Seeing the body of the woman before him go limb as he argued with “A”, Lucian felt an anger swell in him, she had escaped his wrath. The woman who took the lives of three of his family directly had killed herself without payment. This was completely unfair in every way. He had hunted her down and needed answers from her to find the others. He desired her life himself, and wanted to kill her himself. It should be his right, right?
As he continued looking at the body however his anger supsited and sadness entered him. Quickly tears formed and fell down his face. This woman before him was his step-mom. Yes, she had done unforgivable acts but she was still his step-mother. One of the only four living families he had was now dead, and he in a lot of ways was the cause. His anger had led her to take her life. There could have been a chance to fix things with her but he took this path of revenge and he didn't know if it was the right one.
As he thought about her life he was reminded of the evil she had done too. However it had not comforted him, it didn't truly justify his rage. She had been a good step-mom at times. One that comforted him and made him happy. Yeah she also disliked him for his place in the family but that came from a place of love for her daughter. He didn't know what to feel anymore. Confusion filled his mind as he remembered the bad and the good, the years she had been his step-mom and the years she had been his enemy.
“Maybe just maybe revenge isn't the path for me.”
This thought plowed into Lucians mind and with it his will was shaken causing him to fall to the floor. Crawling into a ball the young prince could only cry remembering his love for his family, Roan included. He had no desire to get up at this moment. He had given into his sadness. A sadness that was pure and right but aslo one that he should have pushed aside. None could argue that what she had done was right but did that truly mean he should forget her good as well. He didn't understand what to do. Nor did he want to understand what to do right now for he feared the answer. What if the right tithing was for her to die. What if the right answer was from him to lead her to repentance.
This confusion only brought sadness.
[“A”- Lucian, don’t I understand where you are coming from. I know what pains you and I feel for your sorrow. As evil as she was, I know you still saw her as your family.]
With the voice in his mind trying to comfort him Lucian couldn’t help but ask a question…
[Lucian- how do you know anything, how do you understand where i'm coming from. You're a beast who wants me to murder everyone who I come across. A being of unknown origin, you are just as evil as her.but then so am I.]
Dropping deeper into the sorrow Lucian tried to push “A” away. After all, the voice couldn’t truly be trusted. He was a voice that had convinced Lucian to cut down many. He was a horror that Lucian didn't quite understand but one he himself had theories on. Right now however Lucian wished to be alone. But before Lucian could separate his mind from the voice’s it spoke once again.
[“A”- Lucian I had to fight my own sister, and my actions led to her death. It's something I relive every day but it's something I can't change. not anymore. My rage buried her and yet it still burns. I haven’t learned why she took the stance she did in that fight but honestly I don't wish to. I love her deeply and yet I'm the reason for her demise. I'm not telling you this because I want to comfort you and tell you that it's ok. I'm telling you this because you still have work to do just as I do. Important work and despite your sadness for your families many deaths, Roanwas still a horrific person that killed many people. I'm not here to argue if that's wrong or right, but I do know that it's something you cared for when you signed my contract. You yourself said “On my name as Lucain Aestar, the only living child of Kenith Aestar and the only Child of Genevieve Storring, I declare that I will take the lives of the murderers of my family”. These were your words you can't fall the moment you start. That is not revenge, it's weakness. Now fix yourself boy and continue with your life's purpose for we have seventeen more to go.]
With the voice's “inspirational” speech Lucian turned. Thinking about how horrible “A” was at motivating him almost brought him a smile. However, that smile left his face seeing the corpse hanging by its arms and legs. Sadness once again filled him. Lucian knew this was not a feeling he could just will away. It was soul crushing. Yet despite that he stood and wiped his face. He slowly walked to the corpse of Roan, his step-mother, and he let her down, picking up the body Lucain held as a tree slowly formed around it. The roots ripped the floor and tore the ground. The wood started to cover the woman's body. And finally the bark wrapped around sealing it. The tree grew green leaves despite the fact that it was winter and a birch tree like this should not have such things. The tree had ripped the room apart smashing the roof as Lucian poured his love of his step-mother into it. Finally finished, the young prince turned and walked away with both the sadness and the love of his step-mother.
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As the prince walked out the now ruined castle due to the two trees he had planted in it , he saw multiple squads of knights pull up. Each squad had the same banner flying in the sky, this banner was of a deer’s head with its neck slip open. Flooding out of the neck was not blood but the message “Birth, Struggle, Death”. That was the banner of the royal knight order, the section of the knights that directly defended the royal castle and the royal family. Now however it was that of the personal army of the “Queen”. Lucian had known the previous commander of the order himself, he was a man of pure strength and he would have hated what his order was twisted into. He was the one who held five noble family heads and his sister Claire for over three hours by himself. Sadly the man had given his life to ensure Lucian’s own life. And with his loss of life ensured the defiling of his beloved order.
The arrival of this elite unit was truly poor news for the young prince. Seeing them Lucian had recognized that he had fucked up horribly. He had taken too long in the fight with the Knight and with Roan. This was a mistake that could easily screw with his goals for the future. Lucian also knew that Gramps who be royalty upset if the prince’s identity was revealed to the nobles and the “Queen”.
[???- HALT, under the authority of Queen Clarie you are to lay down your arms and surrender.]
From the front of the knights a lean woman spoke up. This woman adorned a full suit of plate armor, yet she did noticeably lack a helmet. Her face was that of true beauty, with it was a head of extremely short cut blonde hair. Her eyes however were the most noticeable part as they were both closed shut and had a scar over them.
As the woman stepped forward the rest of the knights encircled Lucian and started to enclose around him. Watching the soldiers, Lucian tried to see if there was a way to avoid a fight with the knight but still escape. Fearful to speak, believing there might be a chance one of them recognized his voice, he remained still and quiet only turning his head and moving his eyes to search for a quick escape. Before he could find one however the woman dismounted and took a step near Lucian.
[Knight woman- Please sir, drop your bow and come with us peacefully. There is no reason to cause a fight as long as you don't resist. I will even have a talk with my Clair…. Ummm i mean Queen Claire and she might forgive you]
The knight woman, clearly a timid woman and definitely embarrassed from her mistake, rushed to her horse to avoid people from seeing her blushing face and grabbed a rope off the back of her horse and walked to Lucian. Walking before him she tried to catch a glimpse of his face under the hood as she wanted to see who the man might have been, after all she had been at this place for three weeks by this point and gotten to know many of the people around here, but all she could see was a green piece of hair covering his right eye. Walking to the back of him she reached out for his hands but the moment his hands touched the rope it started to melt and fray. Taking a step back the woman drew her sword.
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[Knight Lady- Sir, please deactivate your power otherwise I will have to use force to bring you with us.]
Lucian immediately realized the only way out was to either fight or be arrested and decide that he needed to fight. He couldn't let the “Queen” know he was alive, just as “A” said earlier he still had work to do. Using his powers probably was revealing too much as it is there's no way he could go to prison where they would be able to pause his power and remove his cloak. Especially when they find out that Roan was dead. Lucian knew he had no choice.
[“A”- Boy, sadly you don't have a power like that man Evor so you will have to fight. But there is always one more choice. Come into my domain you'll be able to escape back to your gramps within a hour or two}
Hearing this suggestion Lucian felt ill. A sense of despair and sadness filled him. He swore he'd never go back to that disgusting place again. He would have been happy if he had never been in that place before but now he was needing to go back. He'd rather just go to jail. It was a place of only death, loneliness, and sorrow every time he saw it, it filled him with pity for “A”. That is not something Lucian wanted to do right now.
[Lucian- “A” FUCK NO NOPE NO. That place gives me the creeps.]
With his shout the knight woman looked puzzled. Believing he was talking to her that she prepared for combat her eyes both opened revealing golden eyes with a crosshair in both of them. Grabbed her longsword with both hands and pointed the tip to the cloaked man before her. With her body in a stance for a single hit that could easily kill Lucian she spoke.
[Knight lady- Fine if this is what you wish then let it be, i will not take your life but know that i could with ease. You will wake up in a cell. But you deserve to know the name of the one who hurt you at the very least. I am Reina Ravensorrow, Commander of the Royal knights order, second in command of the Aestar army and the fourth heir to the ravensorrow family. As a proud servant of my dear Claire, you're under arrest.]
With her name called out she had failed to realize the word she had said in the heat of the moment and this took Lucian off guard for a second, what did she mean my dear Claire. This however slowed Lucian down
With that Reina launched a single jab forwards. Lucian, seeing it, tried to dodge but the sword easily cut off his arm and plowed through the right half of his chest. The wind of the jab pulled the hood right off of Lucian’s head revealing his face and long black/green hair. Reina, seeing the damage she did to the young man, turned pale. She was known for being unable to hold back well. But she had poured more into the attack believing the man could dodge it with ease. Too late for her to stop she had just killed the man before her
[Raine- SHIT, someone get a healer over her now we cant let this man die yet.]
Before any healers could reach the man though his chest closed up. The organs that were damaged were repaired one by one, followed by the bones, next to all the muscles on his body. And finally under a minute his skin returned. The parts of his body had formed back from very cells. Those cells had just appeared and immediately took to their task to recover the man's body with precision. Sadly this did not fix everything for Lucian as his clothes were ruined and his cloak no longer covered him.
A wave of shock washed over Raine. The man before him had just done a deed that would take ten healers. Yet he was by his lonesome. The man before her seemed fake after all he had taken a strike from her healed it.
Pushing her shock to the side she looked at the man before her due to his hood falling down she could finally see his face. Looking at it she recognized it, it was the face of the long lost prince. She knew that for a man with his power healing from her attack would be child's play. Understanding who the man was though brought more problems, she now HAD to take this man in otherwise it could risk a much bigger problem. Realizing the intense situation Raine charged forth stabbing at him with her sword in the liver. Her speed was at a point that Lucain could only see the results of her actions but not the cause. Twisting she cut open his stomach and pulled her blade out preparing to mince this man knowing no wound would stay open.
[“A”- Boy this woman is strong. Even, you have a limit to what you can heal and you've fought a lot already. Leave now come into my domain and you'll be safe.]
[Lucian- i know you just want to berate me, I don't want to be in that place again and have you just yell at me for hours. I'm not in the mood for a rant right now “A”]
[“A”- Fine i won't rant for “hours”. But my domain is the safest place for you right now]
[Lucian- ok then you can teleport me into it. Fuck im going to regret this.]
Raine hearing the prince talking to himself backed off with a confused expression. As she backed off however, the young prince just disappeared into thin air leaving her and her knights alone with nothing to show for themselves except confusion.
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A deep black and red ooze flows around. The ground is littered with tens of millions of skulls none of which are human. All of which are different shapes and sizes. No patch of dirt was not covered with these bones for what seemed like miles. Looking up only brought a more disgusting view as red clouds poured blood all round, all except in one area where seven skeletons held something down. These seven giant skeletons all in the shape of lizards with wings sat in a circle are a single being, each of the skeletons' mouths had chains shooting out holding this man. The man had a dragon holding each of his limbs with chains but the other three’s chains wrapped around the man's head forcing his mouth closed. They allowed him a certain level of slack that only allowed acts like sitting standing or slight movements but nothing more
The man had almond skin with what seemed like markings around the right side of his body. They seemed to twist around the man ever so slightly as if they were alive and uncomfortable, however they never once went to his left. His mouth was completely covered leaving him with no way to speak, however the rest of his face was clear of all chains. His hair was short and a solid silver color with his eyes being of a golden and blue hue. His body was covered by only a thick cloth around his waist, this left the rest of his body very exposed. All this revealed his very fit and muscular appearance.
Standing before the chained man was none other that the young prince, Lucian.
[“A”- Now that was so bad, welcome once again to my domain. I've cleaned since last time. Do you like it?]
[Lucian- No i hate this awful place all it does is remind me of the night we met. That and it smells like a rotten corpse in here, hell even the grass hated it so much it left you years ago.]
[“A”- you do know I still have feelings right, boy? Well whatever you're here and you have and we have a lot to discuss...]
[Lucian- what no you promised we wouldn't talk you just take me back to Gramps and we’d be done for the day]
[“A”- Boy, I said that we wouldn’t talk for hours if you had forgotten not that we wouldn’t talk at all. Now first, if you hesitate like that one more time I will rid myself of you and all of the people of your country. That will fulfill our deal so I will receive no punishment. I am only not doing that for your sake but if you prove yourself unable to complete your task it will force my hand.]
Hearing this all Lucian could do was gulp, he knew that “A” wouldn't lie to him about most things and for a lunatic like him that might actually be reasonable. Killing everyone to get his way was a move he would play.
[“A”- Second, and the main reason we need to talk. I have felt the traces of one of my captors on that Raine woman. I have reason to believe she is the daughter of one of them which makes our hunt easier as the two of the people you seek to kill are also that of the ones I have tasked you with killing making seventeen turn to sixteen. These Sixteen being Claire Aestar, Grace Falten, Nate Turien, Amory Larlu, Nastjenka Ravensorrow, Miah Gravne, Uhlun Bekho, Sky Kor, Uvo Yudorne, Derik Ricfern, Mona Salsta, and five unidentified targets. Nate Turien and Nastjenka Ravensorrow are the two most important as they fill for two.]
[Lucian- oh so that's why you wanted to talk in person i almost feared you'd try being a therapist.]
[“A”- No but that is the third reason you are here. Why did you break down after you killed that woman Lucian? From what I know of you that doesn't suit your character she was evil, you called her such. I know she was your step-mother and I know I comforted you at the time but it still doesn't make sense. Is your will that weak? Is your lust for revenge so easily swayed?]
[Lucian- —--]
Thinking on it Lucian could only come to one conclusion, that he still loved his step-mother. She had ripped his family apart but she was still someone who poured a certain amount of love into him. Lucian came to the conclusion that there were two Roans. The first was the woman who helped raise him. She wasn't perfect by any means but she wasn't a monster. And then there was the monster, the evil bitch you wanted to give away his very corpse to be defiled, the woman who killed his little sister and father. Maybe this was a try she had played on his maybe s=he was convinced to lie to himself by her but this is what he felt. And he had killed both sides of her today that is most likely why he was tearful.
[“A”- I see that is why you feel depressed, boy. Now that suits someone as noble and caring as you, someone so caring that they manifest a power to control the very cells in living beings but only uses it to heal and grow plants. My power really does not suit you yet you and I are the only ones who can resist the backlash.]
With those words said “A” turned his back to the young prince and cast him out of the domain.
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Name: Lucian Aestar Power: Cell manipulation, allows Lucian to freely create, move around, and or destroy the cells in any living being.
Affiliation: The Aestar kingdom, The Tinirka rebellion, The royal family of the Aestar kingdom
Powers stats: Offense 5/10, Defense 2/10 Speed 1/10, Hax 10/10, Versatility 10/10, Recovery 10/10
Weakness: Fire, Lucain himself as he refuses to use the ability to kill anyone (however that is also what grants him this power without his desire to help people he would never have this power to begin with.), must touch the thing he is trying to manipulate.