At the drop-off, the tall cloaked man stood at the edge of the rocky cliff. He stood taller than any man Indrid had ever seen. As General and aspiring leader, Indrid knew he had to be brave and dismount. He was the one in charge. Gripping the handle of his Graleon sword, he began his approach towards the cloaked man. He swallowed hard. The man didn’t look anything like an ordinary mage or anything he had ever encountered in battle. With each step Indrid struggled to keep his composure. The man’s gown waved gently in the wind as if it were enjoying the breeze. A silver emblem of five assembled circles hung from his collar. And beneath the darkness of his hood were glowing green eyes. “Who are you?” Indrid asked. He had no idea who …show more content…
His custom-made Graleon armor was too heavy to swim against its weight. Indrid sank. Numb, he barely felt his boots hit the gravel bottom. Through the frozen darkness, a form began to take shape before his eyes. It must be death itself coming to take me, he thought. Then the shape morphed into a man. Indrid was certain that he was dead when he saw his stepbrother, Rayne Volpi, offering him his hand. # # # The Ikarus army tramped down the slopes of the cliff as fast as they could, tripping over their own feet to the General’s rescue. But by the time they finally reached the frozen shore, there was no sign of Indrid. The surface of the water in the hole that Indrid had made, crashing through the ice, was still. After minutes, the glassy surface began to ripple. A brilliant green light blasted up and out of the lake. In its trail, a black mass sprang out of the water and hovered across the ice to dry land. It dropped Indrid in the high grass before shaping into the cloaked man before the soldiers’ eyes. The man stood above Indrid’s motionless body. He clapped his hands and began to place them on the General’s chest before an officer snapped and yelled, “Get away from him!” The guards lifted their swords and pointed their arrows then began their charge. But as the cloaked man held out his hand the entire army stood motionless in their boots. They couldn’t move if they tried. Without opposition the cloaked man placed his
They all charged towards the house and ran straight to the general’s bedroom. The prisoners stood surrounding his bed. The general sensed them and woke suddenly in fear. “No! Please don’t hurt me! I’ll give you…” It was at this moment that they attacked him. Full of anger, they took turns driving their stakes into his body. They wanted to give him exactly what he deserved.
Also, the army got weak. The reason why they got weak was because they did not want to wear their heavy armor while they were practicing. This lead to not wearing armor in battle because they were not used
Drewyer knew something was going to go wrong that day because of where they had set camp. They didn’t listen to him, and thought this would be a perfect spot to stay and rest for the rest of the night; he knew that there dangerous species close by, dueto the water stream close by, and the berries growing on trees all around. It all started on June 2, 1805, where it started off to be a normal night, until Drewyer awoke so early that the moon was above, and the sun wasn’t close to rise. He stood from his small but comfortable bed, and walked alone to get a drink of water from the stream. His throat felt raspy and a bit too dry for his liking, so he knew he must keep it wet and moist. As he walked in the pitch black night, he hears something to his left, and quickly turns his head to see what it was.
Out of the mist, came the daunting figure of one with no kindness in his heart, no mercy to spare and no care in the world; for in his hands thick fingers had entangled in deep brown hair as body and feet struggled to keep up. There were grunts and groans ringing out before them as she was forced to a halt, and down on to her knees – Ioreth's struggle in the orc's hands was almost unbearable to watch. Lainon's path to her, however, was blocked, for a group of three orcs had decided to head for him; to make him watch – to make him suffer. The bond between the rangers had been a strong one throughout the trip; quite like a brother and sister. For was it not she and Lainon that had run off into the fog to face the foe? Was it not she who told Ruairmli to stay where he was? At this time, however, he could not, and despite her warning to them all to run, he stepped forward on to the ice, but he should have heeded her words. First he heard the crack, and then he felt himself slowly sink into it, the ice giving way under his large boots, but the water beneath was not all that deep – waist deep if anything, but incapacitating all
“Inconvenient Indian”, by Thomas King sounds as though Indians are considered more of an object than people. As I looked over the cover and title I anticipate this book will be based around how Indians are treated by the Europeans and not considered equals in the western civilizations views. I envision the “Inconvenient Indian” book will explain in detail how the Indigenous people have been considered a danger to society instead of helping the society which will improve our world. I amuse the author is a native Indian and he will express his ideas on stereotype caused by Europeans on the Native Indian society.
The sisters carefully stepped onto the ice. It held. Gingerly, they made their way across the ice, walking sideways so that they wouldn’t slip. Their progress was slow, but at least Seifur was behind them. Aicha and Letta made it to the other side, just as Seifur and his army arrived at the spot they had been, ten minutes ago. But Bergdis was still on the ice. She almost made it, but her foot slipped, and she fell to the cold slippery surface. When she tried getting up, the weight of her body was too much, and her hoof cracked the ice. She found herself in the freezing water of the river, gasping for breath. At the other side, Seifur watched her attempts to get on to land mockingly. But Letta and Aicha were close to tears. “Bergdis! Grab my leg!” Letta yelled desperately. But Bergdis could not. She was furiously scrabbling at the ice in attempt to get back to shore. Her sisters faces became blurred. Her legs felt frozen and stiff. Finally, the coldness overwhelmed her. She stopped scrabbling. She felt her strength seep away. “I love you.” She whispered, before plunging into the coldness of the river. Seifur had been watching this scene with pleasure. He smiled cruelly. “You have escaped me for now, but I will find a way around this river.” He announced. Letta, however, could barely hear him. All she heard was the screams of grief echoing in her head. She had lost her parents, her friends, and now she
Before remounting, he promoted the private to captain, and although bewildered by his new rise in status, he thanked him and attempted to provide an explanation. “Captain Githmark made us slaughter the entire town except for a young girl who fought us off. The captain said to leave her alone because she was too much trouble.”
When he knew that he and his comrades had failed to do anything in successful ways that might bring the little pangs of a kind of remorse upon the officer, the youth allowed the rage of the baffled to possess him. This cold officer upon a monument, who dropped epithets unconcernedly down, would be finer as a dead man, he thought. So grievous did he think it that he could never possess the secret right to taunt truly in answer."
He soon appeared in a forest. He got up and the first thing he saw was a man made of light. His skin was as bright as the sun and his eyes matched Lance’s.
She pointed the talisman toward them and when she did, the soldiers began to burst in clouds of dust, one by one at first, then in groups. She laughed wildly as the remains of Alaba’s men formed a huge cloud over the entire area. Hundreds dead, all but two soldiers running at breakneck speed in retreat, but it was to no avail, their
These were men with guns. “Officers officers officers” his head began to scream. How would he ever talk to officers. He halted a few feet away from one of the men.
The executioner stood over the man--his axe raised over his head, ready to strike. The man under the axe was unmistakably too calm to be someone who was about to be executed. The man got in his slaying stance, and he was ready to strike when two arrows simultaneously flew through both of his eyes, splattering a dark crimson red liquid all over the calm man and the plaza, as well as sending the plaza into a state of utter panic, chaos, and general pandemonium, save for the man who still had his same cool, calm, and collected expression and seemed completely unfazed by the fact that two arrows had just shot through someone’s eyes and he just looked forward as if nothing had happened. He was dressed in fine clothing made of silk, which had been made dirty from him being dragged around by the men to where he was supposed to be executed. Immediately, forty riflemen looked around them to no avail. Seeing as someone stealthy that they couldn’t do anything about wanted the man alive, the soldiers decided to tell their commander that one of them found his body down by a riverbank surrounded by a dozen wolves. Having agreed upon this story, they left the scene and put the body in the riverbank. Once the soldiers had left, a shadowy figure with a cloak which was a color darker than death’s hand as it wraps itself around your skin, around your throat, completely nullifying any ability to breathe, completely annihilating any traces of your existence, came out from the wood’s brush. At
Indradeva sat in his chariot and disappeared. I returned to my father's home with a desire for a new life, new youth, and new hopes. Next day Krushashwa came and took me his home with a great dealof affection. I tried to have a normal life, but my life did not follow the normal pattern of living. Krushashwa had two remorse. He felt guilty for abandoning me. If he did not abandon me and treated with sympathy I would have cured by satisfying Indradeva by my penance. All the glory would have gone to Krushashwa. The second reason was the eternal suspicion in the mind of a man. It was natural for him to be jealous of Indradeva. Also, there are lots of rumor of his weakness for women. He did not believe that Indradeva got satisfaction only by drinking soma-rasa from my lips. There are lots of dirty talks about me and Indradeva.
It is Friday the 13, 2003 and it was a cold, rainy day at the Simpson Bell tower and I was investigating a scene where a girl supposedly committed suicide.There are legends that she is still restless looking to get revenge for all the people who ever caused her pain. My friends and I were just getting done trick or treating and we were all a little loco on sugar and we decided to play the Ouija board inside the bell tower and when we circled the planchette 3 dreadful times Sage asked the first question “Are there any spirits in this room?” After Sage asked the question the planchette flew across the room and hit Sage in the face. We all screamed in horror as we watched the planchette fly. As we all sat in complete silence we heard a high pitched scream and the bell started ringing uncontrollably and we couldn’t get it to stop. Terrified we all
The soldier felt the tug on his left boot, yelped while attempting to jump back. The skeletal hand remained clutched to the leather clad foot. All his weight was on his right foot as he leaned back away from his attacker. That was when he realized that his rifle was still in the car. The only thing the young