Escape From Devil's Castle (Coldchaos X BunnyCake)

[Coldchaos]

The 3 kingdoms of Aeriomus has been plagued with evil for centuries. This evil, band together under one black crown, has been called the demon kingdom. Any who embrace the sins of battle, lust, greed, or wrath becomes a demon. While demons posses great power then humans, they only seek to spread destruction across the lands of light. Under the banner of the Devil King, the demons have waged a ceaseless war across the lands. Dubbed the Black Crusade, they've laid waste to countless villages, slaughtered near infinite by standards, and have turned those with weaker wills to the dark side. Many prayed for the gods to smite these horrid monsters, and hope did come from a young man. Andres Guts, an orphaned boy from a ruined village, trained in the art of the sword by his father before his death. Andres fought his way from town to town, helping those who had lost faith in the war. His influence helped to convince the 3 kings to unite in an army to quell the Black Crusade once and for all. The combined armies aimed to break through the horde of monsters, to the heart of the Devil King's castle. Many men and woman alike joined this army, mage and warrior standing side by side to protect land and home. With a heart battle cry from Andres, the epic battle waged forward...

Hours later, the battle had ended. The field was dyed red with the blood of humans, as two captives were dragged into the castle itself. Deep inside the castle, they were taken to the cold and dirty stone walls of a dungeon's cell. His broken armor ripped from his body, the unconscious Andres was thrown into the cell, along with another human. With the wooden door slammed shut, the two humans were left alone in the small room. Webs were littered all around the place. Rays of sunlight most of the room through a single window, barred by iron bars. A single bed of straw was in the room, with a ragged blanket to warm it's host. At the corners of the room were a few bones and skulls, reminders of the last few that were treated by the Devil King. With a low groan, Andres finally came to. His eyes took awhile to adjust to the new location, as he wondered what happened. "Where...am I?" He growled, looking for anybody to talk to.

 

[BunnyCake]

Noemi, The Mage​

Just like with any story where there's a hero, there's been a foretold prophecy of the savior of humanity, and how his heroic deeds would save the world from the eternal darkness. It was that sort of hopeful optimism that drove the nation to cheer on for the group of misfits the hero had grouped together as they charged as the front lines for the war. And the Hero even managed to talk the three nations, who could never agree to anything, to unite against the terror of the Demon King under his guidance. Hope had managed to give birth to the possibility of defending humanity, and the warrior who had brought it all together, was already having his name found in songs of every bard. Things had gone really well for the party, as they pushed forward, winning every battle till they reached the front gates of the Demon King's castle. Every member tasting the victory on the tip of their tongue, plunged forward without as much as a second thought as Andres Guts pushed open the gates with a loud bang. Of course, things had been going too well for this story's hero, as lady luck seemed to have had her attention elsewhere when the Demon King turned the whole thing around in almost a blink of an eye.

The tide that had been with them through it all, seemed to have turned and engulfed a large part of the army, and the overly optimism that had been so high with everyone, disappeared in an instant, and fear took over as one of them fell from the battle. The end to the war everyone had seen in their dreams, soon were washed away with the reality of the situation, as the battle field continued to get dyed redder and redder as the battle continued.

What felt like an eternity of hell, finally came to an end, and the red haired mage found herself clinging to her staff, as she felt the remainder of her mana drain out of her like the final droplets of water being tipped out of a glass, before the terrifying world faded off into nothing. Her unconscious body was then picked up, as per the King's orders, along with the hero, who'd been lucky enough to survive as well. Her body ached, as her entire being felt like it had been drained of everything. Feeling herself waking up slowly, Noemi's mind tried hard to come back into the reality of the situation, as the memories of the battle slowly crystallized in her mind like ice cubes.

“I don't know...” Noemi replied in a dry voice as the words the warrior had spoken settled in her ears, as her rosy red hue's slowly opened to have a look at her surroundings. Till finally, they lowered to her own figure, before widening at the fact that she had been stripped of most her attire. An embarrassed blush found their way to spread across her cheeks, as she brought her knee's to her chest, and wrapping one arm around them. Though, before she could find herself settling in covering herself up, she put her hand down beside herself, before a shiver shot up her spine. The gaze found themselves looking at the cold and hard object she had found her fingers landing on, before they could fully register the skull, two of her fingers falling into an eye socket.

“Eewww” She shrieked, as quietly as she could, as she pushed herself closer to the other in the cell along with her, wrapping her arms around the other in hopes that hugging the other close to herself would almost act like protection. Where ever they were, it seemed that plenty had died before them, and she wasn't all too excited about the possibility that she would be next.