Ambush!|Clan Char, Naurorod

[Devon]

Ryuk looks at Ilis and shakes his head. "Want me to kill him before he spouts more nonsense...OH! Sorry there is a child here I shouldn't say such things." Ryuk pauses for a moment then continues. "Want me to....'sit him down and talk things through' where the kid can't see?"

[adris]

Ilis takes the slap, not responding harsly or with any sort of anger. Just taking a couple breaths before rubbing the slight sting out of his face.

"Damien has had more time then me, I understand your reaction. But, if you can look down onto that man's face and truly hate him," he points towards his fallen comrade who he had hoped so much for, "then it really was for no reason. You can't see what is happening to our people? The lost one's charged in overnight and by the time the sun rose they were feasting over the bones of the guard. There was infighting, poor battle readiness, everything was just plain sloppy. And where was our so called clan leader during all of this I ask you? We are now allies with the people of the Crystallands mind you, the ice, that dosn't disturb you one bit!?! They used to live in fear of the very word fire and now I wouldn't doubt if they don't laugh at us. A single power vacuum will destroy us all and I don't see anybody left within the clans that can fill the void Damien is going to leave. Something had to be done before it was all too late."

He then stared stern forward. He could rebuke every attack they could send against him. He was just waiting until one of them were to get so fed up they would kill him. At least he prayed they killed him... fear leaped to his eyes when he thought that they would have fallen so far to show him mercy after what he had done.

[Northen Light36]

Ann looks at Ilis and frowns slightly. "Uncle Damien knows what's right, Mummy told me so. She also said we shouldn't always fight everyone else cause then we can't have any friends." Looking Ilis right in the eyes she says, "You're a bad man to hurt lots of people and you tell lies too. Uncle Damien isn't old and when I'm grown up, I'm going to have three signs and be just like him. You're bad and need to be punished!"

"I think my Heir is right," comments Damien once Ann has finished her little lecture. "But only question is, how shall he be punished? I do believe the old punishment for betryal was death, rather then our 'weak' punishment of removing his sign and leaving him to his fate. Since this man likes the old ways so much, does anyone object to giving him the old punishment?" Looking at Ilis he adds with a laugh, "Allies with the Ice? I walked in there, killed their leader because he pissed me off, then walked out again. Learn the facts before you spout out rubbish and look a fool."

[aivea]

Mint frowns and shakes her head before saying, "It's too bad that you've lost all hope for the future and I do wish that things might have ended differently. I can't find it in me to truly hate Timur despite the anger I feel right now. I have no objections, Honored Leader. Those who call for a return to the old ways should feel what the old ways were truly like."

[Devon]

Ryuk scratches his head for a moment. "Hold up, he made at least one point I agree with. Where in the hell were Clan Char's leaders? I'm taking a nap in a tree like I normally do and all of a sudden some guy is killing guards. I think management owes us an apology. Anyway, I vote that he lives just to be different."

[adris]

"Yes, you killed their leader and then walked out. What of all the other ones, what of the ones that did not act on their own? And I do believe you worked with one of the ice people to get this all done, a betrayer of sorts, I believe that sir is a fact. You see, sometimes people have to go against their leader to do what is right."

He stood strong, not backing down from any of his stances. He could see death was approaching and that he encouraged, knowing there is still a glimmer of hope for the people he loved so much.

"Girl, relative of the Char leader. In you I see potential, the chance that maybe we will not fall so quickly after the death of Damien. Usurp your relative, I see how the people rally around you, you should sit in your rightful seat on the top. Damien, you do know I compliment you as the last bastion of hope. Remember what happened here, now that you have true idea what is going on, now that you are no longer blind, you can stop it before it is too late. Do not just see the NOW look at the future, a future that includes your niece."

He then silences himself, he worried he would miss his major point... to tell the woman that he actually saw hope within her. A fire that has not yet been extinguished. There are sparks from which his future can still come about but it cannot be helped if they are all being smothered.

[Northen Light36]

"Charanth is ill," replies Damien bluntly. "And he was aidding myself in Reave. When we heard of the trouble, I had to order Charanth to remain in his bed. Even when he was too sick to walk, he had every intention of coming to his people's aid."

Meanwhile Ann just looks at Ilis, then puts her signs together to flick a small fireball at Ilis. "I don't like you," she states bluntly. "Be quiet now or I'll ask Essence to eat you."

[Kender Bard]

Charminei, having found herself lost in the sea of words holds up a hand in a slashing, negating motion and barks, "Shut up! Everyone!" Waiting for silence, she prowls around like a pent up, angry lioness as she speaks. "Charanth and I were in Reave. What we did to the people there was cruel and horrible. I know not everyone agrees with that assement but what they can agree with is that unity with them would be an asset. I, for one, would sleep better knowing that everyone in the clan can venture forth to the boundaries of our land without extra protection, for fear of being hunted. I think the Clears will sleep better now, knowing the reoccuring nightmares of flames and death will not be a repeat. Solitude and standing alone may be admirable and awe-inspiring but it is not pratical. One can have peace without losing their pride. Fires should not be feared, but respected. We can still be respected for other things, not for our death counts."

She paused, clenched her fists and glared at Ilis fiercely, "You can't even know what it was like." Her mind flashbacked to a faded memory. "The women.. they used to loathe life. By the time they were old enough to know what our way of life cost, there was no way out of it."

"She's right," Dahlia said softly. "She's right... There's no honor in a clan of strength. There is only resentment, backbiting, and shame. It is a surface-strength only for the true rot lies within as we allow conquests for glory to consume our souls and morals. Peace is not weakness; it is harmony. It is wholeness. It is strength tempered with wisdom. And the Clan Char under the leadership of the Kiiron family has just that."

Charminei shot the woman a thankful glance and crossed her arms. "I don't think Ilis should die. I think he should be made to truly appreciate the value of life, of love. He needs to learn of the serenity of peace, even if it has to be force-fed to him. Remove his signs and find a priest of Efil willing to deal with him, and give him a daily preaching."

[aivea]

Mint ducks out after a quick bow to Damien and a glare at Ilis. She hasn't gone far though but Mint's not sure what else she can do and wants to be able to calm down before facing the others again.

[Devon]

Ryuk snaps his fingers rather loudly and calls out. "You go girl!"

[Northen Light36]

Ann squirms out of Damien's arms and runs to Charminei's side. "No more dying," she says quietly and simply. "Send him away cause he's bad. Don't be bad as well." With that finished she reaches up to take Charminei's hand and looks at Damien with a frown. Damien is silent for a long moment, then smiles slightly and nods his argeement.

"You're right, both of you... There's been enough death for one day," he says. "Very well Charminei, I bow to your wisdom in this." Resisting the urge to sigh tiredly, Damien draws his knife and looks at Ilis. "I hope you can learn the error of your thoughts one day," he tells the other man. That said, he slashed each of Ilis' signs three times, cutting so deeply that there is no way both signs can funtion again. "Some one see to it that he doesn't bleed to death then tie him up somewhere until we can find a priest to take him off our hands."

[adris]

Ilis has a wild look in his eyes. Without his signs he can't do anything at the moment, his only thought is that he will not live in a world where his people will drive themselves to extinction. He quickly turns and makes a run for his scimitar, his only thought being to gut himself. The pain in his neck due to the cuts of his sign there make breathing difficult and slows the pace further with the foot, so what started as a run becomes a slow limp.

[Kender Bard]

Charmine reacts swiftly, grabbing Ilis by the arm and glancing at Ryuk, "Little help!?"

[Devon]

Ryuk half nods and wraps Ilis up like a bear. "Come on, the easy way out is boring."

[Northen Light36]

Ann decides to help as well, running forward and carefully picking up the weapon before handing it to Damien. Taking it, Damien tells his niece, "Run and find some rope Ann, so we can make sure he can't hurt himself." Ann nods and runs off, returning swiftly enough with a decent length of rope.