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    Snoball

    23rd President of the United States of America
    "If it's any aid at all, I know of a little hideout that overlooks the city. Its faced towards the Karth River Valley and has survived for so long over the fear that one might get attacked by an automation when inside. If our dragon-souled friend is dragged out far enough, the hideout will be close enough to obtain an advantage in leverage, yet distant enough to prevent easy usurpation by an enemy. Plus, it would be nice to have somewhere to fall back on if we might get overwhelmed."

    Though most of Remy's enthusiasm had stemmed from remembering his favorite study, he may have accidentally led the others on just a bit. His proposed thought had been more of an idea as opposed to a concrete strategy, since he's never been in the current type of situation until now. Now finished grabbing what little essentials he could, he re-approached the group in the midst of the swift brainstorming.

    With a look of disappointment, he scratched his head, having reached a mental impasse. "Determining how we confront the man in question is beyond my expertise, I'm afraid."
     

    Zander Feredon

    The Sightless Seer.
    Destrik looked up from his table, Hearing a loud grinding noise. Turning his head toward the gate, he saw that the blade from before had followed his instruction and climbed over with a small force and successfully opened the gate from the inside. Leaving his tent he went to out to the gate and turned facing the blades that had been left to his charge. ''Listen up men. The gate is open and Markarth is ours for the taking, No man, woman or child shall be spared. Let the wrath of Lord Maltiscarius fall upon the heads of all who would oppose him.'' Destrik turned to face the opened gate and raised his open hand. ''CHARGE!!''

    The blades obeyed. Directly after the order was given, the militia ran past Destrik and flooded into the city. They stuck down anyone who stood in their path. Destrik took a leisurely stroll into the gate, stepping over corpses and taking in the entire seen with a look of grim satisfaction upon his face. ''fools will not be able to stay hidden much longer.'' Putting a palm over his throat he magnified his voice so that it would ring throughout the stone city and everywhere near it. ''LISTEN! YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER, WE WILL KILL EVERYONE IN THIS PITIFUL PLACE UNTIL YOU SHOW YOURSELVES. EVEN THEN YOU CANNOT STOP US. WE ARE THE BLADES.'' His voice rang out causing all the blades in the city to cheer in unison. Destrik's lust for blood had gotten the better of him and all he could see was red. He let out a feral roar and lowered his hand, leaping into the fray himself.
     

    Writes-Many-Posts

    Champion of Grottos and Gremlins
    Virk sighed. Strategy and strategy were the only things the group talked about. He never had one and hey... he had made it that far! The madman gathered his shivs, put the one which claimed his father's life on his neck, and announced to the group. "Virk will be awaiting in Markarth for you. It's not that he doesn't favor strategy, it's just..." Well actually he didn't favor strategy, and Virk had no excuse to do that, so he said the only word which had saved him from some conflicts. "Bye!" And there he went. Imperial versus wilderness. The back was still a pain to be overwhelmed, but at each step in the trails, it appeared to grow at an ease, until it didn't disturb at all, and no movement was limited once again. Remy had turned out to be quite a challenge, and it wasn't even him who did that to Virk, other than himself.

    The trip couldn't have been simpler: He had walked to half the distance to Markarth, killed a deer and ate it raw there, figured out he had left a horse behind in the cave and that it could have been taken by him to Markarth, damned his fate for forgetting his mount, kept on his track to the dwarven city, reached Markarth and noticed the army of the legend. Screams filled the air from the city. Instead of the usual steam from the waterfalls that adorned the city perfectly, there was smoke everywhere from burnt houses or beings or both. The gates were both open and nobody was there to greet poor Virk. He COULD talk to the corpses, and they'd certainly talk back, but with the battle cries and pain screams, a conversation would be impossible. Then again, yeah, he would get killed or captured if he stayed there for long, so, exploiting his agility once again, the imperial climbed through the wall to the golden rooftop of one of the tallest buildings in the city, where he could see every Forsworn trying to hold back the Blades, with little success but in a small area where Briar Hearts gave out menacing shouts and put down infantry units that failed to be careful enough to avoid their attacks. Other than that, the Blades were crushing the bretons and taking down everyone fast. In the middle of the soldiers, a face jumped to his eyes. The vampire... Destric, no Destrik! He was the one who had hurt his neck and snatched the nightingale from them. Plus, Virk never liked the bloodsuckers anyway... Sneaking on the roof, he began taking slow steps to the edge, putting his shiv in an aiming position, grabbing it's tip faced downwards. At a heavier step, one of the tiles trembled and fell on the small marble bridge, which was looked at as useless during the battle, as the river wasn't that strong. The tile made a horribly loud noise, and broke itself in half as soon as it touched the ground. "Crap!" Virk rolled backwards to the center of the roof again and hoped none of the Blades had detected him.
     

    Zander Feredon

    The Sightless Seer.
    Destrik tore himself from the fray. He had heard something but he couldn't be sure what. Out of the corner of his eye he picked up a slight movement on one of the rooftops. His vampire senses did have their uses after all. ''Men Please direct your attention to that building over there.'' He said pointing to the golden roofed house. ''We have an un welcomed visitor, and i wish you to head him off and bring him to me..alive, is that understood?'' He asked.

    ''Yes sir.'' Said the blades and a small squad of about five went to check out the rooftop, Destrik watched the rooftop attentively for any movement. ''I know your there...'' He whispered almost to himself.
     
    Before Anya could say anything, Virk was gone. She wanted to stop him, but she reminded herself that he was not a child. She turned back to the others. "It would not be wise for all of us to go like this. We should come in pairs." If she was good at anything, it was keeping a low profile, and she knew that four outsiders arriving at once would only make any disturbance even worse. She grabbed Roggvar's arm and smirked. "Come with me, boy. If you and Remy find anything, mage, set a tree on fire, and we'll know." An elf and a Nord, she thought, shouldn't be so strange to the people of Markarth.
     
    Anya rolled her eyes and smiled. "Of course." She climbed up and realized it had been a long time since she'd ridden behind someone on a horse. She was used to holding the reigns, and she wasn't totally sure what to do with her hands. Holding onto the boy seemed a little...intimate, and she couldn't decide if that was appropriate or not.
     

    Writes-Many-Posts

    Champion of Grottos and Gremlins
    Just perfect, five men after Virk. They were climbing the building as Virk tried to rationalize. He had almost died due to a loose tile, which meant his only advatage was knowing the danger of the roof. With his shiv, he loosened all the tiles he could before the five blades arrived, and then he backed to the opposite edge of theirs. "Surrender now, imperial. We won't hurt you." Without a word from his side, Virk raised his hands, simulating his surrender causing the men to smirk. One of them stepped forward. "That was easy..." Two steps after those words, the tiles had slid beneath his feet and made him fall from the giant building. In response to the dasterdly trap, one got out his bow and aimed at Virk, who gracefully spread his legs and made the arrow fly above his head. One thing he didn't think about: His own tiles were loose as well, and he failed to get his legs back together without falling to a lower roof with a steely clank from the stunt. THERE was the pain on his back again. Lying on the ground, he opened his eyes and found the blades carefully treading to the edge of the higher top, already unsheathing their bows. As soon as they arrived, they fired in uncompassed moves all the arrows they could to Virk's non deadly spots, like the stomach, arms or legs. To dodge them while on the ground, the madman began doing an awkward breakdance for his life on the roof, avoiding arrows ridiculously. That padron proceeded for a while, until finally, all the four archers had to reload at the same time, and allowed Virk to roll and perform a kick-up to get back on his feet. "I'm sick of this!" The largest of the four jumped to Virk's level and unsheathed his sword and shield. On a furious slashing movement he made Virk back up, probably with the anger caused by the time Virk had made them waste. Before he had lost the hope and surrendered, he spotted one of the archers trying to aim at him, so he illuded him and exposed himself from behind the behemoth of the man. The string was soon released and the arrow flew straight to Virk. Or would have if he didn't pull the warrior to use him as a meat shield. An arrow well placed on his neck was enough to take down the fighter. But now the other three remaining had jumped to the roof where the madman was. Virk, in despair while having already lost a lot of energy with acrobatics, began throwing shivs at them. No use. Their shields were deflecting all the incoming steel. When they got close enough, he got ready for melee fighting. With their shields again, they began torturing Virk through bashings, making him fall back again, an begin bleeding from his nose and lower lip. With no other choice, he stunted to the streets of Markarth, falling with a stylish roll which raised some dust of his clothes. Before he regained his awareness of where he was, he found himself just in front of a fearsome Briar Heart. "Virk's not a Bla..." The breton striked regardless of his words and forced Virk to try to flee to the opposite direction, but the remaining three men caught up with him soon enough. The Briar Heart ran whilst a strike towards him, but he dodged a placed his foot in front of his steps, to make him fall on one of the Blades. The forsworn's anger allowed him to tear the poor man appart, but the other two executed him afterwards without hesitation. Now with a clear path, Virk fled from the remaining two men, but it was useless this time. They had caught him, and were pressing their swords against his back when one said "Annoying man, you are coming with us now!" Virk wiped the blood of his face and with a sigh, after nodding, he shouted. "WULD!" And there, he was released with such a force that it made the two men that were grappling him fall on the dusty ground. Laughing at the two ridiculous units, Virk failed to look forward in time to dodge Destrik, bumping into him and falling to the ground. "Damn it!"
     

    Zander Feredon

    The Sightless Seer.
    Destrik reached down and picked up the man turning him so that he could see his face. ''Well, if it isn't the coward from the cave. Where are your friends?'' He snarled. ''You've become somewhat of an inconvenience today boy. We may just have to do something about that...but what?'' Destrik smiled as he found a loophole in his orders.
    Lord Maltiscarius had said that he wanted all of arngiers pets alive, he never mentioned that they had to be in perfect working order, and as soon as Destrik realized this a cruel smile played across his face. ''Place this man in irons, be sure to get his feet and hands chained together also. He may be a coward but he has a few tricks.'' Destrik said to the Blade closest to him.

    ''Sir, Yes Sir.'' the blade replied and began chaining Virk.
    ''Your friends will be here to save you soon.'' Destrik whispered in the mans ear, and with one swift motion he brought his elbow down on the back of the mans head. ''After you finish chaining him, take him to my tent,put him in the cage that i normally keep my meals in.'' Destrik would deside what to do with him a little later.
     

    IAmRoggvar98

    Traveling Huntsman
    "Sooner than you'd think," Roggvar rode up behind Destrik and leaped from his horse, rolling on one shoulder onto his feet as Virk had once taught him. He pulled his bow and launched a flurry of arrows at the vampire, desperately hoping that Anya would gain control of the horse and get as far from Destrik as she could.
     

    Zander Feredon

    The Sightless Seer.
    Destrik was caught offguard. He felt something bouncing off of his armor and something even slid in between two of the ebony plates and pierced his ribs. Turning he saw the ranger. ''Welcome to Markarth, how may we be of service?'' He asked with a sneer. Tossing Virk to the blade soldiers he turned to face the ranger. ''Didn't learn your lesson last time boy? this time i wont be taking my armor off for you.'' Said Destrik. He clapped his hands together and reached into the ground pulling for his weapon of choice. Two handed battle Axe- Anima Reddat. (Although he swings it with one hand.) ''Lets do this then.'' Destrik charged.
     

    The Phantom

    Consulting Criminal
    Malitiasicarius was slashing his way through Markarth. Forsworn after Forsworn until he heard of the heroes arrival. He sneered at the prospect of them falling into his trap. Soon he hacked his way to Understone Keep and shouted "FUS RO DAH" to blast down the gate.

    Two Forsworn were crushed by the door and then two more jumped from the corners and then swung at him however he ducked causing their blades to embed in the wall. The Dragonborn let out a cold chuckle as one tried to engage him and hand to hand to hand combat. He dropped his blades and let the Forsworn punch him a few times before grabbing his arms and slowly braking them. He then proceeded to tear them off. The remaining Forsworn was quickly eviscerated by the Dragonborn's bare hands.
     

    Writes-Many-Posts

    Champion of Grottos and Gremlins
    Virk had been tossed by the vampire, who was now distracted by the ranger. The blade soldier grabbed his right arm, but before he grabbed the second one, Virk elbowed him in the head, released his other arm and kicked his groin with a backwards movement by his leg. Then the imperial pierced through his eye with a shiv, got it out and aimed at the vampire, who was busy with Roggvar. Just when he was about to throw it at the head, two more blades appeared behind the nord. "Roggvar! Watch out!" He threw a shiv to each, one hitting the thigh and making the soldier kneel, the other being completely deflected by his shield. Virk, to eliminate the last enemy, jumped to a house's wall and rebounced on the soldier, who had put the shield above his head. Big mistake. The madman landed on the iron structure and eventually broke the man's neck upon crashing the shield down his spine. Virk inspected his pockets. Low on shivs. The need to get his back would get more pressing if he didn't do anything.
     
    Anya managed to jump forward on the horse and grab the reigns. She knew that the boy on his own could not defeat that vampire, but she could tell this fight would not end in their favor. Virk was killing soldiers, but the mage or Remy were nowhere to be seen. Every instinct told her to run rather than face death or capture, but a small, insistent pull of worry made her hesitate. An arrow flew past her head, and then another, and a third was buried in the horse's flank. Anya tried to hold on, but the beast threw her to the ground hard and ran, taking away her best means of escape. She got to her feet, resigned herself to the battle, and stepped closer to Roggvar, readying her sword and knife. "I'm with you, boy."
     

    Snoball

    23rd President of the United States of America
    With Virk having left before the others, and Roggvar and Anya having made the decision of going on with the horse, Remy was left to come up with transportation for he and Irelius. He raced back into the cave to retrieve to Dwarven spheres from his quarters. He sprinted back, nearly out breath. "Headbutting... into.. a situation.. like this..... how original." Remy grabbed a bolt wrench from his satchel to loosen the spheres's gyros to sustain faster travel. They would need great speed to catch up with their allies ahead. Putting his tools away, he activated both spheres and hopped on one's back.

    "All aboard, Mr. Irelius! We mustn't let our comrades have all the fun now, can we?" Zipping off as fast as he could, the sphere provided a much faster means of travel than what Remy was used to. The closer Markarth neared, the clearer the havoc taking place became. Scurrying townspeople, Forsworn, the Blades, the city Remy once called home had become a tidal wave of catastrophe and panic, and the group was caught dead in the center.

    At the gates, Remy could see the others higher up, confronting the vampire from earlier. With the Forsworn and Blades about, Remy momentarily hid behind a building, having to find out how to get closer.
     

    Writes-Many-Posts

    Champion of Grottos and Gremlins
    Anya was behind Roggvar on the horse, being the moment she jumped to battle the first one Virk found that out. Most of his shivs were on the roof where he had taken down pridefully three blades. His only option appeared to be climbing all the way up there. Or so it appeared. The Silver Blood Inn's doors were busted open, and something of use had to be there. At the inside of the inn, female screams could be heard. A woman, or a girl could be heard being violated by an enraged drunken soldier. Virk widened his blue eye looking at the defenseless girl who struggled to push back the assaulter. Without any hesitation in helping any who needed, Virk picked a bottle by its neck and smashed it against the back of the head of the man. Knocked out the enemy, he turned to the forsworn barmaid. "If you enjoyed it, you would be just like my mother!" He then moved with the noble reputation to a bottle of mead sitting on a table a took a torch out of the chandelier in the corner of the wall. Running back outside, he saw with nuisance the vampire still lifelessly alive, fighting his companions. Another Blade showed up, sprinting straightly to him. Instead of following the habit of throwing a shiv and sticking it between the man's eyes, Virk leaned the bottle slowly to make the water flow to his mouth. He pressed his lips against each other, put the scorching wooden object in front of his mouth, and used his tongue to push the alcohol against the flames, making a formidable replacement to the shout he failed to memorize: Fire Breath. The man was trying to put himself out, but before he managed to do so, Virk pierced his neck with his shiv. After the man was nothing but a burnt corpse, he turned to the vampire. "Destrik!" Taking another sip, he spit more flames and approached the vampire slowly, trying to hurt him psicologically with the fear of fire.
     

    IAmRoggvar98

    Traveling Huntsman
    Roggvar felt Anya's arm brush against his back as she pulled her sword. Never before had he been so happy to see someone. He slung his bow back around his neck and pulled his sword from its sheath. Roggvar had honestly been hoping to not run into the vampire. Their previous bout hadn't gone well for him. Nevertheless, he let a sly grin spread across his face. "I'm not here for you, heartless scum. I have more important matters to attend to."
     

    Zander Feredon

    The Sightless Seer.
    Destrik disregarded the rangers insult. He could hear someone approaching from behind him and leaped into the air, cutting a rather elegant series of back-flips. He landed directly behind the coward from the cave. ''You really should learn to be more quiet.'' Was all Destrik said. The man was somewhat intimidating due to the fire spewing from his mouth but Destrik had a simple remedy. He ran at the fire, knowing that the coward couldn't see past his jet of flame, Destrik dropped and slid under the fire. At the last moment Destrik lifted Anima Reddat and caught the coward directly in the chin. ''That should solve the fire issue.'' He said Smugly.
     

    Writes-Many-Posts

    Champion of Grottos and Gremlins
    The vampire had agility too. And he had showed up to be able to use it as well. The blade was at his chin. Little choice on what to do then. Virk closed his eyes and thought about tricks he used to do in his childhood. One had to get him out of there. Yes... There was one... Painfully stretching, but effective as Oblivion. His left leg's muscles were forced into a sort of rigor mortis and Virk moved his thigh upwards quickly, kicking both his torch and the dagger away from his touch. As soon as his knee reached the height of his ears, Virk moved the other leg forward to make his weight give him enough speed to his behind, so he could use his two hands to push his body up while upside down. The result, due to the rust of time over his muscles on old tricks, was not what he expected, and gave him a slight snap on his neck, but when he landed further from the vampire, it appeared to be worthy. Without the torch, his choices were still narrow: Shivs. His eyes shined at the hurling of two more spinning shivs against the undead. He was about to see if his agility would let him dodge that, or if he had enough control of his vampirism to do that. Before the knives hit any target at all, his quick fingers thirsted him for solid defences and forced Virk to grab his last two shivs, which he had to use for melee in order to avoid running out of ammo.
     

    Zander Feredon

    The Sightless Seer.
    Destrik watched as the man armed himself with that looked like kitchen ware's. ''Forks and Spoons wont help you boy.'' Destrik said as he advanced. He didn't actually fear any weapon, after all, pain is only temporary. He guessed that the coward would expect him to be on the defensive, so of course ,Destrik went on the offensive. Running at full speed toward the coward, destrik waited until he had closed half the distance between them. ''distraction.'' Was the only thought that passed through his mind. Destrik made a split-second decision, using most of his strength he hurled his 2-Handed Axe, directly at the coward, then leaped into the air. As he Descended, Destrik held his hands together as a sort of club and prepared to bring it down directly on the cowards head. ''Good night.''
     

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