"Ha ha ha " a wonded knight ran across the dark chasm. One of his limbs torns , replaced by a bleeding stump. His armour shattered.
"Please let me die , please let me die! Oh, light , grace me death away from darkn-!"
"SREECCCHHHH! HAHAH-AHAH-HA" A loud screech followed by a mocking broken laughter echoed in all directions of the dark chasm.
Dispare filled the knight's soul ,as the touch - his only source of light fell from his grasp.
He quickly used the only remaining arm to pull out an sharp orinmental dagger.
He brought the dagger to his neck and without hesitation cut it clean, beheading himself in a swoosh.
Death was better than the fate of darkness
Death while being in light was better than what's beyond it.
Yet....
"Hahahahaha...HAHAHAHAHAHA-" The falled head laughed while continuously spewing blood from its mouth.
Death has Forsaken him. Light cannot grace him. Only a suffering for eternity or till light's reach awaits him.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" The laughters echoed in the dark chasm, or was it a screem for help , a warning to others.
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"Quick ,the play is about the begin!" A child said as he urged his friends.
They quickly traversed through the stone paved paths of the festive streets, bright lanterns illuminating them.
A dark, starless chasm eternally filled the 'sky'.
Soon ,they reached there destination - a large tent with gold and silver colour strips.
Inside was a large crowds of all ages - from childerns to old.
They were seated in an half circle, surrounding the stage.
The children squeezed through the gaps to get to the front.
Murmurmurmurmurmur
Snap!
A sharp snapping sound silenced the crowd, as a spot light illuminated the center of stage.
A cardboard sun fell from the 'sky' of stage.
"Long ago, In the era of agenis. The sun illuminated the sky."
Grass , rivers , cattles and happy villagers appeared - all cardboard - appeared.
"People lived in prosperity under it's might,benevolent divine light. Rivers flowed untainted, pure water - unlimited! Cattles giving milk to the poorest. All happy, All safe."
The scene shifted. Now a moon accompanied by stars appeared. The cattles slept in sheds and human in their homes.
"At night ,the sky turned black. Stars painted the sky like glitter. The moon as the silent sun. All people of the lands slept everyday without worry, except those with lady problem of course"
Hahahaha
The old narrator added a joke at the end, earning a few laughter from the audience.
The scene shifted again , the sun appearing again...this time accompanied by hands Around it.
"But the greed of the old king was boundless."
The narrator said solemnly, the audience gripping their hands tighter from restraint anger.
"He sought to claim the sun's might...and he succeeded, his terrifying grap reaching even the high heavens, a mortal defying the order."
The hands clutched the sun harder. The scene shifted-
"But instead of helping the lands, he went mad with the sun's might and used it against the land itself. Waghing wars one sidely, slaughtering countless - friends and foe alike."
The scene on stage depicted a war , countless unhappy faces and the sun shooting beams on light on the people of lands. Blood staining the sky from the cries of the sun.
"He buried many kingdoms, collapsed the sky, shattered the moon, made the stars fall."
The stage collapsed, everything disappeared except the hand clutched sun.
"All lands were united under one blood stained banner - solar agenis."
A banner with Cresent sun appeared on the stage, blood stained.
"The sun unable the take the land's suffering anymore,freed itself through it's death. It's dying embers fading , plunging the world into darkness."
The scene depicted the sun burning away ,as the hands holding it burned too.
The newer audience gasped , the older simply shook there heads while praying silently.
"With the sun gone, the empire of solar agenis collapsed on itself. And thus came the end of the tyrannical regn of the old king."
The audience signed in relief.
"For once more ,the world has found it's peace again, even if it's in eternal darkness. Though it didn't last long, the world was already too scared and darkness filled the world."
The scene shifted - a people covering in fear and dispare ,holding lantern were portrayed. Countless eyes and hedious twisted smiles appeared around them ,emerging from the darkness of the backstage.
The audience shivered from fear ,while few gritted the teeths to show facade of bravery.
"From the dying embers of light, from the Forsaken of light and death, came the manevelent creatures of darkness. Twisting life and truth alike, maddening those who hear there truths."
"The world once again plunged into chaos , this time far worse."
The scene shifted - a divine light fell on the cowering people , as a knight appeared on the stage.
Yeee!
The audience cheered.
"In midst of this chaos and death , appeared the light bearers. Those who were chosen by the remeant embers of the sun, choosen of the goddess Augustus. Knights who have pledged to bring the new dawn!"
The narrator narrated in an excited voice , resembling the excitement of the audience.
"They carried the oath of sacred flame, they banished the unspeakable horrors of the darkness back. And above all the protected humanity as a whole, united!"
The scene shifted - to a victorious knight, a preast and many other warriors. The light grading the people , tainted rivers getting cleansed.
"And this the cities came to be, deep underground, away from the remains of the pasts but still touched by the glory and light."
The scene shifted to a city underground with people carrying happy faces again , just like the start of the play.
The play as ended.
The narrator wraped things up,while the audience started to thin out, getting back to their businesses.
The suddenly,a child from the front of crowd spoke to the narrator -
"What about Oathless Knights, don't they also defend humanity against the darkness?"
Upon hearing this the narrator sneered and replied in an voice filled with disdain.
"They are just fools who think there feeble inner light can stray away the darkness of the world. They bring more bads then good, fools who forsake the guidance of the doctrine."
The child tried to defend them
"But t-"
But before he can finish, something from the sky crashed down on the stage.
Boom!
Ahahahah
The people screemed in panic,while few near got tensed.
The stage was broken , covered by a smoke screen.
Clunk! Thud click!
Something heavy falling and clanking of a metal was heard through the smokescreen.
Soon the smoke screen disappeared, revealing the visage on the one behind it.
It was a knight in an barely functional, broken armour, chipped and shattered in places.
He wore a helmet that fully covered his face, and the armour that showed no skin. Making one unable to identify the age of gender of one underneath.
"Ha ha ha" The sound of ragid heavy breathing coming out of the helmet made the knight in broken armour even more menching.
The knight looked at the roof from which he fell and voiced an apology.
"My apologies, i accidentally slipped and fell from the upper city. You can bill me the reimbursement,I will pay." The knight said politely.
'Fell from the upper city.....' The narrator and the crowd thought in conjunction, still in stupper.
"A-ah, n-no need sir knight." The narrator quickly said ,after waking from his stupper.
The knight persistent, stepped closer and handed him a metal strip , contact details carved from dagger.
"This is my contact details, bill me later." With that the knight turned around and walked out the the tent. Leaving the stunned crowd behind.
Thud Thud Thud
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Chime!
The bell at the door of tavern rang ,as the door swung open.
The guests in the ground floor all went silent, looking at the knight that just entered.
Thud Thud Thud
No one spoke or made any sound.
"Is he famous?" One of the newer guest wispered to the one beside him.
"Famous? Ye. But not in a good way." The man replied with a snort.
"Why so?" The newer man questioned, confused.
"That man is a goddamed oathless knight! How can he be not be known. Furthermore, he always hids his face under the helmet. He must be an ugly mut, I wonder which whore gave birth th-"
He was unable to finish the sentence,as his face was slammed on the food tray he was eating previously. His nose broken , few teeths flying out.
"You should have stopped at the face." Said the chilling voice under the helmet.
With that he dragged him from his seat and kicked him hard enough to send him flying out of the doors of tavern and on to the streets. Allowing thieves to steal his belongings.
The tavern went deadly silent, enough for a pin drop to be heard.
The man who asked was cowering in his seat, pissing himself.
"A-ah, uhh ah i- um" the man tried to speak but he couldn't get words out, biting his touch in turn.
The knight simply patted him shoulders and turn to walk towards the bar.
"The usual, non alcoholic." the knight said ,to which the bartender simply nodded professionally and been preparing a drink.
The bartender didn't react to the mess before, for he believes that stupid customers will eat proper consiqences. If he dies, it's one less idiot for the darkness swollen world.
"Rael, buddy! How have you been! It's been so long since we last met. Still masquerading as a knight?"
A man - krivos , approached the knight with a big smile, like a con man.
"...." The knight didn't respond and simply took a sip of his beverage by lifting his helmet slightly.
"Still not much of a talker humm, I still remember how you were when we just met ,how di-" the man unpretrubed , continued to talk away. His grin growing wider as he adjusted his hat.
"Get to the point krivos." The knight - Rael - sounded in an cold and to the point tone.
The smirk on krivos's face never left , he opened his mouth -
"Say....you need glory and I need money, we are two brothers in need. So how about we go and conquer the merkwood mountains together."