Ghyreian couldn't believe it. He was being noble! "You idiot," she said, seizing his shoulders and forcing him to look at her. "You can't do this alone. You won't do this alone. Par-Salian showed us that asinine vision so we could do this together... with Meneldor," she added, nodding at the other Black Robe.

She glanced down at the army that had just then begun to march. Resolute, she started after it and curse Edwin if he tried to stop her.

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"Stay back, please Ghyreian... this is not your battle... do not throw away your life for nothing..."

Edwin said with his teeth grinned as he backed down, but kept staring her in the eyes with a desperate look on his face. He then suddenly said a command word and hit his staff in the ground, he disappeared as he had used a invisibility spell that the staff granted him. There was a quiet shuffle as he ran for a suitable place from where he could complete his spell and to smite the dragon armies to smithereens.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Ghyreian spun around to see Edwin gone. Cursing, she scanned the area and found nothing. She whirled on Meneldor. "Did you see where he went?"

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Maneldor looked at Edwin. "Then why BETRAY us?" he asked furiously. "You could have snuck away in the night like the sneak you are, Edwin, not leave us to Death at the hands of those foul 'Knights.'" he finished, his eyes flashing.

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Halarond

(lol halarond Edwn is already gone and besides I don`t think knights would have killed the black robes, theres not much honour in executions, besides Edwin needed some permanent way to keep them away)

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

(Menaldor needed an excuse.. I know the knights would not have, but others may have...)

"*beep*!!! WHERE IS HE, THE *beep*!?! No, I did not see!"

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Halarond

Cursing even more soundly, Ghyreian concluded that the only thing she could do now was wait, as Edwin seemed so intent on suicide. If he decided to smite the dragonarmies alone, the pyrotechnics would be hard to miss.

Strange how she, too, was so intent on dying with him.

And Meneldor... She rounded on him again. "Why are you following us?" she demanded. "You know that in all likelihood we could die."

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Edwin ran out to a suitable spot with long grass and stones on the path of the armies, he set down behind the rocks and pulled out the dragonorb. He began to prepare for the spell, going trough the words in his mind and mentally. He did not touch the orb as that and the words would have triggered the release, now he only had to wait for the armies to approach close enough...

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

"Do you really think that I want the rise of the dragonarmies? What do you think will happen to us Black Robes when they take over?" he said. "We worship the Dark Queen, yes. But not as openly and devoutly as they would like."

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Halarond

The answer satisfied her for now. She shrugged, turned away, still scanning the field for Edwin.

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"What now?" he asked, calming slightly, though his situation was no better.

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Halarond

Edwin prepared his spell as the army approached and cast it, not the one releasing the crystal, but a mere diversion that came in some figures. At first the figure of Edwin rose into sight making all of the dragon armies stop in wonder as a red mage was standing there. Then out of the skies appeared some 6 silver dragons diving at the enemies, these illusions would fade soon, but now Edwin had aready began his proccess of his last spell....

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

A commotion in the dragonarmies aroused Ghyreian's attention. She looked to see six silver dragons diving out of the sky... and standing there casting the illusion...

"Damn it to the Abyss!" she swore, casting upon herself a haste spell that would speed her to Edwin. Tripping and stumbling, she slid rapidly down the mountain slopes. Past the panicking dragonarmies... past the front ranks where Lord Ariakas himself was spellcasting to smote down this impertinent Red Robe...

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The spell of Ariakas was released and hit Edwin or truth be told his figure that fell down, died and vanished revealing the real Edwin trying to complete his spell to smite the dragonarmies. In his mind Edwin was going a great struggle as he whispered the spell words and the magic flowed trough him, he could feel the orb knowing that it would shatter or the presence within knew this. It did not refuse nor help him, if this was to be it`s fate then so it would be.

Edwin whispered the spell words even with more pain as the spell drained his strength and the spell earlier had required him of some sacrifice, but what the hell as this was his end he would go so that he would at least cause some babble amongst his foes.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

The idiot! What did he think to accomplish by this? Ghyreian fumed, racing to Edwin and already spellcasting as she moved. She felt occult power literally palpitate within him. She watched as the strength drained from him and he seemed to wilt within the bubble of his own magic.

Finishing her spell, she came up behind him and pressed her hands against his back. Her own strength and magic coursed through her arms and, in turn, suffused Edwin.

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Meneldor did not follow, for the army and the lands around would be descimated. So he watched Edwin... for now.

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Halarond