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1358 - The Year of Shadows

Flamerule (July) 3

    Milo stands up. I run to find the person who threw me, but instead I find the wizard who threw the fireball at me, but the wizard didn't notice me. I snuck up on the wizard and knocked him to the ground, and sat on top of him. "Nice fireball you threw earlier, but you threw it at the wrong person. What's your name, mage?"
     The wizard tries to move, but can't. "I'm Kynlin Condolin, you're nothing but a child."
     I smiled at him. "Maybe, but I did knock you to the ground. Don't mess with me." At that time, something struck me in the head, knocking me to the ground, and off of Kynlin.
     The unknown assailant helped Kynlin off the ground. "Get away wizard, and do your job."
     Kynlin said "You do your job, and I can do mine." Kynlin leaves, saying one last thing to me "This is not over young one."
     I get on my hands and knees. "The name is Dilantik Kesintar, remember that."
     Kynlin said Oh, I will." Then he disappeared.
     I stood up looking at the one who threw the rock, realizing he's the one who threw me. "I have a bone to pick with you."
     The zhent said "Which one?"
     I said "How about your backbone, if you have one."
     The zhent swings his sword, cutting me on the right forearm.
     I drop my right hand weapon. I swing my left sword at the zhent. My sword digs deep in the zhent's chest, forcing him to the ground. I stabbed the zhent into the heart, killing him instantly.
     I turned quickly blocking an attack from behind me.
     The new attacker swung again.
     I blocked again, but my sword shattered.
     The zhent smiled at me as he brought his weapon up to strike. As he was bringing his weapon down on me, he fell to the ground, landing on me.
     I wiggled my way free, and realized the zhent was shot in the back by a crossbow bolt. I looked up, seeing the attacker, an archer with a crossbow.
     He saluted me with his crossbow and disappeared.
     I picked up my other sword, then I noticed the weapons one of the zhentarium was using, and I took them. I put the swords in my belt.
     Milo killed another zhent, and he is struck in the chest by another one. Milo falls to the ground.
     I notice this happen and ran to him, killing another zhent in the process. I knelt down by Milo "Don't die, you'll be ok. You're going to get married in two weeks."
     Milo looked up "I'll be fine, just take care of the zhents."
     I stood up and attacked others in anger, cutting down zhents left and right. Screaming at the top of my lungs.

     The people eventually send the zhentarium in retreat. I went back to Milo and found he's not moving. I checked to see if he was alive, and to my relief, Milo was just unconscious. I dragged him to find someone to help. I heard an explosion from the other side of town. I got Milo to a healer and ran to the explosion. When I got there, I noticed one of the temples in rubble. "What happened, anyone hurt?"
     One person said "The temple of Tymora exploded. There were three people in there. Elminster and two others. The other two escaped without harm, and was arrested for Elminster's death."
     I said "Elminster's dead?"
     The man said "Apparently so."
     I went back to Milo. He was laying on a bed, resting after being healed. I noticed something on the inside of his clothes. It was a harper's badge. We stayed that night at the inn.

     The next morning I was walking around town, when I heard some commotion and I went to check it out. I asked a guard what happened.
     The guard said "The two people that killed Elminster, has escaped. We sent some people out to search for them.
     I decided we had to stay in town a few more days since Milo had to have time to rest.

     A few days later, Milo was up walking around, when I approached him. "Milo, Lord Mourngrym wants to see us, well actually me, but he wanted you along too."
     Milo said "Let's go." We went to see Mourngrym.