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"You should. I'm rising up the ranks pretty fast. What will you do when I become queen?" She asks. "What will you do when you are thrown into the streets and your own servants are relaxing in their own houses free of torment?" She doesn't let him respond. She walks out the door, leaving it open behind her. She hops on her steed and rides off towards her house. Anger brims through her. What was with this cruelty that ran so commonly in this kingdom?

"Yes" he shuts his eyes and bows his great head. "This has been number twenty. Twenty of my offspring dead in a span of two days" he raises his head again. "This isn't right. We cut the humans a great amount of slack and for what?" He clicks his talons against the stone angrily. "I say we fight back against the kingdom that bares great walls"

“Thanks,I guess,I never liked killing beast,it’s just not my thing,but my kingdom always force me too,and we need to eat something,so I have to kill”Serena looked back at shadow”you know,it’s been a long time since someone been nice to me”

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Sol looked at Balin, staying calm about the situation. "I agree, the damage they deal isn't great for our camps and people." He looks at Balin with a frown. "But, I think the life of any being is just as important as the next..." He didn't want anyone harmed. If they fought back it would just start a war. "Brother Balin are you eager to start a war between us creatures and the human race?"

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“Been a long time since I’ve met anyone.” He looked at her and gave an unamused grin. Better be worth my time... He stood up straight and turned around, ready to walk away.

“Queen, huh...” he muttered to himself before scoffing. She seriously thought she was going to be queen? He picked up the unconscious girl and carried her over to her very small room. He had grown numb to her comments by this point, so he completely forgot about everything said during the interaction a few minutes later.

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*A mysterious figure rode out of the forest with some men into a lake-town that had recently been taken over. Some male villagers were being shackled by the neck, hands, and feet to be lead out of town, whereas the woman and children were being held back by soldiers. The figure got off of their horse and walked around. They saw dead bodies of both Cloaked soldiers and villagers who tried to resist* Commander Talla, we have the prisoners over here.

*Talla turned and saw 10 prisoner's. They all looked towards the ground. Talla squatted down and looked at them.* Listen up. I am feeling very kind today so here is what I'll do. If one of you tells me where the leader of this town is, I'll let that one live. If one of you looks *Talla took out a map of their land* at this map and points to at least one of your largest towns, I'll let that person and a person of their choice live. And if one of you tells me where your largest stronghold is, I will let that person and 3 people of their choice to live. Understand? *The villagers stayed silent*

Now, first things first, where is your towns leader- *Talla was interrupted by one of the villagers* We will never tell you anything, you cloaked demon! Even if it means we all pay with our lives. *Talla smirked, stood up, and turned around with her eyes closed.* Well you see, here's the funny thing about me *When she opened her eyes, they were black. She drew her sword and sliced the top part of the villagers head off* I only give one chance. Throw them in the frozen lake. They had their chance. *Talla turned and began to walk back to her horse. Some of the villagers began to talk* Wait! I'll tell you what you want to know!! Please!! *Talla got on her horse* You had your chance. And now you will wet yourself with tears *Her men tied the rebels up with chains* WAIT!!! Drown yourselves with regret *Her men attached heavy weights to the chains and began to move the rebels to the end of the dock* I'M BEGGING YOU!! PLEASE!!!! And...... die, with this worlds filth *Talla's men pushed the prisoners into the lake. Talla rode her horse around town* Let them be an example to all of you townsfolk! If you so much as whisper about rebelling, you will be executed to the harshest extent of your miserable lives! *Talla turned her horse and rode with the men she arrived with into the forest*

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Balin sharply turns his head away from Sol. "Generations of my children are dying under their hands. There will never be peace between us and the humans unless we enforce it. Brother Sol, I usually envy your humbleness. But it's leaving you blind. How many more of your kind must die before enough is enough?"

Gwen finally makes it to her house. Her own servants greet her excitedly. She smiles when she sees them. She pays her servants well, and they all have their own rooms. They all barley work with her, they mostly clean and cook. "Hello to all" she greets. She smile vanishes when she sees papers from Francis on the table next to her front door. She sighs as she reads the papers looking tired as she reads them. It's the papers from the royal treasurer. He complains about all of the poor citizens but never accepts her recommendations on how to fix the situation.

Sol gulped and faced his head downward. He gulped, he wasn't too sure of how to reply. "My people suffer as well, and so do Shadow's. Listen...I understand what you mean but..." He sighed, and brought his face up to Balin. "I don't know if we are ready for that war..." His allies bowed thier heads down, or looked at eachother. "We might just suffer more if we do that..."

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"Sometimes momentary pain can bring enternal happiness" Balin points out. "But very well, I can see I won't have your support just yet" he leaps out of the cave and catches himself with a gigantic swoosh of his wings. "Consider my offer brother Sol. If the three of us work together we can finally rest well knowing our kind won't be hurt by the humans anymore" he flies upward now and lands on his peak. Winds whips around him, with one sigh the storms in the mountain calm. He looks down at his offspring, choosing one of the oldest to help him out. "Get Shadow" he commands to the bird.

Gwen rubs her forehead as she sits in her dinning room and stares down at the paper. "What does he want me to do with this?" She wonders outloud. She sighs and stands up, walking outside and strolling over to his house. Which isn't far from hers. People stare at her as she walks. She doesn't blame them, she is wearing full armor while they wear suits and dresses, she definitely stands out.

Rosalind was sitting on the cobbled, worn steps outside her home, thinking about what to do in light of the recent events.

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Luke was walking in town, finding it hard to see again. He sees Rosalind (He thinks) on the steps of his house and decides to go talk to him. "Hi Rosalind. How are you doing?"

She saw Luke come up to her, and responded."Hi. I'm.... okay? Decent? Just having a bit of a think, that's all." In reality, she was sort of confused.

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*Talla and her men rode through the woods at a rapid pace. When they exited it, they saw their kingdom. The gates were opened so they could enter, and were met with some people cheering, for the people thought all in the army were heroes. Talla changed direction while her men kept going their original direction.*

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He went outside and stretched, wondering what he should do today. Maybe he should go hunting or something. He shrugged and went back inside to grab some simple armor, just in case. He put his coat on over the armor for some reason, making him look like a joke. He yawn as he went outside again, not even taking the time to admire how beautiful today was. He clapped his hands, waiting for one of his servants to come.

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*Talla stood behind him wearing her battle gear, still covered in blood and dirt.* Next time you want to feel protected in your own home, close the freaking backdoor. That crap was wide open

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Great... Another one... He turned around to face Talla, an unamused face was shown. “Like I give a sh**...” he mumbled before looking at her, unfazed by the blood and dirt. “What brings you here...” he said in the same, bored tone.

Amy smiled before running off and back to her small house. It was barely even a house, it was the roof and support beams and that was it. She didn’t care about that, though. She still just slept in the fields or something anyway.

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The TB flies through the forest in search of shadow. It lands in the grass and cocks it's head. Screeching every few moments to call for him. The bird walks confidently, it's only preditor being mountain lions and bears, although both lack the intelligence of the TB, so it can usually get away without much worry. It's humans the TB has to fear, since they carry the intelligence to outsmart the creature. It walks around with it's wings outstretched to make it appear larger.

Gwen knocks on Francis door. As if waiting for her a servant immediately opens the door. She frowns at the servant, noticing scars on the boy. But unlike Marian she cannot give these servants cash. She nods respectfully as she enters into the mansion and follows the servant to his living room. Francis has files scattered around him. It's maps of the Cloaks attacks. Gwen hides her frown. She feels lucky she was able to join Francis's guards rather than the Cloaks, the lot of them made her blood boil. "Hello Francis, I'm assuming you wanted to meet with me?" She asks as she gives him a bow.

*Talla walk inside. She saw a servant walking towards Madrian with his breakfast and a pitcher of ale. She grabbed the pitcher and drank from it* Just because I'm raiding enemy villages doesn't mean I can't visit. *Talla sat in Madrian's chair and put her boots up on the white marble table to anger him* Do you know what they are calling me now?

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“I wouldn’t care anyways.” He shrugged and looked at her. He couldn’t exactly remember who she was, but he knew that they had met before. He sighed and grabbed a chair and something from the tray.

Shadow stopped when he heard Balin call for him. It was hard to hear it, considering that his senses were a bit dull in this form. He sighed and looked at Serena. “Farewell.” He simply said before disappearing in a small puff of flames

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*She took a sip of ale* The "Black Eyed Baron". Kind of has a nice ring to it. *Talla saw him begin to eat* You dont remember me, do you?

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He shrugged and looked at her. “Not really, never had a need to remember you.” He gave a slight smirk and plucked a grape in his mouth. “The Black Eyed Baron, ay...?” He scoffed. “Impressive” his tone poured sarcasm.

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