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Mar 23, 2001, 02:51 PM
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who wants me to post my story? ! I know ya all do!
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Chapter 1

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The character appeared in front of him...It seemed to say something but

the unnamed warrior was unable to hear. She offered him a magician’s wand

of some sort. Without her telling him anything about it he knew it had

the ability to heal wounds. He reached out to take it but abruptly a pit opened

Under his feet. The warrior let out a scream but out came no sound.



The warrior woke up with a start. "Where am I? Who am I?"

there were 4 men surrounding his bed. "My you were out a long time ax!"

"Ax? Is that my name?" he thought to himself. 4 discreet looking warriors

surrounded his bed. He recognized them instantly. As he looked from one to the other

he began to realize their features...and my memory returned



The first of the warriors was called Batty I think.... he was always the joker

but never a wuss in battle...he held his sword high and smiled. The second warrior

was Dreama an elven warrior with a bow and quiver slung behind her back. You could

tell by the look in her eyes she was surprised to even see me alive. The next warrior

was tryst. My he is quite the warrior..His magical staff in his hand, which he carried with

him always. his shield slung across his back. Though he has fought so many wars he has lost

the ability of expression. The last warrior to the far left was Ducky. She had a huge scar

across her shoulder which was received in a war quite some time ago. Ever since then she

has been afraid of almost everything. But in battle she was a warrior of true valor wielding a staff with a green stone with a crescent of Elvin design… for everyman killed she always had a kind word…as if she took the time to

talk to each one personally.



"What happened?" I asked? "Well you took a roman dagger right in the neck...I had no idea how survived..now you don't have a scratch on you..." Dreama replied. "The wand.." I whispered to

myself...



"What wand?!?! surely you can't mean the wand of sauran?" they all yelled....

"Can it heal wounds?" "Well....yes" tryst replied to Ax’s question.."It was a gift from the gods"



"I have been healed by the will of the gods!"

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The end of Chapter 1.....soon when i get some free time and more joiners i

will write the next chapter....

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~Ax Man~







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Mar 23, 2001, 02:52 PM
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Chapter 2: Flashback

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Govadon twisted and turned in his bed...He had lost the wand! How could he have been so careless as to lose it to that supposed "Angel" for a better place....Bah! he thought.



Meanwhile Ax Man was

sharing an ale with his friends...when kazooie and Black Sheep entered the room...Ax's eyes rolled into the back of his head...he quivered and slumped to floor as if he had died.....



But in fact he had not died.....He had seen himself slump to the floor....as if he were a soul in someone else's body..."That's impossible!" Ax noted to himself. Suddenly as if pulled by some unseen force he was lifted into the past. A place of memories.



"Ax Man!" I was asking you to introduce yourself to the class! the young druids do not have incredible patience as it is believed. The Class laughed..."No! Not the magic school...Impossible” he thought quietly to himself..."What do you mean impossible! I can read your thoughts u know!" Once again the class laughed...



Dude! Pipe up and say something...or else they will be reading your mind forever young warrior" He introduced himself. "That's very good. At least he can talk!" the innocent said quietly.



4 hours later he found he was not meant to be a druid he could not even accomplish the stillness trick. He was labeled a "Twist to Fate" But once again Kazooie came to his rescue saying all he needed was time...Kazooie had taught him through the night and by morning he had learned the trick.



And so this cycle continued for years a past...Ax man had become a true druid. One day he left to become a true warrior and a member of the kings guard.



When Ax Man had become a member of the kings guard he returned to the druid's spot of prayer. He found it burning into ashes. He ran into the spot where he met up with kazooie.



"Come on! let's go!" He drew his sword and with the courage of a madman and ran into the flames. There he found druids hung in the trees and slaughtered on the spot: No mercy. Ax Man and kazooie went to the end of the holy spot, where they found Govadon....



"Ah! Ax Man! We are destined to meet in the future when I have lost the wand, and shall become mortal"



Suddenly Ax Man woke with a start. "Govadon is after the wand!"

he yelled.







Chapter 3: At the king's expense

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"Man! I can't believe the king actually called on you!" Tryst yells in

an ale voice. "We'll I guess I’m the lucky one." Ax man looked towards his

companions and smiled. "We'll I must be off to the palace. Talk to you all later!" He

yelled as he thrust his hand behind him in a friendly gesture.



It was 30 minutes later when Ax Man arrived at the palace. He entered the

king's chamber. He bent down onto his knees and said "Gydion, my lord. How

may I be of service to you?"





The king was obviously very intoxicated. He swayed when he talked to his

servants. "Ah! Ax Man! I whished to talk to you." He managed to sputter out. "What is

it I may do for you my lord?" Ax Man asked in a puzzled voice. "I wish you to assassinate Ikari..."



This sentence hit Ax Man in the back of the head like the end of a broadsword.

"Ikari?" He sputtered, "Yes Ikari!" the king replied angrily



"I cannot do it!" He yelled, "It is beyond my code as a knight and I will not do

it! I may lose my life for you but I will not kill unless it is in your defense! This

is cold blooded murder!"



"Fine! If that is your choice..." The king snapped his fingers. "Guards! Take him

away! He has been dabbling in black magic! I shall decide his fate later! Just get him

out of my sight!" The king spat on Ax Man's boot. "Never disobey my orders!"



Ax Man was thrown into the cell. But he fought bravely with his attackers, but he

was heavily outmatched .The last thing he remembered was being hit in the head with the hilt of a large sword. Then he blacked out......









Chapter 4: The Joust



Ax Man awoke to the sound of his cell opening. “What was it? Was he to be executed already? No, that was impossible; he was to be executed tomorrow afternoon in front of all of Aqruin.” Ax Man thought to himself. “Get out, you have your final wish, what is it?” The guard growled at him.



“To escape” Ax Man thought to himself. “To get first seats to the joust” He said firmly to the guard. “I’ll take it up with my superiors,” the guard said as he left the dungeon. Ax Man thought he better get some sleep if h e wanted to pout his plan into action.



3 hours later Ax man arrived at the joust. He could already see the 2 jouster Alberto and Bugsy pulling down their visors. “I hope this doesn’t end in bloodshed again,” Alberto thought bitterly to himself. He put down his visor and raised his lance, He charged at Bugsy with full force. She didn’t expect it, she was wounded badly in the side, and she was dying.



Now or never ax man thought. He jumped onto the field and ran for full speed towards Bugsy’s limp body. He took her sword belt and clipped it around his own waist. He drew the short blade and held it in front of him as if it were the legendary blade Excalibur. He pointed it towards the guards that were rushing at him and he screamed.



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Chapter 5: Fight and Run



The guards came rushing at him like bolts of lightening. One sword aimed for his head, he raised his sword and slashed the guard who tried to pull that stunt in the heart. The next two guards aimed for his heart. He managed to slay one but the other pierced just below his heart. He could feel himself spit up blood.



Suddenly the guard fell to his knees. A spear was logged in his heart. Alberto had saved his life. “Run, my friend” He said quickly. He ran over to bugsy to find she had not died but was knocked unconscious.



Ax Man limped into the woods, he looked back at the castle and vowed to return one day.





Chapter 6: To kill a king



His darker side had finally reached him. He could no longer control it. The expulsion, the order of death, it was all wrong! But so was he! He had killed a man. The blood was stained on his hand forever. At least let me organize the story in my mind he thought. So he backtracked in his mind.



Ax Man had spent the bitter winter in the caves of Aqruin. He had grown bitter at the king for what he had done. The only thing that had kept him alive all of the winter was plotting ways to kill the king. “Well that and killing Intruim patrols on the border and taking their supplies and weapons,” he thought to himself. He had long ago replaced his short sword with a larger one. He had on his side always he never put it down. More than once he had to defend the little cave he called home from men who had come to claim him. Each time he shook uncontrollably for he had killed one of his own.



Ax Man finally had enough Intruim money to finally hire and assassin from the town. When the assassin arrived at the cave Ax Man called home, he carved a strange symbol and a few numbers on the side of the cave and walked away.



When Ax Man went to receive his letter he looked at it carefully it said “Midsummer Night the 15th of 4567?” “Yeah” Ax Man thought to him self “That’s the day”



It seemed like Midsummer Night the 15th would never come, the night of the king’s address to the entire land of Aqruin and the assassination. The assassin had been cleverly passed off as a warrior/guard to the king’s address. He had been completely informed of the city it’s outline and how to act by Ax Man. The rest was up to him.



“My dear citizens of Aqruin….” The assassin started the ascent behind the stairs to the king’s back. “It has come to my attention that….” The king started his address but never finished. He gave one final gasp of air and fell face first onto the podium. Blood poured out of the dead king’s mouth, as citizens became quite frightened. “Mission accomplished” the assassin whispered to himself. As he ran from the scared crowd a tight smile came over his lips.

















Chapter 7: Return to Aqruin



“Now is the best time to go back to Aqruin” Ax Man thought to himself, over his lunch of wild mushrooms. He got dressed and headed down the wooded path that would take him to Aqruin.



He walked halfway down the path and stopped to rest. He turned quickly to watch a fox dart across the foliage. Time to catch dinner he thought. He quickly darted into the foliage with speed that only experience could grant a man. The fox was fast but he was faster. He started off into a sprint. In a few minutes he had the fox cut off. The fox growled and bit him in the leg. “Ouch! Sun of an…”Ax Man yelled. He stabbed the fox in the eye and blood poured out, but it still wasn’t dead. He stabbed again and this time it died.



Ax Man was walking back to his site when a knife curved around Ax Man’s neck.” Don’t move, if u wanna live” the voice behind him hissed. Ax stopped dead in his tracks. He shoves his elbow into the assailant’s leg. He screamed in agony. Ax Man drew his Ismurian sword and held the tip to the assailant’s neck. “Who sent you?” Ax growled.



“No-one! I just want some money to feed my family!” The man yelled.” Here take some coins!” Ax Man said as he tossed some Ismurian money into the man’s hand. “Oh! Thank you kind sir!” the man nodded gracefully “Yeah whatever. Goodbye” Ax Man yelled behind him as he headed down the path. “Guess I don’t get to eat or sleep” ax man thought to himself.



As the morning sun loomed overhead, Ax Man arrived at the gates of Aqruin tired and hungry. He looked up at the buildings. He eyes rolled into his head. Ax Man fell unconscious by the city gates





Chapter 8: What was is gone



Ax Man awoke with a start. He looked gently around his surroundings. The house was quite plain, despite some ornate vases in the corner. The looked as if they belonged to royalty. Probably some thieves’ hideout. “We thought you would never wake up.” A voice snapped behind him. It was Dreama’s. “What are you doing here? Why are you guys not in the castle?”



Dreama started into a story that was obviously pain staking to talk about. “After the king was assassinated one of the lower kings Neoleis moved and claimed control of Aqruin. His first move was to remove the royal guard and replace it with highly priced assassins. As he took out his enemies the town’s economy went down and down. The only rich one left is the king. We were forced to take what we could and escape the assassins to the slums. We have been planning a resistance to overthrow Neoleis and put the king’s heir Lelia rightfully onto the thrown.” Dreama finished her story with a quick sigh.



“I can help tactically” Ax Man replied cheerfully. “Now let’s go get the castle, but Neoleis is mine”

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Chapter 9: The sword of the war general



Ax Man awoke to a poking on his shoulder. He woke up and grunted. Again he was tapped. Finally he gathered the strength to turn over. What he saw shot his eyes wide open. There were two elves holding a sword between their four hands, it glowed bright purple. Ax Man sat upwards and asked,



“What is this?” “A present” the elves answered almost unanimously. “Than I gradually accept,” Ax Man replied. He took the sword; it felt as if he had been searching for it his whole life. He twirled it forward and the purple radiance grew stronger. Suddenly the sword took on a life of it’s own. It swung in three circles and then thrust forward. The pupils in the elves eyes grew “you are the one of legend, the one of the inscription” they said silently “What inscription?” Ax Man asked, but he answered his own question, when he turned the hilt over he saw the inscription in a faint language he had never learned. The elves then started into song;



The sword of power

The sword of strength

The sword to banish evil’s bane.



The one of legend

The one of truth

The king of all that walks



The wand is yours

But is not

Heed it careful

But never enough



The great lord shall return

From his tomb of stone

Once again to try and rule the world



To banish him is your right by birth

Heed it well it is a task of truth

For pure you must be

Or embrace yourself to it’s evil



For the sword heed’s by its emotion

When wielding it be true to your heart

And not your mind. For if so you shall truly die.



Until the day the sword is named

Heed it carefully, because you shall not know your birthright

Use it only for good not for evil,

Shall you become a service of the great lord

In his task to rule the world



“But now is not the day for that my young king, for now go attack that castle!” the elves finished “and I shall! I now know my destiny! I will become war general of the resistance faction!” Ax Man yelled in triumph. He got dressed buckled on his sword belt and left the room, in a better mood than he had felt his whole life.





Chapter 10: Assault on the Castle



It had come to pass that by midsummer of the following year that the resistance had gathered enough members of the king’s guard to finally attack the castle. “The day had finally come! They were going to attack the castle!” Ax Man thought to himself. He looked at his sword and remembered what the elves had told him.



Ax Man laid out his battle plan. He placed his finger on the center chamber of the castle map. “Our mission is to capture the main chamber and kill Neolis. Now the point is not to slaughter everyone, we may have allies placed within the castle who may be willing to side with us. Persuasion could be a major ally in this battle. Now let’s go!”



The small army approached the castle, organized in flanks. Ax Man was only one of the 4 generals in the front flanks. They surrounded the castle. They had it under siege.



Suddenly a barrage of arrows flew at the small army. “Spread out! The arrows can only go a distance! I can handle this!” Ax Man yelled. He drew his sword from its sheath. Suddenly a light pulsed from it. The sword threw from his hands, and flew up towards the assailants. Suddenly a voice appeared in his head “Who is your enemy” “My enemies are those that are after my life” Ax Man thought. Suddenly the sword lunged at the assailants. He watched it dumb folded. 2 minuets later he saw them all decapitated. Suddenly the sword lunged at some of the soldiers in his own army. Ax Man tried to suppress it but it was impossible. The sword had done its work. “Maybe there were traitors in my own army” Ax Man thought. Suddenly the sword lunged at him. “I have no more enemies here!” Ax Man yelled. Suddenly the sword flew back into his sheath as if he had never drawn it.



Getting into the royal chamber was easy. He ran in where he found Neolis eating despite all the commotion. Suddenly Neolis got up and grabbed a sword “would you care to duel?” Neolis asked. “Yes…” Ax Man said. Ax Man grabbed for his sword and pulled it from the sheath.





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Chapter 11: Duel with Neolis:



Neolis picked up his sword and lunged at Ax Man. Tryst suddenly lunged into the room and yelled “Ax Man jump to the left!” Ax did as he was told; the sword barely missed his neck. Ax Man kept up to Tryst’s instructions but had still not drawn his sword. Neolis grinned taking advantage of the situation “What’s wrong? Chicken?” he asked. “Not at all! Tryst give me your sword”



Tryst tossed him his sword. Ax Man caught it and swung it to a figure eight and held it upright in front of his face. Neolis lunged at him sword forward, he felt Tryst’s mind become his. But Neolis was to fast for both of them, Ax Man was putting up a good fight but Tryst noticed it was a losing battle “Draw your sword!” he yelled. Suddenly the sword’s conscious started to talk to him again “Draw it! Your enemies are those that are after your life! He is after your life! So is everyone including your so-called knights! I will kill them all for you! I will make it easy” the sword hissed.



“No!” Ax Man yelled. He fell to the floor in a delirious fit. Neolis lunged at Ax Man. Tryst jumped in the way. He fell to the ground a small smile on his face. As Tryst’s mind faded from his he heard “your welcome”



Ax Man grabbed for his sword. He would avenge Tryst. He would avenge everybody. The sword glowed bright purple and lunged at Neolis, in an instant he was dead. A hole the size of a rat’s tail showed where the sword had pierced his heart. When Ax Man looked down the sword was back in its scabbard.



“Very good!” a voice behind him called. Ax Man spun around. It was Govadon.







Chapter 12: Battle of the Eternal Gods



Govadon turned to face Ax Man “We’ll I guess my prediction was wrong, I still have the wand and I have your soul.” Govadon said menacingly. Ax Man looked at Govadon and then to Tryst’s dead body. Govadon looked at Ax Man and said “ Pity your friend had to die! But all for the service of a the devil!” Govadon pricked a hole in his finger with a dagger “You know blood tastes so much better when in sacrafice! But for me it no longer matters for I have the wand! They say this dagger belonged to a rich pharaoh! I wouldn’t know, I stole it form his grave! But enough talk, have at you”



Govadon lunged at him with his dagger and successful cut Ax Man in the lower ribs. Ax Man cried out in pain and grabbed his small dagger from his sheath in his shoe. Govadon smiled and said, “Can’t draw your sword? Your problem!” Ax Man lunged at Govadon his dagger hit Govadon on the cheek. Blood poured out from the wound, but suddenly Ax Man saw the impossible. Govadon’s cheek completely healed.



Ax Man grabbed his sword and yelled something in a language even he did not understand. He swung the sword in a pentagram like shape then lunged forward. Then the air itself seemed to lunge at Govadon. Govadon was hit hard he fell to the ground. Ax Man went into Govadon’s pockets. Ax Man grabbed the wand and said “you don’t deserve this” Govadon smiled and said “Good I deserve to die”





Chapter 13: revival good and bad



The second Govadon died the land seemed to flourish. All that was stone became fertile land. So this had happened throughout the land. But something that should not have happened did. A human sealed cavern had been broken. The shadow released. The shadow flew out into the free world it growled “I am free”



Ax Man grabbed the wand and ran up to Tryst. He placed it on his stomach. Suddenly Tryst became to spit up blood “You’re alive!” Ax Man yelled “Of course” Tryst chuckled “I was watching everything from the land above.” Tryst said over his laughter “Now let’s get to that ceremony.”



Ax Man watched as the queen was placed into royal position. He felt a great sense of pride. The newly inducted queen called him forward. Ax Man did as he was bid. The queen said “Your new mission is to kill all of the son’s of Govadon! Now go!”



Ax Man left the castle and vowed to return once he had completed his great task of killing the entire Son’s of Govadon.



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Hay now were is my part at now Ax Man i hope this smiley works
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