No Longer Alone

[Evelond Formos]

Divven Arkenath had recently met two other drow of a good cause, like himself, and was very pleased. He did not know he would be meeting- or, at least seeing- another drow like them very soon after . . .


Mayna Arkenath had taken a break from hunting Divven down, for her rod had been destroyed. She was not powerful enough to destroy the Redboots, so she went into disguise, looking for Divven all around Daris- and occasionally taking breaks in the Boar and the Rim.

She silenced all the drow at an announcement, for she was the Valsharess after all.

But, an elf was sneaking around, spying on the meeting.

"Fellow drow," said she, beginning her speech. "We are all here for one reson: to discuss the various ways to destroy Divven Arkenath, and to tek over Dasaria!"

Many cheers.

"Now, unfortunately one of our drow has been giving information to the surface elves:"

She points to an old drow, and he is suddenly wide eyed, falsely accusing Mayna of lying.

"Yes, this old man has allowed a surface elf to our meeting! I have placed a curse on the two, holding the elf and the heretic in place!"

All the drow except one and an elf went into a circle, with the two being the center. Mayna grinned with fire in her eyes, in the mood for killing someone.

"Now, begone with you!"

Right before she cast a death spell, a drow about the age of Divven came running into the circle, saying, "No, you cruel hearted fiend!"

Mayna cast the death spell on the two, and glared at the woman.

"Shrimur'ss? Why are you late?"

"That doesn't matter! You just murdered!"

"Who cares? I'm the Valsharess! I can do whatever I want!"

Shrimur'ss Arkenath was one of Divven's sisters, the only one with a pure soul like he had, and she was born on the surface like Divven's new friend.

She had made a mistake though, and was going to be killed by Mayna if she did not do something fast. So, she drank her Invisibility Potion as fast as possible, and ran towards the hole Divven used to go to the surface: and she made it.

"Bah, leave her. She's not as dangerous as Divven; she'll get killed anyway." Mayna said.

She fled to the surface and ended up in the Blue Boar, and made sure she didn't make the same mistake Divven did: she put on a helm and long sleeved armour to make sure her black skin was not revealed.

She went to the Farmlands and saw Divven, a few seconds after he saw her.

"Shrimur'ss!"
"Divven!"
"'Tis been so long!"
"That it has."
"Have you been accused yet?"
"No, the Boots don't know my identity."
"Great! I have made some friends like us; on was born on the surface like you were . . ."
"Really?"
"Yes!"

Divven told her of his adventures, and Shrimur'ss told Divven of hers.

(( BTW, Divven's nickname is Div and Shrimur'ss's nickname is Murse. ))

"Murce, can you be a spy- guardian to us four, like the other one is?"
"You don't have to ask! I already am!"

And so began the adventures of . . .

The Arcane Arkens!

(( pretty lame, I know, but I felt like doing it . . .))