Ashaland (read first post)

[Toli Bera]

"I am afraid no money will losen my lips. Secrets are not easilly bought. Honour of a storyteller." he crossed his arms greatly displeased that the doors had been shut. "Now the exit may persuade where the pittance of coin will not bridge." Vyril crossed his arms. if he could keep his head he could talk his way out of this.  

[Claude Faustus]

Draken lifted an eyebrow, this one would be difficult to brake, it wasn't in his nature to be cruel, but he must know.
"I will do better, I will not ask names but if you just take me to this Girl that my Son has fallen in love with, I will fly you there on my own wings and I will confront her myself."
Little did he know that Masaya, Sabyien's lover, was more then a day's ride away.
At This offer Vyril lifted his eyebrow, "You will take me there? you mean fly on the very winds?"

"Yes, you don't have to point her out, just direct me to her house." Draken still believed that it was a woman.
A slow smirk grew on his lips, "It' true I would not betray the name....." The man was cleaver, he could forfill his promise and get a ride to delive his message from Sabyien. All without trickery since it was Draken who was so clueless.


((Sorry, I took over a bit, you can take over Draken for a bit in your next post. ))  

[Toli Bera]

"Well there are two places she is known to frequent. the chappel, and another place... if she is attending to her duties." he said conjouring a lie. "But your immediate presence could prove to be the error of this plan." he explained.

Draken frowned tightly. this plan was beginning to annoy him. "fine. but if you speak an untrue word to me, you will not longer be a wandering minstrel." he promised raising an eyebrow. "We leave."  

[Claude Faustus]

The next mroning found Sabyien still in bed, tryin g his best to wrestle with a bear of a mantron trying to get out and get ready to ride for the border.
"Now listen here young man, you are staying right here in bed, War or no-war." She said firmly pushing him down into the warm covers again.
Sabyien Rolls his eyes. "My men will need me!"
"Let your Men be guide by another, I'm sure that there are other's who can take your place. It's so dangerous."
Sabyien Laughed, "Alright.....you win..." He settled back into the pillows, "Can you be a dear get me another plate of furit? the last pear I bit into was overripe."
"Of chorse HIghlord." with that she dissappeared.

Sabyien strang out of bed and grabed up his travling clothes, he hated to do this but it was the only way. Sabyien took the secert tunnels dressing as he wnet, seeing that ranks of knights where wiating for him out on the parade grounds.

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Draken flapped his tired wings, they had been flying all night, getting lost at one point then doubling back. The lay of the land was differnt viewed from above Vyril commented once the found the trail again.
"I need to rest, " Draken landed, panting siltly out of breath.'How much farhter?

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Kalim let his horse gallop, some of the mounted knight where snikering, they had started out late in the morning when The Head-General, Masaya, had desided to sleep in that morning.
The hasty rush to get everything packed up and moving wasted even more time, they might not get to the border by sun down.  

[Toli Bera]

Masaya had tried to hurry, but his cold seemed extra worse this morning. his face hurt and he was having trouble breathing. but somehow he got the tent bundled , sloppilly, and packed on the horse. he took his time on the path taking the rear of the group to keep watch for any sort of rear attacks. but mostly to keep from spreading his illness to the others.

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"Well they did say the healers had gone off in a contingent to follow the soldiers should they nead their help if sister Marella is anywhere now she'd be with them." Marella was half invention, half reality. there was a young healer girl by that name who followed soldiers to war for her duties, many stories existed about her. but the woman in reality had publicly foresworn the touch of a man to keep from distracting from her duties. "A clever ploy to keep herself from the affections of other 'lesser' men" Vyrril had told Draken  

[Claude Faustus]

Sabyien lead the ranks of soldiers and knights down the quickest routes to the borderlands it would take a day and a half of hard riding and no stops to sleep along the way to get there.
The Highlord also pressed them a fast pace wanting to get tot eh border more quickly, but his adviser told him to slow it down or teh men would be worn out.

Some hours later, Sabyien took a deep gulp of the cold medicine he kept hidden in his cloak, the fever was making him slight dizzy and he had slowed the pace of the march to a manageable walk.

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Draken huffed seeing how fresh the horse track where, he had began to walk quickly, his longer then human legs taking up the distance easily and outpacing the Mistral.  

[Toli Bera]

Vyril did his best to keep up with the highlord. with his fit body this was a possible task. but the demon tredged on unstopping. in time they found the healers group. settled for the night. they weren't experianced travellers so they could not meet an army's pace on their own.

Masaya clutched a silken kerchief to his nose. he could feel the burning pressure to sneeze, however it simply could not come out.  

[Claude Faustus]

"So where is this Girl?" Draken asked, looking at the tents set up for the night.
The healers where all glancing curiously his way, sometime fearfully as Draken did not cover himsefl up in this journey, but he did try to kept his wicked looking hand claws out of sight by putting them behind his back as he paced about.

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Kalim frowned, they had made it to the border land, but they had arrived late.
The Knights glanced uneasily in the surrounding darkness, Vampires roamed the borderlands at nights looking for blood to feed on.
They breathed easier then they saw the wall lit up with bright torches.

The great wall that separated the lands was 20 feet tall and 10 feet wide, a solid wall of stone and iron. At some places, great gates opened into the other side, the gates would rightfully called fortresses, with room enough to house a battalion of soliders to defend the gate if need be.

The arriving Knights were greeted by a man called Grant, a captain of the gate guards. The man smiled up at Masaya. "Greeting General, we were expecting you to arrive sooner. However we have kept the food warm. Come, rest your selves, I have news to tell."  

[Toli Bera]

Masaya nodded speaking quietly his voice a hoarse croak at the moment from the hard riding they had endured. he retired immediately to bed to rest up for the next shift. he felt Kalim's judgemental eyes on him. but he didn't have the energy to care.

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Vyril confered with the healers asking about the girl in question. they informed him she had gone off with one of the few knghts with them to refresh the water supply from a nearby water hole. All this information was quickly conveyed to the demon by the minstral in hopes that this wild goosechase would be over soon.  

[Claude Faustus]

"I will wait for her here." Draken said, Sitting on a barrel over looking the tiny village of healers.

None the less he was disappointed anyways when he found that the girl he had been searching for wasn't the girl who was seeing Sabyien.
On top of that the Mistral Vyril seemed to have disappeared.

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Sabyien coughed, he had tied himself to his saddle to keep from falling off. Dante seemed to know that his master wasn't feeling his best so the war-stallions stride was smooth and even.
They had rode all night and should be at the border before the sun went down today.
Still, Sabyien's fever continued to sap his strength.  

[Toli Bera]

Vyril was attempting to save his own skin when his fib was revealed. "Well that's the problem with rumours now isn't it. I didn't mean to lead you on this wild goose-chase." he said staying back.

Masaya groaned his lungs seemed worse than normal this morning. a fluidy feeling in the front of his throat. he kept coughing repeatedly it sounded like he was getting worse.  

[Claude Faustus]

Sabyien decided that he should rest for an hour or so. The men riding with him had noticed that their highlord wasn't feeling his best and insisted on the three hour stop over so that he could see a healer.
He had to agree, the fever was causing him to sway unsteadily in the saddle. Soon, he was laying in one of the healers tents being tended to by a woman named Marella who told him an an interesting story.
"My Father is in the area? Where did he go?"
Marella gently pushed him back down into the pillow. "He disappeared last night, long before you arrived HighLord. Now please rest while you can, I know that your mission is urgent."

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The alarm was sounded during brekfast. Grant and his men had moved quickly to the far side of the wall, one of the younger men was nervously telling him that he had seen something move on the southside of the wall and had raied teh alarm.
Some of the men groaned but Grant praised the youth, saying: "We can not be too careful this far south."
Kalim bit into an apple and peered over the wall, the country beyond didn't seem different, yet in the distance, one could see a faint yellow line where the dessert started.  

[Toli Bera]

Wit suprising skill the healer had undressed sabyien's upper half and had laid upon him heated smooth stones to help his body heal from the illness. she seemed to keep gazing at his face as she worked, but in a manner that cried for privacy. "the herbal remedy should be ready before nightfall. it needs to steep." she informed him tough she was not asked.

Masaya got from his bed and stubled from his room. the fever was turning to a mild delerium. "Doc-door..." he muttered sluggishly passing the doors of his men heading not to the medic stationed there, but towards the rampart walls.  

[Claude Faustus]

Grant noticed the state Masaya was in he rushed towards him. "General Masaya, It appears to be a false alarm, go back to bed, It's clear that you are not feeling well." He took the younger man's arm and turned him around.
"Double the eyes on the look out walls." He ordered over his shoulder.

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Draken landed on the west side wall causing a bit of a stir among the soldiers there. He frowned and uncovered the bracelet with the mark of the highlord inscribed on it. "I have heard voices on the wind. Where is Phorus Grant?"
The soldier gripped his spear. "H-He's in the Gate's tower...." the young men nervously stepped away from the half-demon, giving more room then necessary. Shirking away as if a mere touch would turn them into stone.  

[Toli Bera]

Masaya began coughing harshly spitting a thick mess of phleghm into his sleeve. he groaned. "I need the doctor. take me to him." he groaned wavering on his feet.

"I'll order him to come to your room." the man shook his head pulling him towards the bedroom again.

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Vyril stood at the bottom of ythe wall knocking on the gate waiting to be allowed in. this stop he hoped to seperate from the demon lord and go back to his roving.