Incident Report: Azdrazi in The Red City

[Jagdkatzchen 99]

✠ ℑ𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔱 ℜ𝔢𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱: 𝔄𝔷𝔡𝔯𝔞𝔷𝔦 𝔦𝔫 𝔗𝔥𝔢 ℜ𝔢𝔡 ℭ𝔦𝔱𝔶 ✠

Date: 14th of The Deep Cold, 2011

 

To the Faithful of Canondom,

 

In the chill of the northern evening, Chaptermaster Vincenzo, Brother Leofred, and Brother Cassian made their way through the streets of New Valdev. The three crusaders patrolled the red city, their eyes keen for any sign of suspicious activity.

 

Their dutiful endeavour was rewarded, for it was on this day that Brother Cassian spied a most curious figure. Hunched over and cloaked in darkness, the entity shifted through the alleyways like a fiend in the night, though it seemed as if it had yet to detect either of the Grailmen.

 

As they say, the wicked flee when none pursue, but the righteous are as bold as lions.

 

And so it was that our three lions strode forth, drew their blades, and confronted the creature with a measured caution. The Chaptermaster ordered it to turn, and so it did, revealing a most DEMONIC visage. Its skin was as red as hellfire, and its head was crowned with the horns of an infernal beast. The pair had initially suspected their quarry to be curseborn, but now they knew it to be something far worse.

 

Azdrazi.

 

At this point in time, Holy Ser Talbott was situated at the gates of the city, having been stalled by a misunderstanding within New Valdev’s customs office. Nevertheless, upon hearing the Chaptermaster announce the presence of the creature with a shout, the gates were raised, and Holy Ser Talbott galloped towards the scene.

 

As the incoming rider approached the Azdrazi from behind, the creature went to its knees, apparently knowing that it stood no chance against the combined might of GOD’s men. While the others moved to secure their target, the insightful Brother Leofred took a step back and began to scan the area for the possibility of co-conspirators lurking about.

 

But though the creature had appeared to submit, it had more nefarious intentions. Positioned at its rear, Holy Ser Talbott saw a glint in the darkness.

 

The Azdrazi was drawing a knife!

 

Before Holy Ser Talbott could even utter a word of warning, the ever-perceptive Brother Cassian moved first. He must have seen the subtle shift in the creature’s posture, for he plunged the tip of his blade straight through its throat. The Azradzi’s tongue lolled and its eyes rolled back in its head, making it appear as through its cranium had been smitten by GOD Himself. Then, Brother Cassian withdrew his blade, sending a spurting shower of red across the cobblestones before the Azdrazi slumped down to the ground.

 

Dead.

 

Holy Ser Talbott Talhoffer

Marshal of the Order of the Grail

Edited January 11, 2025 by Jagdkatzchen

[sprtn 3340]

Vahlok the Azdrazi would read the missive. The longer he read, the more confused he got. This missive was surely about him... yet so different from what had actually unfolded. As he reached the end, he couldn't help but laugh. 


     "What a creative telling of such a lacklustre event. If only all Haeseni missives could be like this."


Vahlok folded the missive carefully, storing it away somewhere safe to keep. He would stare upon his shrine, waiting for his strength to come back.

[lemonke 6014]

The hydra. A HERALD OF AZDROMOTH could not believe this!

[Conqueror 424]

KAAZVALIKAR scanned the report, scrutinizing its false contents, rolling his eyes as Haense decided to glorify a tale of discrimination he's heard hundreds of times: his Brothers murdered by those they swore to protect.

 

"How scared do you have to be? To murder out of fear? The product of a little and narrow mind... GOD had no hand in this."

 

He placed the missive down, and went to that Red City.