The Harvest Moon Consortium

[rdjparadis]

Posted 01/01/07 04:58 (GMT) -- Jace Salzman

Darias Mars... or the Golden Soldier as he has rightly come to be called by some people due to the color of his armor and his proffession. He had retired from his mercenary comapany after many years of service to settle down and be with his wife. They were married for ten years and after her death Darias picked up his armor and battle axe again to return to his mercenary work... thinking the realm of Anachorome to be a land ful of employment opportunities for a skilled mercenary, that is where he went.

Shortly after arriving he joined the Order of the Golden Katana, had fought off an army of orcs preparing to invade Lapis Port (along with a weapons master by the name of Han), and had retrieved a special helm after promting from a messenger of Bahumut with the help of two more experianced adventurers. Darias now spends most of his time keeping the orcs in check and slaying dragonkin in the DragonKin Forest and occationaly ventures into the cave to slay a dragon or two.

[Jace Salzman]

Darias had been busy... keeping an eye on Cyric's people wasn't easy, keeping an eye on Mt Mercy and the goings on there wasn't easy either, and now he had the Order of the Golden Katana to direct. Though the tasks should become easier, having appointed Seryne and Randyl as his Captains in the Katana. Making the Order's presence felt more in the docks is one of his new priorities... also training and finding tasks for the newest members. Yes, Darias has been busy... and he continues to be.

[Jace Salzman]

The night before a battle was always the toughest. Knowing the next day would bring bloodshed was always the worst part of if for the former mercenary. Knowing many of his enemies would fall, and knowing full well it could be him or any of the others standing by him should he slip instead. Darias sat in the lounge of the order staring at an unopened bottle and an empty glass, remembering. He remembered his life before he married... training his brother to fight, going off to war as a mercenary, and watching friends fall. He remembered retiring and settling down, he tried farming but it didn't suit him. He went to working metal creating axe blades, knives, hammers... whatever was needed in the village. And then he remembered coming home late that night and finding his wife and child dead. He remembered killing the two vampires he found. And then, he was on a boat to Lapis Port having picked up his armor and weapons again trying to get himself killed honorably and being cursed by being too capable to die. The battles with the dragons, and the trials Whuymydr had set for him. Even being a champion in a fight for the shimmer. Darias stared at the bottle, yes the night before a battle was always the hardest.