[IC] The age of humans is fairly new

[Marcus XVI]

"With all due respect a general is someone who takes orders from higher up the proverbial food chain. A commander leads. I am a commander." Martel again paused like he was weighing his options. "I'll lend you a hand for now, but I warn all of you in advance. If this whole thing takes too long I have only two bottles of blood to keep the lust away." Thanjs to the helmet no one could see the man's annoyed expression, like he was expecting someone to start threathening him about drinking blood.

[manapool1]

"With all due respect a general is someone who takes orders from higher up the proverbial food chain. A commander leads. I am a commander." Martel again paused like he was weighing his options. "I'll lend you a hand for now, but I warn all of you in advance. If this whole thing takes too long I have only two bottles of blood to keep the lust away." Thanjs to the helmet no one could see the man's annoyed expression, like he was expecting someone to start threathening him about drinking blood.

@Marcus XVI

"I will assure you, the monsters below have more than enough to keep your with enough...Though I do not know why you need any" He muttered, staring at the man before him with a look of confusion. Shaking his head, he moved his body towards a very large, decorated door, one with thick boards of wood over it to keep it locked. Parts of it seemed to be very new.
"This is the entrance. When you feel ready, I will have my men open it"

[Carlsberg]

@manapool1

Lyn stood up and sheathed her sword. She slowly moved her mask up, covering her mouth. She checked that she had all of her knives were in their correct positions, before turning back towards Kannan.
"What sort of monsters can we expect to meet in there?" She asked, "We should have as much information as possible."

[Framing A Moose]

Emma slid her hands into her gauntlets, before unhooking them from her waist. She lifted her hands up and pulled on the wrist of the gloves, grinning at her fellow adventurers. She stood next to the ice girl, a big grin on her face. "Oh, this'll be wonderful! Let's kill some monstas!" She then dug into her pouch and dug out a flask, taking a swig of it, before putting it back. "Sorry. I work betta when I'm drunk."

[manapool1]

@manapool1

Lyn stood up and sheathed her sword. She slowly moved her mask up, covering her mouth. She checked that she had all of her knives were in their correct positions, before turning back towards Kannan.
"What sort of monsters can we expect to meet in there?" She asked, "We should have as much information as possible."

@Carlsberg

"From my adventures it was a very wide variety. Most of the dungeon was filled with mimics, golem and inanimate objects that had come to life some how. Each of the objects had some sort of gem to control it. Lower in the depths was the bathing houses and water based parts. A lot of gelatinous blobs and water breathing fish Ken of some sort where their. I did not dare go into the last room, it was locked and do I could feel steam rising from the door...I suspect that is where you find the thing creating all of these monsters" he stated without a bat of an eye, his face as stern aso always. He turned to the girl drinking and sighed. "Such a strange lady,me rhapsody when you return, I will bring you one of the alcoholic beverages of my people"

[Framing A Moose]

Emma grinned, looking at the emperor. "That sounds great! I'm always up to tryin' new booze. 'Onestly, I'll drink anything. I've been drunk for a few years straight, to tell ya the truth. An' if I stop drinkin' now, I'll 'ave the 'angover of the century. Let me tell ya how much you don't want to be near me if that 'appens." she said with a laugh. "Well, I think we should get goin'. Those monsta's ain't gonna kill themselves!"

[Lunar]

"I agree with Emma, let's get moven" she sed as she un shithed her sword and cut the air with a *shew* in one big movement. Standing in a ready stance like she's gonna decapatate ten people in one sweep. "I'm ready to knock some blocks"

@Framing A Moose @manapool1

[Rusalka]

(Click me!)

Softly Nirayane played on her verdant sprite ocarina while resting atop one of the many tall trees that bristled above the bustling, cobblestone streets of the capital, soon to settle with the dying sun nestling herself behind the high hills of the west, casting lovely, warm shades of pinks, reds, and oranges across the ever darkening sky fading into a calm and serene evening. Her eyes were closed as the peaceful melody she composed upon the quaint, little instrument lulled her into a deep, almost ephemeral trance, a trance unfortunately she broke from when she heard voices nearby.

Her amethyst eyes fluttered open, catching sight of the adventurers, quite a few of them female...cute females at that. But where were they off to she wondered. Perhaps she would find out for her own.

Twas then the Elven huntress leapt from her high perch atop the larch and with utmost grace landed on both feet safe and secure upon the sprawling rooftops of the city. With the velocity of a maelstrom, she darted across the terra-cotta plated roofs, trying her best to keep pace with the group, all the while making certain she wasn't spotted by them.

She followed them as best she could, until they had arrived at the gates of....the grand palace. So these are the emperor's new lapdogs, eh? She mused eyeing the adventurers with relish as they disappeared behind gates and guards. Hmph, surely they must be somewhat important, which means they're probably swimming in gold!

Those pesky guards, she had to get rid of them first.

Nirayane produced from her leather quiver a few arrows, blunt at the tip, but that was the rule, no killing, no bloodshed...at least not now, and though Nira went along with it, she only wished next time her steel arrowheads could taste fresh blood. However, though blunt as an ancient, rusty parring knife, the arrow could still do quite a bit of damage, just if the elf knew where to aim.

She singled out two of the guards standing firm and resolute at the doorway, their swords and their spades glinting dangerous, but with two swift arrows delivered with the wind of Veralyn at their backs, the men dropped, not dead no, out cold as Nirayane heard the satisfying *ding* of her arrows striking their helms something fierce and rattling their brains. She had done so with the next batch of guardsmen before making her way towards the next row of houses with a swift leap across the alleyway and a somersault onto the ground, standing before the gates of the grand palace.

Wasting no time, she rushed inside quickly before the guards were sure to awake from their blunt stupor, but slowed to a creeping pace as she stalked through the halls...quietly drawing her sharp dagger.

She found them again, only this time the emperor spoke to them, something about a dungeon, gold, monsters, and the fate of the kingdom...other stuff she didn't pay attention to.

And then...that's when she saw...her, the silver haired girl @Lunar. That gigantic sword on her back was less intimidating and more amusing, a smirk crossing the elven girl's lips. Such a cumbersome and heavy weapon for such a petite and....definitely attractive girl. She would be her first target.

Gracefully, slowly...like the predator she was stalking her chosen prey, Nirayane crept towards the group. Then...once she was within hair's breadth of the silver haired beauty, she struck, leaping high into the air and raising her dagger high over her head for a fatal death blow.

[Lunar]

Visel had smelt the new comer, they didn't smell like a guard. When she heard the faint *tap* of her shoe leaving the floor she realized she was in danger. And in the blink of an eye Visel pulled out her sword and parried the kife of the attacker with one hand and dashed across the room only to move so fast she was a blur and then with a deep *pumb* she jabed the attacker in the stomach with but of her sword.

[Marcus XVI]

When the commotion happened Martel immediately used his vampiric ability to vanish in to whirling mist. He appeared in front of the Emperor with his sword drawn and back towards the man. "M'lord. I'd politely suggest your remain behind me for now. I'd rather not lose a patron to the whims of an assassin."

[Rusalka]

@Lunar @Marcus XVI

Dammit...

Leave it to her to underestimate her foe. The girl's reaction was swift, brutal, and indeed merciless. Nira had never expected her to move so quickly, but there the elven lass was, flat on her back, a pain something fierce in her stomach from where the pommel had bashed her bones, lying there on the lavish marble floor in a daze. She shook herself out of it, popping to her feet in a swift motion and charging again, but paused upon hearing another draw their blade. One look at his face said it all, Nosferatu. Just his visage alone was enough to betray him as one of the night creatures, powerful folk they were, not the best to trifle with. Nirayane grit her teeth, baring them like a rabid wolf, her sharp amethyst eyes cut towards the silver haired sword maiden and the tall, regal vampire lord. She sheathed her dagger, scowling, and held her hands up in surrender. The others would be sure to retaliate as well if she attacked again, and she wasn't well equipped to take on such a volume of opponents.

[Carlsberg]

@Rusalka

Lyn walked over, her sword drawn and her eyes narrowed. She quickly pulled the elves dagger out of her sheath and threw it to the ground, before raisinv her blade to the elves throat.
"Why did you attack us?" She asked in Elvish, searching the womans figure for any more weapons.

[Lunar]

"This is definitely not a place where I thought I would get stabbed" she sed admittedly as she walked towards the door again. The assassination of a lord. On the same day we got this whole thing going on" she sed gesturing towards the door.

@Rusalka@manapool1@Framing A Moose

[Rusalka]

@Lunar@Carlsberg

The Elven girl snarled in the woman's face, even when presented with the tip of her blade just mere inches from skewering her neck. She let out a hiss, much like a cornered gray fox, as if to say she didn't have to tell her a damn thing. Nira was also none to pleased of this slag disarming her of her dagger. It was a keepsake after all.

She grit her teeth, searing under her skin in silence as the woman scanned her over, possibly looking for more weapons to remove, and if that was the case...she would be dead before she grabbed Nirayane's bow.

[Carlsberg]

@Rusalka

Lyn tilted her head slightly. She started to repeat the same phrase over and over, each time in a different language, some of them taking slightly longer as she struggled to remember the words. She kept the sword at the elves throat, noting the bow she carried, though deciding not to move it yet.
"Do you speak {Insert Language Here}" She said in Common, Elvish, Dwarven, and finally, Orcish.

[Lunar]

"It obvious she doesn't want to speak, I wouldn't if I just got captured" she said an obvious tone looking back at the girl speaking in different languages, very few Visel understood. "I have a feeling today is going to get even more eventful the more it goes on" @Carlsberg@Rusalka

[Rusalka]

@Carlsberg @Lunar

She was fed up with it, each time shaking her head incessantly at the woman's inquiries. Hell, she barely understood any of the other languages spouted at her, other than her native tongue, and of course a bit of Orcish. In fact, this warrior somewhat reminded her of that brutish woman, may she rest safe in Veralyn's arms. The thought of her made the Elven girl frown, but only for a little as she once again snarled at the woman holding her at swordpoint.

Finally she had enough. A sharp finger pointed towards her mouth, wide open as if to scream in absolute rage towards the woman grilling her, yet...no sound, no utterance at all. If that wouldn't answer her question then a bash of her skull into the woman's nose would.

[Carlsberg]

@Rusalka

Lyn's eyes widened a little in understanding, before settling back to their normal calm state.
"I see. Unfortunately, I do not know hand signs. Do you promise on your gods that you won't try and attack us again if I lower my sword?" She asked.
This elf seemed to be skilled with that knife she had, and probably was with the bow as well. It could be useful to bring her along.

[Framing A Moose]

The scene that had just happened in front of Emma was so fast, it could be missed if one were to simply blink at the wrong moment. And, unfortunately for Emma, that's exactly what she did. When she opened her eyes, she only saw an unknown girl with a blade to her throat. The blade appeared to be being held by a girl who's name escaped her. Princess of Justice or something cheesy like that. "Er...what the 'ell 'append while I was blinking?" She asked, a look of pure confusion on her face.

[Rusalka]

@Carlsberg

Defeated, the elf bowed her head in a begrudging nod, but that didn't mean she was gonna keep her promise. She glared at the woman, holding her hand out as if to ask for her dagger to be returned. She would have loved to plunge it right into the woman's eye, but more or less she'd save that notion for later. The dagger meant something to her, and she wasn't gonna let this surly lass keep it for herself.