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Nimilanor's golden sword of truth



This story marks the beginning of nimi's quest for her twin swords of empowerment. (quite a long story. contains violence and some minor language*) The beginning. Nimilanor was striding through the woods, trying to find her intended location to retrieve one of her twin swords, stepping through the woods soundlessly she quickly found her intended destination, and old and dark looking castle. she made camp for the day, waiting until nightfall to make her entry to the seemingly deserted castle. once the camp got setup she went to scout her surroundings, only making notes of the layout, and landmarks, small little creeks, the slow whispering of the wind, the dense forrest, and the ancient looking castle is all wich was in plain sight, the sun was slowly setting, making place for nightfall. Nimi slowly made her way back to start preparing for the adventure, and made a small checklist: Bow, swords , daggers , rope , food and water , backpack , arrows. once finishing the checklist she strode to the castle, following its long treacherous path upwards, once at the castle, it seemed to be not so abandoned as she thought, the front guard appeared to luckily be asleep. before Nimilanor made her way into the castle she decides to kill off the guards first, so they won't cause trouble later. Finally inside the castle she is met with a deep dark and rotten smell of decay and death. she readied her bow and arrows, making her way slowly into the corridors and steps of the castle. A few footsteps could be heard deeper inside the castle, even the faint whispering of men and women alike did not escape nimi's ears. Suddenly a shout came: "Fools!! we have an intruder!! Get back to your posts!!!* Footsteps running up the stairs could clearly be heared, Nimi quickly readied her swords instead of her bow, and began stealthly moving down the stairs, As the first man comes up, she gives a kick to the unsuspecting mans face, knocking him backwards down the stairs with the others following. nimi quickly rushed down the stairs, and went in for the kill. she made short work of the men and women who were incapable of fighting back due to them falling onto eachother. Finally after seemingly hours, of traversing corridors, steps, and hallways, she finally got to the main room, on wich a golden sword rested on a pedestal, She slowly approached to the pedestal step by step, only to be met by a mysterious man who slowly walked over to her with weapons drawn and talking with a deep threatening voice: "And now foolish child.. You shall die!." Nimi: "We shall see who dies here tonight.." the battle between the two ensued, nimi taking the initiative with aggresive fighting, aiming coordinated slashes at the mans swords and hands alike, the man, being driven on the defensive slowly begins fighting back, countering her attacks whenever possible, in turn slowly forcing Nimi on the defensive, the clashing of swords sounded deeply, into the halls, and trembling footsteps could be heard as an army of men and women came running, and watched the battle, The man snarled: "You fools stay out of this.. Ill show you how its done" Nimi taking no time to talk jumps backwards, only to make a rushing leap forward at the man, aiming a Vile and cruel slash at the mans chest, the man not seeing it coming gets the full blow onto his chest, and lets out a painfull cry. Though in much pain the man, still fights back fiercly.. as if he had been possesed.. Nimi slowly beginning to get tired made a desperate attempt, she ran at the man again, and this time leaped over him , and aiming two slashes at the mans head, as the man goes to block the incomming attacks, a pain surges through him dropping his guard, and the swords cut through his throat and lobbing his head off. the army of men and women.. just watched silently.. as nimi landed on her feet, with the head of their leader severed.. Loud screams of rage and anger filled the room... Nimi tired already.. pushed herself to the maximal, quickly grabbing her sword from its pedestal, and making a run for it.. through the castle. Triggering various traps, from spiked pits.. to boulders falling down, she slowly gained some distance, and made it to the front door.. once outside.. her bright smile slowly turned sour, as an awaiting army stood outside to meet her.. While nimi prepared for a futile struggle.. the screams and cries of the men from the castle came running out.. Nimi quickly ran to the side as the men came running out, crashing upon the awaiting army, in wich a bloody battle ensued, nimi catching her breath quickly snuckoff to her campsite. and from there making a break for home with the first of her twin swords, The golden sword of truth in her possession.