I am The Ravens Knight
Chapter 1: Wooden Creatures
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As I plummeted to, the ground I realize that I was wearing armour and a cape. I’ll have to worry about it later for I’m still falling.
I try to think anyway for me to save my life, but I could only come up with nothing.
I heard a call of a raven, I look beside me and I could see a raven flying with me. That’s when I got an idea. Using one of my abilities that I gained from the raven queen I command the bird to porch itself on my shoulder.
Slowly it glides over to me and lands on my shoulder transforming us both into a White raven.
Memories sore through my mind of how to fly as a bird. I gently glide down to slow my altitude before I start flapping my wings.
As I flew my wings began to hurt. ‘I’m guessing I’m not used to flying yet, I’m going to have to land soon’ I thought to myself
Slowly I reached a forest where I see a clearing and land. I transform back into my regular form with the raven perched on my… back!?
My body was wrong! I wasn’t supposed to transform on all fours, yet my body felt natural this way.
I look down and see that I have lost my hands. Instead there’s black silk all over my body and leather armor on my shoulder’s chest and back. My cape is that of the raven queen.
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As I got a better look at myself, I noticed I was wearing the mask of my character. It was simply made from wood with a crystal in bedded inside. This is my arcane focus. It allows me to cast magic freely without it I am lost.
I notice my hands seem to be hooves now so I’m going to have to think of something else.
I then remember I have a cantrip called mage hand. Using the cantrip spell A hand appeared and took off my mask. As soon as the mask is off the mage hand disappears.
I then realize that I have a white muzzle on my face. “What am I some kind of hor-OW!” The pain ruptured in my mouth. I instantly brought my hands that are now hooves by instinct, and I fell on the ground.
Did I just bite myself? I use my new hoof to feel my muzzle. Besides the fact that my new skin feels smooth I realize that I have fangs. Long, Sharp, pointy, fangs. The good news at least is that I’m not bleeding.
I’m glad that I can no longer feel fear for I’m sure I should be panicking by now.
After much trial and error, I finally get back on all fours. As I try to walk my first attempt which is an ultra-failure... Which takes another few minutes just to try getting back on all fours again. This is a constant pattern until at least half an hour later I can walk if I focus.
Finally, after another five minutes of practicing I decided that I need to get a better look at myself.
I find the nearest pond and look inside. My reflection is clear as if it was a mirror, I now know that I’m definitely not on my world. I’ve never seen such clean water in my life.
The reflection I see is not mine, yet I know it’s mine, it looks completely alienated to me. I’m definitely a horse or a pony but everything else screams monster.
I have a kayden skin that is white as snow. My eyes are as black as the night. My fangs go all the way down to my chin. I have hair or is it a main now the colour of purple. I open my mouth and a small purple snake like tongue appears.
The funniest thing is that I have a horn on the top of my head. It sticks out to be at least 6 inches and there’s a bunch of holes in it.
I remove my cape and get a better look at my armor and the rest of my body.
The leather armor is purple and covers Half of my front legs but not my back lags.
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(just picture it pony form)
My back legs also had holes in them. What the hell am I. I look like a changeling but I have a body of some kind of pony.
That’s when I noticed the purple wings on my back. They extended and folded but they seem the kind to flutter like a bee, then to fly like a bird.
After getting a good look at myself I sat on my haunches and put my mask back on which was surprisingly easy. Then I put on my cape with mage hand.
The raven landed down right beside me and looked at me. I’m guessing it wants me to give it a command.
I ordered it to fly high in the air and allow me to see through its eyes. It did so with ease so while I sat there waiting to tap into it senses my body became an alert.
Glad I took that feature to. Everywhere around me I felt the presence of other beings. I stood up and got into my best fighting stance.
I waited for these creatures to come in to charge me even though I don’t have a weapon I still have my magic.
suddenly bursting through the trees what is a wooden creature. It was made from twigs, Vines, sharp wood and a few stones. it was some kind of wooden wolf and it didn’t look the friendly kind. It charged at me with the intent to kill me.
As I got ready to attack it an object fell from the sky and stabbed through it. The wooden creature broke in half due to the new object falling into it. It seems to be a wooden stick that was stuck in the ground.
Using my mage hand, I pull the stick out of the ground to realize that it was a spear that fell from the sky. Not just any spear but it was my spear!
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Looking back at the wooden wolf its body glowed green and a soul appeared out of its body. The soul shot back into the Forest and disappeared.
Immediately my alert feature goes off again and I tuck and roll out of the way from a leap behind me. Another wooden wolf tried to surprise attack me only to fail.
As I was a little to the rights, I had a good look at him. I noticed that his stomach area seems to the skinniest part, besides the legs, of the body. With my newfound knowledge are use my spear to cut him in half. Immediately its soul went back into the forest too.
As I got back up from my roll, I placed the spear behind me like I would in a regular fight. The butt end of the spear soaring high above my head while the sharp part was lowered to the ground.
Two more wooden wolves burst from the tree line where the first wooden wolf came from.
I cast mould earth, which allows me to control the earth if it fits in a five-cube radius.
A wall of dirt appeared in front of the left one slowing it down while the other one still charged.
As it headed for me, I brought the butt of my spear cracking against the side of its face. Continuing my motion, I readied the sharp end of my spear. As soon as I had a good view of its neck, I shot the spear forward going through him entirely making me lose my mage hand.
The left one regained his bearings and charged at me seeing that I didn’t have a weapon on me. I cast mage hand to grab my spear and fly at him behind. He never saw it coming went took off his back legs.
it’s slid it in front of me as it was still trying to bite me. I simply stepped on its head and broke it.
Again, their souls would go up and fly back into the forest.
I knew something wasn’t right as my alert feature was still on. Then through the bushes I saw a bigger one up here. It might’ve been 1 foot bigger than the rest definitely their Alpha.
Then five more came out of the bushes all around me. I knew if I didn’t use a higher-level spell, I would be toast, luckily, I know the perfect one.
As they circled me, I cast a first level spell. Arms of Hadar.
Underneath my enemies’ feet black tendrils came shooting out of the ground wrapping them up. Slowly they begin to tear them apart, but the Alpha was handling his well.
I slowly walked towards the Alpha who was constantly struggling against the tendrils.
I aimed my spear and took off his head. I thought it was over, but their souls went back into the forest. But not the leaders. It floated above its old useless body as if it was taunting me.
Finally, the ground shock as trees were uprooted from the ground stones were flying across the ground and the bodies of the wooden wolves combined.
It formed a huge monstrosity that was the size of a small house that stood above me.
I think I’m going to need to cast a higher spell. I began to run away from it, until I got to a safe distance that’s when I cast a second level spell. Spiritual weapon. And I didn’t just cast this once I casted it five more times.
Now there was me, my floating spear and six white translucent copycats of my spear versus a very pissed off wooden wolf.
The battle was a Constant repeat of me striking my target, retreating from its attacks and replacing the spears that I lost with new spears.
Finally having enough of this back-and-forth, I crashed a constant stream of Eldritch Blast. Many have said that Eldridge Blast was the most powerful cantrip spell there was. And they weren’t wrong.
Dozens of Eldritch Blast struck the beast face turning it into a pile of ash. Even though I knew it was dead I wanted to make sure that I would never get up again. So, with even more Eldritch Blast.I turn the once powerful wooden wolf into nothing but a pile of ash with a cantrip no less.
It took me a minute to catch my breath then I realized that I was more tired than I should’ve been. It seems that the cost of my spell slots replaced it with tiredness. I should watch what I’m doing before I get into another big fight.
That’s when I heard a sound of thunder. I looked up and a powerful storm was heading in my direction. It’s seemed to be coming from the east.
Just then I saw through the eyes of my bird. I saw a small town that seem to be west of here no more than 5 kilometers away.
Setting my destination, I started making my way over there. Hopefully I can find supplies a place to rest and a map.
Wait wasn’t there something the Raven Queen was warning me about. I guess I’ll have to remember later, right now I need to find shelter.
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