Editing Tears of a Fallen Crown:Characters:Mirage:History (section)

==Chapter 17:  Death of a Thousand Summers==


After several hours of well-earned sleep, they headed out, continuing their journey towards Chairoscuro.  The land changed once again after traveling for hours, this time becoming more like a desert than plains.  As the reached about the halfway point to the city, Mirage stopped them, saying, “Wait!  I see something in the distance!  It looks like an entire army of people!”


Raiton nodded, “I see them too.  What should we do?  It could be another deathknight!  Maybe the First and Forsaken Lion found out about us!”


Jauffrey groaned, “Or worse – what if it’s a human army sent from that noble?  I’m so sorry, My Lady!  I should’ve known better than to suggest that you save someone from creation!  It goes against everything you stand for!  A thousand pardons!”


Mirage suddenly laughed and sheathed her sword.  “Relax, both of you!  I know who it is now!”


As they drew closer, the army they had seen suddenly looked a lot less organized.  It was, in fact, a shambling horde of zombies with a few abominations in between.  Riding in front of them was a deathknight on a noble steed very similar to Raiton’s.  The man was an ominous hooded figure with glowing red eyes that every once in a while would seem to multiply depending on which way he was looking.  And, as he got within sight of them, he glided off of his horse like a living shadow.


Mirage gracefully leapt from her horse as well and met him in the middle of the road, extending her hand, “It’s a pleasure to finally meet you, Death of a Thousand Summers!”


He pulled his hood down, revealing a pale and almost zombie-like face with icy blue eyes and pointed teeth and took her hand, kissing it, “The pleasure is mine, Mirage of a Dead Desert Rose!”


And so they had met and would be traveling together from now on, as was their master’s desire.