Chronicles of Fairyland - On The Run

[The Midgard Times]

On The Run ~ Found and Lost

Today, Fairy Amdusias and a group of adventurers met up at Alberta. Amdusias warned everyone they were going to search the town of Amatsu for Ezekiel and Summerstream.

At the town, the group split up to search for the fugitives, quickly finding them in the southeast part of town. Ezekiel and Summerstream were cornered, which gave Amdusias the opportunity to question them. Ezekiel's comments about Amdusias going above Pixie's strict orders not to kill Lucretia seemed to make some of the pursuing heroes uneasy about the Fae man's true intentions.

Amdusias walked towards the fugitives to arrest them, not expecting a young huntress to block his way. She would not allow the Fae to harm the two. At this point, the huntress Aja Selvans questioned the man's authority to imprison people in foreign lands, while the assassin cross Reilinn spoke out against his actions and attacked him.

Chaos ensued as Amdusias drew his blade and chased after Ezekiel and Summerstream. The group of heroes trailed behind, some trying to attack the fugitives, others simply watching. They escaped into a portal thanks to Fairy Cynbel helping from the shadows.

The trail was lost in the Od Gorge, west of Rachel. A furious Amdusias swore he would find them soon. We at the Midgard Times decided to investigate and found that the Amatsu Government, as well as Louyang's, Brasilis' and Ayothaya's, did not grant the Fae any authority to conduct investigations or arrest people within their lands.

We attempted to interview Amdusias as he walked for the Fairyland Palace but our path was rudely blocked by his bodyguards. In order to try and fix his possibly tarnished image, we encourage the Fairy to explain why he mounted an incursion into Amatsu to arrest Faeheim or Rune-Midgard residents without having the authority to do so.

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The Next Day...

A strange posting appeared in every town, pasted to various buildings and street vendor's booths, random graffiti placement plagued the main streets of all of the towns.

The posting had a black cross in the middle of a broken light-purple wing and read as follows;
"To all who read and heed this request, take Caution. Be aware that if you choose to assist, there may be severe consequences. If you are captured, caught or questioned, you will be on your own. Midgardians, you must pick a side... The Wingless needs loyal assistance."

"If you question yourself, you are not prepared, don't bother showing up..."

"We are the Wingless, proof will be required... Lack may result in death."
Below the posting was another black cross in the middle of a broken light-purple wing.

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Amdusias was standing with his arms clasped behind his back, shoulders straight, a perfect 'soldier' look to him in and out. The man stared at a wall, a large display sketched upon it - a black cross, with a broken light purple wing behind it "Have this graffiti immediately removed... Find out who did this, and send them to my prisons." He knew what it meant, word had reached him less than 10 minutes ago and he was already on the streets attempting to cover and remove everything that bore this symbol. 'Lucretia... You think this will help you?' a smirk appeared upon the male's features, upon noticing the one he just spoke to still standing there, just staring at him like an idiot "I said... Immediately!" the tone in his voice was enough to send a jolt of fear through the minion, who took off to get supplies to remove the marking.

"I can't stand for this..." He would have to make his own kind of announcement, he couldn't allow the people of Midgard be taken advantage of by someone like Lucretia. He had his own connections, looking for the one or ones responsible for this and to immediately take them into...custody, where he would enlist the assistance of the best torture experts known to this realm. He had the Midgard Times begin a printing press especially for him, the symbol he chose was a Black Hammer, with a Golden Halo above it.

The posting bore a black hammer with a golden halo above it and read as follows;
"Dear Midgardians, please disregard all notifications bearing the mark of Lucretia..." The black cross with a purple wing behind it was displayed with a large red slash through it. "This is nothing more than the desperate please of her insanity, an organization she is attempting to gather together. Fear not, for you will be protected from her disastrous nature.

I will not allow any more members of Midgard to be swayed into her dark clutches, she will do nothing more than use you and then dispose of you as she has shown... She has attempted to murder many of you already, please I beg of you! Do not fall victim to her wicked ways.

Join me and help me put this to an end once and for all, bring peace back between the communities of Fae and Humankind. Join the Legion of the United."
At the bottom there was a black hammer with a golden halo above it.

His postings would be slapped over Lucretia's, of course some people were utterly lazy and would only cover part of it, others would possibly throw his away as an act of joining the opposing side. Those who were found doing so, were immediately arrested for the assistance of the fugitives and taken for questioning. "Whatever you hoped to accomplish with this... Isn't going to work." He began to prepare a new speech, to talk about the desperation of the criminals with these sort of actions, trying to save themselves from the graves they dug.

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(Pick a side, join Lucretia or join Amdusias. Lucretia's emblem is a Black Cross, in the middle of a Broken Light-Purple Wing. Amdusias's emblem is a Black Hammer, with a Golden Halo above it. Players that participate might be asked to show their 'loyalty' to the others at random, failure to provide it puts your character at risk to be injured and/or tortured.)
(Thanks to Lin Lin for writing some of this)