Nari-Lanreth

Against all her efforts, the man managed to slip past not just the glaive – although he managed to slam himself against the blade hard as he came through – but also underneath her shield, catching her in the side which likely would’ve been a much more deadly hit if it hadn’t been for her armour. She watched as he continued to bleed from the wound she had inflicted on him, his health bar travelling further down into the red area. She knew that she had this fight almost completed, but didn’t give herself the chance to celebrate quite yet. ‘Never cheer too early, that’s when things turn arou

The first of her opponents exploded into a thousand shards, dissipating throughout the air. She felt a moment of pride as the second figure seemed to hesitate for the briefest of seconds, before determining that he would somehow complete what his opponent had failed to do. Lowering the glaive slightly, Nari prepared herself for the charge she knew was coming, waiting for the moment when he would rush forward in order to attempt to overwhelm her. She held her breath, watching his movements and following with the tip of her glaive, watching for the sign of what she knew was coming. The mome

The two strikes glanced off her, barely registering on her health bar – but frustrating her nonetheless. Sure, it wasn’t putting her in danger, yet. But she needed to end this now – so that she could assure herself that she would be fine. Even a little bit of damage repeated over time could become dangerous, especially when she was in the situation that she was in – outnumbered. A quick glance at the second figure, Nari rushed forward towards the one she had just struck, bringing her shield swinging outwards in an attempt to activate the thorns within it, hoping to quickly dispatch this

Her strike connected with both of the two individuals – actually managing to catch the neck of the secondary individual. She dropped back, trying hard to keep out of the second individual’s reach while she focused on bringing down the first of the two targets. She knew that her life depended on being able to keep the one at bar while bringing down the other, and the focusing her attention on the second target – but felt a spike of adrenaline rush through her body as she realised she was engaging in what would be her first real dangerous combat in quite some time. ‘Steady. Focus on the goa

The bottom of the steps led into a larger room – one that was clearly a storage room for whatever was being kept in an area like this. Unfortunately for Nari, that something wasn’t a collection of col or materials. Instead, what she found were two less than friendly looking men – both brandishing short swords and looks of less than welcoming appearances. The closest one to her – slightly shorter and less physically overwhelming in Nari’s mind – was her first target. Rushing forward, she didn’t give them the chance to react to her presence, instead launching directly into an assault agains

Nari smiled at Bismuth as he landed before her, a look of happiness on his face – obviously impressed with the feat he had just managed to pull off. Nari nodded towards the larger bull nearby that had begun to show signs of agitation at their merciless destruction of what may or may not be her younglings. Grinning a devilish grin towards Bismuth, Nari strode towards the larger boar, tossing the question back over her shoulder as she went. “Feel like taking out Mommy Boar as well, Mr. Fantastic?” Her eyes landed on NIGHT and Koga in the distance, and she felt her enthusiasm flutter for a m

“Alright! Let’s end this!” Nari called out as she slid past Koga, lunging forward with her blade in order to strike at the single wolf that was left standing. She had to admit that she was impressed with the switch – it had worked so smoothly, especially for her first time ever using the maneuver. It was one she would definitely keep in mind for future encounters – at least where she had a party to call upon. Letting her shield drop slightly, she thrust the blade forward, trying to catch the beast straight across its face in a dazzling attempt to end it. At the last second she saw the wo

No immediate shouts, nor running feet greeted her as she strode down the main thorough way. In fact…aside from the open door to the lunch room, she saw no signs of her even having passed through the area. It was almost chilling to her, in a way. Shrugging aside the oddness of it all, she pressed further onwards, passing through the area she had already checked before pulling open more doors. She was quickly coming to the end of the accessible area, and she was starting to wonder if the situation would be that she found her quarry behind the last door – a typical cliché in games like this.

She must’ve fallen asleep – at least for a time. Her eyes snapped open, and she felt a cramping in her arms and legs that told her she’d been here for a little while. Realising the danger she had put herself in, she quickly took in her surroundings – finding herself where she had laid down, with no signs of anyone having come or gone from the location. Only slightly comforted by that notion, she let out a breath of relief before forcing herself to her feet. She collected her glaive, before crossing to the door leading back out to the street she had left behind. Pulling the door open sligh

The shards still sparkling in the air, Nari moved across the open ground towards the cover of a nearby building, pushing through the door and slamming it shut behind her. She knew it was dangerous to trap herself within an area that may not have another escape, but the entire exchange had left her tired and sore – and she knew she wasn’t ready to face another of the guards if they did suddenly appear. Collapsing to the floor, she let her shield come to rest atop her, the glaive laid against a wall – well within reach should she suddenly need it in hand. A smile crossed her face, even as

The violet glow of her strike left a streak through the air as she intercepted the incoming strike, before rebounding and slashing across the chest of the man. His roar of anger seemed to echo in the air, and Nari felt a moment of concern at others being drawn to the noise – not that there was much she could do about it, after all. Determined to end this and escape the area to somewhere she could hide from reinforcements, she pulled her glaive back into the crook of her arm, the blade tilted backwards towards the sky so that it wouldn’t impede her movements in any way. Rushing forwards s

Just as she had expected, the man raised his battle axe in both hands, screaming a challenge as he raced forwards to meet her – running headlong into the tip of the glaive as he did so. Nari felt herself blink – trying to comprehend the level of stupid…but it was beyond her. She let the glaive roll with the impact, allowing the man to roll off the towards her right and carry on past her. Spinning on her feet, she set herself to face him again, bringing the glaive up towards him again. She doubted that the NPC would simply charge in headlong again, but it was better to be prepared for anything.

She let her breath slip out as she saw the man disperse into thousands of shards, the fight leaving her feeling slightly drained. She wondered at those who could do this for hours on end – it was taxing. Stepping forward, she glanced around, making sure that she hadn’t drawn any – movement caught her eye, and she saw another man, this one baring a battle axe in his hands, staring her down. Nari felt a moment of constriction in her heart as she realised she was heading straight from one fight right into another, before accepting that this is what sometimes happened. Lowering her glaive to

This time she rolled perfectly, dodging the outgoing slash – knowing it was coming certainly helped – and rolling through to bring her glaive in against her opponent’s arm. The violet blade connected, and she saw the man stumble as his arm took the brunt of it, his follow up slice slow and uncontrolled – easily dodgeable as Nari danced around him once more. She felt like this instance was going much better than the previous – and knew exactly how she was going to end it. Bringing the shield up before her, she lunged forward, trying to slam it into the body of her opponent as she had done

Nari’s blade sailed through the air, and at the same time she pushed out with her shield – deflecting the sword coming towards her down towards the ground at the same time as her own strike caused the man to stagger in place, the violet coloured blade striking a nerve and forcing him into a frozen posture of what she could only assume was a fair amount of pain. Stepping back – determined to be more careful this time around – she readied her blade against the top of the shield. The shaft sat perfectly in the grove of the shield, providing her the support required for the longer weapon, a positi

The man strode out of the room, an air of confidence around him now. He stopped just out of reach of Nari’s glaive, a slight smile upon his face. Nari felt her body tense up, the weapon still pulled inwards towards herself, held in place by her arm, but ready to drop into place if required. The voice that spoke was not what she was expecting, however. A slight squeak to it, it reminded her of a boy in puberty. An oddly comic addition to a rather serious situation. “I don’t know who you are, an’ I don’t really care to know. You made a mistake coming here, an’ I’m going to teach you a lesso

More nothing. She sighed as she closed the most recent door, wondering again if they had simply left the one guard as a warning system. It didn’t make sense to her, but so far there was nothing to be found in this place, which was becoming a bit discouraging. Trying to hold back the growing emotions – it was getting easier each day, but sometimes she still felt it rising within her – she moved to the next door, pulling it open and finding what appeared to be a…lunch room? A single table, surrounded by four chairs stood in the centre of the room, a small kitchenette against the far wall.

The first few doors she checked led to nowhere special. A few storage closets, some small rooms that may have once been living quarters. Certainly, nowhere that was holding a collection of bandits who tried to hold a child hostage. None of them carried anything of value either – which Nari found to be almost as disappointing as the lack of people. She had been hoping to at the very least come across a small stash of money – or materials, either would really be excellent right now. Her eyes roamed the fort around her, noting the doors she hadn’t yet tried – one of them would likely lead to some

The guard burst into thousands of shards, dispersing on the slight breeze as Nari slammed her shield into their body, the thorns hidden within it suddenly springing forth as it connected, piercing in a hundred different places. The fight over, Nari took a deep breath, letting her body’s tension release and relax. It hadn’t lasted very long, and yet she felt like she had just spent a day doing hard labour. Rolling her shoulders, she headed into the fort, glancing around for anything of interest. She was sure they had some sort of room here that would be full of valuable pieces – be it col, or m

Her strike connected with the guard – barely, the body suddenly shifting at the last second as the stun seemed to wear off. Surprise taking over her, she wasn’t prepared for the shortsword that slammed into her own side, cutting a line across her torso – right where the armour didn’t protect her. Jumping backwards, Nari let a slight growl of frustration out. She was clearly winning the conflict, but taking risks like that wasn’t something she should get comfortable doing – not if she wanted to maintain her promise. ‘Don’t fight recklessly. It becomes habit. Fight as though every fight is

Her first strike glanced off the target’s torso, slicing along the side of the individual and cutting down a small portion of their health bar. Nari stepped sideways, watching as they seemed almost frozen in place – the strike having caused their entire body to seize up. She was truly impressed with these tech skills; they were less powerful than the standard strikes but…so effective in the abilities and reactions they caused. Twirling the glaive in her hand, she came around the right side of the individual, lashing out with the blade in an attempt to strike the target against their righ

As Nari made her way out of the cell, she caught sight of something moving a little ways down the hall. Glaive readied in her hand, she crossed the area – finding not a threat, but a teenage boy cowering in a cell. Nari relaxed slightly, letting the glaive drop back into the crook of her elbow. “Uhm…hello. Any idea where we are…?” Her voice echoed around the area more than she liked, and she felt her eyes dart around, looking for any sign of someone reacting to it. No one other than the boy seemed to be here though, and Nari felt safe continuing her conversation. “We’re…we’re in the

The path seemed to wind and twist as she followed it – the darkness enveloping her and causing her to lose track of time. There didn’t seem to be any immediate dangers – aside from the obvious danger of being beneath the ground itself. She began to wonder if the pitfall she had ended up was truly incidental – had someone created a hunting trap and she had managed to get herself caught in it somehow? Knowing she would likely never get the answer to it, she decided to simply focus on the present. Pushing further along, she saw a light opening up ahead. Although the space had become rather c

She felt herself falling, and then just as quickly she hit the ground. Glancing upwards, she saw that the trap was well over her head – she guessed close to three meters in height, which meant she wasn’t just pulling herself out. The walls were a good two meters across as well, which meant she also wouldn’t be easily climbing out of the pit either. Frowning slightly, she wondered what she was going to do. She could waste a teleport crystal to get back to the main settlement, but that seemed like a waste – or a last resort at the very least. “Right, let’s uh…just get out of the big hole in

Something rustling in the bushes caught her attention, and she nimbly dropped the glaive out of the crook of her elbow and into a readied position – the hilt resting on the ground for support, the blade angled outward from herself. Her right arm had swung upwards, bringing the shield to bear with her body, tightening as she did so in order to redirect anything that might strike against it. A few moments of silence passed, and Nari realized there was likely nothing coming to attack her – at least not yet. Pulling the glaive backwards, she let it drop into the crook of her elbow before cont