This particular character is a former cult member of the Altare Cremisi. They wear black garb above their leather armor. They use a bone sword crafted from the fire dragon. They are not part with the Altare Cremisi in Rosa Tramonto.
They have heard about the exploits that their former brothers made in order to create an country. Interested, the lone wolf cult member travels from the south to the Rosa Tramonto.
They have lived long enough to be a lone wolf. Someone who decides to be independent. They are quite menancing and very hard to socialize with. They have killed alot of people due to contracts. They sell their service as a contract killer. If necessary, this cultist will kill the high profile targets without leaving any kind of trace. It shows that they are highly experienced in assassination. If the reward isn't worth the job, either the cultist will refuse their request or kill their client right of the bat.
They have gained the reputation as the Black Devil. Every person who have heard that name will be shivering in fear. Because sometimes the cultist will kill random person if there is no contract. Their mere existence is bringing misfortune to the place where they stand.
First day of travelling, the cultist have reached a town called Birra Marco. It is a town famous for its midnight black market or so they heard of. At morning, the town is bustling with townsmen who are working hard to earn their keeps. Even the children are helping their parents. Apparently the guards that protects the place look more like bandits. They either lounge at taverns or sightseeing at the ladies who are walking around.
The cultist looked for an easy target to kill among the crowd. When looked upon, they look like your typical edgy type mercenaries. A rude drunk man is smashing beer mugs inside a tavern. They were to drunk to listen to reason. Even the owner of the tavern cannot calm them down. The cultist decides to intervene.
Hiding a knife under their sleeve, the cultist walks closer to the drunk man. The drunk man smashes another beer mug on the cultist's head. Spectators were shocked and panicked. The cultist remained their cool and slash their cheek swiftly. The drunk man falls down and screams in pain. The watchers are horrified and runs for their lives. The cultist grabbed the man's shoulder and grips it tightly enough to hurt them.
The rude man is forced to wake up and backs away in fear. They accidentally peed in their pants and they are raising their hand toward their attacker, apologizing for their rude behavior and begging to spare their life. The cultist wipes off the blood on their knife and quietly leaves the tavern. Pedestrians got scared and gets away as far from the cultist.
Guards soon arrived at the scene and raise their clubs towards the cultist. They will be beating them up and lock them in jail for harming a townsman in their town. The cultist draws their bone sword, ready to sever. The first guard runs toward them and swings their club horizontally. The cultist blocked the club with their sword. They step the guards foot until it breaks completely. The pain jolts upward and the guard screams on top of their lung of how painful the damage was.
Another guard approaches the cultist carefully. They are too careful that they did not dare to attack immediately. The cultist throws a rock to their face which caused the guard to raise their club upward to cover their face. In one swift motion, the cultist chopped the guard's fingers. The pain is so great that they let go of their weapon. The guard is in the state of fear and when they looked at the cultist's menancing eyes, the guard panicked so hard they run away from the scene.
A guard suddenly jumped from the back and smack the cultist at the back of their head. Normally it will kill a person receiving that blunt blow, and the guard is so sure that they will die. Little they did know, under the robe hood is a helmet designed to withstand impact. The cultist is hurt but the damage is not that severe. By reflex, the cultist slices off the guard's hand in few seconds. Blood gushes out from the guard's arm. Their face darkened and sweaty. They lost their will to fight further.
Reinforcements appeared but they suddenly got surprised by the cultist's preemptive strikes. They either have their feet bones broken or get their hands chopped off. In any case, the guards are no match of the cultist and the whole area is painted with red. Surprisingly enough, all the victims are still alive and are not dead. The townspeople felt despair because of the cultist. They are too scared to fight.
Few minutes later, a brave lad in white armor appeared on the scene. They shouted about how evil the cultist is, and have the nerve hurting their people. They said that the cultist must pay for their lives. The scared townspeople suddenly have high spirits and cheered for that brave man. Saying their name, "Farris".
Farris holds their sword on their right hand and their shield on their left hand. They lower their stance, having great control of their body and their eyes are filled with fire. They are determined to stop the sinner from hurting the innocent people. The cultist seems interested and faces against this warrior.
The sky is darkened by the clouds and just for a few seconds, it begins to rain. The atmosphere is very heavy and cold. The voices of the people were muffled by the sounds of the rain. One step at a time on the muddy road, the two walks in circles, observing one another from top to bottom.
Farris started with a shield charge. They charge like a rampaging bull with their shield in front of them. The cultist have no way to counter that move so they had to move out of the way. Since Farris is right handed, it is a bad idea to dodge to their right. The cultist sidesteps to the left and rolls away after dodging the attack.
Farris gives chase and tries to slash the cultist. The cultist moved quickly and parries the attack. Farris put their shields up and pushes the cultist. It hurt the cultist on their left arm. Farris holds their sword like a spear and tries to stab them. The cultist throws rain water to Farris' eyes, causing them to miss.
The cultist slashes Farris. It didn't slash through Farris' armor. Farris has the advantage because of their equipment and skills. But the cultist is much more experienced and luck in combat. The swords clashes for many rounds and when Farris recklessly charges the cultist, they slowed down and slipped because of how muddy the ground is.
The cultist did not waste this chance and sits on top of Farris. Because of the weight, Farris cannot get up to their feet. The cultist finishes Farris off with their knife. They deeply slit their throat, slicing their windpipe and have them suffocate from their own blood. Farris' pupils shrink from shock and was desperate to survive. No matter what, their life expired in one minute, soiling the ground with their blood.
Everyone begins to run away in panic. They bump to each other and messed up the whole place by themselves. The whole town is ruined because they feared the cultist. The cultist has fulfilled their daily kill, and leaves the town. Some reckless men tries to attack the cultist behind their back, only to receive broken wrists.
First night of travelling, the cultist is hiding inside a cave. It is a wolf den where the wolves live. Surprisingly enough, the cultist is able to befriend with the wolves. So much for being a lone wolf. There is a bunch of meat stored at the back of the cave and some are almost gonna rot. The cultist picked the ones that are almost rotten and cooked them with fire.
At first the wolves are angry at the cultist for touching their food. But they can smell a faint scent of death on them. They are wary of how dangerous this cultist is. It is for a while until the meat is cooked and the cultist begins to eat it. The scent of the cooked food goes through the wolves' noses. Their mouths are drooling with saliva and they pant excessively.
The cultist throws a piece of cooked meat at one wolf for no apparent reason. The wolf caught it and chomps it down. The taste is so much better than raw meat. The cultist throws another meat. It is the piece of meat that they bit off. It turns out that the cultist only eats the good parts of the meat, then throws the bad stuff on the ground, having the wolves eat it.
Eventually the wolves are well fed. The meat supply of the wolves is still many. It means that this pack of wolves are expert in hunting their prey. The cultist stays awake until before morning, around 3:00 a.m. They have insomnia and had hard time sleeping.
4 hours of sleeping, the cultist wakes up in the morning, feeling dizzy as usual. The wolves have left to hunt. The cultist soon leaves the cave to continue their travel to Rosa Tramonto.
Second day of travelling, the cultist have encountered bandits along the road. They recently robbed a carriage up ahead. They drew their daggers towards the cultist. The cultist seems to be pissed for some reason but not because of the bad deeds that the bandits made. They are pissed because of their identity.
They can sense the trace of holy magic in these criminals. They may be either rouge priests or paladins. Altare Cremisi's biggest enemies are religious people that mostly have holy magic. The cultist draws their bone sword and unleash their aggression spell, "minacciare". Few bandits were easily intimidated and runs away from fear. Only bandits who have holy magic have resisted the dark magic.
There are currently ten bandits who are engaging against the cultist. One of them casted a spell, "luce accecante" to blind the cultist with bright light. Once blinded, two bandits stab the cultist through the chest. Fortunately, the leather armor prevented the daggers to pierce through. The cultist one bandit's arm and saws it off with their bone sword. Massive amount of blood is poured on the ground. The bandit fainted in shock.
The other bandit had to carry the unconscious fellow and asked for some healing. Three bandits focused on healing their fellow with healing magic, "guarire". It stopped the bleeding but their arm is permanently removed. The cultist begins to charge ahead. The bandits try to smack them down but was surprised of the sudden retreat of the cultist. The cultist activated a smoke bomb in their left hand. It temporarily numbs their hand but the smoke completely covered the entire area. The bandits were confused and one by one they screamed and they felt something thick is spilling on to them.
Before they knew what the cultist did, it was already too late. The cultist deeply cuts one part of their body. Enough to render them useless. It is a massive bloodbath but not enough to kill. The cultist is experienced of where to attack and they mostly attack their target's wrists or legs. The bandits were unable to continue fighting and find themselves begging to spare their lives.
The cultist leaves them alone not for mercy. The cultist found the carriage that the bandits robbed from. The carriage is ransacked and a couple and the coachman were killed. So much for being holy. The cultist had seen enough where people take advantage of religion. Even their own brothers used religion for their own benefit, which haunted the cultist. Sure this cultist did it upon themselves, but they even witnessed how their former brothers begin to act like bandits and not like cultist who follows the order of the cult.
The cultist is about to leave when they heard a rustling sound by the bushes. The cultist is holding their bone sword, ready to attack anytime. A few moments later, a young girl shows up, full of bruises. The girl is crying for some reason. The cultist looked like a murderer in the child's eyes because of the blood that soaked them. For sure, normal children will run away in fear, but this young girl did not.
The young girl looks like she is at least 10 years old. Her hair is brown and has green emerald eyes. She looks afraid but she isn't running away from the cultist. Instead she slowly approaches them. She wears a dirty white dress, assuming she must have fell down at some point. The cultist looks at her with pity.
The cultist thinks of killing her since she was an easy prey but somehow watches her as she kneels down in front of the couple with tears in her eyes. She cries so hard and shouts "mommy" and "daddy" along with apologizes like "sorry". It suddenly hits hard at the cultist, whose past is something similar.
The cultist looks at their bone sword. The blood is very still and shiny it shows the reflection of the cultist. To normal people, the cultist is an epitome of evil and demon. But it doesn't mean they cannot sympathize. The cultist digs the ground beside the road with their bare hands. The young girl noticed what the cultist is doing and decides to help out.
The cultist is surprised. The two continue to dig the ground until it turns into a hole. The girl's hands is very injured. The cultist asks her to stop digging with her delicate hands and rolls bandages around it. The young girl enters the carriage and watches the cultist. The cultist carries the three corpses simultaneously with their abnormal strength, then drop them carefully in the grave without furthermore injuring them. Lastly, they return the unearthed dirt back to the grave until it is filled up. For the finishing touch, the cultist moulded a small hill and added a wooden cross etched with a skull on top of the grave.
The girl comes out to see the grave. It is a normal looking grave at first, then she noticed a skull carved in the wooden cross. The girl feels anxious. She looks at the cultist. The cultist leaves without saying a word at the young girl. The travel continues.
The sun is about to set and the cultist killed a big bear trying to eat them. That bear becomes their dinner. The bushes started to move and the cultist is alerted. The fact that the absolute rule is one major weakness of Altare Cremisi cultist is absolutely annoying to have in exchange of power. The cultist is fast enough to outrun a cheetah. They waited until the unknown being pops out from the bush. It is the young girl.
She looks very hungry. It surprises the cultist that she was able to follow them without them noticing. The smell of the cooked bear meat must have lured out the young girl. This time, she is wearing a dirty red cloak. The cultist doesn't remember there being a red cloak around the carriage site. Without any words, the cultist let the young girl come closer. They can't kill her for now.
They shared the cooked meat. The young girl took the first bite and suddenly chomps it down afterwards. She choked for eating too fast. The cultist gave her a horn filled with water. Such an unusual drinking container. The young girl thanks the cultist and drinks the water. The cultist begins to ask her identity out of curiosity. She feels awkward. She only tells her name "Dolce".
The cultist did not bother to ask something personal. But Dolce asks who they are. The cultist doesn't told their name. They told her that they are travelers from far away looking for answers. Dolce doesn't know what to ask more. The cultist quietly hums themselves to sleep. The tunes of the song is filled with melancholy. Such a sad song to choose to get themselves to sleep. Night is pleasantly pass by as the warmth and the light of the campfire protects the cultist and the young girl.