Thread: West Meets East, Z'ar Edar (E404UserNotFound and Chaos Eclipse)

Lina was a fool to think she was safe. There was no day she was safe, not when her father, Marcellus, stood in power as a general. Ever since she was a child he told her to always watch her back, carry a dagger of polished steal at all times, after all, no one ever knew when the worst would strike. At every corner there was someone who wanted that position and would stop at nothing to have it. Even if it meant killing in cold blood. It was why Lina always had to watch her back. No amount of guards could ever truly keep her safe. But that was exactly why the two were able to survive for this long. But that didn't mean precautions weren't taken. Even in his longing for a son, Marcellus had taken great care to protect his only child. Making sure to protect the very being his wife had died to protect. He never once forgot the effort. Every day he saw his beloved in her, they shared the same midnight hair, the same doe eyes....but most of all, the same strength needed to get by in this world. He couldn't raise her like a normal girl. Being a lady was essential, but so was breathing. So he made a choice and gave her the very foundation that would she would use to one day survive a murder attempt. Combined with her will to live, the ability to fight and never stop was something he taught her, and it was something she knew would one day save her. But the hope was that she would never NEED to use such skills, that their lives would continue on peacefully. Life was never so kind, though. On her way to the center of the city to visit her father, Lina's guards were killed, and she made a run for it. There was only so much the knife in her boot could do, and it wasn't to take on a band of killers, that was for damn sure. Lina was tiny, smaller than average in her society. But that was what made it possible for her to duck between them when they lunged at her, giving her the chance to make a break for it. Unfortunately, she had nowhere to run to throw them off her trail, and their longer legs made it easy for them to catch up to her and grab her. But as the general's daughter, there was no way they should've thought it would've ended there. But of course it didn't. Her captors were forced to gag her as they dragged her, needing all of them to carry just her. She fought dirty. Clawing, punching, kicking, biting. Within twenty minutes, a couple of the kidnappers were torn up. Blood under her nails and on her fitted pants. Whatever their plans were, she was ruining all of them. The longer they carried her, the more she fought. It had them questioning if she ever slept or got tired. Of course she did, but she was able to keep this up. That was until finally she seemed weak enough to be held onto by just one captor. They were fools for the thought, especially when he let down his guard down. Without missing a beat, the point of her elbow found his nose, the strike breaking it. More crimson that didn't belong to her stained her pale blouse. But she didn't care. He let go of her, and they were in a dense population of trees now. It was to her advantage. At least....it should have been. There was just one problem. Lina had no idea she was on the border of where the world ended. Whoever sent the killers after her knew that no one would search follow them to the mountains in the East. No one ever moved past it and assume that it was where the world just...ended. The plan was obvious, kill her and leave her body where no one would search for it. They didn't account for her escape. Line had only one choice, to move up. They were hot on her trail. She didn't even keep track of how long she was traveling. Soon she wasn't even sure if they were still following. All she knew was that she was exhausted. Lina never took a moment to rest, and it finally backfired. Without warning, she collapsed, rolling into the foliage. An unfortunate time to do so. Of course she was unaware of the raid happening a hair away. Not knowing the ones who would find her were....well, creatures she had never encountered before. Then again, there was no doubt they would find her to be a peculiar animal indeed. Pale and tiny. A body not adapted to the environment here.