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The fall of Stromguard Keep (Part 1 of Jayce's background)
"Jayce, we shouldn't be here, father will be mad." The sound of Elis', Jayce's 10 year old sister, whining voice assaulted his own 12 year mind. Eerrgggh, she didn't have to come with me, he thought to himself. But no. Mother said, keep an eye on your younger sister. Balderdash.
The 12 year old noble's son had fair black hair, and hazel eyes, and was already threatening to be taller then his father, standing at 5'10". He took more after his mother then his father, and many young serving girls were already whispering at what a handsome young man he would become. His sister though took more from their father. With golden blond hair and sea-green eyes, she was already making many a man's head turn.
"Its alright. Father will never know we were here. I just want to see what he has locked behind this secret door." Well it was suppose to be a secret, but Jayce had sneaked around one night and saw his father open the door, and ever since then he wondered what was behind it. I mean, there wasn't a whole lot to do being the son of a noble Mage and the Cousin of the Queen. Except a whole butch of boring stuff. So Jayce tried to learn the way in, and last night, he found an old book he was sure that held the answer. Also something he wasn't suppose to do, but dabit all, he was so bored!
"But-" Elis whined again, but Jayce turned on her and snapped in a very unbecoming voice.
"Shut up! I promise nothing will happen to you. Or you can go back and play with those dolls of yours." The way he said dolls showed what he thought of the very extravagant gifts the Queen had given to his sister on her last birthday. The dolls cost more then most citizens of the kingdom could ever hope to make in their lifetimes.
His sister shut her mouth and stood there, wanting to pout, but did nothing else. Jayce smiled, glanced around the hallway. Good, no one was around. He walked as sneakily as he could, for a 12 year boy, and looked at the wall in front of him. It looked like any other stone wall in any other part of the Stromguard keep. But Jayce knew there was something back there. Remembering the way the book described how to pen the portal-way, he placed his hands on the cold stone wall, closed his eyes, and muttered the magical words.
"Lyo Dath Vor Kes Lathien."
Jayce open his eyes and saw... the wall. Nothing had happen. He was sure he got it right.
"Idiot." His sister said. Pushed him out of the way she placed her hands on the wall the same way Jayce had done, and spoke the words he had said. Only correctly this time.
"Lio Drah Vi Cos Lascern."
A blue outline of a portal began to glow before them, and soon they could see a room on the other side. "You never do pay attention to your studies." Elis said as she turn around to beam a most gloating smile at her taller brother.
"Yeah, well magic is boring. I want to be a knight..." Jayce said as he pushed his sister aside and walked in. He could feel powerful magic in here. But he wasn't worried. The book had said that the portal, like any magical defenses would be keyed to the Stromguard bloodline, and would not attack him or his sister. Or so he hoped.
Most of the room looked like any other magical study he had seen. Magical portions, old dusty tomes of some forgotten kingdom and magics, and other crap that did not interest Jayce in the least. Well all except for one item. On a pedestal in the center of the room, the ground around it covered in runes was a white egg with green spots on it. Jayce smiled. A dragon's egg, he was sure of it!
"Wow." He said as he dashed to the egg and looked at it.
"Jayce I wouldn't touch that. Those runes are meant to keep something in, not out." His sister said from behind him. But he was barely paying her any mind. All he could think about was Dragons! "We should leave, you got to see what was in here, I don't like the feel of this place."
"Oh come on sis, where is your sense of adventure. When do you get to see a real Dragon egg." Jayce reached out with his hands and picked the large egg up and slowly turned to his sister. "Have you ever thought father would work on something like this?" He said, his eyes wide with excitement.
"Jayce put it back!" His sister whined.
"No. I'm not done looking at it." He said as an idea popped into his mischievous mind. "Oh look Elis, I'm going to drop it.. I'm going to drop it..." He said as he fumbled the egg in his hands.
His sister screamed and covered her eyes, crying. "Stop it! Stop it!"
Chuckling and having enough fun, he decided he might as well. He turned to put it back... and tripped. He was still getting use to his tall lanky frame, growing so quickly in the past year, 6 inches alone. And luck was hardly ever his ally.
He fell straight on his face, the egg sailing in the air and shattered again the wall.
"Oh no, Jayce what have you done!" Elis screamed.
"Oh, yes Jayce, what have you done." A bellowing voice answer her. As the egg shattered into thousands of little pieces, whiffs of green smoke started to emerge, and becoming more and more into a solid form. In less then three seconds, standing before them was unlike anything Jayce had ever seen. A light green scaled creature with four fingered talons on each of its four hands, a long pincer tail that swirling behind it, giant wings that spread out so much they filled all the space around it, and a most disgusting point face with dozens of sharp fangs poking out and dark glowing green eyes that seemed to bore into Jayce's soul.
Jayce backed away, panic setting in, as he crawled away from the creature. He saw his sister paralyzed with fear, not moving, her face ashen white instead of its usual porcelain white. "Elis run, get father!"
"Yes, go get your father. The man that thought he could hold the great Ta'Nurak, The Demon-Dragon, forever. He should have destroyed me when he had the chance." The creature bellowed as it took steps towards Jayce and Elis. In a futile attempt to protect his sister, Jayce charged at the thing, only to have one of its arms grab him by his throat and lift him up high.
"I must thank you for freeing me young Stromguard. For that, I shall let you live... and I will also grace you with a gift." He chuckled as the tail shot forth and struck Jayce across his right cheek, leaving a most terrible scar down it. Jayce screamed as he struggled against the hand that held him. Tears pouring down his face from the pain. He opened his eyes wide in fear... only to see nothing but a grayness.
"The poison only blinds. Maybe next time you won't be so eager to see something you shouldn't be looking for." Ta'Nurak tossed Jayce aside and turned to his sister. "My, my. The Stromguard magical blood flows deep in your veins. You... I will also let live."
Even though Jayce could not see, he tried to still fight. "Stay away from her!" He said as he got up, charging in the direction of the demon's voice, only to trip and fall flat on his face.
Ta'Nurak chuckled, grabbed Elis with one of his arms and left the room.
Jayce, tried to find his way back up, hoping somehow to see again. But nothing but blindness met his sight. In the distance he could hear screaming, and shouting. He tried to follow it, but every time he tried to get up and walk, he would only trip once more. Somewhere he could hear his father shouting, calling forth powerful magics as Jayce felt the whole keep shake. There was an explosion, and he could hear crashing and more screaming, this time from his mother... right before he heard it end in a most blood curling end.
Jayce laid on the ground for sometime, even after all the shouting and shaking and explosions stopped. He just cried. What had he done. What in all good gods had he done!!
"Jayce, we shouldn't be here, father will be mad." The sound of Elis', Jayce's 10 year old sister, whining voice assaulted his own 12 year mind. Eerrgggh, she didn't have to come with me, he thought to himself. But no. Mother said, keep an eye on your younger sister. Balderdash.
The 12 year old noble's son had fair black hair, and hazel eyes, and was already threatening to be taller then his father, standing at 5'10". He took more after his mother then his father, and many young serving girls were already whispering at what a handsome young man he would become. His sister though took more from their father. With golden blond hair and sea-green eyes, she was already making many a man's head turn.
"Its alright. Father will never know we were here. I just want to see what he has locked behind this secret door." Well it was suppose to be a secret, but Jayce had sneaked around one night and saw his father open the door, and ever since then he wondered what was behind it. I mean, there wasn't a whole lot to do being the son of a noble Mage and the Cousin of the Queen. Except a whole butch of boring stuff. So Jayce tried to learn the way in, and last night, he found an old book he was sure that held the answer. Also something he wasn't suppose to do, but dabit all, he was so bored!
"But-" Elis whined again, but Jayce turned on her and snapped in a very unbecoming voice.
"Shut up! I promise nothing will happen to you. Or you can go back and play with those dolls of yours." The way he said dolls showed what he thought of the very extravagant gifts the Queen had given to his sister on her last birthday. The dolls cost more then most citizens of the kingdom could ever hope to make in their lifetimes.
His sister shut her mouth and stood there, wanting to pout, but did nothing else. Jayce smiled, glanced around the hallway. Good, no one was around. He walked as sneakily as he could, for a 12 year boy, and looked at the wall in front of him. It looked like any other stone wall in any other part of the Stromguard keep. But Jayce knew there was something back there. Remembering the way the book described how to pen the portal-way, he placed his hands on the cold stone wall, closed his eyes, and muttered the magical words.
"Lyo Dath Vor Kes Lathien."
Jayce open his eyes and saw... the wall. Nothing had happen. He was sure he got it right.
"Idiot." His sister said. Pushed him out of the way she placed her hands on the wall the same way Jayce had done, and spoke the words he had said. Only correctly this time.
"Lio Drah Vi Cos Lascern."
A blue outline of a portal began to glow before them, and soon they could see a room on the other side. "You never do pay attention to your studies." Elis said as she turn around to beam a most gloating smile at her taller brother.
"Yeah, well magic is boring. I want to be a knight..." Jayce said as he pushed his sister aside and walked in. He could feel powerful magic in here. But he wasn't worried. The book had said that the portal, like any magical defenses would be keyed to the Stromguard bloodline, and would not attack him or his sister. Or so he hoped.
Most of the room looked like any other magical study he had seen. Magical portions, old dusty tomes of some forgotten kingdom and magics, and other crap that did not interest Jayce in the least. Well all except for one item. On a pedestal in the center of the room, the ground around it covered in runes was a white egg with green spots on it. Jayce smiled. A dragon's egg, he was sure of it!
"Wow." He said as he dashed to the egg and looked at it.
"Jayce I wouldn't touch that. Those runes are meant to keep something in, not out." His sister said from behind him. But he was barely paying her any mind. All he could think about was Dragons! "We should leave, you got to see what was in here, I don't like the feel of this place."
"Oh come on sis, where is your sense of adventure. When do you get to see a real Dragon egg." Jayce reached out with his hands and picked the large egg up and slowly turned to his sister. "Have you ever thought father would work on something like this?" He said, his eyes wide with excitement.
"Jayce put it back!" His sister whined.
"No. I'm not done looking at it." He said as an idea popped into his mischievous mind. "Oh look Elis, I'm going to drop it.. I'm going to drop it..." He said as he fumbled the egg in his hands.
His sister screamed and covered her eyes, crying. "Stop it! Stop it!"
Chuckling and having enough fun, he decided he might as well. He turned to put it back... and tripped. He was still getting use to his tall lanky frame, growing so quickly in the past year, 6 inches alone. And luck was hardly ever his ally.
He fell straight on his face, the egg sailing in the air and shattered again the wall.
"Oh no, Jayce what have you done!" Elis screamed.
"Oh, yes Jayce, what have you done." A bellowing voice answer her. As the egg shattered into thousands of little pieces, whiffs of green smoke started to emerge, and becoming more and more into a solid form. In less then three seconds, standing before them was unlike anything Jayce had ever seen. A light green scaled creature with four fingered talons on each of its four hands, a long pincer tail that swirling behind it, giant wings that spread out so much they filled all the space around it, and a most disgusting point face with dozens of sharp fangs poking out and dark glowing green eyes that seemed to bore into Jayce's soul.
Jayce backed away, panic setting in, as he crawled away from the creature. He saw his sister paralyzed with fear, not moving, her face ashen white instead of its usual porcelain white. "Elis run, get father!"
"Yes, go get your father. The man that thought he could hold the great Ta'Nurak, The Demon-Dragon, forever. He should have destroyed me when he had the chance." The creature bellowed as it took steps towards Jayce and Elis. In a futile attempt to protect his sister, Jayce charged at the thing, only to have one of its arms grab him by his throat and lift him up high.
"I must thank you for freeing me young Stromguard. For that, I shall let you live... and I will also grace you with a gift." He chuckled as the tail shot forth and struck Jayce across his right cheek, leaving a most terrible scar down it. Jayce screamed as he struggled against the hand that held him. Tears pouring down his face from the pain. He opened his eyes wide in fear... only to see nothing but a grayness.
"The poison only blinds. Maybe next time you won't be so eager to see something you shouldn't be looking for." Ta'Nurak tossed Jayce aside and turned to his sister. "My, my. The Stromguard magical blood flows deep in your veins. You... I will also let live."
Even though Jayce could not see, he tried to still fight. "Stay away from her!" He said as he got up, charging in the direction of the demon's voice, only to trip and fall flat on his face.
Ta'Nurak chuckled, grabbed Elis with one of his arms and left the room.
Jayce, tried to find his way back up, hoping somehow to see again. But nothing but blindness met his sight. In the distance he could hear screaming, and shouting. He tried to follow it, but every time he tried to get up and walk, he would only trip once more. Somewhere he could hear his father shouting, calling forth powerful magics as Jayce felt the whole keep shake. There was an explosion, and he could hear crashing and more screaming, this time from his mother... right before he heard it end in a most blood curling end.
Jayce laid on the ground for sometime, even after all the shouting and shaking and explosions stopped. He just cried. What had he done. What in all good gods had he done!!
