This was a night like any other. The sky was filled with stars and the people of Taras slept calmly in there beds. It appeared as if the night would go on in peace. But unknown to the people of the city a dark figure had flown in over the wall, killing two of the guards and then ran off into the shadows.

Only one person had witnessed the event. A small child that appeared to be about six years old. He ran into the nearest place he could hear voices coming from but by the time he had got there all that was left where the bodies of the dead.

"You seem frightened child." A voice said from behind him. "Let me ease your fear." The boy not realizing it was the same person who had killed the people turned around and began telling him what had happened.

After the boy had finished talking to him the man said to him "Come with me. I will take you to see the gaurds so you can tell them what has happened." He then took the boy to a small alley where he killed him and left the body lying in that spot.

With six people already dead Azrail smiled and said "Luck seems to be on my side tonight." As he walked back onto the street and began to search for more people.

Romanus ran down an alley and turned onto a street, sword still in hand from earlier. He was still being hunted here in Taras, the guards kept following him. He had already had to kill three who tried to capture him, as he now had a bounty on his head it seemed. He wished this city would burn, it was an annoyance. A person just couldn't get around in this city.

Some guards appeared in front of him now. He looked to either side, quickly finding himself surrounded. "Aww, crap. You gotta be kidding. Well, shall we dance then?" He smiles as he draws his sword for the second time tonight, the blood of the first three guards dripping off the blade.

Two of them came at once, wildly slashing like those untrained, and he easily sidestepped their attacks. As they passed he managed to slice one in the back of the neck, and he fell to the ground gasping for breath that would not come. He left the guard to suffer and turned to the rest.

As Azrail searched the streets of Taras slowly and cautiously he realized he would not be able to find many people like this. He quickly cast detect good allowing him to sense those of good nature nearby. Almost immediatly after being cast he could feel three good aligned targets. A perfect chance, he thought as he continued toward the three warriors.

When Azrail got to the fighting he flew onto a nearby building to get a better view of the three men. Once seemed to be running from the others. "There wearing each other down." He thought as he watched the fight. "This will make things easier on my part."

From on top of the building Azrail cast magic missle, aiming for the head of one of the two gaurds. It struck him in the head killing him instantly. Had he been smart enough to wear a helmet the man might still be alive. When two of the gaurds now laying dead it left only one gaurd and the man they where chasing. He flew down behind the guard and watched as he was struck down with fear. The gaurd fell to his feet droping his weapon and began to crawl towards the warrior near the wall.

He looked around as the magic missile killed one of the guards. He then saw Azrail land and the last guard crawled towards Romanus. "Help me, please!" Romanus just sneered. "Let me help you, then. I will help you.......with death." He cut the throat of this guard as well, and watched, laughing, as the guard struggled for breath as blood pumped out of the wound.

Romanus left the guard like that and turned to Azrail. "Well, then. I suppose I should thank you? Perhaps? But I was doing so good until you came along. Oh well. Perhaps I would fit better as an evil man, rather than neutral....."

Azrail laughed at the man's remark and said. "You really want to thank me. If I were you I would think twice about that. You seem to misinterpret my reasons for being here." He then held his arm to his chest about to cast a second magic missile and said "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't fight you. If you can't, then I will kill you." As Azrail said the last words a quick smirk appeared on his face. "Before you make a decesion let me remind you that there is no one here to hear you're srcreams."

He looked around. "Well, obviously, we both dislike the guards of Taras, for our own reasons. I dislike them because they keep trying to capture me for some reason. But you, I don't know about. Bu, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So perhaps we could just, I dunno, attempt to get along?" He shook his head. "Gah, this city needs to be burned to the ground, or at least put under new management...."

Azrail lowered his hand at what Romanus had to say and replied by saying. "So what your saying is we will work together to kill the people in this city?" Azrail took a moment to think over what had just been said, when he had finished he said "I like your idea...for now. But just remember, should you turn on me. I will not hesitate to kill you." He then looked back the way Romanus had just come from and said "I'm guessing there are more gaurds that way? Lets go." He then took a few steps forward and then stopped and turned his head slightly to face Romanus and said "Oh and by the way. It's not the gaurds I hate, Its everything on this pathetic planet." With this said he began once again to walk forward.

He smiled slightly. "Same here, this world has been a curse. I am Romanus, by the way." He started to head in that direction as well. "I believe the barracks is on the other side of the city, but if we follow this street, we should make it there easily." He couldn't wait to destryo this city, it was a nusiance. Perhaps if an army attacked.....that may work. He just smiled maliciously. "Evil indeed."

Azrail continued to walk down the street for what seemed like hours until they reached a small crossroads in the street. Looking down both roads and then to Romanus saying "You've already been down here correct? Why don't you lead the way from this point." Azrail then backed up a few steps beside Romanus and said "My name is Azrail. You are the first to gaine any of my trust." Then looking directly at Romanus he said "I do not recommend you let me lose the little faith in you I do have."

He smiled ever so slightly as Azrail spoke. "Oh trust me, my friend. I have no intention of betraying you." He laughed slightly as he continued off to the left. This town was such a maze, Romanus almost thought he had gotten them lost until suddenly, ahead of them was the barracks, a small city in itself it seemed. It was surrounded with walls, and towers at fifty foot intervals. "Well, here we are, Azrail. The barracks. There were, yesterday, exactly one hundred and thirty-seven guards and soldiers in there, and I heard some saying that more are coming, to defend the city from attack by some guild or cult in Balefire."

(heh, tie this in to the battle a little, heheh)

Azrail laughed at what Romanus had said and then replied by saying "Darkness will cover this land." After saying this line he remained silent for a short time then said. "There are to many for us to take on like this. We cannot simply run in like a couple of bandits. We must plan this out." Looking around he saw that a small gaurd post was directly in front of them. The Gaurds appeared to sleeping. They where probobly the screw ups of the camp. He then looked to Romanus and said "Get inside and kill the two gaurds while they sleep then take one of the mens armor. When it is on send me a signal I will begin to distract them while you kill as many as you can before they realize you're not one of them." He then hid in an alley directly beside them and said "Do you have any objections to this?"

He smiled. "None at all. I shall whistle three times when I have killed the two of them, then proceed to cause total mayhem, heheh. This will be fun." He nodded to Azrail, then left, proceeding quietly to the gatehouse where the two guards slept. He entered the gatehouse, shutting the door quietly behind him. He smiled as he found them both asleep. "Fun....."

He quietly drew his sword and slit the throat of one. The other woke up, and was about to yell. He was on the other side of the room, so Romanus threw his sword. It stuck in the soldiers throat, and Romanus went over and retrieved it, wiping the blood of on the soliers clothes. He went back to the first one, and removed all of his armor and put it on. "Perfect fit....heheh." He opened the door, and whistled once, twice, three times. "Now the fun begins....."

"Three times." Azrail thought as he heard the whistles "And so it begins." He quickly flaped his huge wings and took flight into the air. Soaring over the gaurd posts. After getting a good look at the area he lowered his descent and cast magic missle twice sending to bolts of energy exploding on one of the gaurd towers. One man was wounded by the attack while the other sounded the alarm. Azrail, still soaring overhead. Fired two more killing the wounded gaurd and again missing the second. The gaurds on the ground had gathered there weapons together but in the confusion many had forgotten to put on their armor.

Soaring overhead Azrail was now dodging arrows being fired by the gaurds in the towers. He cast magic missle again this time only once. he managed to strike the second gaurd killing him instantly. Now one tower was completly useless but there was still more and they where firing at Azrail although he dodged many of them one struck his leg and he was forced to take shelter in the now empty tower to hill his wound.

Romanus headed out and onto the walls. He knew Azrail would be fired at, and went to the first tower. He quickly climbed the stairs, and killed the guards swiftly. He continued this routine in three towers. the fourth one he encountered Azrail. "Wounded? I have a heal spell if you want me to heal it." He set up the tables against all the openings so arrows would not come in, then lit the lamps.

"You fool." Azrail said as soon as Romanus had finished speaking. "I can heal myself. By coming up here you may have trapped us both in here. They no I'm here but if they see you leave without my corpse they will no you are not one of them. Hurry and leave now, I will continue to distract them but I will have to wait at least ten minutes to be sure they have forgotten you where in here. Now go!" With this said he cast dark regeneration and watched as the wound slowly healed. It would only be a matter of time now before there mission was complete.


((OOC: I have to go now. I'll try to post as soon as I can tommarrow. See ya later.))

He shrugged. "Whatever, I can make an excuse if they ask me about it." He turned and hurried down the stairs, headng not for the next tower but instead for the stairs down and into the city, killing guards as he went. He then returned to the wall after ten minutes and resumed killing those in the towers, starting from the other side this time.

Azrail waited for ten minutes as he had said and then flew out of the tower. As he serveyed the area he saw that 25 men where now laying dead on the battle field. "Where going to have to leave soon." He thought as he looked around. "The rest of the city's gaurds will be coming soon. I don't want us to get caught here or it will be all over."

He looked around at the battle and then at the tower Romanus was now on. He appeared to be on the third. Luckily there where no arrows being shot at him so he could take all the time he wanted. Observing the battle for a bit longer he noticed that most of the soldiers had gone back and put on there armor. They where now all covered completely which would make things harder for the two. "We will have to leave soon." He thought as he continued to cast magic missle to disstract those below.

Romanus went to the next tower, and found the door barricaded. They did not listen to him as he said he was on their side, and he looked around. He grabbed a torch from the wall, and put it up to the door. It quickly lit on fire, and within moments the door burned down. He quickly went in and attacked. He threw the torch out of a hole in the wall and finished the two guards and saw the torch had landed inside the walls on some grass, lighting it on fire. Quickly buildings started to burn. "Dang...."He quickly went down, jumped off the wall, and hurried to the alley where they started while taking off the armor and leaving it in the road there. He whistled three times.

Azrail watched as small torch fell from the tower and into a patch of grass surrounding it. As it lit on fire it moved from building to building. Becouse he had stopped to watch the flames the gaurds had stopped trying to find a way to get to him and where now trying to put out the flames. "I guess now is when I make my escape." He thought as he heard two whistles coming from the alley at which they had begun the attack from.

Quickly flying back, Azrail landed on the ground beside Romanus and looked at him saying "I think I am done for tonight. I will find an empty house to spend the night in. From there I will continue this in the moring. You may do as you please." With this said he began walking towards what looked like an empty warehouse without waiting for a reply from Romanus.

Romanus just watched Azrail go off, then looked around. He wandered the city for awhile until he found a house. He broke in and killed the inhabitants, throwing their bodies outside, then looked around. He ate some food, then looked in the cellar and found some wine. He tried some, then drank the entire bottle. He drank it all, then went upstairs and fell asleep.

(want to continue next morning or what?)

The next morning Azrail woke to the sound of people in the street. Luckily for him the warehouse he had chosen to spend the night in seemed to be abandoned long ago. Many of the items inside seemed to be very old. He guessed the building would be demolished soon.

As he left the warehouse he went into a small alley so no one could see him. He planned to leave the city after killing a few more people but would need to stay hidden in order to do this. He knew that if even one person saw him kill someone he would be hunted for at least a week.

Although getting in was easy Azrail knew getting out would be very difficult for him. Becouse of the attack during the night there where now gaurds stationed everywhere and the city was on high alert.

Romanus woke up very annoyed for some reason. He looked outside and realized it was already mornig, and looked around the room he was in. It was slightly feminine, he now realized. He remembered killing a teenage girl the night before, this must have been her room. Romanus quickly left the room for food.

He left the house in all black, the hood of his cloak pulled up to hide his face. He looked around, and saw the city was on high alert. He quickly headed towards the barracks, hoping to see if he could kill any more guards. He turned down an alley, and almost tan into a figure. "Oh, sorry...." He looked at the person and saw it was Azrail. "Mornin' Azrail...."

"Good morning?" Azrail said with a disgruntaled look on his face. "This is far from a good morning. You may be able to get around easily but I have it a little bit more difficult." As he looked around the city he saw that many of the people had piled into the roads to morn for the dead they where be carried on the street. A little way's furthor someone was giving a speech about what had happened that night and how "brave" the men had been.

Azrail moaned a bit and said "Now how am I supposed to get out of here?" As he looked around he saw that there where only four exits, one leading to a dead end and the other three leading to roads filled with people.

He looks around himself. "I never said it was a good morning, I merely said morning. Anyways, perhaps a distraction is needed to aid your escape? I could do that I'm sure, they already are hunting me. I can't seem to escape my past, but perhaps I can use it to help you in some way." He looked around, trying to figure the best way to distract all of the people around, and smiled as he saw something. He had noticed that a catapult had been abandoned in the barracks, and was aimed at an old building near the man was giving the speech. "I have an idea, wait here. You will know when to go." He headed into the crowd towards the barracks, and the catapult. As he got closer, he noticed a couple more, spaced equally apart. "Hm, I wonder what they have these set up for...."

(Is it OK if I join?)

Veronna had slept most of the night which was odd for her, for since she was drow she normally wandered the streets. But she didn't and it cost several lives. Veronna walked through the streets looking at the dead and hating who ever had done this. She wore a cloak so no one could see her face, so she wouldn't get any attention.

She saw the body of a child where several other bodies lay, she bent down and placed her hand on the boy's head and whispered a few words in drow. And slowly color returned to the boy's face and she heard him take a breath of air. She stood and started walking away from the boy as other people ran towards him.

Veronna looked at the man making a speech about how those who killed many were brave, and anger ran through her. She walked briskly towards the and when she reached him ahe grabbed his clothes and threw him down to the ground, and in the same movement one of her scimitars were in her right hand and pointed at the man now on the ground. Her hood had fallen back and her face was visible to all including the man at the end of her sword. Her eyes burned with a fire that would make anyone cower in fear, like it did this man. "Brave! You call killing inoccent people BRAVE!" her voice carried through out the city and echoed through allies. "Who ever did this was not brave but a killer, someone who finds pleasure in killing!" She looked around at the poeple who were now staring at her, some scared of her others shaking their heads in agreement but some just sneered at her.

She heard the man trying to crawl away but she looked down at him with disgust on her face, "Know that, if I find you at all responsible you will not have a quick death, but a death of pain." With that she sheathed her scimitar and looked at everyone watching her, "Let this be known, this will never happen again in MY city, I will protect it with every strength in my body, and anyone who dare to do this again will die."

(but of course it is. Good plot thing, actually.)

Romanus had turned to watch as the Drow threw the man down, but hurriedly continued towards the catapult. He found the armor he had discarded the night before in the guardhouse, and hurriedly put it back on. He then headed immediately towards the catapult aimed at the building nearest Veronna. When he got to it, he noticed a large boulder had been placed in it already, and wondered why. But he had to help Azrail, and this was the only way. So he smiled, and then launched the catapult, quickly moving towards the next one, which was aimed in the middle of the crowd.