"Can't we talk about this?"

But Valthonis wasn't truly asking the question, he thought about it all, the images coming back to him in a rush. Perhaps Vera and Cai had been in on it all along and perhaps they were not. He thought they were, as many of the things that had happened seemed to make ...

To make this transition for Iarei smooth, I need Alter to post one more combat post for me, and then we can RP either Valthonis' death, or removal from the plot.....I think I'm better off just killing him off, but you guys can tell me how you feel about that.

Hey Alter..... minor detail, really, but I wrote out everything up to the Riposte, and you wrote reacting strictly after the parry, ignoring the fact that there was a sword pointed at your chest that you basically are running yourself through on.....

its ok, I mean I wrote around it, but I just ...

Valthonis did a half jump half step backward, opening up the distance between himself and Vera after he realized that his riposte had missed. He glanced up really quickly as if praying, not even bothering to actually look above but only vaguely confirming what he thought was a good guess about the ...

Valthonis responded to the situation with an alertness which was derived from his training as a swordsman. He had been watching Vera the whole time, and saw the shape change as it happened, which caused his normal paranoid tension to occur. As Vera charged, he drew his rapier. and after pulling it ...

Valthonis was saddened by Cai's story. He wanted to feel sad for the girl in the story, and didn't really think to realize that Cai was talking about herself. He knew that Cai was vision impaired, but he didn't think that she'd have the audacity to talk about something like that on their first day ...

Valthonis looked askance at Vera. Not that he wouldn't mind the view, but his mind was elsewhere, the idea of moving, well, he was getting excited over it, but not in a way that would show. If asked he would say that he saw it as another part of life... But really, it was just a defense mechanism ...

Valthonis snapped out of his practice trance the moment his blade met actual resistance. He saw what Cai had done, she was quick, it wouldn't happen in combat, but when he didn't pay attention to the people around him and lost himself, it could, and apparently, did.

"Well, thank you. I try to keep ...

Valthonis stood out near the town square. Having lately gotten bored with rolling coins over the knuckles of his fingers and doing other menial tasks with his hands. He drew his rapier, and began practicing various moves, parries and thrusts. Despite not being particularity strong, it would be ...

At some point during the night Valthonis woke up in a cold sweat. There was no nightmare, mind you, there no night terror. Just something else, an impulse, a desire that he really did have, but simply kept on denying. He did admit to himself, at this point, now that he had no other choice, that that ...

"Well, it will be nice to have the extra company. I think. You ladies can chat if you like, I'll take care of the arrangements and make sure we're well provisions for the journey. Tomorrow, we head for Europa."

Valthonis gets up, bows to the ladies, and turns with a swoop of his flowing robe. There ...

Valthonis relaxed under the barrage of questions just a bit, at least he could steer the conversation towards the more mundane matters, and dealing with numerous inquiries was something he had learned to do well thanks to his customers at the forge.

But he still wasn't at all sure what Cai thought ...

We'll see. If Alter isn't going to stay with us the entire time I suggest he steal the sword, as Alexander has no real money....just enough to get him to the next town.... He's smart maybe, but not wise.

Well the title was originally based off of "Three power, Two Destroyers, One Creator" because when I originally created the concept of Valthonis (long time ago, the Val here and the Val in my book are two completely different characters.) it started with 3 characters, in the sequel, one dropped off ...

Valthonis looked again at the woman, and contemplated ordering another drink. He did, as he motioned the barkeep over, but instead he ordered a tonic & lime... a non-alcoholic drink designed to make other people believe you had a drink. He did this quietly with a small amount of subtlety. He didn't ...