Amerien Shadukaur - The story of a fallen druid

[Blake]

Amerien was born on the island of mel'nemesis in the city of Ralander. The city had a bad history of going to war with the nearby Drow Encampments and also had problems with a local Bandit/cult to the east of them making the city a harsh envirment to grow up in.

While still young Amerien left his home and traveled to a land he had never seen before it almost seemed as if he had entered another plane.

a Few weeks before he started his journey he had recieved a letter from his freind Calandur, it read the folloing:

Amerien,
I have recently journeyed South of our homeland for many days and i have come to an island that is most interesting. The city i entered in is called Peltarch and for such a large and glorious city i have found that it is quite unpopulated perhaps it has to do with the Moutain giants and ogres to the north, im not sure. However south of the city through the Nars Pass is a town called Norwick. Everytime i go into this place it reminds me of you, i want you to come visit but i must admit im not sure how i arrived here all i can do is hope that by some good fortune you find your way here.

Signed in elven,
Calandur

This note was one of the deciding factors for Amerien to leave his home, he was tired of the violence and did not like loseing the people who were close to him in the drow raids. he set upon a course to the south of his homeland hoping he would stumble upon this foreign land. He traveled alone for several weeks before becoming completly hopeless and lost. He drifted out on the sea for weeks and every day he slowly lost hope and the will to live. Finnaly when he could no longer go on he died out to sea alone.

It seemed more like a dream to him, dismall figures in the distance and voices echoning that he couldnt quite hear. It seemed like an eterity that he sat in this place unable to move forzen in time, he had no concept of anything around him only distant shadows gave him hope that maybe possibily he wasnt alone. Suddenly a voice came to him, one he did not know but one he did not fear. He looked for the speaker and was unable to find her. The voice gave him hope, gave him the will to live the ability to clear his thoughts and warm his soul. He never understood the words that were said to him but as suddenly as he had passed away into his dream world he awoke. He opened his eyes on a shore line a young elven girl standing over his sea beaten body. She said something he didnt understand and procceded to motion others over. He couldnt see the other but he felt himself being dragged by something, and he was sure it wasnt of humanoid nature. He slowly drifted away into unconsiouness again but for some odd reason he felt safe. When he awoke the elven girl was gone but what lay next him was a a fierce looking panther. It looking at Amerien as if trying to say something to him then it slowly stood up and moved away. As Amerien looked around he realized he was in a druids glenn but where he knew not. He slowly reganed his strength and ventured out of the Glenn, he traveled north fighting Goblins with the help of the panther. to his amazement as he traveled north he found a town and when he entered he learned it was Norwick.

The next few months he spent aquanting himself with the locals. He met many of what would become life long freinds and also made enimes all the time revisintg the glenn looking for the young elven girl but never finding her.

He learned the ways of the druid and came to find his silent compaignon was named Callin, a very strong panther that had been in the area a long time.

((to be continued have to finsh when i get home))

[Blake]

((sorry hard to type at work here is the rest..or what i can type out tonight))

Amerien learned to communicate and listen to nature and was guided by his freind Jaroo in the way of Mielikki to server the Rawlins wood and keep it from being harmed by the resident Goblins and Bugbear.

Amerien however saw another threat that his brothers and sisters seemed to ignore and not acknowledge. Amerien feared Norwick and the fact that it may over mine the woods with the frequent trips the crafters made into the woods to mine trees and ore he wished to stop up but did not hold the power to do so himself. he instead turned to Jaroo for guidence who introduced him to the Arch Druid of The Circle of Quercatha Terr, Andu'Mein. Andu'Mien was kind and trusted all of his brothers and sisters and as such allowed Amerien to enter the circle becoming its final member and with amerien introduced to the Circle they once again became the dominate force in the woods feared by the feinds that lived within the woods and respected by the town as the circle often helped the town defend itself against Bandit attacks and other attacks that plaugued the town.

A few months into his training on becomign a high druid Amerien had mastered most of the druidic arts and had an unniusaly strong bond with the ancient temples and lands that lay farther south of the Glenn. Andu'Mien feared Amerien had become to powerful to fast and saught to council him but was unable to. When Andu sat next to Amerien to talk to him about his growing power the Glenn instantly become under siedge by the bugbear Gaurds that were camped to the East. With Ameriens help Andu and Amerien pushed the bugbear back alone without the help of the other members and thus leaving Andu to question his own judgment on Ameriens Power.

Amerien grew in power and knowledge and the town grew weary but no one would back talk him he was well respected and powerful he had become one of the highest ranking druids in the land and thus was never questioned.

Years after his arrival Amerien ventured into the goblin queens cave to once and for all stop the goblin menece. What took an army to even explore Amerien conquered Alone without the aid of his panther Callin. He faught his way destroying every goblin in his path with pure phsyical force, and when he came to the queens lair he stopped. Horrified by what he saw he left Skara the queen of goblins alove and retrieved his freinds body.

All these years Amerien had thought Calundir had returned home only to find Amerien gone, but, Calundir had fallen to the Wrench Skara. Calundirs body was badly burned showing signs that he had died fighting other than that Amerien knew nothing more of his freinds death. Saddened he burried his freind in the Glenn and in a desperate rage stormed the Goblins hold, another goblin strong point. He caused a cave in with his casting and barley managed to escape, it was the first time that his power had almost gotten him killed.

When he returned to the Glenn that night he brought himself into the form of a bear nad walked the woods trying to clear his head. He found it calmer and easier to think when he was in animal form even though it required concentration from him. Around midnight he traveled towards Norwick to check on the town. As he apraoched the South Gates he heard fighting.

A woman, one he had never seen before was arguing with his Freind Uthger. Uthger was a Brute of Barbarion smart but extremely rude, and Strong. For some reason he and Amerien had always seen eye to eye on thing and because Uthger was the milita Caption of the town it worked well for Circle, Town relations. He watched from outside the gates and could hear yelling, and finnaly the woman walked out of the gates.

Amerien apraoched her still shape changed to see how she responded. He often liked to test the towns tolerence of animals and found it amusing and considering this women was obviously angry he wanted to see if she would attack him.

Oddly enough she smiled at him, something in her eyes wasnt quite right but at first Amerien didnt notice anything menacing about her. He layed on a nearby rock and she curled up against his fur talking to him about her problems.

It was the first time someone had spoken about the anicent magics that stirred beneath the town of Norwick in years and he was a little shocked to hear her speaking of them. He was told when he arrived that the "wild magic" that stirred beneath the town had been dormant for nearly ten years before he arrived there and he was only entering his 4th year there. He listened to the woman tell her story of going into the well that was in the center town. How her and the partied had not a clue oh what lay down there, waiting to prey on them. The well was what seemed to be the source of the wildmagic and the town decided that if they were to stop the magic from claiming towns peoples lives they needed to travel beneath it. Amerien learned the womans name was Ralia, the name sent chills down his spine but he didnt know why. She said when they got to the bottom of the well they were attacked by vampires and othere undead preists and creatures. The clerics were winning the battle until something came from the shadows and bit Raila in the neck. The entire group turned on the creature but it retreated into the depths of the darkness. The group tried everything to heal her but nothing seemed to work.

She then spoke differently than before the tone in her voice becoming darker and she spoke to him about the thirst for flesh she started to feel and the lack of control she experienced. At this Amerien noticed what was wrong, the entire time the woman had no scent, None at all and her eyes, they were lifless just as any undead creature he had ever seen. Before he had time Andu'mien came around the corner of the gate and spotted Ralia, Andu'Mien also was in the form of a bear and immeditly charged at Ralia and forced here back away from Amerien. Amerien didnt dare change form he wasnt sure what to make of the situation. He watched andu take his elven shape and draw his bow at Ralia telling her to leave. Ralia spoke of Andu's bad health, there was blood seeping through his cloth armor from his chest he had obviously been in battle. He didnt even Ackknowlegde the wounds or even the fact that Ralia was speaking her merely fired a warning shot at her head, and with that she said he should join her again and left Amerien and Andu standing there Alone.

Andu badly injured and Amerien badly confused the two walked to a close by campfire to talk of what had just happened. Andu checked Amerien to see if he was bitten wich luckily he was not. Andu told him that Ralia had told him the truth, she had become some sort of undead creature and had once tried to take over the Town by spreading an undead curse from person to person, the infected person became a undaed slave to Ralia he used the wording "nothing more than a brainless undead creature with a thirst for human flesh". Anud also told Amerien that Andu had been bitten long ago when she had started her campaign to conquer the town. When amerien asked how Andu looked down in shame and simply said the disease was spread on contact and that kissing worked well. They continued the story and Amerien began to feel something odd. he knew he should hate Ralia for what she did but he couldnt help but think of how nice she had been, and the fact that she had not bit him. Andu brought up the point that he was formed into a bear but quickly realized that Ralia knew about the druids form and had seen through Ameriens form. Andu became consumed by stress that Ralia was back, Rumor had been spread that she had been killed in a fight with Braeth one of the local High Elves from the nearby camp, but obviously the rumors were false...

((ok my hands cramping for more on the undead feiasca stay tuned ill type up some more later tonight, i apologize for any typos in advance im typing fast i have alot to tell and i dont have alot of time i hope you can enjoy it anyways ))

((Edit: id alos like feedback on this is no one is taking the time to read this then i understand its long and im not even close to done so i no one wants to take the timw to read my scattered thoughts thats fine but tell me

If you do like it though please leave comments i dont mine every entry i do will be title so little comments here and there wont interupt the story..aslo i re read this alot of typos sorry :/ i may go through later and fix them for readabilitys sake))