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Ancient Drew

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Our faction suffered quite the misfortune tonight. My Kinshra have been burned to the ground by the Queen of Ashes and a cadre of goblins. The flames spread out of Falador and are currently razing the trees surrounding the white stone walls. I must withdraw from my clash with the sanctimonious Saradomin and rebuild. She will feel retribution for this.

The goblins following her have shown surprising strength and will, and I confess myself humbled. I fear they may even be too much for the Kinshra, as they managed to raze the White Knights' Castle and the entire city along with the small group I have brought with me. Only twenty came with me, the rest were either planning assaults elsewhere, were too cowardly or questioned my way too much. They shall be punished as well, they need to learn the path of chaos. They need to be like the group which made an offshoot of them, my Chaos Paladins.

Ah, the Chaos Paladins. Bilrach is my right hand and Moia is my left, but the Paladins are my blade which shall strike justice on those who cross me. Where Saradomin has his Temple Knights as the elite of his army, my best are the Chaos Paladins. Even the most fearsome and powerful of the Kinshra, including their elite soldiers, pale in comparison. Each of my Paladins has mastered techniques and rituals which can rend their enemies to oblivion in both body and mind. Some of the best would even have given me a good fight before I ascended.

Their leader, Furora, removes her helmet, places her blade to the ground and kneels before me. She is quite attractive for a human, but I can sense true strength in body and will within her. Her intellect and cool head are unmatched among her ranks, and she exudes an aura that commands respect, even as she kneels before me, her god. I admire these qualities within her.

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30-Jun-2016 21:03:43

Ancient Drew

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Her hair, waist-long and a deep crimson, drape over her head as she kneels. Even when kneeling, I can sense that powerful aura of authority about her. This aura makes the difference between a soldier and a leader. Chaos can set people free, but true chaos with a purpose is not achieved without some order to it. My orders are to find the goblins who razed Falador to the ground in a multicoloured flame. She looks up, her green eyes gazing curiously. The aura is strong within her, even as she ponders my words. I explain that the goblins are much stronger than normal, and that they are setting the world alight in the name of the Queen of Ashes, a god who believes that Gielinor should be burned down in place of a new world. She must be stopped.

Furora stands up, her sword at her side. The blade is four feet long, very large in proportion to her body, but she is more than capable of using it, as I have seen many times.

"It will be done, my lord."

She places the blade over her shoulder and leaves to convey my orders to the Paladins. They will get it done.

As soon as I reach our quarters, I find two Kinshra at the entrance. I move over to them and they immediately turn to me, standing to attention. I ask them, "What are you doing here? The Kinshra are based in Taverley." One of them explains, "Moldark sent us here. We have survived the blaze of Falador recently, and we would like to join the Chaos Paladins." The other one says to me, "All of the others that went with our Lord have perished in that fire, along with 400 White Knights and 150 Temple Knights. These are no ordinary goblins we are facing, and this Queen of Ashes is not to be underestimated." I note the similarities in their body shapes, voices and behaviours. "You are brothers, correct?" They both incline their heads, confirming it. "Very well. I shall begin training you as soon as possible. Sign your names in blood on the parchment on my desk." Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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30-Jun-2016 21:41:12

Ancient Drew

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Falador is being razed to the ground, and the flame of the Queen of Ashes threatens to consume the rest of Asgarnia. The Guthixian druids have their own blessings and rituals to keep the fire at bay from Taverley and I find myself grateful that this means the Death Guard at Burthorpe will be safe too, but her flames are still reaching to the south and east. I used my power to extinguish the flames on Falador, but outside my walls they still burn. I must stop them from burning Varrock!

Many of my White Knights and a large number of Temple Knights perished in the fire that consumed the castle. The surviving townspeople have been evacuated to Rimmington and Port Sarim, and the remaining knights have been sent to the Temple Knights' headquarters for medical attention and training. The Queen of Ashes is a dangerous god, and she proved it with the goblins following her. They are much stronger than the disparate tribes around Gielinor. This is a threat that must be addressed as soon as Varrock is saved.

The Queen has grown strong since I last encountered her, and I find these new flames more difficult to put out myself. I have sent word to my monks in Edgeville and they have made their blessing in the well there which will extinguish any flames from the east, while I myself put out the fire from the west. There is little time. I have sent a projection of myself to convey my orders to Vey, so we may prepare to tackle the threat of the Queen of Ashes.

I have managed to extinguish her flames before they reached Edgeville, and the monastery is safe thanks to the blessing my monks have placed on the well, but the woods behind me are still smouldering, and smoke continues to rise from Falador. Many of my people have perished today, and I fear this is but the beginning of dark times ahead. The Temple Knights are to search for the goblins after everyone is healed and the knights are fully trained.

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01-Jul-2016 08:42:54

Ancient Drew

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I can see that these two brothers have journeyed quite the way to our headquarters and had nearly died in the fire that engulfed Falador, so as soon as they signed the parchment on my desk, I sent them to the barracks to rest. Training with the Paladins takes vast amounts of energy and stamina, so they are to rest well and eat heartily at dawn. Then they will know the difference between the Kinshra and my Paladins.

My office has many documents and files on many people and locations. There are sea charts for nautical assaults, a scrying orb that connects to many locations from above and below, scrolls for old rituals that Zamorak himself had used before his ascension, and the Chaos Paladins' code of honour. We do not kill children, we do not fight each other outside the sparring and training areas, we perform our duties as a team, and we never underestimate our opponents. We work to free the people from oppression.

I can remember the time when I was first inducted into the Kinshra as a child. They were brutal and almost disparate from each other. I had been tossed into their quarters and bathed in its anarchy. It was chaos, but the wrong kind of chaos. Few worked properly. When I was 19, I freed an innocent prisoner that Lord Sulla had kept for amusement. Some prisoners were kept for interrogation for important matters, but this one was purely for fun. It was not the Zamorakian way and it was doing nothing for our faction, so I had to free him. Sulla drew his sword and prepared to attack. I blocked every swing and stab of his blade, until he caught me with the back of his hand and pinned me down to the floor. He raised his sword to finish me off, but I looked him in the eyes and he immediately stopped his assault on me there and then. Moldark appeared before me and praised me for my chivalry and courage, and that Zamorak has acknowledged my potential as a leader. It was then I had received my invitation to join the Chaos Paladins. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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01-Jul-2016 09:45:46

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Daquarius has informed me that the fire that razed Falador has been extinguished. He was absent from our assault on the city as he had to attend to...internal factors which beset the Kinshra against each other. They are fearsome warriors, but they do not grasp chaos in the same way as the Chaos Paladins. They forgot many things, and there are even those in my ranks who believe me to be the god of evil. The Chaos Paladins are not like that. They understand my way, and how chaos can remove stagnancy and uplift us. Daquarius also understands my way, although he is not quite good enough to join the Paladins. I hoped to provide him with a little more education and power by including him in my heist of the Stone of Jas. His potential is within his grasp.

Six weeks pass, and Furora comes to me with two Kinshra. I recognise them as brothers who went with me on the assault against Falador, and find myself shocked that they have managed to survive the blaze.

"My Lord, I have come to present to you two new recruits to the Chaos Paladins. They have completed their training and are ready to smite justice on those who obstruct our path. Strength through chaos!"

To think this day would come! I have many Kinshra, but few have progressed enough to join the ranks of the Chaos Paladins. To do so requires ferocious strength and willpower, a true understanding of chaos and the benefits it brings, inextinguishable stamina, and they must follow a code of honour that sets them apart from other orders in my faction. And Furora, the leader of the Chaos Paladins, as always gives off that aura of authority that is a cherished quality among my elite. She could easily become queen of any place and people that she desires, just with that aura. This along with her chivalry was proven during the incident with Sulla. Moldark has showed great wisdom in recruiting her to the Paladins, and she has risen to power through her strength and will.

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01-Jul-2016 11:03:36

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They have earned their place among our ranks. They both walk the path of chaos along with the rest of us, and have grown considerably as a result. But this is just the beginning. It's time to test them on the field. I will take them to the Wilderness where Lord Zamorak had razed the land in defiance of the other gods. The outcome of that event transformed the place into the perfect initiation ground for the Chaos Paladins to fight dragons, revenants, and any adventurer hapless enough to challenge us. We take the spoils of our training and use them to bolster ourselves further. This is the true Zamorakian way, and this is the path all Chaos Paladins must walk.

But as soon as we reach the Wilderness, I could tell that something strange happened. Where I could remember cracks in the earth, and lava and fire seeping through them, now there are many flames of all different colours cascading through the ground. What happened here? The brothers twitch and start shivering at the sight of these flames. There is no doubt; these were the flames that the goblins used to raze Falador and the White Knights' Castle. But what are they, exactly? I pull out a vial enchanted to capture unusual magic and one of the flames jumps inside. I must study this and show it to Lord Zamorak.

The knights are fully restored and Falador has recovered from the blaze that ripped through it that day. Tiffy, as always, has great stamina and resilience; the fires did little to him. Even in his old age, he could hold his own against some of the Mahjarrat. This is a testament to my military might, and the strength of my order. Vey has informed me that Zamorak is on the move, and has sent his Chaos Paladins to search for the Queen of Ashes and her goblins too. The time has come for me to make my own move; I cannot stand by and allow chaos and flames to engulf the world. Vey will send his best to search and destroy those who would impose darkness on my people.

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01-Jul-2016 16:36:55

Ancient Drew

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It has been three months since the surviving brothers from the Kinshra were inducted into the Chaos Paladins, and still I have heard nothing of the goblins who annihilated my troops and Saradomin's sheep in the blaze of Falador. That is, until now. Furora removes her helmet, places her blade to the ground and kneels before me, but now she shows me a vial containing a small flame. It is the very same flame which seared Asgarnia. The flame of the Queen of Ashes. I ask Furora where she found it and she replies,

"This flame covers the Wilderness, my lord. Other evidence produced shards of glass resembling that from jars thrown by the goblins who burned Falador. There is no doubt in my mind, Lord Zamorak. This is the work of the Queen of Ashes."

I find myself searing away with rage. The Queen has made her mark on the Wilderness, the very same place I had razed all those centuries ago. She will surely target the rest of the world soon. We must stop her whatever the cost.

"We have also discovered traces of rock from a group of islands in the east. What are your orders, my lord?"

My orders to the Chaos Paladins are to set sail to the Cursed Archipelago, to deal with them ourselves.

Vey has informed me that the Wilderness is ablaze with a multitude of colourful fire. The very same flame which threatened to consume Asgarnia has made its mark on the site Zamorak had levelled in defiance of me all those millennia ago. The Temple Knights have also uncovered traces of rock from the Cursed Archipelago, and that the Chaos Paladins have been there as well. Now is the time to make our move. We must set sail for the Cursed Archipelago.

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01-Jul-2016 17:52:36

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We all make our teleports to various different locations to throw our enemies off our tracks, then we gather in small cadres and arrive to sail from different ports. The brothers are with me, a group of seven are joined by Hazeel, 12 of us go together with my second-in-command Gaius, and Daquarius leads five of us. Zamorak has commanded that Daquarius' leadership skills be put to the test, so that he may one day join our ranks. The Paladins on his boat are welcoming to him as he understands the way of chaos more than the other Kinshra. This is his time to make his bones.

Vey has sent word to the remaining White Knights, and Amik will join us in this expedition. The people of Witchaven are no longer under the influence of Mother Mallum, and they can hear my blessings once again. We have heard of a young man named Kennith, who is said to be a powerful mage who helped deal with the slug threat. He will join me as well. We have over 2,000 ships in our fleet, and each ship is filled with great soldiers who vow to bring my light to the Archipelago. Our cannonballs have my blessings, and everyone on board the fleet has high spirits. We notice other boats setting off east as well, but we pay them no heed. The Queen of Ashes will know what true light is.

On the journey to the Cursed Archipelago, I notice a huge Saradominist fleet heading in the same direction as us. My hand moves to my sword, but then relaxes when I see the fleet keep moving. They are paying us no attention. They seem to want revenge for the blaze of Falador. We keep sailing east, but each of our boats keeps its distance from the fleet. If we are to bring vengeance to the Queen of Ashes, we must conserve our strength. We complete our mission without fail, that is the ultimate code of the Chaos Paladins. The goblins will suffer retribution for crossing our lord, Zamorak.

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01-Jul-2016 21:24:27

Yrolg

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This is an interesting story. I very much enjoyed the way you have written it as it adds a subtle urgency to the tone. It's quite unusual for something of that style to pop up on the RSB.

I'm not particularly fond of the ending, though. I wish it had a bit more closure to it so I hope you decide to continue writing this.

14-Jul-2016 15:26:04

Ancient Drew

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Yrolg said :
This is an interesting story. I very much enjoyed the way you have written it as it adds a subtle urgency to the tone. It's quite unusual for something of that style to pop up on the RSB.

I'm not particularly fond of the ending, though. I wish it had a bit more closure to it so I hope you decide to continue writing this. Thanks.

I will write more stories as well, but the endings will come as the parties sail to the Cursed Archipelago. Then I plan to write stories involving a few fights between some of the factions where you get to see the Paladins and Temple Knights etc in action, including what happened to the goblins who went with the Queen of Ashes. The stories I'm making now will have their links. After that...I think I will make an RP based on the final fight, a real free-for-all on the sea, the islands and the sky. No factions will miss out here. Prepare for hell on RuneScape in Naval Cataclysm!

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14-Jul-2016 16:17:13

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