elifain, who had been hired out by a small group of soldiers, stood at the edge of a camp, and stared out at the expansive grasslands.
about a mile or two away, out of bow range was the oposing army, aparently the two were human groups that did not see eye to eye, and one of the groups found the thought of having a dark elf in their ranks would prove beneficial. but elifain had a different idea for a role he would play. the sun was going down, and the time of the drow was fast descending.
the moment the sun disapeared over the horizon, the two senteries standing near elifain, saw the elf disapear completely, and had to blink to make sure he had not simply put his piwafwi's hood up.
he had but at the same time, he had but at the same time, he sprinted foreward, using his infravision, customary of drow, so by the time the sentries noticed he was not there, he was a quarter of the way to the enemy camp.
soon after he was about to hit the enemy line, and could clearly see the sentries in the heat spectrum, but he knew he would have to watch out for the torches, so he stoped out of the gaurds line of sight, and observed their movements, and found a weak spot in their lines, a gaurd, who had fallen asleep on the post...
he snuck up on the man, and silently opened his throat with a knife, before moving silently into the camp, and the sleeping soldiers. he stopped at the first few tents, and similarly killed the sleeping ocupants, before moving deeper into the area

Zilfer had taken the opposite side, on the fight, they had offered him more money, and he was currently watching the drow slip into his lines. He grinned slightly, it appears they would meet again, however this time they where on opposite sides. Zilfer whistled lowly, as if to alert guards who where not paying attention. Zilfer then slowly headed back into a tent and then waited for the drow's approach on his tent it would be interesting to see his face. Zilfer enjoyed the wait for now, if the guards hadn't spotted him by the time elifain got to his tent then they didn't deserve to live.

Zilfer: and now i wait.....

elifain slid past a tent, and into the next in line, only to find an soldier who was just getting up for his guard shift. the man stared stupidly at the drow, before letting out a yell that elifain could not stop in time. he finished the fool off though, before cutting his way out the back of the tent, and charging the closest, standing soldiers.
He hit the gaurds with a quick jab, and a slash of his sword, that left one dead, and the other off balance, but that would not be enough, with the soldiers charging in behind him.
He charged to the side, to another tent, and jumped, spinning as he did, to cut a hole in the side of the tent, as he flew in.

Zilfer was standing infront of the drow, his blade drawn already.

zilfer: We meet again dark one.....

Zilfer kicked the drow back out side the tent and jumped out as well pointing his sword straight at elifain, and then spoke once more.

Zilfer: This one's mine, now that their main attack is preoccupied send the signal for our scout parties to hit them from the sides, once they are distracted move in. Now dark one, we can see our true skills.... no hard feelings.

Zilfer leaped forward slashing downwards at elifain.

elifain rocked back on his shoulders, hands by his head, and like a coiled snake, snapped his body to fly backwards and land a little farther in front of zilfer.
"So now im the main force?" he asked comically, and drew his sword."i thought i was the apatizer..."
He finished his statement with a charge, that included a left to right slash that if anything would knock the elves sword to the right.
"I guess we shall se who the victor is, or meet a draw..."

Zilfer slash headed downwards and hit the ground as elifain rolled back he looked up and saw the elf charging him, and he held his blade to the right(elifian's left) and blocked the blade, his scimitar slide straight up to zilfer's hilt stoppedin and with zilfer's free hand backhanded elifain to send him await and hopefully to turn elifain around as zilfer slashed once again trying to leave a slash across his back.

Zilfer: A draw? Highly unlikely, i only wanted you outta that camp before these men moved in. Night arrows.... it's a concept you should learn.

Zilfer twirled his blade into a defensive stance with his blade parrellel to the ground and then straight out, zilfer kept his knee's bent.

elifain laughed and somehow bent his dagger arm to block the slash to his back, and said,"My people have used those arrows for generations.."
he shoved his sword foreward in an attempt to brake the elves block, and maneuvered his dagger to go for the elves exposed side.
"You should really consider a new line of work though. i mean, an assassin working as a merc.... not very similar...

Zilfer: you got it all wrong, i joined them becuase they wanted to kill someone on your side. I just happen to be helping them get their revenge THEMSELVES.

Zilfer blocked aside and took a wounds to the side however, elifain has also left himself open his sword was now to the side, and the dagger slash made his front exposed and zilfer wanted a little payback for the slash to his side, so he slashed straight up into elifain's open defences, he was most likely to close to dodge, or at least all the way.

elifain jumped back, in an attempt to get out of range, but got nicked by the blade. "So your excuse is your helping them kill people... if i do remember correctly, thats how we met." he smirked," then again we cant always be accurate." he finished with a right hand sweep of his sword that brought him up close again.

As elifain came in a sweeping blow zilfer did a backflip backwards forcing his legs out to try and catch elifain on the chin, as he did, however it was mostly not an attack, and just to dodge the sweeping blow of elifain's blade. Zilfer landed on his feet with his sword held up straight now, he was bleeding slightly from the side, becuase he could feel the warm blood running down towards his legs. He ignored this for the most part, however, he stood there for a moment watching elifain's movements.

Zilfer: They will kill the target, or i'll be forced to do the job myself, however it's better that they pay me to be on their side and kill the man anyways. Double the money from 2 different sources.... however either way, that man's going to die...

meanwhile as zilfer and elifain where fighting a surprize attack of arrow's rained down on the sentries before they could call out or act, and then another wave of arrows, as the men moved in got ready to move in. The 3rd and last volley where fire arrows, and set tents aflame.

Elifain smirked,"I think you should have planned better then that."
In the field, around to the left of the attacking field, came a force of 3 score of the defending camp, which had been nearly empty, except for the decoy guards and a few dozen men who had volunteered. The force used arrows of their own, 1 round of them and charged into the camp with a bloodlust. they fell over the fools who had attacked the camp like a wave.
Elifain laughed. "You sound like a drow. stabbing the back of the leaders with one hand, while shaking their hands with the other." he put his sword to his side, and prepaired for the worst.

Zilfer grinned at the remark of the drow.

Zilfer: Perhaps i was born in the wrong race..... my brother would think so.

Zilfer noticed the camp was a decoy, however his "waves" hadn't gone in yet, only the arrows. They had foolishly shown their possition by using arrows. Sure the archers had suffered some losses but the enemy had suffered even more. The decoy guards where all dead from the pincer of arrows, however once the TRUE army of the defending camp came from the left of the attacking feild of archers, and bowled them over, the men from zilfer's came now choise to attack while holding their sheilds up to deflect arrows. The archers on the right which had been ignored and not attacked now rained arrows into the ranks of elifains.

Zilfer: It appears there might not be many men left after this battle, however.....

Zilfer stepped on the edge of a peice of wood flipping it up into the air and with a quick cut of his katana sharppened it into a makeshift dagger like that of the one elifain weilded only weaker since it was wood. He waited for elifain to make the first move, he would use his agility now to try and outclass elifain.

ooc: 1 score=20 men.thus 60 men showed themselves, not the entirety of the army.
The 3 score lifted shields before the arrows hit, but continieud their charge at zilfers army, and from the right, the rest of the army threw off their disquising cloaks and opened up on the distracted right flank with fire arrows of their own, and some exploding arrows thrown in. they then charged, much like the smaller force had done, but unlike the smaller group. they charged right through, bowling over any still alive that got in their way, and broke into 2 groups. the larger of which stayed and fought while the smaller one , 100 men strong charged towards the encampment.
Elifain glanced out to the field, then put his sword out that way, and said, "before they get here, we will eather have to fight or flee for i fear they dont want any dark elf witness... part of the reason they paid upfront..."

Zilfer: They paided upfront.... heh, same here but apparently it's a good thing.

Zilfer looked out to the feild. His archers had one of the groups raising their shields as his group clashed into theirs, it would be hard to fend off archers and his troups however, the main force coming here to this main camp was just as zilfer planned. Zilfer yelled at one of the flaggers on a risen wooden wall, who then waved fire signalling the 5 archers that had stayed back to get ready.

Zilfer: Get the fire arrows ready, their about to hit the oil.......

The archers waited intill the army came close enough and then unleashed their arrows, flames shot up into the night.

Zilfer: I'm sorry, i must be leaving now.... now that the main force is away from the king, i can strike.

Zilfer bolted off into the night, his wounds hurt, but that hardly mattered, he bolted around the fightning towards his target heading as fast as he could, before this night was up, another payday would be bagged.

elifain looked blankly as the elf ran off, but decided it would be best to leave him be. he snuck up behind the archers, and opened wide their throats, even though their missions had been complete, and walked out of the camp calmly.
"Lets see if somebody out there can give me a good challenge," he said aloud as he charged the battlefield that remained, and cut down the first two fighters he ran into, with a double thrust of his sword.
they fell, and he charged his next victims.

Zilfer's job was easy, the chaos of the battle feild and the dead of night made it hard to see him with his cloak up, and he snuck behind enemy lines, approaching the only tent that hadn't been touched, and it was set off and away from the battlefeild for safty. As he approached 2 guards on the outside where there, however zilfer's sword was drawn, and he quickly stooped low and crept in from a line of creates off to the side, and then suddenly he sprinted slashing the first guard that was closet to him quickly, and then twirling his blade overhead and slashing down at the neck joint of the other who had just about muttered something audioable. A voice from the tent questioned the noise outside.

??: Is someone out there...? Antoino? Jinkar?

Zilfer stepped back into the darkness of night but was right infront of the tent. His target popped his head out of the tent to look and saw his guards dead, his eyes futilely tried to focus in the dark, as a tapping sound echoed rythmically, intill he saw the moon's glow from zilfer's blade.

??: How did you make it past our lines?
Zilfer: I am a shadow..... lines and barriers mean nothing to me.

And this was the part there the victum tries to run away, and zilfer was right, he shot back into his tent, but zilfer bolted after him, his speed was much quicker then the elderly man, and as the man tried to grab his sword zilfer was behind him whispering into his ear as he felt the cold stab of death behind him.

Zilfer: Your evil deeds are done. With your death i have free'd many men from their dept to you.
Man: Hahaha, you think...? No.... they will just fall victum to another..... you haven't saved anyone.... if anything.... you've doomed them.
Zilfer: what do you mean another....?
Man: he has heard of you.... i am only the decoy, you've fallen into a trap my good elf.....

The man died and zilfer let his body fall to the floor and he drew his blade out of the body as suddenly arrows wizzed by. Zilfer dove as a barrage of arrows cascaded into the tent.

Zilfer: Damnit..... well my job is done, but the contractor told me nothing about another.... he's gonna have to pay double if he wants my services again.

elifain slaughtered all that got in his way, not for evil intentions, but because these men would soon turn on him, or were allready going after him. he slew them by the dozens, without feeling a regret for his actions, but stopped suddenly, as if he heard a call, and turned to the east. there, amongst a group of dead, sat the man in charge of the army who had hired him, smirking at his attempts to cut through the mens army.
"This is the end of you!" elifain yelled, and charged head on to the paladin. just to go flying back, at the mans backhand.
"Die drow," He smirked.

Zilfer remained silent below the desk..... the arrows had stopped, and someone approached.

Zilfer*under his breath*: this isn't going to end well....

Zilfer heard the men come and and start checking, he wasn't going to wait for them, he would surprize them. Zilfer popped out form the desk and ran straight forward impaling the first man near him, and slashing out his side leaving blood splattering over the tent, as a bowman pointed his arrow and fired, zilfer moved, but not fast enough, his shoulder caught the arrow. However Zilfer knew if he stopped it would be the end, forcing himself to contiune moving he slashed the bowman down who had nothing but wood to protect him, and as someone was about to come in zilfer jumped at the man impaling him as he flew out of the tent, and straight onto the ground. His shoulder was bleeding. Looking around as he snapped the arrow shaft, he would have to pull it out the rest of the way later, he saw no one else was around. Zilfer saw the battle in the distance was dying, however he needed answers. Zilfer headed for the battle feild and he came running, however his footsteps where completely silent from his trainning, he could full sprint and leave no sound behind, and he jump kicked the paladin forward.

Zilfer: Who are you working for?!?!?

elifain had just stood up when the paladin who had knocked him down flew down the hill at the end of the elves foot.
"Took you long enough," elifain said as he shook his head, and stood up."Tell me when i can kill him...."
he kept his sword out, but stood nearby in case the paladin attempted to flee, in which case, he would be chased down.

Zilfer saw the paladin reaching for his sword but zilfer quickly disarmed him and slammed his foot into the chest of the paladin, he probably wouldn't feel it to much becuase of his armor, but he would still feel it slightly.

Zilfer: I said who are you working for.
Paladin: Heh, wouldn't you like to know.
Zilfer: alright you can kill him.
Paladin: what?!?!

Zilfer saw the panic on the paladin's face, and he soon broke under the pressure.

Paladin: alright alright! i'll tell you what you want to know!
Zilfer: Good, now lets start off, with why is there a small scale war being held down here.
Paladin: It was just the peasant's revolting against the law, however.... the man i work for has been taxing them.
Zilfer: I killed him, how was HE working for?
Paladin: I donno..... some dark guy... he gave me the creeps everytime i saw him.
Zilfer: A name, i need a name.
Paladin: I donno his name.

Zilfer took his blade and made it like he was going to slash.

Paladin: I dont know his name!

Zilfer stopped and looked at the drow.

Zilfer: what do you think, is he lying? and more importantly.... should we kill him?

OOC feel free to control the paladin too elifian. =P make the story up WITH me not just have me controll it =P

ooc" i kno, just figured if i post, it would probably get him killed and u wanted to question him.
Elifain looked at the man for a few minutes, and said, he is telling the truth, but for the other question..." he left off, showing a wicked grin, that coming from a drow, could scare the bravest men.
he finally moved foreward, to the knight, and asked,"Why did you hire me if you intended to kill me anyway?"
the paladin, close to fainting," whined, you were avalable, and we needed a good distraction."
Elifain chewed the answer over for a few moments, and quickly brought his elbow down to the mans neck, knocking him out, and walked away.
"Your choice," he yelled back

Zilfer: i dont need the blood of a paladin on my hands.

Zilfer left the paladin, he would have to go to the nearest town, but for now it would be wise to leave the place of battle, and swiftly before the sun arose. Zilfer followed the drow for now.

Zilfer: It appears i'm going to have to go after the real plotter, care to join? or you going to go off on your own for now.

elifain, sword strapped to his back, under his piwafwi once more, put his hands behind his head, and said," im game... after all im bored enough to do anything right now... nobody on this battlefield caused a threat to me, except that palidan that we left behind us..."
He accentuated the point by kicking a pebble that he saw through the grass.

Zilfer: Heh..... well lets hope for some stronger opponents for you, and answers for me.

Zilfer followed elifain however since he didn't know this area.

Zilfer: hopefully you know where your going. Cus i dont know the area, and we need to stop for supplies.

elifain laughed," i just picked a direction and started walking," he went quiet for a moment before adding," that and this is the way that i came. we will soon be in a small village where we can get suplies.
He finished his statement, by looking back to the east, just as the sun was coming up.
this would be a good journey, he decided silently

Zilfer: Well at least your not completely useless..... for a drow.

Zilfer grinned as he put his cloak up, elves usually where spotted easily, zilfer didn't always like being seen as an elf, sometimes it was better for them to think he was human. After all he no longer "belonged" to the elves.

Zilfer: lets get a move on.

elifain looked over at zilfer as he pulled his cloak closer around him, and smirked. part of being drow was knowing that you could never fit in on the surface area, due to the skin color, and no matter how hard any elf tried, drow or light, most people would recognize them due to facial features, and their voice.
He quickly decided that would be a lesson for later though, and walked towards the town that he was hired from.
(you gonna pick town?)

Elifain headed towards the town he was hired from while zilfer came along silently, only his cloak making noise in the wind of the night, as the sun began to rise. IT appeared that he always meet this drow at night, maybe it was a sign form one of the gods..... maybe it wasn't. who knew for sure? Zilfer eye'd his surroundings memorizing the route they where taking through the grass lands.