Chapters "Champion! Our campaign is reaching a climax. We are at the very threshold of the Thunder King's palace. It is time to knock down his front door." My name is 'Twilight Vanquisher' Varik Drabor, a Forsaken Death Knight, I was standing in front of the 'Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas', Lor'Themar Theron.
"Speak to me when you are ready to launch the assault!" Lor'Themar says to me, I walk up to him.
"I am ready to launch the assault Regent Lord." I salute him in the signature Forsaken way, both arms crossed at my chest and both feet together, Lor'Themar nods, he glances to a mage standing near him, she nods back and opens a portal.
"Enter the portal, so that we may launch our assault." I nod back, and step through the portal.
I exit the portal next to a gate, the gate leads to the main courtyard of the palace, in front of me is 'Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas' Lor'Themar Theron, to his right was the Archmage Aethas Sunreaver, and to the his left was Scout Captain Elsia.
"Good, you are here." the Scout Captain says, she motions me to talk with her.
I approach her, "I am ready" she nods.
"Regent Lord! Everyone is in position, and the Shado-Pan are inside, but..." she trails off.
"Yes?" Lor'Themar asks, concerned as to what might be on the other side of the gate.
"The Alliance is waiting for us just across the courtyard." She says Alliance with that extra hint of disgust.
"Ahhh, so the Grand Lady of the Kirin Tor wants a fight , does she?" He says fight with emphasis. "RANGERS! ADVANCE!" he yells, and to his command Scout Captain Elsia moves forward. I look behind me to see 5 rangers standing in formation, I look forward to see the Scout Captain running towards the gate, Lor'Themar takes a step forward, followed by Aethas Sunreaver, "I will deal with Proudmoore."
I hop onto my mount; the Grand Armored Wyvern. I ride forward just as the gates open, on the other side of the courtyard, another set of gates open. Lady Proudmoore and her Kirin Tor walk through, in the middle of the courtyard 3 Shado-Pan are waiting, the leader of the Shado-Pan, Taran Zhu, in front of him, Shan Bu, the leader of the Thunder King's forces.
"Taran Zhu! it does not matter how many you array against the Thunder King. Soon, all will kneel before him!" Shan Bu shouts at Taran Zhu.
"YOU will kneel, when you beg for my mercy, monster!" Taran Zhu shouts back. After he finishes talking, five Zandalari drop down, three from the right, and two from the left. As a Death Knight, I specialize in the Blood talent tree, I focus damage onto me and away from allies, while healing myself.
"One problem at a time people! focus on the Zandalari!" Lor'Themar shouts over the combat, I turn my attention from the Alliance to the Thunder King Trolls.
I use the Death Knight's signature ability, 'Death Grip' and pull one of the Zandalari to me, instantly gaining his attention, while I walk to the others, and use 'Blood Boil', a wave of boiling blood is sent from my body and connects with the Zandalari, also gaining their attention. With the five of them on me, I use 'Bone Shield', summoning swirling bones around my waist, reflecting damage. I now focus on one Zandalari at a time, while my allies and enemies do the same, I turn to one of the Zandalari surrounding me and use my strongest attack, 'Death Strike', healing me for some of the damage I received, also leaving me with something called 'Blood Shield', a sphere of a holographic blood surrounds my body, absorbing a lot of physical damage.
One of the five Zandalari are dead, while I look back to the other four who are attacking me, two of them are nearly dead, thanks to my comrades, and my most hated enemies. The Shado-Pan were also attacking one, leaving one for me, I turn my attention to him, and swipe my sword at his heart using 'Heart Strike', this attack also deals some damage to surrounding enemies, this kills the main target instantly, and kills the other two weakened Zandalari, with one left, he dies quickly.
After all the Zandalari were defeated, Taran Zhu walks forward and shouts, "Those statues wield the power of the first emperor! Destroy them!" I only just notice two giant stone statues stand either side of the main gate. The Horde forces focus on the left statue, and the Alliance focus on the right statue, while the Shado-Pan attack both.
At this point, I pull one statue, while bursting down the other one, using my main three attacks, Death Strike, Heart Strike, and Rune Strike. After a few seconds, I notice that I start to feel a-little weak, so I summon Bone Shield once again, combined with Blood Shield, I can now focus on damage once again. The first statue down, and all forces pile on the last. It dies within a few seconds.
After the last one dies, a swirling purple line of dark energy connects with the main gate, all forces get back into formation, "Regent Lord! More Zandalari approach from the mines!" Scout Captain Elsia shouts to Lor'Themar.
"Damn their hides, Rangers! Hold this position!" All rangers nod, and get into a defensive formation.
"Taoshi! Get those doors open!" one of the Pandaren nods and opens the doors, the Regent Lord and Aethas Sunreaver get into formation with the other rangers, while the Kirin Tor do the same on the other side, "Champion! With me. We must press forward while your comrades cover the rear" I nod to the Pandaren.
Me, Taran Zhu, and two other members of the Shado-Pan walk into the main courtyard, where we see 4 Zandalari, Shan Bu, and a giant Thunder Cloud Serpent, "Shan Bu! Again you try to create a god. When will you learn?"
In the middle of the courtyard, Shan Bu is performing some sort of Thunder ritual, "Who needs a god? We have the Thunder King!" he yells, still performing his ritual, "Trolls, make yourselves useful. I am almost finished here."
I brace for more battle, "Zandalari reinforcements are coming!" Taran Zhu says to us, "Yallia, we need more healing, Taoshi, cover the rear!" with this, Yallia, a Pandaren Priest, Taran Zhu, and I charge into the courtyard, while Taoshi heads back into the other area.
Two more Zandalari walk in from the sides, making it a total of Six, I use Bone Shield again, and also use Death and Decay and Remorseless Winter, Death and Decay summons a giant circle of boiling blood, giving all enemies in it's radius diseases and slowing down their movements, Remorseless Winter summons a blizzard, in the form of a cone around my body, freezing all enemies inside it after five seconds, for 5 seconds. Now that I have DaD (Death and Decay) on, all enemies will suffer from diseases, making my job just that little bit easier.
I focus to one of the Zandalari in front of me, and use Heart Strike, killing him and dealing damage to two others next to him, Taran Zhu, stabs one of the Trolls in his neck, killing it instantly, I turn to see one of the Zandalari going for my head, I bring up my sword and parry him, I quickly use Death Strike, healing myself, summoning Blood Shield, and killing him.
With three down, and three to go, I use Heart Strike once more, killing one and damaging the other two, I quickly evade the others attack, and use Rune Strike, my sword glows a bright blue colour, the same as the colour of the Lich, and I stab him in the throat, slowly and painfully killing him. Yallia uses smite on the last one, a sword in made from the Holy Light, comes down and swipes at his head, killing the last Troll. During out fighting Shan Bu finished his ritual with the Cloud Serpent.
"Rise Nalak! Protect our beloved Emperor!" the Cloud Serpent known as Nalak begins to rise slowly.
"Face me, Shan Bu! Or is the court of the Thunder King a den of cowards?" Taran Zhu taunts, Shan Bu's face visibly turns red with anger.
"The emperor will be most pleased when I present him with your head. Shado-Pan." Nalak explodes with purple lightning and flies off, Shan Bu charges us, I use Bone Shield once again to get ready for the oncoming Mogu. Shan Bu goes straight for Taran Zhu, I use this to my advantage, I use 'Raise Ghoul', and a nearby corpse explodes in a pile of flesh and gore, what's revealed is a creature that looks similar to the Forsaken, but with more flesh, and bigger claws and teeth. The Ghoul jumps to Shan Bu, and delivers a series of swipes, he is to focused on Taran to even care about the Ghoul, so I the use Death Grip, taunting him and pulling him to me, Shan Bu's attention is now fully on me, so I use Remorseless Winter and Unholy Blight. Unholy Blight summons a swarm of mini carrion swarmers, the swarmers fly around my body in a sphere motion, and devour any enemy flesh that comes into contact, they then plant several diseases in the target, killing them just that little bit more.
Shan Bu now has multiple diseases in him, A VERY deadly Death Knight attacking him, a VERY pissed off Taran Zhu behind him, and a VERY good healer Yallia healing both of them, he knew this was the end. I reach into my backpack and pull out a horn, I bring it to my mouth, and blow into it, a very low pitched noise comes out, I just used 'Horn of Winter' increasing my strength and generating Runic Power for my sword, I now have enough Runic Power to use Rune Strike, once again, my Rune-blade gets coated with Lich as I stab Shan Bu in his stomach area. Shan Bu yells in agony, but the attacks don't stop there, being a Monk, Taran Zhu, delivers a round-house kick to his right ribcage, my Ghoul then jumps on his back around his neck and starts swiping at the sides of his face.
Just before his death, Shan Bu uses dark energies to lift Taran Zhu off the ground, "I tire of your insolence! I will choke the life from you impudent slave!"
Taran Zhu calls out to you, "Argh! Kill him quickly!" I run up to Shan Bu and use Death Strike, but he still stands, "Finish Him!" I reach my Rune-blade back, and use Heart Strike, I thrust my sword forward into his heart.
"I...No....My Emperor! My Emperor, I have failed you!" Shan Bu falls face first into the ground, for good measure I stab him in the throat. Taran Zhu slowly gets up from the floor, and starts limping to the other area.
"You see? No power of this world can trample the pure of spirit" I nod in response and help him walk back. Taoshi runs back from the courtyard and up to Taran.
"Lord Zhu! The Alliance! The Horde! All chaos is about to erupt out here!" I hear a low and distant laugh inside my head, I merely shake it off.
Taran Zhu groans in pain, "like children" I look back to Taran Zhu, "Taoshi! Hand me my weapon!" I looked at him shocked.
"My lord....You are gravely wounded!"
Taran Zhu just shrugs her off, "My weapon! Champion. With me. I want you to see this" Taoshi hands Taran his weapon, and we all walk slowly back to the middle courtyard, a trail of blood behind Taran.
As we enter the courtyard, I see the Horde on one side, and the Alliance on the other, all about to charge one-another, "Hand over the Archmage, and I may allow you to walk out of here Lor'Themar!" Jaina Proudmoore is the first to speak.
Lor'Themar roars, "PROUDMOORE! You will release my people from the Violet Hold, or I will cut you down myself!"
Jaina shouts back, "Your people are legitimate prisoners of war. They orchestrated an attack on Darnassus from MY city!"
Lor'Themar shouts defensively, "The Sunreavers knew NOTHING of Garrosh's raid on Darnassus"
Taran Zhu lets out a deafening roar, "ENOUGH!" he jumps in-between the two factions, "There will be no more bloodshed today!" He gasps in pain, "I see now, why your Horde, and your Alliance cannot stop fighting!" he continues, "every reprisal is itself and act of aggression, and every act of aggression triggers immediate reprisal."
Jaina and Lor'Themar speak at the same time, "They undermined EVERY attempt at peace!" Jaina points towards the Horde
"I must protect my sovereign people." Lor'Themar says to Taran Zhu.
Taran Zhu yells once more, "SILENCE! YOU must break the cycle! It ends TODAY! Here. The cycle ends when you. Regent Lord, and You. Lady Proudmoore. Turn from one another. And Walk. Away"
Regent Lord, Lor'Themar rolls his eyes, "Rangers, lower your weapons" as told, all Sunreaver rangers lower their weapons.
"My Lord!" Scout Captain Elsia yells.
"Very well, we will stand down" Lady Proudmoore says.
"They killed my husband!" Vereesa Windrunner shouts to Jaina.
Proudmoore replies, "This won't bring him back. But know this "Blood" Elf: There can be no peace, while Hellscream is Warchief of the Horde."
Knowing of the rebellion that will take place within the Horde, Lor'Themar says, "That is precisely why I wish to conserve our strength today.", Lor'Themar bows, "Lady"
Proudmoore bows back, "Lord"
Lor'Themar turns to his Captain, "Gather the wounded. Withdraw to the harbour." Lor'Themar salutes, and she salutes back.
Proudmoore turns to her Kirin Tor and says, "Everyone, regroup back at the camp. Our work here is done."
Taran Zhu falls to the ground, "Lord Zhu!" Taoshi runs to his aid.
"Champion. This cease fire, may not last, but remember what you have seen today."
Taoshi picks him up, "We must get you back to the monastery."
Taran Zhu turns to me, "Shan Bu's monstrosity remains at the foot of the palace it-" Taran Zhu coughs repeatedly, "Must be stopped, before it wreaks havoc across Pandria!"
"Yallia. Take Lord Zhu to safety." She runs to him and puts him on her tiger, and rides away.
"Hero. It will be up to you to defeat the Storm Lord Nalak. You will have to marshal a small army! But after what I have seen today, I have faith in you. It has been a great honor to fight by your-side, thank you."
I salute her, "Of course Taoshi, I will gather some men at once! We shall destroy this "Storm Lord" Once and for all!"
I get on my mount again, and ride to the portal, I hear a low laugh again, this time it's closer then before. The portal rumbles, I approach it cautiously, "Don't worry, the portal is stable." One of the magi sustaining the portal tells me, I still approach with caution, but I step through none-the-less.
Author's Note
Stage 5 has more Zandalari, but that would take too long to write about killing 15
the Cloud Serpent called Nalak
Ghoul
Celestia's perspective
Today was uneventful, a few minor issues were brought up in court, some farmers need more sunlight, I just told them to bring it up with the Pegasi. The last court issue had just finished, and all the Ponies were leaving the Throne room, when out of no where, a strange oval shape object appears in front of the Throne, the guards instantly react and bring their spears towards the portal.
"Stand down guards." The guards hesitantly lower their weapons, the object appears to be a oval, a large oval, around twice the size of a normal pony, it's outer rim appears to be purple in colour, where as the middle seems to be hollow.
Not long after it's appearance, a strange Bi-pedal creature appears in-front of it, not only was this creature tall, maybe even the same height as me, but it also appeared to resemble a skeleton, it's arms, that weren't covered in armor, looked like nothing but bones with a little of flesh to hold them together.
I can feel very powerful dark energies from this creature.
My perspective
As I walked through the portal, I could feel a sense of uneasiness, I could still hear that laughing, but it soon stopped. I finally exited the portal after a few seconds, what I saw, was ridiculous, it seemed to be a human construction, If that portal sent me to Stormwind, I will kill Lor'Themar's mages! , I thought, but that was interrupted, once I looked at the creatures in the room, Horses, only the Humans have Horses , I then drew my sword, looking around for any sign of Humans. I noticed two of the horses wearing shining armor, I knew the humans put their horses in armor, but nothing like this. They drew their spears and pointed them at me, "Stand down guards" The guards looked questionably at the pony who ordered them.
They can talk? and of course it would be common of all languages. BUT THEY CAN TALK!?
"Are you sure princess? This Thing could be a threat to Equestria! Just look at it!" it then focuses it's attention towards me.
"I am not a Thing , Horse ! I am a Forsaken! and unless you want to die, then you will do as she commands!" I threaten him, he looks scared, but lowers his weapon anyway, the other horse isn't as smart, he charges me, Warrior? surprising the charge doesn't stun. Advantage, me , I move out the way of his charge, and use Asphyxiate, dark energies grip his throat, and lift him off the ground. "That would be most unwise Horse , unless you want to die, you will stand down, in the name of the Banshee Queen, Lady Sylvanas Windrunner, and Highlord Darion Mograine, lower your weapons!" The guard look at me confused, "I SAID LOWER YOUR WEAPON!" I shouted to the guard, after the Asphyxiate ended, he dropped to the ground and lowered his weapon.
I turned to see a very big horse, sitting on a Throne, it had wings and a horn. So it is capable of flight? But what of it's horn? , what was called a Princess, looked at me with worry, "Please, lower your weapon Forsaken."
I nod, "Dabu, I Obey"
"I am sorry for the behaviour of my guards, they are over-protective of me, but I am their princess after all. And we are Ponies not Horses" She explains to me.
After hearing that she was a Princess, I knelled down on one knee in respect, "I am sorry for the way I have behaved your-highness, but might I ask? Where am I?"
She tilts her head to the side, a little surprised by my actions, "Do you not know where you are Mr...?" she trails off, not knowing my name.
"Drabor, my name is 'Twilight Vanquisher' Varik Drabor," After hearing the words "Twilight Vanquisher" She seemed to be scared a little, "Champion of the Knight's of the Ebon Blade, Soldier of the Horde, servant of Lady Sylvanas Windrunner, The Banshee Queen and Highlord Darion Mograine, leader of the Death Knights, Throm-Ka, Well met, Princess...?"
"My name is Princess Celestia, co-ruler of the nation you are currently in, called Equestria, you are in the capitol city of Canterlot. I rule Equestria with my sister, Princess Luna. And might I ask? What is this 'Twilight Vanquisher' you speak of?" She says in a regal voice.
"I shall tell you another time, Right, that answers where I am, but I need to figure out what happened to the portal, and without a mage, that is going to be incredibly difficult." I put one of my hands to my chin, while my other is placed on the elbow of the opposite arm.
"I can help you with that, being a Unicorn, I have the ability to use Magic, the Pegasi have the ability to control and manipulate clouds and all that is weather," I shook after hearing the word 'Manipulate', "and Earth Ponies have amazing Stamina, and have a special connection with the planet, making them great farmers."
"Unicorns and Pegasi huh? And Mages you say? How many of you study the Arcane arts?" I asked, Arcane mages will make it much easier.
"umm...all of us?" She said confused, "Why?"
"How many unicorns occupy this worlds population?" I asked, slightly worried about the amount of Arcane mages on this world.
"Well not sure about the planet, but the Unicorns make up 1/3 of the Pony population." She said matter-of-factually.
"1/3 OF YOUR POPULATION ARE ARCANE MAGES?! Sylvanas help me..." I exclaimed, I hated Arcane mages, I hated mages full stop.
"Is that going to be a problem?" She asked, concerned.
I shook my head, "Not at all Princess, in fact, it is the opposite. I just hate mages is all, after all, they are the reason I am here."
She tilted her head, "Why do you hate mages? And how did you end up here?"
I sighed, "Mages are very strong, and annoying to fight. I was sent here by mistake, the portal I went through was meant to send me back to my base, but instead, sent me here."
She points her hoof behind me, "Is that the portal you speak of?" She asks
A massive smile spreads across my face, surprising myself, I have not smiled in a very long time . "Oh thank Sylvanas! I can go home!" I turn to face the Princess, "Goodbye your-highness, it was nice knowing you." I turn around to walk through the portal, only to find that it has disappeared.
Princess Celestia starts laughing, "Isn't that a shame?"
I turn around and look accusingly at her, "Did you do that? Did you close the portal?"
She stops laughing and looks at me, "Maybe..."
I did not find this funny, not one bit. I shake with rage, getting a Death Knight angry is not a smart thing to do. "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?! I COULD'VE GONE HOME! NOW I AM STUCK HERE!" I unsheathe my Rune-blade and point it at her.
"Calm down!" She yells at me.
"CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN!? HOW CAN I CALM DOWN!? YOU LEFT ME STRANDED HERE!" I hold my sword out to my right in the fighting stance. The guards notice me getting ready for a fight, they once again point their spears towards me. The guard from before a little hesitant.
One of the guards charges at me, spear pointed, aiming for where my heart should be. I merely stand there, the spear collides with my chest-plate and breaks instantly. "Wrong move", I reach down with my left arm and grasp his neck, brining him in with a tight choke.
The guard stares at me with wide pleading eyes. "Please no...", I throw my head back in laughter, I look back at the guard, eyes burning with rage. I slowly bring my Rune-blade to the guards throat. As the sword makes contact, I push harder, piercing his throat and drawing blood. I continue to push my Rune-blade deeper, until It was all the way threw.
The Princess was watching with horror. I had just stabbed one of her guards threw the throat. The other guard however, was currently behind me charging. I pull my sword from the other guards throat and swipe in a downwards motion behind me, slashing across the guards face. I turn around fully and stab him in the heart.
I turn to face the Princess, she looks at me with horror, "YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOUR GUARDS! THEY ATTACKED ME FIRST! AND NOW, MY RAGE SHALL CONSUME YOU!" I was about to Death Grip her, but she somehow levitated me above the ground, "HOW?!" I look up at her, I could see her horn glowing a golden aura, I look around me and see the same aura around myself. So her horn is the source of her magic. .
Before I could do anything else, I could feel, well not feel anything. I was parallelized, I look to Celestia, she was staring at me with big eyes filled with anger and sorrow. "You will pay for what you have done to my guards you monster!"
I just laugh at her, "I have been called worse Horse! , DO YOUR WORST!"
She narrows her glare, "As you wish"
I feel some slight pain before blacking out.
I awoke to find myself in a small, square room, it's walls were made from solid brick and there was a small iron door on one of the walls, in the opposite corner of the room, there was a small bed. This place must be a prison of some sort, of course they would send me here . I slowly get up off the floor and stretch my skeletal limbs, I reach behind my back to find that my sword was missing. Those blasted ponies most likely took it after their Princess knocked me out , I must seek forgiveness, what I did was stupid .
I walk towards the door and bang loudly on it, "Open the door! I need to speak with your Princess!" The door opens slowly, and two guards walk in.
"Stay back monster! You are lucky we do not kill you right now!" One of the guards taunts.
"Please! I wish to speak to her!" I say in a pleasing tone.
"Shut it monster!" The guard approaches me with his spear in hand, ER...Hoof . He raises the end of the spear and thrusts it forward.
Just as it was about to make contact, a golden aura envelopes the spear and pulls it from the guards grasp, "That is not a wise decision to make." I look at the doorway to see Celestia with her horn glowing.
I walk towards her, but the guards stop me. "Please Princess, I seek forgiveness for my sins. I allowed my emotions to control me and therefore drove me to do something stupid."
Celestia motions for the guards to move out the way. "I require your assistance." She steps forward, I tilt my head in confusion, "We have come across two creatures that call themselves "Blood Elves", and they claim to be looking for you."
A massive smile spreads across my face, although not visible because of the helmet. "Where are they? I must speak to them!" I rushed forward but Celestia stopped me.
"When I told them that you were being held prisoner for killing two of my guards, they went on a rampage and started attacking the civilians of Canterlot. We currently have them detained, but they are stronger then they appear." She looks into my cold, soul-less eyes, "I need you to help me deal with them, if you truly seek forgiveness."
I nod my head, "They have disgraced the Horde for killing innocents and must be dealt with." I sigh "lead the way Princess"
Princess Celestia hands-hoofs, me my sword and walks out the door with me in pursuit, and the two guards behind me. We walk out of the castle and into the streets of, Canterlot I believe? , where there were two female Blood Elf magi surrounded by guards.
"SIN'DOREI STAND DOWN!" I yell at them, the sudden noise causes everyone to look at me. The magi drop to one knee.
"We have been looking everywhere for you, it is time to get you home." One of the magi says.
I nod, "Yes, but after, there is something else that needs to be done first."
The magi stand up, "What is it?"
I unsheathe my sword and point it at her, "Your death! You have forsaken the Horde by killing innocent lives, and you must pay the price!"
"You're a Death Knight! You've killed more innocents then we have combined!" The other one shouts at me
I swipe my sword diagonally downwards, slashing across her face, her body falls limp. I face the other mage, "Killing innocents requires redemption, unfortunately for you, there is no time for that."
She falls to her knees, "Be done with it then."
I bring my sword to my side, "As you wish", and with one swift motion, decapitate the Blood Elf. All the ponies gasp in horror, save for a few guards and the Princess, but she had a look of disgust on her face.
"When I asked you to deal with them, I did not mean to kill them without mercy." She says.
"There is no mercy for those who kill innocents, but they were fortunate that they received quick deaths, as would any who have done the same as these two.", Besides, I said I would kill them didn't I? , I sheathe my sword and look around, all the guards looked horrified and disgusted, half of the civilians around us were either dead, or passed out from what has happened. I look to Celestia, "What will become of me?"
She closes her eyes in thought. After a few moments she opens them again, "They spoke of how you have killed many innocent lives before."
I sigh and look down, "Yes this is true, although then I my will was under the command of the Lich King, back then, I felt no emotions. I killed without remorse, without a second thought... Without regret..."
Celestia looked towards me with concern, "And you spoke of redemption for those who have committed such crimes?", I nod, "Well then, I have a task for you if you are willing."
I would've raised an eyebrow if I had any, "Go on..."
"I would like you to meet with somepony, this pony will provide you with all the information you require and in return you will do the same, you would also be that ponies guardian. This particular pony and their friends gets into some very interesting and sometimes dangerous situations and I would like you to watch over them."
"What's in it for me?" I ask
Celestia grins, "You will be able to return to your home after a few days of swapping information."
I smile, A few days isn't so bad , "Deal!" I hold out my bony hand. Celestia looks at it for a few seconds but then accepts the hand/hoof shake.
I look to Celestia, "When and where will I be departing?"
"Whenever you wish, and you will be going to the small town known as "Ponyville" it is a short train ride away."
"Which direction is it in? And what's a train?"
Celestia raises an eyebrow, "That direction" She points her hoof towards Ponyville. "And a train is a giant metal machine used for transporting ponies or supplies from place to place."
I nod, "I have a faster way to reach my destination. Would my mind accompanying me? I do not think the local populous would take kindly to my presence without someone else."
She nods, "What is this method of travel you have in mind?"
I reach into my backpack and pull out a small stone. The Mount Stone contained all of my current 28 mounts, "Hmm which one? Oh yes this one will do."
I summon a Onyx Cloud Serpent
Celestia looks at the creature with awe, "How?"
I chuckle, "I shall explain to this pony you want me to meet. Now then, shall we be on our way?"
She nods, still looking at my mount with an open mouth and wide eyes. She later regains her posture and flies next to me.
I look to Celestia, "We shall be there in no time"
She nods and points her hoof to a small town off in the distance, "That is our destination, by this rate it will only take us 5-10 minutes at max."
I smile, "Well then we will have to move faster now won't we?"
She smiles, "Yes we will-Wait what?!"
I grin massively under my helmet and shoot off towards the town, the Princess following. My Cloud Serpent was going so fast that not even the Princess could keep up, flying at these speeds can only be done for a short while. I was certain I was about to break the sound barrier at my speeds, but the town was closing in, so I slowed down. The Princess caught up after a few seconds, she hovered in the air for a moment, heavily panting. "Do not...do that...ever again" She said in between breathes.
I smile, "Do not worry, my mount cannot fly that fast for long, but we seemed to of reached our destination sooner then expected. Cannot argue with results, correct?"
"Argh, can we just land please?". I chuckle a little and nod my head. We start out slow decent on the outskirts of 'Ponyville', "The place behind us is called the "Everfree forest" and is home to some of the most dangerous animals that we have in Equestria." I turn around to see that there is a very large forest behind me, I turn back around and notice a small bridge over a river. Next to the bridge was what seemed to be a small house. I got off my Cloud Serpent and looked through my Mount Stone again. I came across a hard decision, either the Acherus Deathcharger , the Black War Wolf , or the Red Skeletal Warhorse . I decided to go with the Acherus Deathcharger. Celestia noticed that I was playing with my Mount Stone and watched me for a few seconds, and suddenly a dark blue horse appeared, it appeared to have glowing white hooves (which was Lich), above that looked to be dark blue fur but only it looked to be torn off around the hooves. It wore dark blue Armour with a skull on the front, and two on either side. It wore a dark blue Helmet with four small horns coming out of the front, and what appeared to be Goat horns coming from both sides. It wore spiked neck plating and had blue reins.
"What...is that creature?" It feels...dark
I pat the side of my mounts neck, "This is my trusty Acherus Deathcharger, it is an undead creature like me and is only ride-able by Death Knights like myself."
Celestia's face went pale and stared at me in shock, "U-Undead? Like Zombie?"
"Hahaha, I am no mindless Zombie, but essentially yes. Now then, shall we be off to meet this pony of yours?"
Celestia gulped, "of course, but I do not think it wise to wander into town on that....creature."
I looked to her, "This is no creature, this is a Undead Horse, and my good friend."
She still has that scared face, "My apologies"
"I will be fine, now let us be off." I ride slowly over the bridge and towards Ponyville with Celestia beside me.
Author's Note
Sorry for the late update, between my 200+ faved stories and this addicting as fuck game, have had little time to write.
I crossed the bridge on my Acherus Deathcharger with Celestia beside me. I only now notice how much taller I am now, my Deathcharger is a little taller than herself, I now stand double her height. Celestia suddenly stops next to a small cottage like house, with a massive back yard fenced off with a chicken coop. I look down to her and then to the yard, there are crowds of small animals staring wide eyed at me and my mount. I’m not surprised by their antics, even after we were released from the Lich King, we were still feared among all living and undead creatures of Azeroth, big or small. I reach out my hand in an open palm towards the creatures, as expected, they shoot back in fear and all cower behind a bear the same height as me on my Deathcharger. The bear looks at me scared, but holds his ground and snarls.
“Do not worry little ones; I am not here to harm you.” The critters pop their heads out a little but still hide behind the bear. The bear lets out a massive roar, “So that’s how it’s going to be huh?” I draw my Runeblade and ready myself, while my Deathcharger disappears into nothingness.
“Do not do this Varik; the Bear is merely protecting his friends.” She explained.
I glance my head sidewards so Celestia is just within my view, while keeping the bear inside my view as-well. “I am merely protecting myself; while this bear isn’t strong enough to wound me I don’t want it to scratch my Armour.”
“W-what’s going on out there? Barry is someone there?” a small, yellow coated, Pegasus, with a Pink mane and tail walks out of her home. Celestia walks next to me blocking my view of her.
“Hello there dear Fluttershy, your friend Barry was about to attack my guest here.” She nods towards Barry.
“Oh dear, Princess, I’m so sorry. Barry... please stop this.” I sigh and sheathe my sword; I grab my mount stone with the idea of giving this little pony a scare. I eventually find the Red Skeletal Warhorse. This will do nicely. I put on a mischievous grin, but it is unnoticeable to others because of my helmet and my position.
I shoot up over Celestia and get a good view again. The yellow Pegasus looks at me wide-eyed, to scared to move. She soon moves back a few steps and cowers behind her pink mane.
“Do not be frightened Fluttershy, this is Varik Drabor, he is visiting from another land far away,” she turns to me, “Varik, this is Fluttershy, one of the Element of Harmony bearers, she represents Kindness, and is a very important pony.”
I nod my head once, “Hello Fluttershy, it is a pleasure to meet you.”
Fluttershy eeps and hides further behind her mane. After a few seconds she comes out of her mane, “H-hello... sir... umm, if you don’t mind me asking... What kind of creature are you? I-if you don’t mind me asking that is...”
“Not at all Lady Fluttershy, but I must warn you, you might not like what you hear.” I look down into her eyes. “My race is called ‘The Forsaken’; we are a race of undead creatures, just like my trusty mount here.” I pat my Red Skeletal Warhorse on the side of its’ bony neck, “but we are not mindless zombies, and no we do not eat brains...”
I look to Fluttershy who is now looking both absolutely horrified and disgusted at the same time, “U-u-u-undead?!” She promptly falls on the floor and faints.
“Well, that went well didn’t it? What are these Elements of Harmony you speak of?”
Celestia laughs, “Yes it did indeed, let us continue to our destination.”
I move forward, “Very well, approximately how long till we get there?”
Celestia stops for a moment and thinks, “I’m not entirely sure, I haven’t been here many times but I should say 5-10 minutes, 15 at the max.”
I sigh and bring my hand to my forehead, “That will do, let us continue.”
Our trek continued for a few minutes before we reached the outskirts of Ponyville. “We are headed to the centre of town; there it will only take us a few minutes to reach the Library.”
I turn to Celestia to my left and tilt my head, “Library? Does this pony live in a library?”
“Yes she does, and we are nearly there.” She explained.
“I know that much, can I at-least know what I’m in for?” I asked slightly nervous.
“Let’s just say she will ask you a lot of questions...and you will be expected to answer most if not all of them.”
I shake my head and sigh, “I will not answer certain questions. I just want to make sure.”
Celestia nods, “Very well.”
We continued our travels through Ponyville, it’s now getting dark and there seems to be no native life forms around town. We walk slowly, (about the pace if you were to press ). “We are at the town centre” I nod and she points her hoof to my right, “We are headed in that direction, not that much further now.”
“Good I am getting restless, let us increase pace.” Without further a due, my Red Skeletal Warhorse rears up and speeds off at 100% movement speed. Within a few seconds Celestia stops in front of what appears to be a giant Oak tree.
“We are here.” Celestia approaches what looks like the front door, while I dismount from my horse. Celestia knocks on the door with her forehoof a few times, “Hello? Is anypony in there?” there was a silence for a few seconds before we heard some voices inside, followed by some objects crashing and a frustrated shout.
“Who’s there? Why are you here at this hour? The library is closed!” what sounded like a mare inside practically shouted.
“Twilight, it is Princess Celestia, I have a guest here that you would take pleasure in meeting.”
The door slowly opened and a small pony, smaller than Celestia revealed herself. “Princess Celestia!” The small pony known as Twilight shouted and jumped forward to the princess, I took this as a sign of aggression and used my dark powers to ‘Asphyxiate’ the pony in mid jump.
“Twilight!?” Princess Celestia exclaimed, “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER!?” she shouts with her horn flaring.
“I thought she was attacking, I apologize if it was all a misunderstanding. It is my reflex after all, years of warfare make you edgy and on alert for any sudden movements.” I explained.
Celestia doesn’t change much, besides her horn stopped glowing, but she still has an aggressive stance. “Warfare? What do you mean?”
I take off my helmet and let my long black hair flow down the sides of my head. “All will be revealed in time, but first let me help your friend.” I bring my hands up, dark energies engulf them and the asphyxiation ends. Twilight drops to the floor wheezing heavily.
Twilight slowly gets up and looks to her Princess with scared eyes, “What was that!? I couldn’t breathe or move!” Celestia sighs and points a hoof at me, “WHAT IS THAT?! PRINCESS GET BACK IT’S A MONSTER!” Twilight jumps in between me and the princess aggressively, horn glowing and ready to attack.
“I am not here to hurt you young one, but I will if I must, stand down” I draw my sword in self defence.
Celestia pulls Twilight back, “Please my faithful student, he is not here to hurt us.” she pulls her close, “You must trust me.”
Twilight looks to the princess still shaken, “O-okay Princess”
Celestia looks to the young pony, “I am sorry for not sending a letter in advance, for I had no time, I had only met out friend earlier today.”
I don’t move, Celestia looks at me, “Varik, this is my student Twilight Sparkle, the important pony I was talking about, she is the bearer of the Element of Magic.”
I nod my head in acknowledgement. “Greetings Lady Twilight Sparkle, my name is ‘Twilight Vanquisher’ Varik Drabor, I come from a land far away and I-” I stopped when I noticed the look that Celestia was giving me. What’s wrong? Is it my name? I soon realize what I said. Ooooh shit... Twilight looks horrified, and soon faints.
“Well that was...interesting...Sorry about that Celestia; I seem to have a talent in making ponies faint.” I place my helmet back on my head; I can feel my strength increasing, thanks to the enchantments and stats on the helmet.
“It’s quite alright,” Celestia levitates Twilight onto her back, “We had best get her inside, and if she does not wake in an hour I will teleport us to Canterlot where you can stay the night.”
“What should be said to Twilight when she wakes from her...unfortunate slumber?”
Celestia walks inside the building and places her on the couch, “Spike? Can you take Twilight to her bed please? And I would appreciate it if you were to not come back down; I need to chat with our friend here.”
I grow a look of worry, but not visible behind my helmet, “What is required Princess?”
She looks at me with narrow eyes and a serious face, “I need to know you can be trusted.”
I frown inside my helmet, “You have led me to this town, talked with what you claim to be bearers of powerful elements, and take me to your students’ home. NOW you ask if I am to be trusted?” She nods, “Well let’s just say I haven’t killed you all yet, that should be enough.”
Celestia looks shocked, “You mean to tell me that you would kill us?”
I frown and shake my head, “What did I tell you before? I do not kill innocent people, er, Ponies, unless it was necessary or a casualty of war." Or for fun . I clap my bony hands together and rub them, "Well what shall we do now?"
Celestia puts a hoof to her chin and thinks. "Well I will go tell the other Elements of your arrival, and will have them meet us here in the morning. In the mean time, shall we get back to Canterlot? You can stay in the guest room there."
I cross both arms over my chest for a salute, "As you command Princess"
Celestia giggles a little and teleports off. I sit down on the floor, thinking silently for a few minutes. Celestia re-appears after a while. "Alright, let's be off, we are to be back here at 10:00 AM tomorrow." I nod, Celestia flashes her horn and we appear in a small room.
'If it's alright with you Celestia, I would like to wander around. I'm undead you see, so I don't need to sleep."
Celestia ponders this for a while, eventually she sighs and nods her head. "Fine, but here's a map in-case you get lost."
She levitates a small parchment in-front of me. "No need, I plan to map the castle myself."
A nod from the princess and I am off. I walk out the doors and begin my quest to map out the castle. Whilst walking I run into a few, what I thought, to be guard ponies. They would often give me strange looks but I really couldn't care. After an hour or so of mapping out the castle, I finally finish. I walk back to the room I was supposed to be sleeping in, but not before running into what looked like Celestia, but Dark blue, her hair was different as-well. She also looks smaller but still regal, she had the look of someone with great authority. Probably because she is royalty as-well, looking at that Tiara.
I walk up to her, she turns to face me with a razed eyebrow, I salute her with both arms crossed over my chest. "Greetings, my name is-"
"Varik Drabor" She interrupts me, "Yes, thy sister has told thou much about thee."
I blink, "Ah, what?"
She coughs and blushes slightly, "Right, I must stop doing that. Anyway, my name is Princess Luna, ruler of the night and co-ruler of Equestria. Next to my big sister Celestia."
I nod, "Ah yes, the sun princess of this world. Has she told you that I do not come from here?"
Luna nods. "Indeed she has, she has told us much about you Death Knight."
"Well I would love to stay and chat", Not really , "but I must be going. I have to get up early tomorrow, I do believe I have a meeting with the Elements of Harmony or whatever."
Luna nods, "Of course, we shall talk later then?"
I do not like the idea, but I also do not like the idea of refusing my only way out of here. "Of course"
I salute her again and make my way back to my room. I notice a guard pony with no helmet barking orders at other ponies. Must be a captain or something , he glares at me, I glare back while continuing my walk. I sigh, "These fucking ponies..." I reach my room and lay down on my bed, I do not sleep but instead stare at the ceiling thinking.
Until morning
Author's Note
I have decided to chance the story a bit, the title will no longer be 'Redemption of a Death Knight', instead it will be 'For the Horde!'
I lay awake all night on the bed I have been given by the sun princess. All night to myself, thinking, plotting on what I should do in my current predicament. I have a plan; hopefully it all goes how I want it too.
Knocks at the door interrupt my scheming. I groan and sit up on the bed; more knocks at the door make me grunt in frustration. The knocks grow faster and louder, I decided I’ve had enough. After about 5 minutes of knocking, I shout in frustration. “WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?!”
The knocking stops, “The princess wishes to see you, she has called for a carriage to take you to Ponyville”
I sigh and sit up on the bed that I was given for the night. I slowly bring my legs over the edge of the bed and stand. I make sure I have all of my equipment and open the door. I see two white Pegasus guards in golden armour with spears standing on either side of the door. “Take me to her.”
The two identical guards led me to Celestia. We walked for a while, until we came to a set of large double doors guarded by two unicorn ponies. The doors opened to reveal her waiting for me in the throne room, sitting next to another Alicorn. Only when I was half way towards her did I notice the crowds of ponies on either side of the room staring at me with a mixture of horror, disgust and fear. I smirk under my helmet.
One of the ponies in the crowd decides it would be a good idea to anger me. “What is that monster doing here? This is a place of sophistication and class! Not disgusting creatures like that!”
I turn to glare in the direction of the noise, the ponies cower with fear. “Who said that?” I ask calmly.
The ponies all move out of the way, leaving only the one who decided to insult me. I slowly walk over towards him while he attempts to stand there confidently. He is a white unicorn, blonde mane wearing some sort of suit. Pompous little shit. “Varik, what are you doing?”
I stop for a moment and look towards her; she looks slightly worried where as the other looks almost amused. “This little arsehole needs to be taught some manners” I start my walk again.
“Varik stop this at once! We did not call you here so you can assault my nephew.” Celestia called out to me.
“I do not care who this little pony is, he insulted me, and he needs to be taught a lesson.” I decided that walking had been enough, I Death Grip the little pony from half the room away. The ponies look in stunned fear. He appears in front of me in less than a second, as he stares at me in shock and fear.
“D-do you k-know who I-I am?” he asked with a stutter.
I used my dark powers to asphyxiate him, pull out my sword, and point it at his face, “I do not care who you are you little shit. All I know is that you will soon be in a world of hurt.”
Celestia stomped her hoof on the floor, creating a small shockwave that shook the building. I look towards her, “You will not cause harm to Prince Blueblood. He will be punished for his insolence, but I will be the one to do it.”
I return my gaze towards the pony named Blueblood. “*sigh* Fine.”
I drop my asphyxiation, he drops to the floor wheezing and panting heavily. “Auntie Celestia! I demand that this beat is banished to the moon!”
Celestia turned her gaze towards Blueblood, “You will be silent! You will not antagonize my guest in front of everypony. Varik, come here, we need to talk in private.”
I sheathe my sword and walk towards the throne, the smaller Alicorn is snickering at this point. I get a good look at her now that I’m closer; she has a dark blue ethereal mane and tail with small white shining spots. She has similar wear to that of Celestia, but hers are a lighter blue compared to her coat, which was a very dark blue.
I stop at the base of the steps leading to her throne; I look to Celestia and wait for her to speak. “Follow me; we will continue our discussion with my sister elsewhere.”
The two sisters walked down the steps and the isle, the ponies watch silently. Blueblood is glaring at me, but I don’t give a shit about him. I exit the room right behind the two sisters, as we exit the room, four guards step behind me; two looked like a mix of bats and ponies, while the others looked like all the other guards. I’m guessing the blue ones are the other one’s guards. The two lead on for a while, turning around corners every few seconds.
We stop in at a pair of doors with two gold guards standing on either side, “These are my personal quarters; we shall talk more in here.”
Celestia nods to the guards, and they open the doors. I walk in behind the two Alicorns, while the guards that were following us stop at the doors. “Now then, Varik, this is my sister Princess Luna. Luna, this is Varik Drabor.”
I nod to the princess; I turn my gaze to Celestia. “What did you want to discuss?” I ask
“It would be best if I take us back to Ponyville, I have sent a letter to Twilight telling her of our arrival.” She replied.
I sighed, “How long until we are there?”
She grinned, “I can teleport us there now if you wish, and there is however, something you should know.”
I sigh again, “Just get this over with.”
She steps forward and eyes me with concern. “Are you sure? It could save you a lot of strife.”
I wave a dismissive hand, “Just get this over with.” I repeat to her.
Her horn glows, “As you wish.” And just like that we disappear from her chambers.
I see around me that we are outside of the library we were at yesterday. I face Celestia who is looking at me with astonishment. “How are you still standing? Not even disorientated? Usually when one first teleports they can’t stand.”
I raise an eyebrow and chuckle. “This is not the first time I have teleported, although through different means, it is the same concept.”
“Really? By what means do you travel?” She asks
“Well usually I travel by flying, but other times by portal or Hearthstone. Basically it teleports me back to a select inn of my choice. Mine’s set to the Shrine of Two Moons in Pandaria, there’s everything I need there. It’s like a small Orgrimmar. It even has a portal to Orgrimmar and all the other Horde capitals.” I explain.
“What is the Orgrimmar you speak of?” She asks.
“It’s the Horde’s capital city. It was built by Orcs under the leadership of the Warchief Thrall. I don’t know much else, I personally don’t care.”
“But you said there were other Horde capitals.” Celestia says, I’m not sure what she’s trying to get out of me, maybe she’s just asking questions. Who knows?
“There are. Capitals of each race that makes up the Horde. Taurens are based in Mulgore, city of Thunderbluff. Trolls are based in Durotar, city of Orgrimmar along with the Orcs. We Forsaken are based in Tirisfal Glades, in the city The Undercity. Goblins, like the Orcs and Trolls, are based in the city of Orgrimmar, but come from an island called Kezan Blood Elves were based on an island called Quel’Thalas, but have moved to the Eversong Woods, they live in the city of Silvermoon. And lastly the Houjin Pandaren came from a place called The Wandering Isle; it’s basically a giant turtle. They are based in Orgrimmar. There’s lots of information about why all the races are where they are, but I don’t care and I don’t know most of it.”
“Well then, that was interesting. You keep talking about this Horde, what is that?” She asks another damn question.
“The Horde is one faction in a two way war that has been ravaging Azeroth for years. The other faction is the Alliance.” I explain.
“War?” She asks with a hint of curiosity and disgust. “And what’s Azeroth?”
“Yes a war. Azeroth is the name of my planet. The war has also expanded to another planet, the original planet of the Orcs. It was called Dreanor, but it is now known as Outland and it has been overrun with Demons of the Burning Legion, also known as The Great Burning Shadow, now under the command of Kil’Jaeden. The Burning Legion is said to be Azeroth’s nemesis. Much of Azeroth’s history - including the first, second and third war - were due to the Legion’s influence, it corrupted the Orcs who then invaded Azeroth, created the Lich King, and is the source of most of Azeroth's scars. Azeroth is also the only planet that the Legion has ever failed to conquer.
The Legion's mission in theory is to undo the works of the titans and restore the universe back to its original, chaotic and disorganized state. In practice, the Legion scours all life from the worlds it invades; they are cursed to roam the greater realms forever, consuming the primal energies of magic to survive.
The Legion has destroyed world after world in its mad lust for arcane power and is thus responsible for the genocide of thousands of races across the universe, totalling in billions, if not trillions of lives.” I stopped blabbing on about the Burning Legion and sighed. “There’s a lot more to this than meets the eye and I really cannot be bothered talking about it.” She seems to be a bit pale after the recap of the Burning Legion’s past. It’s not the prettiest thing and it sure is brutal.
“By the way, we knocking or what?” I ask sarcastically.
Celestia looks towards the door and chuckles, “of course, how silly of me to forget.” She states as she knocks on the door three times. Not soon after, a small reptile with purple scales and green spines opens the door and stares at Celestia. “Princess Celestia!” He shouts. He turns his gaze towards me and cowers with fear, “Twilight! It’s back!” He yells.
I groan and roll my eyes. Soon Twilight Sparkle walks in the doorway, “Princess Celestia.” She bows, “Varik.” She nods, “Why don’t you two come inside, I’m sorry about what happened yesterday, but you gave me a good scare.”
I wave my bony hand, “No need for apologies.” She smiles, nods and leads us inside the library. Inside was as you’d imagine any other library to be, shelves with books everywhere, and an upstairs that I could only imagine contained the living quarters.
“SPIKE!” Twilight shouts to someone.
“I’m right here!” The small reptile shouts back, clearly aggravated at her.
“Oh, sorry.” She smiles sheepishly. She points her hoof towards me, “Introduce yourself to our new guest Spike.”
He nods and walks up to me, “I’m Spike! Twilight’s number one assistant!” He holds out his claw, “Oh I’m also a dragon!” he says. I look at his claw, and then back to him. I look over his body and laugh. Everyone in the room recoils with shock and stares at me with wide eyes and mouths. “Hey! What’s so funny!?” He shouts at me, pulling back his claw.
I laugh a bit harder at that, “You! A dragon? You cannot be a dragon! I’ve seen dragon hatchlings and you look nothing like any of them!” I shout, “You don’t even have wings!” I shout louder and point at where his wings should be. Before anyone could say anything I start talking again, “Never mind that, my name is Varik Drabor, pleased to meet you Spike.” I hold out my bony hand. Stupid fucking ponies and their stupid fucking dragon thing, I just want to get back to Azeroth. Why did I even kill those magi? I suppose it doesn’t matter now, when Lor’themar realizes that his magi won’t be coming back he’ll send more. My face darkens, And most likely a few Blood Knights with them. I smile a little darkly at the thought.
Spike shakes my hand and says, “Don’t worry about it.” He turns to Twilight after shaking my hand, “I’m going to continue cleaning.” He walked off somewhere and, I guess, started cleaning.
Twilight faces Celestia, “Right, now if you don’t mind me asking, why did you come here yesterday?” She asks.
Celestia replies, “It will all be explained in due time, but if you could. Can you go gather your friends? It best be explained when they are all present.”
Twilight nods, “Of course!” She turns around and shouts, “SPIKE! I’m going out for a few minutes; Princess Celestia and Varik will be here while I’m gone, be good and make sure they’re comfortable.”
Spike shouts back, “Okay! Have fun!”
I turn to the Princess, “Why are we here exactly?”
She turns to me and raises an eyebrow, “We’re here to explain to the Elements of Harmony who you are, and where you are from. You will be staying with one of them until we have means of getting you home.” She replies.
I nod, “Well then, how long do you think they will be?” I ask
She smiles, “Not too long, but I could have just teleported them all here.” She states.
I tilt my head, “And why didn’t you?” I ask with a hint of annoyance.
She chuckles, “As a joke of course. Do you not know what jokes are?” She asks teasingly.
I snort, “Of course I do! Except jokes like this are pointless and just waste time that we could be using for other things. Although I suppose most other jokes are like that anyway.”
She nods, “Do you wish for me to teleport them here then?” She asks.
I snort again, “That’s why I made that point, please do.”
She nods and her horn flashes. Soon 6 ponies are standing in the room staring a head in confusion. They soon notice that Princess Celestia is standing in front of them and they begin to smile with understanding. They then notice the giant undead creature standing next to her and most of them, except Twilight, look shocked at me standing there. One of them hovers in the air and looks ready to charge. “Lookout Princess there’s a monster next to you!” The blue one with rainbow hair points towards me and charges.
Princess Celestia raises her hoof to stop her, “No wait!” she shouts.
Too little too late. I raise my hand and stop her mid charge, I walk up to her suspended body and put my face up to hers, “It is not wise to attack those who you know nothing about.” I pulled out my sword and brought it to her face. “For all you know you could very well be killed.” I warned her coldly.
Celestia cuts in, “Varik that is enough, you are scaring everypony.”
I look around and notice the shocked expressions of all the ponies around me. I sheathe my sword, “My apologies.” I release her from her suspended movement. She drops to the ground with a thud.
“Rainbow Dash!” One of the ponies shouts. She is Orange with a blonde man and a hat on. She helps her friend up and looks towards me with a glare. “Why you little!” She shouts as she charges me as well.
I sigh as I do the same to her, but before I could do anything more. Another voice shouts out, “Leave her alone!” I look too see the same pony from before doing the same as before.
I was about to suspend her again but a pink pony shouts out, “LEAVE THEM ALONE YOU BIG MEANIE PANTS!” She pulls out a small cannon out of nowhere and aims it at me. My eyes go wide and I pull the cannon towards me before it can be shot off. I pull out my sword and swing down, cutting the front off. The pink pony’s hair deflates as she falls to the floor.
A white pony flares her horn and shouts, “Let them go you ruffian!”
I sheathe my sword, and shout out, “ENOUGH!” I thrust both my arms outwards at my sides and dark energy throws them all backwards. “Stop this at once! You know not which you attack! Angering me will not end well for you!” The ponies get back up and glare at me.
Before anything could happen, Celestia steps forward stopping them from doing anything rash. “Stop this please! He is a guest here.” The ponies calm down and so does Celestia, “Now then, the reason I have brought you all here is for some explanation as to what Varik is, and what he is doing here.” The ponies stare at Celestia in confusion.
I elaborate, “I was brought here through a.... faulty portal, created by Magi from my world. I come from a planet called Azeroth completely different to this one.” I explain to them what I had told Celestia.
After my explanation, a voice calls to me in my head. Varik? Varik can you hear me? It calls.
My eyes widen inside my helmet in response, “Sylvanas?” I ask in surprise. The ponies look to me with confusion.
“Who are you talking to?” Twilight asks.
I hold up my hand silencing her. Yes Varik it is me, as Banshee Queen I have the ability to speak to all Forsaken telepathically. I am surprised that it works even for where you are. She responds.
I bend to one knee, “My Queen, what do you need from me?”
Celestia raises her eyebrow, “I am not a queen, and I need nothing from you as of now.”
I glare at her, “You are not my queen. I am talking to her right now.”
Varik, do not tell any of them my name, but ask this Celestia if she has the capability to speak telepathically.
I nod, “Celestia, are you able to speak telepathically?”
She nods, “Of course, why do you ask?”
Tell her to form a link with your mind if possible, I wish to speak with her. And by the way, you need to take care of your bloodlust soon.
I nod, “Are you able to form a telepathic link with my mind? My queen wishes to speak with you.”
She raises an eyebrow, “It is possible but it might be difficult, let me try.”
Her horn flares as she tries to connect mentally with my mind. After a few moments, she successfully connects with my mind. “Okay, I have business to take care of. Celestia, my queen wishes to speak with you.” I turn to walk out before realizing something, “Can anyone give me directions to the forest at the edge of this town?”
They gasp, “You mean the Everfree Forest? What kind of business do you have in that atrocious place?” The white one asks.
I turn to face her, “None that concerns you.” Varik, be careful who you insult. From what I gather these are potentially powerful ponies . I sigh and roll my eyes. “Does anyone here know the way?” I ask
The yellow one that I saw yesterday holds her hoof up shyly. “My home is next to the forest...I could lead you there... um, if that’s okay with you.”
I shake my head, “Just tell me the directions and I’ll be on my way.” A sudden realization strikes me. “How could I be so stupid!” I hit myself on my head, “Do not worry about the directions.”
I walk outside and mount my Grand Armoured Wyvern. I fly straight up and look around for the forest. I spot it in the distance and begin my flight towards it. I hover above the canopy before finding a clearing where I land and dismount. I look out in all directions before I decide to walk off to find something to kill. As a Blood Knight, I need to kill at least once a day before my bloodlust kicks in, and I go on a blind killing spree, killing anything I see without reason. I can survive about 3 days before that happens, and having the last time I killed was yesterday, I need to do so today. After about 10 minutes of not finding anything in this blasted forest, I decide on a quicker way of luring animals to me. I pull out a bit of cooked meat from my backpack and throw it on the ground; I pull out more and throw them in other places. I sit and wait for something to come by and take the bait. About 5 minutes later, a giant creature with a strange tail, a strange set of wings, and it’s front paws seemed to be bigger than it’s back paws.
I grinned and pulled out my Rune-blade. I slowly approached the beast that was eating the meat on the ground. As I neared it, I brought my blade up, leapt forward and sliced down, cutting its head clean off, blood spurting out of its neck hole. I brought my blade forward and let it absorb the blood.
I go to put the blade back into its sheathe, but not before a yellow blur slams into me. “YOU! BIG! DUMB! MEANIE!!” It shouts, pounding onto my chest plate.
I push it off of me and bring my blade forward. The yellow Pegasus from before is standing there panting heavily, staring at me with pure rage. She stomps up to me saying, “You did not have to kill that poor Manticore! It was just eating!” She shouts, “What do you have to say for yourself?” She asks with venom in her tone.
I stare back into her eyes, “I did need to kill that creature, but all will be explained later.”
She recoils with shock, “What? But...how?” She asks with disbelief.
I turn away, “I said all will be explained in good time. Now, let us get out of this forest.”
I mount up and fly upwards through the canopy. I turn towards the town and fly towards the library. The yellow Pegasus flying behind me.
I land outside of the building and open the door. Princess Celestia looks deep in thought while all the other ponies look at me in horror. I look down and see my blood coated armour. I sigh and walk in, the yellow pony behind me. Princess Celestia looks at me and then to the pony. Something must have made her connect the blood to the pony because she charged me and grasped me in her magic. “What did you do to her?” She shouts
I look down and see she herself is covered in blood. “Ask my queen, she knows why I was out there.”
Celestia was in deep thought, conversing with my queen. She soon let me go and apologized.
One of the other ponies was clearly confused, as she said, “Just what the hay is goin’ on here?” She asked with a strange accent.
All heads were on me as I sighed and said, “Sit down, this is going to be a long story.”
Author's Note
Woo longest chapter!
WELL IT'S ABOUT GOD DAMN TIME AYE!?
Author's Note
Sorry so much for the wait, but I just got my new Laptop working xD
Story time!!
"I shall start my story at the most relevant point. The point where I was appointed Captain in the Lordaeron army, and with that promotion, came a very dangerous mission. At the time, the dreadful Scourge was running rampart through Lordaeron, and Prince Arthas had gathered a small army, in search for a relic called Frostmourne. It was said to be able to give him the powers to strike back at the Scourge and free Lordaeron from their terror." I began my story as the ponies present sat down, staring intently.
------------------- Celestia Pov (before the story) --------------------
You may want to hear what he has to say, I'm sure you'll find it very interesting. Sylvanas told me through our mental link.
What is he going to say? I replied.
I could hear her chuckling inside of my head, You will find out soon enough.
-------------------- Varik Pov (continue story) --------------------
"Who are the Scourge?" I could hear Celestia ask me.
"They are an army of undead beings, like me but mindless. They have no thoughts, no remorse, no feelings, no guilt and no pain. They have one goal, and one goal only. To do as their master bids." I replied. "To continue on. Arthas led a campaign through what is called 'Northrend', it is a continent at the most norther point in Azeroth, and is often called 'the roof of the world', and is home to the Lich King. Arthas led a campaign through Northrend and on the way, I was given a message by an emissary from Lordaeron, with orders to return back to the kingdom. I gave orders to the men to return to the boats, but when we arrived they were burnt. Arthas blamed it on the mercenaries that were there with him. So we were forced to continue our journey to find Frostmourne. Arthas later found the relic, but with all powerful items, it came with a great price. There were guardians there were watching over Frostmourne, warning Arthas, and I quote, "Whomsoever takes up this blade shall wield power eternal. Just as the blade rends flesh, so must power scar the spirit." The dwarf with him named Muradin Bronzebeard told him of the curse that was on the sword. Arthas didn't care, and as he shattered it's icy casing, a shard struck Muradin, killing him. Arthas then used Frostmourne to slay the forces of the Dreadlord, Mal'Ganis. Mal'Ganis confronted Arthas, telling him that Ner'zhul had known he would take the cursed sword, and that it had now stolen Arthas's soul. He spoke as if he believed Arthas was now on his side, but to his surprise Arthas used the runeblade to slay the dreadlord on the Lich King's command. With his soul forfeited to the Lich King, Arthas ran off into the frozen wastes of Northrend."
The pink pony jumped up from her seat and yelled, "I have no idea what any of that is but it sounds awesome! What happened next?!" She then proceeded to sit down and shut up.
"No interruptions please." I state calmly.
"As I was saying. Now a death knight of the Scourge, Arthas killed and converted his former army, as well as myself, before returning to Lordaeron, where he was hailed with a royal welcome. Arthas proceeded directly to the throne room, where he killed his father, King Terenas, and set the Scourge loose throughout the city. "
Gasps of surprise were heard throughout the room, looks of anger and sadness fell upon their faces.
"Some time after the Burning Legion's defeat at Mount Hyjal, the demon hunter Illidan Stormrage used a powerful spell to attack the Frozen Throne, where the Lich King was imprisoned. Though the spell was unsuccessful, it widened the crack through which Frostmourne had been thrust, and the Lich King's power began to wane, so he recalled Arthas to Northrend to aid him. Arthas defeated Illidan and ascended the spire of the Frozen Throne, then plunged Frostmourne back into the ice and donned the helmet sealed within, becoming the new Lich King."
"Before all that though, comes in the story of Sylvanas Windrunner. Once the Ranger-General of Silvermoon, Sylvanas Windrunner was murdered by the death knight, Arthas, and brought back as a creature of undeath. After regaining her free will, she rebelled against the Lich King and the Scourge and became the founder of the Forsaken faction of undead, who are allied with the Horde. She is the one who freed me and some of the Scourge, and turned us into the Forsaken. I would later help her with the war effort against the Lich King, only to be slain in battle once more."
"So does that mean Sylvanas is your queen?" Asked Twilight
I sighed. "Yes, and that's LADY Sylvanas to you." I growled.
"Anyway, the Lich King used my body and raised me again, only this time as a Death Knight. new group of death knights, the Death knights of Acherus, was created by the Lich King to garrison the necropolis of Acherus: The Ebon Hold for the ultimate purpose of assaulting Light's Hope Chapel and destroying the Argent Dawn."
"The things I did when under his control..." I trailed off.
"What did you do?" Twilight asked cautiously.
The blue one 'hrmp'd' (I have no idea how to spell that lol) and said very loudly, "I bet it wasn't even that bad!"
My gave moved from Twilight to her, and turned into a glare. "For your sake, not mine, I do not tell you what I did."
"Oh come on! I want to hear what the big bad and scary Death Knight did that was so scary!" She practically shouted.
"Fine, you wish to hear what I did? So be it! The first thing I did when raised was kill someone as part of an initiation, I then proceeded to slaughter innocent people, as well as soldiers. Later I single handedly massacred an entire army, then proceeded to kill more people. I think killed the governor of the town and stole their evac plans so that none could escape. Then I went behind enemy lines and killed more people, rescued a fellow Death Knight, killed even more people, and killed my friend from before I was risen as a Death Knight."
Gasps filled the air, and the blue one sat down, face emotionless.
"I didn't even care for what I did, I didn't feel any emotions, regret, remorse, or guilt towards my actions." Their faces paled. "I then killed a courier who was carrying news of an enemy fleet moving in for reinforcements. I then took his outfit and disguised myself as him and gave the plans to the leader (I can't remember if the plans were altered or not.), but not before I gave the plans to Orbaz Bloodbane, who then told the Lich King of their plans and prepared for the enemy. The leader of our enemy told me that the reinforcements were walking into a slaughterhouse, and wanted me to tell them to turn around. Of course I didn't and when they arrived, they were slaughtered. The Lich King himself gave me a mission, to kill the standing army with one of his frost dragons. So another army was destroyed by my hand. I was then named 'Champion of the Scourge' and was given another task: To help the in the siege of Lights Hope Chapel."
"10 thousand Scourge against 300 Paladins. And yet we still lost. Not before I killed a fair few, but we were stopped by none other than Highlord Tirion Fordring, the strongest paladin there is. It was then revealed that the Lich King had sent all of us into a trap, and we were later freed from his corruptible grasp. So there you have it, scary enough for you?" I asked, leering at the pony.
She merely stares forward and nods her head once.
------------------- Celestia Pov (after the story) --------------------
Now, I shall tell you the real reason as to why I have contacted you.
Oh? And what is that?
The story of our war. You know of how I was killed, raised from the dead, and rebelled against my 'Master' . And now you will learn of the struggles of our people.
Our goal... Our sole purpose was to destroy the Lich King. We threw our lot in with the Horde, and began our journey towards redemption. Now the Lich King is dead, and we have returned. The people who called this land their home in life, do so in death as well. But the Alliance does not recognize our rights. They claim this land is their own while attempting to invalidate the claims of the founders of this kingdom. I will never allow it.... NEVER! Lordaeron belongs to the Forsaken - always and forever. We have been fighting a constant battle with the Worgens, a race of werewolves, but have the intelligence of men.
What I ask, is for you to help us, all I need, is to be able to test whether or not the Val'kir work on your species. If you can allow it, I wish to use the corpse of one of your dead, to see whether or not it actually works.
I shiver with rage at her statement, how dare she suggest such a foul thing as necromancy?
You forget, I can hear your thoughts. And this is more than 'necromancy' this is the survival of my race! The tide turner in this war! I do not care which corpse you bring me, whether it be from hundreds of years ago, as long as it hasn't been completely decayed.
I thought for a moment, and then came up with the perfect pony for the job. A thousand years ago, there was a pony by the name of Starswirl the Bearded, due to his incredible magic capability, his body was placed under a spell. This spell was used to preserve his corpse. I believe he is the perfect pony for this 'test' of yours.
Perfect, I shall send one over to Varik at once.
------------------- Varik Pov (after the story) --------------------
Varik, I have gotten word from the princess: she has allowed us to test the Val'kir on one of her ponies. I am giving this Val'kir to you for use, do not disappoint me.
Of course not you highness.
"Princess!" Shouted Twilight, startling both me and Celestia.
"Huh? What?" She asks
"I said what do we do now?" Twilight asks her slightly confused princess, while all the other ponies are just staring at her in confusion.
"Oh, we head for Canterlot. Varik will be receiving a 'present' from the Banshee Queen, she wishes to test it on somepony." Celestia responds.
"Ooooh present!" Shouts the pink one
"Pinkie!" Twilight shouts back, "What type of present princess? And which pony?" she asks
"A present that will help turn the tide of their war. And I believe you know of the pony. Starswirl the Bearded."
Twilight gasps in shock, and with the final words spoken by Celestia, a portal opens, and out steps a Val'kir. Another gasp from Twilight, along with everyone present, including Celestia.
I grin behind my helmet. "Excellent, ready when you are Princess."
The Val'kir walks up behind me as I look towards Celestia.
And so it begins.
