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Annunfuiniel · 05-20-2003, 07:59 AM

Kurzag's waiting proved out to be short: one of the dwarves reached him right as he turned around. The orc grinned and licked his lips.

"Feel the bite of my axe you stinking foul beast", the dwarf screamed, sounding like a growling wild beast himself, and charged on the orc. Kurzag swerved to the right and the first deadly stroke went astray. Such was the force charged up in the blow that when the edge of his axe didn't meet any resistance on its course the dwarf staggered and fell on his knees.

"Where are the others? One is too easy!" Kurzag raged frantically and turned to finish up what he thought was an easy kill. "One is not eno-..."

Kurzag's croak broke off as the sharp-edged blade cut through his tripe with one mighty slash. Kurzag looked up at the dwarf and then down to his feet, his wry face reflecting utter disbelief. Convulsively he squeezed the hilt of his sword in his right hand while trying to press the wound with his left arm. But the cut was too deep: his guts drained to the ground from between his fingers and his blood run in small warm streams to the rough floor. Red haze blurred Kurzag's sight and he swayed. His other two pursuers arrived just to see him slump down to the ground.

The dwarf, still on his knees, stared at the orc's body in front of him. He looked confused as if he had just woken from a dread nightmare just to realize the dream had become reality.

"Nori, are you hurt?" a voice forced its way into the dwarf's consciousness. It was a scream but in Nori's ears it rang like a frail whisper from afar. He didn't respond but leant over the corpse that lay there facing the earth. Without further considerations Nori grabbed the orc by its right shoulder and swung him over. The rotten creature's foul smell mixed with the stench of his entrails and Nori felt sick. He bent left and vomited yellow bile from his empty stomach.

Right then, without warning, Nori heard a dire murmur, a voice reaching from behind a grave.

"Burzum...burzum-ishi... And you will follow ME!" Bloodless hand rose, still wielding the sword to which it had clutched in death. With his last strengths Kurzag cried and thrust the blade to the dwarf's flesh. Then, his final outrage carried out he fell down together with Nori, his last prey. Gone was the red flame that had flickered in his eye but a ghoulish grin remained on his lips.

[ May 20, 2003: Message edited by: Annunfuiniel ]

05-20-2003, 07:59 AM	#63
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Kurzag's waiting proved out to be short: one of the dwarves reached him right as he turned around. The orc grinned and licked his lips. "Feel the bite of my axe you stinking foul beast", the dwarf screamed, sounding like a growling wild beast himself, and charged on the orc. Kurzag swerved to the right and the first deadly stroke went astray. Such was the force charged up in the blow that when the edge of his axe didn't meet any resistance on its course the dwarf staggered and fell on his knees. "Where are the others? One is too easy!" Kurzag raged frantically and turned to finish up what he thought was an easy kill. "One is not eno-..." Kurzag's croak broke off as the sharp-edged blade cut through his tripe with one mighty slash. Kurzag looked up at the dwarf and then down to his feet, his wry face reflecting utter disbelief. Convulsively he squeezed the hilt of his sword in his right hand while trying to press the wound with his left arm. But the cut was too deep: his guts drained to the ground from between his fingers and his blood run in small warm streams to the rough floor. Red haze blurred Kurzag's sight and he swayed. His other two pursuers arrived just to see him slump down to the ground. The dwarf, still on his knees, stared at the orc's body in front of him. He looked confused as if he had just woken from a dread nightmare just to realize the dream had become reality. "Nori, are you hurt?" a voice forced its way into the dwarf's consciousness. It was a scream but in Nori's ears it rang like a frail whisper from afar. He didn't respond but leant over the corpse that lay there facing the earth. Without further considerations Nori grabbed the orc by its right shoulder and swung him over. The rotten creature's foul smell mixed with the stench of his entrails and Nori felt sick. He bent left and vomited yellow bile from his empty stomach. Right then, without warning, Nori heard a dire murmur, a voice reaching from behind a grave. "Burzum...burzum-ishi... And you will follow ME!" Bloodless hand rose, still wielding the sword to which it had clutched in death. With his last strengths Kurzag cried and thrust the blade to the dwarf's flesh. Then, his final outrage carried out he fell down together with Nori, his last prey. Gone was the red flame that had flickered in his eye but a ghoulish grin remained on his lips. [ May 20, 2003: Message edited by: Annunfuiniel ] __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.