World of Warcraft

The Carana Chronicles

Ark II

The Ruler of the Frostmourne

Chapter IV

How the Others Live

Part II

Aimelina rushed down the sandy beaches of Ashazara, flinging bolts of arcane shadow upon the naga following him. After escaping from two years of imprisonment. Two years of being away from his family. During that time he had wondered how his family would survive. His father owned the Lion’s Pride Inn, but it wasn’t getting any good business recently. That would leave his little brother Carana up to supporting the family. He stopped thinking about them now, as Aimelina glanced worriedly behind him. He was nearing the border of Durotar and Ashazara, and the naga slithering behind him were making sure he wouldn’t escape. Aimelina ducked as a spear went over his head. He jumped over another obstacle, and sent a bolt of pure darkness flying towards the naga.

He thought back to his family as he saw the cliff separating Ashazara and Durotar a few hundred meters away from him. He had one other brother, Savrola, but he had left the family to crusade against evil. And Carana was far to daydreaming. He had always wanted to become a warlock like Aimelina, and to go off on adventures. With any luck, he had taken Aimelina’s advice to stay at home and help with the inn. Of course, knowing how he had said it, Carana probably went off anyway to show off to him. Or maybe, Aimelina thought, he hates me for the last thing I ever said to him before leaving home.

Aimelina brought himself back into his senses as he approached the border of Durotar and Ashazara. As he thought of a way across, he saw a part of the world, twenty miles away, ignite with hellfire. Shocked by this, Aimelina didn’t think about his situation until a spear landed its mark. Aimelina felt his body shut down as he hurtled across the landscape, and as more projectiles found their marks, his last conscious thought before he tumbled off the cliff was, Carana, I’m sorry. Then the world tilted downward, he felt himself fall, and all went black.

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The Carana Chronicles

Ark II

Ruler of the Frostmourne

Part III
How the Other Ones Live

Part I

Braylonis strode down the haunted halls of Acherus: The Ebon Hold. With the foul undead scourge finally driven out of its hallowed halls, the Knights of the Ebon Blade could finally rest again. He sighed, taking in account the past few weeks. After the Scourge sent him and 999 undead, led by Highlord Darion Mograine to destroy the Lights Hope Chapel, the 300 defenders of the Chapel defeated the forces of the scourge there, where High Priest Tirion Fordring showed Morgraine the truth of the world. The Lich King attacked, and Morgraine savagely attacked his former master. The Lich King bested him, and proclaimed how the lives of the 1,000 undead were worthless. Morgraine gave Tirion his sword, the Ashbringer, and Tirion beat back the Lich King. The Knights of the Ebon Blade were then born.

Over the past few weeks the Knights of the Ebon Blade retook the floating necropolis of Acherus, and renamed it Acherus: The Ebon Hold. Now that the task was finally done, the Knights of the Ebon Blade could extend friendly relations to the Alliance and the Horde.

Bralyonis walked over to a rune-forge, and inscribed his Katana with the rune of Lichbane. As soon as the rune was set in, the sword lit into holy fire, which he mentally supressed, until the only sign of it was an orange glow along the blade. He sheathed the sword in its scabbard as Darion Morgraine approached him. Bralyonis bowed low and long to his superior, before rising again.

"Bralyonis, as you now know, we have succesfully cleared Acherus. Now it is time to join the Alliance and the Horde. I want you to take this letter to King Varian Wrynn at Stormwind." With that he gave a letter to Bralyonis. There are portals over there." Morgraine pointed to the observation deck across from the forges.

Bralyonis strode over to the observation decks, and stepped through the portal to Stromwind.

Time to meet the king. Bralyonis thought as he was whisked through seemingly never ending time and space.

Run Dry

Since my imagination has run dry with Carana's POV for now (I have not played him for a long time), I am going to take the POV to two other characters, Braylonis, the human death knight and Aimelina, Carana's older brother. Also, if you read my blog, please leave comments wherever you want.

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The Carana Chronicles

Ark II

Ruler of the Frostmourne

Chapter II

Will of the Lich King

Carana stepped off of the ship in Theramore, two weeks after arriving. He quickly admired the city, before setting off to the Theramore tower. Theramore was a slightly large city, and it took him half an hour to find the tower. As he walked towards it, he heard some guards shouting something. It probably wasn't important. As he reached the top of the tower, he noticed Archmage Tervosh, Pained, and Lady Jaina Proudmoore all staring out of the window.

"Um, excuse me." Carana said.

Archmage Tervosh turned, and saw Carana, "If you could just wait until everyone else here is over the shock of seeing the Scourge right in front of the city, please save it for then."

"Wait, what!"

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The Carana Chronicles

Ark II

Ruler of the Frostmourne

Chapter I

The Keep of Stormwind

It was the Stormwind guards who first saw the ragtag man coming into Stormwind Keep. They would have stopped him until he showed them a letter that he received telling him to come into the keep. Even still, they felt nervous, so they followed him all the way up. One guard told the man that everyone influental was in the war room right now on an emergency call. The man strode in, and King Varian Wrynn looked at him.

"I see you got my letter."

"You sent that letter?" Carana asked.

"Yes I did, but for just a second, lets forget about that. Heres the situation, the Scourge is on the move out of the Dustshallow Marshes as we speak. I need you to go to Theramore as soon as possible, and warn Lady Jaina Proudmoore of this threat. We saved you a boat at the harbor. Good luck."

"I'll get right on it." Said Carana as he walked away to the harbor.

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The Carana Chronicles

Ark I

Assault on the Ravenholdte

Chapter VIII

The Battle of Ravenholdte

Carana ran forward with the sword he took from the guard, along with Haladora, Sedanaru, and Crytyster towards Fahrad's guards. Haladoras bear came crashing through the wall, swinging its arm into two guards, both of whom crumpled to the ground. A flaming sphere came whizzing past Caranas head, as Crytyster blasted down one of the guards. Sedanaru sent a hammer of golden light down upon his foe, Haladora shot her quarry down with two arrows, and Carana began to intone mystically. Half a second later, Thoktaz appeared from the shadows and pummeled a guard with his purple fists. Carana parried a sword blow and send a bolt of shadow into his foe. He saw Fahrad run into another room of the facility, into which Carana followed.

As he ran forward into the room, Fahrad slammed his body into Carana, sending him spinning. Caranas vision blurred as he fell to the floor. He rolled backwards as Fahrad lunged forward with a sword, sending it into the floor right where Carana was mere seconds ago. Fahrad dropped the sword as Carana got up, and punched Carana sending him sprawling on the floor. Carana kicked Fahrad in the face, and Fahrad fell to the ground as well.

Carana got up just as Fahrad got up on one knee, and placed a curse on Fahrad. He screamed in pain as Caranas curse filled Fahrad with pain. He staggered up, and tackled Carana. They both fell across the room, hitting the wall. Fahrad punched Carana, his head slamming into the back wall. His head spinned and he struggled to retain consciousness. Carana muttered several more words, and the walls next to them shattered into splinters.

As they were both leaning on it, Carana and Fahrad both fell off the edge of the cliff the place was resting on. Carana saw a large peice of wood, suitable for being a good quarterstaff. He glided over to it, and grabbed it just as he hit the ground. Carana rolled, shrugging off the worst of the pain. He noticed Fahrad did the same, only he managed to find a dagger.

Fahrad threw it at Carana, who barely managed to twist the staff up to block it. The dagger fell to Carana's side. Carana rushed at Fahrad, who tripped him, breaking the quarterstaff in the process. He pulled out a second dagger which he held for a moment, just before he plunged it into Carana's heart.

Carana felt his heart go cold, then his entire body went numb, and for a mere second, there was peace in him. Then his body went on alert and he slowly tried to raise his hand to pull out the dagger, only there was no strength left in his body.

He was dimmly aware off Fahrad turning, an arrow running through Fahrad's foot as he tried to run. But he was too slow. A bolt of frost slammed into Fahrad, throwing him to the ground, and then Sedanaru came through, slashing his sword through Fahrad's broken body. A spirit rose from Fahrad as Carana saw, but then it fell back through the earth.

He barely saaw Sedanaru and Haladora standing over him, using divine magic and healing herbs to repair his wounds. His eyes closed.

Carana opened his eyes. He was lying on a bed somewhere. He got up, groaning from the pain, humbling for his robes. Finally he found what he was looking for, a Healthstone. He twisted it until it snapped, and he felt a surge of vitality go through his body. He walked down stairs with ease. He found himself in a busy taproom. Crytyster, Haladora, and Sedanaru were all sitting together at one table. Carana pulled up a chair, and sat down.

"What did I miss." Carana groaned.

"Nothing much. This came for you." Sedanaru said, holding out the letter. The letter had no return adress and no name on it. Carana ripped it open, and read it. It read: I am an influental buiseness, seeking to hire you for a special mission. If you accept this, I will meet you tomorrow at noon in Stormwind Keep.

"Gotta go." Carana sighed, and left the inn, running for the Gryphon Master.

The Carana Chronicles shall continue with the next arc,

Ruler of the Frostmourne

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The Carana Chronicles

Ark I

Assult on the Ravenholdte

Chapter VII

"You dare disobey me." Fahrad growled. Three men in full black leather suits came out of the shadows, pulling swords out of oiled sheaths.

"So, you let the paladin leave, but not me!" Carana yelled at Fahrad. He grabbed the edge of his robe, where he had hidden a small dagger of fine make, better than his sword.

"The paladin has an excuse, he worships the light or whatever." Fahrad replied. The man pointed their swords at Carana.

"I still don't give a crap about your offer." Carana yelled. He stopped holding his robe. If he used the dagger, Fahrad would summon more bodyguards.

"Very well." Fahrad sighed. Carana quivered. Could I really take them on with only my hands as weapons. He wondered. "Kill him." Fahrad said.

All three swung their swords. All three missed. Carana jumped and twisted going between the blades, each missing by mere inches. Carana then flipped above the third sword, and landed away from the men.

They glanced at him in suprise, before one charged him alone. Carana jumped up, and knee jabbed him in the stomach. Smashing his elbow against the man's head, the man crumpled to the ground. Carana grabbed his sword. The second man advanced.

He swung his sword at Carana, and Carana expertly parried. Spinning around, Carana used the momentum to swing the sword harder. The man must have been better than the first though, because he blocked the sword, and tripped Carana. Carana fell onto the wood floor. The man swung his sword in a downward arc, but Carana parried. They struggled for half a minute, until Carana gained the upper hand. He kicked the man off of him, and got up. He swung his sword in an elaborate move, eventually disarming his opponent. He then stabbed him in the stomach.

Then the final man came at Carana. Unprepared, Carana was knocked over by a single kick. Carana backed up, and was hit in the head by the sword pommel. Carana crumpled to the ground. He struggled to get up, and when he did, the man punched him in the gut. Carana doubled over, and in the moment, he grabbed his dagger. He stabbed the man in the leg, but the blow seemed to barely affect him. The man grabbed Carana's throat, and brought back his sword.

It's over. Carana thought, but before the man could swing, two arrows entered his back. The man turned around, and Carana could see Sedanaru and Haladora advance on the man. Sedanaru swung, and in a single swift move, decapitated the man. Carana fell down. But before he could thank his savoir, he heard Fahrad scream out, "Guards!"

"Ugh." Carana groaned as he got up, and faced Fahrad, backed up by Sedanaru and Haladora, and Crytyster.