Dustin122081
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This is the story of Jachard - Paladin of the Old Code (In RoT his name is just Jachard). This story is being told through inner thoughts as they are being written down in Jachard's journal.
October 1st-
Me and my father were out hunting today for food. We searched for hours before we even found a thing, although what we found was not exactly what we were looking for. It looked like a deer, but was missing some limbs along with it's heart. We did not know what could have done this, but it couldn't have been anything native to these lands. We will again for the second night go with only the rats that scurry the floor as dinner.
October 2nd-
We went out hunting again for food, its was near dusk when we heard a very unfamiliar sound, a sound of an animal snarling and growling as if it was mauling something. After a few moments of listening trying to figure out what it is, we heard a very screechy yet unhuman type of voice say "Come, Master Cain is waiting." Who is this Master Cain?
October 3rd-
It's near dusk again before we go out hunting for dinner. After a few hours of stalking the forest, we hear that same snarling again, only this time it was closer...almost as though it was following us. This animal sounds like it could be food for a week, or possibly even something much worse than we fear...it could be something that will make us dinner.
October 4th-
I do not know what has happened. My father went outside as usual to get the gear ready for the hunt we have been doing for months, same routine, same equipment...nothing differant, and yet I have a very very strange feeling, a feeling as if I know something bad is going to happen, something I can't prevent.
October 5th (Written with nervousness)-
I woke up this morning, my father is nowhere to be found, I do not know what has happened, I see blood all around, I found something I know he wouldn't have left willingly...a locket my mother and I gave to him on this 47th birthday. Whatever has happened to my father cannot be good, and as his son...I shall find out what has happened.
October 6th-
I scurried around the forest tonight, with the sword my father gave to me as a child, a longsword...built of a very strong iron...a red in color type of iron I have never seen anywhere else, and a shield he said was given to him by a higher pressence, a shield that has protected him from things that no shield should ever beable to withstand.
October 6th (written with excitment and nervousness)-
I have heard the sound again, of the snarling beast, I know it has taken my father, I will find out if my father is still alive...this beast had better pray to whatever gods it is that it prays to that my father is still...alive.
October 7th (Written with lonliness and anger)-
My father is dead, I found him...or atleast what was left of him. I will find this beast, and I will have his head, his heart, and his soul!
October 25th-
I have not made a journal entry for several days now, I have had all my focus on finding this beast...and this Master Cain. I have been searching going to every small village along the way, with questions but always very few answers, it's almost as though these people know something but can't say...or are to afraid to say.
October 30th-
I have tracked the beast for many days now, training my skills everyday when I have a chance, training my muscles for battle, challenging my mind to keep it sharp, and remembering what my father taught me...there will always be one thing he told me that will be with me forever, "Always remember, it takes a noble man, pure of heart, true to his soul to defeat evil. Any man can pick up a sword and swing it, but only the man truest to himself can kill that which cannot be killed by an ordinary man."
October 31st-
I came upon a lost man, so it seemed...he has seen something, something that has stricken fear into his very soul, the mere utter of the name "Master Cain" sent the man into a screaming fit, all he seemed to beable to pronounce was "Trinity, search the town of Trinity!"
he pointed to a small town about 3 miles north, I could hear very strange sounds come from around this town...something wasn't right...there was evil surrounding this place.
And so the real journey of Jachard - Paladin of the Old Code begins...
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