The Founding:Drawn to Arms

[kingdoom]

The viking turns and looks at young gun and says: I am pretty sure the reason for this choosing of that he noobs some power to hold the huge thing while he can slaughter it with his magic skills. And allso the fact that i would not be as good as you mages when it comes to hunting down the bandits as you have spells and proberbly can travel faster than me and track them better.

[tiber]

"Yunggun, the viking has a point." Tiber stated, walking back towards his horse.
"Our large sword-wielding friend is ill equipt to fight a mob. He is much better served matching strength with strength...though I doubt he can equal this beast Raistlin speaks of."
Hoisting himself atop his steed, Tiber looked down at the group, thinking of the best possible arrangements. He could not allow Izlude to go after the bandits. Being a necromancer, he would have a superb selection of victims in the aftermath. Tiber also could not allow Izlude to go alone with Kingdoom. The Dark Lord had a reputation of seizing opportunities to claim victims. The necromancer could easily kill the monster as well as Kingdoom and raise them too. The only option was for Tiber to tag along. He was the only one the Dark Lord would not touch. He could keep his foe in check durring the fight.

"Krasor and Raistin must handle the bandits since they can catch up with their teleportation. I will go with Izlude and Kingdoom to face the monster. Yunggun, you may choose whichever road you wish."
With that, Tiber prodded his horse with his heels. The steed alertly jolted forward and into the forest in the direction of the monster. The Chronos Mage could only hope someone would be willing to follow.

[YungGun]

~Yung Gun spit at the ground and jumped off his horse. He then tied it to tree~

"I can decide which path i want? I guess im not good enough for either group"

~Yung Gun laughed to himself as he layed in the shade next to the horse~

"You all have fun. Im going to keep watch here. Contact me if i could be of assistance. If not, then oh well"

[Krasor]

"Actually you'll be coming with me and Raistlin........."

Krasor slid once more from the shadows, next to Yunggun's horse.

"I may think of some ways you could be of, "use" to us........."

[YungGun]

~Yung Gun slowly got off the floor and dusted the dirt off of himself~

"You know I really hate helpin you. Everytime i do help, something bad or real weird happens to me"

~Yung Gun rubbed his stomach~

"This time im not drinking anything and i dont want you to direct any spells towards me again"

~Yung Gun looked around~

"I cant afford another date with death......."

[Raistlin]

"Ignorant youth. He left before even finding out what he's up against."

~He watched as Tiber's image faded into the forest. Turning to Izlude he could see an obvious calm in his demeanor.~

"I only returned to the group to warn you all. This creature is a man. It's genealogy has been altered in ways though. I didn't see any summoner in the area. There was a man in robes similar to mine close to the creature. It stands seven and a half feet tall. It's arms and legs are the size of trees. He carries a hammer that looks more like an iron carriage sitting atop a marble pillar. It has a head covered by a tin helmet, but probably not as hard as his head itself. This is in no way a normal man, but something created in a lab. I would know. I've tried my hands at it myself, but I wanted to make new life not alter existing ones."

~Raist looked at YG's smirk and shot him a venomous stare.~

"Mark my words, maggot. You speak of fear from me again and I'll experiment on you. This creature is best handled by fighters. It's chest is adorned by scars in the forms of runes to ward off magic. It's not safe for Tiber. Cronos magic will surely fail against it. There is little my magic will be able to do to it."

~He stepped over to Krasor.~

"You might think about changing forms and helping them fight this thing, but it's up to you. I'm gonna go after the bandits. They will flee as soon as we confront their creature. While it keeps us busy they plan to slip into the caves and vanish in the honeycomb caverns most likely. They are of no challenge for me alone, so if anyone is to join me that is by their choice alone. They are about a hundred yards into the forest now. It won't be long till Tiber finds them and will probably be crushed by the giant."

[Izlude]

"Enough time waisting my friends, split up and move out."

After the words leave his mouth, Izlude climbs onto his steed, wondering to himself at the same time why Tiber would decide to follow him. He knew the young mage didnt trust him however, the purpose of the alliance was not to kill the cronos mage or any other member for that matter, but instead to unite clans that Dark Lord thought harboured powers that could aid the Alliance in defending itself against much large foes.

Deciding to take action to his own words, Izlude kicked the side of his horse and begans its gallop to this "man's" location.

[tiber]

Tiber's horse came skidding to a halt, twigs and gravel breaking before its hooves as the steed tried to stop it's momentum.
"Woah!" Tiber shouted as he tried to stay atop the horse whose hind legs left the ground, kicking wildly in the air.
In front of the mage stood the creature he had come to meet, it's shoulders spanning the gap in between two trees. All of the creatures in the forest seemed to have left this place in fear, and Tibers horse did not intend to be the exception. Bucking once more, the steed threw it's rider to the ground. Before Tiber had even made contact, his transport had already made an about face and was headed the opposite direction.
The ground thudded as the Chronos Mage lost his battle with gravity.
The creature ahead of him stirred at the noise. It's human nostrils flared as it took a step forward.
With the element of surprise fleeing along with his horse, Tiber stood wearily, surveying his body for damage.
Nothing he could see, but as he looked upon the grotesque man that approached him, Tiber knew that things might get worse.
"I don’t have my staff or my Chronos Seeds, so my magic is limited." He muttered. "I have to hope someone followed me. Until then all I can do is run."

[Izlude]

Before the hideous creature could reach Tiber, a ball of green light struck it in the face, with contact, the ball burst into even brighter shades of green, temperarily blinding the freak. Tiber would feel the pale hands of izlude pull him aside, behind a large bolder.

"Are you ok?"

[tiber]

Tiber squinted as he raised his arm to shield his eyes from the rays.
There was a tug on his robes as the boy was pulled to a nearby rock outcrop nestled in between some trees.
At first Tiber was grateful for the help, but as he turned around he saw the pale face of Izlude glowing green as it reflected the light-show.
The Mage's gratitude quickly vanished as he shrugged Izlude off of his shoulder without a word. He would not thank the necromancer.
"Good shot, but now what?"
As the brightness died down, Tiber peered out from behind the rock, into the woods. The creature held one hand to it's face while letting out a terrible moan that reverberated off of the trees.
It was then that Tiber saw the man in black robes standing next to the monster, trying to calm it's panic.
The boy turned to Izlude, "That's the one we need to go for. He is controlling the beast. If we kill him then maybe something will happen."

[Izlude]

"Agreed, You distract the Beast, Ill take care of the Cloaked One"

Gripping the handle of his Sword, The Dark Lord waited for a sign of agreement from Tiber,

[Krasor]

"Or perhaps it would be better if I distracted him?"

~Krasor stood beside them, a soft glow leaking out from his neck, spreading across his body as it manipulated him. His assassin clothing hardened shifting and melding until it was now steel plates. His jester hat now lowering into a metal helm covering his face. The 2 swords at his side were now one massive 2 handed blade. As the glow faded from his body he was an assassin no more, but now a knight of Glastheim.~

"And as for this......."change" I believe the best strategy for distracting a beast such as this would be this current form..........."

[Izlude]

Izlude smiled as the transformation occured. Thinking to himself that Krasor will defently handle the job. Two small green balls began to form in his hands.

"Ok then, lets get this over with"

The Necromancer then laucnhed the orbs at the two foes, causing another small burst of light. Giving the men the oppitunity to lundge at them.

[tiber]

Tiber stood in awe of the transformation that had occurred. He had not thought Krasor to be much more than a jester with a few tricks, but he had just proven himself to the pleasure of Tiber, to be far more useful.
"Very good Krasor, do what you will to distract the beast."
Peering at the creature who was no longer blinded, but instead further enraged, Tiber could see jagged engravings.
"Those are more than chance wounds, they are some sort of ward. My magic is useless with those there."
Turning to Izlude, Tiber forced himself to be civil, "While Krasor does his work, I will put all of my energy into a Stop spell. It won’t do anything against the beast, but it should give us an open shot at it's master."
The mage ducked back behind the rock they used for cover and began to focus his mind.
"Go for it Krasor. Necromancer, you are undead so you have nothing to loose by going out to help him until I am ready."

[kingdoom]

Coming from behind the beast in huge speed riding was the viking. swinging his sword from his horse with huge power the beast got knocked a bit over to the side as it blocked the sword. the viking jumped off his horse a few meters away from the beast and ran towards it ready to fight