakachu

She took the bit of fabric in her hand. It was the right colors for her house, a deep and dark blue. The crest was in the shape of an eagle with a fish in its claw, embroidered in golden threat that had lost its shine with age. It was their crest for sure. Though how he had gotten a hold of it, she did not know. “I see..” she only said as he explained it was from her father. Her father had passed away two years back, sending her kingdom into turmoil. She had taken the crown in an attempt to lead the people, but the weakness of her kingdom must have showed and this attack was a direct result of it. So many people had died. Yet she tried to gather herself back up as he handed her a cloak. She draped it over her shoulders, pulling the hood over her face to hide her blond hair underneath it. “Where do you plan to take me?” She asked him. She couldn’t go back, surely nowhere was safe. “You have yet to tell me your name.” She reminded him as well. @Rangers

Jackson paused in his rush and took a few breaths before looking at the now cloaked woman he then let out a deep sigh as he knew his name was known and not for the right reasons “ my name? “ he asked while preparing to leave the house. Jackson stood with his back to the woman out of shame “ my name is Jackson valcore “ he said the name quietly but still audible in the small room they now stood “ a life debt is owed it does not matter my past affiliations or crimes but what matters is your safety “ he turned to face her hoping she would care only that he had saved her live and not that he wasn’t highborn or that he was a violent criminal in the eyes of the civilised kingdoms. He then walked over to a chair near the center of the room on which he sat app-on looking at her still “ as for where I will take you from here we will go north through the swamps and mountains out of this kingdom to the ash lands “ he paused again this time to let her take in everything he had said so that she might communicate with him, she could tell him to leave even if he wouldn’t

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@Nakachu

Mirabelle turned to him once he voiced his name. Her eyes would narrow as she looked upon him. She had heard his name before and nothing good had come from hearing it. He was known.. searched even. Yet she recognized his voice and he claimed to have een saved by her father. “You claim to have my safety in mind.. yet your history portrays you otherwise.” She said to him. Her voice was a harsh tone even if she did not mean for it. His name was covered by blood shed and if the act he had displayed in that room just mere minutes ago was any sign, he had not changed his mind on that. “How do I find myself trusting you?” She asked him. Not that she had much of a choice. In that moment he was the only reason she was not still bound upon that chair. She might have owed him her life, yet that didn’t mean she would simply give it to him. @Rangers

Jackson had a smile slowly spread across his face as he sits up straight looking at her straight in the eyes and without uttering a word he stand up and walks close to her drawing his blade then he laid it across both his hands offering it to her “ you are now the ruler of this kingdom and I swear my loyalty to you as a queen “ Jackson looked her dead in the eyes still then he slowly took a knee . While on his knee he remembered countless times that he said he would never pledge loyalty to anyone but this seemed to be a way to gain some trust “ my queen, my name is cover with blood but I am not a criminal where I come from a fight is a fight people live and die “ he paused and stood again looking towards the door “ please listen to me we must leave soon if we are to get out of here alive I’ll fight for you even die if that is what it comes too “ his vice was sincere and he looked back to her before holding out his arm and sheathing his blade “ do you accept my help ?” @Nakachu

At first she flinched from him drawing his sword, but soon it became apparant that he had not drawn it to harm her. She just stared down at him as he swore his loyalty to her, not sure what to think. He was a criminal, a person who had been wanted for murder and more. Yet he was here with the emblem of her father with him. Even if he could have just found it somwhere, somehow. She couldn’t get it from her mind. “Rise.” She said to him in a voice that only someone of royalty could. He would rise again. “You will have to work for my trust. I do not find myself trusting easily after everything that has happened to me.” she admitted. “But I will accept your help as I find myself left with no choice.” she spoke and offered him her hand instead. “Sheath your sword. We shall leave at once.” @Rangers

Jackson walked towards the door, stepping over the bodies he had created he listens for anything that could be outside by this time but fortunately he couldn’t hear anything allowing him the confidence to step outside in to the afternoon sun before looking around at the surrounding area for signs of attack or ambush . After not seeing anything from a few moments he looks back to the woman behind him ushering her forward with his hands “ please stay close “ he said simply and plainly as she passed him he then followed her down on to the road so they might travel north on the start of there journey “ my lady…what do you know of the ash lands ?” He spoke breaking the silence as the Walk side by side down the road which was surrounded by trees and countryside, in the distance the white keel could be seen still bellowing smoke from the attack and every so often they would come across people effected by the attack some wounded other scared @Nakachu

She would let him go first. She wasn’t trained in anything battle related. She knew where to hit a man to make him hurt, but more then that she couldn’t. They had easily tossed her around like a puppet. Once the guards were down and killed she really had not stood a chance anymore. Once he stepped out she made sure to stay close, pulling the hood further over her blond hair to hide herself away from anyone who might look. “I have heard of them.” She admitted to them. “I don’t believe we are on friendly terms.” She said to him. On their walk she kept wanting to stop. Wanting to let those people know that she was still there, that she would take care of them. They were her people. But Jackson would usher her on, making sure she did not fall behind. @Rangers

On the walk on the road Jackson kept pulling the woman along making sure she didn’t not give her self away to the locals even if she was their queen they stilled needed to eat and with a bounty of quite the sum of coin on your head even the most loyal in her kingdom would sell her out for a change at a new life . The pair reach a large lake called the emerald lake, named such because when the sun starts to set the water shines with a green tint . The lake was near the border of the queens kingdom a few more leagues until they reach the swamplands, at this point it was late afternoon and Jackson could see a robbed caravan Cart sitting by the lake, the cart still had its canvas roof and looks water proof enough if it started to rain . He turns to the queen and then stops by the lakes edge looking at her before pointing over to the cart “ we will make camp here for the night and we can move on early in the morning “ he paused as he walked over to the cart and opened the back revealing a few sacks of hay which had been used to feed whatever pulled the cart before it had been robbed “ it’s not your grand palace but it is better than sleeping under the stars for such royalty “ he said almost mockingly @Nakachu