Renea closed her eyes and sank into the water like a damp shirt, whereing nothing but her undergarments she searched beneath her for a flat stone one that would skip easily. Her hand rubbed against a fish that was swimming by, Renea could swim but was only at a point where she was waist deep, finding no stone that time she returned to the surface to take a breath then she went under again, this time kicking off the bottom and swimming about five meters underwater until coming up for air again. This time she only just touched the bottom of the water and then realised something, she had lost her top, she searched the water for it but found nothing, he only choice was to return to shore and get another from the pile of clothes she was carrying.
She swam back as quietly as she could so as not to alert the young men she saw earlier of her condition "They man be only fifteen or so but I know how they will react" she said to her self. She carfully snuck up the shore and looked around for anybody who might be peeping at her then her foot snaged on a bit of rope and she tumbled over with a loud crash into a tree hollow, "Rats" she said, "I'm stuck". She tried to wiggle her way out and after some time, began to call out "Help, Help!".

Arthur was dancing throught the flows in the flame and the void. He released every tactic and maneuver he knew like it was a dance of some sort. He was not quick as some would say, he flowed through each form with ease striking with precision rather than speed. His opponent was a Summon of himself. Since Arthur had learned how to duplicate himself he trained with his summons to see his weaknesses and strengths. The summosn were weaker than him of course but they knew his every move and that helped him to know himself.

He then struck the final killing blow and the summon crmbled into nothingness. He wondered momentarily if thats what he woudl look liek when he died, it was hard killing oneself even if that self was a summon it was hard it felt liek hurting a peice of yourself. He let it go though and came out of the void. He heard a crie for help it sounded like a womans voice and Arthur sheathed his sword and went in the direction of the voice.

He finally came upon an open hollow in the ground and noticed soem clothes to the side of it and he smiled. He took his dagger and cut a piece of his own clothign and wrapped it aroudn his eyes cause clothes meant nakedness and being a gentleman it was not noce to gawk. He tied the peice of clothing around his eyes tight and made sure he could not see. He then went to the hollow and looekd down and said," Do you need any help mam."

The dirt around her was sticking to her body so she started to think negatively "Great, I will need another bath today, so much for a nice relaxing day at LOW COST" she said sarcasticly. But then she thought, of something even worse, what if it was the home of some animal? She began to panic and some where between her shouts she heard the sound of ripping cloth and then the sun was blocked out, a figure was above her. For a moment she shielded herself but then realised that this man, half dragon it seemed, had taken the courtesy of blindfolding himself."Do you need any help mam?" she heard him say, "Yes, I am stuck and topless, would you mind lifting me out of this hollow so that I can get dressed?" she replied, out streching her hand.

((By the way, I am pretty sure that if its in the post before this, getting the other character to say something they already did in the last post, then it technically isn't against the rules.))

Arthur did not flush when she said what she said he was beyond those means. Besides a gentleman never gawked or goggled at a woam who was at a disadvantage. He put himself down and flet for her outreached hand and took it and smiled and said," You might want to brace yourself". He then lifted with all his might and pulled her right out and backed away a little and made sure the blindfodl hadn ot fell and tightened it just in case. He then said," Your clothes are by where you fell in, lucky I happened alogn when I did or else you might have been stuck in there all day". He chuckled slightly for that already picturing it.

He then said," Oh and I almost forgot to introduce myself, I am Arthur, Arthur Paendrag Tanreall and from my guess you could already tell what I was, I can usually tell even when blindfolded when peopel see me for the half-dragon that I am". He was nto disturbed by it but merely delighted he hated to hide it from people and hel iked people who udnerstood and liked what he was.

Renea braced herself as she was lifted out of the hollow and onto the edge of the hollow she hurried to her clothes and pulled them on as quickly as she could placing the arrows she carried between her belt and her him she stood up straight and smiled at the half-dragon "You may remove your blindfold now" she told him "It is so very courteous of you to wear one, Arthur" she bowed to him " My name is Renea, sometimes I am called White Fox, I am travellng to make my way as a dancer and a seer" she said "I require and escort to someplace where I may stay, would you be so kind as to be that escort?"

Arthur untied the blindfold when she said he could and he let his eyes grow use to light once more and then looekd at her and was a bit supirsed that she looked only 2 years older than himself. HE expected someone younger to fall in their but no matter. He then smiled and said," Sure I can escort ya, who knows you might fall into another hole". He laughed and said," Sorry couldn't help it, yeah I can escort you I know the wilds well enough not to get lost in them".

"Excellent!" Renea said clasping her hands together "We shall leave right now" she bagan to jog away, then she stopped and called back to Arthur "Are you going to stand their thinking all day or are we going to go on our way, not to a village just yet,I want to go once around the lake, come on lets go!" And with that she jogged off and while she was jogging, thought to herself Hey, this will be as fun as dancing to the beat of a thousand drums, so she stopped and waited for Arthur laughing aloud.

Arthur shook his headi the girl wanted to race him she was in for a big suprise he was faster than he looked. He learned long ago how to increase his speed dramatically added alogn with hsi skill of Great agility he was a runner to be recokned with. He streched a bit and said," I am coming, but I warn you I am faster than I look". He finished the stretching and removed his sword on his back as well as his side and then took of his sheild and bow and quiver full of arrows. Finally he removed hsi shirt as well as his chainmail armor lettinng hsi well muscled body show especially the shining dragon emblem on his right arm.

He then went jogging after her and soon if to her suprise caught up and said," So your a performer, I am one myself in the Summer, a pretty good one everybody in Lomedor knows that when Summer comes and I enter the town everyone is in for a real treat, of course I always come in my human form, my dragon form woudl not attract the attention I would need".

Renea was nearly knocked over at how fast Arthur was and when he reached her, was speechless until he spoke. "Well, I dance I just started one day and loved it to bits" she stared intho his eyes and into his soul, she found the thing she ws looking for there and smiled, but she did not speak of what she had found, only smiled. "We should go, it wil tak longer than you expect to walk around this Lake so lets get going and maybe you can tell me more about yourself" she placed her hands on her head as she walked and whistled a little tune to herself.

Arthur sighed and stopped he wondered if she had just given up or did not want to see how fast he really was but he said nothing. He went back a quickly as he could and picked up all his things and made sure to buckle everything tight. He then ran and caught up with her and then again tightened everything on him and said," I don't usually talk about myself alot to other people because sometimes they don't understand why I do what I do, or why I did what I did but I guess I could tell a bit".

He sighed and began by saying," This is gona take awhile so ask questions later". He then said," I am the Son of Nar'Vaeg a War Dragon one of the last as there is only 80 left, and the War Dragons are know as the biggest of all the dragons so they are the lords of them, well my father is the leader of the War dragons, so my father is literally the King and Lord of All Dragons, so you can say I have alot to live up to as I am his heir. I am also the son of Selene Pendragon, my real name is Arthur Pendragon, but I changed it as my ancestors did theirs, my mother was the princess of King Arthur’s kingdom, which fell a year before I was born, so I am the descendant of the legendary King Arthur Pendragon wielder of Excalibur, creator of the Round Table, and ringer of the golden age."

He paused to catch his breath hand began again," So you can say my destiny is to become King of Both Men and Dragons, but that’s beside the point, when the kingdom fell to all its enemies my mother was taken to the mountain where my father resided, she was to be made a sacrifice for him, well obviously that didn't happen, as my father was an old ally of the kingdom and so he spared my mother and offered her protection, long story short, they fall in love and I am born".

He paused again and then said," My mother taught me everything she knew from the sword, to how to rule, to the legends of my ancestor. My father taught me almost everything he knew, I still have to finish his teachings but still, I was raised as both dragon and human, but over the years I became more dragon than human and still remain that way, with only a little human to holding me back from totally unleashing the dragon inside me".

He paused again catching his breath and then said," I left home at 18 to one seek vengeance of the 200 dragons that tried to murder my father, and two and three to find Excalibur and restore my ancestors kingdom, in over 6 years I became one of the most famed Evil Dragon slayers, I remade the ways of the dragon slayers so to speak, I was known as Arthur the Evil Dragon Slayer, some people thought what I did contradictory or kin slaying, but a good dragon will kill an evil dragon without prejudice. Only 5 months ago I killed the final of the two hundred evil dragons that tried to murder my father, but I also had added 180 extra evil dragons to my kills and finally after 6 years I retired from dragon slaying forever, promising never to kill another dragon unless in the defense of my life".

He paused for the final time and then said," Now I have dedicated my time to following the clues that will one day lead me to Excalibur so I can remake Arthur’s kingdom and one again make a golden age". He then stopped his tale and looked at her to see what she thought of this.

( Sorry its so long but you asked).

"Wow, your an ancestor of King Arthur?" Renea said "My mother, Arina, danced for him when she was very young, there she met my father Ilio who was but a humble farmer selling his wares at the market. My father courted my mother for 6 years before finally getting enough money to marry her, that was the night I was conceived, you know how it happens" she paused laughing.
"My father was a good archer and taught me to use a bow, my mother taught me to dance and my grandmother helped my to increase my knowledge of my power to see into the soul. I am a Paredhel, my mother was Quendi and my father was Atani, so obviously my beautiful features come form my mothers side".
She drew breath and continued "Thats bassically all my life, I spent it with my parents and they with me, thats how it was. But one day a man came to our village, dressed in all black with black hair and scarlet eyes, we called him The Raven. He attacked the village, we fought back as hard as we could but it was no use."
She wiped away a tear and continued "The men were killed, the young boys captured, branded and sent away, the women raped and the village burned to the ground. Good fortune that my mother and I had been in the next village, and we returned to see it destroyed, the man had arrived two days prior to the attack so we knew who he was, so I vowed to find him and kill him."
She started crying and embraced Arthur "I'm so sorry" she said between sobs.

Arthur looekd at her and knew she was not lying but she had heard wrong, King Arthru had died 500 years ago, she was thinking of his grandfather Uther. He said," Your mother could have danced for Arthur if she was over 500 years old, but otherwise it was my grandfather Uther, the Arthur that weilded Excalibur died 500 years ago, and I can't smell more than 22 years on you".

He smield he hoped he had not offended her but he knew his ancestors history better than anyone. He then listned to her own story and was a bit saddened. It sounded a bit like his except the dragons had not succeded in murdering his family. He said," Thats alright I woudl feel the same way if I lost my family as well as my village, its alright ot cry it shows you can let go". He looked her in the eyes and said," Don't let the pain become you though, use it as a weapon to fidn the man who did it, and when you do you will find him and he will suffer I know, I have used pain as a weapon for a long time". He did not say that in mean or evil way so she would not think him evil.

((wait for ME!!!))

Vahn ran swiftly through the forest. He was being chased by a small group of darklings. He was with a small clan of elves when they were ambushed. most of the company had been killed if not all of them. Vahn was already injured wioth a stab wound to his side. He found a perfect cleaing to hold off the attackers, either kill or be killed. It sounded like a good death too him. He stopped in the clearing not even noticing the two stranger that approached.

fifteen orcs quickly filled the clearing their jagged, black-steeled blades aimed at him. The hissed and growled at him in a disgusting manor. Vahn looked at them calmly and drew his sword. He loweered his hood to open up his peripherl vision and too allow his blonde elven hair to flow freely. The first two orcs lunged at him in a joint attack on either side of him. He side stepped towards the oone on his right and raised his sword as a guard. when their blades connected he spun with the orc and slashed deeply into it back. he completed the turn faciong the next orc and he thrusted forward extending his arm which was a dangerous yet neccessary tactic. Beating the orc range-wise the tip of the blade easily peirced the orcs skull.

Catching a glipse of moving to his unguarded right side he let go of the sword just in time as an orcs sword vertically came down that would have severed his arm. with the quick recoil of his arm he shot it out again. It connected hard with the orcs jaw followed by a loud crack and a spew of blood from its mouth. The orc fell over and squealed its broken jaw flowed with blood and drool. Vahn stepped over and drew his swsord from the dead orcs skull. Turning his atytention to the other orcs that still ravaged he stabbed the orc that sramble on the ground in its back and twisted the blade. The orc let out a loud squeal and slumped down again.

He pulled out the sword and looked at the orcs in front of him. Seven of the orcs ran at him. The quickly surrounded him an all lunged in at once. With perfect timing and the proper strength and angling he spun once and knocked away all their blades and stopping for less then a second he spun the opposite way and slashed each of the back. a few that stood lower were killed instantly from a cut head or throat. Vahn had to finished them off quickly. running a few steps left he swung twice and the two still standing there dropped dead. he then spun quickly and ran over to the last two one was about to swing but Vahns slash was faster and more swift. Cutting thwe cxreture in hlaf a the hips vahn stopped his short run and spun his sword and stabbed back spearing into the the other orcs back.

Vahn drew the sword and looked over at the last five. They hissed and one yelled in its gutteral voice "retreat!" they then scrambled away. Vahn sighed quietly and sheated his blade. HJe then clutched his side, the blood had stopped but the pain highly exsted now since the adrenaline of cobat receded.

((ok im in, sorry its, i like detail.))

Luca sat on a little tree branch on a tree signing to himself, a small river connected to the lake flowing towards him gurgled. It was so peaceful there and he found himself dozing off. Not soon after he was awakened but the sound of orc footsteps, he looked down at the ground and saw some running past the tree, one bumped into it and Luca was sent crashing to the ground. "Hey, how rude" he said, looking up he found himself staring at a bra and he blushed "My, what a surprise" he said. Standing up he looked at in the direction the orcs had come from "May as well go scope it out, don't know what did that to the mindless brutes but I'll soon find out" he said heading off in the direction.
He enterd a small clearing where some orcs had been slayed and an elf was standing in the center clutching his side "Good heavens, your injured!" he called running over "I am a healer, do you need assistance?" he asked.

Renea looked up at Arthur and smiled "My mothers an elf, she can live to be 1000 if she wishes" Renea moved away from him "Besides, it is my seeress ability that is leading me, having the ability to see into peoples souls is a great advantage, I can find The Raven without having to intrigate people." She picked a flower from beneath a tree and continued "The Raven has followers everywhere, I have to be sure that when I meet someone new that they are not one of his followers, like you for instance. It's just a precaution don't take it personally. My archery has kept me alive, for now, but I sure could use some allies to acompany me on my journey." And with that she ran off down the path and stopped beneath a tree "My bra, I found it, eek!" She pointed to the ground "An orc foot print and another what in the world" she heard someone shout behind her "Good heavens, your injured! I am a healer, do you need assistance?". She turned around and headed off in the direction of the voice.

Jaina was there the whole time observing how the battle was progressing and she did not want to make her pressence know but if the result was grim for the man whom they fought she would have stepped in and help him. Then there was a shout "Good heavens, your injured! I am a healer, do you need assistance?" and the time was right for her to show herself. And she walked toward the victor in this battle and in the same time casting her greater heal spell to heal him and rid him of the pain. When she was near him she said "Some fighting skills you have. but those orcs were my pray. I have followed them for few days waiting for them to get back to their cave so i can take them all with one shot." ANd she was glad to see a capable fighter among so much incompetent wanna-be-fighert-or-heroes.

Vaqhn appreciated the help. Though he wasntr a prideful fighter and woud have accepted the help during the fight. "thank you, kind people, i am in your debt. I am Vahn Alaster, Ranger of the wild and an escort of the land." he said bowing noblely to all in the present area.

Arthur did not run to the cry. He felt no danger so instead he walked toward where the call came from. He soon saw two elves and one person he knew and he smiled and looekd at the elf who had gotten hurt. He then looked at the gorund and saw orcs dead by the elfs feet and said," Not bad for an elf, but these are orcs, it would take more for you to be a shadowslyaer I think if thats why you are here".

He bent down and chekced the orcs and cursed and said," Dha'means clan, you faced elites elf, and alone mayve you are a shadowslayer, but then gaain these are no shadowspawn". He chuckeld and stood up and said pointing to Jaina," She can heal you pretty much back to normality, I know because I have fought by her side before, and your lucky we got here when we did those blades were made in Shadar Hanran, and in any blade from there has a taint to it, so yoru very lucky were here I think".