~tenebrarum Saeculorum~

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~Tenebrarum saeculorum~
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Welcome to the dark ages, where not only do you have to worry about surviving the plague, famine, illnesses, early or sudden death. You also have to watch out for the beasts that live in the dark. They can be anywhere, caves, deep forests, beneath villages, in castle dungeons or even under your bed!!

Are you a beast in the dark just trying to live a natural life or maybe a beast whose goal wreak havoc and cause total chaos. Or are you a human, dedicated to track and kill these evil beast to save humanity?

choose your character and your own plots and story line. Most importantly have fun!!

Character sheet Info:
Name:
Sex:
age:
weapons:
Human/ beast/creature: ( IE: vampire, witch, etc. can be vague to be mysterious)
Backstory: (not required)​

 

Ok looks fun so I guess I'll start off
Name :: Lucy ein
Sex female
Age ::10(300) years old
Weapons :: knife , poison and wire
race:: nord Vampire
Lucy was turned 300 years ago at the age of 10. The vampire who turned her killed here mom and dad so now she is an assassin. She uses her child like looks to get near a target and strike. She prefers to use her fangs but is proficient with a knife. Also she is into alchemy so making poison is not a problem for here.

She is slender built with golden hair reaching to her shoulder. She is wereing leather armer. she has a salchle on here belt for herbs potions and poison. Next to that a 7 inch long knife with a deer horn handle enchanted with a absorb health spell.She has pale white skin and red eyes. Also she is shy by nature

Lucy is walking in the forest out side of a town ....

 

Lucy is walking in the forest and comes across a bear she looks at it and the bear looks back. with no clue she just keeps on walking around "now were is that night shade? " Lucy asks she comes across a blue bell shaped flower "well that's a death bell not what I have ben looking for but hey that will work." Lucy exclaims out loud as putting the death bell in her pouch. "now time for me to head off to the town"

Lucy is walking north heading off to the town mainly to find a cool dark place to stay for the day but also her next target is in the town. she finds an abandon house in the south western corner of the town and calls it a night. "as much as I hate killing people I need blood now I need to find the target but until then" Lucy closes all the blinds in the shack and starts making a poison.

she takes the death bell and mixes it with some fresh mountain water and her secret her own blood you see it can turn people but for around 3 min it makes a person extremely weak so it works well when combined with a death bell. Lucy puts it in a glass bottle ''now that is done on to the next part of the plan ." Lucy pulls out the piece of parchment that has a picture of the target on it show is a female in-between mid teens to late 20.

''Ugh I hate this job but a girl has to eat " Lucy says before going to sleep in the darkened room she unsheathes her knife and puts its on the bedside table. then she puts her satchel on the side takes off her armor and changes into a night gown 'it is as pale white as her skin. Lucy blows out the candle light and goes to sleep.

 

Name: Scarlet
Sex:Female
age:19
weapons:
Human/ beast/creature: Human/ TBD


Backstory/ intro:
Born a princess, she grew up a sheltered life behind castle walls. She was basically a prisoner in her own home, forbidden to go beyond the walls that surrounded the castle. "You're the next and only heir to the throne, this is to keep you safe" he father would constantly say when she aked to adventure beyond the walls.
The older she got, the more adventurous she became. At the age of 13, her mother had passed away, leaving her feeling even more lonelier than before, her mother was the only one who would spend time with her, and with her father always needed by the people, he was always busy. So she began wondering every area of the castle, until she as able to fund a tunnel that lead outside the walls of the castle. When her father was busy, she would often go out and enjoy what little bit of freedom she could get here and there. She often enjoyed the scenery and just being outside and beyond the walls. The court yard just wasn't fun when she had no one to play with and walls all around. When she ventured out, she never strayed far, she often played near the walls.

As she got older tho, she started to stray further and further away from the walls and began discovering the world beyond. Not far from the walls was a forest, one she was always to afraid to go into, for she was told stories of evil creatures that resided in there, ones that would steal a child's soul in a heartbeat, or creatures that would take over a human body. As curious as she was, she was always to afraid to venture into the woods.

Meanwhile, in the darkness of the woods lurked a being in the shadows. The being had stalked Scarlet for years, watching her every move, waiting patiently. The creature took interest in the girl, and the power she had being a princess and the only heir to the throne. This intrigued the being, so it waited, and waited, and waited, until the right opportunity.

One day when Scarlet was 17, she and her father got into a huge argument. He had discovered that she was sneaking out beyond the walls and threatened to have someone watch over her at all times. This upset Scarlet, as being able to go beyond the walls was the only thing she had to look forward to. In a rage she stormed out of the throne room, ran through the castle. She kept running and running, disobeying her fathers wishes, she again went beyond the walls. But this time she kept running and didn't stop. Before she knew it she was deep within the forest.What was even worse, was the sun began to set. Leaving her in total darkness. Scarlet became frighten, she had never been in the woods before, nor has she ever been beyond the walls past dark.

The shadow watched, watched the girl run into the woods and become lost. I kept its distance as to not be discovered just yet. It waited for the right moment, when she was at her lowest point, it wasnt long before whimper could be heard. The creature circled the girl in a distance watching as she sat on her knees crying, begging for someone to find her.
"Are you lost littler girl?"
the creature spoke in a raspy tone
"I could help you, I can help make all your dreams come true"
It moved closer, hovering just above her, the creature reached out and fondled the girls hair, while whispering in her ear
"All you have to do is .....let me in"

Scarlet froze when she heard the voice, she was frozen on the spot, unsure of what the creatures intention was. She started into the woods, making sure to not make any sudden moves. But when she felt the creature touch her hair and whisper into her ear, it sent chills down her spine. She reacted fast, jumped up and moved away from the creature with haste, but when she turned around, the creature was no where to be found. This terrified her even more, was she imagining it?
"W-who's there?"
She called out.

The creature spoke again, but this time its voice echoed above the tree tops
"I promise I'll keep you safe and sound, I'll give you everything you've been dreaming of"
The creature moved swiftly past Scarlet and was suddenly behind her
"Just let me in"

The chilling feeling as the creature flew past her only terrified her even more. Scarlet began running, yelling, calling for help.
"Please if there someone out there, help me"
Suddenly the air got cold and crisp, as if it was suddenly winter. As she exhaled, her breath could be seen in the air and she was suddenly very cold. She kept running until she came across a lake, but the lake was frozen solid.
"H-how is this possible?"

The creature was suddenly behind her.
"Magic my dear child, and there is more of it, I can give you everything you ever wanted, everything you ever dreamed of. I'll keep you safe, keep you under my control, all you have to do is JUST let me in"

The voice sounded angry when it emphasized just, all she wanted to do was get away from the creature and without thinking she began running across the ice. She got towards the middle of the lake when the ice began to crack beneath her, next thing she knew she was underwater in the freezing waters. She has managed to swim up enough and attempted to pull herself out of the water, but the ice was so thin and slipper, it just kept breaking beneath her and she just couldn't get a grip.
"HELP"
she yelled, but no one but the creature responded

It hovered above the tree tops and its voice echoed
"You know what you must do child and all this could be a simple dream...Let....me....in"

She was desperate, and honestly didn't have another choice, she slipped again and found it hard to keep her head afloat. Her body was freezing and she could barely move.
"Ok"
was all she said before she went under.......



......To be continued

 

Lucy wakes up and see that her knife is missing "you have got to be kidding me now I have to go to the black smith and I got this knife from my old coven" she opens up her satchel and pulls out a clear glass bottle full of a white paste. well applying the white paste to her skin " ugh this stuff smells like death but I have to put this stuff on in order not to burn to death" she pulls out a coin purse from her satchel " well time to go to the black smith".

Lucy puts on her street cloths no need to were armor here I feel safe plus I need to observe my target in the inn. Lucy heads east to the black smith. ''hello little girl what brings you here you want a wooden sword '' the black smith asks. Lucy who is sick of people thinking that she is a kid slams 500 gold on the counter '' your best knife please" the black smith garbs a knife the display case "is this for your mom or dad " the blacksmith asks. Lucy who is sick of this guy looks at him In the eye and says '' you know since I have been a nice customer why don't ya give me that knife for free" the black smiths eyes go white " ok here you can have your gold back too " Lucy walks out with a steel knife with a oak handle.


Lucy head off to the inn to get site of her target in one table there is a mid teen girl with a boy that smells' of a shifter. at the next table there is a women late 20's who dose not look like she has ever made an honest liveing. sitting at the bar is a lady in her late teens to early 20's. now my target is this 18 year old wait staff so I walk to here ::sobbing:: "miss I cant find my mommy '' Lucy says to the waiter " ok kid what's your name " the water askes "Lucy my mommies name is heather" Lucy says "ok can you take me to the place were she was last" the waiter ask ''okay i will" Lucy says


Lucy takes the waiter into the alley and Lucy says " sorry abut this miss but I have to kill you " what are you talking about " Lucy jumps on top of her neck and puts her fangs into her neck and drinks her dry. Lucy walks away leaving the corps of the waiter on the ground. well now that I ate time to head back to the house....

 

lucy is in the house that she currently resided in looking for kerosene or some kind of mead or heavy wine she has to burn the body because of were she desired to kill the wait staff some people might eat it out of hunger. now uesly lucy would pose as a undertakers assistance but since the waitress lived in the slums no point so the next best thing is to burn it for 3 reasons. first per events the dead from becoming undead{{you could also take out there heart]] secondly if some one were to eat any body parts they could turn into a vampire {{ vampire's have a death like sent around them}}. or lastly some guard might see the fang marks in the neck and I would have leave this town and I don't want to. lucy grabs some flint from on top of the hearth.


lucy heads off to the alley way where she took care of the body and starts soaking it in the flammable liquids. were on the left arm of the corps there is no arm just crude knife marks tho crude it sill is done right who eve did this dislocated the limb before cutting and that is important for 2 reasons either they are incerbledy strong or has delt in undertaking before

Spoiler: away from context

(this is a away fom context thing but if you work with a dead body there is something called braking the limbs in the death industry were you message the muscles of a corps to make it more movable )

"well shit i hope the person did not eat it because if they did wll there are going to have one hell of 3 day i hope i can find them before hand" lucy says as she lights the body and walks away

lucy heads to the inn and waits to see if the person who ate the limb seeks here out "bar keep could i have some tea" lucy asks
the bar keep hand lucy a mug of mead "this is not what i asked for" lucy exlames ;;the bar keep gets close to her ear :: "we both know your not a kid" lucy looks up and sees a blond haired women mid 30's lucy askes" ya whats it to you bitch" the women slaps lucy '' is that any way to talk to your mom" "mom my moms dead" lucy says


lucy gets up and runs away back to the old house....

 

Lucy is in the house walking back in forth "crap crap crap" debating why that lady was acting like her mother also she acted like she knew who she was and that's not a good thing " what was that lady vampire shifter witch or elf " Lucy pulls at her hair out of frustration " maybe she is my mom they only found 2 chard bodies so maybe she is heather " well it has been 300 years since her family was killed what happened is they burned the bodies so her mom might still be alive.

the sun is bright so lucy calls it a night and sleeps


-----------------------------------------------heather{Lucy's mom}-----------------------------------------------------------------
Name:heather
Sex: female
age:35[500]
weapons: eastern sword {samari sword}
Human/ beast/creature nord vampire
about: she is 5' 7" thin with blond hair weapon is a 27" long sword enchanted with blinding spell {if someone gets hit by this they become blind} she was turned 500 years ago and she had to turn her daughter because hunters found out who she was and who her husband was and killed also here friend was killed too now she curranty works as a bar keep in a town

Spoiler: heather

---------------------------------------------------------------------heathers view of the past events -----------------------------------------
heather just started working at the inn and a 10 year old girl walks in " welcome to our inn" heather says so i just watch she dose look like my daughter well the little girl talks to the new wait staff that just hired and she leaves but when she passes by me i smell a very unique odder the smell of a vampire. i wait for about 2 hours and they dont come back so i let the head bar keep know that ill be out for a bit.

heather checks the alley ways and finds a dead body looks at her shoulder at the crook of the neck and sees 2 small holes were the artery and veins are. :: lets out a deep breath :: 'well I guess my Lucy is alive " ;;the sound of foot steps approaching :: a pore looking female late 20's come's to the body pulls out a dagger and stars cutting the limb off and walks away with it. '' ugh crap she needs the blood of the vampire that killed that girl or she will become one with the night. within 3 days"



well the next day Lucy walks in to the in and asks for tea well she must be in her hundreds by now so some mead wont hurt her
i give her a mug of mead and she says " that's not what i ordered " so i whisper in her ear ''we both know that you are not a kid" and she respond by calling ma a bitch so i slapped

her "is that any way to treat your mother " i ask
" my mom is dead" lucy says and she runs away

well im shur as hell not dead


i go back to tending bar​

 

They arrived at the castle, Scarlet was taken to her room, her maidens dressed her in warm clothing, built a fire and placed her in her bed under warm blankets to warm her body. It was a miracle the girl survived, and the only way she was able to was thanks to the creature. As the maidens exited the girls room the whispered to each other
"Strange how the child managed to find a frozen lake in the middle of summer, do you suppose it was magic?"
They both looked back on the resting girl and the other maiden spoke
"Not only that but the child survived falling into the freezing temperatures, it has to be magic, a very strange one at that, I just hope the child is ok"
They exited the room and headed down the hall to go about their daily routines.
"We should probably check up on her later"
the other maiden nodded in agreement
"Let's bring her something warm to eat, for when she wakes up"

The king, overnight had suddenly became deathly ill. Doctors couldn't explain this sudden turn of events but the king had very little time. He was more concerned about his daughters safety than his own health. While Scarlet was being tended to, the head knight took Drumik to see the king, but instead of taking him to the throne room, he was taken to the kings chambers, where the king laid ill in his bed. The knight walked up to the kings bedside and knelt
"Your majesty, your daughter has been found. She is alive and being tended to as we speak"
The knight stood up and motioned towards Drumik
"Your majesty, this is the man who found your daughter and brought her to us safely. He said he found her half drowned and freezing to death. When we picked Scarlet up, her clothes were drenched and her body was as cold as ice. I have reason to believe there is evil magic in the forest that caused this. My men went back and discovered a frozen lake with a hole in the center"
The knight looked back at the orc
"If it wasn't for him, she would have died"
The knight looked back at the king
"Your majesty, if I may overstep my position a bit, I feel we owe this man for saving Scarlet"
The king, barely able to keep his eyes opened, nodded in agreement. He looked up at Drumik and motioned for him to approach. He reached his shaky hand out to the orc, took a deep breath and spoke in a raspy voice.
"Thank you...please....watch over her... protect her... and in return...my guard will make sure you.....have everything you need."
The king looked up at the head guard and gave a slight nod.
"Make sure he....is well taken care of.....for saving my daughter"
The king closed his eyes
"Please....tell my daughter I love her...and that...she will make....a great queen...."
He motioned for them to leave, turned his head to rest. The kings breathing worsened, it was obvious he was soon to die.
The guard looked at Drumik and gave a slight nod of approval
"It is the kings wishes to make you an official protector of his daughter, if this is a position you would like to uphold, you will be given shelter, paid a great sum and provided food when needed. But only you can say whether you want to take the offer or not"
The guard awaited for Drumiks answer, if he chose to become the official protector of Scarlet, the guard was prepared to show him where he will be staying.

As Scarlet slept, the creature exposed itself. When Scarlet agreed to letting the creature in, it became one with her, but only it could separate itself from her. The creature hovered over her, watching her as she slept. It reached its hand out and brushed the hair away from her face.
"My vessel, I knew you would give in, I just had to do a little convincing"
it chuckled evilly. It decided it was time to look around, get to know its surroundings, beginning with Scarlet's room. As it flew around the room, it spoke
"The only reason you are alive, is because I kept you alive. If it wasn't for me, you would be at the bottom of the lake by now"
it hovered over to the window, looking out at the horizon and the town below, studying
"I'll protect you for as long as your body remains my vessel, I'll control you when I see fit, you will be one with me. It's time, time for change, time to allow creatures to roam freely, and you are my ticket in making that happen"
Just as it said that, dark clouds suddenly loomed over the castle and town.
"When you wake, the king will be dead, and with you being the next heir to the throne, is the perfect opportunity for me to begin. I'll eliminate everything in my path to get what I want, starting with your father"
It laughed
"you wanted freedom, now you have it. With your father gone, you'll become queen and I'll take you being queen to my advantage"
It laughed again this time exiting the room through the window. The creature needed to feed in order to keep possession of the girls body and the only time for that was when she slept during the night. Light was the creatures weakness, that and fire. For a creature to continue to use magic in that way, it needed to feed as much as it could while its vessel rests.

....one more post and ill be up to present, just gonna give Guts a chance to respond before continuing

Name: Scarlet
Sex:Female
age: 19
weapons:
Human/ beast/creature: Human possessed by a shadow creature
Human: eyes are blue, skin is of normal complexion
When creature is posessing: eyes are red, skin is as pale as snow
Image of Scarlet:



Name:
Sex: Unknown
Age: unknown
Weapons: none
Creature: shadow demon who possesses humans
Weakness: Light and fire
Advantages: darkness, immense feeding
Image is of creature, but has no legs

 

The head knight shook his head as he began walking down the hall
"My duty is to train and prep our soldiers for whatever tasks the king needs them for. It wasn't until this evening that we needed someone to watch and protect our princess"
He grumbled to himself
"See the princess and the king got into a disagreement last evening, apparently the king had discovered she was sneaking past the castle walls and forbade it. The princess, as stubborn as she is, ran off. We had all our men out looking for her, but we didn't think to check the woods. She was told since she was a child that evil creatures live there, and I guess even that didn't stop her from venturing into the woods out of anger"
He shuffled around a set of keys, until he found the right one and took it off the ring, he looked at the key and sighed
"The king fell very ill this morning, and its looking like he might not make it. Doctors can't figure out the cause of it. The king wants nothing more than his daughter to be safe, and given that you saved her, even tho you didn't have to, shows good faith and the fact that you care."
He looked up a Drumik
"Seeing someone go out of their way to save someone they don't even know.... well that's the kind of person you know you can trust. Plus you did mention not having a place to stay. You'r tall and pretty built, not to mention you had no issues carrying the princess in your arms. That's the kind of person we need to look after her. I mean you may have to pick her up kicking and screaming, if she ever tries to run off again"
He chuckled, then took a moment to look Drumik up and down for a moment.
"May I make a suggestion...for your safety of course. If you ever go outside of the castle walls, make sure to wear a cloak or mask of some sort. The towns people, tho are very supportive of our king and princess, may not be as supportive if they found out we were housing an orc in the kingdom. They don't take kindly to those that are different and I'd hate to see you get treated badly."
He walked a little ways, stopping just outside a set of doors, he turned to face Drumik and gestured to the doors
"This is the princess'es room, in case you ever need her or she you"
He walked to the next set of doors and handed Drumik the key
"This will be where you sleep, your room is right next to the princess'es in case she needs you for an emergency."
The knight gave a slight bow to the orc
"If there is anything you need, do not hesitate to ask anyone here, word has already spread that you are here to protect the princess"
Before the knight could take his leave, one of the guards came rushing towards them.
"SIR!"
the man saluted
"The king, he...he..."
the guards expression was one of mourning. The head knight knew what had happened and just placed a hand on the guards shoulder.
"You dont have to say anymore, alert everyone"
He then turned to Drumik
"I'm sorry but something urgent has come up and I must take my leave, please make yourself at home"
The head guard left with haste

.........the people of the castle as well as the towns people, mourned the kings death the rest of the night, into the following days.

The princess hadn't woken for 2 days after she was found on the lake. It took her body a while to recover, the creature also put her in a deep sleep so that it could set things in order. The morning of the 2nd day, Scarlet woke, by her bedside were her maidens, ready to dress her. But when Scarlet opened her eyes, the maidens cried out in terror. Scarlets eyes were no longer blue, they were red, and he skin was as pale as snow. One of the guards rushed in thinking there was an intruder, but he to noticed the difference in the princess.
"Scarlet?"
Scarlet looked up at the guards and maidens and tilted her head
"Is there something wrong?"
the guard whispered to the maidens
"It may just be a side effect from her almost freezing to death"
the maidens nodded in agreement and played everything off as if nothing happened. After she got dressed and ready for the day, she was sat down and given the news about her father. Scarlet showed no feelings about the topic, which the staff thought was off, but never questioned it. She was then given the news that she now had a protector, and that it was her fathers dying wish to have someone watch over her, after the incident in the woods. She wasn't in the best of moods when finding out she would have someone protect her, in fact she was rather angry on the situation, or the creature inside of her was, but to not raise any red flags, she (the creature) agreed to have Drumik at her side as her protector.
A week later, Scarlet was pronounced queen and ruler of their kingdom and from there she ruled. Now at 19, queen Scarlet sits on the throne that once belonged to her father. She motioned for the guards to allow the towns people in one at a time. Expressionless, Scarlet spoke
"What can I do for you today, sir?"
The man approached the first set of steps, that lead to the throne, he looked weak and old.
"Your majesty, your people need assistance, the town has been suffering greatly and we need your help"
Before the man could finish anything Scarlet raised her hand to stop him from speaking, she heard enough. She was rather dismissive of the towns peoples needs.
"You have already received help this month, I will not send more"
The man spoke out
"But your majesty, your father would lend help...."
She interrupted the man before he could say anymore
"My father was a weak man, I am not my father"
She then turned to Drumik
"Please remove him from my sight, I'm tired of his squabbling"

 

Lucy is walking back in forth in the house "I'm gone a confront her and ask a question that only mama would know'' Lucy smirks' '' and if I feel that she is lying well ill kill her and every one in this damn town '' Lucy dose not like to kill but if some one needs killing then there is no one better. Lucy runs off to the inn :: the doors to the inn slams open:: Lucy walks up to heather and talks " is there some place we can talk miss.'' Lucy says '' we have a store room ''' heather walks into the store room with Lucy

lucy pulls out a small dagger "ok ill keep this simple prove that your my mom and ill think about not killing you '' lucy says '' you have a scar on your right palm from picking up a hot ember when you were 3'' heather replies lucy mouth gaped open " ok ill get to the point we need to track down the cannibal who ate the arm of my target and talk to them'' lucy says '' I know who it was a female mid to late 20's and a decent author '' heather pulls out a book called Explorer's Guide to the Wilds and the Creatures the authors name is crudely scribbled on the book and is illegible

lucy and heather walk in to th forest and find a woman at the neck of a pore old farmer "hey we need to talk that's ok I'm not gone a hurt you'' Lucy says '' you can come with us and learn to control you eagers"" lucy says '' ;;the woman looks up from the corps ::

the woman looks up blood dripping from her lips :: both lucy and heather are looking in the womans eyes her eyes bright blood red from blood lust but also look kinda beast like. :: '' you more then likely cant here me but im gone a talk any ways" lucy says just then heather grabs lucy by the neck "what mom" lucy askes kind rudely heather responds '' we need to get out of here she is not a vampire "

huh not a vampire what, why not a vampire lucy has only come in contact of a hand full of paranormal's out side here self " mom what is she '' lucy asks heather before getting redy to run heather responds as they both are running away " no clue but not a vampire "

lucy and heather get as far away as they can...

 

as lucy and heather run away the sound of braking bones and contorting mussels fill trhe forest when the smell of wet dog fills the air
::the sound of paws running on the ground :: Lucy is running out of breath and falls to the ground
heather look at her and says "well your on your own kid have fun "" heather teleports away
---------------------------------------------------------------------lucy--------------------------------------------------------------------------


I am one the ground the soft wet ground I here heather say something and she disappears crap " WHEN I FIND YOU AGAIN IM GONA KILL YOU HEATHER "" I say I am still on the ground I can feel the Moring dew and I think my legs are broken. vampires heal fast but not supper fast it will take a day before my leg is held ::you can see the bone sticking out of the skin:: '' ugh I'm stuck here for a day'' the sound of paws are closer ::Lucy unsheathes her dagger trying for what little protection it has ::


the sun slowly peeks throe the sky ''crap crap crap'' lucy grabs the bottle of sun past but its empty " well fu….' ::just then a log falls on her head and knocks here out ….