Broken in mind and body, I trudge on. Trying to find
myself, a direction I need to go. It seems like months I've been
walking. Searching, for something. Unsure of myself, I still wander
aimlessly with no purpose. I wage a war in my mind; how can I be
searching for something yet have no purpose? Despair is setting
in, across the horizon I see that figure in the distance, mocking
me. Looking back now, I think of my time in this land. I know my
end is coming. Death is stalking me. He is patient.
Lord of Serpents a title, a position. Given to me by my goddess.
A heavy burden this is at times. I've warred on Catskills and
built a family with my Queen. A tight nit group we were, we fought
anyone who defied or insulted the goddess. We were a brotherhood,
which could not be broken. I was their chosen leader. We were
small, and only consisted of five members in the beginning: Majikal,
Octavious, Brendy Trace, Teelo, and myself Druez Traceless.
We had a little house, near the shrine of chaos. Our goddess's
altar. The area had a foul taint all around it. We were unswerving.
Must cleanse the area. Set it free from the evil ones who lived
there. Thus we were driven. We warred for many a day and many
a night. Sometimes victorious, more often then not, defeated.
We learned and we grew in power.
Octavious soon departed the lands, to be with the serpent goddess.
Caligula was born, a product of the sheer power and strength of
the goddess, a weapon of darkness, he was the Dark Serpent. Majikal
disappeared for a while and returned with mystifying abilities.
This day, the Mystical Serpent was born.
Teelo, vanished without a trace.
Monarchs can be strange at times. This monarch was no different.
He was a forgiving monarch this Lord British, and he decided to
give the entire rival Dread Lords in the lands a pardon. As strange
as Monarchs are, gods are no different. No longer would those,
who were considered evil and murders be allowed to come to life
again, the same as they were. The world was in Chaos. These clans
of evil were welcomed back into the cities we fought to protect.
They had formed rival houses that challenged us openly for our
towns. So were born, the Guild Wars.
FSS was a noble beacon that shined during these early wars.
We grew in power and members. We fought every vile and evil guild
we could find. We warred these guilds until they disbanded or
called for cease-fire. Some of the guilds we defeated chose to
come fight amongst us.
A member of a broken guild, simply named "Killer" came to the
Queen and pledged himself to her and her only. This day, the position
of Queen's Knight was born.
Great councils held ceremonies for those of the light to join
together. Too many of them were cowards, they wouldn't declare
war on these evil guilds. So many politics going on. A few of
these guilds, decided to join and aid us. They wouldn't fight
all our enemies, but helped us against the major power of evil;
Knights of Nothing, [KoN]. With our combined forces, Seven Deadly
Sins and FSS, we won this war. We pushed them out of Skare Brae.
What was notable about this? We found Shira. He came to us during
this conflict with the desire to aid us. He was none too reputable,
but I could see in his eyes, he had a Serpent Dream guiding him.
Soon after KoN was defeated, fighting and bickering had broken
out between 7e and FSS. Majikal was involved in a squabble with
their leader. They had healed one of our enemies, while Majikal
was fighting him. War was avoided, for the time being but not
for long. Our newest family member, Shira was fighting Wrath the
leader of 7e. The rest of Wrath's guild, started to help. Thus
the war began. I helped Shira; no questions asked. This is loyalty.
This is honor. Shira had great courage, I saw this. Looking back
now, I never hesitated; I just start helping him. Was it guidance
from our goddess that made me instinctively help him?
Now, what was FSS to do? The Dark Serpent, comes to play it
seems. 7e, was close to twice our size in sheer numbers. They
swallowed a bunch of smaller guilds of similar ideals. Caligula
leaves our guild. Shock, dismay set in. Saddened, we went on with
our fight against 7e. Many late evenings spent in Skare Brae,
fighting our private war. The bond between Shira and me grew.
Constantly outnumbered, we learned tactics. Tactics and trickery,
plots and plans laid.
Shador the Swift, came to aid us. The goddess sent him down
to bring the Serpents Pride. Very brave and never would flight
from battle, many a time he paid with his life. A noble Spirit.
Him along with his noble lady Apollonia brought pride and joy
into the guild.
Eclipse, a former enemy from KoN. We managed to slay him one
time, in Skara Brae when KoN was heavily outnumbered. Out of respect
we let him bank and be on his way. He was a mouthy fellow and
stated he would have slain me one on one. I snickered to myself,
and laughed out loud "Anytime". He says 30 minutes at the dungeon
of Deciet.
The duel, Both of us were there at the appointed time. Starting
at opposite ends of the hall in deceit, we nod in silence. Recognition
of each other's honor. It begins, I cast a spell at him, and it
comes flying back at me as I expected. He had reflection on; I
snicker to myself. The blessing I just received felt like a kiss
from the goddess, glorious pleasure but with a deep burn inside.
I stride across the corridor as he casts a spell at me, the spell
hits me square, as I feel the burn of the magic arrow in me I
pull my bow. Shooting at him, and striking him square, I'm suddenly
blown off my feet. Stunned and dazed, I call on my goddess to
hide me in the shadows. Hidden from sight, I see his belt, lined
with these purplish potions. The power of explosion in a bottle.
He searches for me and comes closer. I engage him and we fight
for what seems like an eternity. Breathing heavy we both disengage.
Both bleeding from heavy wounds taken, we nod. A certainty, neither
would be the victor if we both fought on. So, we yield to each
other.
A short time later during the war with 7e, Eclipse and I run
into each other again. KoN is broken and he is without a home.
I feel his soul; I know he has had Serpent Dreams. We travel to
the shrine where he pledges his soul to the family. He is reborn,
the Explosive Serpent.
The war was dragging on, and 7e was becoming more confident.
The trap was sprung, the Dark Serpent Struck, and betrayed the
leaders of 7e; he had set them up. We had an ambush ready, and
took care of them quickly. 7e, was crushed this was a big blow
to them. Shira forms the Serpent Death Knights. Caligula is home
again.
During this period, we bought a two-story house away from the
shrine near yew. We trained, we drilled we fought. We became strong.
With probably somewhere around 10 to 12 core family members: Druez
the Quick, Ray Odessey, Kiyante, Brendy Trace, Caligula, Shador
the Swift, Majikal, Shira, Devlin, Vader, Vex, Killer, Eclipse,
Apollonia, MadGod, Warz the Wicked, we prepared and sought guidance
from the goddess.
The ORDER WARS:
The knights in the land formed to factions, one group for order,
supporting Lord British, the other Knights of Chaos, supporting
Lord Blackthorn. We wished to restore order to the land, and bring
an end to the chaos. Our goddess is fickle sometimes. To the light
we ran and pledge to Lord British to fight the chaos of the lands
and restore order once again. We found a group tight nit like
ours. The Rough Riders, Steelwolf was their commander, and very
quickly a bond was formed, out of trust and respect. Both guilds
showed great courage, in their battles vs. the chaos and rebel
order guilds. It seems some order guilds found it desirable to
attack their fellows in mid battle. They sold their souls to the
chaos they fought.
End of Part 1, brief and early FSS history, more stories posted
about individual adventures of the guild, and battles to come.
This is just a timeline so the reader has an idea, of events and
characters. Future stories will detail accountings of characters
and actions. Any FSS member might write histories and guild accountings.
