Chapter 18
the guards throw me in to a cell at their station, there's nothing in the cell just some crooks and criminals, though I guess I can also be labeled as a criminal now. I look around for a bit and guess who's here too, that's right, cept. i make fun of him for getting himself caught but he does his usual routine and ignores me. he asks where the others are but I tell him I have no idea, he tells me that he ran into a problem when we split up, apparently he just discovered that those guards weren't actually guards but thugs from the yokko crime family and they were looking to get even for what I had done to them. that I already know but I don't see the others here, I ask if he's met with the chief since we split but he says no, that he's only met up with me since we split. while we're discussing we over hear some guards talking about a few important figures coming for a feast in the capital. Sir Lu Quincy burrowshard, Lord dagon lebaniss, lord Hakim musabeem, and a few others.
Sir Lu Quincy The Jaded Knight, a well decorated knight of the kingdom, a lowborn risen to nobility, as seen on his sir title. even we in the border villages have heard stories of him, we know of his feats and know to fear him. he was once said to chase the Nile serpent from it's burrow in the great northern hills, the aegr mountains. the serpent being a giant dragon that called the northern mountains it's home. a dragon said to be nearly as old as the kingdoms founding itself or perhaps even older. he also vanquished the clan leader of a most notorious orc horde, the night raiders, who numbered nearly in the thousands and terrorized the outer lands of the oak kingdom for just several months but doing enough damage that would last for years. they raided, pillaged, violated the land and it's people and killed without remorse and consequence of their actions resulting in the deaths of hundreds of kingdom citizens. though it would take a while before the king would take action, he dispatched the kingdoms pale knights, the lowest of the kingdoms knights order, sir Lu Quincy who was but a pale knight at the time amoung their ranks along with the knights of jaded ones and together they would bring the orc's reign of terror to an end in only two days. the battle was fierce, known throughout the kingdom as the battle of penance. it's said that though he was only a pale knight at the time, his feats on the battlefield were enough to inspire even the knights of the jaded ones and earn him a place amoung their ranks, his strength and battle IQ second to none, only a few within the kingdom are said to be on par with him in terms of raw talent. it is said that feats of that magnitude for a lowborn are only made possible by the blood of those born of the heavens. even I have to admit I know of no one within the kingdom with that much hype around them, and he's not even a highborn but he has so much merit within the kingdom.
there's also Lord Dagon Lebaniss, a highborn as his title would suggest but even more special than most other highborns. see, lord Dagon is of royal descent, a close relative of the king, royalty. mostly you'd expect that since he's royalty he would be a weak and sniveling insect but no. though rare, there are a few of the highborns that are very powerful, feared across this kingdom and then some. he's said to have more experience fighting Wakaani than any other person in the entire kingdom as made evident from his many battle scars. a battle fiend as described by most, and others a warmonger. they say his thirst for blood is insatiable, he is barely ever even in the kingdom and more on the fore front of the kingdoms territorial expansions. with a towering physique and impeccable musculature it's hardly anyones guess as to why he craves battle, for someone who fights with Wakaani like it's any normal Tuesday and enjoys it, it's no wonder he earned the nick name The oak war god. he even has a special blade dedicated to him by the great blacksmith's of the capital, a blade fit for his aggressive and ferocious nature. he is so into fighting and everything that comes with it that during the start of the battle of penance he is said to have left the seige of Lucania for the border villages to join the battle of penance. belonging to the oak killers knights order since he was only sixteen, an order fit for those of such brutality. always at the forefront of any offensive for the kingdoms sake, he will kill anyone and anything if the king so wills it.
there are also a few others worth mentioning like lord Hakim, lord tangrit, lady sheelah, the lord of kings but I can't start to cover them all as well as their individual feats. I wonder if I can achieve that level of strength and merit, but I'll try to get out being tackled by a few guards first before I start thinking about that level of strength. the stations head guard comes to our cell and tells us that they would take us to the council meeting later today to get our due punishment from the council members. cept says that if we do make it to the meeting before the yokko's men take us out, it would be a good opportunity to tell the council about everything that's happening within the kingdoms borders. I agree with his reasoning but even I know that egos of that magnitude will not easily be convinced just because we tell them we're saying the truth, we need to come up with a plan and fast or it's our heads on pikes.