Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5583506-20160322234619/@comment-5583506-20160409233300

(Lol, not much has happened. They are still at Dive Rock waiting for Myrdana Lammus and her group. But that pretty much depends on me wanting to play this particular part a little slower due to my overwhelming studies. Next part will be a little more actionesque. However I will start to introduce the next overbearing plot right after this parentheses.)

After a while the Khajiit Raini had seen before entered the room, looking over the guests. "Hey there, mom", he said, giving Ra'Kissi a kiss on the cheek. "This one sees that you have met up with that woman he met at the inn."

"Rakharo", said Ra'Kissi looking at her son seriously.

Rakharo's smile faded as he could see that something was troubling him. "What... what's the matter? Has something happened?"

Ra'Kissi looked at Ran'Jinro. "There is someone your mother wants you to meet", she said. "Rakharo... this here is Ran'Jinro of the Beast Slayers."

"Beast Slayers?" Rakharo flexed with his ears and immediately went over to Ran to shake his hand with a smile. "A true pleasure to meet you, Ran'Jinro", he said. "This one has always wanted to become a..."

"Rakharo..." interrupted Ra'Kissi. "Ran'Jinro is... your father..."

Rakharo's smile faded for a second time and Ran'Jinro turned into a shade of pale.

''My son? ''reflected the Beast Slayer. Out of the blue he all of a sudden had a son...

"My... father?" Rakharo lowered his ears and stared in disbelief at the Khajiit in front of him.

Ran'Jinro seemed to be as much shocked as his son was. Only now did he see the resemblance.

He is basically my younger twin...

"But... but what about Ran'Jakho?" said Rakharo. "This one thought that he..."

Ra'Kissi shook her head. "Ran'Jakho took care of you as his own as best as he could for such a young age as he was when this one approached him, but he isn't your father. He is your uncle."

"Then what about Ri'Mada?" said the young Khajiit woman. "Is this... stranger also her...?"

"No", said Ra'Kissi with a sigh. "Ran'Jakho is your father. Rakharo here is actually your half-brother... and your cousin."

<p style="font-weight:normal;">''She is my niece? ''reflected Ran'Jinro.

"You and me both", commented Beatrix with a sigh. "Though there honestly wasn't much for me with the tribe. My leader despised me, and so did his wife."

They couldn't stop riding. Not now. Myrdana signaled to some of her best trappers to round the plateau and meet up with her on the other side.

"Myrdana, what should we do?!" exclaimed a worried hunter on horseback next to her.

"Ride back and warn Dive Rock by the Gods!" she responded as her life depended on it. "Make that your priority! Don't even think of engaging these monsters! Focus on getting back to Dive Rock and warn the city!"

"Understood!" he said and took a turn around a snowy creek.

Myrdana cursed internally. This wasn't what she had expected. She had taken her group of for some regular scouting, an ordinary recon assignment whilst waiting for Ran'Jinro and his crew to arrive. Apparently it would seem that she had been right to do so. South-east of Dive Rock, something was stirring. The thundering feet of a horde of Beasts... all on their move and heading straight to the city.

''It's just as we have been informed... They are getting smarter... They have a priority set in mind, as if they are under some sort of control. But how... and why? ''

What was even worse was that the way the Beasts worked and acted felt as if commanded on the behalf of a human being... They didn't get smarter and organized for nothing. That's what scared her. That somewhere out in the world there was a shadowy group or force of people that made these creatures attack settlements. Why would someone voluntarily make an attack against mankind? An attack on their own?

As if the world wasn't facing destruction already...

"Hildi!" she called out to a young Nord woman riding on her right. "Ride on ahead, don't come back for me if I shouldn't make it back. I need to cut down their numbers."

"Myrdana!" exclaimed the Nord with a panicked expression. "But that's... that's..."

"I know!" growled the Imperial and faced Havel, a Bosmer with sharp facial features. "Havel, lend me two grenades. I think I can at least shorten their numbers with two or three."

The man swallowed hard and steadily held onto the reins of his horse as he handed the grenades over between them. It was quite tricky due to their riding being bumpy and all, but he finally managed and Myrdana nodded shortly as a thanks, before steering her horse entirely around. The remainder of her group, those who were riding last to make sure that the monsters didn't get too close rode past her with ferocious speed, all heading back to Dive Rock through the snowy landscapes.

Myrdana drew for breath and then spurred Evangelion as she rode down the mountain slides watching as the lumbering creatures emerged in the distance like a mountain moving on its down. If her adrenaline wasn't pumping through her veins, she would have taken the opportunity to stand still and realise just how surrealistic the view was.

''There must be... at least fifteen of them... If I can succeed in killing two, maybe more, then Dive Rock might just be able to withstand. But knowing what happened at Kilkreath, it might be an impossibility.''

Evangelion snorted as he broke through a snowy ridge.

Nevertheless, I am gonna give it my best shot.

She pulled the harpoon gun from her back and took aim against the throat of an incoming Bear Beast. As the projectile flew off with a blast, piercing the flesh of the Beast, she pulled the retractor trigger and steadied herself as she felt a mighty pull throughout her entire body when she was pulled towards her target with a speed that would have been impossible to break, even if she had somehow wanted to. She whistled loudly in mid-air, signaling for Evangelion to turn around and keep riding in front of the Beasts. They weren't interested in the small creature before them. They had a goal set in their mind, just like the abnormal Beasts that had destroyed Kilkreath. People or other creatures weren't their priority. They were driven by the desire of destroying communities. In doing so destroying the last potential mankind had for surviving this apocalypse.

The First and the Last King would be spinning in his grave if he knew about this new struggle...

Her spiked boots finally landed hard against the thick flesh of the Bear Beast. It seemed to feel the pain, letting out a growl that made her ears ring. In fact every step they took was a cacophony of ground breaking and rock being crushed.

"You damn monster", snarled Myrdana and rubbed her ear with one hand, steadying herself with the other as she traversed the side of the Bear Beast's head. She kept a lookout for Evangelion, to make sure that he knew to distance himself well enough away from the herd to avoid being trampled.

He was a smart horse, not easily scared. His furious personality made him too stubborn to turn away from the face of creatures a hundred times his own size.

When she reached the top of the Bear Beast's skull she pierced it hard with her blades, instantly killing the giant. As it started to come crashing down, even blocking some passage for its comrades, she had already readied her harpoon-maneuver gear, flying off to the next Beast, temporarily blinding it with a grenade as she brought it down. She repeated the process until at least four of them were dead, yet they still kept coming. At this rate she would wear herself out. She needed assistance. With some skillful maneuvering she made it back to Evangelion's saddle and kept riding up the mountains, heading for Dive Rock.

The Beasts would no doubt be there before the day was over...